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The new Aquarius Light Escort
szim
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The Aquarius will become the first Federation raider and its stats got improved significantly on Tribble. It has become a very interesting alternative to a pure escort vessel.
Renamed Aquarius Destroyer to Aquarius Light Escort.
- Improved its base hull value from 24,000 to 25,500.
- Improved its shield modifier from 0.85 to 0.9.
- Improved its turn rate from 17 to 20.
- Improved its impulse speed from 0.15 to 0.22.
- Added Raider Flanking, allowing it to gain a damage bonus when attacking a targets' rear arc.
+25% Damage vs. NPCs, +8.33% Damage vs. Players.
- Can now equip Console - Universal - Cloaking Device.
- All seats, except Commander Tactical, have been upgraded to be Universal.
The Aquarius' stats are simular to the Plesh Brek Heavy Raider. It has stronger shields, slightly better turn rate but a weaker hull. The cloaking device synergy will come in handy too. I will definetly try this one out.
Renamed Aquarius Destroyer to Aquarius Light Escort.
- Improved its base hull value from 24,000 to 25,500.
- Improved its shield modifier from 0.85 to 0.9.
- Improved its turn rate from 17 to 20.
- Improved its impulse speed from 0.15 to 0.22.
- Added Raider Flanking, allowing it to gain a damage bonus when attacking a targets' rear arc.
+25% Damage vs. NPCs, +8.33% Damage vs. Players.
- Can now equip Console - Universal - Cloaking Device.
- All seats, except Commander Tactical, have been upgraded to be Universal.
The Aquarius' stats are simular to the Plesh Brek Heavy Raider. It has stronger shields, slightly better turn rate but a weaker hull. The cloaking device synergy will come in handy too. I will definetly try this one out.
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A fed raider ?! which already has a fleet version qualifing for a T5U upgarde is something very interesting to say the least.
Honestly I didn't see that one coming, the aquarius was the forgotten failboat since it was introduced. Since it was released I saw it only 2 times myself and I thought it would stay that way.
This will probly create a huge backlash from the klingn playerbase, which is kinda understandable since they got another uniqueness taken from them buuuut admittedly it's kinda neat for new ship for feds to play around with.
Doesn't make much difference to the KDF, IMHO.
Despite having to slot the cloak in a console space if you upgrade to T5-U you'd get an extra console (up to 11) anyway so still be able to run an effective 10 console ship with a cloak.
Looks a bit more interesting than it used to at least.
In my opinion a cloaking device makes a HUGE difference on a raider vessel. I could see many Fed players curently flying the Breen raider exchanging it for the new Aquarius just because it has the ability to cloak.
I always liked its look. It's a beautiful little ship. So far I just couldn't convince myself to buy a ship that is not on par with other T5 escorts.
raiding better not my voquv's brels don't have it.
other then that hopeful it will for the people that use it.
if I stop posting it doesn't make you right it. just means I don't have enough rum to continue interacting with you.
:rolleyes: (silly Feds and their forcibly pacifist naming conventions even in wartimes)
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My Fed Klingon does NOT have any problems with raiding. Neither does my Fed Cardassian
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So you just cloak a few moments later after your strike once red alert clears. No difference, certainly not enough to cover:
better hull
better shields
better impulse mod
better crew than every BoP except B'rels
an extra ens. Boff slot
2 extra devices
better or equal inertia
Fleet Aquarius vs Fleet BoPs.
There is one thing they cannot take away mind.
I was actually referring to the gameplay being far more Klingon, but I suppose the usually higher ability of KDF players vs Fed players counts.
I know what you mean about the Feds - if it wasn't for the fact I simply cannot bring myself to delete them I would, the Federation of Star Trek just does not exist in STO.
Yes, all PvE is DPS racing and PvP is just a ruined mess of console swapping and power creep...
Come DR, VPvP will be basically all I will do.
So, Two Questions:
1. Has anyone verified that we are not being trolled? Is this for real? Some importaint details are being left out, like my 2nd question:
2. Is this an upgrade to the current ships (like when they updated the Gal-X this year), or a new ship unto itself (like the release of the new Patrol Escort)? If the former, which one should I have to get this new Raider when it hits the game? The 200k FC one or the 4 FSM/20k FC one?
Well you can verify it yourself. Everything is written down in the Tribble Release Notes.
It's indeed an upgrade to all current Aquarius vessels, not a new ship. Other ships get slightly upgraded as well like the Vesta (more hull and shields), Advanced Research Vessel Retrofit (higher turn rate and inertia), D'Kyr (higher turn rate and inertia, slightly altered Boff layout).
Pretty sure the Tribble Release Notes emphasize that only the Fleet version can be updated come DR and T5U. Hmm...
It's like they are begging me to never open my KDF toon again...
You can T5-U both a C-Store and Fleet version - the Fleet version keeps its extras in addition to T5-U ness.
There is no C-Store version of the Aquarius. Like some other ships the standard Aquarius sells for 200k fleet credits and is not upgradeable to T5U only the fleet version for 20k FC and 4 FSM.
Kinda erases the normal versions right of existance since it also has te be purchased with every character, does not grant discounts on the fleet version, is not qualified for the upgrade and fleet ship modules are even up on the exchange for EC (somewhere around 9 million, I think).
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i like VPvP
its the only place my mirror assault cruiser can actually survive decent
What really hurt the BoP are Romulan ships and the many ships with universal slots these days. The BoP is undergunned and underarmoured.
Time for a Tier 6 Bird of Prey.