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Kar'fi vs. Marauder cruiser
junkknight
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With the 20% of sale currently in effect I decided it would be a good time to buy my kdf toons a nice new c-store (zen store?) ship, but I can't decide between the kar'fi or the marauder. I'm currently leaning thinking the kar'fi would be a better fit on my main kdf a tac, but I'd appreciate any advice ether way including a good hanger and weapons loudout. thanks.
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As far as hangars, grab 2x of everything green (~3K EC each at the shipyard) to play around with and see what you like before plunking down the Dil for Blues. Definitely keep 2x Power Siphon Drones (green) in your inventory for handling large things like Donatra and Tac Cubes. Advanced Slavers give nice loot (it is random on when you get anything),have interesting abilities like stealing away crew and giving them to you, a decent disrupter proc, and mines can rip apart things that run into them(though be wary of using them in Elite Infected and KA, as they can accidentally blow up nodes you don't want too). I never really found a good use for the shield rep. drones. To'Duj and S'Kul are both pretty good, play around to see which you like more. I need to use the Adv. S'Kul more to see my opinion, as they just had their Ramming Speed proc fixed recently (was just doing Warp Core Breach damage before). Adv. To'Duj are pretty nice, straight forward disrupter cannons and micro-quantum torps.
Sets wise, going at least two piece KHG for the nice carrier-helpful bonuses it gives would probably be best.
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If you can grab the Dacoit from the C-store, Interceptors + Frigates = Kar'fi heaven.
I am liking the Advanced S'Kul and Advanced Slavers combo so far. Keeping track of how many fighters are out becomes a lot easier when one set are suicide fighters. :P With To'Duj I had to keep an eye on things to make sure some weren't on the other side of the map, with S'Kul they'll find a target to fly themselves into pretty quickly.
I bought the Kar'Fi last night mainly to unlock the advanced skull fighters for my Marauder, but after a quick fly around in space, the turn rate has me intrigued (12, after skills).
On top of that the Ferji frigates on paper look real interesting too.
For a tac player I can really see the appeal of this ship, but with so few eng abilities I'll have to rework/think my typically tanking play style.
Both good ships, just depends on how you want to play.
Thanks
Interceptors are good in combo with other drain abilities but you need to have them and be specced into them to be worth it imo.
The Dacoit will open access to using Interceptors, which are the superior fighter pet in the game IMO. Not a top tier damage pet, but provides DPS, drains weapons/engines, and chroniton torps which lower speed/turnrate. On top of that they're the fastest pets in the game, which does wonders for getting your Kar'fi in position for things like Gravity Well.
The Frigates are the best DPS pet in the game, you simply can't ignore it being able to use Tricobalt HY2. Plus it drops Tricobalt mines into the mix...
As eradicator84 mentioned, get the Plasmatic Leech, it will stack drains along with the Interceptor... If you want to make the drain better, run with Polaron weapons as well.
All 3 of my KDF 50s fly a Kar'fi... its just too much fun
I've been testing 1 purple and 2 blue hanger bay DOs (15% + 12.5% +12.5% cooldown buff)
and respawn of fighters is almost instant and frigates end up being 10 seconds.
I'm still interested in some feedback on the new DOs...
Intercept Mode = Accuracy buff
Escort Mode = Damage buff
Recall Mode = Defense buff
Thanks
I'm using the Frigate/Power Drain Pods in a Power-Drain specific build. Lots of polarons, Tychen Rifts, Plasmonic leech... very potent and lets a team take out tactical cubes with minimal losses. I'm not the one doing huge DPS, but I'm keeping the cubes from one-shotting our escorts!
the Kar'fi is a true carrier hon, that can turn and perform.
One word of warning however, she is a touch of a glass cannon, with all those tac slots and very limiting engineering slots, you have to get a little bit picky on some defensive skills for the tac and especially science to offset that.
but for the true carrier, the kar'fi is head and shoulders above the marauder.
The maurauder is invincible. Put 3 shield consoles, honor guard shield and the rest omega.
Put all special consoles on it. Plasma leech and the 2 part omega allows you to go through shields like butter.
It is truly unique for an eng.
IMHO the marauder is a lot better than the bortas
Are you guys having success with them doing anything special with them command-wise?
hmm?
Nau, I use the advance power drain probes mostly hon, either in PVP support, or elite STF. In the STF I will break out the suicidal Skull's, but I do not use the advance tod'uj fighters.
The Karfi imo is a bit of a glass cannon. In my Marauder I can go many elite STFs (like each one 2-3 times) in a row and not die once, the Karfi though I seemed to die once or twice every 3 STFs. Might have to sacrifice one of the 4 special consoles I have slotted and replace it with an extra shield gen/emitter to help with survivability.
The frigates are good, survive for a long time which is nice vs fighters and do quite a bit of damage.
I don't think I prefer the Karfi over the Marauder though. The Marauder I can survive most things and still have 4 special consoles slotted for extra fun, whilst having a hanger to play with. The Karfi is too brittle for my liking.
Funny you mention the Orion Interceptors... I think they are great also, and are very good when mixed with the S'kul or Frigates. It must be how the mixed weapon energy types of mixing the pets assit over all damage.
I just started using a polaron weapon build and I am going to have to test drive it on a Kar'Fi.