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Hanger Pets

gregspengregspen Member Posts: 16 Arc User
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What is the best hanger pet to use for a Federation ship? I am thinking about buying the Tholian fighters, but other late choices may have more benefits.

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  • jbmaverickjbmaverick Member Posts: 935 Arc User
    If you're using a true Federation ship, you'll be limited to support and fighter pets as no true carrier exists (not counting the Atrox, though that will be changed in a month or two). The current consensus seems to be that Swarmers from the Fleet Spire are the best fighters and Yellowstones from the Fleet Starbase are the best support pets, although Scorpions from the Romulan Reputation are useful in certain missions.

    If you're using a cross-faction lockbox or specialty carrier, usually the frigate pets that are unique to that carrier will be the best choice mostly due to survivability being higher, thus allowing them to get more upgrades in combat.
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  • gregspengregspen Member Posts: 16 Arc User
    I know am am limited to fighters. I do not yet have access to the Yellowstones, so I will look at the Scorpions and the Swarmers if they are more useful.
  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    Elite Pets are pretty expensive, and honestly aren't worth the resources they cost.

    Shortly after Delta Rising, Cryptic did a MASSIVE nerf of Carrier Pets. The results of these nerfs can be found here. Since this nerf, which has never been fixed, there is functionally no difference in any rarity of Hanger Pets.

    I have the Elite Swarmers on my Main, I got them before the great Nerf and still use them. On my Alts, I use the Advanced Swarmers from the Dilithium store. They were much cheaper and are pretty much the same thing. Hangar Pets are just a 'throw in' for your ship, they're not going to contribute nearly as much as you would get spending those resources on your weapons or consoles.

    Don't break the bank on Pets, Advanced Pets are about 25k Dilithium and work just fine.
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  • trycksh0ttrycksh0t Member Posts: 148 Arc User
    edited November 2015
    The only pets I would bother getting the Elite variant are the Scorpions, because a half-dozen HY plasma torpedoes is still hilarious. Beyond that, the Elite's are.... well, a waste IMO.

    For a Federation Escort Carrier (my go-to T6 at the moment, the Alita is good fun), I highly recommend the Advanced Danube Runabouts, because with chroniton torpedoes and tractor beams they can lock down virtually anything you point them at in PvE (I don't PvP, so I can't make any claims about their performance there). They can also take a surprising amount of punishment before going down.
  • norobladnoroblad Member Posts: 2,624 Arc User
    elite frigates are worth it. A very, very few choices in fighters are too: the elite slavers to get contraband for example. Mostly, elite fighters are just as bad as blue fighters.
  • sahtaisahtai Member Posts: 28 Arc User
    With scramble fighters star ship trait. Fighters dont die anymore if you Use it right.
  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    edited November 2015
    sahtai wrote: »
    With scramble fighters star ship trait. Fighters dont die anymore if you Use it right.

    The Xindi hangar pets come with the 'Scratch the Paint' trait that lets them ignore damage from Warp Core Breaches. This makes an incredible difference, my Xindi Fighters last longer then other types of Frigates. The downside.. they only work on Xindi lock box ships.

    They really need to make more pets with 'Scratch The Paint,' it actually makes them somewhat worth using.
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