Looking for free ship builds.

[🌽PK IllinoisFIN🌽]

Hi, i'm looking for best "free to play" ships&weapon combos but so far it's all pay to win.
Any help?

[Vellari]

What class/which ship?

In general, equipment wise it'll probably be something reputation, if you want not to pay for anything (ec or zen). Some T6 event ship too which ever you have available.

[🌽PK IllinoisFIN🌽]

It would probably take couple years to grind enough zen.

I'm currently flying an Assault Cruiser with some sort of Tetryon build and i prefer frontal firing tactic so i got bunch of turrets in back. Keep in mind i'm kinda noob on making loadouts etc. and so far i've been just playing this campaign.


Ships i have:

Long Range Science Vessel [T6]
Heavy Cruiser
Exploration Cruiser
Exploration Cruiser Retrofit
Support Cruiser
Vulcan T'Pau Scout Ship [T6]
Assault Cruiser

[Vellari]

Ursprungligen skrivet av PK IllinoisFIN:

It would probably take couple years to grind enough zen.

I'm currently flying an Assault Cruiser with some sort of Tetryon build and i prefer frontal firing tactic so i got bunch of turrets in back. Keep in mind i'm kinda noob on making loadouts etc. and so far i've been just playing this campaign.


Ships i have:

Long Range Science Vessel [T6]
Heavy Cruiser
Exploration Cruiser
Exploration Cruiser Retrofit
Support Cruiser
Vulcan T'Pau Scout Ship [T6]
Assault Cruiser

Yeah, of those ships AC is propably the most suited for tactical purposes. Don't know what the summer event ship is going to be, but we'll see.

For Tetryon you may want to look at Nukara repution atleast for weapons. For tactical either Undine or Iconian equipment sets work pretty well (that is, def, engine, core, shield). Consoles are the biggest "game changer" so that's where you'll lose the most compared to lockbox/expensive stuff. If you are in a fleet you'll have some options there depending on Fleet level.

As far as weapon types go, with turrets you should pair cannons, but not sure if that ship is agile enough to be truly effective. For beam builds omni-beams for aft are a bit harder to come by (and are also limited to three at a time: one crafted, one rep/mission, kinetic cutting beam)

[Ordinary Dark]

cant see any pay2win builds

you can unlock it all via gameplay....


anyhow jsut go to youtube and look for STO budget builds

[The Arkady]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Vellari:

Don't know what the summer event ship is going to be, but we'll see.

It's been announced that they'll do a T6 Risian Corvette this year, which depending on what it gains in the T6 upgrade could be a fairly nice or even one hell of a ship for free tacs.

For a F2P Tetryon tactical, the Emitter Refocuser from The Renegade's Regret is a must-have. Also, obviously fleet tec consoles.

[★Jaw★]

How is this game Pay to win, in any way? You can get everything without paying money. Sure it takes more work than paying for stuff, but it isn't impossible. Plus if you know your way around the market, you can make loads of credits.

Or if you know how to have a fair dilithium income, use that to buy ZEN, and buy whatever from the store.

[Running-Target]

You didn't say what your captain is? If the ship don't have T6 in the name / description, you should not be flying it.

Any gear i mention below, try getting MK XII in Blue or Purple quality, green if you have to.

Well, take your Vulcan T'Pau Scout Ship [T6], mount those tetryon turrets and dual cannons on it. Latter, use the Refracting Tetryon Weapons from the Nukara Rep Store. The Braydon Reconnaissance Technologies Set looks pretty good for this science raider, use the Preeminent Warp Core. The T'Pau is a Raider with a science flavor, so it get Flanking bonus and has subsystem targeting and has Universal boff seating. Get the Deteriorating Secondary Deflector. Pick any one torpedo launcher that complement the build. Get the Emitter Refocuser from The Renegade's Regret. Maybe use Console - Science - Shield Refrequencer from Dyson Rep store.

3 Eng consoles = RCS Accelerator, Neutronium Alloy, Plasma Distribution Manifold

5 Science consoles = Field Generator, Particle Generator, Graviton Generator, Flow Capacitor, nanite reinforced circuitry or Epic console.

3 Tac consoles = tetryon pulse generator , prefire chamber, Epic console or Torp mod.

read here >

https://sto.gamepedia.com/Vulcan_T%27Pau_Scout_Ship
https://sto.gamepedia.com/Braydon_Reconnaissance_Technologies_Set#Braydon_Reconnaissance_Deflector_Array
https://sto.gamepedia.com/Incontrovertible_Defenses#Preeminent_Warp_Core
https://sto.gamepedia.com/Refracting_Tetryon_weapons_(space)#Dual_Cannons
https://sto.gamepedia.com/Tetryon_weapons_(space)
https://sto.gamepedia.com/Secondary_Deflector
https://sto.gamepedia.com/Science_Consoles
https://sto.gamepedia.com/Torpedo_Launcher
https://sto.gamepedia.com/Bridge_officer_and_kit_abilities

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