I took 3 years off and have been playing quite a bit for the last few months.
Plunged into the grind and have finished nukara to tier 5, with dyson and the borg somewhere in the mid of tier 4 while I have not yet started the romulan one. Have a fleet of two people (everyone else left long ago) and so also am chewing on the star base slowly.
I have absolutely no idea if any of the Nukara gear will do me any good as a phaser based DHC tactical escort retrofit.
Is there anywhere that summarizes the various rep gears?
I have no idea where to focus my attention now that I have the reps almost done.
Seen several builds on STO academy that lean either to Assimilated or MACO... and I have no idea why. Not seeing much dyson in the builds either, is none of it useful?
As a fellow DHC Escort captain, lemme give a quick sum-up of the reps.
Nukara - Basically useless to us. The gear is mostly science or beam-based, even the console specifically buffs beams and not cannons. The only things I've gotten from this Rep so far are an EV suit and cool sword.
All that said, the Nukara ship gear is very pretty.
Dyson - Again, mostly science-based. The Gravimetric Photon Torpedo is pretty nice, and the ground gear (Armor/Rifle/Shield) is very useful for anyone.
Romulan - The ship gear is pretty mediocre compared to other options, but the real gem here are the Romulan Plasma ship weapons you can unlock. The Mk XII ones are among the top weapons in the game.
Omega - This is where to go for ship gear. Unless you're getting Elite Fleet Shields, the MACO shield is probably the best you can get. MACO ship gear in general is pretty tanky. The Omega set, meanwhile, helps boost damage, but is more fragile, while Adapted MACO boosts torpedo damage. The Kinetic Cutting Beam from this Rep is also a very good addition to stick in one of your rear weapon slots.
That's all pretty simplistic, and only my opinion, but it should be a decent start, I hope.
I also strongly recommend the Assimilated Module console. Paired with the Cutting Beam it has an excellent set bonus which alleviates energy drain, useful for cannon (and beam) escort builds.
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Nukara - Basically useless to us. The gear is mostly science or beam-based, even the console specifically buffs beams and not cannons. The only things I've gotten from this Rep so far are an EV suit and cool sword.
All that said, the Nukara ship gear is very pretty.
Dyson - Again, mostly science-based. The Gravimetric Photon Torpedo is pretty nice, and the ground gear (Armor/Rifle/Shield) is very useful for anyone.
Romulan - The ship gear is pretty mediocre compared to other options, but the real gem here are the Romulan Plasma ship weapons you can unlock. The Mk XII ones are among the top weapons in the game.
Omega - This is where to go for ship gear. Unless you're getting Elite Fleet Shields, the MACO shield is probably the best you can get. MACO ship gear in general is pretty tanky. The Omega set, meanwhile, helps boost damage, but is more fragile, while Adapted MACO boosts torpedo damage. The Kinetic Cutting Beam from this Rep is also a very good addition to stick in one of your rear weapon slots.
That's all pretty simplistic, and only my opinion, but it should be a decent start, I hope.
But here's my frequency, so hail me maybe?
If you are wondering why someone chose what they did you can always ask in those threads.
I usually just look at the stats for the gear/sets and figure it out from there.
But I never claimed to be a min/maxxer, either.