How good are the Timelines rewards?

[76561198055083273]

Including everything ships and non ship rewards including new sectors

[KEKSohneNAMEN]

They are worth it in my opinion.
The sectors and their faction are a bit different at first, but they provide nice station module blueprints.

You get a wide variety of ships as well. Some are more useful than others. The racing ships (sans Dart) are merely for fun and joyriding, while the Terran ships are quite nice. They're not OP, but will serve you well, especially after getting adjusted in 7.10. Also, these are all mass producable, making the Odachi a nice contender for patrol corvette and the Sapporo a candidate for anti-fighter duty.

You also get a few uses of unique paint mods with each of the ships.
The fact that you can get some of the new xenon ships is also nice, especially for saves where the Xenon are extinct. Keep in mind though, that these can not be produced en masse.

EDIT: also forgot the most important ship, the Xperimental. It's a worthy player ship from early to late game. Fast and powerful. Definetely worth it.

[Farrel]

New sectors are always nice, although there's nothing particularly special about the new ones in timelines. The new faction is too easily ignored due to their silly way of trading making them a pain to deal with.

All of the xenon ships are on the low end of mediochre. They come with a good looking skin, but can't really hold their own in any decent fight.

The eXperimental shuttle is incredibly good. Perhaps not the simplest ship to get used to, but when you do get used to it, it's easy to forget it's a small ship.

The 'sport' ships are disappointing, due to the lack of travel drive, they serve no practical purpose other than looking good.

The cutlass is a great little fighter, and exclusive to your faction. Perhaps a little slow (for my tastes) but the guns are powerful and accurate.

The odachi is similarly a great medium fighter, mostly due to the excellent guns.

I'm struggling to like the Sapporo. The barrage missile launcher is a waste of materials vs stations and feels under powered when attacking capital ships. In my present game, I'm not in a situation where I need any more anti-fighter capacity, so it feels like I can't give it a fair test.

However, I do like that we have faction ships exclusive to our player faction... I'd love to see some more equipment options for them, and a wider variety, but it's a start!

[RaideR]

I liked it
Especially Sapporo, such a beautiful ship

[Venerable_Sin]

They would have been better if I could have skipped Timeline missions that I did not want to do or had no interest in or did not contribute to a story that I still know little about. With that said the ships I've found (mostly by mistake and later found out what they were) aren't fun to use and feel like a glass slipper that you're scared to go tap dancing with. They do not contribute to the base game in my opinion, unless I was able to mass produce and equip them.

The experimental shuttle is amazing though. That's the only cool one in my opinion.

Edit: Oh yeah, the sectors, especially the one with the beautiful station/system was a great experience, unlike Timelines.

[Farrel]

Oh, actually, one more important thing!

Having the Sapporo, Cutlass and Odachi means that you have something you can build in your Wharf / Shipyard the moment you get it... Once you salvage them, you'll get the blueprint.

[Waylander]

Love the Cutlass, and liking the Shuttle (will love it once 7.10 drops and you get the Mk 5 shield).
As for the Odachi, i really wanted to love it but the lack of shields is a big problem, needs Mk 3 shields.

[76561198055083273]

Originally posted by Waylander:

Love the Cutlass, and liking the Shuttle (will love it once 7.10 drops and you get the Mk 5 shield).
As for the Odachi, i really wanted to love it but the lack of shields is a big problem, needs Mk 3 shields.

I heard Odachi can only have 1 loadout is that true?

[Darklordnj]

Originally posted by 76561198055083273:

Originally posted by Waylander:

Love the Cutlass, and liking the Shuttle (will love it once 7.10 drops and you get the Mk 5 shield).
As for the Odachi, i really wanted to love it but the lack of shields is a big problem, needs Mk 3 shields.

I heard Odachi can only have 1 loadout is that true?

Pretty much, yeah, weapons and shields can’t be changed out (although the shields might be able to be upgraded to a higher tier).

[Farrel]

Yeah, it's true, odd that you can't switch out the main guns for HEPTs, but at least it's still effective with it's default guns.

[Set-115689]

The rewards are pretty good. Sapporo might be getting a buff.

Some of the missions offer unique experiences.

The free patch added a notable amount to the game.

[76561198055083273]

Originally posted by Set-115689:

The rewards are pretty good. Sapporo might be getting a buff.

Some of the missions offer unique experiences.

The free patch added a notable amount to the game.

What free patch?

[shietinghd]

After the main release there are patch/ balances release X.10, X.20