Federation Ship you wish you wouldn't have bought

thegalaxy31 · November 2013

Cannot include alien (Obelisk, Orb Weaver, Recluse, all that stuff) ships.

Note: I use the same sentence in my two other threads, I don't mean to spam, I just want to have one thread in one place and one thread in another.

coffeemike · November 2013

I bought the Fleet Avenger. I still hate the look & wish I can shove that BOFF and console layout to my Galaxy Dreadnought every night I go to sleep...

ddesjardins · November 2013

Galaxy-X (no brainer)

Slow, underpowered, and at the time incapable of saucer separation.

lianthelia · November 2013

I've got a whole list of ships, bought them and used them a bit but in the end don't really play them anymore. I wish could get some kind of zen refund or exchange them for something else.

cmdrscarlet · November 2013

Sadly, the Exeter. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE(D) THIS SHIP, but I'll not be seeing it at Tier 5 unless CBS does a 180 on that discussion. So I could have saved some heartache and not bough that ship at all.

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matchstick606 · November 2013

regent class, it was ok at the time but once i got the fleet excel it seemed like a wasted of money.

andorian escort, I know a lot of people say its a great escort and im not going to say its not but for me i found the steamrunner a better escort. That and the fact that i then started to use the Tal Shiar adapted destroyer it just got lost in the mix.

mainly i find any ship i dump off quickly for something better a waste.

kalvorax · November 2013

Kumari Bundle...I never use the escort anymore.....its either my Fed HEC, or one of my other t5 ships that i have fun in.

ufpterrell · November 2013

Probably the D'Kyr, never really used it tbh could have used the Zen on something else plus it was riddled with bugs for ages.

EDIT: Also the Galaxy-X, had such promise and some badass looks but ultimately it's a shadow of what it should be.

terongray · November 2013

Gal-X, and Intrepid Retrofit. Both were disappointing, especially the Gal-X, and could use some love to bring them to par.

To a lesser extent, the Adorian Escort pack, the ships are great, I just wish it was a true Starfleet Hull, and I hate being locked into phasers to make use of the wing cannons.

ataloss · November 2013

Hands down the Atrox. I forced myself to like it, but it never worked out. But once I slid into the captain's chair of my Jem'Hadar Dreadnought Carrier, I fell in love and never looked at my Atrox again.

Followed by Mirror Assault cruiser, I regret spending the couple of hundred thousand on that ship.

beeftorpedo608 · November 2013

Odyssey 3-pack. I was hoping it would be what the fleet assault cruiser and the avenger later became.

tinkerstorm · November 2013

Assuming you mean store ships (not regular shipyard), anything not in end-game; that includes the Collector's Edition I bought for the Constitution class, Exeter, Heavy Escort Refit, Tactical Escort Refit, and Advanced Heavy Cruiter Retrofit (which, at the time I bough it included the Advanced Heavy Cruiser that PWE took away from me because I did not have one in my roster when they changed it).

The biggest mistake was the Odyssey three-pack; I could have just flushed that $50 and received the same benefit.

yreodred · November 2013

Dreadnought Cruiser (Galaxy -X) - slow, underpowered and just plain ugly
(why ther isn't an option to remove the third nacelle goes beyond me.)

Avenger Battle Cruiser - ugly as hell, not using it.
(absolutely no additional ship parts, unbeliveable

)

Advanced Heavy Cruiser Retrofit (Excelsior) - I have no idea why i have bought it several years ago. I absolutely hate the look of it.

Exploration Cruiser Retrofit (Galaxy Class) - Althrough i love that ship in Trek shows, i hate how underpowered and boring Cryptic made it. :mad:

Ferengi D'Kora Marauder - Bought it, used once or twice and never used it again.
(awesome BOFF/console layout , suitable for a Galaxy Class. But come on a FERENGI ship, seriously?)

Cardassian Galor Class Cruiser - One of the best Cruisers in the game, refuse to use it. I just hate the Cardassians, most abhorrent Trek species of them all.

Jem?Hadar Heavy Escort Carrier - Looks cool, if STO wheren't Star Trek i would make it my Flagship, but first it's a Carrier and second a Dominion ship.

Tholian Orb Weaver - bought it on the exchange but nevr used it, since then.

I really should stop buying ships because of their BOFF/Console layouts, since i am not going to use them anyway, lol.

baudl · November 2013

avenger pops up for looks, which i completely understand since i find it revolting too. now here is what i don't get: the ship is basically in proportion and style an intrepit class...why not add intrepid class styles to that ship?
i know it is a science ship and all...but at this point, when people dislike it because of it's fugliness such measures would really be in order. guess that is never happening.

the ship i personally regret buying is the oddy 3 pack, though i used it nearly a year, it is now utterly useless.
any other ship i bought i kind of use still from time to time, but that thing has no apeal to me anymore after going fleet regent in classic sovy look.

farmallm · November 2013

The Lower Tier Excelsior. I love the ship which is why I bought it at Tier 5. But what a waste since I only used it a few levels. At those lower levels.

jjumetley · November 2013

Easy question - Galaxy-X. Never liked the look but thought I'd have some fun. In reality - no fun at all.

I still have a few ships I bought and didn't fly but it's just because I don't have that much time - Odyssey pack, fleet Deviant, fleet Prometheus.

ridddickxxx · November 2013

beeftorpedo608 wrote: »

Odyssey 3-pack. I was hoping it would be what the fleet assault cruiser and the avenger later became.

One more vote for odyssey

captainforfun · November 2013

The Atrox Carrier. Bought it cause i liked the look, but i used it only for 3 weeks or so, since then it is sitting in my shipyard. If your listings include ships you got via emblems before the Game was f2p, i also have to add the MVA Escort and the D`Kyr.

starwheeler · November 2013

I have a assault cruiser refit but soon will get a fleet one,and i love it

starwheeler · November 2013

ridddickxxx wrote: »

One more vote for odyssey

the odyssey is a sitting duck.

for my setting that is ! but never seen one that perform well

alfamega · November 2013

atrox and armitage.
atrox - stupid flying brick.
armitage - stupid pets, lt.commander engineering is nothing useful unlike prometheus with grav well.

fraghul2000 · November 2013

The Odyssey 3-pack. I like the Odyssey itself, but when I'm using it, it's always the Tac version. The consoles are also just collecting dust in my bank, so the single purchase would have done it.

Second and third would go to the Vesta and the Kumari 3-packs. Same reason as with the Odyssey, but at least I've got a few costumes out of it.

Then there are a few small ships which I don't use anymore and which don't even give you a costume option for a T5 version or a decent console. Ships like the Oberth, NX or the Stalker fighter. At least they weren't expensive.

starswordc · November 2013

I see these threads and I always wonder how much of Cryptic's profits can be attributed to impulse buys. You'll avoid a lot of grief both in-game and out if you research what you're buying before you give a credit card number.

On the Avenger specifically, I get that some people don't like the way the Avenger looks, but I love my Fleet version to death. It's a great ship stats-wise, and looks-wise it looks exactly like what it's supposed to be: a warship. It's a compact and beefy evolution of the Starfleet cruiser that looks like a pure combat design, as indeed it is supposed to be according to fluff. Only thing I don't get is why they bothered putting windows on the inside of the dual neck.

graleron · November 2013

Regent for me. Never took it out of Spacedock. Used the launcher for a while, but as the game is specifically designed to have as little synergy between beams and other weapon types as possible, especially on cruisers with limited tac seating, even that has been binned.

As for the Odyssey -- still enjoying mine. I've got the Z to get an Avenger, but if I wanted a pew pew boat for my Engineer, I'd pick up a Defiant or unbox my Steamrunner.

sonnikku · November 2013

Few regrets, though sometimes I wish the D'D had cruiser commands, if only to help offset how the Scimitars can basically do everything the D'D can do and more. Even if all you wanted to do was tank in a game where up to stuff dps can do all the tanking the mechanics would ever need, the fact remains the Scim could do it as well or better, in addition to having the flexibility to run even more optimal builds. As someone who has both, it can be difficult to bring myself to fly a strictly inferior ship because I like the iconic look.

coffeemike · November 2013

I learned my lesson after buying the Oddy 3-pack (Though I use the Sci and Tac Oddy every so often). Hence why I bought the sci & tac Vesta only.

I still want to use the Galaxy X with the BOFF and ship equip. layout of the Avenger.

mosquito214 · November 2013

I sort of regret my Armitage. Ever since I started using it, I've just missed my MVAE's Gravity Well, and been fairly underwhelmed by my Elite Scorpions. I often don't even spawn fighters, because they die so quickly to any ship explosion, fall behind if I have to travel any major distances, and only sometimes decide to respond to my Recall command in any timely manner, if at all. I'm likely returning to my MVAE soon, or about to buy the Tactical Escort Retrofit.

I also sort-of-but-not-really regret my Steam Starter Pack purchase. I have yet to actually use my T5 Steamrunner (though I know it's considered a very good ship) because I don't really like the look, but I got a ton of use in the early levels out of the special weapons, and I enjoyed using the T1 Steamrunner as an alternative to the Miranda while it lasted.

age03 · November 2013

cmdrscarlet wrote: »

Sadly, the Exeter. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE(D) THIS SHIP, but I'll not be seeing it at Tier 5 unless CBS does a 180 on that discussion. So I could have saved some heartache and not bough that ship at all.

I regret getting the Thunderchild like you I would say it is pointless to buy any ship unless it is T5.

The Oddies still have thier uses especially for geers same could be said for the Borta pack.

jimqqi · December 2013

coffeemike wrote: »

I learned my lesson after buying the Oddy 3-pack (Though I use the Sci and Tac Oddy every so often). Hence why I bought the sci & tac Vesta only.

That makes no sense though since you essentially turned down a free eng vesta

hawke89305092 · December 2013

I sort of regret buying the Armitage. It was a great, very powerful ship, but I only it used for a few weeks before deciding that I didn't like the escort playstyle very much and have ignored it ever since.

Incidentally, I think the Fed ship I least regret buying is the Oberth. The feeling of going into Ker'rat at level 7 and blowing up a Borg cube in an Oberth was totally worth the 400 Zen I spent on it.

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