Top 4 Epic Phoenix Prize Ships - Star Trek Online 

Worth mentioning the Nandi has 6 bridge officer seats, which is pretty rare

I missed out on the Bajoran Interceptor when its event was running only to find out its console is pretty much required for all dps builds. Been kicking myself ever since. Needless to say thats gonna be my choice of ship lol

The hyper cooled set not being universal makes me mad. Especially now after the summer event gave us the 5 magics. I wanna do a themed cryowizard build on like a Luna or a Jarok maybe

I’m grabbing the Vulcan ship to finally complete the collection on my vulcan captain.

"There's a reason we say space-Barbie is the true end-game." Facts. This is the reason I currently use a Galaxy and Excelsior Class, and those are arguably the main reason I keep coming back. Besides, when a game becomes easy mode, it almost immediately stops being played. I've always enjoyed devilishly challenging games like Dark Souls, and for STO, I don't ever want to be able to just braindead my way into a fleet of enemy ships without being quickly and rightfully destroyed. Any time we buff something, it's effectively making the game easier and while that might sounds great in theory and certainly has its place in PvP, it effectively kills any sort of compelling attraction to play PvE which for me is what I play STO for. There always needs to be a feeling of danger in a battle, of threat, a need to think, a puzzle that must me solved... not this lazy mind numbing one-shot killer invulnerable ships I see some players with in TFOs. 2 minutes and "Mission complete!" rinse and repeat bs. Maybe that's fun for some but I'd fall asleep and quickly move onto another game. So ya, space Barbie all the way. 👌🤣

A good timely video for the upcoming new season event. I agree that Cryptic apparently abandoning the Phoenix prize store. I wasn't too hyped when the announcement was released just because the Phoenix ships are so old by now & Cryptic hasn't added much in ages. For a player that doesn't have much however this is a great opportunity so I suppose this has merit.

Thanks for the info. I'm totally clueless to these ships and no idea they came with unique consols and even some featuring a weapon. That Bajoran Interceptor has both which seems like an amazing get, especially if like me you're a free2play PvE player that's heard that's just about sick of that lighting bolt experimental weapon being the only option available to me.

"Flying saucer with RGB installed" 😆 So true and I have it (from the exchange for around 2.5mill EC iirc) and honestly, for a budget sci/torp build, it's been really fun. I'm even using Auggies budget build for it. I'm currently running one of the older t5 (upgraded to T5-U) dyson destroyer. It's not the most fun ship I've got and I may switch back to the Lukari for the Space Barbie. Ya just don't see em often. Though the DOMNIO is tempting. Great vid as always Stu and thank you for the updated list!

I don't know what I'll pick with mine, I do know that STO randomly gave me the Bajoran and Vulcan event ships account wide sometime a few years ago. No idea how it happened but they're account unlocked in my event reclaim tab. When I have an epic token, and I've had a few, I usually just play around with whatever I grab until I get tired of it lol. Usually using it on a new toon that I'm running using a set of rules (A Nuzelocke kinda) with a friend or two. TBH I don't often take new characters to endgame, I've played everything so many times. I wish they'd bring back all the old missions they took out, stick them in a separate tab and let us play them.

9:54 I honestly did not realize all the Lukari skins were interchangeable. I like the seating on the Dranuur, but not how it looks - but I do like the Ho'kuun very much. So that'll be my upgrade trajectory. Thanks for the info.

"DOMINO!!!" "Hey, the PIZZA GUY IS HERE!!!!

If you've got the main three the Nandi is also notable for it's 6 boff layout and bridge.

I feel like we need an overhaul for the stores, First off, anything purchased from a store should be account unlocked, right off the bat that improves the benefits of the Lobi store tenfold All items you purchase should be account bind on equip NOT on purchase so if you happen to have 500000 lobi, you can gift your friends things they otherwise would not be able to acquire or you can boost your EC with exchange sales. Now for the Lobi store, the tier 5 ships should be removed and placed on the phoenix prize pack store Existing ships would all be reduced in cost to 700 lobi, Lockbox grand prize ships would be added at 1000 lobi each, promo box ships would be permanently added at 1500 lobi Lobi as a resource is not easy to obtain in large quantities, at a usual drop rate of around 5-10 per box, that's 100 boxes to make 1000 crystals, so enabling account unlock lockbox ships require that much lobi to obtain would still require a great deal of keys. The other options on the store are mostly fine just need to be tradeable, Adding a weapons tab for lockbox weapon bundles would be nice too. Now for the phoenix boxes Everything in very rare should be dropped down to rare and everything in ultra rare down to very rare, The ultra rare tab should contain all old event ships, T5 Lobi ships and account unlock versions of T5 lockbox ships and all older event gear The Epic token tier would contain newer event ships, more recent event gear and so on. The store would also feature a buy up feature 20 rare -> 1 very rare, 40 very rare -> 1 ultra rare 100 ultra rare -> 1 epic The stores would be updated alongside lockbox or events

My girlfriend got an epic token a couple of phoenix events ago and got a Lukari Dorito.

I'll likely go with the Bajoran Interceptor. The D.O.M.I.N.O. console is the main reason, but the ship itself looks pretty good overall

When I get bored sometimes, I dig out a Vorgon ship. The last one I ran around in was the Escort with a mixed torps/mines/tetryon cannon build and mostly zoomed and boomed with a bunch of mines and torps... With the Ba'al vanity shield it looks kind of like a 90's stealth fighter... For the gauntlet event TFO, it worked well because of doing figure 8's near the starbase to get the 2 spawn portals and rad portals down without having to do much to aim at anything due to mines.

The Breen ships also have a combined console thing, and I'm half expecting that for this years Winter event, we'll end up getting the new super Dread from Discovery this year. When I was expecting the tokens to be at least a bit more common than they ended up being, I'd grabbed the Carrier and Dreadnought, and I'd been working on the other Breen set with plans for things there...I also kind of hope that we get the new Breen armor as well. Keep wanting to grab the bundle with the Breen Boff, but distracted each time as well...

I'm gonna go for the breen ships. I'll have 3 phoenix tokens when the event comes to consel. "Gotta catchcthem all!"

Nice vid. Cold hearted it is for me for some specific builds, also I can put all my breen and cold consoles on a Breen ship just because I can 😂. Already have the Bajoran Interceptor for Domino, never know they may throw that in Mudds at some point for account wide unlock for those of us who couldn’t do the event. Phoenix needs a series overhaul. Either move all the ships into the store and do away with the epics or revamp it with some fresh content. The lockbox and Phoenix drop rates are so bad I don’t even bother with them for epic prizes. Phoenix is for upgrades and lockboxes are only if I have account locked keys from bundles.

Got extremely lucky and picked up an Epic Token within my first hundred Phoenix Tokens, still haven't used it because of the single character unlock aspect. The ships not being account unlocks is the single most annoying part of the Phoenix Store due to the token's rarity.

Good stuff man, thanks for the input! Always nice to have extra perspective on the giveaways like this for newer players like myself!

The Bajoran Interceptor was pleasantly surprising in regards the ship itself being a fun and playable ship. When you combine it's agility with the console, the experimental weapon, the bridge officer layout and the fact also has 5 forward weapons slots, you can run this little fighter with up to 5 heavy cannons, pack in most the consoles and bridge officer skills, weapon set buffs etc to combine into a very punchy "point and shoot" powerhouse.

Didn't know the Lukari ship console, looks really good for my tank

The Ferengi Warship was also a surprisingly fun and punchy tanky sort of ship I chose for an alt. Aesthetically it looks great(since I can't get the iconic TNG Marauder) but also has a really nice blend of bridge officer layout and skills to use that allows a player implement meaningful amounts of all 3(Tactical, Engineering and Science) so it's just a really nice ship to play with a lot of skill options and builds to play around with. It's the sort of layout I really wish the Excelsior came with which is a pity because I really love the iconic Excelsior. For now I just have to do with the Fleet Excelsior.

My buddy came back to STO only a month or two ago and he's gotten 3 epic tokens since returning. I've only ever gotten 1 lol.

I am gonna use mine on the Breen Heavy Raider for cold hearted. Looks the best for my layout.

Hilariously I only have one option. That funky 3/5 cruiser because it is the only ship I missed

Good solid suggestions, though I'm going to pick up a Ferengi Nandi for my Ferengi captain.

I kinda want to get the Vorgon Dreadnought because I already have DOMINO, and doing a mine build just seems like something silly to do.

I've only received one epic token which I used to get the DOMINO console from the Bajoran interceptor. There was another old Epic token video (I don't remember if it was you or casualsab who made it) which recommended that Breen Heavy Raider as the other choice for a tactical focused build for the cold hearted trait, I don't use science ships so I will probably go with that this time.

what one should i get as some one that has none of these? also haven't played for but a few weeks so there's that to lol i have not gotten far. i can do solo and group but i do not have a group

Been waiting for this I already know what I’m getting

Pretty sure the Samsar ship unlocks the last part of the Kobali mission set. I had it as a reward on Console and liked the whole kobali set for its shield abilities but I don't have that rust bucket on PC. Nor do I think thr Kobali set is really worth it in 2024, but hey! Just my 2ec.

Science vessels are wonderful to interstellar research, Lukari Ho'kuun is some kind of modern style rather than traditional saucer types. Keep it up, thanks.

i was lucky enough in the past to receive a legendary phoenix token and i took the bajoran interceptor

The only one I didn't have was the Ferengi Marauder, so I guess my collection is complete.

I think I have all 4 of the recommended ships already. Haven't used any of them lately. I think I used the Breen ship to unlock Cold Hearted on a character most recently.

To be honest I do not know, I was able to get two from a Mudd bundle and I got the Nandi for my Ferengi character, and the cannon Breen ship, for a Breen character. I hear a lot about the Bajoran ship though.

i might get the domino for my engi capt to help with stuff. I might get the healing one for my tank. I have two epic tokens right now. So this event would make 3.

The rarity of the epic prize tokens is ridiculous. The odds should be somewhere around 100 to 1 per rarity level. I literally have thousands of "Ultra Rare" tokens and have never seen an "Epic".

Kobali Samsar Cruiser to complete the Kobali (shield, warp core, impulse engine, and deflector). I have one complete set on my main (Fed Science) and I intend to complete the set on my secondary (Fed Tac).

I've been scratching my head at what ship to get, I already had the Bajoran ship... Thanks for this, but I'm still unsure what to get, damn.

a chel gret is a beast as a drain boat

I love this ship Bajoran Interceptor I would get another

The epic token rewards desperately need an overhaul. They are the hardest thing to get in the game and I have no use for any of the rewards as I have them unlocked for my account already. That's not a good thing. I have 8 epics in my bank waiting for the day I can either trade them to someone who needs them or they add something new as a reward.

I'll end up with the Bajorian interceptor.

Cold hearted is just something you want someone else to have in a run, but likely they won't because of the decline of a2b. still great for budget builds and for soloing stuff when you simply don't have anything better for the slot. also enemies effected by it are counted as under the effects of a control ability.

I’ve got like 5 tokens and nothing to use them on right now.

I have the first one already and have been sitting on a couple of these tokens just hoping they bring something else worth it to them.

With the exception of the Nandi, I only get these ships for the consoles to complete sets. Also to note, if you get one of these ships and don't want to fly it, just Dry Dock it and you can claim the consoles whenever you want (as many times as you want - though I can't imagine that for most of them).

the heavy raider I have and do not like it, as it always seemed that it could not take too much damage. I like the other 3. though I will add that the kobali samassar cruiser's console is pretty good.

I usually just do the Phoenix boxes to upgrade my gear

i have 3 of thos tokens collecting dust just incase crypitic hits there heads and adding some thing new

The first year long event campaign on console one of the prizes was a T6 phoenix ship on account unlock I got the Bajorian interceptor with how hard it is to get a epic phoenix token they should just make them account unlocks just saying

Rename this video..."Top 4 Consoles and Trait to get." Lol

Since every toon on a account is getting a epic token can't you just take all the Breen ships on alts and reclame the consoles to then have the full set for one Breen ship?

If I remember the main nerf that happened to Cold-Hearted was that it used to stack 5 times per player on each target, and was changed to a max of 5 stacks per target no matter how many players are running it. Which means only really the tank would use it in DPS runs. I think some teams are running it at the high end, but with the addition of the Type 7 Shuttlecraft hanger pets I am not sure if that is still the case. Still outside of the top DPS runs, for energy builds that can make use of it, painting -50 all drr on all your targets is still going to be very strong.

If you accidentally trade in the epic token in for lower tokens, don't expect support to assist you. Allegedly, not that I would know.

It's fine. I didn't think there were four! lol Hopefully Deca will upgrade the drop rates on ships. Because we all know Cryptic still believes .000000000000000001 is still a chance. And 'randomly' generated computer numbers aren't random. DOMINO would make a good phaser Tank FAW console. Said the guy who just got a full Ba'ul set without any accuracy buffs becuase he forgot how they nerfed it...

I have no idea what to get. The 4 mentioned ships happen to be the 4 phoenix ships I have account wide. I can see why you had trouble finding a 5th.

The Samsar has terrible bridge officer layout, but it looks so good and I want iiiittttt. 😫

Ya just got my Epic and found out it was character locked, a slight L for me I was planning on getting all the ships on my main console character when it came out 😢

I just opened my first 10x pack and got an epic.. bajoran ship it is

Man I already owned all of these account wide.

I just love my krenim ship mainly cus its look 😂 same with the lukari the fleet ones better though and it's not very expensive from ec either

everything is single character except the prolonged engagement and tsukanese parts - maybe some other stuff?

900 boxes for 1 epic seems like good luck to me. I seem to get 1 epic about every every 2,000 (I actually counted).

I wish there was anything of value for me to buy from the Epic section of the Phoenix Store. I already have everything in there account unlocked. 😢

Wonderbro.

Bajoran Interceptor is great, LOVE the Pizza Hut console!!

2:37 I hate that ship. I hate that I needed to use a phoenix prize pack to get it's console for my command ships console set, but the dang ship itself can't equip any of the other consoles from the set! What?!

What's up with the screen after the intro? All I have is nothing...

Since it’s reclaimable and all you want is the consoles and or experimental weapons it’s cheatable

lobi has been mostly abandond also

I don't get why free event ship ending in mudd are price 500 lower then anniversary bundle 🤷‍♂️

3/5.... Maybe I Build the USS Backwards. A Backwards flying idiotic idea... I mean non linear progression, that console that provides more damage in a 45° cone aft. Give it 5 Torpedo and 3 omnies in the front.... I mean I already have the Nandi and the Interceptor on Xbox and on PC I'm more into stupid stuff anyways...

maybe the lukari for me, or the vulcan ship, the krenim ship is too uggo to ever fly for me.

Whats a barbie ship?

Why do you have like 2 minutes of audio only with nothing on the screen? That's really bad... screen isn't even screen saver enough...

terrible hahahahaha you made me laugh!!

Crazy alot of us have sll these loll. Cant even sell them lol . No one will buy them now lol i do gave alot of new tunes that can usecthe the dimino i guess lol

They should put more ships in there

why did you delete my post youtube?

My last dozen or so Epics got converted into Phoenix or Experimental upgrades. I sure wish they'd add more ships to choose from.