Patch notes claim that they fixed the clipping issues with the Nacelles.
They also note that the Ensign Tac BOFF seat is being changed to Universal - definitely worth a mention in this thread.
Indeed, I was just going to do that. Fracking Ninjae..
As said in the maintainance thread; I recall saying, in several threads pertaining to the Hestia, that a uni BOFF would be nice but that the lack of one wasn't enough to put me off the ship.
Nonetheless, very pleased that this has been changed - not just becuase it makes the ship a little more flexible, but hopefully it'll encourage a few more players to buy it too.
And the fact that it is, in my opinion, the best looking ship in the game doesn't hurt either
Big thanks to the Devs on this one!
^Ditto.
(Well, maybe not the best looking ship, but surely a top contende.)
TOIVA, Toi Vaxx, Toia Vix, Toveg, T'vritha, To Vrax: Bring in the Allegiance class. Toi'Va, Ti'vath, Toivia, Ty'Vris, Tia Vex, Toi'Virth: Add Tier 6 KDF Carrier and Raider. Tae'Va, T'Vaya, To'Var, Tevra, T'Vira, To'Vrak: Give us Asylums for Romulans.
It's surprising what a good model and textures can do. I always respected the Galaxy for the icon it is, but it wasn't quite enough to make me want to fly it. After the latest remodel, I'm strongly tempted to make a build for it (despite having other cruisers objectively better in every respect).
In a similar fashion, I'm even starting to consider the Akira...
TOIVA, Toi Vaxx, Toia Vix, Toveg, T'vritha, To Vrax: Bring in the Allegiance class. Toi'Va, Ti'vath, Toivia, Ty'Vris, Tia Vex, Toi'Virth: Add Tier 6 KDF Carrier and Raider. Tae'Va, T'Vaya, To'Var, Tevra, T'Vira, To'Vrak: Give us Asylums for Romulans.
As said in the maintainance thread; I recall saying, in several threads pertaining to the Hestia, that a uni BOFF would be nice but that the lack of one wasn't enough to put me off the ship.
Nonetheless, very pleased that this has been changed - not just becuase it makes the ship a little more flexible, but hopefully it'll encourage a few more players to buy it too.
And the fact that it is, in my opinion, the best looking ship in the game doesn't hurt either
Big thanks to the Devs on this one!
An uni BOFF is nice, but it is still only an ensing, which only gets you so far. And the ship still suffers
from the Hybrid slot sitting on the only Engine-BOFF-Slot. If they move the Hybrid to the Tac instead
of Eng or upgrade the Universal to a Ltd (or even LtdCom) it might be worth my zen, but not the way
the ship is right now.
It still has one of the worst BOFF layouts in my opinion.
Man, I'm bummed. I just dropped $50 on the MVAE and fleet T6 version because I didn't care about the flare. But I didn't know about the set bonus. I would have bought the T6 and +1 FSM if I had known...
It will defenitely not satisfy me, because I think the Defiant is one of the ugliest ships in the whole
galaxy. Even if the T6 Valiant turned out to be an uber-escort (even though I highly doubt that) and
someone would give it to me for free, I still won't fly it if it looks remotely like the Defiant.
Now the Hestia has a ensign uni slot I'm curious. Can I not just add a command hybrid officer in that slot? I mean universal means universal doesn't it? Why does it restrict the slot to the three main boff careers? I can work around it... all it means I'll have to put an engi in the universal and put two command powers on the hybrid's slot. But it seems like needless faffing about to me.
And yes I do know what I'm doing... I'm an engineer captain whose ship is quite well buffed with hull helping stuff.
At the moment I have a spare high yield torp in the tac universal and my lt comm engineer has EPTS 1 in the ensign slot and dem2 in the lt comm slot. I propose using an ensign command and a lt comm command power in my build.
So my question remains. Can I not just pop the command officer in the uni slot?
Now the Hestia has a ensign uni slot I'm curious. Can I not just add a command hybrid officer in that slot? I mean universal means universal doesn't it? Why does it restrict the slot to the three main boff careers? I can work around it... all it means I'll have to put an engi in the universal and put two command powers on the hybrid's slot. But it seems like needless faffing about to me.
And yes I do know what I'm doing... I'm an engineer captain whose ship is quite well buffed with hull helping stuff.
At the moment I have a spare high yield torp in the tac universal and my lt comm engineer has EPTS 1 in the ensign slot and dem2 in the lt comm slot. I propose using an ensign command and a lt comm command power in my build.
So my question remains. Can I not just pop the command officer in the uni slot?
Up until now, universal Boff slots simply mean they can equip either main Boff career. It has nothing to do with specializations.
That doesn't preclude some ships (Kurak comes to mind, or the JHSS) to have a universal/'some spec' Boff slot where any main career Boff can be slotted and on top of that use the specified specialization.
The answer to your final question is yes, you can slot any Boff in the Universal slot, BUT (s)he won't be able to use any SPEC abilities.
TOIVA, Toi Vaxx, Toia Vix, Toveg, T'vritha, To Vrax: Bring in the Allegiance class. Toi'Va, Ti'vath, Toivia, Ty'Vris, Tia Vex, Toi'Virth: Add Tier 6 KDF Carrier and Raider. Tae'Va, T'Vaya, To'Var, Tevra, T'Vira, To'Vrak: Give us Asylums for Romulans.
The answer to your final question is yes, you can slot any Boff in the Universal slot, BUT (s)he won't be able to use any SPEC abilities.
Thanks. I got round it by pulling in another engineer boff to act as my universal and giving them EPTS1 ... and then taking away the same ability and DEM2 from the engineer/command boff. I've now equipped her with concentrate firepower and overwhelm emitters (the latter seems to be a sensible choice as it provides offensive and defensive benefits that make up for any engineer abilities lost... and also provides away to restore shields to the other MVAM segments if they are on the same target as you). I'm not sure about concentrate firepower. Theoretically I shouldn't be benefiting from it because I use the crystalline torpedo... but some sources state that the torpedo does benefit from the skilll, even though it's damage is AP based.
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Indeed, I was just going to do that. Fracking Ninjae..
^Ditto.
(Well, maybe not the best looking ship, but surely a top contende.)
Toi'Va, Ti'vath, Toivia, Ty'Vris, Tia Vex, Toi'Virth: Add Tier 6 KDF Carrier and Raider.
Tae'Va, T'Vaya, To'Var, Tevra, T'Vira, To'Vrak: Give us Asylums for Romulans.
Don't make ARC mandatory! Keep it optional only!
In a similar fashion, I'm even starting to consider the Akira...
Toi'Va, Ti'vath, Toivia, Ty'Vris, Tia Vex, Toi'Virth: Add Tier 6 KDF Carrier and Raider.
Tae'Va, T'Vaya, To'Var, Tevra, T'Vira, To'Vrak: Give us Asylums for Romulans.
Don't make ARC mandatory! Keep it optional only!
from the Hybrid slot sitting on the only Engine-BOFF-Slot. If they move the Hybrid to the Tac instead
of Eng or upgrade the Universal to a Ltd (or even LtdCom) it might be worth my zen, but not the way
the ship is right now.
It still has one of the worst BOFF layouts in my opinion.
galaxy. Even if the T6 Valiant turned out to be an uber-escort (even though I highly doubt that) and
someone would give it to me for free, I still won't fly it if it looks remotely like the Defiant.
Fed. pilot ships maybe? Same size and approx. crew complement.
My character Tsin'xing
And yes I do know what I'm doing... I'm an engineer captain whose ship is quite well buffed with hull helping stuff.
At the moment I have a spare high yield torp in the tac universal and my lt comm engineer has EPTS 1 in the ensign slot and dem2 in the lt comm slot. I propose using an ensign command and a lt comm command power in my build.
So my question remains. Can I not just pop the command officer in the uni slot?
Up until now, universal Boff slots simply mean they can equip either main Boff career. It has nothing to do with specializations.
That doesn't preclude some ships (Kurak comes to mind, or the JHSS) to have a universal/'some spec' Boff slot where any main career Boff can be slotted and on top of that use the specified specialization.
The answer to your final question is yes, you can slot any Boff in the Universal slot, BUT (s)he won't be able to use any SPEC abilities.
Toi'Va, Ti'vath, Toivia, Ty'Vris, Tia Vex, Toi'Virth: Add Tier 6 KDF Carrier and Raider.
Tae'Va, T'Vaya, To'Var, Tevra, T'Vira, To'Vrak: Give us Asylums for Romulans.
Don't make ARC mandatory! Keep it optional only!
Thanks. I got round it by pulling in another engineer boff to act as my universal and giving them EPTS1 ... and then taking away the same ability and DEM2 from the engineer/command boff. I've now equipped her with concentrate firepower and overwhelm emitters (the latter seems to be a sensible choice as it provides offensive and defensive benefits that make up for any engineer abilities lost... and also provides away to restore shields to the other MVAM segments if they are on the same target as you). I'm not sure about concentrate firepower. Theoretically I shouldn't be benefiting from it because I use the crystalline torpedo... but some sources state that the torpedo does benefit from the skilll, even though it's damage is AP based.