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SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited July 2023 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Hi i want to make a Cruiser.
I am new in this game, and i am taktical.

So i want you to ask pls, if a cruiser is good 4 beginners :)?
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    A science ship would probably be better for a beginner but cruisers are fine too.
    You will have to live with the T4's low turnrate tough.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    A cruiser is like a tank, if thats what you want to do, A escort ship is more of a dps. I preffer the hitting power over the tank aspect.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Capt_Dracon_Darknight wrote: »
    A science ship would probably be better for a beginner but cruisers are fine too.
    You will have to live with the low T4 turnrate tough.



    Wha is low t4 turnrate?
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    As long as you like your ships slow and cumbersome you should be fine :)
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    MrSloane wrote:
    As long as you like your ships slow and cumbersome you should be fine :)

    With phasers that have what.. 250 degree arcs, who cares about turning?
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Iggep wrote:
    With phasers that have what.. 250 degree arcs, who cares about turning?



    I also thought the same think.
    why allways cruise round and round and round, when i have phasers they shoot 4 me.

    I found this video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l9uNiejSI8


    I think cruiser will make fun.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Nephitis wrote: »
    Wha is low t4 turnrate?

    He meant Tier 4 (ie Galxay Class).

    I actually found the Tier 2 and Tier 3 Cruiser ships weren't that bad. Plus you can find engineering consoles that improve your turn rate and Combat Impulse Engines help too. :)
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Iggep wrote:
    With phasers that have what.. 250 degree arcs, who cares about turning?

    Turning can be improved with a slight reduction to speed as well .. But torps tend to care about turning this however can be rectified with a nice batch of mines to drop randomly while fighting a enemy. This and tractor beams tend to help with a cruisers manuverability problem. So in short Cruisers arent that bad if you know how to compensate for your ships innate weakness. The cruisers innate weakness is easier to comp with than the lack of hull / sheilds that escorts tend to have.

    Id say it could use a bit of tweaking to make them a bit tougher but overall cruisers are pretty well balanced.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    The front and aft photon torpedo launchers on the Excelsior class are very effective.

    Make broadside phaser attacks until the enemy shields drop, then turn the ship to launch a photon torpedo. Use Evasive Maneuvers and turn the ship 180 degrees to fire a second torpedo at the downed enemy shield.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    thanks 4 your tipps guys.
    So i will make a cruiser i like the big guns also the big ships with the big guns :D.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Cruiser is great, don't make the mistake of buying a ship early tho, you receive one for free after you rank up to Commander (Well it cost 1 Credit).
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Thank you ^^.
    i am rank 9 only 2 left 4 my cruiser <3.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I'm only going cruiser cause they look pretty lol, I wish Science ships with the exception of tiers 2/4 were a bit nicer looking tho or I would have been straight in one.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I played a cruiser throughout open beta (after I leveled up enough), and I really enjoyed it. I upgraded every console I could to help with turning, but I found the best thing I could do if I wanted to get my bow pointed at an enemy was to go in reverse (something I used to do in Bridge Commander, too). The consoles, reverse and getting a really good impulse engine made the complaints about turning moot IMHO.

    I did buy an escort as well, and I found that it didnt' have nearly the punch I thought it would. If the escort is going to be the 'dps' of the tier, then it needs to have an extra weapon slot. As it is in T2, it has three up front and one in back, the cruiser has two and two, so a beam weapon and a torp launcher front and back made it a better ship for the way I fly.
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