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Solanae vs MVAE

tolwyn1tolwyn1 Member Posts: 3 Arc User
edited February 2014 in Federation Discussion
Tomorrow I'll be getting the Solanae science ship but is it worth playing when your a lvl 50 tac captain normally playing in a mvae escort?
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  • greyhame3greyhame3 Member Posts: 914 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Most important thing to remember is that the Solonae is a science ship. It can act like an escort but its a science ship first.

    So if you prefer flying escorts, then this ship won't likely be as fun for you.
  • nobletnoblet Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    If you're planning to fly solanae in escort mode, then mvae is better.
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  • torvinecho25torvinecho25 Member Posts: 49 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Depends entirely on what you are doing. The MVAE is an escort, pure and simple. The Solanae is a science ship with escort capability.

    If you want to deal damage and ONLY deal damage, roll the MVAE. If you want to deal a little less damage with a side of healing, debuffing, or crowd-control, the Solanae is the ship for you.

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  • rylanadionysisrylanadionysis Member Posts: 3,359 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    They are basically the same ship setup with their primary and secondary foci swapped

    Do you follow me?

    The MVAE is a sci heavy escort
    The Solanae is a tac heavy sci destroyer

    They are both highly flexible platforms, but the MVAE will always be the heavier hitter (and faster) and the Solanae the more versatile science magic user (and tougher).

    A tac in a solanae or a sci in a MVAE are deadly deadly things. (or will be once the Solanae C-store version comes out)

    I am personally going to take my standard science escort build I use in a Fleet Dhelan and apply it to the romulan dyson variant. I have high hopes for this build as I am already specced into the proper skills to make use of that commander science slot, and have the loadout to make use of the commander tactical confiiguration. Essentially all i stand to lose is a little turn rate and a bit off the top end in terms of "spike" damage.
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  • orangeitisorangeitis Member Posts: 5,222 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    I prefer MVAE simply because I'm more used to it. The Sci Destroyers just have a totally different play style, so it's not simply a matter of which is stronger. If you can try both, do it. =)
    noblet wrote: »
    If you're planning to fly solanae in escort mode, then mvae is better.
    It doesn't have an Escort mode. D=
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  • rylanadionysisrylanadionysis Member Posts: 3,359 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    orangeitis wrote: »
    It doesn't have an Escort mode.

    No, it does not. The tactical configuration makes the Solanae ship essentially the Mobius Temporal Destroyer without the temporal.

    It will be very nimble and strong, but not quite up to escort specs.

    Honestly looking at the stats for the Wells and the Mobius, you really can draw a direct comparison.

    In Tactical mode the Solanae is the Mobius (locked into using the ltcomm uni as sci)
    In Standard mode the Solanae is the Wells (locked into using the ltcomm uni as tactical and a lower turn rate).
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  • alfamegaalfamega Member Posts: 268 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    if you fine with prometeus as it is - stick to it. especially fleet prometheus is a 5 tac console ship.
    same damage as defiant, with better tank and slightly less turn.
    if you feel the need for more tank/buff/debuff then switch to solanae. it has only 3 tac consoles and a special cannon with exotic damage, which hard to improve without crippling overall performance.
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