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Vaadwaur Ship Question

jamesknight79jamesknight79 Member Posts: 17 Arc User
edited May 2017 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Hi,

In my ship listing, I have a Vaadwaur Manasa Assault Escort (T6) ship, and it is playable. I noticed, however, a slot for "heavy weapons", and nothing I put in there seems to "fit". I was wondering what does go into that slot. I've included a screenshot below. Any constructive help is appreciated.

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Again, any help is appreciated.

~Admiral JRK

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  • hanover2hanover2 Member Posts: 1,053 Arc User
    The slot is reserved for a unique weapon type. I believe they either do now or intend to sell ships that come equipped with a broader variety, but for now you can't craft them and they don't drop as loot. Your one recourse is the single heavy weapon option in the "reclaim" section of the dilithium store.
  • legendarylycan#5411 legendarylycan
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         Member Posts: 37,280 Arc User
    heavy weapons go in there, which is a unique piece of gear for raiders, escorts and escort-like ships like secondary deflectors for science ships

    you can get a free heavy weapon from the dilithium store under the reclaim tab, the allied escorts released a few weeks ago have one, the miradorn raider in the privateer lockbox has one and you can unlock one for purchase at T3 of the competitive reputation which was released with S13 on the 25th last week

    so far, those 4 are the only HWs available, but expect more to come in the following months​​
    Like special weapons from other Star Trek games? Wondering if they can be replicated in STO even a little bit? Check this out: https://forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/1262277/a-mostly-comprehensive-guide-to-star-trek-videogame-special-weapons-and-their-sto-equivalents

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  • neos472neos472 Member Posts: 580 Arc User
    edited May 2017
    shadow fang has explained it perfectly though the current 4 heavy weapons are thus
    Ion Projecter: this one is free to ya and in the dilith store to be claimed functions like a lance
    Railgun: this will be found on the Caitian escort, Ferasan Escort, or T6 Dhelan all of which are C-Store this has some great damage potential
    Flak gun: this is in the Competitive reputation think of it as a space shotgun
    Twin Photon Launcher: this one is found on the Miradorn Raider which is in the Privateer lockbox it is two photon torpedos at once enough said
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  • corelogikcorelogik Member Posts: 1,039 Arc User
    As previously stated, you need to get a Heavy Weapon either from the C-Store, or from a ship take off. Personally, I use the Railgun from the Caitian Shikaris,... I like it. It's not a "fire to win" weapon, but it does good work. The color also fits in nicely with my Vaadwaur weapons,...
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  • postagepaidpostagepaid Member Posts: 2,899 Arc User
    It'll be interesting to see how far they actually take the HW's seeing that the 2nd deflectors don't have many variations going.

    Hopefully they don't bury too many types under lockbox and store ships. Currently its 50/50 so they're walking a thin line.
  • hanover2hanover2 Member Posts: 1,053 Arc User
    I'd be interested to know some peoples' impression of that dual photon launcher. I've got a couple of photon builds it might compliment.
  • lianthelialianthelia Member Posts: 7,825 Arc User
    hanover2 wrote: »
    I'd be interested to know some peoples' impression of that dual photon launcher. I've got a couple of photon builds it might compliment.

    Does it actually get boost from projectile and or photon damage? I figured it would be generic kinetic damage so not to make it to powerful.
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