Is my 'Mirror Universe' assault cruiser 'All that' & Carrier Strategy

I have a couple questions I hope someone can help me answer:

I have two ships I mainly use right now. One is my Mirror Universe Assault Cruiser, And I wonder if it is a good substitute to a fleet rank ship? I typically Circle my prey like a shark with my 7 phaser banks drilling into them as their attacks bounce off my hull - even on elite missions. It SEEMS pretty snazzy, but can it be BETTER? I guess I am a sort of hybrid of DPS and tank with a couple hull and shield heals (Including extend)

Does anyone have any good tips for this specific playstyle?

I also have the Obelisk carrier. I have fallen in

I have two ships I mainly use right now. One is my Mirror Universe Assault Cruiser, And I wonder if it is a good substitute to a fleet rank ship?

The Fleet ship are better with hull points, shield modifier, and consoles and maybe BOFF Stations, but I would look at all possibilities, You can compare the difference of the ships on STO Wikipedia. But here is the Fleet Assault Cruiser Refit

Personally I would go with what you feel is comfortable for you as a player. If you are have great success with the Mirror Uni Assault Cruiser and the Obisek Carrier, then sounds like you are set and ready for it.

One of the best ways to see how your ships handles in combat is to try out one on one PVP space combat, as AI ships on Elite are sometimes predictable.

Interesting, Thank you! The fleet assault cruiser has some nice perks to it - the only downside being 800 crew instead of 1000. I'll just have to start saving up for modules, as I already 170+ fleet credits from past endeavors.

If you purchase the Assault Cruiser refit, you would only need one fleet module instead of the 4.

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Interesting, Thank you! The fleet assault cruiser has some nice perks to it - the only downside being 800 crew instead of 1000. I'll just have to start saving up for modules, as I already 170+ fleet credits from past endeavors.

By the way, if a fleet ship has C-store version, getting the C-store ship makes a discount on its fleet version to 1 module only.

So this Regent / Fleet Assault Cruiser pack would be for 3000 Zen in total, giving you additional costume, wide arc quantum torpedo and that weird gas cloud console. Of course it's pointless to get the more expensive version if you don't really want that stuff.

PS. I love the Mirror Assault Cruiser, I spent so much time in that ship

The mirror ships are generally a nice starter ship for level 50 with fleet and cstore ships generally being the nice shinies that give the best performance.

With regards to what to fly you just need to ask yourself a few questions such as what do you want the ship to be good at and are you willing to put some money into this for a cstore ship etc.

With those two answers we could come up with some nice ideas for what to fly. I only say this because you mentioned cruisers and carriers there both of which are awesome but very different play style :)

Excellent advise, Guys. Since I have 4 VA characters hopefully it will not take too long to amass the Zen to get that ship. It looks quite snazzy too!

And yes, They are two different styles which I enjoy, and I think trying to fly the obelisk as a cruiser has been one of my biggest mistakes :P