I mean, I'm not going to say you can't run with the TOS Phasers, but the D'Kyr fired green beams. I'd rather see something green on there. Doesn't have to be Disruptors, I run Romulan Plasma on mine. Not a 1:1 match up to what was shown on screen, but the D'Kyr comes with Plasma by default and Romulan is greener. You could always go with Bio-Molecular Phasers.
Captains 07! With the launch of AOY I was hoping over the next few weeks we could put together some AOY TOS style runs? I always enjoy the theme nights as you all know.
Just ask and we'll see what we can drum up. I know my time has been limited but all you need to do is ask and we'll at least get one themed pewz in
o7 captains, wanted to pop in here as a what's up. The Arc forums were giving me trouble with Chrome, so I was pretty much just hanging out on Reddit, but I think I fixed it.
Greetings sir,
Things have been busy but more so on the solo basis as everyone is mostly working on their AoY toon.
Myself though... I worked on my DR toon more when that first came out buy my TR toon... not so much but that's just due to time.
how you've been liking the new stuff? I'm not a TOS fan at all but I've appreciated the missions and what they've done but I do wish there were more TOS missions as I did enjoy them for what they were.
I'm interested in joining using my Dkyr Vulcan ship as a Vulcan.
My concern is that I don't have disruptors for the build but I do have a set of twin array phasers.
Would that be acceptable?
Thanks for the interest in STB... always nice to see new Captains.
I don't personally fly the Dkyr but green weapons is the way to go... I'd go with what dragonsbrethren said but rule of thumb is as well... if you see it on screen go with that or with any canon sites and just mash it up as best as possible.
When you want to do a run just ask in chat and see what interest you got going. There are times chat gets busy with non pew pew stuff but there are times when it's quiet as well but don't let that stop you from asking... doesn't stop me hahah.
Hope to see you in game and if you have any questions please feel free to contact me in game @trizeo1.
I really need to team up with you guys again - my trusty old Nova-class is a photon torpedo boat now, but should still fit.
Been a while my friend... Hope all is well with the family... how's the little one?
It has been a while sir... I know our timezones don't mash up all the time and I have been logging off a bit earlier and not staying late as I usually do but like Waldo said... just ask and see who's interested. I know at times I get met with static but I know peeps are doing other stuff ingame but it doesn't hurt to ask.
How you been liking the new expansion? With the KT stuff.. I had to get the Vengeance which is my first lobi ship and I must say... I do quite enjoy her. She's phaser heavy but she can perform well enough and even with BFAW she doesn't look spammy at all as the visuals on the new beams are pretty easy on the spam due to their looks. I do however go with just plain BO and the visuals on that are AWESOME! haha..
I plan on doing a KT photon torp boat sometime as I do like how fast the torps fly along with the reload time so I'm looking to see how well that does on a cruiser and say my Akira or Saber.
Hopefully our times cross soon so that we can do some olschool pewzn.
I just wanted to inform you that after a long service life my laptop finally gave out.. it happened last week right in the middle of an MI mission. Apologies to those who I was in team with when it happened.
This is the first time I've had access to computer since the laptop failure.
I'm not sure how long I'll be withoiut a laptop but a friend of mine has allowed me to use his computer sometime to log in and slot the MI projects on my toons... I've only claimed it on 1 so far and was thinking of completing the rest that night after my last MI.. but ... that didn't work out so well.
I do hope I get back up and running by at least this weekend but the hunt for a new laptop begins haha.
Stay safe Captains and we will hopefully see you soon 07
...but if your not here who's in charge? Sorry your Laptop is out! I was hoping our channel could get in our annual low tier and KDF BOP MI runs in this week before the event ends. I recall last year we did this it was a lot of fun for everyone who joined in! Hopefully we could get a few teams together before Thursday.
Ack, that sucks! I hadn't seen you on in a few days, but I've only been playing STO in the morning, I'm working nights right now, and just figured our schedules weren't syncing up. Was looking for you last night since I blew off Mirror Invasion in the morning.
Don't get suckered into a "gaming" laptop, build yourself a nice desktop and buy a laptop if you have the budget for that
...but if your not here who's in charge? Sorry your Laptop is out! I was hoping our channel could get in our annual low tier and KDF BOP MI runs in this week before the event ends. I recall last year we did this it was a lot of fun for everyone who joined in! Hopefully we could get a few teams together before Thursday.
HAHA... all one needs to do is call out the special call and pew pew away sir
TRUST ME.. YOU KNOW I'd be TOTALLY down for that but it seems that I won't be able to participate this time around but you and others can and should.
Right now I'm not thinking that I'm going to be on anytime soon but hopefully this weekend but that's if all the stars align.
Ack, that sucks! I hadn't seen you on in a few days, but I've only been playing STO in the morning, I'm working nights right now, and just figured our schedules weren't syncing up. Was looking for you last night since I blew off Mirror Invasion in the morning.
Don't get suckered into a "gaming" laptop, build yourself a nice desktop and buy a laptop if you have the budget for that
Yeah.. it kinda REALLY sucks as STO was the one thing I was looking forward to each day to wind down and do some pewz with my fellow Captains.
The laptop I got wasn't even really meant for gaming... I just used it as that's what I had haha... and it worked! LOL.
I do like it as I can go anywhere and still STO it out even on vacations as you've seen me do... wife hates that btw HAHA!
I like being able to sit on the couch with laptop ... on top of my lap... LOL as it's comfy as heck where I sit.
Worse case scenario I see myself getting back online in 2 weeks... hopefully not any longer.
Yeah, I really miss having a laptop at times. When my desktop crapped out late last year, I almost went that route myself, but it happened at the worst possible time for me financially and I went with a budget desktop build instead, which I'm probably getting mid range laptop performance out of anyway...
Hey, this really looks right up my alley, as this is the kind of thing I try to do all the time. Can I get an invite please?
PLEASE, for the love of all that is chocolate. If your advice involves me spending IRL money on this game, save us both the trouble and don't bother. I've already spent as much money as I can afford on this game. Thank you for your time.
Does anyone have a list of the green weapons that are part of a weapon 2 or 3 or 4 pc set? I am working on a Fleet T6 Negh'Var (Tev). I would like to use 2 green in color turrets in the aft that are perhaps part of a weapon set. I can use the reputation Bio molecular disruptor turret as 1, but I am not sure if there are any other green turrets connected to a set. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you
Does anyone have a list of the green weapons that are part of a weapon 2 or 3 or 4 pc set? I am working on a Fleet T6 Negh'Var (Tev). I would like to use 2 green in color turrets in the aft that are perhaps part of a weapon set. I can use the reputation Bio molecular disruptor turret as 1, but I am not sure if there are any other green turrets connected to a set. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you
I don't have a list personally sorry but I also don't have any of the weapon sets memorized either.
The only newer set that comes to mind is the one from new Featured Episode.
I'm also sure that if you ask in STO reddit there will be people who have that info to share with you. We also do have a lot of knowleadgeable Captains within STB who I myself rely on for help.
So when we say Canon, are we just talking about weapon loadouts, or are we also talking BOff abilities too?
Thank you for the question.
Mostly loadouts and BOFF ablilities are totally free game.
Although when I first started I did experimenting with keeping those canon as well like for example I wouldn't use GW or CSV I would instead use TBR and CRF.
Recently in single player missions I've also taken my weapons off of auto fire and for me it added a bit more screen acc meaning on screen sometimes you see a ship passing it's target without even firing.. classic example is when the Ent E came to the rescue of the Defiant in First Contact. It fired photons to the tractor beam and passed without even firing.
You can do whatever you want just keep it canon and that sometimes means sticking to more traditional canon but also trying the new canon stuff out which the game has to offer.
I was just wondering if the channel is still active and whether the canon rules still apply?
I've had this channel added ages ago, however I have not been very active lately due to personal obligations so I'm not quite in the loop.
I was just wondering if the channel is still active and whether the canon rules still apply?
I've had this channel added ages ago, however I have not been very active lately due to personal obligations so I'm not quite in the loop.
No need to apologize haha
The channel is still active and yes the canon rules still do apply.
I myself have had RL keep me busy and has greatly decreased my STO time and I get on later than usual which doesn't leave a lot of time.
We still have some good quality runs, not full teams at times but still, like last night I asked for a full Nebula team in celebretion of it's release and 3 other Nebula captains stepped up and we did Klingon Scout Force and it was AWESOME!
Don't get me wrong.. activity wise it seems that it has decreased with people doing other things or moving on from the channel which has happened from day 1.
There are some nights tho that sometimes there's no pewz but some good conversation about ST/STO/RL amongst 2 - 5 people at a time.
STB is the only real channel I pewz/talk with.. with others opened as well in case someone is looking for a hand from either my fleet channels or even dps channels.
All one really needs to do is ask in chat if anyone wants to run something just like any other channel really... you may get 1 or 4... depends on the timing and where everyone is at.
When an event is on for sure I always ask before going thru the toon cycle as it's always better to run with those who know what they're doing.
If there are any other questions.. feel free to ask.
It's been 3 years since my first initial post... and what a great 3 years it's been for me and hopefully for all of you as well.
I've had the greatest honor of meeting all you who decided to give STB a shot and to all those I've met.. THANK YOU!.. all of you have made this game that much more enjoyable. When I needed Captains to help me out/others out with really.. anything.. a lot willingly gave their time and I hope I have done the same as well.
You have all contributed to STB in some way shape or form.. and sometimes pew pewzn wasn't even involved. At times we just.. talked/discussed about ST/STO and even that was awesome and great to talk to people who just love ST in general.
When it came to events.. you all pulled me through... well .. me and my 6 toons haha!.. It's always great going through those missions/events with Captains you can trust and know no matter how hard the mission gets they will keep fighting until the job is done.
We as a group have accomplished a lot in STO.. even the hardest content which challenged canon builds but we did it.. it may not be as fast as min/maxed builds but there are some Captains in STB who know their ship building and are starting to show some hard hitting numbers. I don't think STB has become a serious numbers chasing channel but there are just some who want to test the limit and that is welcomed as well.
In years past we've just done some group runs to celebrate STB's anniversary and last year one of very own Setek came up with a race for something different so I think to honor our fellow Captain Setek, who has moved on away from STO sadly, we will do that race again coupled with some pew pewzn. All is welcomed to participate and it doesn't matter if it's one or 10... we will try to have fun and have some tokens of appreciation to give away.
I'm thinking the week of the 20th or somewhere near the end of the month I'll pick a date or dates when we will do... stuff.
Again.. I'd like to thank all of my fellow Captains and to those who even decided to drop in/out and try STB. I look forward to enjoying what STO has in store for us and hope to meet more great people in STB.
Signing off for now.. TC and Have Fun Captains! 07
Funny I just came over to remind everyone about the anniversary!! Triz you always word it better than any of us. Thanks to this channel and for keeping this game fun even after all the story mission has been run. 3yrs is a noble accomplishment, heck a lot of fleets in this game don't make it half that far. The 20th sounds great for a Anniversary Event. Maybe Risa like last year?? We should do a STB run on all the new PVE que's that have been released over the past year?? And before I go I was wondering if we could come up with a logo for our channel? Just a little project I was thinking about.
In honor of STB's anniversary I was thinking of holding a thematic ground event.
Participants would play mirror versions of themselves or Terran Empire loyalists who beam in or time travel into the Breaking the Planet event, displacing the scheduled Fed. team. It would be an incursion of sorts....
This would be for fun and to celebrate STB. Weapons used would be Agony or Phaser (As exchange Agony weapons are overpriced in my opinion). Anyone interested? Any thoughts?
If this event is popular perhaps we could run a second event NTTN (Nukara Transdimentional Tactics Normal) where a Mirror/Terran Empire squad squares off against Tholians (as those dirt-bag crystals steal our ships and crew).
In honor of STB's anniversary I was thinking of holding a thematic ground event.
Participants would play mirror versions of themselves or Terran Empire loyalists who beam in or time travel into the Breaking the Planet event, displacing the scheduled Fed. team. It would be an incursion of sorts....
This would be for fun and to celebrate STB. Weapons used would be Agony or Phaser (As exchange Agony weapons are overpriced in my opinion). Anyone interested? Any thoughts?
If this event is popular perhaps we could run a second event NTTN (Nukara Transdimentional Tactics Normal) where a Mirror/Terran Empire squad squares off against Tholians (as those dirt-bag crystals steal our ships and crew).
So Ive started putting together some canon builds (down to consoles and abilities (if a ship used it or would have had it its on my ships)), but Im having trouble picking abilities for my 3 ships of choice: Intrepid, Sovereign and Defiant.
Some are easy: my Intrepid has Torpedo Spread II because Voyager loved its full spreads, and Ive got some deflector abilities, because that was pretty much Voyagers MO... My Sovereign has Torp High Yield 3 because the E is seen using it in First Contact. I also plan to always have a tractor beam, since every ship does, but there arent a lot of abilties that I can think of that fit into a canon theme...
So Ive started putting together some canon builds (down to consoles and abilities (if a ship used it or would have had it its on my ships)), but Im having trouble picking abilities for my 3 ships of choice: Intrepid, Sovereign and Defiant.
Some are easy: my Intrepid has Torpedo Spread II because Voyager loved its full spreads, and Ive got some deflector abilities, because that was pretty much Voyagers MO... My Sovereign has Torp High Yield 3 because the E is seen using it in First Contact. I also plan to always have a tractor beam, since every ship does, but there arent a lot of abilties that I can think of that fit into a canon theme...
So maybe some of you STB folks can help me?
Here are some abilities that I like to use to try and keep it more canon but use it more when I'm doing foundry missions or FE's.
Tac abilities
FAW (although very rarely)
BO (DUH! hahah!.. still love this ability specially when used with FAW w/OVER mod)
SS (On of my fave abilities but only ships w/intel have access to this but I use it on my Sov)
CRF (I ONLY use this ability on my Defiant because Defiant haha!)
HY & TS (good ol' torp goodness)
CF (only available on ships with command seating but it's another torp ability I do like)
Target X subsystem (haven't used this one a lot but I've heard it's gotten better with S13)
Eng abilities
RSP
Aux2SIF
EPTX
ET
Extend shields (old but good one)
Sci abilities
ST
TSS
TB
TBR (with pull doff)
PH
HE (visually a bit too much but it's a heal)
FBP
I tend not to use GW & TR due to the visual effect
Loadout wise.. I tend to go more torp heavy to lessen the beam spam which helps a lot. For the Defiant I do have a DHC heavy build where the cannons are the main event because.. Defiant flying thru a blown up ship after CRF is just.. AWESOME!.
If your goal is for visuals then those are my suggestions and what I do use when I play the game in casual mode. If your goal is for DPS then energy heavy and single torps fore and aft would be the way to go but you would have to build it similar to high end DPS builds but take torps into consideration.
Lately for me it's just been about visuals except when I want to see how well my ship can do DPS wise.
Not sure that helped but hit me up in game if you want to further converse on the matter (@trizeo1)
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07 Captain! Hey if you want a run call it out in chat. I might have to break out the Mirror Nova and join!
Man.. I haven't checked this thread... my bad! RL is like .. busy haha.
Just ask and we'll see what we can drum up. I know my time has been limited but all you need to do is ask and we'll at least get one themed pewz in
See you in game sir 07
Greetings sir,
Things have been busy but more so on the solo basis as everyone is mostly working on their AoY toon.
Myself though... I worked on my DR toon more when that first came out buy my TR toon... not so much but that's just due to time.
how you've been liking the new stuff? I'm not a TOS fan at all but I've appreciated the missions and what they've done but I do wish there were more TOS missions as I did enjoy them for what they were.
See you in game 07
Thanks for the interest in STB... always nice to see new Captains.
I don't personally fly the Dkyr but green weapons is the way to go... I'd go with what dragonsbrethren said but rule of thumb is as well... if you see it on screen go with that or with any canon sites and just mash it up as best as possible.
When you want to do a run just ask in chat and see what interest you got going. There are times chat gets busy with non pew pew stuff but there are times when it's quiet as well but don't let that stop you from asking... doesn't stop me hahah.
Hope to see you in game and if you have any questions please feel free to contact me in game @trizeo1.
thanks 07
Been a while my friend... Hope all is well with the family... how's the little one?
It has been a while sir... I know our timezones don't mash up all the time and I have been logging off a bit earlier and not staying late as I usually do but like Waldo said... just ask and see who's interested. I know at times I get met with static but I know peeps are doing other stuff ingame but it doesn't hurt to ask.
How you been liking the new expansion? With the KT stuff.. I had to get the Vengeance which is my first lobi ship and I must say... I do quite enjoy her. She's phaser heavy but she can perform well enough and even with BFAW she doesn't look spammy at all as the visuals on the new beams are pretty easy on the spam due to their looks. I do however go with just plain BO and the visuals on that are AWESOME! haha..
I plan on doing a KT photon torp boat sometime as I do like how fast the torps fly along with the reload time so I'm looking to see how well that does on a cruiser and say my Akira or Saber.
Hopefully our times cross soon so that we can do some olschool pewzn.
TC sir 07
Who says you have to give up your faction identity in the 31st century?
I hope all is doing well.
I just wanted to inform you that after a long service life my laptop finally gave out.. it happened last week right in the middle of an MI mission. Apologies to those who I was in team with when it happened.
This is the first time I've had access to computer since the laptop failure.
I'm not sure how long I'll be withoiut a laptop but a friend of mine has allowed me to use his computer sometime to log in and slot the MI projects on my toons... I've only claimed it on 1 so far and was thinking of completing the rest that night after my last MI.. but ... that didn't work out so well.
I do hope I get back up and running by at least this weekend but the hunt for a new laptop begins haha.
Stay safe Captains and we will hopefully see you soon 07
Don't get suckered into a "gaming" laptop, build yourself a nice desktop and buy a laptop if you have the budget for that
HAHA... all one needs to do is call out the special call and pew pew away sir
TRUST ME.. YOU KNOW I'd be TOTALLY down for that but it seems that I won't be able to participate this time around but you and others can and should.
Right now I'm not thinking that I'm going to be on anytime soon but hopefully this weekend but that's if all the stars align.
TC and be safe sir! 07
Yeah.. it kinda REALLY sucks as STO was the one thing I was looking forward to each day to wind down and do some pewz with my fellow Captains.
The laptop I got wasn't even really meant for gaming... I just used it as that's what I had haha... and it worked! LOL.
I do like it as I can go anywhere and still STO it out even on vacations as you've seen me do... wife hates that btw HAHA!
I like being able to sit on the couch with laptop ... on top of my lap... LOL as it's comfy as heck where I sit.
Worse case scenario I see myself getting back online in 2 weeks... hopefully not any longer.
Stay safe Kin 07
Anyone is welcomed to join STB one needs to do is type in the following
/channel_join Star Trek Battles
All we ask is keep it canon and fun!
Hope to see you in game soon sir!
I don't have a list personally sorry but I also don't have any of the weapon sets memorized either.
The only newer set that comes to mind is the one from new Featured Episode.
I'm also sure that if you ask in STO reddit there will be people who have that info to share with you. We also do have a lot of knowleadgeable Captains within STB who I myself rely on for help.
Thank you for the question.
Mostly loadouts and BOFF ablilities are totally free game.
Although when I first started I did experimenting with keeping those canon as well like for example I wouldn't use GW or CSV I would instead use TBR and CRF.
Recently in single player missions I've also taken my weapons off of auto fire and for me it added a bit more screen acc meaning on screen sometimes you see a ship passing it's target without even firing.. classic example is when the Ent E came to the rescue of the Defiant in First Contact. It fired photons to the tractor beam and passed without even firing.
You can do whatever you want just keep it canon and that sometimes means sticking to more traditional canon but also trying the new canon stuff out which the game has to offer.
Hope to see you in game sometime 07
I was just wondering if the channel is still active and whether the canon rules still apply?
I've had this channel added ages ago, however I have not been very active lately due to personal obligations so I'm not quite in the loop.
No need to apologize haha
The channel is still active and yes the canon rules still do apply.
I myself have had RL keep me busy and has greatly decreased my STO time and I get on later than usual which doesn't leave a lot of time.
We still have some good quality runs, not full teams at times but still, like last night I asked for a full Nebula team in celebretion of it's release and 3 other Nebula captains stepped up and we did Klingon Scout Force and it was AWESOME!
Don't get me wrong.. activity wise it seems that it has decreased with people doing other things or moving on from the channel which has happened from day 1.
There are some nights tho that sometimes there's no pewz but some good conversation about ST/STO/RL amongst 2 - 5 people at a time.
STB is the only real channel I pewz/talk with.. with others opened as well in case someone is looking for a hand from either my fleet channels or even dps channels.
All one really needs to do is ask in chat if anyone wants to run something just like any other channel really... you may get 1 or 4... depends on the timing and where everyone is at.
When an event is on for sure I always ask before going thru the toon cycle as it's always better to run with those who know what they're doing.
If there are any other questions.. feel free to ask.
TC and see you in game 07
I hope all is well and that the pewz is strong!
It's been 3 years since my first initial post... and what a great 3 years it's been for me and hopefully for all of you as well.
I've had the greatest honor of meeting all you who decided to give STB a shot and to all those I've met.. THANK YOU!.. all of you have made this game that much more enjoyable. When I needed Captains to help me out/others out with really.. anything.. a lot willingly gave their time and I hope I have done the same as well.
You have all contributed to STB in some way shape or form.. and sometimes pew pewzn wasn't even involved. At times we just.. talked/discussed about ST/STO and even that was awesome and great to talk to people who just love ST in general.
When it came to events.. you all pulled me through... well .. me and my 6 toons haha!.. It's always great going through those missions/events with Captains you can trust and know no matter how hard the mission gets they will keep fighting until the job is done.
We as a group have accomplished a lot in STO.. even the hardest content which challenged canon builds but we did it.. it may not be as fast as min/maxed builds but there are some Captains in STB who know their ship building and are starting to show some hard hitting numbers. I don't think STB has become a serious numbers chasing channel but there are just some who want to test the limit and that is welcomed as well.
In years past we've just done some group runs to celebrate STB's anniversary and last year one of very own Setek came up with a race for something different so I think to honor our fellow Captain Setek, who has moved on away from STO sadly, we will do that race again coupled with some pew pewzn. All is welcomed to participate and it doesn't matter if it's one or 10... we will try to have fun and have some tokens of appreciation to give away.
I'm thinking the week of the 20th or somewhere near the end of the month I'll pick a date or dates when we will do... stuff.
Again.. I'd like to thank all of my fellow Captains and to those who even decided to drop in/out and try STB. I look forward to enjoying what STO has in store for us and hope to meet more great people in STB.
Signing off for now.. TC and Have Fun Captains! 07
Participants would play mirror versions of themselves or Terran Empire loyalists who beam in or time travel into the Breaking the Planet event, displacing the scheduled Fed. team. It would be an incursion of sorts....
This would be for fun and to celebrate STB. Weapons used would be Agony or Phaser (As exchange Agony weapons are overpriced in my opinion). Anyone interested? Any thoughts?
If this event is popular perhaps we could run a second event NTTN (Nukara Transdimentional Tactics Normal) where a Mirror/Terran Empire squad squares off against Tholians (as those dirt-bag crystals steal our ships and crew).
If you don't know what I'm talking about just ask Triz. I'm sure he'd be glad to explain wouldn't you Triz?
I support the Star Trek Battles channel.
Count on me
Some are easy: my Intrepid has Torpedo Spread II because Voyager loved its full spreads, and Ive got some deflector abilities, because that was pretty much Voyagers MO... My Sovereign has Torp High Yield 3 because the E is seen using it in First Contact. I also plan to always have a tractor beam, since every ship does, but there arent a lot of abilties that I can think of that fit into a canon theme...
So maybe some of you STB folks can help me?
Oh man.. that's the first thing I thought of when I saw you online.. TAKE OUT THE SKIIER! hahaha!
Here are some abilities that I like to use to try and keep it more canon but use it more when I'm doing foundry missions or FE's.
Tac abilities
FAW (although very rarely)
BO (DUH! hahah!.. still love this ability specially when used with FAW w/OVER mod)
SS (On of my fave abilities but only ships w/intel have access to this but I use it on my Sov)
CRF (I ONLY use this ability on my Defiant because Defiant haha!)
HY & TS (good ol' torp goodness)
CF (only available on ships with command seating but it's another torp ability I do like)
Target X subsystem (haven't used this one a lot but I've heard it's gotten better with S13)
Eng abilities
RSP
Aux2SIF
EPTX
ET
Extend shields (old but good one)
Sci abilities
ST
TSS
TB
TBR (with pull doff)
PH
HE (visually a bit too much but it's a heal)
FBP
I tend not to use GW & TR due to the visual effect
Loadout wise.. I tend to go more torp heavy to lessen the beam spam which helps a lot. For the Defiant I do have a DHC heavy build where the cannons are the main event because.. Defiant flying thru a blown up ship after CRF is just.. AWESOME!.
If your goal is for visuals then those are my suggestions and what I do use when I play the game in casual mode. If your goal is for DPS then energy heavy and single torps fore and aft would be the way to go but you would have to build it similar to high end DPS builds but take torps into consideration.
Lately for me it's just been about visuals except when I want to see how well my ship can do DPS wise.
Not sure that helped but hit me up in game if you want to further converse on the matter (@trizeo1)
Thank you and have fun! 07