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wanghunglo42wanghunglo42 Member Posts: 170 Arc User
Much discussion on whether phasers are better than disruptors or if quantum torps are better than plasma. Want to ask you all what exotic attacks you like to equip. For instance I like to use the tetryon chained attack you get from completing the Nukara reputation system. I also like the 40-photon torpedo spread you get from the Torpedo Point Defense console. Do you all swear by any other special attacks?

"As with all living things, each according to his gifts."
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  • wanghunglo42wanghunglo42 Member Posts: 170 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    I also like a particular two-pronged attack using a warbird of mine. I hurl a singularity at a group of enemies (comes from the Projected Singularity console - part of the Enhanced Maneuvering Thrusters set) and when they are all bunched up I attack with a subspace rupture (from the Subspace Integration Circuit console). Beats down a lot of foes with two button clicks!

    "As with all living things, each according to his gifts."
  • platewearingbirdplatewearingbird Member Posts: 455 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    I love using Grav well, subspace rupture, and HY graviton torpedo for something I call "Subspace Hell"
  • wanghunglo42wanghunglo42 Member Posts: 170 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Do you mean the "Gravimetric Photon Torpedo Launcher" from the Dyson set "Protonic Arsenal"?

    "As with all living things, each according to his gifts."
  • catliketypingcatliketyping Member Posts: 611
    edited March 2014
    The "one energy type" concept may be too dogmatic. The Borg cutting beam was impressive when i used it on a broadsiding carrier, and i plan to run it on my Bird of Prey gunship (swap out a rear turret) as an experiment.

    I think i saw nice big numbers on unshielded targets. That is when i said, "ah ha! Kinetic beam!"
    Nessia (KDF Sci)
    IKS Korrasami (Fleet B'rel Bird of Prey Retrofit T5-U)
  • catliketypingcatliketyping Member Posts: 611
    edited March 2014
    Do you mean the "Gravimetric Photon Torpedo Launcher"?

    If you use Torpedo: High Yield on the gravimetric, it shoots a special targetable heavy gravimetric device... which always (?) procs the grav rift.
    Nessia (KDF Sci)
    IKS Korrasami (Fleet B'rel Bird of Prey Retrofit T5-U)
  • wanghunglo42wanghunglo42 Member Posts: 170 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    If you use Torpedo: High Yield on the gravimetric, it shoots a special targetable heavy gravimetric device... which always (?) procs the grav rift.

    Thanks. I see folks are using the term gravimetric and graviton interchangeably. Was just making sure it was not two different things.

    And what does "proc" mean?

    "As with all living things, each according to his gifts."
  • wanghunglo42wanghunglo42 Member Posts: 170 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Also, I've been trying to ID a weapon. In PvE I see it used on rare occasions but don't know what it is. It's described as a bright yellow blast of sun rays that emanate from a single point source and travel out in every direction. Not sure if this attack comes from the source ship, or if some device is launched into an enemy and the rays shoot out of the enemy. Anyone have this? Like using it?

    "As with all living things, each according to his gifts."
  • janus1975janus1975 Member Posts: 739 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    My Gorn sci's attack involves:
    1. Singularity manipulation, Emergency Power to Aux III, then
    2. Subspace rupture, then
    3. Energy siphon, tachyon beam, tractor beam (with energy draining doff), then
    4. Theta radiation vents, and
    5. kinetic cutting beam

    Not much left of shields, or crew... or hull for that matter :D

    Note on "one energy type"... it *can* be important, in terms of boosting power to that type with tactical consoles (e.g. specific energy type consoles boost damage more than e.g. "beam weapons" consoles do). However, if your ship doesn't have those, or you must have multiple weapons types, then it is less of an issue. For example, if you play "Atmosphere Assault" a lot (as I do), and you have a shuttle like the Rozhenko http://sto.gamepedia.com/Rozhenko_Timeship, you have a 'disruptor beam' bonus from the deflector, and in my case, the Obelisk warp core/360 antiproton for the antiproton's already-good shuttle abilities plus the bonus to antiproton (and aux for the disruptor beam) from the 2-piece set. In such a case, worrying about "two energy types" and getting a shuttle disruptor (from the mission, The Vault) would still be a backwards step.
  • catliketypingcatliketyping Member Posts: 611
    edited March 2014
    Thanks. I see folks are using the term gravimetric and graviton interchangeably. Was just making sure it was not two different things.

    And what does "proc" mean?

    It is old MUD/MMO speak :p

    usually referring to the special bonus thing on an attack, like the disruptor damage resistance hit, or phasers taking subsystems offline. In the case of the grav torpedo, it's the grav well/rift.

    It is short for some programming thing. I am not normally a programmer. ;)

    I dont have enough gadgets to answer your other question.
    Nessia (KDF Sci)
    IKS Korrasami (Fleet B'rel Bird of Prey Retrofit T5-U)
  • wanghunglo42wanghunglo42 Member Posts: 170 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    It is old MUD/MMO speak :p

    usually referring to the special bonus thing on an attack, like the disruptor damage resistance hit, or phasers taking subsystems offline. In the case of the grav torpedo, it's the grav well/rift.

    It is short for some programming thing. I am not normally a programmer. ;)

    I dont have enough gadgets to answer your other question.

    Sokath, his eyes uncovered!

    "As with all living things, each according to his gifts."
  • pet1e86pet1e86 Member Posts: 126 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Also, I've been trying to ID a weapon. In PvE I see it used on rare occasions but don't know what it is. It's described as a bright yellow blast of sun rays that emanate from a single point source and travel out in every direction. Not sure if this attack comes from the source ship, or if some device is launched into an enemy and the rays shoot out of the enemy. Anyone have this? Like using it?

    That will be the phaser lance from galaxy x, when saucer is attached it fires a beam, when un attached it fires a cone effect that you describe
  • jockey1979jockey1979 Member Posts: 1,005 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    pet1e86 wrote: »
    That will be the phaser lance from galaxy x, when saucer is attached it fires a beam, when un attached it fires a cone effect that you describe

    Wrong, that is a big orange cone.

    What wanghunglo42 is talking about is a Nukra item, I think the mines do that effect just before the net effect finishes - golden beams of light all over the place coming from the trapped ship.
  • groomofweirdgroomofweird Member Posts: 1,045 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    jockey1979 wrote: »
    Wrong, that is a big orange cone.

    What wanghunglo42 is talking about is a Nukra item, I think the mines do that effect just before the net effect finishes - golden beams of light all over the place coming from the trapped ship.

    ^^^most probably that.
    Also if you're on azure nebula or indeed fighting tholians and a tarantula shows up they also have a yellowish cone attack.
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    "If this will be our end, then I will have them make SUCH an end as to be worthy of rememberance! Out of torpedos you say?! Find me the ferengi!".
  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,708 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    janus1975 wrote: »
    My Gorn sci's attack involves:
    1. Singularity manipulation, Emergency Power to Aux III, then
    2. Subspace rupture, then
    3. Energy siphon, tachyon beam, tractor beam (with energy draining doff), then
    4. Theta radiation vents, and
    5. kinetic cutting beam

    Not much left of shields, or crew... or hull for that matter :D

    Note on "one energy type"... it *can* be important, in terms of boosting power to that type with tactical consoles (e.g. specific energy type consoles boost damage more than e.g. "beam weapons" consoles do). However, if your ship doesn't have those, or you must have multiple weapons types, then it is less of an issue. For example, if you play "Atmosphere Assault" a lot (as I do), and you have a shuttle like the Rozhenko http://sto.gamepedia.com/Rozhenko_Timeship, you have a 'disruptor beam' bonus from the deflector, and in my case, the Obelisk warp core/360 antiproton for the antiproton's already-good shuttle abilities plus the bonus to antiproton (and aux for the disruptor beam) from the 2-piece set. In such a case, worrying about "two energy types" and getting a shuttle disruptor (from the mission, The Vault) would still be a backwards step.

    Not even some spatial charges in there? Amateur. :P

    Stacking is often a good thing.
    E.g. GW+ Harpeng or Cluster Torpedo. GW + Spatial charge works good as well.
    This program, though reasonably normal at times, seems to have a strong affinity to classes belonging to the Cat 2.0 program. Questerius 2.7 will break down on occasion, resulting in garbage and nonsense messages whenever it occurs. Usually a hard reboot or pulling the plug solves the problem when that happens.
  • decroniadecronia Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    And what does "proc" mean?

    Proc = programmed random occurrence.

    As to the matter, I am not sure I have one I would swear by. However running a Rommy plasma torp I run with gravity well, the two work so well together.
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