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Vaadwaur Manasa Assault Escort Review (VIDEO)

hrci2907hrci2907 Member Posts: 648 Media Corps
edited February 2015 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Hey guys this is a review of the new Vaadwaur Manasa Assault Escort which you can get from the Vaadwaur lockbox.

What do you guys think of the ship?
Could it be better then the Bug ship?

Check it out! :)

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSfANmAxTCs
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  • pewpewphazorspewpewphazors Member Posts: 90 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Totally unrelated, but I got distracted by your fifa ultimate team pack opening videos and watched those instead.

    Yay for soccer-football fans.
  • blitzy4blitzy4 Member Posts: 839 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    I really want to try one of these.
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  • mhall85mhall85 Member Posts: 2,852 Arc User1
    edited February 2015
    Great job comparing it to the Bug. I just threw some Vaadwaur Polaron weapons on my Bug, and I love it. I can only imagine what that universal console is like!

    One thing, though... using the Manasa's trait on the Bug (which you can do if you have both) can close the gap, IMO. The Manasa may still edge out the Bug, but the T5-U Bug is still pretty awesome (just not 400m EC worth). :)
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  • hrci2907hrci2907 Member Posts: 648 Media Corps
    edited February 2015
    pewpewphazors wrote: »
    Totally unrelated, but I got distracted by your fifa ultimate team pack opening videos and watched those instead.

    Yay for soccer-football fans.

    Well that was unexpected :)

    But ok of course. Any thoughts on the ship?
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  • blitzy4blitzy4 Member Posts: 839 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    I'm waiting for the price to drop some more before getting one of them, I rather like the jemmy with vaadwaur weapons though.
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  • z3ndor99z3ndor99 Member Posts: 1,391 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Was lucky enough to get one out of lockbox, have to agree that this ship is the cheaper alternative to the bug, love the ship and have upgraded the vaadie weapons ( brought them of the exchange ) to mk 14, good ship with intel powers.
  • suzy32suzy32 Member Posts: 383 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    good video thank you for the info
  • lordsteve1lordsteve1 Member Posts: 3,492 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Nice fast little ship. I got lucky and got one from a box this week.

    Very hard to get killed in it, especially once you get into the pilot and intel spec trees. Plus I've been getting spec points into the flanking bonuses from the intel tree that least few days an my lord can it do some damage once it gets behind something. :D

    Tried it out with both cannons and beams and it seems to handle both well, in a similar fashion to the Phantom.

    I would say though that one thing it lacks which the Phantom has is access to Surgical strikes, that really can push your damage potential through the roof.
    However just having access to some lower intel powers is nice.

    The polaron barrage console looks nice and all but doesn't really do anything. I guess if you can boost its damage with polaron consoles it would be pretty good. At the moment it's really only good for clearing out groups of fighters or targetable torps, or for dropping it on an target in its death throes.
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  • hrci2907hrci2907 Member Posts: 648 Media Corps
    edited February 2015
    blitzy4 wrote: »
    I really want to try one of these.

    You can actually try it out, sort of. You can fly it in one of the later Delta Rising missions. I am not sure which one exactly. But I am sure someone here will now which one is it.
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  • moriss29moriss29 Member Posts: 69 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Nice review again. It seems like a substitute Bug. But I have noticed you actually didn't say which one you will fly?
  • hrci2907hrci2907 Member Posts: 648 Media Corps
    edited February 2015
    mhall85 wrote: »
    Great job comparing it to the Bug. I just threw some Vaadwaur Polaron weapons on my Bug, and I love it. I can only imagine what that universal console is like!

    One thing, though... using the Manasa's trait on the Bug (which you can do if you have both) can close the gap, IMO. The Manasa may still edge out the Bug, but the T5-U Bug is still pretty awesome (just not 400m EC worth). :)

    Well that's exactly my plan! :)
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  • moriss29moriss29 Member Posts: 69 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    blitzy4 wrote: »
    I'm waiting for the price to drop some more before getting one of them, I rather like the jemmy with vaadwaur weapons though.

    Just snapped one for 80m, I am happy as a little boy lol
  • hrci2907hrci2907 Member Posts: 648 Media Corps
    edited February 2015
    blitzy4 wrote: »
    I'm waiting for the price to drop some more before getting one of them, I rather like the jemmy with vaadwaur weapons though.

    well i am sure that the price will drop soon, be patient :)
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  • hrci2907hrci2907 Member Posts: 648 Media Corps
    edited February 2015
    z3ndor99 wrote: »
    Was lucky enough to get one out of lockbox, have to agree that this ship is the cheaper alternative to the bug, love the ship and have upgraded the vaadie weapons ( brought them of the exchange ) to mk 14, good ship with intel powers.

    Congrats, i am not that lucky. but i must agree a much cheaper alternative for the Bug and I like it.
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  • stark2kstark2k Member Posts: 1,467 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Great video and review, seems like it handles well, even though I personally feel it is not aesthetically pleasing. Can't help feeling like its a hybrid look between the Risian corvette, deep science vessel mix with an Akira escort variant.
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  • ednaftwednaftw Member Posts: 27 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    That ship is totally balanced with the old ones.Defiant vs that escort is all about skill....skill will only decide the winner.

    LOL @cryptic.
    hrci2907 wrote: »
    Congrats, i am not that lucky. but i must agree a much cheaper alternative for the Bug and I like it.


    yea its not like all other escorts with lt cmd engi /uni stations are better than the bug.

    when you review something learn how it works or start by saying "I only play pve so i have no clue what Im doing" .Fleet patrol is better than the bug now.Comparing anything to the bug now is like comparing t5 to t1.The price on exchange for the bug ship has nothing to do with how good a ship is.One of the worst escorts in game are defiant and the bug ship.
  • hrci2907hrci2907 Member Posts: 648 Media Corps
    edited February 2015
    ednaftw wrote: »
    That ship is totally balanced with the old ones.Defiant vs that escort is all about skill....skill will only decide the winner.

    LOL @cryptic.




    yea its not like all other escorts with lt cmd engi /uni stations are better than the bug.

    when you review something learn how it works or start by saying "I only play pve so i have no clue what Im doing" .Fleet patrol is better than the bug now.Comparing anything to the bug now is like comparing t5 to t1.The price on exchange for the bug ship has nothing to do with how good a ship is.One of the worst escorts in game are defiant and the bug ship.

    Actually first watch the video and see why i am comparing it to the Bug. Second who said i am a only pve player. Third i have both the Fleet Patrol Escort and the Bug, my Bug can wipe the floor with the Fleet Patrol escort any day.

    Saying that comparing the Bug to anything is like comparing t5 to t1 is beyond crazy. And saying that the Bug is the worst escort ingame is just ludicrous.
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  • praetorguardiaspraetorguardias Member Posts: 6 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    I'm flabbergasted as to why this ship has an intelligence station rather than a command...the Vaadwaur aren't exactly subtle.
  • stumpfgobsstumpfgobs Member Posts: 297 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    You're really on a roll again! Nice to see your reviews. They are usually my first "go to" to check out the visuals of the ship and get someones opinion beside my own. Thanks! :D
  • ednathepimpednathepimp Member Posts: 50 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    hrci2907 wrote: »
    Saying that comparing the Bug to anything is like comparing t5 to t1 is beyond crazy. And saying that the Bug is the worst escort ingame is just ludicrous.

    the bug ,fleet patrol and the defiant ARE the worst escorts.
    hrci2907 wrote: »
    Third i have both the Fleet Patrol Escort and the Bug, my Bug can wipe the floor with the Fleet Patrol escort any day.

    Everyone in pvp can wipe a bug with a fleet patrol....guess that means the bug is that much better that a bug no?
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