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Mobius: is it worth it's price?

calintane753calintane753 Member Posts: 289 Arc User
edited January 2013 in Federation Discussion
I've seen that I have enough energy credits to buy a Mobius in the exchange.
But it isn't cheap.
So my question is: "Mobius: is it worth it's price"?

P.S.: stay strictly to the above question, please. I'm not interested in the Galor, D'Kora etc. etc.
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  • tatyanasergeitatyanasergei Member Posts: 186 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I've seen Federation players work wonders with the Mobius. YMMV, though.
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  • scurry5scurry5 Member Posts: 1,554 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    IMO, it's the most versatile escort/destroyer ship in-game.

    You won't dump out the pure damage of a Fleet Defiant/Jem'Hadar Attack ship. But, you will be able to tank stuff that would blow a lesser escort apart, while doing about the same damage as any escort besides the two I mentioned earlier. Besides that, you can toss out abilities like Viral Matrix, Gravity Well or Eject Warp Plasma that are ordinarily locked away from most escorts.

    In my opinion, it is worth the money due to this versatility. I personally used to run one on my Sci character, and while I switched to a Wells class for PvP stuff, the Mobius is still a beast of a ship.

    For a little less risk, I suggest that you purchase the Mobius, then transfer your character to the Tribble test server and open the pack there first. There, you can test it out, and if it doesn't work out for you, you can go back to the main server and sell the pack off again.
  • calintane753calintane753 Member Posts: 289 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    V E R Y interesting!
    :)
  • calintane753calintane753 Member Posts: 289 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    There is some effective equipment & B.O. configuration to use in conjunction with the Mobius?
  • khayuungkhayuung Member Posts: 1,877 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Get both the Mobius and the Wells, then load both consoles on one of them. I'd recommend the Mobius because you can timewarp bomb with DPB3 -- that locks down all ships around you, leaving FOUR TRICOBALT MINES in your place while you rewind backwards in time and leaving the poor probes (or gate) with no recourse to escape.

    It is especially useful against the gate which actually attacks the mines with BFAW.

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  • calintane753calintane753 Member Posts: 289 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Mobius + Wells ---> not enough energy credits!
    :(
  • scurry5scurry5 Member Posts: 1,554 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    If you can't do the wells and the mobius, you can just use the setup detailed in the PvP gameplay forums.

    http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=427091

    Look for the link to the mobius under advanced builds, and go according to those lines for abilities. You can do fine with blue Mk XI gear, but use the same versions as detailed. That should serve you well until you can earn more EC.
  • calintane753calintane753 Member Posts: 289 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Cool!
    Thanks!!!
  • admiralm0ttadmiralm0tt Member Posts: 53 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    In short: Yes

    To eloborate some: I use the MK XI Jem'Hadar Shield and impulse with the MK XII deflector that boosts shields, hull, etc with full polaron weapons. DPS BEAST!

    Turns on a dime, making it easy to keep targets in the fore 45 degree arc. Hull and shields are very good. I'd def recommend the Mobius over the Wells. The only other two ships I find myself flying are the Jem'Hadar Heavy Escort Carrier and the Bug ship.
  • corbinwolf#9797 corbinwolf
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    edited January 2013
    Hello

    I had the same concerns as yourself but after months of searching/researching and youtube video watching; not to mention reading through the Hilbert Guide/STO Planner/Boot Camp, etc... I decided finally to purchase this very ship four days ago!

    Best decision I ever made!! It has the best bridge officer layout of any ship I have ever had (especially for a tac capatin) and unlike the Wells, you can load DHC!! Here is a thread of some of the builds people have been doing including mine: http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?p=7668241&posted=1#post7668241

    Again, it is worth the lobi and if you take into consideration the other feedback received above, you have nothing to lose really. :cool:

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  • calintane753calintane753 Member Posts: 289 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Ok, I will take the Mobius asap, and then will inform you!
    :)
  • scbypwrscbypwr Member Posts: 177 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Apart from the breen ship...its the ship I would use most.

    I like both of them with the slight nod towards the breen for the extra weapon slot out back.

    A nod goes towards the mobius for turn rate and universal boff slot.
  • vengefuldjinnvengefuldjinn Member Posts: 1,521 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    calintane753 wrote: »
    I've seen that I have enough energy credits to buy a Mobius in the exchange.
    But it isn't cheap.
    So my question is: "Mobius: is it worth it's price"?

    P.S.: stay strictly to the above question, please. I'm not interested in the Galor, D'Kora etc. etc.

    I like the Mobius very much.

    I've got two Fed toons using this ship and one KDF, two have the backstep console from the science vessel as well. So yeah, I think the ship is worth it.
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  • calintane753calintane753 Member Posts: 289 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Well, in truth I don't like the non-Federation ships in Starfleet: I'm proud of my ships with their saucer etc.
    I know that the Mobius is of Mirror Starfleet rather than Starfleet, but Mirror Starfleet in my opinion is more appropriate than the Breen Confederacy... Shortly: "esprit de corps".
  • neos472neos472 Member Posts: 580 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I have flown the Mobius for almost a month and love the things versatility I myself use it as a tac heavy Mobius witha LTtac LTC tac and Com tac for my tac boffs yielding a rivaling firepower to the Fleet Defiant and bug. Also as others have reccomended get the Mobius and the Wells as a pair since the backstep gets much more effectiveness with the manheim console. I would however not reccomend using the Manheim unless you need some extra firepower fast since you can easily die from it.

    Once again i cannot recommend this ship enough to Tac captains or fans of temporal ships not only is it statswise cool it looks cool and is by far one of the best escorts of the game.
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  • srspellssrspells Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Ill make this simple.

    good pvpers are good as in most ships but the ship makes little differences as well since its doffs,boffs slots, and equipment that is more the key to better ship building.

    If you dont have a jem hadar attack ship(akaBUG) then mobius is great for tacs.


    hope this helps.
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  • skyranger1414skyranger1414 Member Posts: 1,785 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I can honestly say its the greatest ship I've ever flown in STO. The only ship that might pull me away would be the Fleet Armitage, and only because I love to have combat pets in games.... but even then its not a sure thing. The Mobius can even sport dual Aux2Bat builds! That's what I'm using currently. But before I had fun with a Lt. CMDR sci ability, either Gravity Well or I'd bump up my HE and TSS one rank and use TB1.

    Edit: I should probably mention that my love for the Mobius "may" be tinted by the way it hits all my favorite Trek things, the Mirror Universe, Time Travel, and Federation Warships. So I "might" be biased.
  • trhrangerxmltrhrangerxml Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I think the Mobius lost something special when they fixed its power settings, personal opinion here and understand it was only an error. Afterwards I went back to my Fleet Defiant.
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  • dauntlessf05dauntlessf05 Member Posts: 268 Media Corps
    edited January 2013
    The Mobius is awesome!

    I've had mine for a couple of months now, and I have not had any regrets. I've also never really heard anything negative about the Mobuis. I have the Temporal Warfare set plus the 2 consoles, 1 from Mobius, 1 from Wells. Awesome awesome ship. I can take on cubes in Elite stf's on my own. (not the tac cube lol)
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  • calintane753calintane753 Member Posts: 289 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    We have it.
    Now I'll take my time (and dilithium)(and energy credits)(and romulan marks)(and omega marks)(*) to build it properly!
    :D

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    (*) In the game some other currency would be nice, though: maybe Nausicaan scapls, Andorian antennae, Iconian tapestry, Devidian lingerie...
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