Star Trek Online

[Milenko]

w00t! Finally made it to Lt. Cmdr. last night and got to fly a cruiser for all of 15 mins before I went to bed. I probably won't get another chance to play with it before the wipe but I'm glad I did because it's made me more confident about a decision I have to make soon anyway - what career for my "proper" character. I think tactical + escort is the way to go for me. The cruisers just lack agility. They have more special powers and such, but I think I enjoyed combat more in my smaller beginner ship than I did in the cruiser; banking around, working on certain shields and maneuvering to open the window for that perfect torpedo opportunity. Very satisfying when it call comes together.

Escorts are good but frustrating at the same time.
Cannons interrupt each other (intended game mechanic) and the only ones worth using have a 45deg firing arc. In the Federation its more of an issue because they generally have lower auxiliary power / agility than Klingon BoP's.
I think you will see a tonne of Engineers too, and very few Tactical Captains. Main reason is that Tactical bonuses are primarily for ground engagement or augmenting ground combat skills :/

Personally I'm going Engineer with Cruisers. I love broadsiding and firing 3 - 4 phaser banks at my enemy
Also if you are going to go the Escort route; make sure you get a nice Turret for your aft section, preferably a disruptor.

[Aegis]

oh, i thought the thing with the escorts was that they had more weapons and speed than the cruisers but had less hull hitpoints - but looks like the cruisers get more weapons in the end too?

[Milenko]

I think Cruisers technically have more weapon slots; however Escorts have more forward facing slots than any other class; as they arent really designed for broad-siding targets.

They definitely have more maneuverability (holy shit i spelled that word right on my first go) than any other class of ship though.
Im actually pretty torn. I want to fly an Intrepid (science) a Defiant (escort); but also want a massive, hulking hull full of phaser banks (Cruisers)

Refer to my amazing comparison image.

http://suricatasblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/stoshiptierchart11.png

[Bam Stroker]

Your chart is out of date, Milenko:

http://suricatasblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/stoshiptierchart1.png

[Bam Stroker]

I think you will see a tonne of Engineers too, and very few Tactical Captains. Main reason is that Tactical bonuses are primarily for ground engagement or augmenting ground combat skills :/

Personally I'm going Engineer with Cruisers. I love broadsiding and firing 3 - 4 phaser banks at my enemy
Also if you are going to go the Escort route; make sure you get a nice Turret for your aft section, preferably a disruptor.

Damn it! Now I'm equivocating again!

[Jay]

Escorts are good but frustrating at the same time.
Cannons interrupt each other (intended game mechanic) and the only ones worth using have a 45deg firing arc. In the Federation its more of an issue because they generally have lower auxiliary power / agility than Klingon BoP's.
I think you will see a tonne of Engineers too, and very few Tactical Captains. Main reason is that Tactical bonuses are primarily for ground engagement or augmenting ground combat skills :/

Personally I'm going Engineer with Cruisers. I love broadsiding and firing 3 - 4 phaser banks at my enemy
Also if you are going to go the Escort route; make sure you get a nice Turret for your aft section, preferably a disruptor.

I'm probably going same with the Eng+Cruiser route. The other thing is also what looks like to be that only escorts can get some weapons.

[Aegis]

is there a trick to using the Torpedo Spread ability? i've only ever managed to get it to work a couple of times.

[paladin]

d'deridex.

whut?

[morge]

Re: Star Trek Online

Looking at staying as a science officer here.


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[BrAiN DaNcE]

Today, my brother in law (who works for cryptic) had to help set up a new account for some guy... oh wait, not some guy.... Leonard Fricking Nemoy was so impressed with the game he is going to play it

[paladin]

Nimoy.

Heathen.

I will blow your brother in law if he can somehow get Leonard to record a voicemail greeting for me

[Milenko]

Your chart is out of date, Milenko:

http://suricatasblog.files.wordpress...tierchart1.png

Well, it's not mine, but *click click - SAVED*. Thanks

is there a trick to using the Torpedo Spread ability? i've only ever managed to get it to work a couple of times.

Fire it into groups of cruisers (or above) as they are generally slow moving.
I've used it and had some luck firing it into squadrons of fighters, but because they move so fast it's literally hit and miss.

I was playing around with Rapid Fire on my Escort after the latest patch that fixed the ability. My god. 2x Disruptor Cannons and 1x Phaser Cannons with rapid fire and Attack Pattern Alpha = dead enemy in seconds.

[Aegis]

by "get it to work" i mean literally cause a cluster of torpedos to fire at once.

and brain, your bro-in-law sucks tell him as a dual Cryptic lifer, i demand leonard's mobile number and email address!

[Bam Stroker]

Not that I was there, but apparently the end of beta event was a massive invasion of Federation space by the Borg. People were getting creamed by Borg spheres all over the Sol sector, and there was pitched fighting against boarding parties on spacedock. Shame I missed it!

[Milenko]

by "get it to work" i mean literally cause a cluster of torpedos to fire at once.

and brain, your bro-in-law sucks tell him as a dual Cryptic lifer, i demand leonard's mobile number and email address!

Hit the ability, make sure your targets in your torpedo firing arc, FIRE!