Best Ship with Tactical Maneuvers?

[Jaq]

Is there a consensus out there as to whether any of the pilot ships with the maneuvering thrusters stand out as better than the others? Lobi and lockbox ships included? I really enjoy this feature as a quality of life thing, and would like to invest my last experimental ship upgrade token into one. But I'm getting eye strain from scouring all the ship descriptions trying to find the magic words that indicate the ship possesses the thrusters, as not all pilot ships have them.

[cap-boulanger]

"But I'm getting eye strain from scouring all the ship descriptions trying to find the magic words that indicate the ship possesses the thrusters, as not all pilot ships have them."

What you are looking for is ships that have a Pilot spec on a Commander-level BOFF seat. Those (for all the specs) are the only ships that get the special features.

I'm not including lockbox/lobi ships in this... but my vote for store/shipyard ships, if you have it, would be the Legendary Defiant, or something similar (a 5/3 warship/cruiser type).

[Jaq]

Originally posted by cap-boulanger:

What you are looking for is ships that have a Pilot spec on a Commander-level BOFF seat. Those (for all the specs) are the only ships that get the special features.

Thanks, that was a big help for me. It does though lead to a good news/bad news situation of there not being much to decide between, with lots of duplicates reducing the field further. And nothing in the lobi store.

I'm not including lockbox/lobi ships in this... but my vote for store/shipyard ships, if you have it, would be the Legendary Defiant, or something similar (a 5/3 warship/cruiser type).

I almost wrote "money is no object" in the original post, but after looking at what it takes to acquire that ship, turns out I did have a limit. You're probably right though, that looks like the obvious winner.

[BarnMegaparsec]

You can also check the wiki, which has a page listing all ships with Pilot Maneuvers and links to their detailed pages: https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/Ability:_Pilot_Maneuvers

Personally I used the Icarus for ages until getting the Deimos in the recent long-running free ship campaign. I guess it mostly comes down to the small differences between them, like if you want something with Raider Flanking, or prefer certain BOff Specialisations.

[Flanker]

I have this one; https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/Mercury_Tactical_Pilot_Escort

I love it

[cap-boulanger]

Originally posted by Jaq:

Originally posted by cap-boulanger:

What you are looking for is ships that have a Pilot spec on a Commander-level BOFF seat. Those (for all the specs) are the only ships that get the special features.

Thanks, that was a big help for me. It does though lead to a good news/bad news situation of there not being much to decide between, with lots of duplicates reducing the field further. And nothing in the lobi store.

I'm not including lockbox/lobi ships in this... but my vote for store/shipyard ships, if you have it, would be the Legendary Defiant, or something similar (a 5/3 warship/cruiser type).

I almost wrote "money is no object" in the original post, but after looking at what it takes to acquire that ship, turns out I did have a limit. You're probably right though, that looks like the obvious winner.

That's why I said "if you have it" (as in already). I'm not aware but if there are other options that are 5/3s, they would probably be good choices as well.

[Jaq]

Originally posted by cap-boulanger:

That's why I said "if you have it" (as in already). I'm not aware but if there are other options that are 5/3s, they would probably be good choices as well.

Well, the Kwejian is 5/3, and gets a raider flanking bonus on top of that. However, I think I may be too superficial to fly something that looks like a dollar store plastic comb, even if it's objectively better.

Originally posted by BarnMegaparsec:

You can also check the wiki, which has a page listing all ships with Pilot Maneuvers and links to their detailed pages: https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/Ability:_Pilot_Maneuvers

That's a neat and tidy time saver, thanks.