Question about Plasma-Disruptor Beam Arrays procs

caymonjg

So I've been trying to find a good beam boat build to take my SOV into STF's with, and I was considering going for disruptors, but was thinking about instead using Plasma-Disruptor arrays since that would mean both the chance to proc the plasma dot and get the resistance debuff.

However I was looking at the description text and it doesn't list a chance to proc on the debuff, so I was wonder does that mean it will always apply or that the description is just wonky.

Also any beam boat advice for STFs would be greatly appreciated.

zordar01

I've used plasma-disruptor hybrids off and on with my KDF Eng and the plasma proc seemed to trigger a lot. Like, ships on fire left and right. Not sure if I was just noticing it more or was unusually lucky. I assume the procs have the same chance as all other weapons - 2.5%.

The thing with these is that the plasma proc isn't as good as plasma weapons, the disruptor proc isn't as good as disruptor weapons, and the [Acc] bonus is only 3/4 normal (7.5% rather than 10%). Also, they only come in rare quality, so if you already have a set of Mk XI very rares the hybrids will do slightly less initial damage. Of course, if you get both procs on the same target the plasma fire will do more damage due to the disruptor proc.

Plasma-disruptors are great for the price (time invested to grind them) but I'm just not sure they're worth the slight DPS loss over MkXI very rares, especially on cruisers that tend to have a DPS issue anyway. They're definitely competitive, though, and they're different which helps to distinguish you from the crowd (but the beams don't look different as both plasma/disruptor beams are green).

It would be awesome if, once acquired, we could craft up the hybrids to very rare and give them a full +10% [Acc]. Then the question would be 'why wouldn't you run these'.