Best T6 ship?

[Bolokay]

What is the best T6 ship? I want one that is fast, but strong and has good weapons.

[Sandormen]

Your choice, really. You just have to come up with a 'perfect' build for it, and learn how to use it.

[Maj_Cyric]

A very subjective question... For me it's the T6 Fleet Mogh for my KDF toon, and the Kelvin Intel Dread for my Fed toon...

They fill my playstyle requirements, and meet said requirements with what i have equipped on them...

But then maybe the D9 or the Mat'Ha might be if i get around to taking them out of dock...

The answer though would be whatever T6 you do the best in... as for Speed, toughness, and weapons.. Well that comes to what you equip your ship with..

I would suggest that you read over the info in the link below..
https://www.reddit.com/r/stobuilds/wiki/index#wiki_build_anatomy

[The Arkady]

If someone does offer a concrete answer to this too-generic question, you should probably igonore them, because they're not actually trying to be helpful, they're just telling you what they prefer like its gospel.

Now, if you could share some more information, such as preferred play style, how comfortable you are with maneuvering in STO's space combat, and which faction you are, that'd let people gauge which ship might be best for you as opposed to somebody else, and you might get some legitimately helpful suggestions.

[ImperatorPavel]

Originally posted by The Arkady:

If someone does offer a concrete answer to this too-generic question, you should probably igonore them, because they're not actually trying to be helpful, they're just telling you what they prefer like its gospel.

Now, if you could share some more information, such as preferred play style, how comfortable you are with maneuvering in STO's space combat, and which faction you are, that'd let people gauge which ship might be best for you as opposed to somebody else, and you might get some legitimately helpful suggestions.

This. I like the cardassian science dreadnought, the jem'hadar vangard cruiser, and the S'torr but none of those ships are the best ship. As Arkady said, you'll need to post more about what you're looking for.

Type of ship (escort, cruiser, science vessel), plus some of the stats you're looking for is pretty much the minimum.

[Duke Flapjack]

Jupiter.

It's my favorite, but I like flying around PvE in my own personal fleet laying waste to everything around me. It's awful in PvP, though.

[sven10077]

Originally posted by btump2023:

What is the best T6 ship? I want one that is fast, but strong and has good weapons.

Uh...you want an "In win!" button?

The Crossfield I guess but the better answer is figure out what you are trying to do compare consoles, weapons layout, and innates and go zap things.

[Vellari]

Just to be clear, the ship itself has very little to do on how it performs. It only defines the "frame" to make your build (ie. base speed/hull, traits, specials like Intel/Command/Pilot). Everything else comes from your equipment, weapons, consoles, traits, boffs, doffs, etc.

[VoodooMike]

Originally posted by Vellari:

Just to be clear, the ship itself has very little to do on how it performs. It only defines the "frame" to make your build (ie. base speed/hull, traits, specials like Intel/Command/Pilot). Everything else comes from your equipment, weapons, consoles, traits, boffs, doffs, etc.

I find the ship has a lot to do with overall performance... specifically the console and seating layouts (including placement and type of hybrid seating in t6 ships) as well as the special mechanics associated with ship "type" that you mentioned (such as pilot maneuvers).

While gear and boffs will fill in the slots, they need the right slots to fill to create the performance you're going for, and not all ships provide it to the same degree. All science ships are similar, but there's a reason the Eternal is generally considered the best of 'em (two temporal hybrid seats, molecular reconstruction for the support config's exotic buffs, etc).

There often is a "best ship" but only if you can declare specifically what you're looking for a ship to do. The clearer your vision for its performance and overall capabilities, the easier it is to match you up with your future spaceship BFF.

[Maj_Cyric]

Let's also not forget the importance regarding the base turn rate, if the ship can or can't equip DHC's or not, or does it get a flanking raider bonus to damage when attacking a target from behind...

The "What's the best T6 ship?" is in itself an incomplete question that requires proper context to answered.. Meaning the best at what? Best at Tanking damage? Dealing damage? Most maneuverable? etc etc etc.. Each of those will have a different answer even if you take the out of box stock version or an unlimited EC budget build version...

[Varenvel The Festive Dinosaur]

Originally posted by btump2023:

What is the best T6 ship? I want one that is fast, but strong and has good weapons.

best ship is one you like/want to fly , if you care about preformance , you will never find best build , they relese new ships every now and then , new perks apear , new consoles from events

it is not possible in any form to find "best" ship preformance wise becouse you also need to factor your character perks , traits , specialisation , race , AND class (also bridge officers passives)

but also your preformance , just becouse this guy who has crazy skill rotation on his ship does 75k dps , dont means you with slower refles will reach 60k or 45k

Go for one you like looks of , i got Jam'hadar dread carrier , its pretty ship.

[Running-Target]

For the free to play players, every free T6 ship they can get is best. l liked the Bajorian Interceptor, especially with a phaser build.

[Dave of Infamy]

tbh some t6 ships are not even as good as some of the t5 ships eg: the catian atrox carrier is a belter of a sci ship when its kitted out properly yet the few sci t6 ships i have are not even close to being as good (my opinion only btw)

[Maj_Cyric]

Originally posted by Dave of Infamy:

tbh some t6 ships are not even as good as some of the t5 ships eg: the catian atrox carrier is a belter of a sci ship when its kitted out properly yet the few sci t6 ships i have are not even close to being as good (my opinion only btw)

Gasp!

You mean this Uber ship isn't the best T6 Ship?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1668212789

[arcaneprophet]

Originally posted by Dave of Infamy:

tbh some t6 ships are not even as good as some of the t5 ships eg: the catian atrox carrier is a belter of a sci ship when its kitted out properly yet the few sci t6 ships i have are not even close to being as good (my opinion only btw)

Im sorry. This is 200% WRONG. you might want to look at sci dps from a temporal sci sci or the sci raider and compare that to your T5 ship...

[VoodooMike]

Originally posted by Dave of Infamy:

tbh some t6 ships are not even as good as some of the t5 ships eg: the catian atrox carrier is a belter of a sci ship when its kitted out properly yet the few sci t6 ships i have are not even close to being as good (my opinion only btw)

Name three.