I want to see the Tier 2 Cute escort available on VA level.
 

I want to see the Tier 2 Cute escort available on VA level.

What else can I say?

Retrofit please :P

I guess nobody else cares about this cute little ship... So long dreams.... But people do want that ugly Akira ship for Tier5... I dont get it.

Beauty is subjective. Every ship in Trek has its lovers and haters. Such is the way of the world. :)

Haha ur right. But I'd try and give this some attention :(
Im a little bored of the Defiant, and I dont like the fleet escort and MVAM that much. I guess I'll just fly it with limited slots and stuff on my VA. At least nobody can call me OP or cheater.

I have a Captain 5 Engineer who's still flying the NX. Anything can be fun if you like to try it. :)

I wouldn't mind a Tier 4 Refit, or a VA tier 5.5 version of the Saber/Rapier class. I want SOMETHING other than the Defiant as an escort at the Rank fo Captain.

Tier 4, so the problem remains of VA's are limited to the Defiant, yet again.

Putting ships in different tiers doesnt solve our problems, unfortunately.

Well since Cryptic doesnt respond to my request to make a scalable tier system, I can only ask for it to become available as VA.

Why do you want a ship at Captain level when you can get Vice Admiral one/two days later?
Its just ..... Waste of time.

I honestly wasn't sure what you meant with the "Cute" Escort. Because of the way you worded it, I wasn't sure if you meant some other word. Or perhaps you were talking about the new skin that one of the devs posted that hasn't been released yet. I probably would have said "that cute Tier 2 Escort".

Personally, I agree with you. The Saber design is one of my favorites from the game. I would rather be flying that than the Defiant. To be precise, my Tier 2 was a Saber with Ushaan "wings" and Rapier nacelles. I have a pic as part of my crew lineup.

Considering all the controversy over the Rhode Island, though, I really doubt we will ever see Tier 2 ships at any higher than Tier 2. The devs seem unwilling to make any more Tier 5 refits. I'm betting we don't even see any more Tier 3 ships at Tier 5. They will all have interchangable consoles now, instead.

Also, interestingly enough, the latest Ask Cryptic indicates that the Saber is one of the three favorite ships. However, at the same time Dan Stahl says specifically "older era ships should not be competitive with newer high end ships". Then again, the Saber is not an older era ship than the Defiant. And he does say that a crafting based retrofit system MIGHT be possible after Season 4. His attitude towards the possibility, however, seemed to be very contrary. (That is, he makes it sound like other devs are trying to argue the point)

Not going to happen any time soon at least said so many times it get's boring.

and no I am not fully against it there are some ships I like to use at more tiers to.

Akira is a beautiful ship, but it needs to be a crusier. That was its role in Star Trek. Don't know why it was made an escrot. (Its official desigination is type: Heavy Crusier)