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I don't know if I'll be able to get into the game for a few days but my fellow KDFers get out there and test this thing into the ground please.
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So I can't respect.
I'll have to check the ship out tonight.
http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=193747
I just took my sci officer, who is normally a karfi carrier captain, and tried out the new Javelin seige attack...
OH MY GAWD :eek:
To anyone who would like to make it effective, follow these simple rules:
1. It's based off Raptor/Escort stats
2. It's primarily beam oriented, but works fine with cannons. Just put points in BEAMS if you want the Javelin to work right.
3. It's Javelin attack is also a DISRUPTOR attack, so spec for Disruptors.
4. When using cannons, and rapid fire/scatter volley, I charged my Javelin in SECONDS.
5. When you activate seige mode, you gain +10 to weapons (So adjust your pwr lvls if your already maxed) and -10 to engines. So you don't turn nearly as well... until you spec for raptors/destroyer.
6. When your Javelin is fully charged, treat it as scatter volley with dual heavy cannons... give yourself at LEAST 6-8km from the enemy to activate it, and make sure your facing at least 2+ enemies in your 45 degree firing arc...
7. Think "Beam overload 2"... that hits EVERYTHING in a narrow cone AoE.
I was flying around in T'Kanis against borg ships... entered seige mode. Engaged 3 spheres with scatter volley, had my weapon charged up... and unleashed it.
I hit 2 spheres against naked hull for 12K damage each, and one sphere with shields still up for 9k. :eek:
Then it went on a 2ish minute cooldown (Wasn't paying much attention to that, as I was too amazed at my massive beam attack) and my ship transformed back into standard mode.
It was freaking amazing. That beam, will be DEVISTATING against a fed ball... and if you have 2+ of these things in PvP, if you happen to coordinate a simultanious attack with this beam. You may just ERASE any escorts out with just that.
So have fun with THAT!!!
I wish they'd made those gimmicks into a new type of equipment instead of sticking them on random ships...
I don't think anyone's reported an AoE, which would be interesting (although a bit illogical given the name 'javelin' - but we ain't vulcans so who cares?).
Definitely need to try out the AoE capabilities.
An escort in T5 should have ~39k hull, and probably 7k shields and then there are shield/hull resists to push the effective total up quite a bit higher.
Personally, the ship isn't for me - but this certainly looks better than the other reports
Shields on mine are 12608 with the Mk X Covariant Cap x3 or 11694 with the Aegis shield. That's with the 35% shield buff and maxed captain skills, of course. Hull is 39,001
Most reports are PvP centered. And those guys aren't being very realistic, to be honest. It isn't going to get cloak. And it isn't going to get something as useful in PvP as cloak. All their complaints about it just serve to validate Fed complaints.
That said, the complaints about the javelin attack are valid. It just isn't very viable.
Me, I want to see it changed a bit. I want the javelin to get the cooldown, with none for siege mode. I want to be able to swap in and out of siege mode at will. And I want to see siege mode add a self snare, buff resists, and only be 35-40% turning reduction, rather than 50%. Basically, want siege mode to be more about siege mode, less about the Javelin.
But I like the general idea behind the ship. And love the look, sort of reminds me of the Shadows' fighters from Babylon 5.
Test, 'em, test 'em test 'em!!!
But it does look so cool at least lol
I'll test them tomorrow, in many ways I think the changes to stuns, disables and holds might be the most important change.
Test it and express your opinion in the official thread.
If those are the changes they made then it should make a big difference from what I tested over the weekend. Looks like they've ironed out everything that needed to be worked on. The main concerns I had was the Siege Mode, and the Javilin
The ~3s of transition after the Javelin fires are annoying, they are probably not long enough to get you killed (unless you are timing things badly), but they are long enough to make you feel useless. While the transition into siege mode is similar, I at least felt more in control of when that was deployed.
The turn rate in siege mode is the biggest turn off to buying this thing (with or without CP). I'm not sure how to fix this. I understand the thinking from a balance standpoint, but it just cripples this ship at times. Furthermore, it takes what it supposed to be an Escort (in set up and stats) and makes it play more like a cruiser, this is a weird way to balance things.
Overall she is an interesting ship and I can see where the most recent changes were needed. She certain could have a place in a PvP group, but only really with a good dedicated team built around the idea of taking full advantage of that hard hitting javelin.