Kylo Ren's ship...not impressed

Roken_Fett

So I went ahead and bought the ship pack and I gotta say, while the ship can do a lot of different things (due to it having 3 pilots), it's not that powerful.

I have all 3 at level 85 and at least Gear 8 and the ship is my 8th most powerful ship, so it never sees a roster spot in Fleet Arena, and I can tell you my fleet isn't all great or anything. I struggle to stay around 600 in Fleet Arena.

I would think having 3 pilot would increase the overall power pretty easily but it doesn't.

Unless I'm using it wrong. Any suggestions?

Aero

Are you pairing it with FOTF and either Endurance or Plo Koon's ship? FOTF gets turn meter whenever the command shuttle is damaged, and Plo Koon and Endurance can both place a taunt on the command shuttle. FOTF is the biggest damage dealer in fleet.

Athusk

Aero wrote: »

Are you pairing it with FOTF and either Endurance or Plo Koon's ship? FOTF gets turn meter whenever the command shuttle is damaged, and Plo Koon and Endurance can both place a taunt on the command shuttle. FOTF is the biggest damage dealer in fleet.

Off Topic: Just wondering (as I have FOTF), should you bother using the Strafe attack he has?

I find majority of the time that, as long as I land 2 hits, I will deal just as much, if not more, than how much Strafe does. On top of that, you also can target lock with the basic.

Aero

Athusk wrote: »

Aero wrote: »

Are you pairing it with FOTF and either Endurance or Plo Koon's ship? FOTF gets turn meter whenever the command shuttle is damaged, and Plo Koon and Endurance can both place a taunt on the command shuttle. FOTF is the biggest damage dealer in fleet.

Off Topic: Just wondering (as I have FOTF), should you bother using the Strafe attack he has?

I find majority of the time that, as long as I land 2 hits, I will deal just as much, if not more, than how much Strafe does. On top of that, you also can target lock with the basic.

I always use strafe when there's a target lock present. While true the basic can potentially do more top damage, strafe has the better chance to do more damage.

Supercat

Another question is why would you upgrade surprise raid?

Roken_Fett

Aero wrote: »

Are you pairing it with FOTF and either Endurance or Plo Koon's ship? FOTF gets turn meter whenever the command shuttle is damaged, and Plo Koon and Endurance can both place a taunt on the command shuttle. FOTF is the biggest damage dealer in fleet.

I'm currently working on starring and leveling FO Tie Pilot and his ship. So right now, no, he's not part of my fleet either.

But still, the ship's overall power is suspect at best.

Carbonari

Under a Mace command he is exceptional; add Plo Koon and he becomes better. With FOTP the enemy will barely be able to take a turn. It's also fun to reduce Fett's cooldown on 2nd turn so he can go nuclear with the seismic charge early on. There are a lot of options...as long as you can keep him alive.

6The6Bull6

Athusk wrote: »

Aero wrote: »

Are you pairing it with FOTF and either Endurance or Plo Koon's ship? FOTF gets turn meter whenever the command shuttle is damaged, and Plo Koon and Endurance can both place a taunt on the command shuttle. FOTF is the biggest damage dealer in fleet.

Off Topic: Just wondering (as I have FOTF), should you bother using the Strafe attack he has?

I find majority of the time that, as long as I land 2 hits, I will deal just as much, if not more, than how much Strafe does. On top of that, you also can target lock with the basic.

I never use strife because I run bistan u wing also so I want as many target locks as possible to feed my team turn meter.

Roken_Fett

Carbonari wrote: »

Under a Mace command he is exceptional; add Plo Koon and he becomes better. With FOTP the enemy will barely be able to take a turn. It's also fun to reduce Fett's cooldown on 2nd turn so he can go nuclear with the seismic charge early on. There are a lot of options...as long as you can keep him alive.

I do have a 5 star SIave 1 and Maul's ship.

So you're suggesting I put the ship (Ren's) in even though its power is less than my other ships?

Carbonari

Roken_Fett wrote: »

Carbonari wrote: »

Under a Mace command he is exceptional; add Plo Koon and he becomes better. With FOTP the enemy will barely be able to take a turn. It's also fun to reduce Fett's cooldown on 2nd turn so he can go nuclear with the seismic charge early on. There are a lot of options...as long as you can keep him alive.

I do have a 5 star SIave 1 and Maul's ship.

So you're suggesting I put the ship (Ren's) in even though its power is less than my other ships?

If it fits with the strategy, yeah. I do find I have been much more successful on offense with the shuttle, but drop way harder on defense with him in the lineup. The turn-meter control is much needed on offense.
That said, I'm sacrificing two target-lock ships to run Ren and Plo. Biggs is a necessity, so that leaves me with Vader and either TFP or FOTP, and a very squishy-looking squad...which makes me a target on defense.

I mostly ignore ship power altogether, except when assessing a match, the ship power can be a good indication of what their reinforcements may look like.

Roken_Fett

Hmmm...well, if I had Vader's ship I wouldn't be having any problems. lol! My vader is at Gear X at level 85 and 7 star.

But maybe I'll mess around with Ren's ship some more and see how it goes.

I still think it should have an overall power score much higher than what it is.

Roken_Fett

Quick question: I know stars and level and gear help out the ship, but do mods increase ship power?

Carbonari

Roken_Fett wrote: »

Quick question: I know stars and level and gear help out the ship, but do mods increase ship power?

The level and rank of the mod is all that matters. So a 5* lvl 15 mod in every slot will indeed help the ship power.

Roken_Fett

Carbonari wrote: »

Roken_Fett wrote: »

Quick question: I know stars and level and gear help out the ship, but do mods increase ship power?

The level and rank of the mod is all that matters. So a 5* lvl 15 mod in every slot will indeed help the ship power.

Ah, cool. I didn't know that. My Ren and Phasma and FOST aren't modded. Lol! Perhaps that's my problem.

Gank_Killer

the ships "power" rating doesn't mean anything. It's really just a "rough estimate" of how strong something is.