Best Premium Ships - Star Trek Online 

The introduction of ship traits was genius. Getting people to buy a ship they don't care about and have no intention of using. 💰

It’s great to see you so regular on RU-vid. I was put onto your channel after watching STU1701 and Casual build vids. You are great at explaining builds and this video on ships allows us players to pick the right ships for specific builds

There's no need to be self-conscious about saying 'Guys' a lot. You do say it more than most people, but its honestly not at all annoying or anything, its just a filler word - and is a much better than the 'Errr' that most people default to - its actually helps centre the focus of the conversation back to your audience (which is a very good thing in videos like this where you are providing information and advice). Its honestly not a flaw or anything - its just a personal style: like Spock saying 'Fascinating' or Tealc saying 'Indeed', or other Aussies saying 'Mate'.

Remember when the C-store was considered 'premium'. 🤣

I love the shrike, amazing layout, looks awesome, probably in my top 3 in game. My other favourite is the dhailkhina, it's just so flexible.

With the change in the yearly event, the Connie 3 is top of the list for me. It looks good, nice trait, even if I despise how in Picard they _had_ to call it a Connie just because they wanted to make an Enterprise G. They should have just left it the Shangri-La class. And not thrown in that whole former Titan rigmarole.

One thing I’m liking the most, is that a good chunk of the trending ships off this list are around a year old. Give or take. The World Razer, the Gorn Raider, the Connie III, are all semi recent ships. When I got back into STO just after the 12th anniversary, the bulk of the ships mentioned were the Atlas, the Deimos, etc. With the Crossfield refit being the new kid on the block.

As a newish player, I've been really enjoying the content. Great information. Keep it up.

Great info Nic, thanks for the content. It might be worth mentioning which of the lockbox ship are available in the Zen store for account unlock. So people can balance the cost of Master keys vs buying in a zen pack e.g. a Mudds pack etc.

Great choices, I have most of them except the GHP and the Delkina. Yea the Mirror Warship is a bit dated but man is it fun to fly (plus Terran Goodbye is great) . Its kinda like the joke that flames on a car make it go faster lol. Awesome vid!

You mentioned a special thing of the Dhailkhina is, that it has the most isomag slots while still having an Exp weapon. Same goes for the Deimos. Lt Cdr Intel + Cdr Tac/Pilot is a very powerful combo, and it has Destroyer mastery.

Great vid, ty ty. As a F2P, I've had to focus all my efforts into 1 character and 1 type of build (mostly). So as a Fed Tact player, I generally tend towards DEW builds, so whenever the Campaign Event comes around, I have to really think about what can benefit the path I've chosen. Right now I'm looking at the Kelvin Dreadnought, Inquiry and Deimos. I picked up the Connie Flight Deck Miracle Worker last year and it's a great platform, but still lost to think about for this year's event. Great break down, cheers o7

Love the thumbnail. The World Razer's such a beast 😍

About a year ago I bought one lockbox on a whim. One key. And got a Dhailkina. I could play for the next 20 years knowing that will _never_ happen again. I was thinking of the Excelsior II for the console for my FAW tank I'm working on. And I'll probably get the Gorn Hunter as my reward for this years event.

I have to question his aesthetic sense :). The Excelsior 2 looks "meh" at best if not outright ugly. How come they never manage to "update" the Excelsior without making it look ridiculous and the whole "we made the frame bigger just so you can't use the classic skins" makes it an easy skip for me.

I'm sorry 😂 Didnt want to make this into a thing but I'm glad you it came across as a friendly nudge and nothing more. Tbh, every YT'er has his own filler word, so you're not alone in this. I mean Spencer uses the words "I love BO3 and the Parliament" as filler words a lot 😅 But this will fix itsself the more you create YT vids, so no need to focus on this, that was never my intention.

The Immolating Phaser Lance is excellent on its own doing Large amounts of burst damage to damage or finish off enemy ships! 😁

I’ll get the Connie 3 for this year’s Event Campaign mainly for the shangri la look. The Connie 3 has a lot of problems but the role and package is great.

Gorn Hunter Pilot Raider...Period, that's the only one to get...I'll be getting that one for my Romulan character for her Plasma weapon build

the legendary galaxy dreadnought is a good ship even though people take or leave the look of the thing its about 50/50

Really enjoying your content 👍🏽

I'm going to get Friendship Command Flight Deck Carrier to turn into a science carrier, plus I already have the Crossfield Refit I only use the console for Miracle worker ship it boost MW abilities.

Gorn hunter was a game changer for me

the cony 3 I have great Razer had but could get used to flying it trying to get the exc.

All flight deck carriers have attract fire and 2 hanger bays, there are about 11 not including fleet varients. The Voth Rampart Command Flight Deck Carrier maybe a one to look at again with the new debuffing pets from the Ahwahnee.

"Got to get them all! Pokieships!"

Thanks for this great video, could you please make the same video about Lobi ships? Would be awesome 😊

The game has severe power creep though some traits from 6 years ago are still meta.

Nic dearie....mother calling....you also say 'you know' quite a lot too! We don't know...so do tell us!😜

Can you do a mudds bundle guide. I would want to pick one up during a 50% sale. Which is also the time all the bundles are available.

My favorite premium ship is the Verne. Best EPG ship in the game. Even though the Chekov in the C-store (14th bundle) is really good now too. I just wish they had made it Temporal Primary and Intelligence Secondary instead of the way it is. But then they wouldn't still make money of the Verne I guess.

Vengeance is fun.

The Dhailkina may be a strong platform because of isomag slots and EW, but the Lexington has a hangar which can take the new Type 7 shuttles, giving it some serious debuffing power and greatly raising its DPS potential in elite content.

What are your thoughts on the Universe class?

hope that cough get better💯👍🖖

Title is totally off Nic, should be my favourite infinity box ships.

The guys thing is annoying. Some notes my viewers on my channel gave me were I said "so" and "really really" too much. The trick is to watch yourself after an edit and see WHY you're saying it so much. I think you're using it as a transition word and when you want to emphasize something. If you watch yourself more you'll see when you do it, you also do it a lot when you can just say the sentence without it. Take guys out every time you try to emphasize something and see how it works. Just a friendly recommendation to someone who also struggles with words like that.

Isnt it cheaper to buy them on exchange than using keys

Shame about the shitty traits and console on the Dhailkhina, also the singularity core ruins it for me.

Eh follow the bot farming gambling fiend our FleetGodfather himself Spence and use the term folks 😁

The World Razer is from Season TWO (2) of Star Trek: Picard, NOT SEASON THREE (3) as you stated! The Constitution III-class is from Season THREE (3) of Star Trek: Picard! You thus really should pay attention to what you are saying and get your facts straight!