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T6 DPS SHIP RECOMMENDATION

alphalostalphalost Member Posts: 9 Arc User
edited February 2020 in The Shipyard
Hi I just returned to the game after a few years can you give ma a recommendation for a good DPS ship for my Federal Romulan tac. character.

And Im curious which are the top 5 meta DPS ships at the moment.

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    legendarylycan#5411 legendarylycan
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    i don't know about the other 4, but the top should still be the vaggernaut​​
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    seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,918 Arc User
    edited February 2020
    If you're looking at the C-Store, your top options are going to be the Khopesh Tactical Dreadnought, the Shamshir Operations Dreadnought, the Jem'Hadar Vanguard Warship, or the Gagarin Miracle Worker Battlecruiser. Those are your best DPS'ers from the C-Store.

    If you're looking at any ship and cost is no object then you should also look at the Miracle Worker Flight Deck Carrier, the Vaadwaur Miracle Worker Juggernaught, or the Tzenkethi Tzen-Tar. Those are your top dollar DPS'ers.

    Current 'DPS Meta' for energy builds.. Aux2Bat with 3 Technicians, a ship with 5 forward weapons running cannons, Miracle Worker and/or Intel spec, Intelligence and Strategist specializations using Phasers, Disruptors or Polaron weapons.

    If you need help with a specific ship or have specific build questions, please feel free to ask.
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    alphalostalphalost Member Posts: 9 Arc User
    What about fleet ships?
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    seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,918 Arc User
    alphalost wrote: »
    What about fleet ships?

    Those ships are all fleet level already with the one exception being the Gagarin. You can upgrade that to fleet level for 1 fleet module if you own the C-Store version.
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    foxrockssocksfoxrockssocks Member Posts: 2,482 Arc User
    If you have the zen for the legendary pack, I suspect the new Sovereign and TOS Connie are a pretty good contenders as MW ships, with the Defiant and maybe the Columbia as options too.
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    sstewa06#9731 sstewa06
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    I have a t6 promo pack token and I’m just starting to get into this game. I currently have no t6 shops what would be a good first choice?
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    redwren89redwren89 Member Posts: 257 Arc User
    edited March 2020
    foxrockssocks wrote: »
    If you have the zen for the legendary pack, I suspect the new Sovereign and TOS Connie are a pretty good contenders as MW ships, with the Defiant and maybe the Columbia as options too.

    You might also consider the t6 scimitars for this reason - the flagship consoles are pretty impressive when put together - especially with timeline stabliser. so here you can put a grav well 1 down, fly close and watch all your alpha strike captain powers sweep back up to 0 cooldown.

    The 3 piece is good too, if you draw enough agro to drop shields - and aren't killing them quickly enough for shields not to drop XD

    Personally don't invest in shields on my fed tac pve ship for this very reason.

    I'm not sure how much use my other suggestions might be as i'm not all interested in dps.
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    foxrockssocksfoxrockssocks Member Posts: 2,482 Arc User
    sstewa06#9731 wrote: »
    I have a t6 promo pack token and I’m just starting to get into this game. I currently have no t6 shops what would be a good first choice?

    If you're new, I'd really hold off for a bit until you understand the game better. Promo packs are quite rare if you don't want to drop a lot of money on the game, and you only get the ship you select on that one character.

    If you want to really look over the possibilities, go here, but again if you're new, you won't really have a good understanding of what all the info means for each ship. https://sto.gamepedia.com/Special_Requisition_Choice_Pack_-_Tier_6_Promotional_Ship_Choice_Pack Maybe you can narrow it down to some that you think look good and ask for more focused opinions on those ships.

    I got one of those boxes from the anniversary giveaways, and was able to quickly narrow it down because I really don't like the look of most of them. Consider for something so rare, you're probably going to want to want to fly it regularly (not a typo), so at least for me, I had to like the look of the ship I was looking at, and also be able to imagine a good reason for my character to be flying it, that way I feel good about flying it, feel connected to it and so on. I'm sure that doesn't matter to many, but that I had to factor into the decision, because as some would say, space barbie is the endgame of STO.

    redwren89 wrote: »
    foxrockssocks wrote: »
    If you have the zen for the legendary pack, I suspect the new Sovereign and TOS Connie are a pretty good contenders as MW ships, with the Defiant and maybe the Columbia as options too.

    You might also consider the t6 scimitars for this reason - the flagship consoles are pretty impressive when put together - especially with timeline stabliser. so here you can put a grav well 1 down, fly close and watch all your alpha strike captain powers sweep back up to 0 cooldown.

    The 3 piece is good too, if you draw enough agro to drop shields - and aren't killing them quickly enough for shields not to drop XD

    Personally don't invest in shields on my fed tac pve ship for this very reason.

    I'm not sure how much use my other suggestions might be as i'm not all interested in dps.

    The flagship consoles are very good, but the timeline stabilizer you can't get without a phoenix token if you didn't get the ship 4 years ago. Personally I run my Scimitar and most Romulan ships with the Valdore console, so my shields are never down for long.
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    redwren89redwren89 Member Posts: 257 Arc User
    edited March 2020
    foxrockssocks wrote: »
    sstewa06#9731 wrote: »
    I have a t6 promo pack token and I’m just starting to get into this game. I currently have no t6 shops what would be a good first choice?

    If you're new, I'd really hold off for a bit until you understand the game better. Promo packs are quite rare if you don't want to drop a lot of money on the game, and you only get the ship you select on that one character.

    If you want to really look over the possibilities, go here, but again if you're new, you won't really have a good understanding of what all the info means for each ship. https://sto.gamepedia.com/Special_Requisition_Choice_Pack_-_Tier_6_Promotional_Ship_Choice_Pack Maybe you can narrow it down to some that you think look good and ask for more focused opinions on those ships.

    I got one of those boxes from the anniversary giveaways, and was able to quickly narrow it down because I really don't like the look of most of them. Consider for something so rare, you're probably going to want to want to fly it regularly (not a typo), so at least for me, I had to like the look of the ship I was looking at, and also be able to imagine a good reason for my character to be flying it, that way I feel good about flying it, feel connected to it and so on. I'm sure that doesn't matter to many, but that I had to factor into the decision, because as some would say, space barbie is the endgame of STO.

    redwren89 wrote: »
    foxrockssocks wrote: »
    If you have the zen for the legendary pack, I suspect the new Sovereign and TOS Connie are a pretty good contenders as MW ships, with the Defiant and maybe the Columbia as options too.

    You might also consider the t6 scimitars for this reason - the flagship consoles are pretty impressive when put together - especially with timeline stabliser. so here you can put a grav well 1 down, fly close and watch all your alpha strike captain powers sweep back up to 0 cooldown.

    The 3 piece is good too, if you draw enough agro to drop shields - and aren't killing them quickly enough for shields not to drop XD

    Personally don't invest in shields on my fed tac pve ship for this very reason.

    I'm not sure how much use my other suggestions might be as i'm not all interested in dps.

    The flagship consoles are very good, but the timeline stabilizer you can't get without a phoenix token if you didn't get the ship 4 years ago. Personally I run my Scimitar and most Romulan ships with the Valdore console, so my shields are never down for long.

    Indeed, the valdore console only gets better the more you add energy weapons, haste and damage buffs. Its best used with as many [Cap] modifiers on the shield as possible.

    Epic phoenix token you can have a couple chances at that every day as the phoenix boxes are available 100% of the time now. Any time you dont get an epic token, use phoenix upgrade tokens to bring your gear back up to scratch after your few years off.

    Ofcourse, this isn't the be all, end all console in the game because lets face it, hardly anyone uses it.

    Which ships have you looked at so far alphalost? - something tells me you want cheaper - a fleet module is available for unlock each time you complete a reputation to t6.

    Tip, stay out of Mudd's store, its old rubbish that has been far surpassed by superior and readily available items :)
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    alphalostalphalost Member Posts: 9 Arc User
    Yea I working on maxing the reputations (have a few that are at 5 and half) for the fleet modules. Tried a few version of ships and I find moost confortable playing with a ship that have high turn rate, so probably I gona go for some escort type od ship.
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