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brewtolomus
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Is that the preferred weaponry now?
I see them posted in the exchange for large amounts of EC's.
My regular polaron stuff seems to be working just fine. Is it worth the cost to upgrade?
I see them posted in the exchange for large amounts of EC's.
My regular polaron stuff seems to be working just fine. Is it worth the cost to upgrade?
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They been around a while, and they are good. However, they have 2 procs as opposed to your 1, if you are using Regular Polarons.
Basically would you prefer to have the 5% chance to proc with your existing weapon or have 2 half-procs... 2.5% each? I have some questions about how the proc chance is calculated... that is why I don't usually mess with 2-proc weapons. It says that there is a 2.5% chance for each, but...
* Each time a weapon is fired, is there a separate "roll" for the chance of each proc to fire off?
* If not, is there a single roll for each weapon and if the weapon procs, then a roll is determined which proc fires... or both?
Seems to me you are lessening your chance to proc in the hope that you "roll" good enough for both to fire off. I don't dig too deep into the number crunching behind the scenes, but that is how I am understanding this.
If you want a 2-proc weapon and don't want to spend your resources on them, replay the mission "Boldly They Rode" and select the Dominion Polaron weapons. Personally I would recommend the Beams... they make excellent Beam Boat weapons.
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In the end, you cant just use only 1 or 2 weapons, u will need to have 5 or 6 stucked on the inventory to switch.
That is a pain.
But I guess that's how it is in MMO's.
Swapping out the potential for an additional modifier (Very Rare Purple) For the chance of an additional proc I think, in general is not a good swap.
For ground weapons, hybrid weapons in-general trade a third modifer for a second proc at double the rate. In the case of Nanite Disruptors, you get a second proc at half effectiveness but you keep the third modifier (hence why they are my preferred weapon)
On ground, Crit is King, so I am not usually one to prefer hybrids. However, if you have TRIBBLE gear, they are GREAT. If you have simply rare (blue) weapons, they are certainly an upgrade imho.
Rom plasmas are still tops for damage
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Ok, I could have sworn I read that plasma weapon, in space anyway, were pretty much useless because darn near everything was resistant to it.
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Plasma was bad in 2010, but as the introduction of LoR it rocked.
Romulan plasma produces the most damage, and has the greatest number of consoles to improve said damage. Check the consoles available from your Romulan Embassy.
Phase Polarons are also very nice, primarily due to the cost. They are cheap compared to everything else.
That aside, those weapons are expensive, because they are rare now, as the current lockbox isnt the JemHadar-Box
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Im not sure if there only acquired there Voth boxes and I just got lucky getting one, but im sure you can get one from the exchange too. probably not cheap though.
I got mine a few days after season 8, and will be keeping for a long time to come.
It really is a great weapon.
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I think i asked the same question a long time ago about plasma vs borg and the answer given to me is that borg use plasma weapons but their plasma resist isnt any stronger then their other resists. At the time i knew that plasma weapons were bad for something and but i didnt know exactly what. That was when they also told me that you didnt want to use plasma weapons in PVP because at the time people would gear up their resists to counter borg weapons which were all plasma. So if people were using their assimilated shields or omega or maco which had % reduced plasma damage and they also had their borg fighting resist consoles on, then attacking them with plasma weapons would be a bad idea.
Of course things are a bit different nowadays since there is a wider choice of gear to choose from.
I do.
But I can ALWAYS use more space, lol.
These only come either from the boxes you get when starting a Dyson Rep Project or once you get Tier IV Dyson Rep the Very Rares unlock in the store. That aside, they look interesting and so far the ones I have used from the boxes, which are mostly blues, rock the Voth pretty hard. I am sure they will work well against any opponent though.
I have a feeling that the Protonic Polaron weapons with the Experimental Proton Weapon, Grav Photon Torp and Console will be deadly.
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My Sci, in a Chel Grett, uses phased polarons with flow caps and plasmonic leech. He's lethal in PvE. Stuff just stops and dies. It allows me to fly a decent dmg dealing ship and still play my role as sci by debuffing and draining. And personally I dislike the idea of constantly changing weapons, or ships for that matter. But yes, some weapon types will be more effective in different circumstances, but really... In PvE... It's negligible. Romulan Plasma is going to be the best in terms of dmg, it has the best dual procs.. But it all boils down to your build, style, and what makes you happy. Just stay away from Tetryon and you'll be ok. ;-)
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That said, I agree with most posters; unless you're trying for a proton damage build or haven't gotten pure polaron weapons with 3 modifiers yet and are just using these in the meantime, these kinda suck.