Your best ships top 5

[Dave of Infamy]

never see a topic like this on here so i thought id start one heres my top 5 ships

1)Titan Fleet Sci Vessel/ Cstore Titan
2) Marquis Raider
3) Kelvin Heavy Cruiser
4)Jemhadar Recon ship
5) Jupiter Carrier

honourable mentions are the vulcan sci jellyfish ship from startrek film the feresan/catian escort's and t6/legendery defiant class

[Agnithrax]

I really dig the Fleet Suliban one, but that's proly because I slap a silver vanity shield on her and call it the Waverider. Whoo hoo I'm a SUPA HEEEROW. Seriously though Fleet T6X with all the dhc's and a couple fat azz RCS Acceleraties and she's spinning a 180 before her turn inertia has ended it's counter. She'll hug the donkey like Princess Peach realizing if Donkey Kong is THAT tall then that means....

[Kitsune Aoi]

No specific order here but for me it is pretty much.

Risian Corvette
Orion Blackguard
Orion Marauder
Botasqu'
Akira/Amitage/Alita

The Jemhadar Vangaud Dreadnought Cruiser, is a close enough call for me.

[The Dude]

Kortar Raptor
Jemmy Recon Ship
Maquis Raider
Risian Pilot Corvette
Fleet Shepard Battlecruiser

Honorable mention, Fleet B'rel Raider.

[Szeron]

Best in terms of what? Performance? Appearance? Fun/gimmicks? Ease of Use/Recommendations?

Without context, I'll offer the top 5 from my stable that I enjoy bringing out the most(for a myriad of reasons):
-Durgath Temporal Heavy Dreadnought (Superbruiser/Tank)
-Jem Hadar Vanguard Carrier (Petswarm + Anomaly Bomber)
-Hurq Nekcrid Multi-Mission Science Vessel (Radiation/Torpedo Bomber)
-Voth Rampart Flight Deck Carrier (Vacuum/Drain Tank)
-Sech Strike Wing Escort (Gunship + Fighters)

[Blanc - CPU White Heart]

I think I'm a bit biased to the cutest ship in the game lol
1- Pioneer-class Utility Cruiser
2- Pioneer-class Utility Cruiser
3- Pioneer-class Utility Cruiser
4- Pioneer-class Utility Cruiser
5- Pioneer-class Utility Cruiser

[jozenone]

Flight deck cruiser
Dreadnaught cruiser
Strike wing escort
whatever they call a heavy cruiser with 1 hangar
heavy escort/destroyer

the actual artwork is inconsequential to the class

[necaradan666]

Hmm, I dunno. Lost track of what's the best since I stopped playing and it's hard to catch up now. Still the most op builds my toons have are on:

Legendary Miracle Worker Connie
JH Vanguard Temporal Warship
Nautilus Temporal Science Vessel
Kor Bird of Prey

[The Tomekeeper]

1) TOS connie
2) JHRS
3) 26c KDF ship
4) D7 discovery made out as a khenn
5) other ships

[Dave of Infamy]

Originally posted by jozenone:

Flight deck cruiser
Dreadnaught cruiser
Strike wing escort
whatever they call a heavy cruiser with 1 hangar
heavy escort/destroyer

the actual artwork is inconsequential to the class

actually it does matter as even though a ship may be a heavy destroyer they may have a 4/3 weapons setup or a 5/2 they may have a turn rate of 14 or 15 and consoles.. lets not forget consoles are very important

[jozenone]

Originally posted by Dave of Infamy:

Originally posted by jozenone:

Flight deck cruiser
Dreadnaught cruiser
Strike wing escort
whatever they call a heavy cruiser with 1 hangar
heavy escort/destroyer

the actual artwork is inconsequential to the class

actually it does matter as even though a ship may be a heavy destroyer they may have a 4/3 weapons setup or a 5/2 they may have a turn rate of 14 or 15 and consoles.. lets not forget consoles are very important

on the whole, that's kind of inconsequential

[cap-boulanger]

my favorites:

- Science ships: Legendary Intrepid, Verne Temporal Science, Risian Weather Control (almost a three-way tie but I'm partial to the Intrepid)
- Tactical ships: Jem'Hadar Vanguard Warship, Jem'Hadar Vanguard Heavy Destroyer, Legendary Defiant, Maquis Raider, Ferengi Nandi (roughly a five-way tie)
- Engineering ships: Legendary Ambassador, Legendary Sovereign, Legendary Excelsior, Ferengi Quark Marauder, Khitomer Alliance Battlecruiser, Arbiter/Kurak Battlecruiser (dep on faction)... etcetera... hard to pick just one

[Dave of Infamy]

Originally posted by jozenone:

Originally posted by Dave of Infamy:

actually it does matter as even though a ship may be a heavy destroyer they may have a 4/3 weapons setup or a 5/2 they may have a turn rate of 14 or 15 and consoles.. lets not forget consoles are very important

on the whole, that's kind of inconsequential

not really it directly affects play style and how you like to play (and it being a game thats kinda the point)

[VoodooMike]

Originally posted by jozenone:

on the whole, that's kind of inconsequential

It's considerably more important than ship "class" in terms of... literally everything. Weapon layout and console layout, as well as seating distribution, are very important - they're what determines if the ship is good, bad, worthwhile, a waste, etc. Unless the ship is iconic in some way, its what determines if you'll see anyone piloting one a month or two after it is released.

[Jaynoble55]

Science : Verne or Daemosh for people that have popping issues.
Escort : JH vang warship or maquis raider (even tho its the ugliest ship in the game)
Cruiser : Section 31 / Vaadwaur Juggs
Sci/Tac hybrid : Fleet Titan or legendary/mirror crossfield.

[VoodooMike]

The Daemosh is a pretty low-rent science vessel. In terms of science output and performance the top science ships are almost certainly Verne, Eternal, Edoulg, Fleet Grissom (aka fleet oberth), and Bastille.

The two primary requirements for a really good science ship are Molecular Reconstruction (which you set to Support Config for +10 aux power, +20% exotic damage and +40 control expertise) and heavy Temporal seating for additional anomaly nuking. All the ships I mentioned have both the Molec Recon ship feature and at minimum commander temporal seating, and the ability to field both commander and lt. commander seats with science abilities.

Verne edges out the Eternal for top spot as it has excellent maneuverability for a science vessel and both cmdr and ltcmdr temporal seating. Eternal has a significantly slower turn rate and the second temporal seat is of a lower rank and is the sole tactical seat, making you choose between temporal abilities and tactical abilities if you want to use the lt.cmdr universal seat for more science abilities.

Edoulg is ugly, but it has a 4/3 weapon config for more torpedo power as well as a hangar. It only has one temporal seat, but it has a lot more tactical capability in terms of consoles and seating if you want to mix in torpedo-boosting abilities, and it has some intel seating if you're into that.

Grissom and Bastille bring up the rear because they have the 3/3 config, a single temporal seat. Bastille is likely over the Grissom due to having the extra command seating to use for concentrate firepower, but not bound to tactical.. Grissom has only an ensign universal, though a better turn rate.