Elite Swarmers or Elite Peregrines?

hypnosnake

Evening!

Been thinking a good amount about what to do with my Obelisk Carrier and I started thinking about other hangar pets that I'd like to have aboard that might compliment each other. I don't intend to do Romulan rep on the character, so no Elite Scorpions, but I started thinking about Peregrines.

So, how good ARE Elite Peregrines? Think they could outclass Elite Swarmers?

As well, opinions of what type of Hangar Pet would compliment Elite Swarmers would be welcome!

Thanks for your time!

alfamega

peregrines? not good at all. second weakest pets after type 10 shuttles.
swarmers are waaaay better.

thumb rule is - beams are superior weapons then cannons on pets.
that why scimitar drones and mesh weavers "kick the butts" that much.

nccmark

I use one hangar of elite Swarmers and one hangar of elite Scorpions on my JHDC. With my disruptor beams and wide angle quantum torp, and two different energy plus two different torp types on the pets, I get a broader mix of damage types. They die somewhat fast but also regen quickly enough for me.

On another toon I use elite runabouts. They take much longer to regen plus, they all tend to tractor at the same time on weaker ships, which is a bit of a waste.

lan451

I don't have them offhand, but there's been tests to show that advanced/elite Perigrines actually lose DPS because they use quantums instead of photons. The pets don't know how to use torps properly, so they just fire them indiscriminately as soon as their off their CD. So it seems weird, but the normal EC Perigrines are actually better than the elites.

hypnosnake

Hmm, good to know about the Peregrines then. I hadn't taken the Quantum torpedoes into account when thinking about them.

Judging by what you guys are saying, I might be better off simply going ahead and nabbing two sets of Elite Swarmers instead of mixing it up. As said, won't be rolling with the Rommie rep on this character, so I won't be able to get the Elite Scorps.

Any other good pets you guys think might be worth a look that I can fit on my Obelisk that I might not be thinking of?

sonnikku

Use the swarmers. It's emasculating for the enemy to get attacked by those things.

coffeemike

I use Elite Swarmers on my tac Vesta... so epic!

I had the Yellowstone Runabouts before... so funny that they just release Tetryon gas

azice01

Swarmer can be used on vests? I've tried but it greys out. Cannot drop it into vests hangar.

kestrellius

Hanger pets that are obtained from fleet holdings can be put on any ship, regardless of the normal restrictions. So, normal Swarmers can only be put on the Obelisk, but the advanced and elite versions can be put on anything with a hanger.

gofasternow

azice01 wrote: »

Swarmer can be used on vests? I've tried but it greys out. Cannot drop it into vests hangar.

NORMAL Swarmers, like the ones you get when you first obtain the Obelisk, can't be used on other ships. Advanced and Elites can

kimmym

I don't have elite swarmers yet.

but elite scorpions are working quite well for me.

noroblad

I much prefer frigate pets to the fighters, much less graphical spam and tracking of shots, and they die less so you don't have to babysit them constantly.

hypnosnake

Well, it appears I am stifled by my own lack of forethought...

The group I'm with doesn't have the spire done, nor will there be provisions for getting Elite Swarmers any time soon...

Couple that with the fact that I don't plan to be getting the Romulan Rep (thus, no Rommie fighters) with the character and I'm a little unsure about what to do now...

So! Now I get to try and figure out which hangar pets to use at the Elite level...or should I just consider keeping the Advanced Swarmers instead?

Thoughts are most welcome!

ovinspace

The best response is to avoid those limitations:

If you're in a basic fleet get them to make provisions and try to get an invite to a T3 Spire or T5 starbase. With 3 projects and the starbase many small fleets just creep along and will never get full access, unfortunately the leadership in small fleets are not always amenable to ensuring they have provisions queued.

or do the rom rep with the help of a sponsorship from one of your other toons, it halves the amount of marks, other resources needed and time for completion. I find the space bunny chasing to not feel very grindy.

starkaos

Might want to get some Yellowstones if you are fighting the Voth. Fighters don't last long with the Voth's AoE attacks.

prechar

I personally love the Elite Scorps from Romulan reputation if you have it high enough why not give them a try.