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The Vanarous, is it worth $20?
benovide
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Is it worth paying $20 for the Vanarous?
Ultimately, is it worth paying $40 for both the Vanarus and Fleet Vanarus?
(Fleet because it's the better of the two, regular one for the repair station console)
I've come to realize, I have a Tank, a Death Dealer, but I don't have a Support Vessel, and I mean a REAL support vessel via repair/buff/debuff.
Seeing a Fleet Van in action, it seems to be moderately effective at keeping allied ships alive. especially when fighting Donatra, Tac Cubes, and even prolonged life in the Hive Onslought.
But I want as much feedback as possible on it.
Furthermore, can it equip Cannons?
Ultimately, is it worth paying $40 for both the Vanarus and Fleet Vanarus?
(Fleet because it's the better of the two, regular one for the repair station console)
I've come to realize, I have a Tank, a Death Dealer, but I don't have a Support Vessel, and I mean a REAL support vessel via repair/buff/debuff.
Seeing a Fleet Van in action, it seems to be moderately effective at keeping allied ships alive. especially when fighting Donatra, Tac Cubes, and even prolonged life in the Hive Onslought.
But I want as much feedback as possible on it.
Furthermore, can it equip Cannons?
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Honestly I can not say about the Varanus. I have one but have never really used it.
R.I.P
I still need to spend a lot of time tweaking the gear on it to get optimum performance from it.
The console is really good, it spawns 2 hull repair drones per platform, and has a almost stupidly short cd, so even if a pair of drones decide to be as smart as a carrier's fighter pets, you can still have so many in the map that it doesn't matter.
I also found that if you target an ally before smacking the console to life those drones will follow your target till destroyed, or till the platform is destroyed/despawns. Add to those drones with a couple of shield heals, hull heals, a cc skill and a debuff skill, and you will have a really well rounded ship, add to the mix some tet beams or pol beams and you can hold them in place, strip the power/shields and watch the dps players fill them full of holes.
As a crowd control/AOE slap/tank it is brilliant. On ISE you can ignore the best attentions of probes which warp in while you're blowing the transformers.
As a support ship, properly placed platforms can be a real bonus, one STF someone asked why there were a cloud of flies following his ship about.
Its a good, solid ship, you just can't kill anything quickly.
I have a Vo"Quv, and Jem Hadar Dreanought, respectfully, they are nowhere near even being close to be called a "Science Vessel". They just don't cut it. A support vessel yes, but they are no where near science ship category. That's like calling a Cruiser a Science Vessel, despite the console slots, it doesn't meet the standard.
No. It is not a Klingon ship and therefore not cannontastic.
So it only costs 1 module?
Very true, but the Veranus / Fleet Veranus is also the ONLY truly dedicated Science ship in the faction's lineup. Everything else is a hybrid. The BOP can be made a Science monster, but there are severe pro's & con's to that. The worst con is being fragile in PVP.
The Tholian Recluse, however, is a science carrier.