I'm an Engineer and was very lucky when I started this game back in November, because my 1st time buying lock box keys I got 2x Voth Bastion Flight-Deck Cruisers and 1 Voth Heavy Fighter.
While the ship fits my play style...I pretty much like to park a ship and blow up stuff. I miss having a SF ship. I don't mind spending $$ on it and having pets on the ship is a non issue. I want the best flying brick I can get.
Fleet Excelsior? Fleet Avenger? Fleet Assault Cruiser? Or Fleet Galaxy Dreadnaught? One of those four should be able to swing what you're looking for.
Yes. Fleet Excelsior is the all around jack of all trades bad TRIBBLE cruiser. Hardly any down sides to it, The Fleet Avenger hits harder, more of an escourt on steroids, Fleet Soverign very much like an excelsior but you get an Ens Tac vs an Ens Eng. Dread Gal-x can do some neat stuff with the AMS/Saucer Sep bonus and the Shotgun/Phaser Lance. A great FAW Beam boat. So personally I would get all 4 (I have all 4) and just trade off depending on you mood. Get in a fleet that is not stingy with allowing members to buy ships or go to the NOP public service channel in chat and ask for Starbase access to buy a fleet ship. Some will invite you for free some will charge a few million EC. But you will need a few hundred thousand Fleet marks to buy Fleet ships but the Dil and Fleet modules and EC can be obtained with cash. My Fleet has about 75 ship provision so if the person is not a jerk I will give Starbase Shipyard access for free now and then. The fleet Excelsior is the most costly at 5 modules due to the transwarp abilities it has.
Yeah, those four really do cover like anything mechanical you're trying to do with a cruiser. And appearance wise there's pretty much a representation from almost all eras of Trek. So one of them's got to have some appeal, right?
Yeah, those four really do cover like anything mechanical you're trying to do with a cruiser. And appearance wise there's pretty much a representation from almost all eras of Trek. So one of them's got to have some appeal, right?
Yea, when I say brick I mean big ship, lots of crew, slow turn rate and high hull. I'll see if any of those have at least 1500 crew like my current ship. Thanks for the input.
Odyssey is the largest Starfleet ship, same size category as other carriers and battleships (roughly). Atrox is up there too, but its probably not what you are looking for. The Star Cruiser is a step down in size from those, but is still significantly larger than most of the other cruiser-class ships.
yea the galaxy class of ships are tanks. but rember your gonna be sinking 60$ in cash to get one with all the toys being the gal-x uses all 3 consoles.
Best cruisers: Excelsior, Avenger, Assault cruiser refit and the fleet versions.
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For bargain shoppers... the Mirror Star and Assault Cruisers are cheap on the exchange. You can get your Fed Cruiser fix on the cheap.
For the pay ones... Excel is good for the Lt.Com Tac and good maneuvering. Oddy can do Lt.Tac too, but is a whale when the chevron is attached. Avenger is, of course, the best tactical cruiser.
I'd recommend the Excelsior if you want a jack-of-all-trades beam boat, the Avenger if you want a cannon boat, or the Odyssey if you want extra-tanky but slow.
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Fleet Excelsior? Fleet Avenger? Fleet Assault Cruiser? Or Fleet Galaxy Dreadnaught? One of those four should be able to swing what you're looking for.
Yes. Fleet Excelsior is the all around jack of all trades bad TRIBBLE cruiser. Hardly any down sides to it, The Fleet Avenger hits harder, more of an escourt on steroids, Fleet Soverign very much like an excelsior but you get an Ens Tac vs an Ens Eng. Dread Gal-x can do some neat stuff with the AMS/Saucer Sep bonus and the Shotgun/Phaser Lance. A great FAW Beam boat. So personally I would get all 4 (I have all 4) and just trade off depending on you mood. Get in a fleet that is not stingy with allowing members to buy ships or go to the NOP public service channel in chat and ask for Starbase access to buy a fleet ship. Some will invite you for free some will charge a few million EC. But you will need a few hundred thousand Fleet marks to buy Fleet ships but the Dil and Fleet modules and EC can be obtained with cash. My Fleet has about 75 ship provision so if the person is not a jerk I will give Starbase Shipyard access for free now and then. The fleet Excelsior is the most costly at 5 modules due to the transwarp abilities it has.
Yea, when I say brick I mean big ship, lots of crew, slow turn rate and high hull. I'll see if any of those have at least 1500 crew like my current ship. Thanks for the input.
lol ... The Romulan D'Diderex flies like a truck, and the Orion Marauder flies like a bus. I prefer the latter, though.
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http://forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/1145998/star-trek-battles-channel-got-canon/p1
The OP was asking in regards to Starfleet ships, not faction ships in general.
For the pay ones... Excel is good for the Lt.Com Tac and good maneuvering. Oddy can do Lt.Tac too, but is a whale when the chevron is attached. Avenger is, of course, the best tactical cruiser.
"For a brick, he flew pretty good!"
The oddy is nice.