I have to say it looks great; however, I'm having a tough time trying to find a good BO setup for it.
My Science Captain is pretty much all Science speced and the Recluse almost forces you to put a Tac in the universal Commander slot.
My setup in the Vo'Quv had the perfect blance between Science and Tactical skills.
With my Vo'Quv I could use Target Subsystems Shields 3, Cannon Rapid Fire 1 and Tactical Team 1 and still had Gravity Well 3, Tyken's Rift 1 and a bunch more Science skills to play with.
The Recluse has me stumped because you either have 5 Tactical Skills and 4 Science Skills or 8 Science Skills and 1 Tactical skill.
If the Recluse had a Lt. Commander Tactical station it would have been a much better vessel for me but with only its ensign Tactical station it's looking like I'll be back in my Vo'Quv very soon.
If anyone has any good BO setups for the Recluse feel free to share, I'd like to get a return on that 50 million Ec I dropped on the thing

I guess I could come up with a pure Science BO setup, at least that way I'd be able to keep using my GW3 and TR1.
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cmdr: HE1, ES1, TR2, GW3
lt cmdr sci: PH1, TSS2, HE3
ens sci: TB1
ens tac: TT
lt cmdr eng: EPtS1, RSP1, Aux2SIF/EPtS3
Or, using the tac skills you mentioned using in your Vo'Quv:
Cmdr tac: TT1, CRF1, TS3, AP:B
Ens tac: TT1
lt cmdr sci: PH1, TSS2, HE3 (or TSS1, HE2, GW1, if you, like me, like to run gravity well whenever possible)
ens sci: TB1
lt cmdr eng: EPtS1, RSP1, Aux2SIF/EPtS3
AP:B will stack with your sensor scan, and benefit you, your teammates and your fighters, allowing some pretty serious damage.
Universal Commander: ST1, TBR1, HE3 and GW3
Lt. Commander Science: ST1, TR1 and TSS3
Ensign Science TSS1
Ensign Tactical HY1
Lt.Commander Engineering: EPTA1, EPTS2 and ET3
It seems that the power drain that comes from the Thermionic Torpedo Launcher can be quite substantial and High Yield 1 works pretty well with it.
I'm planning on going Beam Boat with the Recluse and I'll be loading up like this:
Fore weapons 2 X Fleet Tetryon Beam Arrays and Thermionic Torpedo Launcher
Aft Weapons 3 x Fleet Tetryon Beam Arrays
Try has I might I just can't make the Recluse has versatile as the Vo'Quv but it's still a very powerful vessel in its own right.
The other Downside to the Recluse is that its Widow Fighters are quite fragile and you have to slot the Tholian Tetryon Grid console if you want to get the most out of them.
I hear that we may be getting the Breen Capitol ship soon and I hope that it has a more versatile BO setup similar to the Vo'Quv.
I'll pick up the Capitol Ship just because it's a Carrier
Maybe they buffed it since then, I don't know. If you discard the Widows you can't get them back. :mad:
Yeah,
Sadly I felt like I was becoming a liability in Elite Space STF's that I'd normally walk through with my Vo'Quv so I switched back.
The Recluse is much better suited to a Tactical Captain IMO.
The widow fighters were just too soft and could not generate enough damage to justify using them.
I've added the Recluse to my Collection of Carriers but unless it gets some better Hanger support craft I doubt I'll use it again.
The Torpedo is still pretty sweet and it can be slotted on any vessel so I guess picking up the Recluse did net me a nice new toy.
Like a Peregine and Slaver?
I was using Skul Fighters for a bit before I put the Carrier away so I'd say any fighter will work with the Recluse.
GW3 has been a Staple for me and most other Science Captains.
I find GW3 to be much stronger than GW1 and I would not waste a Lt.Commander slot on a level 1 skill when I could fill that slot with TSS3 or HE3 but that's just me.
thx for heads up. i have been wondering whether to buy this ship for months now.
I loved my voq.
In PvE? What are you doing in a Recluse carrier that could possibly require TSS3 or HE3? The thing has such a massive tank it's damn near impossible to die anyway. I don't even use the LtCmdr Eng slot of a defensive power because its so unnecessary.
The Recluse also has ridiculous damage potential, maybe the highest currently in the game.
Im saving up to buy a recluse so I want to know as much about the thing as possible. If the Widow fighters are as bad as you say, what would you suggest as a replacement? (this will be my first Carrier)
EDIT: also I main a Klink if that helps any
The best Fighter option for the Recluse would be the Ultra Rare Scorpion Fighters that come from T5 in the Romulan Rep system.
You can get Very Rare Scorpion Fighters from T3 Romulan Rep System.
If you don't have access to the above you can always use the Advance To'Duj Fighters that you can get from the Dilithuim store.
Good Hunting
the best thing about the recluse is the universal i tend to switch out boffs for the situation engi for when i wanna tank or sci for surpport but yeah if u want dps go for tact
also for fighters if u want pure dmg go for skull fighters, but if ur fed go for rom fighters