Since I've been leveling like crazy, I did put the brakes on for my 30s. I just love my Defiant class ship and don't look forward to a "Defiant gap" in my 40s.

Since there is no retrofit (which I've been getting regularly since FTP started) should I just power through my 40s to get to my next Defiant ship? I am really NO where near having enough dilithium for a RA ship.

Between making DOff missions two to three times a day and doing episodes I think it will just fly by. Should I just make the dash or is there a huge benefit to having one of the current RA escorts?