tactical weapon loadout question

lyran2

Greetings all,

Returning free to play player here. I only recently got to lvl 50 with a new federation tactical captain, and I'm considering chaging my starship weapon loadout. I've played from the begining using only phasers (beams and cannons) and photon torps on whatever free ship I had at the time of level up.

I'm thinking of changing my loadout and I've got a few questions:

For example, would it be ok to load a combination of phasers and "some other energy weapon type" (ex: phasers and tetryons) or should I stick to one kind only? If so, of the other beam types, which would be good for a tactical captian.

The same goes with the torps, I know that there are many others besides photon. I've gotten use to the quick recharge time on photons but I'll give that up in exchange for something that has more of a balance of damage to recharge time.

Thanks.

dahminus

Stick to one energy type. Beams are the top dps. If you must use a torp, use the rom hyper or gravimetric photon

Cheers

lordagamemnonb5

Since when have beams ever been considered top dps over dual heavy cannons?

But yea, stick to one energy type unless the weapon stat states there is no negative effect from using it with other types (like Romulan experimental beam array).

Torps wise, the Omega torpedo launcher is still a popular choice but nothing wrong with using photon torps. What matters is if it fits into your play style and what you are comfortable using.

dahminus

lordagamemnonb5 wrote: »

Since when have beams ever been considered top dps over dual heavy cannons?

But yea, stick to one energy type unless the weapon stat states there is no negative effect from using it with other types (like Romulan experimental beam array).

Gonna go with the immature but completely true "since ever"

Where ya been?

fraghul2000

For example, would it be ok to load a combination of phasers and "some other energy weapon type" (ex: phasers and tetryons) or should I stick to one kind only?

One kind only. The reason behind it is, that you're probably going to be using your tactical console slots to increase damage by using consoles that only boost a single energy type. Consoles that boost a certain weapon type (increase cannon-damage for example) are inferior to consoles of the same quality that boost one enery type.

Also try to set your ship up in a way that you can have all of your weapons on target at the same time, meaning either a ship that has all/most of it's weapons facing forward or all/most of it's weapons facing sideways (broadside)

Third thing to consider is that you should aim for a setup where most/all of your weapons profit from you bridge officer abilities. If you're running 4 cannons and 3 turrets for example, all 7 weapons would profit from cannon bridge officer abilities. If you were mount 2 cannons, 3 beams, 2 turrets and only have cannon-improving bridge officer abilities, only 4 weapons would profit from them, while the other 3 would only auto-fire.

lyran2

Great tips one and all, thanks.

I'll see about specializing in an energy type and figure out which weapon loadout (beams vs cannons/turretts) is better for my play style.

Thanks again