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Cruiser loadouts for PVE DPS?

dratikusdratikus Member Posts: 120 Arc User
edited April 2015 in Federation Discussion
I'm a bit confused about the Cruiser. I want to play DPS, but I prefer the Cruiser design w/ heavy on beams using broadside strategy. However, I think I'm using the wrong BO abilities. What abilities should I be using? I don't tank and I don't like the escorts, but so far all the advice I have read suggests either building a tank or flying an escort. :(
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  • tomgonjinn23tomgonjinn23 Member Posts: 204 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    dratikus wrote: »
    I'm a bit confused about the Cruiser. I want to play DPS, but I prefer the Cruiser design w/ heavy on beams using broadside strategy. However, I think I'm using the wrong BO abilities. What abilities should I be using? I don't tank and I don't like the escorts, but so far all the advice I have read suggests either building a tank or flying an escort. :(

    http://www.stoacademy.com/tools/skillplanner/

    Put your build there. As far as BO abilities if you have a cruiser you should definitely have tactical team. then a form of Beam Fire At Will aka BFAW and if you can fit it an attack pattern. Once you show the forums your build we can offer more assistance.
  • jstewart55jstewart55 Member Posts: 412 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Single cannons/turrets. :D
  • dratikusdratikus Member Posts: 120 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    tomgonjinn23 wrote: »
    http://www.stoacademy.com/tools/skillplanner/

    Put your build there. As far as BO abilities if you have a cruiser you should definitely have tactical team. then a form of Beam Fire At Will aka BFAW and if you can fit it an attack pattern. Once you show the forums your build we can offer more assistance.


    Here is my current build but I don't know how this will help. I was thinking there should be best practices when building a ship, that's all I was asking. http://skillplanner.stoacademy.com/?build=noobcruiser_0

    I get my gear from episodes, and I'm still on the Klingon War series. In the beginning I was getting upgrades to everything, but lately nothing good.
  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,317 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    jstewart55 wrote: »
    Single cannons/turrets. :D


    DPS, no.
    Fun, serious fun indeed.

    I have a support cruiser on my fed-rom with this loadout (SC/turret). Loads of fun and despite what you may expect, it is quite viable in PVE if you're a decent pilot.
    This program, though reasonably normal at times, seems to have a strong affinity to classes belonging to the Cat 2.0 program. Questerius 2.7 will break down on occasion, resulting in garbage and nonsense messages whenever it occurs. Usually a hard reboot or pulling the plug solves the problem when that happens.
  • darkjeffdarkjeff Member Posts: 2,590 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    dratikus wrote: »
    Here is my current build but I don't know how this will help. I was thinking there should be best practices when building a ship, that's all I was asking. http://skillplanner.stoacademy.com/?build=noobcruiser_0

    2 Arrays fore, 2 Arrays aft.

    Tac: Fire At will 1, this is your DPS.
    Eng: EPtW1/EPtW2, 30s duplicate ability cooldown, 30s duration, keep this active.
    Eng: Engineer Team 1 (Hull Heal), big hull heal.
    Sci: Science Team 1 or Transfer Shield Strength 1, big shield heal or bigger shield heal over time.

    Beamboat DPS in general, you want FAW for damage, EPtW to keep Weapon Power up and buff your damage, and (when you get more Tac slots) Attack Pattern Beta/Omega.

    Later cruisers you'll be able to have 2xEPtS and 2xEPtW constantly firing, and that's referred to as a Dragon build.
  • dratikusdratikus Member Posts: 120 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Say, this guy won a medal. Is this the preferred build? http://skillplanner.stoacademy.com/?build=andayaltcmd_3381
  • dratikusdratikus Member Posts: 120 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    questerius wrote: »
    Later cruisers you'll be able to have 2xEPtS and 2xEPtW constantly firing, and that's referred to as a Dragon build.

    Is there someplace where I can find builds like this? If it's called a "dragon" build, does that mean it's been documented somewhere? (perhaps something like noxxic for STO?)


    p.s. I really wish I could "like" posts.
  • jarvisandalfredjarvisandalfred Member Posts: 1,549 Bug Hunter
    edited April 2015
    dratikus wrote: »
    Is there someplace where I can find builds like this? If it's called a "dragon" build, does that mean it's been documented somewhere? (perhaps something like noxxic for STO?)


    p.s. I really wish I could "like" posts.

    Yes, yes there is.

    That link, also in my signature, has not only one of the most comprehensive wikis in the game about how to actually use things, what things to use, and when, but also showcases some great builds that use them and coincidentally has a place where you can ask for help.

    Edit: Also, I wouldn't go by stoacademy medals. It's a great site to use for sharing builds, but I've seen a lot of good builds without medals and a lot of medals on poor builds.
    SCM - Crystal C. (S) - [00:12] DMG(DPS) - @jarvisandalfred: 8.63M(713.16K) - Fed Sci

    SCM - Hive (S) - [02:31] DMG(DPS) - @jarvisandalfred: 30.62M(204.66K) - Fed Sci

    Tacs are overrated.

    Game's best wiki

    Build questions? Look here!
  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    jarvisandalfred wrote: »
    Edit: Also, I wouldn't go by stoacademy medals. It's a great site to use for sharing builds, but I've seen a lot of good builds without medals and a lot of medals on poor builds.

    Tom's a real cool cat, so I always give his builds medals cause they're Tom's builds.
    Jerry's always stealing my cheese, I hate that, I'll never give any of his builds a medal.
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