Good you started the post, was thinking to open one myself. Ok, I'm gonna say something most of you won't like, but take it easy folks, it's just an opinion, not trolling, not bragging, no bs.
So, I mostly play with my Klingon tune, but I do have 2 VAs. Every now and then, I jump on the blue side for some fun. I had few fleet action with my sci yesterday. To put it gently, a failed stf is a good experience. No, not saying that klinks are much better (in fact sadly they are better as an average player, both Pvp and pve, but the number of fed players is just overwhelmingly greater), but seriously, most (not all of them obviously) fed players have no clue how to build their ships, partially because cryptic doesn't have a walkthrough about this and also due to the fact Pve is dealing with dumb Ai/npc that pose no challenge whatsoever, causing players to go through levels too easy and with worthless builds and skill tree. So again, not trolling or bragging, but everyone that dies constantly more than 2-3 times in a fleet action, should seriously reconsider their build. Especially if flying a cruiser or sci. Not only that if you die too often the fun goes away, but you are a liability for your team. Not to mention kind of embarrassing... To die from the hand of an npc... Same applies for stfs. There are many people flying through all those pve events and not dieing once. And many of those people don't even pvp, in case you'd think I imply that. And since I mentioned pvp, for those that feel like, here are some excellent links on how to build your ship. A good pvp build will always excell in pve. Probably this is why cryptic didn't pull the plug to pvp yet, some folks in there really do some hard core testing and find out bugs.
Cruiser:
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/sh...d.php?t=280501
Escort:
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/sh...d.php?t=255864
Sci:
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/sh...d.php?t=288171
If you need build advices, everything you need is in those threads. I guarantee a significant improvement. And I also guarantee that romulan warbirds won't seem difficult either. Even at low levels.
So, don't hate the messenger, try to get the positive from what I have said and remember I mean no disrespect or anything this way.
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