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[Console] Pilot Escort Cosmetics

mkm1911#2674 mkm1911
mkm1911#2674
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in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Pc players, as I'm on console and still waiting the release of the pilot escorts, I have a question for you since you already have these.

If I own all 3 variants of the Fed Pilot escorts, can I change the appearance of a tactical escort by having the hull/pylon/nacelles/etc of the sci or eng escort?

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  • darthkirkdarthkirk Member Posts: 42 Arc User
    yes
  • mkm1911#2674 mkm1911
    mkm1911#2674
         Member Posts: 96 Arc User
    Thank god. I like the fed tact p-escort's characteristics, but I'm not big on how it looks.

    Thanks for the replay and the heads up. I can't wait til consoles get these ships. I'm very very happy with my t6 defiant class ship, but I haven't found an escort for the romulan or klingon factions that I like as much as I do the defiant.

    I'm seriously hoping the p-escorts for those factions I'll like. I don't play my romulan or klingon characters as much because I'm not overly thrilled with the ships.
  • wendysue53wendysue53 Member Posts: 1,569 Arc User
    edited February 2017
    Biggest issues with these three?

    You need all three to get the console set.
    You may also need the Defiant types to get either the Cloak (don't remember which or if it can work on those escorts) or the Quad Cannons. may be some other stuff I'm forgetting (haven't finished my coffee so not thinking straight atm.)

    good luck!
  • mkm1911#2674 mkm1911
    mkm1911#2674
         Member Posts: 96 Arc User
    edited February 2017
    Thanks for the tip. Yeah, the defiant has been my favorite ship in star trek movie/tv lore so I've bought every one of them.

    You're right, I needed to buy one for the cloak and one for the quad cannons. I also had to get one for the sao paulo warp engines.

    I'm putting all my hopes in the pilot escorts for klingon and romulan faction in hopes to get something close to the defiant in performance and capabilities.

    I want to get a fleet defiant, I have the fleet credits, but there some other symbol next to the credit I don't know what it is or how to get it. The ship requisition officer says I need 1 of whatever that thing is and 20k fleet credits
  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    mkm1911#2674 wrote: »
    Thanks for the tip. Yeah, the defiant has been my favorite ship in star trek movie/tv lore so I've bought every one of them.

    You're right, I needed to buy one for the cloak and one for the quad cannons. I also had to get one for the sao paulo warp engines.

    I'm putting all my hopes in the pilot escorts for klingon and romulan faction in hopes to get something close to the defiant in performance and capabilities.

    I want to get a fleet defiant, I have the fleet credits, but there some other symbol next to the credit I don't know what it is or how to get it. The ship requisition officer says I need 1 of whatever that thing is and 20k fleet credits
    A Fleet Ship Module. Check the C-Store or the EC Exchange. Since you bought the Tier 6 ship version of the ship, the cost is only 1 Module for you, rather than the usual 5.
    http://sto.gamepedia.com/Fleet_Ship_Module




    Star Trek Online Advancement: You start with lowbie gear, you end with Lobi gear.
  • warmaker001bwarmaker001b Member Posts: 9,205 Arc User
    Do not worry about the console set. They are garbage. Your build will be better off without any of the Pilot Ship Consoles.
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  • chozoelder2ndchozoelder2nd Member Posts: 440 Arc User
    mkm1911#2674 wrote: »
    I'm seriously hoping the p-escorts for those factions I'll like. I don't play my romulan or klingon characters as much because I'm not overly thrilled with the ships.
    mkm1911#2674 wrote: »
    I'm putting all my hopes in the pilot escorts for klingon and romulan faction in hopes to get something close to the defiant in performance and capabilities.

    You know you can just look at their stats and appearances right now.
    https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9226583
    http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9226623-star-trek-online:-rom-pilot-ship-stats

    Qui'Tu Class (KDF Engi)
    Klavek Class (KDF Sci)
    Kortar Class (KDF Tac)

    Khaiell Class (Rom Engi)
    Jaeih Class (Rom Sci)
    Okhala Class (Rom Tac)
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  • chozoelder2ndchozoelder2nd Member Posts: 440 Arc User
    and yes, you can mix and match ship appearance parts on any single variant if you own all 3 variants of a faction.
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  • wendysue53wendysue53 Member Posts: 1,569 Arc User
    warmaker001b wrote: »
    Do not worry about the console set. They are garbage. Your build will be better off without any of the Pilot Ship Consoles.

    Depends on what he replaces the set with. You have any recommendations for him?
  • alcyoneserenealcyoneserene Member Posts: 2,414 Arc User
    edited February 2017
    wendysue53 wrote: »
    warmaker001b wrote: »
    Do not worry about the console set. They are garbage. Your build will be better off without any of the Pilot Ship Consoles.

    Depends on what he replaces the set with. You have any recommendations for him?

    Reputation, mission, fleet, lockbox, lobi, crafted, or event ship consoles. I regard almost all ship console and console bonuses inferior to those, even if they are fun to use or useful on alts that don't have anything else to slot.
    mkm1911#2674 wrote: »
    I'm seriously hoping the p-escorts for those factions I'll like. I don't play my romulan or klingon characters as much because I'm not overly thrilled with the ships.
    Some Rom and many KDF ships don't appeal to me either visually, but they are always much more fun to use than Fed, and highly effective.
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  • wendysue53wendysue53 Member Posts: 1,569 Arc User
    There you go. Actually...

    Here's a more list of sets and set bonuses. Doesn't include everything (although it does have some Lukari stuff on it already). You might find something interesting to toy around with if you can get them. I've actually found that the unexpected effects of some of two or more different sets working together can be interesting. But when I asked others to recommend some things, I was hoping they'd toss you a Build or two. *shrug* I'm having trouble with STO atm, so can't toss you mine atm. anyway, here's some info:

    http://sto.gamepedia.com/Set
  • mkm1911#2674 mkm1911
    mkm1911#2674
         Member Posts: 96 Arc User
    edited February 2017
    Wow. Thank you all for this info and I really appreciate info about the fleet ship module. You have NO IDEA how much that was puzzling me. I couldn't figure out why some ships required 5 and others 1. I thought it was about the value of the ship.

    Unfortunately for console players, we haven't had the r&d and fleet mechanic for very long, so I can't even buy a fleet ship. It'll be a while until our starbase is T3. I didn't event know there was a such a thing as a fleet console.

    Sometimes I feel like I have a solid base on how this game works, then in just 7 replies I learn much more. I started crafting level 15 consoles and equipment, but it's not lIke they're overly different. I have an upgraded RCS accelerator, for example, but the difference from a regular RCS isn't overly different.

    I have level 15 or higher with cannons, beam, projectile, shield, ground weapons, and engineering. And although there's some interesting options that has opened at 15, nothing overly earth shattering. No tactical consoles.
  • nikeixnikeix Member Posts: 3,972 Arc User
    edited February 2017
    Tactical console slots tend to get stuffed with vulnerability locators from the Fleet Spire - bonus to crit chance plus bonus to one damage type of your choice. Science console slots tend to get filled with "plasma exploder" consoles from the Fleet Embassy. Engineering console slots tend to get filled with universal consoles, particularly plasmonic leech. I often (but not always) stick an improved neutronium [Turn] console in one slot from the Fleet Dilithium mine. If you run out of space you drop some of the above as needed, with different damage styles calling for different consoles (e.g. if you do black space magic you want the Delphic Tear and Constriction Anchor, if you do antiproton you want the crystaline shield and the polymorphic probe consoles, etc.).

    Reputation consoles get used/take precedence if you're looking for a particular set bonus. Lobi store consoles tend to trump all of the above AND can give set bonuses with the two lobi store weapons that go with each console.

    If you've picked a particular way of doing damage or a flavor of energy you want to use, just sing out. I keep a document with all the damage buffs sorted by damage dealing style and might be able to point you to a few bonuses you didn't expect :).

    As I usually try to cling to the "theme" of the ship I'm flying, I generally shoehorn in the that-ship-only console set, but realize you often give up a little bit of maximum performance to enjoy the unique gameplay for that ship. If you plan to be here a while, you should definitely enjoy what makes each ship different instead of showing how alarmingly close all of them can come to being the exact same ship in the quest for 99th percentile DPS.
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