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fleet star cruiser question
tareruntalion
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i have the star cruiser you can get for free when you reach lvl 40 and i want to buy the fleet version of it. shouldn't it cost 1 fleet ship module instead of 4 because i have the base version ?
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EG: your Free Star cruiser doesn't count as you acquired it with a token, not Zen.
A ship acquired with a 600-day veteran token doesn't count, even though the ships are otherwise zen-store ships, as you acquired it with a token not zen.
Basically, the discounts only apply to ships where you have laid out a zen outlay on the original, reducing the fleet version to a single module to reflect that you already paid out in zen once
Get another ship. Sadly, the Starcruiser sucks.
On the other hand the fleet version... is expensive for what it does; 2000 zen worth of fleet modules (or the equivalent amount of EC to get them from the exchange) is pretty steep, and that much zen will likely also get you a C-store cruiser (or close to one) with better performance. I'd advise having a good look round before deciding once you hit level 50.
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I used one two years ago, because they have really, really neat design options.
And if you have fun with it, OP, go with it!
Buuuut... the ship is not competetive. It's a rather adequate support vessel, maybe, but on the damage side, it's just... meh. And this game gets more and more being about doing damage.
I can't even imagine to field one of those against the tankier Voth ships.
I blast them in mere seconds with my engineering Scimitar, my tactical Ar'kif or my tactical Fleet Assault Cruiser, but I guess i would have to shoot minutes if I still would use my old Star Cruiser (which got an honor spot in my shipyard, waiting for a Cryptic overhaul...).
Nonetheless, OP... this is about your fun and your fun only.
The Cruiser Commands at least made the Star Cruiser a bit more useful then a few weeks ago.
That's a start.
The Star Cruiser was designed to be a Science oriented tanking Cruiser. There are very few ships capable of tanking on the same level as the Star Cruiser. Now, for PvE where tanking isn't required, it's possible to be competitive by running Plasma or Romulan Plasma Beam Arrays and the Experimental Romulan Plasma Beam Array. In order to deal a decent amount of damage in the Star Cruiser, slot two plasma infusers in the tactical slots, 4 +Pla Emitter Arrays in the science slots, and place the zero-point energy conduit in a engineering slot for the two piece bonus with the Experimental Romulan Plasma Beam Array. That will bring the Star Cruiser to effectively a 4.5 Tactical console slot ship.
Similarly, the Star Cruiser may be brought up to a 3 Tactical console slot ship via an antiproton build and the 2 piece Sphere of Influence set.
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And it is a shame, because star cruisers look very nice, but more than that...
500 zen or a few million on the exchange.
Not particulary difficult to raise those amounts in game for free if you're dedicated to it.
Wouldn't take too long either.
Thing is, if you're looking at a fleet star cruiser you obviously have access to at least a tier 2 shipyard.
With a little luck maybe a tier 3.
check out the other cruiser options before you buy the star cruiser.
It's an ok boat, but there are better, especially at tier 3.
I'd choose the support cruiser over the star cruiser any day of the week, and for an extra fleet module theres the advanced heavy.
Good luck
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But as one guy said, if you like a particular ship, go for it, and have fun. In team events, as long as you're trying, not just goofing off, or purposely sabotaging things, who cares? If anyone says anything spiteful, just ignore what they say, and keep on trucking.:cool:
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I second this opinion. The Fleet Support Cruiser has an Ensign Tac and a Lt. Uni and 3 tac console slots as opposed to 2, and it has great tanking ability with the right build without sacrificing too much fire power. If you have access to a tier V shipyard, the Fleet Assault Crusier is a beast.
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Looks just like the Star Cruiser
That will get you little different BOFF seating, 3 Tac consoles slots and the mirror skin for not quite so much currency.
Just a thought.
Cheers!
Ummm, actually, my Fed Eng (1st character), used one of those for months. Got lucky and a nice guy gave it to me, along with a couple of consoles, and a few Mk XI rare weapons, and a Mk XI VR weapon (Tetryon I think, at that time is what I ran).
Fun ship, and it wasn't hard to set it up for survival.
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That's funny you should tell that story. I read this thread last night (Christmas Eve) and was thinking how much fun it would be to send a M.A.C. off to the OP so he'd find it in his mail for Christmas, but alas didn't know his mail address.
Foiled my chance to play Santa..
I would suggest getting one/some Mirror Universe ships off the exchange. They are very affordable. Ranging from 40k-200k EC. While not any higher level than your Star Cruiser, they will let you get some variety of ship type/mission for virtually nothing.