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Most to un-popular C-Store ships
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Regent Class. I love it. But I do not see very many though ...
And lets face it, I think the two most popular ships would probably be the Armitage and the Odyssey (the bought one!). I have the odyssey, I think I prefer it. But why are those two so good?
Also at the time of release, the Atrox was very popular, but you do not see very many now.
The most un-popular has to be that Vulcan ship. Seriously, like noun in game , and Cryptic had to do a blog post to get more support for it
Before F2P , the saucer separation Galaxy was popular, (ut you hardly see any) as was the dreadnought, which is still moderately popular. The MVAM ship , again before F2P was popular-ish The Tactical retrofit does seem to quite popular. Not sure about the ablative armor is acutally quite rare, now and before F2P , so I think that (perhaps with the Vulcan ship) go for being quite un-popular
PS: I have been in STFs and PvEs with 4 Odyssey and a Regent (Guess who was in the Regnt
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Regent Class. I love it. But I do not see very many though ...
And lets face it, I think the two most popular ships would probably be the Armitage and the Odyssey (the bought one!). I have the odyssey, I think I prefer it. But why are those two so good?
Also at the time of release, the Atrox was very popular, but you do not see very many now.
The most un-popular has to be that Vulcan ship. Seriously, like noun in game , and Cryptic had to do a blog post to get more support for it
Before F2P , the saucer separation Galaxy was popular, (ut you hardly see any) as was the dreadnought, which is still moderately popular. The MVAM ship , again before F2P was popular-ish The Tactical retrofit does seem to quite popular. Not sure about the ablative armor is acutally quite rare, now and before F2P , so I think that (perhaps with the Vulcan ship) go for being quite un-popular
PS: I have been in STFs and PvEs with 4 Odyssey and a Regent (Guess who was in the Regnt
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I hope STO get's better ...
I hope STO get's better ...
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I'm sure you don't go around clicking on every Sovvy to check if its actually regent right?
There're many regents out there, i can assure you.
A truely superior ship.
The others are kind of all equally a joke.
For the kdf.
Best karfi. Amazing ship all around
Worst bortasq. Poor design.
ahhhh forgot about that
I hope STO get's better ...
Since then, we got the Oddessy pack, the Regent, Atrox, Armitage, Vesta pack. Obviously, each new ship was "incrementally" better than it's predecessors, so that the MVAE crowd "felt compelled" to buy an Armitage, etc.
Then there's the fleet ships, the lockbox ships that are "fleet level", the Chel Grett built at "really near fleet level and free" and the Ambassador, which many argue is almost as capable as at least the Excelsior-R...
Thusly, those "original" C-store ships, aka the "hero retrofits" have been outclassed and the only reasons to buy them now are if you really like their abilities/build, or if you're getting the fleet version - since it's $20 to buy just a fleet version, and $25 if you buy the C-store ship then the one fleet module for the matching fleet version...
That, and (to me at least) the only high-end consoles worth having Fed side from the original birds are the Excelsior's transwarp computer and the separation consoles (Gal-X saucer and MVAE) - this is down-grading the sales...
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I do still see a lot of Oddys. Tactical Escorts continue to be popular in ESTF, though the Patrol Escort stole a bit of its thunder. Excelsiors especially since the Fleet upgrade continue to be common. Armitage/Akira is everywhere.
For unpopular, definitely the Galaxy variants (both the Retrofit and the Dread) since they've been completely overshadowed by the Odyssey and others. Most science ships aside from the Vesta are rare. Chimera had its brief popularity right after it came out, but being limited to lifers and 1000-day vets, and some of them having gone back to other ships, you don't see it a lot now. Not sure if you can say it's "unpopular", since it's probably pretty popular among those who have access to it, it's just that's not a lot of people.
Seems all the sci captains these days are flying Vesta's. Even the poor Nebula doesn't get that much play either.
Oh well, I guess it really just boils down to FOTM.
i think you should miss out the soa paulo, and the defient retrofit should come with the cannons and the cloak
The same could be said about the galaxy and the voyager ship
Then that means many of the other ships should be free. Your annoyance , to me, is hard to understand
PLUS: Where would Cryptic get there money from?
I hope STO get's better ...
Now the Defiant Retrofit really hasn't gotten to be useless due to the cloak and the popularity of the Fleet Defiant-R having a fifth tactical console, which allows it to do some serious damage.
With KDF Ships, I don't see many of the alien ships these days, almost all I see are Klingon Vintage, with the exception of some flying the Garumba (use to see tons of Fleet Scourges, but not much anymore). People don't like the looks of the Orion ships and people aren't fond flying Gorn Sci ships since they are Sci ships. So I take these are the most useless of the C-store ships.
The Regent, guess the OP doesn't run into many, but I found the Regent to be very popular and seen lots of them. But most players do use the Sovereign skin.
I love that the Nebula is so rare. My sci toon flies one (fleet version) and it's usually the only one I ever see in-game.
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whats your build if you dont mind me asking? i quit flying me beloved pancake after it became TRIBBLE post f2p. when you cant fight with science its rather silly to fly a ship that relies on it.. the nebula
Escort:
Aquarius Destroyer-
Haven't seen one anywhere and you still pay money for it so I still count it as a C-store ship. Otherwise, I would say this.
Multi-Vector Advanced Escort-
I see the model a lot but I never see them going into multi-vector mode. So I assume its mostly the free or mirror versions that i'm looking at.
Cruiser:
Exploration Cruiser Retrofit-
Sure you can see many of these flying around and its popular but like the multi-vector, I mostly see the free versions or even the dreadnought over it.
Science:
D'Kyr Science Vessel-
I've only seen it twice for the entire time i've played.
But on a serious note, probably a Vulcan ship. I never ever, EVER see one flying in-game. Lately, I have not seen many Nebula's either.
Ironic... I've seen them more today, than ever before...
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MVAM is REALLY good. It's just that the Akira is arguably BETTER.
Also, you'd never see them going into Multi-Vector outside of combat. You might in a social zone but somebody doing that is blowing a ten minute cooldown.
Additionally, there are good reasons to use the free or Mirror Prometheus with an MVAM console.
He's not saying to get somthing for nothing
, just
that its seems a waste of time to buy a skin and cannons and then buy a cloaking device, these should be combined into one item, same with the galaxy and intrepid sets, for what you get the are a bit over priced when you have to spend about 3000 zen on them.
As for the least popular ship period, that would have to be the Ferengi shuttle. I have never seen it ingame. Not once.
Im currently using a galaxy retrofit for one of mymain admirals, i gt that back when you still could choose any current vice admiral ship once you hit the cap, so as i only have access to it with one guy i decided to keep it.
I believe I am the only person in the entire game using the Ferengi Shuttle. The special shield makes Vault runs a breeze
that shield is absolutely useless in PvP, you can't run, you can't shoot back, you only live a few seconds longer, and then you die.
maybe i should try it in the vault next. but then i dont have use for Romulan Marks anymore... maybe not.
i love my MVAM, but i fly it with a SCI captain, i can understand if TAC captains slot out of it after a while for something else, but my SCI captain loves the ship, MVAM + Holo Ships = nice pet spam.
And imho the MVAM is BETTER than the Wells / Moebius combination that adds the 2 ships from future and the past, because they do not stay around as long and the cooldown kills it.
have also upgraded my MVAM to the Fleet Version
i only wish my MVAM pets would look like the parts from MY ship when reconnecting, and could fly away without the ship making a full stop, you know, like the Odyssey?
i guess some have slotted out of it because the visuals start to get annoying after a while (if you are obsessive about it).
Heh, well I've never seen you in game now have I? :P
But yeah, I've seen every single ship including the Oberth and Aeon at least once.
Fast forward to today and I can't remember the last time I saw one.
I think its the 2 tactical consoles. No matter what ship you fly, you need at least 3 tac consoles to hold your own DPS-wise.
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But sadly, with the introduction of Lock Box ships and Fleet Ships the D'Kyr has become practically obsolete, so no wonder little to no people use it. It costs a lot, isn't really "better" than free DSSV/RSV, and doesn't have a fleet variant. Now it's actually better to just purchase a Vesta bundle or something, instead of this. Sad thing, really.
He may not, but I compulsively check to see who's flying what, and before that dumb "shuttle is my primary ship" bug and the "profile suddenly lags out" bug that came about a couple of months ago, there was a surprisingly small number of Regents out there. I would be surprised if more than 5% of the Assault Cruisers of any stripe I ran into were Regents, although oddly enough I have seen one or two AC's in Regent skins (I think, anyway - that is possible, isn't it, if you've bought the Regent?).
To be fair, there is a fleet mark-only version available which is, technically, free (although any are technically free with 4 FSMs).
However, considering I've heard it very repeatedly referred to as basically being a Bird of Prey with all the disadvantages and almost none of the advantages, plus the fact it was designed to be a little helper/flying coffin for the Odyssey in the first place, I doubt we'll ever see many of either version around. Among other things, it's just too frail to justify the price, and if you need it for RP reasons you might as well get the fleet mark version.