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Why cant my scimitar's Thaleron weapon one shot kill stuff like Donatra?

rustiswordzrustiswordz Member Posts: 824 Arc User
edited May 2014 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Its true, my Scimitar just goes pfft. Nothing happens, i dont see any kind of drop in enemy shields or hull. In fact the bloody weapon is just a giant TRIBBLE machine. Come on i want to be able to seriously damage ships over 5 km away and obliterate anything within that.

Donatra's Scimitar can one shot anything. :rolleyes:
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  • mandoknight89mandoknight89 Member Posts: 1,687 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Are you pouring all your power into Aux before you fire the blast? Like the Vesta's super-phaser console, it's an Aux-based attack, not a Weapon one.
  • dahminusdahminus Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Not to mentions she's a body and your a player...
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  • reginamala78reginamala78 Member Posts: 4,593 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    One you can pop an aux bat before firing, boost it. But more importantly, the time you're charging up to fire, you could probably do more total damage with 12 seconds of weapons fire.
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  • worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    To really make the thalaron gun shine, you get a Tulwar, put on five fleet particle generator consoles, get full ranks in part gen, and put your aux to max.

    Then you pop RSP and sec shields, have a buddy grav well some baddies, and fire.

    You can definitely 1-shot stuff that way. Risky, and expensive to do right, but DAMN fun.
  • stardestroyer001stardestroyer001 Member Posts: 2,615 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    worffan101 wrote: »
    To really make the thalaron gun shine, you get a Tulwar, put on five fleet particle generator consoles, get full ranks in part gen, and put your aux to max.

    Then you pop RSP and sec shields, have a buddy grav well some baddies, and fire.

    You can definitely 1-shot stuff that way. Risky, and expensive to do right, but DAMN fun.

    Don't forget the new Tactical console from the FE. That adds an additional +26.2% Rad damage. Also go for a weapons battery + Exocomp/Kazan doff before firing, the additional damage percentage should help (the weapons power is meaningless in this case).
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  • platewearingbirdplatewearingbird Member Posts: 455 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    To be fair only Elite Donatra can do that.

    You need the Elite Scimitar, which will be sold for 10,000 zen each in a few months.
  • worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    stardestroyer001 wrote: »
    Don't forget the new Tactical console from the FE. That adds an additional +26.2% Rad damage. Also go for a weapons battery + Exocomp/Kazan doff before firing, the additional damage percentage should help (the weapons power is meaningless in this case).

    Yeah, that ought to help.

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  • kamakaze101kamakaze101 Member Posts: 187 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    rustiswordz wrote: »
    Its true, my Scimitar just goes pfft. Nothing happens, i dont see any kind of drop in enemy shields or hull. In fact the bloody weapon is just a giant TRIBBLE machine. Come on i want to be able to seriously damage ships over 5 km away and obliterate anything within that.

    Donatra's Scimitar can one shot anything. :rolleyes:

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  • lordprotiuslordprotius Member Posts: 115 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    kamakaze101 wrote: »
    IT WUZ NEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cool:

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  • erraberrab Member Posts: 1,434 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    worffan101 wrote: »
    To really make the thalaron gun shine, you get a Tulwar, put on five fleet particle generator consoles, get full ranks in part gen, and put your aux to max.

    Then you pop RSP and sec shields, have a buddy grav well some baddies, and fire.

    You can definitely 1-shot stuff that way. Risky, and expensive to do right, but DAMN fun.

    Add to this by using the Deflector Duty Officer that increases all Exotic Damage by 5% for 15 seconds whenever you activate a singularity power like Gravity Well or Rift.

    So hit all your buffs and protection then use Gravity Well or Rift and then go right into the Blast ;)
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  • mimey2mimey2 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Actually they've never nerfed the Thalaron Pulse from players, so far as I know.

    It is possible to one-shot things, it's mostly a matter of much work you are willing to put into it.
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  • erraberrab Member Posts: 1,434 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    mimey2 wrote: »
    Actually they've never nerfed the Thalaron Pulse from players, so far as I know.

    It is possible to one-shot things, it's mostly a matter of much work you are willing to put into it.

    Very True,

    The draw of the Thalaron Blast is its destructive power but that power comes at a pretty high price.

    If you want the 80 -100k Pulse Blast you've got to go all in on boosting your exotic damage and in doing so leave your Scimitar very weak elsewhere.

    The Thalaron is great but with its 12 second charge up and 3 minute cool down you'll get more bang for your buck boosting and building for your Energy Weapons like Cannons or Beams weapons.

    Now if Cryptic ever introduces a Reman Duty Officer that can cut the charge up time of the blast by 50% and also offer a chance to reduce its cool down by 40% I may change my tune :D
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  • dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    reginamala78 wrote: »
    One you can pop an aux bat before firing, boost it. But more importantly, the time you're charging up to fire, you could probably do more total damage with 12 seconds of weapons fire.

    Sad but true...
  • ddemlongddemlong Member Posts: 294
    edited May 2014
    As if the Scim wasn't already overpowered enough as it is. No need for a 1 shot kill.
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  • mimey2mimey2 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    errab wrote: »
    Very True,

    The draw of the Thalaron Blast is its destructive power but that power comes at a pretty high price.

    If you want the 80 -100k Pulse Blast you've got to go all in on boosting your exotic damage and in doing so leave your Scimitar very weak elsewhere.

    The Thalaron is great but with its 12 second charge up and 3 minute cool down you'll get more bang for your buck boosting and building for your Energy Weapons like Cannons or Beams weapons.

    Now if Cryptic ever introduces a Reman Duty Officer that can cut the charge up time of the blast by 50% and also offer a chance to reduce its cool down by 40% I may change my tune :D

    Indeed, with some even decent equipment and effort, it's not too difficult to achieve a six-digit Thalaron Pulse. Getting above 100k though is gonna start needing a lot more money, skill, and timing, plus teamwork to get.

    It isn't just the long charge up, but giving up 3 console slots as well. It's a big cost, a person has to be very willing to do so, and that leaves a LOT less room to work with.

    I'd be all over a CD reducing DOFF for Thalaron. :D
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  • spaceeagle20spaceeagle20 Member Posts: 971 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    kamakaze101 wrote: »
    IT WUZ NEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cool:

    Truth ... my sci friend once popped an entire transformer in ISE ; when i tried it myself with blue part gens and a tulwar ( since it was just an experiment and didn't want to spend over it) , it did almost nothing to the CE or the day of Republic's boss... don't remember now... and my friend confirmed that ... if once it was unefficient but still fun, now it's totally useless
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  • warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    The Green Sneeze is a flashy gimmick you use to show off. If you want to hurt something, just shoot it. Any half-decently built Scimitar will do several times more damage with its normal weapons.
  • extremis0extremis0 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    i remember there was this video of some guy using thaleron killing every body in one blow ill post it if i can find it!!
  • extremis0extremis0 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    here you go just copy what he did and you'll have a dontra like thaleron considering targets stay in one place

    riccardo171 takes all the credit for this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRYI6fV07Kk
  • rustiswordzrustiswordz Member Posts: 824 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Have to admit that was beautiful. :D
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  • talonxvtalonxv Member Posts: 4,257 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    All I got to this is the OP is shouting "IMMA FIRIN MY LAZAH!!!"

    And when it doesn't insta kill he goes "MAH LAZAH DON'T WORK! WAAAAAA!!!!"

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  • rustiswordzrustiswordz Member Posts: 824 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    extremis0 wrote: »
    here you go just copy what he did and you'll have a dontra like thaleron considering targets stay in one place

    riccardo171 takes all the credit for this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRYI6fV07Kk

    Straying off subject a little bit, you can see in the video hes been able to stretch the boff bar across the bottom of the screen, I can't seem to be able to do that using the F12 hud layout menu. Anyone help?
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  • erraberrab Member Posts: 1,434 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    extremis0 wrote: »
    here you go just copy what he did and you'll have a dontra like thaleron considering targets stay in one place

    riccardo171 takes all the credit for this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRYI6fV07Kk

    Its a Faaaake :D

    Looks like his buddies all just self-destructed and one guy missed the timing :P
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  • nathraelnathrael Member Posts: 264 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    mimey2 wrote: »
    Indeed, with some even decent equipment and effort, it's not too difficult to achieve a six-digit Thalaron Pulse. Getting above 100k though is gonna start needing a lot more money, skill, and timing, plus teamwork to get.

    It isn't just the long charge up, but giving up 3 console slots as well. It's a big cost, a person has to be very willing to do so, and that leaves a LOT less room to work with.

    I'd be all over a CD reducing DOFF for Thalaron. :D

    Likewise :cool:

    Frankly though the nastiest thalaron weapon I have seen isn't Donatra, it's the one one the Scimitar that appears in Federation Fleet Assault. The rate of fire on it is incredibly fast. Minute or 90 seconds tops.

    If you count the DoT, I can do about 90k with my Thalaron pulse. Have not gone higher due to the cost it would take inconsole slots. Will be looking into the new Undine one that boosts rad damage though.
  • orangeitisorangeitis Member Posts: 5,222 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    errab wrote: »
    Its a Faaaake :D

    Looks like his buddies all just self-destructed and one guy missed the timing :P
    How can ships selfdestruct at will though?
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  • vampirialvampirial Member Posts: 92 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    orangeitis wrote: »
    How can ships selfdestruct at will though?

    Alpha Deception Protocol the hirogen console
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  • orangeitisorangeitis Member Posts: 5,222 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    vampirial wrote: »
    Alpha Deception Protocol the hirogen console
    But it leaves behind a fake purple item drop. Wouldn't we see a bunch of them after that improbably perfectly-timed simultaneous explosion?
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  • erraberrab Member Posts: 1,434 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    orangeitis wrote: »
    How can ships selfdestruct at will though?

    abandon ship I think
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  • orangeitisorangeitis Member Posts: 5,222 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    errab wrote: »
    abandon ship I think
    That can only be used in combat and at or below 25% health.
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