I am familiar with which ships I could/would want more than one of for XW but what ships would people recommend more than one of for AW?

I've heard some people using more than one Valdore, Excelsior, or starter ships.

Personally, I bought more than one Praetus for the mines. I would also recommend the upcoming Gal Gathong for the same reason, though you could choose the one you like more.

For Dominion, I'd say the Koranak because it's a solid high powered attacker, and comes with a lot of nice Upgrades like the Enhanced Weaponry and the Dorsal Array. You could also try the Patrol Ships if you wanted to do suicide squads I guess, though I've never tried that.

For Klingons, you might consider the Koraga. Most of its upgrades are unique, but the ship itself isn't too shabby, and it comes with an Advanced Weapon System if you're into firing while cloaked.

I can't really think of anyone for the Federation unless you're really into a specific Elite Talent or a Transwarp Drive.

I think it really comes down to what you want to play, right? I pretty much echo the above. I picked up two of the Patrol Ships because it seems weird to have just one. I'll definitely be getting two of the upcoming Gal'gathong, and may eventually get a second Valdore. Otherwise I just have singles.

I have heard of people with multiple Defiants and Reliants, though that was probably before some of the newer waves.

Some people like to play swarms of the cheap ships, so things like the Klingon D7 (Gr'oth) are popular to buy multiples of.

Well, each ship has a named and generic version. So its justifiable to buy two of each. In terms of fluff, I think the only one that truly makes sense to have more than 1 of is the Jem'Hadar Patrol Ship. I believe those usually fly in wings of 3 ships. And really, when the named version is "5th Wing Patrol Ship", it kind of screams 'generic' to me. Same for the Jem'Hadar Battleship coming next week. And the Cruiser a few months down the road.

Yeah, I don't recall the Dominion ships ever really having names. Even the Jem'Hadar themselves, though they have names, are really just mass-produced genetically engineered cannon fodder. If I have a criticism of the Dominion crew upgrades, it's that the Jem'Hadar are unique and pricey, which is the opposite of what they should be.

I'll break my suggestions up into two categories: Ships and Upgrades.

Ships that tend to be good multi-purchase options for the ships themselves:

I.K.S. Negh'Var
I.R.W. Valdore
Koranak

All three of the above are good, solid ships that do well if you are running them as generics. 4th Division Battleship may end up in this category come next month. We'll have to see how it plays out.

Ships with great upgrades that you will possibly want in multiples:

U.S.S. Excelsior (Transwarp Drive, Feint)
I.R.W. Valdore (Tactical Officer)
I.R.W. Praetus (Cloaked Mines, Polarized Hull Plating)
Gor Portas (Breen Aide)
Koranak (Dorsal Weapons Array, Tetryon Emissions)
I.R.W. Gal Gath'thong (Nuclear Warheads, Minefield tokens)

I would possibly add the Kraxon to this second list as well as I like the Antiproton Scan and in certain situations Forward Weapons Grid. That's situational though.

Echoing what others have said for the most part.

I personally have trouble buying a double unless I have intentions of using the actual ship in multiples.

So for me right now it's the Gr'Oth*, Valdore**, Defiant***, Koraga****, and the Koranak*****


* the D7 makes one of the few very vicious Swarm teams so far
** For destroying the Scimitar the right way, and for being awesome
*** I really do like the tough 'little' ship....I'd play a swarm or small squadron on occasion
**** The BoP is the Klingon ship for me, flying in multiples seem natural to me
*****Great ship, with 2 great captains, with awesome upgrades.....there are multiple builds with just 2 of this expansion

And the D'Deridex from the starter but that's a different situation, with the LE version as well.

Really it depends on your play interest............I'm planing on rotating around to see how it all plays so that's why I've got multiples of what they offer.

I have three of the Enterprise/Constitution just so I can have 3 Cheat Deaths.

Two Defiants for the Quantum Torpedoes, two Excelsiors because it's the best Fed ship so far (and it's good to have two Transwarp Drives and Feints).

You know...I hadn't thought of that. Put two of them on Kirk...he even has a troll face in the picture.

I have 2 of every Dominion ship but that's because I love the Dominion. Some have good upgrades worth doubling up on (Kraxon and Koronak) while some aren't that great in multiples (5th Wing and Gor Portas). I like having the options.

Beyond that if you see an upgrade for your faction (or out of faction if that's your fun) that you could see yourself using 2 of, just pick up the duplicate of it. You never know when you can use a generic version of that ship anyway.

Obviously it depends on your disposable income and gaming budget, but honestly, at their pricetag, I don't consider most ships to be worth getting duplicates of unless I really want to run the generic version next to the named version, and they have at least one or two really good upgrades, of which I would want multiples, and I knew I would get tournament use out of them.

Otherwise I just don't see a lot of value in duplicates, due to all the unique elements that I can't get any use out of (those often being the best elements in a given expansion). I do hope they release duplicates of some of the current ship classes, though, only with a different named version and upgrades (maybe some of the same generic upgrades).

For ships that I think I may run multiples of at home, I just mod HC Star Trek ships.

There are Flagship cards that let him use all three.

You are a gorgeous human being

I'm aware.

After hearing about the USS thugit, I bought a second ToS for the second cheat death.

Valdore x 2 is a must for Romy Fleets, Koranak x 2 as well, Kraxon x 2 for upgrades, Starter ships are good, if you want to run multiples of the D7, personally I don't like those. The only three purchase for me was the Praetus, for the mines, I did get three Jemhadar 5th Wing patrol! but really didn't need the third.