Does anyone know whether one of these is on Cryptic's 'to-do' list at all? I've recently created a Tactical character, and when I make it to level 60 I wouldn't mind upgrading to one of the higher-end ships (I have 6500zen in saving, would be more by a release). Not a huge lover of the Defiant (was in the show, but not too keen on it in-game), and I prefer carrier pets when they're attached to Cruisers over Escorts. I think a T6 Patrol Escort (with a hybrid Intel/Pilot seat) would be a nice fly, and with the existing Patrol Escort skins around, there should be some nice concept for customization.
Just curious if anyone has heard anything, or has seen anything? If not, it'll be a T5U for me.
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However, forget intel/pilot mix. Mixed specializations are so far for Event and Lock box ships. Perhaps possibly in the future for the Odditar'qu bundle. Not for your average C-store ship.
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If there was, it would probably not be all that soon. The first leak of a Tier 6 Bird of Prey and Tier 6 Defiant was when - spring 2015? And it's available only now.
The T5U tempest is a sweet ship with the nadeon bomb. As for the T6 version there have been no official releases yet, but the name "monsoon" has been uttered from unofficial sources so it's likely in the works for short term release.
Ah, right. Fair enough.
So that means my first sentence will stand. They probably will do one in the future.
Concerning specializations my best bet would be intel at this point. Its not exactly a pilot or a command ship looking at lore like thingies.
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Fun, fun ship to fly... btw, I'm also one of those Sci Admirals who enjoy zipping about this this toy...
I'm already stocking up on the popcorn.
And just like the Star Wars prequels, they're going to buy it anyway despite knowing they're going to hate it.
Introducing the Soap Bubble-class Advanced Research Science Vessel.
Galaxy > Venture > Monarch > Andromeda (only the last is actually the name of a Galaxy)
Nebula > Magellan > ?
I would also love to see the Advanced research vessal get a tier six update, but i would not mind seeing the three new part sets for the galaxy worked into the Advanced research, I mean it was built with many of the same elements as the galaxy classes were. So seeing a monarch/venture/andromeda parts added to it would be amazing for a release of a tier six version.
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Just grab a Pilot Escort and never look back. The best Escort the game will ever see is already in game and available right now.
Unless you're in love with a certain ship to the point where you'll pay 3k Zen just for that skin, then you should grab a Pilot ship. If you are in that category, that's fine.. but if you're just looking to get the best ship possible, it's already in game. Of the 3, the Science Variant has the best trait.
Rule of thumb for T6 ships seems to be 10 console slots and 13 BOff power slots (I'm sure there are exceptions). Given that the Patrol Escort has 1 Cmdr Tac, LtC Eng, LtC Univ and Lt Sci for seating (12 slots), I cannot see them upgrading either LtC to Cmdr or the Lt Sci to LtC Sci. Probably slap an Ens Univ on there. Question is which seat would they make hybrid and which specialisation?
I agree would most likely it would be esn uni, and i think they would go with it having the pilot or intel going on the Science as the ship is supposed to have a engineering leaning. THough i am thinking it would go more intel than pilot really as it could utilize the intel aabilities quite well. Here is another question if we did see a tier six version would it keep the tail-mounted/fused cannon on it, and could that yield to more of a focus on eitherr mobility an cannon usage for the ship trait. Might sound weird but i would not mind seeing a trait on the ship that might either work around tactical team usage or the attack patterns, maybe something like during attack-pattern/tactical team duration you gain a large buff to your cannon's rate of fire.
The Hestia had a tactical ensign slot on release. The Valiant still has nothing noteworthy of it.
I can only imagine a positive reception of a T6 Patrol Escort, so long as it gains a Lt. Com Sci seat.
"The Valiant still has nothing noteworthy of it."
I take exception to the statement. The quantum torp console is very noteworthy. It can be a ship killer. You obviously are a biased hater.
No, you guys still will complain that it isn't a T6 Escort with 5 fwd weapons, Pilot Maneuvers (really guys, really), console bonus not to your liking.
C-Store Patrol Escort had a great BOFF layout but it is still a 4 fwd weapon Escort and not to the liking of the current "meta" for Escorts. I promise you, you guys will rail against Cryptic hard for not having a T6 PE with 5 fwd weapons and Pilot Maneuvers, things that should be apparent this ship will not get if anybody bothered to understand what the trends are.
The fixed, Aft Dual Phaser Cannon giving the ship that "extra weapon" slot is a joke. I've been more than annoyed by guys trying to make use of that aft weapon by giving it more weapons arc time than forward weapons time. I feel embarrassed to see guys trying to make that weapon work. The worst was seeing someone try to use it as a feature in PVP
"Dude, why are you giving your FPE's aft weapons so much time on target?"
"Because it's the only ship with an aft dual cannon!"
"You have on your build 4 far heavier weapons on the fwd arc... why???"
The worst was seeing someone try to use it as a feature in PVP
I kid really... for the most part I ignore it, beyond limiting my builds to various Phaser types.
For me, the benchmark for a T6 PE, is whether I can fire off a GW or not...
If no, the T5-U will stay active in my roster.