Star Trek Online

duc999 · 26 Jan 2010 at 17:15

VaderDSL said:
I was all set for cruiser but the escorts are just so damn fun they put out a lot of DPS in a short space of time, like you I can survive in my cruiser for ages against lots of enemies.

With limited/no death penalty may as well just go max DPS build surely?

To hell with the cruisers , escorts and firepower is where its at

Nothing a cruiser can do that an an escort can't and it has the extra punch when needed.

In this case smaller is better

West · 26 Jan 2010 at 17:15

Love my escort. Brilliant ship.. shame i'll be loosing it tonight and i'll have to work to get it back again

Silent-Lucidity · 26 Jan 2010 at 17:21

duc999 said:
Nothing a cruiser can do that an an escort can't and it has the extra punch when needed.

Fly into a deep encounter and engage 6+ ships and survive? I think not.

Ewanb75 · 26 Jan 2010 at 17:22

Wonder what the maintenance is, taking off the "holodeck" safety protocols, so if we die in tonights event we effectively delete our character?? lol

Quite like the cruisers but also the escorts :/

VaderDSL · 26 Jan 2010 at 17:23

I want to be assimilated

then have to watch as I kill/assimilate my friends

CaptainRAVE · 26 Jan 2010 at 17:34

Frenzy said:
Rave can you explain something to me? There is a skill for "heavy cruiser" and then there is "assault cruiser" do these skills stack like the previous "cruiser" skill? If not what is the point in sticking points in these skills :S

I have been working on the assumption that they stack, but I could be completely wrong on this!

Silent-Lucidity said:
Just had a quick 15 minutes with the Escort, server just came down.. but even though I had my points mainly in Cruiser set up and not many escort boff's it still took ships down way faster. It's more fun to play but way easier to die.. as I did. In my cruiser i'm near invincible unless up against 5+ 3 level above ships. Not sure what i'm gonna play when it goes live though.

I was planning on playing as a cruiser, but they just don't work.

VaderDSL said:
I was all set for cruiser but the escorts are just so damn fun they put out a lot of DPS in a short space of time, like you I can survive in my cruiser for ages against lots of enemies.

With limited/no death penalty may as well just go max DPS build surely?

Basically this ^^. Given that there is no death penalty and that Cryptics games are always geared towards DPS, escorts seem like the only choice to me. I may buy a cruiser later on just to have some fun with.

Frenzy · 26 Jan 2010 at 17:35

Well as the dev put it on a recent post "there are some surprises to come" which has peeked my interest

CaptainRAVE · 26 Jan 2010 at 17:46

Anyone know where we need to be for the event? I have parked my self in the system next to Quo'nos - I couldnt enter the system with Quo'nos in it, perhaps I am too low in level? Hopefully they will give us more direction.

VaderDSL · 26 Jan 2010 at 17:46

I heard that the individual cruiser skills, like heavy cruiser, assault cruiser, star cruiser will not stack, they affect only the class you are flying.

The initial skill, I forget what it is, starship operations or something, does stack as it is an overall skill that affects your ability to "fly" a ship

Edit - Can someone confirm for me that each rank you get a free ship? I was really hoping you don't get anymore free ships after the initial starter ship. I desperately hope we have to buy them.

Frenzy · 26 Jan 2010 at 17:57

Yeah you get a free ship each rank. They are introducing a skill reset option so putting points into these skills might not be so bad.

I think ill stick to cruisers even if it is a dps game, i went into one of those deep space encounter before the latest patch. Killed a +16 battleship and got a level VIII polaron beam which does damage and also drains ship power settings by 25 across the board...

Ewanb75 · 26 Jan 2010 at 18:03

Servers should be back up by 9 by the looks of it

CaptainRAVE · 26 Jan 2010 at 18:06

Ewanb75 said:
Servers should be back up by 9 by the looks of it

I will be signing in before the rush

Frenzy · 26 Jan 2010 at 18:09

and i was about to rush home to see if i could level to captain before the event...

dubbs · 26 Jan 2010 at 18:11

is this a game similar to WoW then or not (dont like wow)

Pyroblaze · 26 Jan 2010 at 18:19

Frenzy said:
and i was about to rush home to see if i could level to captain before the event...

I wouldn't be surprised if they bump everyones level up, they did with CO.

duc999 · 26 Jan 2010 at 18:21

Silent-Lucidity said:
Fly into a deep encounter and engage 6+ ships and survive? I think not.

Well you think wrong. Easy , if you have the right sheilds and consoles, done it before in Starbase 24 many times

I turn faster and have better weapons.

speeduk · 26 Jan 2010 at 18:30

duc999 said:
Well you think wrong. Easy , if you have the right sheilds and consoles, done it before in Starbase 24 many times I turn faster and have better weapons.

Yeah my escort has 20% disruptor resistant shields and a console with 12% resistance to everything!

Evasive manouvers is amazing for an escort too.

CaptainRAVE · 26 Jan 2010 at 18:43

duc999 said:
Well you think wrong. Easy , if you have the right sheilds and consoles, done it before in Starbase 24 many times I turn faster and have better weapons.

Regardless, with no death penalty it doesnt matter. On average you will still put out more DPS than *most* cruisers - and if you play it right (e.g. right skills and abilities) you will every time.

Frenzy · 26 Jan 2010 at 18:51

Well if they see everyone going for escort because of this flaw im sure they will adjust it somehow. Perhaps reduce the effectiveness of your crew even further upon death. Still needs to be tweaked quite a bit imo, tweaks that dont happen on site but only with rigorous public testing.

Silent-Lucidity · 26 Jan 2010 at 18:53

duc999 said:
Well you think wrong. Easy , if you have the right sheilds and consoles, done it before in Starbase 24 many times I turn faster and have better weapons.

At what level vs what level ships? At captain level the enemy WILL take your escort down 5 v 1, unless they are lower level than you. I only fought stuff +2 and +3. Ships don't just auto attack at this level they have some pretty nasty abilities.. like viral matrix I think.. which locks you out of doing anything for like 6 seconds. Sitting escort duck

Don't get me wrong I love escorts.. had a blast with my Defiant earlier on. :cool: