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I got the Yellowstone for free during that particular promo, and I'm wondering if it would be worth investing in one or more of the other small craft on the C-Store. Is there one that's 'better than all the rest'? Or do they all have a mostly-balanced set of strengths and weaknesses, each suited to a particular play style? For example, I play a Tactical Captain, with a penchant for doing 'fancy stuff' (read: 'Trick Shots'). In other words, I like to TRIBBLE around a lot with the BOFF abilities, more often than not resulting in a longer-than-necessary skirmish.
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I'm afraid I don't understand.
And if you really want a tractor beam, you can put a BOFF in with that power.
A tractor beam can hold one shuttle at a time, then you've got a long cooldown. Equip a fighter with an issue-s beam-array (the blue mk xi from rerunning the vault mission) and maybe a dual-beam bank, get a Boff with Fire at Will 1 and enjoy the lightshow :P
If Star Trek Online was an Open-Source (GPL) Game, we would have a low-grind fork.
^Words that every player should keep in mind, especially whenever there's a problem with the game...
with that, you can slot a healing power (such as TSS or HE) in the sci slot, and leave your Universal open to a Tac Boff with a offensive ability
Peregrine's good... I'd hazard to say it's the best of the C-store shuttlecraft available to Feds in terms of offense, partly because it's able to load dual cannons, but also because it has a Lt power (CRF 1) for its innate ability and has 2 Tac consoles instead of 1 (but it doesn't have any Sci consoles). Like the other shuttles, the innate power is at a fairly long cooldown, though, and unlike the Delta Flyer (or the Veteran or timeship shuttles), it can't mount both a shield heal and a hull heal, so if you start taking damage, expect to explode.
The To'duj and Scorpion get Battle Cloaks as well as the Peregrine's bonuses (and the To'duj doesn't seem to lose anything for it, while the Scorpion loses CRF and M/AM core for its Singularity Overcharge and the typical Singularity Core advantages/disadvantages).
A Mk XII V.Rare turret will get you higher DPS than the XI-S beam array.
I know of 2 places where you can get better shuttle weapons:
http://sto.gamepedia.com/Jem%27Hadar_Space_Set
The set gives a nice 8.1 additional Polaron damage and an Antiproton Sweep
--or--
To get Phaser/Disruptor (Fed/KDF) Beam Array/Dual cannons
For Dual cannons you will need a shuttle that can equip them!
But you can't use any cannon-ability on small craft (at least not from a Boff-Station, you could use CRF1, that's available on the Peregrine or To'Duj). So you are stuck on beams for high DPS :P
And please don't try a small-craft torpedo-boat, especially not on the Scorpion (built in Singularity Overcharge)!
If Star Trek Online was an Open-Source (GPL) Game, we would have a low-grind fork.
First off, as already been stated, it does pack a copy of CRF1 as it's innate power and can slot DC/DHCs
What hasn't been stated is that Tactical Initiative reduces the cooldown of the innate CRF1, just like with the regular BOff version.
I suggest getting either the Omega Deflector or an Elite Fleet Axion Deflector for the +Targeting it gives, then get either x3Acc or Adv. Fleet 2xDmg 2xAcc DC/DHCs for maximum accuracy, also considering that you should have 9/9 Targeting Skill and the Accurate Trait.
With that you'll be able to reliably hit other small craft consistently, as long as you can keep them in your firing arc.
So, say I chose the Peregrine. For the missions and PvE events that require shuttles/small craft, what equipment would be totally useless?
At higher levels with 2 phaser relays and the point defense system is a little over powered.
When using a small ship you want two things in my opinion
C-store consoles are a bonus
My suggested ship will ALWAYS be the delta flyer for a fed captain, two boff seats instead of whatever another shuttle/fighter has will normally trump them. (shuttle/fighter innate abilities cant be upgraded, hence suffer the full cooldown of an untrained boff skill) So having the delta flyer (preferable with torp spread and polarize hull/Hazard emitter for vault mission) will be better cooldown wise
Why Not a fighter i suggest?
Small arc, small targets, and overly sensitive turnrates of a mini ship.
Depending on the mission your target will fly under you, over you or just too far to the left and with a 45degree cannon.. your not in luck.
Why a torpedo?
given the low health of most enemies when flying a small ship mission, a torp can be lethal even if the target has mid shield health on a facing, join that with a 30second torp spread, you can easily cripple/destroy and enemy wing with a guaranteed torpedo salvo hit. (just no tricobalt and rommie hyper plasma (slow moving and un wanted recoils in shuttles = bad)
My optimum suggestion:
- jem shield/borg (your survivability isnt based of shields anyways, you will mostly be moving fast
- tetryon engines/hyper impulse/borg engines
- jem deflector/borg deflector
- Any warp core (W>e or E->w can be handy but depends on your power levels)
(2/3 piece borg or 2 piece jem, borg for heals jem for polaron damage buff)Weapons:
Consoles
C-store if you have them, handy ones include point defence, possible borg console for 2piece bonus with the omega torp
Boff slots
Hope my insight is handy
The T3 C-store Akira-class escort (Thunderchild?) has the phaser point defense console, and a lockbox has a disruptor based one for KDF.
The T5 HEC (Armitage) has the torpedo point defense system, and like other T5 consoles can only be equipped on the original craft...
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Others would disagree, but I think that console and its T5 Torpedo counterpart are some of the best universal consoles in the game sometimes...
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The Armitage carrier is the one I have. I don't think I'll be buying another escort just to make use of a console on a small craft I don't think I want anymore, anyway.
There's also a turret based one from one of the old pre-order perks. I run with that and the Red Matter capacitor.
I Agree! Dependent upon the mission - I can put the point defense on and sometimes even the bioneural warhead lol In that atmospheric assult - both work extremely well! Bio has serious range at 15km and shoots other mobs while in flight! It's also good in "The Vault" mission too. <G> Sometimes I'll go with the breen set(?) and rapid reload.
On the contrary, this console is useful no matter what ship you are flying.
Console - Universal - Point Defense System