Disruptors and embassy plasma /flow cap consoles advice

lordthrud

Hi all

On an alt engy toon in a sci oddy and have not started the rom rep yet
Norm non A2B faw build.

So need advice before i put in the resources and time to green up the ship.

I am running the sci oddy with nanite disruptor arrays XI (cheap skate alert) and using 4 of the embassy consoles (plas/flowcap )X to boost the weps.

It feels ok in estfs allready but can only go by gut feelings so far.

So from those with experience is the rom rep weapons a worth while investment.

Or could i continue the disruptor + emb plas/flow console route maxing them up.

Any advice would be welcome.

Cheers

thunderfoot

I like the Rom Rep weapons. Coupled with the Embassy consoles which add plasma, they work pretty well in PvE.
I cannot tell you how much of a difference they make, because I haven't parsed them. But to answer your initial question, yeah, the Rom Rep stuff is worth it. My Fleet Mogai will never be a featured article in "DPS Weekly" but I'm not trying to min/max anyways.

The Flamethrower is very very effective in Ground combat as well.

noblet

On plasma weapons, 3 embassy consoles = 1 tac console. On nonplasma weapons, it's far less, and not worth stacking.

ryakidrys

I hope you are using the plasmonic leech, prompting you to favor the flow capacitor consoles. If you do, then maxed out flow capacitor skill will be helpful.
As for romulan reputation weapons, yes, they are arguably the best weapons in the game.
It'll cost you dearly, though. The zero point energy conduit and the experimental beam array make a nice 2 piece set. You'll still fork over dilithium for each weapon you don't get while leveling up the reputation.
Don't forget the omega reputation stuff. The assimilated console and kinetic cutting beam make a nice 2 piece set.
After that, romulam tactical bridge officers from a fleet embassy that add romulan operative to boost crit chance are also something you should consider having on your shopping list.

As far as feeling ok, check out combaltogreader. If you can get it to install, use the "/combatlog 1" command in the chat window to enable logging combat. You can monitor stats in near real time, easy with a 2nd monitor, or after the STF. You can see what your DPS is/ was. Make a change to the setup of your ship, and when you run the same STF, you can see if it made enough of a difference.

You could also use the tools at STO academy's website to put in your ship build, bridge officer setup, skill tree, etc. and create a link to it that you can share with us on the forums so others can take a look at your build and provide advice on how to tweak it.

woodwhity

noblet wrote: »

On plasma weapons, 3 embassy consoles = 1 tac console. On nonplasma weapons, it's far less, and not worth stacking.

Depends on the console. If you stack flowcaps with plasmonic leech they are worth it even for non-plasmabuilds, especially since the plasmaproc with a number of consoels really gives you more damage (by stacking two on a cruiser I get 1.5-2k dps alone from proc, far out-dpsing normal plasmaproc). Though the merrits of having more power outweights that direct damage in my opinion.
Of course, its a matter of how high your critchance is, but since most builds can easily go over 15crth even on non-roms with SROs+Locators, it is a viable alternative.

ryakidrys

lordthrud wrote: »

I am running the sci oddy with nanite disruptor arrays XI (cheap skate alert) and using 4 of the embassy consoles (plas/flowcap )X to boost the weps.

Nothing wrong with the cheap route. Currently, a very cheap set to get, if you like beam arrays, DBB or dual cannons, is to run the final episode in the borg set called "fluid dynamics" to get the weapons there. It seems a bunch of other folks have run it too and the price of the beam array weapons is considerably cheap on the exchange if you want to buy them.

If you go the AP route, consider running sphere of influence a couple of times to get the obelisk warp sore and the omni directional beam array too.

You can get the solanae engine, deflector and shields by running A Step Between Stars a few times.

Looking to max out that flow cap ability as much as possible? The Jem Hadar deflector has a really high flow cap boost. You can obtain the deflector and/ or the engine by running Operation Gamma. They are only as high as Mk XI unless you spend lobi to upgrade them to Mk XII, but they aren't bad for free ones.

There are more free sets that aren't horrible, but there is a drop off in effectiveness from there. Like running boldly they rode several times for the Mk XI blue dominion polaron beams, but it takes so long to run it each time......
There is the Breen space set, but that's typically best for transphasic projectile setups. That's a good starter set for many an aspiring first torpedo boat setup.

rodentmaster

Suck it up and run Fluidic Space 5-6 times to get some AP gear if that's what you're looking for. Look at mission re-plays for some good weapons. The rewards on earlier missions may have been MkV when you played them the first time, but they scale with your rank. They can offer MkXI if you replay them at lvl 50. That means a lot of gear is available if you just play the right missions a few times.


EDIT: JH is space is the best "free" set in the game until you get to Solinae from "A Step Between the Stars."

Breen space is really weak and not suitable for high-level combat. It will get shredded pretty easily by just about any NPC in the game at lvl50.