Featured Ship: The Guramba

By PWE_BranFlakes @ January 18, 2013 at 3:00pm

51 Comments »

• swat573 @ Jan 28th, 2013 11:03AM

  Its cool ship , it works like the death star from star wars !

• larsh1 @ Jan 22nd, 2013 6:17AM

  The first STO ship to Shoop Da Whoop

• sjokruhlica @ Jan 21st, 2013 8:37PM

  Spider-ship, spider-ship, does whatever a spider-ship does.....

• icell @ Jan 21st, 2013 8:31PM

  when it fires it's weapon in seige mode it looks like it's a Mini Death Start...

• thebumble @ Jan 20th, 2013 4:52PM

  I love mine on my tac. Biggest crit to date is 153,000. Once I go into FaceHugger mode, all bets are off!

• rednux @ Jan 20th, 2013 1:28PM

  lordrevan35 I know the answer..... The Borg!

• rednux @ Jan 20th, 2013 6:10AM

  In Star Trek: The Motion Picture who built V'Ger's ship?

• lordrevan35

  Play Star Trek Legacy it kind of tells you who biult the V'Ger ship.

• leandro200000

  naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaajddytsf

• howiebabey82 @ Jan 19th, 2013 6:11PM

  im gona have to agree old info promoting and possibly trying to make money kind if pointless to post this cause its already there and can be seeen i in the c store so why post it?

• taergon

  The marketing cost of a blog post is cheap and it will most likely generate a few sales. Do you really have to ask the question?

• commanderkassy

  The devs admitted to actually losing money on making some of the KDF designs, so making a second effort to sell some doesn't seem like a terrible business decision to me.

• zeuxidemus001

  I don't think they are aware that most ppl who do play KDF already own one and I guess they want us to find some bug that we can buy it again LOL...

• erenor80 @ Jan 19th, 2013 3:48PM

  Lovely Death Star's super-weapon. Can we destroy a planet? ^^

• gavinruneblade

  Dunno about planets, but my javelin hits for between 50k and 90k pretty reliably and I have terrible gear and skills.

• ddesjardins @ Jan 19th, 2013 1:50PM

  This is arguably one of the best ships available to the KDF. I recently upgraded mine to plasma weaponry, with OMEGA and Hyper torpedoes, outputting an evil amount of damage to stationary targets. Not to put to fine a point on it thought - she is a siege ship. Against multiple targets fighting back, she's no better than an escort - only a much slower target. Purpose built for STF's - there is no better ship.

• shinzonx @ Jan 19th, 2013 12:37PM

  again with old information......

• biidi

  Those of us who have been around for 3 years or more know about all these ships. This info is for newer players who aren't familiar with these ships.

• lordgyor @ Jan 19th, 2013 10:58AM

  First off DS9 was hands down the best Startrek series with the greatest depth. Secondly Babylon 5 was a really awesome show. Now as the to the Grumba it looks cool. I do think the featured ships thing is a missed opportunity, its little more then a brief ad for the ship. What it should be is something that expands the mythose of the ship being featured, the fluff. Example When was the Grumba first built? Who was the chief designer of the Grumba? What was the historical context around the creation of the Grumba? Who was the most legendary captain of the Grumba Seige Destroyer (The way Janeway is for the Interpid Class and Picard is for the Galaxy Class). Maybe,provide some hooks to this captain to give an idea of why he or she was legendary. Talk about what serving on the Ship is like, especially compared to a Klingon Ship. Give some idea of how it reflects Nuassican culture and values, such as the meaning of the word Grumba. And do this sort of thing with other featured ships. This would both give the ship a more solid place in STO lore, but also do much to catch the imagination of players, improving enjoyment to current owners of the ship and boost sales of the ship. This would be better then a quick blurb and screen shot.

• delvok5

  I am with you but I like TNG even thought it repeats episodes by the 7th season.

• suranyilaszlo

  Its a great idea. There is very few references about nausicans in the extended Star Trek universe, the most important information is referenced in a novel (one of the Double Helix novels): the nausicans are survivors of a race, which original civilization was destroyed 1000 years ago by a cataclismic epidemic. The survivors of the race where convicted criminals, who served as test-pacients for risqy cure-methods against the deadly pest. You could extend their history from this information.

• kimmym @ Jan 19th, 2013 9:41AM

  I don't own one, but on paper it is certainly one of the best ships in the game. If my KDF tac weren't so happy in her Bortasqu' and Kar'Fi I'd snatch one up in a hot second, but I'm already at that state on my Fed where I spend more time in a play session switching gear between ships to settle my ADD instead of just blowing things up =P I hear the KDF is supposed to get a content injection soon. I certainly hope that is true. I gave a serious concentrated effort to go KDF main but the lack of content eventually forced me back Fed. If I were to go back KDF this ship would tug at me untill I finally caved and purchased it. An escort with a "lance" weapon? Yes please!

• ducklesworth

  Ugh, another tac in an engi boat. When are people going to learn that in order to maximize your potential, use a ship that is tailor-made to your class? To be fair, it's not exactly the fault of the players. World of Warcraft doesn't allow a Rogue to wear Plate, why should a tac be able to fly a cruiser?

• shpoks

  lol :) maybe you should go back to WoW then. This is not how STO works. Instead od complaining about people that are mixing it up, you might want to try sth. new for yourself instead holding eternal grip to the mini-maxing tactics. I know people that devastate evrything in PvP

• shpoks

  ...using a sci. captain in an escort. If the player knows what he/she is doing, a tac. in a cruiser or especially an engineer in escort is more than a formidable opponent. Just food for thought.

• gunnynew19 @ Jan 19th, 2013 2:13AM

  For PvE and Dps its defenitely the best ship in game, i deal alsmost above 9000dps(11000-13000 with fleetmates) in an stf, and my highest crit with the javelin was 284000!!! At this time only the breen-cruiser can stand with the guramba, if a fleetversion comes it would be a must have!!! Sry for my english

• tiggychan @ Jan 19th, 2013 1:54AM

  also looking forward to a fleet version of this ship (if there ever is one...)

• baudl @ Jan 19th, 2013 1:12AM

  in my opinion this ship, even though it has only 9 console slots, is still one of the best ships the KDF has...the other day i did a 184k crit in ISE with it. Love it, and use it with my tac captain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdwp2uUExf8

• criticalthinker @ Jan 19th, 2013 12:04AM

  I don't see this as ripping off Babylon 5 (patially beacuse that show sucked as bad as ds9), but rather paying tribute other sci fi classics. Nobody said that they were ripping of Ghostbusters with the proton weapon that hurts ghosty guys. Nobody said that they were ripping off Galaxy Quest when they explained that the Wells class tipler cylinder consol utilizes a byrillium cylender. Nobody has said they are ripping of Star Wars with the nanopuls edged swords. I like the tributes! Makes me laugh at the refrences! :)

• siskofan1991

  Well since DS9 was an awesome show, I'm gonna assume that Babalyon 5 was awesome too! :) And I agree. The tributes are awesome!

• lordrevan35 @ Jan 18th, 2013 7:28PM

  Ummm. Are guys at Cryptic taking the page out of BABYLON 5? If you are? SHAME ON YOU! Just looking at the way it fires it looks a little like the way the Vorlon ships fire in the BABYLON 5 tv show.

• fmstalker

  Ships been around a very long time...had mine a couple years.

• anazonda

  Yea... That isn't exactly a new ship... BUT... Cryptic does like to re-use designs from other shows/games... Just look at the Bortasq

• elandarksky

  If you mean separate 'lasers' joining up to create one big laser? That's not stapled to one franchise, heck i always think 'death star-fish' when im flying mine..

• qqqqii

  What, the Vorlon ships that "ripped off" the Death Star? Oh wait, the Death Star that "ripped off" about a zillion anime shows? There are no "new ideas", so don't get fixated on your favorite show and assume that everyone else is stealing original ideas from it.

• captainpirko

  actually the way it fires looks like the death star to me, but i guess that's just me

• raventomoe

  To qqqii...I asked a few Star Wars fans and researched this as well. The Death Star HAS no anime origins. It was inspired by one of Saturn's moons, Mimas. If you can cite anything as evidence that predates Star Wars IV: A New Hope back during it's original release in 1977 that can dispute my statement and proves your claim, I will amend my words.

• lordrevan35

  To all thoes who have NOT seen BABYLON 5 the Vorlon ships have four arms on them and thier lasers come to a point and then fires a laser beam from the front of the ship to fire thier weapons. And yes it also looks a little like the way the DEATH STAR fires as well. But looking at this ship it fires MORE like a Vorlon ship insted of the DEATH STAR. Let me put it to where you can ALL understand: DEATH STAR main weapon is a crater; VORLON ATTACK SHIP main weapons has arms. Now I hope you ALL can see why I say this ship looks more like a Vorlon ship. This ship has arms like a Vorlon ship and not a crator like the DS.

• nileight1

  yeah, no one cares.

• netvip3r

  I see nothing wrong with the design. Usually in Sci Fi a show makes a reference to another one in one way or another as a nod and sign of respect and admiration. "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" -- Charles Caleb Colton @raventomoe: The Deathstar was NOT based on Mimas.. it's resemblance is purely coincidental as images of the crater did not exist until Voyager's visit in 1980, 3 years after the release of Star Wars IV. Source: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6999

• zeuxidemus001 @ Jan 18th, 2013 7:01PM

  I have this unlocked but I almost never use it on my nausicaan because i end up using the nausicaan fleet ship more. Would be cool for a fleet garumba and maybe some more fleet nausicaan ships. I don't mind the fleet ones being per character when it comes to the non-klingon race designed ships. In all honesty though most of the KDF are basically diehard fans of the Klingons in canon tv and movies and majority of the canon ships are the Klingon ones so these non Klingon ones really don't get much play time.

• silverfaustx @ Jan 18th, 2013 6:23PM

  kdf has no 5 tac console and tac comm ship !!

• kimmym

  The Bortasqu' has 5 tac consoles, but yes, it does not have a tac commander. That said, the Bortasqu' is a dream ship in the right hands. My tac absolutely adores her's. She is total junk in the hands of a newb, but in a skilled tac a Bortasqu' is a thing of beauty. It's like a Gal-X on steroids.

• insanerandomnes @ Jan 18th, 2013 5:14PM

  Love this ship. It's a lot like a dreadnought except it just sort of works way better.

• goldendharmny @ Jan 18th, 2013 4:26PM

  Got it. I want a fleet version! Would did out my Klink if one happened..

• michaelp1989 @ Jan 18th, 2013 3:54PM

  When will there be fleet guramba? Please make it with 1 tac console not nonsense like B'rel 1 eng...

• michaelp1989

  I meant plus 1 console...also sry if english is bad.

• rickysmith1 @ Jan 18th, 2013 3:51PM

  What about Ferason ships?

• markparsons2012 @ Jan 18th, 2013 3:23PM

  Guramba Style!