Buying First Ship Question

blastercat

The zen sale this weekend has me wanting to buy my first ship, perhaps the Alita Heavy Escort Carrier. My question arises due to my level, currently 52. Can I purchase this ship and fly it or do I wait till I'm at level 60. Because I'm not level 60 is my only option to purchase the T5 for 2500 zen and upgrade it when I'm at 60? T5, T5-U, and T6 so very confusing.
I'm pretty sure I want the Heavy Escort Carrier because I had a lot of fun with the mission Influence of the Sphere, where I opened all those gates. But level 60 looks like it will take forever for me because I don't so much enjoy the leveling missions, just pure space battles. I haven't been getting much exp out of those and since mirror universe has opened, no other queues seem to be active any more.
Thanks for all the advice. This is a very supportive community as far as my experience goes.

Note, I'm a Fed Engineeer Captain

seriousdave

Yes you can.

Once you reach 50 you can fly/use everything, the only thing that's left after that is admiratly which unlocks at 52. After that there are only spec points left and nothing else.

misterloz

You can fly a T6 from lvl 50 onwards.

misterloz

On a second note regarding the missions there are some very interesting and useful items available when you play the storyline so it's well worth doing.

dragon200052

The Attila is a good ship there are some others you might want to consider stuff like the Tactical Command Battlecruiser that still has a hanger but has command same with the Chronos a engineering Dreadnought with temporal ops stations. the only ship that is T6 that you can get zen wise that has 2 hangers is the Science Jupiter class carrier so all the other ships only have one hanger.

The attila is very good especially if you have some of the set bonus. And all T6 ships can be used at LV50 but get increased Hull at LV60

blastercat

I appreciate the help given. As soon as I figure out why I can't use my prepaid visa card, I will get the Alita Heavy Escort Carrier. It looks awesome and I appreciate higher turn rates on a ship of this size.
I took a look at the Chronos and gave it low rating, on looks alone. The Tac Battlecruiser doesn't strike me as ship I need to master. The carrier will definitely keep me busy for the next 6 months of my subscription, trying to rock this boat.
The torpedo point defense looks most interesting to me. How do I get it since I am going to skip the T5 version of the HEC?

jade1280

blastercat#3245 wrote: »

I appreciate the help given. As soon as I figure out why I can't use my prepaid visa card, I will get the Alita Heavy Escort Carrier. It looks awesome and I appreciate higher turn rates on a ship of this size.
I took a look at the Chronos and gave it low rating, on looks alone. The Tac Battlecruiser doesn't strike me as ship I need to master. The carrier will definitely keep me busy for the next 6 months of my subscription, trying to rock this boat.
The torpedo point defense looks most interesting to me. How do I get it since I am going to skip the T5 version of the HEC?

Affraid if you want the torpedo point defence console you will have to buy the T5 ship.

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davefenestrator

The arbiter is a fun ship to fly and is reasonably nimble, but it's a cruiser so it works better with beams than cannons.

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