Very much so.

IMO the Raptor needs a little umpf somewhere. Whether it is BC, BO arrangement, or something but I though it was a bit soft.

It's good to see you again.
I was worried we'd lost you permanently.

Anyway DStahl said we'd get a mix of new skins and new ships.
Maybe a decent Raptor variant will be among them.

That reminds me I need to work on my sketch of a BoP/Raptor MVAM.

[quote]As was I.

Do you have a link or something?
Sounds great and I hope so for the raptor love - as well possibly the BoP in light of recent new ships on the scene. Might be time to look it over again and maybe bring it up to base par.

http://www.startrekonline.com/node/2370

Last answer at the bottom.

So we do seem to get a mix of new ships and additional skins (at least that's the way I interepret the term "variant" in the context ot this answer).

I am hoping that this is the case...I mean after all...almost every Klingon ship I have come across does look the same...It kinda reminds me of when Japanese cars first arrived in America...they all...looked the same...well, not quite...at least those you could get in a different paint-job....lol

Honestly, I hope so as well. SOme more modernistic designs ( and maybe some player created concepts?)

You think so?

My latest KDF character went Raptor, and all the way through mid-captain I'm finding this to be one tough little ship. My damage output is easily on par with my BoP captain's (well in excess of 200K damage done in my last PvP match) but feels more durable, both in shields and hull strength.

I actually feel like I survive more in it (a fact I find odd, since I made very good use of battle-cloak on the BoP and thought that nothing would out-survive that). In PvE I'm finding it just as easy to solo as the BoP and naturally easier than my cruiser. I'm a fan for sure.

What specifically made you feel like it was soft, and in comparison to what?

Starbases...?

Just kidding.
I'm leveling a liberated Borg Engineer on a Raptor and I intend to keep the Raptor.
It feels tougher than the Fedration escorts I played at similar levels though I admit this might be
due to the fact I'm leveling an Engineer and not a Tac as well.
People will probably laugh at my config (DBBs, BAs and Photons) but I think the ships gives
a very interesting gameplay.

But I'd nontheless not mind some alternate BO layouts, one with a LtC Engineer would be quite handy.

I don't know about laughing, DBB is pretty popular (I'm running three in the fore right now). I come up on top damage in PvP, making good use of Beam Overload for single targets (with a very satisfying boom to make me think I made the right choice) and Beam FAW which seems to be the flavour of the month for everyone.

If I want to play with cannons I'll just hop back in my BoP.