At the moment I play as a Tac Capt'n flying a Temporal destroyer (Romulan) but I feel I have been left behind in the damage race with all the 5 Tac console Escorts so i'm wondering...
What is the current best DPS Escort ? Is it the new Xindi Escort?
What type of weapons and consoles are you using? I had just revamped my BOFs training skills. Do you play the 8742 and Dyson Sphere Rep missions. After the first and second Tiers you do get better DPS weapons and consoles. Have you started the Romulan Daily Tau Dew Sector Rep Missions to get the Zero Point Console an etc. yet?
Escort ships are fine for what you have going. Sounds like your looking for upgrade?
the X is probably the hardest hitting escort currently, yes. The old andorians might get close in dps but the X is more durable with a better layout.
The undine nicor is a strong second, with better officer seating, 4/4 instead of 5/2 weapons, and I love mine. It has 5 tac consoles. It is technically a "destroyer" but that really just means a special ability and slightly lower turn (here, it has hull regen special ability, and the extra weapon).
I would think really, really hard about buying a ship of this value with the update coming later this year.
At the moment I play as a Tac Capt'n flying a Temporal destroyer (Romulan) but I feel I have been left behind in the damage race with all the 5 Tac console Escorts so i'm wondering...
What is the current best DPS Escort ? Is it the new Xindi Escort?
I agree with the last poster here. We don't know what the "upgrade" process will bring to our ships in the expansion, so hold off.
Also, unless you are doing PvP on a regular basis, the Temporal Destroyer is still very competitive if optimized. A 5 tac console ship is top dog in DPS and if that's all you care about then there's no topping them, but they also are less survivable and flexible so there's a trade-off.
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Escort ships are fine for what you have going. Sounds like your looking for upgrade?
Time will only tell!
The undine nicor is a strong second, with better officer seating, 4/4 instead of 5/2 weapons, and I love mine. It has 5 tac consoles. It is technically a "destroyer" but that really just means a special ability and slightly lower turn (here, it has hull regen special ability, and the extra weapon).
I would think really, really hard about buying a ship of this value with the update coming later this year.
I agree with the last poster here. We don't know what the "upgrade" process will bring to our ships in the expansion, so hold off.
Also, unless you are doing PvP on a regular basis, the Temporal Destroyer is still very competitive if optimized. A 5 tac console ship is top dog in DPS and if that's all you care about then there's no topping them, but they also are less survivable and flexible so there's a trade-off.