~Looking for your reviews on the Faeht Intel Warbird.

officerbatman81 · November 2016

What are your thoughts, experiences, amd opinions on the Faeht Intel Warbird? And the intel ship powers, gimmicky or not?

What about using the enhanced battle cloak for a regular mixed weapons that is not a straight torp boat bomber?
Like when i was in the T'Varo and cloaked i would keep firing the torp and it gave me away and drew fire with the shields down, problem.

Wanted to hear from owners whether is it good and you love it or not.
Thanks.

ironmako · November 2016

I bought mine when the intel ships first came out When I got it, i originally wanted it to be a torp boat, but then torps got generally nerfed, so that changed my option to cannons. It still felt a little frantic to play, so I took the lazy option, switched to dual beams and now it is a thing of awesome destruction. I went full plasma with it, and Its given me many many hours of fun and entertainment.

When it comes to Stealth and torps, there are consoles, triats and skills you can get that reduce your "exposure" when firing, like the Rule 62 Ferengi console from the Lobi store. Also having Boffs that improve stealth always helps

In short, if you like smaller craft that kick-TRIBBLE, then the Faeht is definitely one for you, and becasue it gets a very respectable HP, you can tank in it as well, if you keep your heals and regens going during a battle

markhawkman · November 2016

I used mine as a mine/torp boat. The carnage was glorious. It's definitely not the toughest ship I've ever flown though.

tempusmagus · November 2016

I've flown my Faeht quite a bit. I'm not a fan of torp boats, but this one seems to be a prime boat for them. There was a running joke for a short time with Odenknight about putting beams on a Faeht, he felt it was just too good for torps that you shouldn't build it any other way. I found it's a pretty decent beam boat because it has access to Override Subsystem Safeties. You can also outfit it to be a single target boat with Surgical Strikes in combination with that. While this particular build does not bring about those amazing dps numbers, it can tear a single target apart in a very short time. The only Romulan ship that I feel can compare to this single target damage is, maybe, the T'laru. The T'laru has a very hefty price tag, so you get more bang for your buck with the Faeht.

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markhawkman · November 2016

tempusmagus wrote: »

I've flown my Faeht quite a bit. I'm not a fan of torp boats, but this one seems to be a prime boat for them. There was a running joke for a short time with Odenknight about putting beams on a Faeht, he felt it was just too good for torps that you shouldn't build it any other way. I found it's a pretty decent beam boat because it has access to Override Subsystem Safeties. You can also outfit it to be a single target boat with Surgical Strikes in combination with that. While this particular build does not bring about those amazing dps numbers, it can tear a single target apart in a very short time. The only Romulan ship that I feel can compare to this single target damage is, maybe, the T'laru. The T'laru has a very hefty price tag, so you get more bang for your buck with the Faeht.

Have you tried Malem? It's almost pigeonholed as a torp bomber, but it does it extremely well.

officerbatman81 · November 2016

I really dont want to be a torp boat stealth bomber.
Either all cannons, or beams, or cannons with 1 torp, or beams with 1 torp.

markhawkman · November 2016

enh, Faeht can do FaW adequately

stofsk · November 2016

officerbatman81 wrote: »

I really dont want to be a torp boat stealth bomber.

Then don't get the Faeht. By that I mean there are other escort warbirds out there that don't have EBC and can do the energy weapon thing better.

The Faeht gets EBC and it shouldn't be wasted. I personally love it as a stealth bomber. I've got another romulan in a Morrigu for when I want to do cannon pew pew.

angarus1 · November 2016

Great, now I feel like pulling Faehtless out of drydock.

stee1max · November 2016

It has a great DPS potential and can be turned into a meat grinder by skilled players, although keep it mind it is rather an escort-typish ship, survivability will be concerning. The fact you can slot OSS3, FAW3, GW1 or FBP2 makes wonders. Could easily do 100k out-of-the-box with no excessive min-maxing.
Torp boats? Perhaps a doable alternative, but I wouldn't look at that direction. I'd call the Pilot Science escort ship will do more due to the sci consoles, though, the OSS saves the day.

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dragnridr · November 2016

My TRIBBLE, as I've come to call it, is one of the best ships in my arsenal. I have it loaded with corrosive plasmas and the hyper plasma torp. Combine it with proper Intel abilities that shut down your opponents with proper space magic, and the enemies become helpless lambs. The ship itself is a bit squishy, but using proper cloaking techniques, survivability is strong with it. Plus it's a damn sexy Warbird to boot. It's very maneuverable, just behind the T'Varo Refit. Although I am a little biased for the T'Varo myself. If I could slot the T'Varo's red snot ball of death on the Faeht, then I would not buy any more Rommie ships, but hey. That's just wishful thinking.

Edit: Wow, they censor fa'rt?

kaarruu · November 2016

I use mine as a torpedo stealth bomber with a side of science. One Reman on the bridge means 15 seconds of +25% damage after decloaking. It may not be very practical for most STFs (I like having shields up when Terrans or Tholians open up with torpedo spreads of doom or point defense systems), but it's fun to fly for a change.

Enhanced battlecloak allows you to use some Aux abilities normally disabled while cloaked, and it does grant a hefty defense bonus. Can't fire energy weapons from cloak, though, so it's torps only for that playstyle.

It's quite possible to wreck stuff with the Faeht without using any of its special qualities, but the 4/3 layout doesn't make it remarkable for pew pew and the lack of a commander Sci station leaves it wanting as a true space mage. The Intel gimmicks are useful on big targets like gateways, dreadnoughts and so on, especially with multiple Intel ships building up stacks together, but smaller things simply blow up too fast for it to matter.

hugin1205 · November 2016

it's an absolute fun warbird.
I run mine with override safeties and surgical strikes - amazing how fast a single enemy will melt away. That Setup doesn'T give highest dps, but dps isn'T everything...

tempusmagus · November 2016

stee1max wrote: »

The fact you can slot OSS3, FAW3, GW1 or FBP2 makes wonders. Could easily do 100k out-of-the-box with no excessive min-maxing.

Any ship is capable of this with the current level of power creep. 100k does still require experience and practice. For people looking for alternatives to the FAW meta, this ship is really nice. It offers multiple ways to go with that. That's one of the reasons why I like this ship, to take a break from FAW and try something different. With a bit more min-maxing, you can do well over 100k with Surgical Strikes itself.

markhawkman · November 2016

dragnridr wrote: »

My ****, as I've come to call it, is one of the best ships in my arsenal. I have it loaded with corrosive plasmas and the hyper plasma torp. Combine it with proper Intel abilities that shut down your opponents with proper space magic, and the enemies become helpless lambs. The ship itself is a bit squishy, but using proper cloaking techniques, survivability is strong with it. Plus it's a damn sexy Warbird to boot. It's very maneuverable, just behind the T'Varo Refit. Although I am a little biased for the T'Varo myself. If I could slot the T'Varo's red snot ball of death on the Faeht, then I would not buy any more Rommie ships, but hey. That's just wishful thinking.

Yeah, but it gets a lance instead.

warmaker001b · November 2016

officerbatman81 wrote: »

What are your thoughts, experiences, amd opinions on the Faeht Intel Warbird? And the intel ship powers, gimmicky or not?

What about using the enhanced battle cloak for a regular mixed weapons that is not a straight torp boat bomber?
Like when i was in the T'Varo and cloaked i would keep firing the torp and it gave me away and drew fire with the shields down, problem.

Wanted to hear from owners whether is it good and you love it or not.
Thanks.

Faeht is kind of sort of like the KDF B'Rels and T'Varos/Malems. Projectiles gain a lot of usefulness from the Enhanced Battle Cloak. IMO, this was more for a PVP aspect because it's not all together useful in PVE and NPC instantly shoot at you when you temporarily dip out of cloaks to fire the torps. This is a big advantage in PVP because you were able to maintain stealth while attacking from weird directions that the target isn't ready to deal with.

FYI, you do not even temporarily dip out of cloaks when you drop MINES. Torpeduz, yes, Mines, no!

In PVP, I had tremendous fun doing "assymetrical" fighting with the B'Rel so the Faeht should be even better. With OSS3+SS3 and other buffs, she is a monster coming out of cloaks with energy weapons blazing. Intel is also good for supporting the stealth aspect of the ship (Jam Sensors, Intel Team, etc).

That said, as I've been pointing out, Faeht has tremendous PVP applications. But if you're talking PVE and looking at raw DPS and survivability, Faeht falls behind. T6 Mogai for example is tough and extremely lethal, while still having Intel access to OSS3. The Pilot Ships are faster, handle better, have 5 fwd weapons, coming in a variety of flavors, and have Pilot Maneuvers to get you out of trouble. The Pilot Ships are monsters.

That's not to say in PVE you can't have fun and be effective with the Faeht. Like the B'Rels, T'Varos, Malems, they are flimsy ships but you can make them do good things. In Regular PVE Pew-Pew Land, there are better, more straight forward Tactical oriented Warbirds.

talonxv · November 2016

Didn't really like this bird, she looked ugly. I mean she can get the job done, but i just didn't not like her aesthetics. I personally liked the Aelhal more.

knightnblu · November 2016

Like all of the intel ships (save the Vengeance and only because I don't own one) they are all excellent damage dealers with an OSS build. They have excellent combat abilities, can cloak (battle cloak for the warbird), and can undermine enemy defenses. The ships are capable of 30 to 50K DPS depending on the build. Additionally, I have found the Romulan ship to be highly agile. Hope this helps.

~Looking for your reviews on the Faeht Intel Warbird.

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