Just been looking at the blog for the new Galaxy Dreadnought (looks like a very nice ship) and then I noticed that it mentions that all Fleet versions of ships are 10% stronger and have an extra console slot than the equivalent version that can be brought from the C-store.
I have to ask, why is a ship you can get for free better than the same ship I can buy for real life money in the in-game shop? that sounds a bit upside down to me
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Also, I think it's a sort of "reward" for cooperative play. Don't know, I'm not in a fleet.-
If you play long enough to earn enough dililthium you can buy the store ship. If you only buy Fleet modules off the market the ship is cheap but you don't get the snazzy console. Cryptics general idea is that the fleet ship is an optional upgrade to the store ship for people who own the store ship hence why they are cheaper if you own the store ship.
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The Fleet ships aren't really free. For those that offer an additional console and 10% more hull & shields, you'll have to pay 4-5 fleet ship modules, which in turn are only obtainable through the c-store and cost 500 Zen each.
The Dilithium Exchange is essentially a work-for-hire program. Someone does not want to do the work to get the Dilithium so they buy the Zen and pay someone else to get the Dilthium for them.
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Yep. Some of them come with visuals unique to the C-store versions as well. Armitage for example.
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C-store ships are for all characters in the same faction in the same account, example: my Karfi Carrier (C-store ship) i will can reclaim for my 9 kdf chars.
Fleet Ships: my Fleet Vorcha, only can be use for 1 character no more.
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Good point. Forgot about that.
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and thanks for this tarsudo you answered my next question before I even asked it "if I buy the Galaxy bundle can the next Federation character I make use it too"
I got both, the C-Store Defiant (with the cloak), and the fleet ship. The fleet ship does have the extra 10% shields, and hull, plus an extra tac console. The fleet Defiant was not worth it. The slight increase doesn't make up for needing to spend the same resources on every single character I want a Defiant on.
There are some ships that I have been told the 10% shields and hull are worth a slightly better survivability.
What I would recommend is to first consider what you are looking for. If you want to get ships for all of your characters, then it might be better to consider the C-Store ships. Also, you will need to consider your resources.
If you don't have much real money, it can take a very long time to grind the Dilithium for the C-Store ships. However, the fleet ships are much easier to grind for, because you don't have a refinement limit per day, like Dilithium ore. This will let you farm enough to get at least one ship per week, as long as your fleet holdings have projects running that you can donate to. Also, the fleet ship modules can be purchased off the exchange. This means that the Dilithium you grind doesn't need to be wasted on them.
The C-Store bundles, and ships will be cheaper in the long run because it is an account unlock. It is just the refinement limit makes it take so long to get. If not for the limit, you could get the C-Store ships almost as fast as you can get the fleet ships.
The difference between the two are 4 fleet modules, so shut up Wesley.
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I don't count them, because they are only available to limited section of the player base.
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Isn't that a bit of a special case, since it's only available to Veterans in the first place? There is no need to not give the console for PGI, since you cannot possibel have the ship without being a Veteran and having the non-Fleet version? Or am I wrong on this, and everyone can buy the fleet version?
Only Vets can buy the fleet version.
Not sure why they include the DTS in the fleet version, though, since you'll thus already have access to one by claiming and discharging the non-fleet version...
Convenience, perhaps? The do it deliberately for the others so you have to buy the ship and the fleet ship modules (with discount, if you do in the right order) if you want all the perks... But they don't make any money from the non-fleet version anyway.
Or oversight...
I'd say they make plenty of money, condiering how many months you have to pay membership or have to pay lifetime.
I'd say the Chimera is one of the most expensive ships in the game.
Probably more work to take it out than leave it in.
And shouldnt you be camping under your pointy hat somewhere........