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ammonitidaammonitida Member Posts: 0 Arc User
I already have a wing of Elite Scorpion Fighters for PVE, but now I'm looking for a wing that is more suited for PVP. I can pretty much afford any of the higher level pets except those from fleet stores. I've had my eye on elite widows for some time. Currently I'm using regular Runabouts. Would elite widows be higher dps than any of the "advanced" pets at the dillthium store?
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  • darkjeffdarkjeff Member Posts: 2,590 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    I'm under the impression that the Yellowstone runabouts are ideal due to being able to have a swarm of Tractor Beam 3s on the victim.
  • seannewboyseannewboy Member Posts: 667 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Bigger tends to be better. Bops for kdf, Yellowstone for fed, not sure what the rommies are using.
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  • ammonitidaammonitida Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    seannewboy wrote: »
    Bigger tends to be better. Bops for kdf, Yellowstone for fed, not sure what the rommies are using.

    But I don't have access to fleet stores.
  • chemist6lpchemist6lp Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    darkjeff wrote: »
    I'm under the impression that the Yellowstone runabouts are ideal due to being able to have a swarm of Tractor Beam 3s on the victim.

    While they may seem ideal, they're possibly the most... annoying pet of all, because in addition to Tractor Beams and Chroniton Torpedoes they also spew tetryon plasma.

    If you want to go for a little bit of cheese, but not so much that it completely insane, use the Advanced Danubes instead. The standard ones do their job just as well. I would stick with those.
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  • starsword1989starsword1989 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Elite widows are good shield strippers and interceptors. This makes them pretty much outclassed in stf or ce by scorpions fighters. Then again, watching Tetryon beams spewing around is quite a spectacle.
  • ammonitidaammonitida Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Elite widows are good shield strippers and interceptors. This makes them pretty much outclassed in stf or ce by scorpions fighters. Then again, watching Tetryon beams spewing around is quite a spectacle.

    That's what I'm looking for -- a good shield stripper. I run a torpedo boat with low weapon power and max auxiliary power. I need the best shield stripper I can get.
  • lianthelialianthelia Member Posts: 7,900 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    darkjeff wrote: »
    I'm under the impression that the Yellowstone runabouts are ideal due to being able to have a swarm of Tractor Beam 3s on the victim.

    But they don't work quite like that though, only one can use a TB and all of them are put on cooldown, I can't say how good their Tetryon Plasma is, but if it's like npcs with Warp Plasma, they're pretty stupid about how they drop it.
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  • starsword1989starsword1989 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    ammonitida wrote: »
    That's what I'm looking for -- a good shield stripper. I run a torpedo boat with low weapon power and max auxiliary power. I need the best shield stripper I can get.

    I paired elite mesh weavers and elite widows in pvp as part of my drain build, so I can't tell if the proc comes from Mesh weavers or widows. I like their fire at Will.
  • chalpenchalpen Member Posts: 2,207 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Fun fact: frigates are better than fighters by a long shot in most situations
    Fun fact 2: best fighter is the scorpions. 2nd best would be one with a tractor.

    Fighters die and it takes them a while to get effective again.
    Frigates don't die nearly as much

    Best thing in the world would be, if you own the carrier and it's frigates they should be transferable to all carriers. And no, that won't OP anyone.
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  • azurianstarazurianstar Member Posts: 6,985 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    ammonitida wrote: »
    I already have a wing of Elite Scorpion Fighters for PVE, but now I'm looking for a wing that is more suited for PVP. I can pretty much afford any of the higher level pets except those from fleet stores. I've had my eye on elite widows for some time. Currently I'm using regular Runabouts. Would elite widows be higher dps than any of the "advanced" pets at the dillthium store?

    As others say, it's a good shield stripper. But due to their use of BFAW, they tend to aggro more than you like them to, which is a major negative. So I stopped using them on my characters and opted to use Elite Scorpions (don't have access to buy Elite Fighter from the Starbase).
  • sonnikkusonnikku Member Posts: 77 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    I got romulan drones for my scimitar off the dil store for 27k dil. I don't know how they fair against the rest, but they seem to do the job.
  • darkjeffdarkjeff Member Posts: 2,590 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    I'm under the impression that the Elite Rom drones are the 2nd best hanger pets available right now, next to the JHAS.
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