General Guardian PvE Build

wikkedjr

Hi guys,
It's been a busy week and I haven't had a lot of time to log into STO, but I'm hoping to take care of that this weekend to check out the new update. I have all three Fed Captain paths ready to go, but I'm not sure who I want to choose as my main focus at this point. For that reason I was thinking about picking up the Guardian, as it looks like a pretty decent all around ship. Does anybody have a decent, cheap, setup that could work as a starting point for any captain type and be further modified down the road?

rattler2

The current economy damage type is Tetryon. Might be able to get some decent mk XI blues at least off the exchange for a good price, and damage consoles should also be easier to get than some other types. There's also the chance of netting the refracting tetryon out of the Nukara rep. Might be a bit slower to get the weapons you want, but its an option. Same goes for the other reps and the damage types they drop if you're not interested in a tetryon build.

cbrjwrr

http://skillplanner.stoacademy.com/?build=example2_0 - AP Example build, all equipment is either cheap on exchange (anything common) or a mission reward. (the rest)

Adapt it for a Guardian, ignore it being an Excelsior - Boff layout is like an ACR with Uni Lt. set to sci, and upped to Lt. Cm. so add a Grav Well, consoles are 4 eng, 3 sci, 3 tac.


Tetryons are cheap for a reason - they are the worst weapon type in STO, as the proc is only useful against shielded targets. Most of the time your opponent in STFs wont have them, and the rest of the time they will wind up shieldless at some point anyway.