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Rolling a Romulan, Need Insight
brangel13
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I have been a STO player since beta and have been contemplating rolling a Romulan class. However before I do, I would like to gain insight from the Romulan community... and ask "if you knew then what you know now" after hitting 50 with your character, what would you do different, and why?
I also have a question about class, which would you prefer if you were going to roll a stealth fighter, i.e., Romulan, Reman, or Alien? Tac, Sci, Eng? Or does it matter?
Thank you for your insight.
I also have a question about class, which would you prefer if you were going to roll a stealth fighter, i.e., Romulan, Reman, or Alien? Tac, Sci, Eng? Or does it matter?
Thank you for your insight.
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Take their crappy power levels for example. Hurts engineers, cripples science and has next to no effect on tacs.
This game is all about dps. Romulans are even more dps orientated than the other 2 factions. If you want to be science or engineer either of the other factions are a much better choice. Singularity cores hurt classes that rely on power levels in multiple systems a lot.
Then again, science is in such a sorry state at the moment it might as well be banned from PVE. If they didn't have subnucleonic beam? Might as well remove them from the game entirely.
Engineers are fine in PVE but are unlikely to kill anything in PVP. Any vaguely skilled pilot can tank an eng-escorts dps.
Damage orientated game means the damage orientated class is the only one worth playing. Sad but true.
As for race I'd go Romulan, because while you do want a Reman with Infiltrator in your crew somewhere, if you do it as your captain you can't get a Subterfuge/Infiltrator combo yourself, whereas BOFF Remans can. On the other hand as a Rom captain you can get Subterfuge and Operative together on yourself. Its a minor thing, but its another 2.5% defense you wouldn't have otherwise.
BOFFs aren't falling out of the sky they way they do for Fed or KDF players, particular if you want them with that Subterfuge/Operative combo thats ultimately so valuable, so when you get your free boffs as you level, looking for valuable space traits is worth more than anything else they might bring. The 4 you get early on to fill out your initial crew don't have the the full trait package, and can't be trained in some rare skills because they're untradable, but they'll last you until you're ready to put your endgame ship together.
As to picking which faction you side with, that affects which costume you unlock, which doff missions and consoles you get access too, and which faction's fleets you can join. It doesn't affect your missions or gameplay however, beyond some minor dialogue changes in the cross-faction missions. Either pick is valid.
Praetor of the -RTS- Romulan Tal Shiar fleet!
On the ground, true (that psi drain ability is fun), but in space a Romulan captain has a little extra and a Reman boff can provide the same Infiltrator ability anyways.
Basically
Reman Captain = Infiltrator
5 Rom Boffs = 5x Subterfuge + 5x Operative
vs
Rom Captain = Subterfuge + Operative
4 Rom Boffs = 4x Subterfuge + 4x Operative
Reman Boff = Infiltrator + Subterfuge
The difference is that extra Subterfuge, for just a little more Stealth and Defense bonus, plus if you want to spend the money the Reman Boff can be Superior Infiltrator which a captain can't do.
can also do:
Reman Captain = infiltrator
4 Rom Boffs = 4x Subterfuge + 4x Operative
Reman Boff = Superior Infiltrator + Subterfuge
= 25sec decloak damage bonus
and yes I have Reman engineers, scis, and tacs set up that way
but all that means you will only fly Romulan ships to maximize the bonus, otherwise for PvE roll whatever you enjoy playing or try something new you can always delete and reroll if your not happy with how it turns out.
I did not realize they could stack. Put that on a Scimitar....oh gawd. *Laughs*
Romulans and Remans have the same ships
You either join the Federation or the Klingons as far as faction associations go, the extra benefit of being a rom/rem is doff's gained from recruiting allows you to get doff's from both factions rom/fed or rom/kling.
Praetor of the -RTS- Romulan Tal Shiar fleet!
Go with what would be fun in your RP with a Romulan/Reman.
USS Casinghead NCC 92047 launched 2350
Fleet Admiral Stowe - Dominion War Vet.
Keep in mind that a lot of the rommie boffs you get have the plasma weapon specialist so should take advantage of that and use plasma weapons.