[REQ] Some knowledgeable fleet memebers to review and rank all the event ships

[brimur]

Hi guys, I just got my 1000 ani vouchers and picked up the Lukari sci ship and it got me thinking, there are lots of event ships out there in each class and I was wondering how they stack up against each other. And I dont just mean DPS. What are the aptitudes of each of them vs others in the same category (dread, sci etc), Which are the most fun, which need work to pull of a kill but is more satisfying and impressive and which can just spam the space bar. Things like that. Also things like, “well if you have the consoles from these other ships and use them with this ship its better that with other similar ships because…” Sorry if I am not getting my point across, it sounded good in my head. I suppose for a start maybe just fleet members ranking of the event ships, why and what fun setup you played with (consoles, weapons etc), again not necessarily for DPS maybe just for the colors 🙂

[Marcase]

Good question Brimur, we may do something with that. It’s a tough one though as it’s very personal – what is fun for one is ‘meh’ to another. For example I’m no DPS min-maxer and heavily Sci oriented (even my Escorts and Cruisers are Science builds) which is fun for me, while the majority of players prefer Alpha-striking murder-boats.

The Kobali console from the Kobali Event ship is a very, very good ‘tanking’ console which is useful on any build. The somewhat forgotten Dyson Destroyer is still a tough ship to love, but once you understand its mechanic it’s a fun boat – the Romulan version with a green skin is my absolute #1 on my list of pretty designs.
And the Breen Winter Event ships are good to very good and a lot of fun if you use them with the otherwise sub-optimal Breen space set and the Breen consoles.

I can go on (and will soon), but basically only the Risan Event ships are meh – the luxury cruiser is a nice and unique design having its own tropical island aboard. 🙂

Have to give this some more thought. To be continued 😉

"Boldly bashing Borg to bits since 2012..."

[Damix]

I’m not an expert and haven’t used these ships too much, but I still want to add to this discussion with what I have.

Dps wise, best could be Breen Chel Boalg Warship (last winter) with 4/4 weapons, 3 science console slots for Embassy sci consoles and destroyer mastery passive abilities (+5% Accuracy, +15% Critical Severity, +2.5% Critical Chance). It also features lt.commander Intel/Science seat which can be used for Override Subsystem Safeties boff ability. Compared to Vorgon Xyfius Heavy Escort, it has extra weapon slot and extra sci console slot.

Krenim Science Vessel and Lukari Ho’kuun Science Vessel are similar, although I prefer the Krenim because of the potential use of lt.cdr tac ability. Krenim sci also has access to Improved Feedback Pulse ship trait, which is must have on threat tank builds or high EPG builds using feedback pulse. Breen Sarr Theln Carrier is interesting because of the 2 hangar slots, but it comes at the cost of secondary deflector and sensor analysis so it is not a pure sci ship.

Razreth and Samsar are similar as both have Command specialization, same console layout and 4/4 weapons. Both are too slow to use Concentrate Firepower for some extra kinetic damage, but that could be fixed with buff to turn rate if it will be a problem. Maybe Suppression Barrage for some debuff? I prefer Razreth because of the hanger slot, +2.5% Critical Chance from mastery passive, lt.cdr universal/Command seat which can be used as Tac seat, while on Samsar you are forced with lt.cdr Engineering.

Ferengi Nandi is unique because of the 6 boff seats, where other ships usually have 5 boff seats. This means one extra space boff trait, best used by Romulan captains that can slot +1 Superior Romulan Operative, but it can also benefit from Krenim boff (cooldown) or boff with Pirate trait (nausicaan/hierachy) for other factions. It is also only event ship with access to Pilot boff abilities. + it has access to Exchange, Bank, Mail and private time with holo Leeta. All this makes it a winner, most useful and fun in my opinion! ^^

I don’t know if comparison like this was best way to evaluate them since each one of this has something unique, making them really great option for anyone without resources for c-store or lockbox ships. They are all you need for any content in this game.

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