Look at the Heralds using melee this way: Every pesky character/NPC has shields that can take several shots of energy. Melee weapons ingnore up to 80% of said shields. So from that perspective it makes a lot of sense to use those tactics. Plus it'll be unexpected as most posts here prove that no one sees it making…
Alternatively do what I did with my Klingon: Let him be born in the past and ignore/adjust the content for yourself accordingly. I've made him canonocally a Brigadier General at 2409 when he was roughly 40 years old. He did participate in the Klink-Fed war but not specifically any of the things that happened in the…
Now, there's a thought xD Personally, I'd either go for what my Main has - a Klingon Negh'Var - or a good ol' Imperator Mark II Star Destroyer. Not a big/devastating as an SSD or DS but it gets the job done and looks awesome doing it :cool:
I'd also like to add the suggestion to give Quarks its own instance instead of it being slapped onto DS9 directly to reduce the problem with the player limit per instance a bit.
Quark's at DS9 was pretty full with RPers yesterday when I visited (was around 8 PM CET). As for Drozana... Can't say something regarding ERPers, didn't meet any the couple of times I've been there but it feels more difficult to get some RP there.