The Mantis | New debuff battleship in Star Trek Fleet Command | Research, Refinery, Cost, & More

[@TheDgwinsor]

Saw a mantis in action in a base defense. Basically defending a raid where the lower lvl raider tried to debuff the stronger defenders. Defenders just docked to clear the debuff and came back out and crushed the raider. Not going to work in open space but it’s something to keep in mind.

[@slipstream8299]

Hahahaha, loved the sound effect when you put the weapons up. Good show sir!

[@gethsemane7908]

Very informative as always, Rev. I'll have to re-watch this in 6 months when I get the ship

[@JohnThomas-ut3go]

6 months to start the 6 month grind to get the ship, maybe.

[@christophertaylor1882]

I'm here 7 months after this comment, to watch this for the information 😂

[@lamargalloway4556]

Free to play as of yesterday (12/6). BPs are in the store for the new arc. Got mine yesterday!

[@justQthx]

Good Job Scopley for giving Rev the Mantis Ship

[@Hammered4u]

I had to do a double take since I read that as Mantis Shrimp for a sec.

[@yowsers9970]

Yeah I'm sure the top stfc content creator couldn't afford it.....lol

[@boardjock42]

@@yowsers9970 it's not about affording it. He said he wouldn't buy it on principle due to the negative effects on the game, and how it changes the meta. Watch more videos and you'd know that.

[@catherineandjimleclaire9034]

@@boardjock42 Then maybe he shouldn't have accepted it for free on the same principle...

[@boardjock42]

@@catherineandjimleclaire9034 again your not listening to his videos. He said he would not purchase one, but if scopley wanted to give him one he'd do a video on it.

[@simonjohnson3641]

From what I can see this is essentially the same thing we have had before with the Stella and Eclipse hostiles. The debuff is new but I am not convinced that it is going to be as much of a game changer as people think.

[@billarmstrong6121]

Thanks for video, def made up my mind to pass this ship by

[@spacestar9792]

we need a how to get this ship as SOON as the F2P paths comes out

[@ColonelFusion]

Why you in a hurry.. you're gonna get to grind 4 BPs a week for months until you get 120 BPs to unlock it F2P. #ScopelyLovesF2P

[@michaelmagores5929]

Should have called it "The Shark" ... as in, Scopley has "Jumped the Shark"

[@adampearl7656]

Glad they gave you a ship for review.... Seems a little back handed.. . But I get it.

[@ericforrester5901]

I used 2 as Capt 4 and stonn in t2 mantis gave 11.52k cargo however I only managed 8300 cargo before dying, tomorrow when I get new system tokens I will try 5 as Capt 4 and stonn which will give 10k cargo and hopefully with 400% synergy I'll have hull left and a full cargo. currently was using pike moreau 5 but only 6500 in cargo. after cargo was full I still had 85%hull left. also on first day when they gave like 10 tokens I used 3hr 25% added cargo exo so that helped get to t2

[@kevinwilliamson7158]

I used something similar. I used 2 as capt with 4 and 5 on the side with lower deck officer on the bottom to get 8k of loot per run a lot faster. The exo comps you get from hostiles and ship bonus will handle the lack of pve officers till you get more cargo research on the ship. I may leave mine at low tiers because the price changes as you tier the ship until the research is caught up

[@ericforrester5901]

i used 5 as Capt 4 and stonn on side it gave me 10k cargo and i filled up cargo and so had 80% hull left.

[@ericforrester5901]

used 5 Capt 4 stonn on bridge and la'an on lower deck it now gives me 46.5k cargo since mantis update plus I'm also at t3 i believe. i fill cargo and still go home with half a hull

[@mikepomeroy153]

That opening scene from Nooneshall?

[@figureskater84]

Thank you for the video rev. I’ll pick up this ship when I finish one of the other daily loops I need to do to progress

[@fr1sket363]

You forgot one important thing, cargo size is irrelevant if you have a decent 46+ ship. I know guys with the corvus that go in a get 300k loot in one run, my pilum gets about 100k per token, so why would i use the mantis? Seems like bad design allowing non mantis ships to collect the loot, but hey i'll take advantage while i can. Also you didn't mention the stupid bugs with the loot pop up window or the excomp things they drop being in the consumable shop for some weird reason as the don't seem to be a way to activate them from there. Just another sub standard scopely release, they don't test or have any kind of quality control. The only good thing about this ship is the refinery it unlocks, that's it.

[@wkjeeping9053]

Not fair you got the ship free. I want my free mantis too

[@PenitentManWillPass]

Economic downturn and scopely is creating a clear caste system where those that don't or can't invest will be at a remarkable disadvantage that cannot be qualified or calculated that will increase pressure to go elsewhere.

[@mingkizzer9896]

I take the Pilum to source the new resource for mantis. It give me the most reward and has more chargo size. I go 35 or 34 with tier 4 pilum. The new hostil is not so hard to beat it! It is just has a lot of hull health. Take your best ship with most damage you will make! It think critical crew can also help.

[@justinboyce1285]

Rev, I feel it. You are not a happy camper right now and I'm right there with you. I'm going to have to shell out $70 just to keep up with the joneses.

[@kevinwilliamson7158]

You are likely better off with spending $100 now and get the mantis events and extra event store loot from those events. But I don't want to encourage/tell people to spend that amount of money on the game. after this month, you won't get the events to get the loot and other rewards.

[@justinboyce1285]

@@kevinwilliamson7158 that would be $120 with the battle pass lol, Scopely knows exactly what their doing.

[@Lloydson0027]

glad they gave you the new ship you put a lot of time and effort into the game for them.

[@josephroth3982]

I noticed in the beginning of your video that there was a Majalan Power Core in the refinery. How do you get these? I have been stuck at level 10 because I can't get another one to tier up.

[@joshuaclinton2430]

What program do you use for the rss, uc, common breakdown like that?

[@hermarian5]

What is the musc that starts at 10:35?

[@WriteToLive01]

Coming soon to a 3 month grind of Cosmic Cleanup near you

[@mysticasmith2356]

I acquired it as an event reward option.

[@makomadns4]

So does the mantis not attack ships mining once debuffed? Tried to and it locked me out as soon as it debuffed? Is this a bug?

[@DavidwaiteRealtor]

Crew for this ship is two as captain borg Jayla and borg stonn. Laan below. Easy peasy. I’m doing 38s with the crew filling up and gone in a few minutes.

[@CamaroMac]

Also to note the interceptors do drop a lot more loot.

[@trollmeatb2273]

Yep about 7x the loot, i was cringing when you pasted up the interceptors. 😱

[@FollowerofJesus779]

Any chance you have the battle log from the mantis vs Ent?

[@emmagiwa]

Thanks for video, very informative 😊

[@rayvannostrand7575]

Does it make sense not to upgrade it and just continue to collect stuff as scopley always parks ya when you tier a ship?

[@vassagood]

I love new game play loops.

[@Jcr0920]

How long is The Sting cool down period?

[@voyererable]

After all that how do you use the beacon??

[@marcusupton2350]

how can I get the pure venom for research with buying it from store

[@geeemm135]

is there no increased loot exocomp like for the amalgam?

[@CamaroMac]

So the cargo bay does not read correctly when you have modifiers on it like a below deck ability and crew, it is off my a thousand or so. Coming from an iPad player

[@nvanattia]

Rev jacked Nowonshall's intro music for this one, lol.

[@kevinwilliamson7158]

Yeah, caught me off guard too. I thought I had 2 tabs of videos going for a bit.

[@doktorn77]

Where can i find the song you playing

[@MnMHirschiTravels]

No More Time Sinks!!! I am going to have to completely ignore this ship until Scopely realizes that they have to help us cut down time instead of keep increasing it. Some of us have lives Scopely!

[@RevDeuce]

All we can do is keep pushing them!

[@phil476]

How do the 5 min exocomps work? Can all 3 be active at the same time? How can u tell if they’re active or if the 5 min. elapsed?

[@daveweber9577]

They replace each other

[@garyfox1876]

hi rev i manged to unlock the mantis but it wont give me any Ancient beacons is there a bug as scopley not replied to me so it useless at present. As unable to travel to Azuras

[@johnglenn6222]

I feel like you missed the mark here, both on the crew for Mantis loot farming (close, but we've found better) and the meta for loot farming leveraging the 5 minute exocomps.

[@AndrewEddie]

Thanks for the info. I guess time will tell if this is a ship I want to invest in.

[@WayneIrish]

150k chaos points for 100 shards August 2023. Free ship.

[@Paul-kd1bs]

Rev give the ship back.. don’t sell yourself out dude..

[@blassmich2]

Any update on ftp path for this ship

[@RevDeuce]

Event Stores and the Incursion Event Store

[@bchurchill49]

what level mantis at what ops level do you remind?

[@Rickstermon6212]

You stated if I buy the Premium Rewards and the lower cost Mantis it will allow the Mantis to be available to us. Does this really work. Please let us know. Thanks for the tips and info.

[@timmylangenberg]

Only get it to increase syndicate points. Never mind the grind.

[@beeznutz6555]

Gave you the ship huh? Must be really desperate to sell them and points to direction they want to go. Speaks volumes to your previous video. Sad it happens before DS9, but feeling like a time to get out.

[@ColonelFusion]

Right.. this month blows all my hopes and dreams for DS9 being something for me.

[@thehawk5141]

2 level 50 players quit on my server.

[@beeznutz6555]

@@thehawk5141 yes atleast 2 on ours as well. And one's completely gone off leaderboard but was playing last week, so either got an archive or deleted their account.

[@guyjosephs5654]

Forgive me if it’s said somewhere-PURE venom?? For things in research. How do I get pure venom? Or is it just a $$ only thing?

[@bomani699]

The gift still left me 1 short which means I have to buy a pack to finish the event

[@markhealy3595]

Can you run a video on how to move my character to another person?

[@theboothakarichierich8129]

I use 5, Kang , Livis for the grind

[@sl33pykn1ght8]

Hey rev, thank you as always for your work 🙌 About those mini-exos ... are they just once per entering the system oder do they renew every time they reach 0 and you hit a new ship with an exo?

[@Greatblue56]

They keep activating as you kill the ships carrying them. They have little symbols behind their identifiers on screen.

[@sl33pykn1ght8]

@@Greatblue56 seems to be buggy. I was farming there for 30mins, but only the 1st exo activated. After that nothing 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@bteeling5410]

Thanks Rev.

[@boardjock42]

The enthusiasm is real... lol

[@TimmyTonk]

Why is it cheaper in US than in EU to buy the packs?

[@redeagle0859]

So what happens if each player debuffs each other at the same time for pvp?

[@nhansard]

Note also that stung ship’ cloaks will NOT work while the debuff is active. Yikes!

[@jhanick]

I use talios with 5 and get a lot more loot in addition to mantis

[@parakeet7267]

Thanks again for an informative video. The question I’ve been asking is, does a player getting debuffed know who did it to them? Obviously if you’re pvp but what about sneaking in to disrupt armadas like you mentioned. Thanks

[@RevDeuce]

Technically no

[@JoshLogan42]

@@RevDeuce Not true. I actually got push notifications when not playing that I was 'attacked' just from a drive-by mantising.

[@joncn005]

Good for you Rev for having a free ship. Now how about the rest of us?

[@RevDeuce]

Not sure what you expect me to say. As I said in video they haven't given a timeframe for F2P path

[@Sharky1101]

Sounds a bit weird that you say you’re not going to buy it. Why would you say that if it’s handed out for free to ya? ;)

[@kevinwilliamson7158]

Its been added to the game, the content creators will still need cover how the ship works.

[@beng7845]

Nothing against a sneaky backhander, after all Rev does a lot for the community its not like hes got a free ship for sitting on his arse and doing nothing. Still, I'm not convinced its worth $100 of my hard-earned cash - PvP is a very small part of my game and in any case, most people are 10 levels above me so will whelp my 5 mil Ent with a 100+ mil Pillum.

[@joncn005]

@@Sharky1101 It maybe USD 100 for you. Remember, not only Americans play this game. Your hundred bucks is my one week worth of groceries.

[@DaveyBarber]

Mantis cargo research first, then upgrade the ship. Upgrading the ship first is spinning your wheels

[@shaungonzales7918]

I got the Mantis last night I got two 111 lucky pools at the same time for s&w Pike and for hemmet. Due to the mitigation of hammer I tried him in Tycho but it says if the 800 mitigation against survey ships didn't work at all because my maxed out Sally with PMC could normally take out 9 to 10 level 38 hostiles in Tyco got almost completely destroyed on the first attempt with hemmer. I tried pmh and s&w Pike with s&w lawn and s&w hammer both got wiped out on the second ship destroyed. So is this a glitch or is there something to h e m m e r?

[@scion9]

The mitigation from the SNW crew comes from Pike's captain ability, which is entirely dependent upon the shield. So if the hostile can get past your shields the Hemmer/Ortegas/Spock/Uhura officer ability isn't doing that much.

[@perfectwindy]

Âs for the dailies, you can't do them every day! You only get 1000 Venom per day from the refinery. And the first, smaller daily requires you to use ALL of it to score. That leaves you with nothing to do the second, bigger daily which requires you to spend 2000 Venom total. So you will only be able to do the dailies every second day for maximum payout. And that leaves you with exactly 0 venom for PvP. Meaning you gotta decide, use it as a PvP ship and miss out on the dailies or do the dailies and miss out on the PvP opportunities. Maybe that is Scopely's way to balance things... Well, you can alway BUY more venom with ca$h...

[@kevinwilliamson7158]

I agree, Its too much like the cloak dailies. You can get caught in a bind when the event where you need to spend rolls around.

[@riverstone1942]

@@kevinwilliamson7158 A little off topic but be careful with the current cloak event. The "Disappearing Act" event usually gives some tetryons back; this one only gives you actian keys. So if you do it, think about how many tetryons you're willing to give up for keys. I stopped at the 3rd rung.

[@nonamenefee6595]

You got a free ship n I can't even get scopely to remove a few so I could build my jellyfish at lvl 14 . They said, you have to build your scrapyard. N by then the jellyfish will be obsolete. Some bs

[@KnotboredWoodworking]

NoDeuceShall intro music?

[@ColonelFusion]

royalty free, open source music

[@RevolverOcelot1]

Is the Mantis good for pve?

[@ZE0NX]

Scopley doesnt appear to know which if the front of their new ship. The shop and events pictures show it zooming backwards 😂

[@buddylove7133]

i just had an idea, de-buff someone right before they attack an npc ship :P

[@k.gall7591]

So is this another scopely money pit?

[@johnwagner47]

Scopely needs to put strike team pack back in the store..timer wasn't done yet and Scopely removed it

[@jamesh97]

Told Scopley you wouldn't buy it but would do a review if given the ship??? You know by definition that means you are working for Scopley

[@keldsvendsen]

Nice new ship.... but to make room for it. That ships do i have to crap..... because, the ship limit is a problem, then there are giving us new ships alle the time.

[@davey5080]

f2p, never mind the new ship, still waiting on the extra dry dock, research and build slots.

[@alexmack851]

thought i was watching nowoneshall, same intro music

[@nathansfriedman]

I was very confused and thought I had clicked on a nowonshall video

[@amberphoenixfire3510]

Same

[@burnsurvivor88]

Was able to free to play earn this ship from Dec Arc.

[@nunyabidness3075]

Is this a human ship? If not, why is it named after earth insects? Is there no love of the SFU at Scopely?

[@chrisjones4571]

I am just mad that the spend event went up 35% and out resources gained went down 200%. We have gotten NO RESOURCES this arc. Nothing in events, tokens, etc. We have to use the event store to get anything we want. Completely unacceptable. I am debating taking this arc off

[@itzyaboimateo8314]

Hey I see you got the #mantis as well 👋 for 🆓 beats 100 dollars 💵 I dropped on it and 50 for strike team tuna 🤷 thanks for the video

[@obey112el]

The question is how do you unlock each ship instead just giving just the reviews

[@claytonparris432]

Ftp path to the mantis came in the form of an event store fyi

[@jamesb651]

Una is more of a game changer than mantis I think.

[@laurasimmerman6033]

It's just another slap in the gym of F2p

[@justinnewton984]

Each chest you pull for the part and research is on a 2 day cool down. The chest for the officers can be pulled many times without cool down. I suppose you'd alternate between ship upgrades and maybe pulling the syndicate tab.

[@usvnssdk]

Synthetic Ion (Research) is on a 3 day cool down, Hull Fragments (For Officers) is on a 2 day cool down, Syndicate XP and Synthetic Nitrium (For Ship Upgrade) is on a 1 day cool down.

[@jessesweat2005]

Can get blueprints through events for free now

[@ZeCampingDuck]

dont use this ship to grind low cargo like you say ... i just use the pilum

[@richardwing5819]

I grind with another ship so I can turn them all in.

[@VladimirPovolni]

I do not think you should have acepted this ship right now. Not with events set like this. You could do this video at the end of the arc.

[@bomani699]

Very disappointed on how many shards they gave us of una in the event store 10 if bs they should have made it at least 50

[@Bleachguy2023]

lol 2 years later no real f2p path would be great if added to cosmic clean up im ops38 and i have no mantis they need to make a better f2p sourcing for it

[@TheKracken2012]

Stfc dropped an add for their game mid show… gameplay was so fake it makes me sick. Scopely makes fake ads about fake gameplay and they drop changes like what we saw this patch.

[@peterbryda5153]

The ship description fails to mention it’s an exact plagiarized version from the game Star Citizen

[@Sharky1101]

Checked and can verify this.

[@larrycroft4545]

Got it for free today

[@bomani699]

Ther eis only one new officer in there it sucks

[@WouterVerbruggen]

Scopely killing off PvP completely for F2P and low spenders, all while also angering a lot those who invested for years and years in officers for PvP purposes

[@chrisjones4571]

Where is the bonus refinery we were promised each month? Or did they Nichelle Nichols death and that 1 say refinery as the bonus. What an insult to a them and us. They have broken their word in my opinion. They did not give an honor to her, they disrespected her and her memory.

[@Paul-kd1bs]

Ffs well rev you moaning about this event.. nice that you get a free ship gone down in my estimations sold your soul dude