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Finally got rear admiral. About damn time.
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And now I have my sov and fairly well equipped I think.
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I seem to be stuck on the first mission on the Romulan arc. Something about tracking a spy or something? Any ideas about fighting the Orions or is the Akira just a weak class?
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Make sure you have good TLs of some sort. The Orion's have some damn tough ships against energy weapons. If you want tomorrow I can go with you to help you out.
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If I'm on in the next few days it'll likely be late EDT
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That's fine, just let me know. I'm normally on for a bit in the evening.
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The Akira, like all escorts take a certain defensive penalty for their maneuverability. The trick is to load up with the best weapons you can get, and a lot of BOFF abilities that allow you to heal your ship/shields, as well as ones that give you damage bonuses. When your in an Akira, you don't want a prolonged firefight, if you can't kill it in the first three or four volleys, it's probably not going to end well for you.
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Escorts are best for cutting in and out, dealing damage on the run or hiding behind a cruiser.
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Are you playing the game on a higher difficulty level? At normal difficulty even with mostly green weapons and lacking much of a clue you should just breeze through the story missions.
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I was, I turned it down so I could complete several of the missions.
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The rewards from the story missions aren't worth the hassle of the increased difficulty, at least not until you are getting level XII gear out of them. Most of the time you can just sell a reward and get 85% of the purchase price of an equivalent rare off the exchange.
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I have some stock for the fleet bank, we really need to get this group up and going again.
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Okay got some free time for the next two weeks so going to start playing. Probably a few hours a day.

Tips for the first few days?
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You will level very fast.

1) Pick a flavor of beam weapon and stick with it. Don't worry, there's no wrong answer. Mostly just pick the color you like best.
2) Pick a torpedo flavor and stick with it. Photons or Quantums is your best bet.
3) Don't waste a lot of cash on upgrades. None of the story missions are hard enough to need anything more than green level gear. Just save it.
4) Don't buy anything from the zen store until level 20. Don't buy a ship period.
5) Mostly just follow the story missions and you'll do fine.
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Sweet thanks. Its taking ages to download fully... whats the deal with the DITL fleet? Do I need to be a level before joining? My sign in name is teaosditl
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