Which Disruptor Flavour do you prefer ?

tardes13

Well, I'm trying to find a disruptor for my toon (PVE), but not sure which to choose.

It will have to be something cost effective, I can invest a little but not a lot

Please provide a few words explanation as to why and where does your suggestion work better, or if it creates synergy with other gear/abilities you use.

Thanks

coldicephoenix

If you have the fleet creds, get the fleet disruptors. They are simply the best ones you can get. If you have EC you can get the rare disruptors or the lock box ones. I've seen people run disruptor rainbows too :P One of each disruptor type. But frankly I havent done so cant tell you how effective (or ineffective) they are.

I use Elachi heavy disruptor cannons on one alt as they looks cool

hasukurobi

If you cannot get Elite Disruptors then Nanite Disruptors are a close second. Also if you are using a drain boat setup then Polarized Disruptors rock. The new Bio Disruptors are also quite good.

angrytarg

I currently use a mix of Nanite & Vanilla disruptors, though I plan to get some fleet disruptors and the turret from the 8472 reputation in the mix

bltrrn

As a R.S.E. and a House Torg/Duras loyalist, I'm all about Nanite Disruptors.

warmaker001b

Most of the Disruptor types are all viably good.

That said, I'd go for Elite Fleet Disruptors if I can.

Elachi are good too, esp. after the removal of its Proc lockout.

notapwefan

Aren't elite fleet disruptors overkill for PvE? I mean spending load of fleet marks and dil for a bit more pew pew?

warmaker001b

notapwefan wrote: »

Aren't elite fleet disruptors overkill for PvE? I mean spending load of fleet marks and dil for a bit more pew pew?

The Feds don't think so. They are completely envious of KDF Elite Fleet Disruptors.

Also, the shield resist debuff is a wonderful thing for the team to take advantage of.

And the weapons are effective for both PVE & PVP. You can't go wrong with Elite Fleet Disruptors, but the cost.

starswordc

Right now I'm using a combo of Plasma-Disruptor Hybrid DHCs and plain disruptor turrets on my Tor'Kaht. The PDH weapons are the same basic idea as romplas, except they do disruptor damage instead of plasma, and they're surprisingly good guns for Mk XI blue.

I was initially going to trade up to Advanced Fleet Disruptors, but now that I'm adding a 3-piece Counter Command Ordnance set to the build I'm wondering if biomolecular might be a better use of the dil.

plaztikman64

Going with 3 DDBs atm, Elite dmg x2 & crtH, molecular crtH x2 & dmg, elachi crtH x3 and I gotta say I'm getting impressive results out of that so far.

zipagat

I'm using standard Disruptors (fleet versions) for my KDF toons (DHCs for my bop and arrays+DBBs for my BCS) I find them very effective.

rmxiii

I tend to end up using some sort of Disruptor setup my self, but so far end up with 2x Standard, 2x Elachi and 2x Nanite Disruptors on my various Cruisers (A Torpedo and Kinetic Cutting Beam usually use my remaining weapons slots).

fatman592

Fleet Elite DBB, 3 Fleet Elite DHCs up front. 2 Nanite turrets and KCB in back. The nanite disruptors are placeholders for now as I plan on getting 2 piece 8472 disruptor boost.

If I had to rank disruptors:
Fleet Elite>Elachi>Polarized Disruptor>Spiral Wave>Nanite>Standard

jaguarskx

I use plasma-disruptor hybrid DHC (fore) and beam array (aft) on my T5 Hegh'ta heavy BoP. Nothing exotic, but it gets the job done.

Looking for alternatives for my Mirror Qin though. Considering using DBB instead of DHC for wider firing arc and also looking to tryout different type of energy weapon, maybe give polaron a try instead of simply going for disruptors.

starswordc

How about strawberry? /silly

(Because I wish I'd been awake enough to say that earlier.)

fatman592 wrote: »

Fleet Elite DBB, 3 Fleet Elite DHCs up front. 2 Nanite turrets and KCB in back. The nanite disruptors are placeholders for now as I plan on getting 2 piece 8472 disruptor boost.

If I had to rank disruptors:
Fleet Elite>Elachi>Polarized Disruptor>Spiral Wave>Nanite>Standard

Where does Fleet Advanced fall into that calculation?

chrisbrown12009

People have been saying the Elite Fleet are the best. Why is that? What makes Elite fleet better than elachi? I see SOOOOOO many people using elachi and they swear by them. But if elite fleet are so good, then why are so many using elachi?

Is it because they are easier to get?

I had been told and have come to understand that the proc doesnt really matter, only the mods on a weapon.



I only ask because i have a KDF toon i am biulding up with a Mogh full of Elite fleets.(4 DHC EFD.) But i also have an Elachi DBB and a Elite fleet DBB so if i decide to go that route i can.

fatman592

starswordc wrote: »

Where does Fleet Advanced fall into that calculation?

Totally forgot about those...

Fleet Elite>Elachi>Polarized Disruptor=Spiral Wave>Nanite>Fleet Advanced>Standard

I only put them below Nanite because they don't really offer much beyond a beefed up standard disruptor. Other variations have situational benefits, though they may not be as good PvE dps. And for me, since everything is good in PvE, I look at things from the PvP usefulness perspective.

chrisbrown12009 wrote: »

People have been saying the Elite Fleet are the best. Why is that? What makes Elite fleet better than elachi? I see SOOOOOO many people using elachi and they swear by them. But if elite fleet are so good, then why are so many using elachi?

Fleet Elite are simply better for a wider range of builds, as shields are a pretty big problem in PvP. And thus Elachi are really good for their bypass damage. However, Elachi weapons are best used by vapers. Beyond that, you're paying huge sums of ec for something that is probably just okay.

chrisbrown12009 wrote: »

Is it because they are easier to get?

Again, if we're talking PvP, Elachi weapons are going to run tens of millions of ec per weapon (depending on the modifiers). Or you can get fully loaded with Fleet Elite for about 200k fleet credit and what, 70k dilithium.

chrisbrown12009 wrote: »

I had been told and have come to understand that the proc doesnt really matter, only the mods on a weapon.

If you're running beams proc is less important. But if you're running cannons, especially with cannon rapid fire, you pretty reliability proc every CRF firing cycle.

chrisbrown12009 wrote: »

I only ask because i have a KDF toon i am biulding up with a Mogh full of Elite fleets.(4 DHC EFD.) But i also have an Elachi DBB and a Elite fleet DBB so if i decide to go that route i can.

If you only plan to PvE, go Fleet Advanced or some other disruptor version with whatever pops up first on the exchange.

marc8219

I use Acc x2 Dmg elite disruptor DHC and turrets for pvp on my bugship and CrtD x3 regular disruptors for PVE, and use a single elachi disruptor DBB when using a bird of prey.

icsairguns

I was using elachi until this season came out. with all the radiation bonuses I changed back to my old Borg disruptor's for Borg and the 8472 disruptor's for pve. still use elite disruptor's for pvp or anti proton.


seems they finally figured out the radiation proc . even my Borg anti proton cannons are working now.

tksmitty

My KDF main uses elite DHCs fore and nanite turrets aft.

Edit: I need to update my signature.

coldicephoenix

chrisbrown12009 wrote: »

People have been saying the Elite Fleet are the best. Why is that? What makes Elite fleet better than elachi? I see SOOOOOO many people using elachi and they swear by them. But if elite fleet are so good, then why are so many using elachi?

Is it because they are easier to get?

I had been told and have come to understand that the proc doesnt really matter, only the mods on a weapon.



I only ask because i have a KDF toon i am biulding up with a Mogh full of Elite fleets.(4 DHC EFD.) But i also have an Elachi DBB and a Elite fleet DBB so if i decide to go that route i can.

I have both sets on two toons. Fleets wins most of the time in pure output. Elachi is good too since they un-nerfed its proc timeout. Currenlty the 2nd toon uses Elachi cos he hasnt built enough fleet creds yet.
Btw you could keep both variations on the same ship since both are boosted by the Disruptor Induction Coil console.

jaguarskx

I would like my disruptors to be mint flavor. Both are green so they do not conflict with each other from an aesthetics point of view.

chrisbrown12009

jaguarskx wrote: »

I would like my disruptors to be mint flavor. Both are green so they do not conflict with each other from an aesthetics point of view.

MINT IS WRONG!!!!!

when you kill you opponent, you want them to know the sour taste of defeat! Thus the only TRUE flavor is that of a lime.

KILL YOUR ENEMIES WITH GLORIOUS HONOR AND THE POWER OF CITRUS!



Mitch Hedberg......LOL

omegaphallic

Well I use mostly Fleet Elite Disruptors, but I've got 3 parts of the new Undine Weapon/console set, the Hydrolic thingy, the multiconduit console, and the Advanced Biomolecular torpedeo, so all I need is the Heavy Biomolecular turret for the whole set.

This makes Biodisurptors more tempting, because they're proc rate for incubation raises from 2.5, and average proc rate, to 4.5 which is a pretty high proc rate thanks to set bonuses, plus the console boosts radiation damage, plus th bonus damage to Undine, which is mostly what I'm fighting now.

On the other hand, while at least the heavy turret is a certainity, all my other disurptors being, fleet elite dovetails with my fighters who benifits from the elites proc.

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notapwefan

You PetaQs, change your forum avatar to Klingon, or you will be forced to take a bath

coldicephoenix

notapwefan wrote: »

You PetaQs, change your forum avatar to Klingon, or you will be forced to take a bath

with soap!

notapwefan

coldicephoenix wrote: »

with soap!

+1
or worst...a dish washing soap

paxfederatica

jaguarskx wrote: »

I use plasma-disruptor hybrid DHC (fore) and beam array (aft) on my T5 Hegh'ta heavy BoP. Nothing exotic, but it gets the job done.

Looking for alternatives for my Mirror Qin though. Considering using DBB instead of DHC for wider firing arc and also looking to tryout different type of energy weapon, maybe give polaron a try instead of simply going for disruptors.

On most of my toons' (not just KDF) escort/raptor builds I have been switching from all DHCs up front to two single cannons and a DHC. This doesn't gimp your forward 45-degree DPS all that much, but it nearly doubles DPS between 45 and 180 degrees - a massive improvement. Unfortunately it appears you can't do this with lockbox flavors (lockboxes apparently don't have any single cannons, or at least they never have for me) and I'm not sure about any other flavors aside from the standard ones you can get in the Exchange.

As for disruptor flavors, Elachi DHCs and turrets are the best I've used by far. Elachi beams are still meh, but the DHCs will shred most enemy ships in seconds, usually without even needing to bother with torpedos.

jaguarskx

paxfederatica wrote: »

On most of my toons' (not just KDF) escort/raptor builds I have been switching from all DHCs up front to two single cannons and a DHC. This doesn't gimp your forward 45-degree DPS all that much, but it nearly doubles DPS between 45 and 180 degrees - a massive improvement. Unfortunately it appears you can't do this with lockbox flavors (lockboxes apparently don't have any single cannons, or at least they never have for me) and I'm not sure about any other flavors aside from the standard ones you can get in the Exchange.

As for disruptor flavors, Elachi DHCs and turrets are the best I've used by far. Elachi beams are still meh, but the DHCs will shred most enemy ships in seconds, usually without even needing to bother with torpedos.

Hmmm.... interesting... I might look into single cannons and DHC.

I have decided to focus on getting Romulan Plasma weapons, but the problem with that is the reward is random so it can take some time before I get all the right weapons. For now I might just go with Mk XI disruptors since they are pretty inexpensive on the exchange. I have the Qin for about a month now an I have not flown it yet.

mandoknight89

paxfederatica wrote: »

Unfortunately it appears you can't do this with lockbox flavors (lockboxes apparently don't have any single cannons, or at least they never have for me) and I'm not sure about any other flavors aside from the standard ones you can get in the Exchange.

Single Cannons should be available in all flavors, but you might not be finding any on the Exchange due to how their relative value is perceived (that, and it's one type of weapon out of six). Elachi and Destabilized Tetryon flavors also have their unique set heavy single cannons.

Reputation and Fleet versions, of course, can be purchased directly from their respective stores once they're unlocked.

breadandcircuses

I tend to rainboat my disruptor procs... I run a mix of Standard/Polarized/Nanite, plus an Elachi DBB for my disruptors; of course that's because those were the cheapest on the Exchange (with the mods I wanted) when I bought them. Honestly, Elachi DHC's have a pretty neat proc for you, but you should keep at least a couple that have the Damage Resist debuff proc so that you can help out the team as a whole; the Elite Fleet Disruptors are better still. I like the Elachi DBB for the rare occasion that a Beam Overload triggers the proc; it certainly doesn't happen all that often, but it's something when it does.