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Returning and facing a choice.....

semper8semper8 Member Posts: 52 Arc User
in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Ive been playing STO from basically the beginning, i took a 7 month break and am now returning. I like many people have created a few alts and have chosen..... themes, i guess you would call them. I made a delta recruit a while back, i made him a vorta, the idea was to have all my BOFFs aliens and make them look like Jem'Hadar, fully equipped with Jem'hadar gear and flying a Jem'hadar ship... this is where my problem come in...

I was one of the lucky ones that got a Strike ship from the packs a while back i have been sitting on. I also happen to win a Jem'hadar heavy escort carrier from a lockbox today.... What i would love to do is get a jem'hadar dreadnought and use the strike ship to get the pets... but the strike ship would be a complete waste, and i do have other toons i could put it to use on but they dont really need it and they sale for crazy EC. Orrr i could just use the HEC and go that rout.... im not sure what i should do i guess im just looking for input, and im a little irritated that the attack ship pet isnt an account unlock and you HAVE to have a extremely expensive and rare ship on the same guy to get them

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  • nikephorusnikephorus Member Posts: 2,744 Arc User
    I guess it depends how much your themed vorta captain means to you and how much you want to fly that jem dreadnought. I'd personally sell the strike ship and outfit my main with better gear, but we obviously play the game differently since I don't make alts with varying themes.
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  • kodachikunokodachikuno Member Posts: 6,020 Arc User1
    you might be in for a rude shock when you try to make a jem'hadar boff too
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  • bernatkbernatk Member Posts: 1,089 Bug Hunter
    kodachikuno wrote: »
    you might be in for a rude shock when you try to make a jem'hadar boff too

    Well, at least he will have 1 boff that is actually a jem'hadar. Anyways, I would suggest to build a strong account first then you can build various themed alts.
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  • chastity1337chastity1337 Member Posts: 1,608 Arc User
    You're going to find that maintaining multiple alts is incredibly difficult these days. I would sell the JH ships now, while they're hot, and buy what you need to gear up your main.

    But that's just me.
  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    I guess it's all in how you see things, but for me.. an alt gets nothing unless my main absolutely doesn't need it.

    If your main is fully geared and good to go, if you're happy with their gear and everything, then by all means keep the ships. Otherwise, I would absolutely sell the lock box ships. You can get more then enough EC to outfit your main and your alt with some nice gear with the EC you get from the sale. If you have a C-Store ship, just claim that on your alt and sell baby sell.

    That's what I would personally do, but it's all what you think is the best value. I personally like to make sure my main is completely set before I start giving expensive items to alts.
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  • semper8semper8 Member Posts: 52 Arc User
    Yes all valid points, thank you everyone for your feedback.

    My account is pretty strong, I've basically been playing from the start. I'm not a super max player but I have my main and two others that are in the 40k range, that's why I make alts I got board and had nothing left to get my main.. I could use the JS ship on one of them but it wouldn't do much and it's hard to bring myself to burn such a pretty little piece of gold on only the pets...

    Oh and the BOFFs actually look pretty good, just messed with the editor a lot and got the jem'Hadar armor for there uniforms. I wish I could link a pic but I'm to lazy to get up right now

    Anyways thanks for your input
  • alcyoneserenealcyoneserene Member Posts: 2,414 Arc User
    semper8 wrote: »
    I make alts I got board and had nothing left to get my main.. I could use the JS ship on one of them but it wouldn't do much and it's hard to bring myself to burn such a pretty little piece of gold on only the pets...

    No right answer here except for doing something you'll be happy with, and if unboxing that ship mainly for the pets isn't looking real hot, then take that as a sign not to.

    Also, if there's nothing to get for your main right now, that doesn't mean there won't be something real good released later on such as a temporal dreadnought.

    I'd vote sell it or hold on to it until know with certainty a course of action that will be satisfying to you with no regrets.

    Side note, I did test fly the JHSS in tribble, and it looks real good with that shiny skin and handles real well too, noticeably better than the manasa but not by a whole lot, and unless I'm mistaken that cannon rapid fire space trait should be incredible.
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  • kjwashingtonkjwashington Member Posts: 2,529 Arc User
    I would recommend using the strike ship and not bothering with the escort carrier or dreadnought carrier. With the state that carrier pets are in these days, you'll find yourself disappointed if you use the strike ship just for the pets.
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  • horridpersonhorridperson Member Posts: 665 Arc User
    Play the captains you want to. I think the admiralty system gave the alts some breathing room. You can't grow a neglected captain as you might one that you play regularly but the, "life support" is there and actually better than ever. If you got greedy with your imagined captains like I did it's nice to be able to pull them out after a hiatus and blow off the dust rather than be concerned about a complete overhaul. I have 21 Captains and couldn't possibly enjoy attempting to play them all sequentially any more. I tend to focus on a group of 5 and rotate the members in the "ready room" as the mood strikes.
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  • scififan78scififan78 Member Posts: 1,383 Arc User
    azrael605 wrote: »
    I have 15 characters, nothing difficult about it at all. Dunno where people get this TRIBBLE.

    They get it from peoples odd need to have everything on all of their characters.
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  • samt1996samt1996 Member Posts: 2,856 Arc User
    I wouldn't waste a ship that rare just for pets. I wouldn't use it at all unless you must, pilot escorts are superior now.
  • gaevsprivsmangaevsprivsman Member Posts: 314 Arc User
    azrael605 wrote: »
    scififan78 wrote: »
    azrael605 wrote: »
    I have 15 characters, nothing difficult about it at all. Dunno where people get this TRIBBLE.

    They get it from peoples odd need to have everything on all of their characters.

    Did you read the comment I was responding to? "You're going to find that maintaining multiple alts is incredibly difficult these days" It's not difficult, never has been, and the game has taken a number of steps towards even more alt friendliness in the last year. The account wide unlocks for event ships for example.

    Agree 13 chars and no problem so far, all 60, deltas and not deltas.. no problem at all, its not difficult...
  • warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    Depends on how space rich you are and how badly you want that Jem'hadar theme. Certainly any of the ships is good enough to play the game with. It all comes down to how much you want to spend on your theme.
  • vengefuldjinnvengefuldjinn Member Posts: 1,521 Arc User
    edited January 2016
    azrael605 wrote: »
    scififan78 wrote: »
    azrael605 wrote: »
    I have 15 characters, nothing difficult about it at all. Dunno where people get this TRIBBLE.

    They get it from peoples odd need to have everything on all of their characters.

    Did you read the comment I was responding to? "You're going to find that maintaining multiple alts is incredibly difficult these days" It's not difficult, never has been, and the game has taken a number of steps towards even more alt friendliness in the last year. The account wide unlocks for event ships for example.

    Azrael, I think Scifan was agreeing with you.
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  • groomofweirdgroomofweird Member Posts: 1,045 Arc User
    If I were in your shoes OP (and you did ask for opinions), this is what I personally would do.
    I would keep the ship, get the pets and fly the dread :D I'm a big Jem fan and originally wanted to do what you're thinking of with my main character, what put me off was bad luck shooting for the bug and insane costs to purchase.
    Whilst I primarily wanted the ship for the pets, being a Dominion based toon I knew I would set up the bug eventually and fly it as something different and very fun. If youre having a Dominion based ship character you may as well go whole hog (if you're committed to the idea).
    That said, on the flip side, that is not a small sum of potential EC you are sitting on there.
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  • dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    edited January 2016
    azrael605 wrote: »
    I have 15 characters, nothing difficult about it at all. Dunno where people get this TRIBBLE.

    Do you do their doffing (crew and ships) everyday? If so, how much time does just that take?
    I have 7 toons and unless it's my day off, I have nowhere near the time to do doffing; let alone anything else.

    Or do you mean just 'keeping up' with their gear?

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