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Hey everyone, wanna know a super easy way to boost your DPS?
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It's quite simple.
For a while now, people have been using the +Plasma consoles from the Fleet Embassy, the ones that give all of your energy weapons a Plasma DOT.
But there's more!
Using +Beam damage consoles, including the ones from the Fleet Spire, will boost your Plasma Burn damage!
People have started to refer to this as "Plasma Doping", and quite a few of the DPS channel uses this tactic.
The +Plasma Burn damage apparently offsets the damage loss from using +Energy Specific consoles quite easily.
For a while now, people have been using the +Plasma consoles from the Fleet Embassy, the ones that give all of your energy weapons a Plasma DOT.
But there's more!
Using +Beam damage consoles, including the ones from the Fleet Spire, will boost your Plasma Burn damage!
People have started to refer to this as "Plasma Doping", and quite a few of the DPS channel uses this tactic.
The +Plasma Burn damage apparently offsets the damage loss from using +Energy Specific consoles quite easily.
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... alas, it was not to be ... -- thanks for trying to help though !
Its been here since they added the embassy. I doubt anything is going to change because it's been mentioned on the forums recently.
And as much as it might satisfy a persecution complex the devs probably aren't trauling the forums to find inspiration for the next great nerf. If anything they can just use the in-game statistics, we're here if they need a circus.
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Devs on their own official forums? How 90s.
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Because doing 15k+ dps with a single console is being skilled
Well that's my take on cryptic's dil paid dps.
I'll just flee to a system that doesn't have extradition laws
I don't know where you're getting that they change your build to a miracle killer. Even when I used them, the plasma proc was miniscule.
Or, to paraphrase Obisek from the Mirror Invasion event:
"Firing Cryptic plasma nerf in 3...2...1..."
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It's a reference to Blood Doping that has been used in competitive sporting events.
Kill It With Nerf Balls!!!
Balls, balls, balls
kill it with nerf exploit
what the other team is winning, quick fire the nerf cannon
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Sure does!
Just remember to stack your Sci Consoles with the Plasma Damage Fleet Embassy consoles.
Then stack your Tac Consoles with +Beam Damage Vulnerability Locators.
You'll have Plasma Burn damage (and it even matches the color of the weapon, so if you're using standard Phasers, you'll have Orange burns) at a decently high number.
Sounds good to me as it allows more variety than the current charge for AP beams.
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Depends on what your build is. Plasma doping is not assured on all builds. There are few builds that are dependent on plasma doping to do dps, Sci ships(highly dependent) and the likes of Galaxy R(slightly dependent).
Well it is. Even if placed you with the gears of the top dps players you will be lucky to even get 75k DPS. Why do you think there is a huge discrepancy between the Top Scimitar DPS player and all other Scimitar players even though almost identical builds? 160k dps down.
There is a matter of positioning and getting a gdf which is a skill acquired through constant repetition of missions/grinding which whinning players in the forums dont like.
There is also a matter of organization and group coordination which is a skill itself.
Timing of a lot of powers makes a huge difference. Look at the latest priority one podcast and the damage improvements in second and later runs. Same build but with practice and skill timing changes damage went way up.
I remember one post where someone mentioned learning to use the romulan rep active power to survive attacking the spheres and cube after the right side in is a instead of using it to get from left to right past the gate making a huge jump in his numbers because he spent less time dead and more time hitting the big pack.
Gear helps, but gear is additive, skill is a multiplyer. And that's why each gear change benifits the top players more than the masses. Their skill let's them use it more effectively.