After additional reading, I just learned that PS4/XBox players and PC players are "firewalled" apart. There's no LTS/Subscriptions possible on Console servers, and I don't see it explicitly spelled out, but it seems there's also no way for us to talk to console players if we're on different servers.
Damn. That sucks. I'm sorry, Thunder Glove.
Yeah, huh!
I can't even get into Earth Spacedock. My main is a Klingon...
Ouch... I dunno what it's like on Console, but, I had a more difficult time getting into a KDF fleet. And it is the least impressive one I'm in. Console... Klingon.. You started the game on Hard Mode! Some good battle hardening. Starting as a more difficult for beginners Klingon, and, the I-was-there-firstness of Console.
I can't even get into Earth Spacedock. My main is a Klingon... And accepting the first blind invite I was offered was how I got into this mess of a Fleet in the first place. Dropped out of it now, though, once I was sure I'd keep my Fleet Credits. Maybe I'll get more blind invites next time I'm hanging around Qo'noS.
You'd think from all my complaining that I'm not enjoying the game. I am really enjoying it, more than any other MMO I've played since CoH went down. Just some of the more esoteric ways to get more powerful ships and other items are frustrating at times. And this topic is as good a place as any to vent
Still coming down from the Obelisk Carrier high, I checked the exchange to see if there were any there, and I instead wound up buying the Mirror Universe Vo'Quv Carrier, which was going for surprisingly cheap - only 190k - so I figured it was worth the risk to buy it. (Now that I remembered that the Tour The Galaxy daily mission exists, 190k is pocket change) It feels a lot sturdier than the Battlecruiser I was using, with a higher base hull, an extra Science console slot (in which I put a +Max Shields console), and the launched ships acting as distractions. Unfortunately, it's also T5 and can't be upgraded to T5-U, either.
There's a bunch of them on the Exchange for 200k-ish (which is a pittance compared to the tens or even hundreds of millions other ships on the Exchange go for), not just the one I bought, so I imagine it's not in high demand. Maybe it's that abysmal turn radius. Or maybe not a lot of people play Klingons. Or maybe the ship is just old and everyone who wants one already has one. But I still like it a lot. I'd meant to try out a Carrier earlier, but I didn't have a chance until now.
It sounds like you're on your way, to me. I started off with Exchange T5's too. I know of (1) T5-U on the PC Exchange (dunno Console prices.. they sound like they're pretty decent if you got a 200k T5..) and I think I got for under 2 million. It's a Carrier. It's boxy. But the overall shape of a smallish box seems to make it turn easier than other Carriers and I like it. I'll have to look up the name and see if Klingons can pilot it.
There's plenty of Zone auctions for Fleet members on PC in Beta quadrant. Not as many KDF Fleet auctions, but there's enough of them. I should probably swap fleets with my Rom but I haven't been playing him much anyway. Not because he's Rom, just been more focused on other toons.
I wrote a post that I need to re-read, on ship pricing.. I can't remember right now how much more a Fleet T6 is than an Exchange T5-U. I've barely played anything this week. Big new irrigation project for a neighbor has kinda wiped me out.
(Now that I remembered that the Tour The Galaxy daily mission exists, 190k is pocket change)
190k is pocket change... hehe. Yeah, sounds like you're progressing. Wait... How much does that thing payoff, anyway!? I never bothered with it. I know a lot of other players do because they want that buff that makes them travel faster for running it.