I am a returning player who has never bought a zen ship until now. I picked up a vandal for the console yesterday and I was wondering what else I should look for. I have characters of all 3 factions.
How much are you looking to spend? The Valdore is worth looking at for the console. Scimitar is still the top dog damage-dealer in the Romulan fleet, but the Faeht is very nice in that regard as well. Fed-side, the Eclipse is an excellent tactical cruiser if you can live with how it looks, and people really like the trait that comes with the Phantom. On the KDF the Mat'ha is the Raptor everyone was waiting for, and the Qib comes with a trait that adds a nice buff to any cannon build.
Might as well throw the command ship 9-pack into the cart as well.
Despite the full price of the Delta Rising Ops Pack (12,500 Zen ???) it is overall a good deal for some one that plays all three factions. You get 5 Fed, 2 KDF and 2 Rom T6 starships. You also get access to Intel Bridge Officers and 3 upgrade tokens which can be sold on the Exchange. There's a few other things as well.
However, it does highlight that the KDF and Rom toons are getting the short end of the stick. The more blatant eye sore would be a lack of any KDF / Rom starships for science captains...
Thanks for all the help. I have been looking at the wiki but I am not good enough at the game to want to base my buying plans just on the numbers there.
I have a max budget of about 10,000 zen and my characters are a level 51 Rom(Fed) Eng, 21 Klingon Tac, 10 Fed Tac, 10 Fed Sci, 10 Klingon Eng, 10 Rom(Klingon) Tac.
Thanks for all the help. I have been looking at the wiki but I am not good enough at the game to want to base my buying plans just on the numbers there.
I have a max budget of about 10,000 zen and my characters are a level 51 Rom(Fed) Eng, 21 Klingon Tac, 10 Fed Tac, 10 Fed Sci, 10 Klingon Eng, 10 Rom(Klingon) Tac.
Based on that list, T3 Vandal Destroyer would be the single best one to pick up right now. Your Klingon Tac, Klingon Eng, and KDF-Rom Tac can all make good use of the Plasmonic Leech console it comes with, and its 800 zen.
Since you got the Vandal and the plasmonic leech, you need a ship you can start using that on so it doesn't go to waste. Get the Mat'Ha Raptor - the most insane ship in the history of STO.
Alternatively, since you have some 10k Zen and if you intend to play at least one character from each faction, you may want to check out that Delta Pack, you'll get some good ships and traits across all the factions, although 2 of the Fed intel ships look like TRIBBLE.
Then again, you may want to check out the new Command "Mega-bundle" as well, you'll have 3 ships for each faction and I really apreciate the command ships, they're fun, rock solid and not broken/dumb OP like certain TRIBBLE flying around.
Escort: Phantom (T6.) Ugly, but fantastic. Very powerful ship trait.
Cruiser: Single ship, it's the Guardian (T6). Great console and strong ship trait. The Command ships are also very nice, but are most powerful if you acquire the 3 pack so you can use multiple consoles and traits.
Science: Scryer or Pathfinder (T6)
Romulan:
Scimitar Dreadnaught Warbird. Simply put, the best ship they have. As mentioned earlier, the Valdore is worth it just for the console. Take the Valdore console, put it on the Scimitar and dominate.
Klingon:
I have no idea, like most people I don't play Klingons.
I've been wanting Picard's old ship the Stargazer for a while. Or do they call it the "heavy cruiser"? I can't keep the sto names straight any more. By the time you get the tier 4 ship for the costume, the four modules for the fleet ship that you can use the costume on and an Upgrade token to make it tier 5U it's like 5k zen. But with the sale, I saved a bundle. I probably wouldn't bother if I hadn't had the benefit of a sale.
Would it be best to get the Scimitar 3-pack or just the Tac one by itself?
The Tactical Scim is the defacto ship in the game. The consoles that come with the other two make a fun toy with the radiation gun, but no one going for a 50k+ dps build would ever give up three console slots for it. I'd just get the Tact for 2k if it were me.
I've been wanting Picard's old ship the Stargazer for a while. Or do they call it the "heavy cruiser"? I can't keep the sto names straight any more. By the time you get the tier 4 ship for the costume, the four modules for the fleet ship that you can use the costume on and an Upgrade token to make it tier 5U it's like 5k zen. But with the sale, I saved a bundle. I probably wouldn't bother if I hadn't had the benefit of a sale.
You can always buy the T3 ship for the skin, then buy the Mirror Heavy Cruiser Retrofit and throw that skin on it. Its only a 9-console T5 ship with no Upgrade option, but its cheaper than spending 3300z on going the whole FT5U route.
Well, apparently you have to be able to fly a ship to be able to buy it and since my Fed characters are both 10 level I can not get any of the higher level Fed ships during the sale. Unless I get the 9 ship command cruiser pack with my level 51 Rom but that will wipe me out and I sort of wanted to get a Scimitar and a Valdore.
Well, apparently you have to be able to fly a ship to be able to buy it and since my Fed characters are both 10 level I can not get any of the higher level Fed ships during the sale. Unless I get the 9 ship command cruiser pack with my level 51 Rom but that will wipe me out and I sort of wanted to get a Scimitar and a Valdore.
You only have to get your rom to 20 to get the Valdore at least. You can do that before the end of the sale, since leveling is still pretty fast at that stage.
Based on that list, T3 Vandal Destroyer would be the single best one to pick up right now. Your Klingon Tac, Klingon Eng, and KDF-Rom Tac can all make good use of the Plasmonic Leech console it comes with, and its 800 zen.
what he said best bang for your buck
Jellico....Engineer ground.....Da'val Romulan space Sci
Saphire.. Science ground......Ko'el Romulan space Tac
Leva........Tactical ground.....Koj Romulan space Eng
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Might as well throw the command ship 9-pack into the cart as well.
I got it last year on sale when I returned to the game since I only had free T4 ships.
Besides the ships, the purple intel boffs and doffs in the pack are nice to have.
However, it does highlight that the KDF and Rom toons are getting the short end of the stick. The more blatant eye sore would be a lack of any KDF / Rom starships for science captains...
I have a max budget of about 10,000 zen and my characters are a level 51 Rom(Fed) Eng, 21 Klingon Tac, 10 Fed Tac, 10 Fed Sci, 10 Klingon Eng, 10 Rom(Klingon) Tac.
Based on that list, T3 Vandal Destroyer would be the single best one to pick up right now. Your Klingon Tac, Klingon Eng, and KDF-Rom Tac can all make good use of the Plasmonic Leech console it comes with, and its 800 zen.
Alternatively, since you have some 10k Zen and if you intend to play at least one character from each faction, you may want to check out that Delta Pack, you'll get some good ships and traits across all the factions, although 2 of the Fed intel ships look like TRIBBLE.
Then again, you may want to check out the new Command "Mega-bundle" as well, you'll have 3 ships for each faction and I really apreciate the command ships, they're fun, rock solid and not broken/dumb OP like certain TRIBBLE flying around.
Best Fed Ships:
Escort: Phantom (T6.) Ugly, but fantastic. Very powerful ship trait.
Cruiser: Single ship, it's the Guardian (T6). Great console and strong ship trait. The Command ships are also very nice, but are most powerful if you acquire the 3 pack so you can use multiple consoles and traits.
Science: Scryer or Pathfinder (T6)
Romulan:
Scimitar Dreadnaught Warbird. Simply put, the best ship they have. As mentioned earlier, the Valdore is worth it just for the console. Take the Valdore console, put it on the Scimitar and dominate.
Klingon:
I have no idea, like most people I don't play Klingons.
The Tactical Scim is the defacto ship in the game. The consoles that come with the other two make a fun toy with the radiation gun, but no one going for a 50k+ dps build would ever give up three console slots for it. I'd just get the Tact for 2k if it were me.
You can always buy the T3 ship for the skin, then buy the Mirror Heavy Cruiser Retrofit and throw that skin on it. Its only a 9-console T5 ship with no Upgrade option, but its cheaper than spending 3300z on going the whole FT5U route.
Definitely just the Scimitar Dreadnaught.
The other 2 ships are not worth it. Their consoles are nothing more then silly gimmick devices designed to sucker people in.
Don't fall for it. :cool:
You only have to get your rom to 20 to get the Valdore at least. You can do that before the end of the sale, since leveling is still pretty fast at that stage.
what he said best bang for your buck
Saphire.. Science ground......Ko'el Romulan space Tac
Leva........Tactical ground.....Koj Romulan space Eng
JJ-Verse will never be Canon or considered Lore...It will always be JJ-Verse