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Romulan Hangar pets: What are my options?

damzelltrilldamzelltrill Member Posts: 443 Arc User
edited May 2014 in The Academy
Planning on getting the Ar'Kif Tactical Carrier for at least two of my Romulan toons, but I was wonder what besides the Scorpions I can put in the hangar?

One or the ships will be Fed aligned, the other KDF.
Looking at things, I think the Fed one is limited to the Scorpions and the Rep fighters.
The KDF one might be able to use the Power Siphon Drones, the To'Duj, Marauding Force, and Orion Slavers.

Is my assessment accurate?
A Trill, a Gorn, a Jem'Hadar, Bejoran and a Voth walk into a bar, and the Bartender asks "What is this a Joke?"
"Nope, just my away team" the trill replies before ordering a round for the bar.
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  • kamiyama317kamiyama317 Member Posts: 1,295 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    http://sto.gamepedia.com/Carrier_pets

    That's a list of all the carrier pets. For the Feds it looks like a trade off between:

    Elite Peregrine Fighters
    Elite Scorpion Fighters
    Elite Swarmers

    I don't fly a carrier so I have no clue which fighter would be better. I have heard that the elite tholian widow fighters are really weak. So you probably shouldn't use those.
  • edgecrysgeredgecrysger Member Posts: 2,740 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    NM. Edit this posts since that guy answered pretty well lol.

    Anyways, as always, the wiki doesnt say what ships can use some fighters or others, so its useless anyways.

    But one thing, its not about the side, its about the ship. Specific ships can use specific fighters, but that is not related to the faction.
  • mackermomomackermomo Member Posts: 247 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Planning on getting the Ar'Kif Tactical Carrier for at least two of my Romulan toons, but I was wonder what besides the Scorpions I can put in the hangar?

    One or the ships will be Fed aligned, the other KDF.
    Looking at things, I think the Fed one is limited to the Scorpions and the Rep fighters.
    The KDF one might be able to use the Power Siphon Drones, the To'Duj, Marauding Force, and Orion Slavers.

    Is my assessment accurate?

    STO doesn't make it very easy for the players to know what fighters / frigates can go with what carriers. I have quite a few carriers, and have found the best option is to go to the faction shipyards and buy whatever cheap fighters / frigates I am allowed to buy, then just try to use them in whichever carrier I have.

    I understand where you're coming from. It's fun to experiment. I also suggest you download and install the Lea´s CombatLog Reader!. It will tell you how effective each type of pet is, in terms of DPS.

    To get Lea´s CombatLog Reader, send her an in game email Lea@omegashoker.

    What you'll quickly discover is that fighter size ships die too quickly to be of much use, and frigates are the way to go. There are only a few carriers that can use frigates. These are the ones I have tried and like.

    Any Faction:

    Tholian Recluse-great for science, uses Tetryon weapons as default
    Jem Hadar Dread--Tac oriented, very, very expensive frigates~400 mil

    KDF Faction only (not KDF ROM):
    Vo'Quv carrier--slow, only 6 weapons, but decent frigate pets. Kind of fun
    Kar'Fi--7 weapons, slightly weaker hull, tac oriented, good pets. Good dps.

    There are also plenty of frigate-cruisers in KDF and even one in lobi store. I stay away from those, primarily because of the weak fighter class pets they carry.

    Good luck.;)
  • damzelltrilldamzelltrill Member Posts: 443 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    -nods- Thanks guys, guess I'll just have to look and see what it lets me buy/use.

    On my Obelisk I have two Delta flyers for my "Crystal hunter" build, which I designed to strip the Crystalline Entity of its heals after one to many disastrous runs.
    A Trill, a Gorn, a Jem'Hadar, Bejoran and a Voth walk into a bar, and the Bartender asks "What is this a Joke?"
    "Nope, just my away team" the trill replies before ordering a round for the bar.
  • edgecrysgeredgecrysger Member Posts: 2,740 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    But about the Arkif? it only can use elite scorpions, swarmers and peregrine?
  • catliketypingcatliketyping Member Posts: 611
    edited May 2014
    But about the Arkif? it only can use elite scorpions, swarmers and peregrine?

    I believe they can also use Deltas, Runabouts, and Shuttlecraft because they aren't specific to a ship (like the Vo'quv and Birds of Prey).

    I don't have a Starfleet Romulan, so I can't say for sure.
    Nessia (KDF Sci)
    IKS Korrasami (Fleet B'rel Bird of Prey Retrofit T5-U)
  • woodwhitywoodwhity Member Posts: 2,636 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Strongest pets on arkif would be elite Obelisk (all factions), as its the strongers universal pet (e.g. you can put it in every hangarship).
    For pvp yellowstone runabout (Fed only).
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