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valkarie14
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Atm im still thinking of a good build for my dyson ship, atm im in an intrepid using tetryon to lower shields, trans mins with dispersal beta 1 and gw3 its great, i think tetryon can be very useful but not sure which of these to have, eventually i do want web mines, i had quantum but shields would absorb alot of the impact by the time my beams could lower them, im considerin rule 62 for the 11% mine damage increase but i want a good tetryon beam to take there shields so my mines can do more damage
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That's why Tetryon weapons are currently "
Put a few skill points into flow capacitors. It works for tetryon weapon procs. Also equip a science bridge officer with tachyon beam. Tachyon beam drains the enemy's shields, is boosted by flow capacitors to increase the shield drain, and has a 180 degree targeting arc.
If you put 6 ranks into flow capacitors and are a science captain, you can train a boff in tachyon beam beam 3.
This should give you some ideas if you're looking for shield draining so mines are more affective. The shield drain on tetryon weapons is a proc so it won't go off often and even when it does, even if you have flow capacitors maxed, it won't do a whole lot. That's where the boff ability tachyon beam comes in. I use tac beam 3 for my science captains and for enemies that aren't highly resistant to it, their shields go down fast.
So if you just want tachyon beams for the shield drain proc, it's not gonna be worth it without investing into other abilities or equipment that also drains shields, and wouldn't be worth skill points in flow capacitors.
Hope this helps.
on the flip side of the coin, if you equip one of the consoles that boosts proton energy, you can equip the Jem Hadar 2 piece, and the proton-polaron weapons. the polaron tac consoles and JH set boost polaron, and all the weapons AND the fixed cannon get some help from the proton console. otherwise, that cannon gets no love at all
Be aware, however, that insualtors cancel it out point for point, and shields like the Voth Dreads won't notice the additional drain; their shields are such that unless everyone was doing so they'd die to bleedthrough before their generators crash.
And if they don't, then the entire team's been using tetryon and the thing would've died a minute earlier without'em.
The power insulator effect is the same as damage resistance (http://sto.gamepedia.com/Damage_resistance). When dealing with most NPCs (Except bosses), I'm pretty sure most don't have any or little drain resistance as I've been able to bring down even Borg Tac cube shields. IF you want shield stripping tetryons for PvE, use the mission reward ones from The New Link. They get a 10% proc rate and you can add accuracy from consoles if you really need it for PvE.
2.) disruptor for hull debuff or ap for extra crit severity. Plasma if you want to do an all out plasma build.
3.) tetryons do the same damage the others do, its just that their proc is sorta useless. magnitude is to small.
4.) nukara set and rep however grant a bit bonus damage for tets and several clickable multitarget damage abilities that can be usefull for a tac buffed captain.cstill, not as potent as dis or ap.
Boosting this I have e MkXII VR tetryon consoles, full nukara set, and recently added the 2-piece Apex predator set. (Console and cannon...has to replace the Piercing DBB)
Works rather well, Procs synergize well. The Long range burn cannon is interesting. Cost me some DPS, but if I do have to pull back in a fight and repair hull I can pepper someone with it at 10-12 km.
I can get 7k or so DPS with this build, so it's good enough for most things. Now in fairness I have to say the refracting and phased tets seem to have the more dramatic effects from procs (Refracting is great for scything sown fighters, swarmers, etc) and I have had the phased drop shield or put weapons offline on an enemy. The actual tetryon proc is tough to say, since most stuff tend to just melt.
PS: Second what reynoldsxd said about Web Mines, they are brutal, and do not have the potential of catching you in blast like tricobalts can. Say, does anyone know if any consoles other then generic mine boosters affect web mines? Do proton boosts help? Tholian web generates do proton damage so was wondering...
web mine damage only benefits from pattern alpha, omega and -res all debuffs as far as i can say. +mine damage consoles have no observable effect. I am uncertain if the sci trait conservation of energy buffs web mines. Particle generators does not affect the mines.
The mines do physical damage.
Still awesome.
Phased Polaron work nicely though ... the double whammy of -25 Power and -1 Subsystem can be devastating ...