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jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
Hello fellow STO players...

I want to mix things up a bit for ground combat so I decided to look on the exchange for different ground weapons to purchase for my various toons and Boffs in all three factions. I have purchased weapons like the following:

1. Voth Antiproton Wide Beam Pistol / Split Beam Rifle / Full Auto Rifle
2. Corrosive Plasma Full Auto Rifle
3. Vaaddwaur Polaron Compression Bolt Pistol
4. Nanite Disruptor Pulsewave Assault Rifle
5. Polarized Disruptor Split Beam Rifle

But still have many Boffs that are using "common weapons" like vanilla disruptor, phaser, and plasma weapons. So I am just wonder what other players are using. I prefer not to use "heavy weapons" like mini-guns or blast assault rifles.
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  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,708 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    jaguarskx wrote: »
    Hello fellow STO players...

    I want to mix things up a bit for ground combat so I decided to look on the exchange for different ground weapons to purchase for my various toons and Boffs in all three factions. I have purchased weapons like the following:

    1. Voth Antiproton Wide Beam Pistol / Split Beam Rifle / Full Auto Rifle
    2. Corrosive Plasma Full Auto Rifle
    3. Vaaddwaur Polaron Compression Bolt Pistol
    4. Nanite Disruptor Pulsewave Assault Rifle
    5. Polarized Disruptor Split Beam Rifle

    But still have many Boffs that are using "common weapons" like vanilla disruptor, phaser, and plasma weapons. So I am just wonder what other players are using. I prefer not to use "heavy weapons" like mini-guns or blast assault rifles.

    Currently my favourite is Relativity_Self_Targeting_Rifle which i have upgraded.

    Federation_Type_3_Phaser_Rifle

    Elachi_Crescent_Cannon_Pistol

    and the Xindi weapons.

    Depending on the map i also use the CRM_200 and Synchronic_Proton_Distortion_Prototype_Rifle.

    Your dislike for automatic weapons closes the door on some interesting choices like the Omega_Force_Antiproton_Autocarbine and [Plasma Piercing Beam Rifle / [Plasma Wide Beam Rifle .

    While the purple versions are no longer purchasable through the C-store, lower level version can be bought at certain vendors and easily upgraded.
    http://sto.gamepedia.com/Dilithium_Store/Away_Team_Weapons/Plasma/Rifle

    Best advice though is to purchase and test different weapons to see what fits your preferred combat style.

    Edit: Personally i like the looks of the bajoran weapons, but i don't want to pay 2250 zen for the ds9 bundle.
    Big time weapon collector ingame, but that price is too steep.
    This program, though reasonably normal at times, seems to have a strong affinity to classes belonging to the Cat 2.0 program. Questerius 2.7 will break down on occasion, resulting in garbage and nonsense messages whenever it occurs. Usually a hard reboot or pulling the plug solves the problem when that happens.
  • sqwishedsqwished Member Posts: 1,475 Bug Hunter
    edited February 2015
    My current mix, and these get swapped around depending on what mission I'm running are

    TR-116B
    Fleet Antiproton split beam rifle
    Fleet Antiproton Pulsewave
    Zefram Cochrane Shotgun
    Undine wrist lance

    I've got a fleet mate that partial to the Kobali pulsewave pistol thingy
    Oh, it's not broken? We can soon fix that!

  • warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    The Delta rep compression rifles with the Orbital Strike secondary is my current favorite. Even if it usually hits nothing because someone else kills the target before it charges, it still looks awesome. If they were cheaper I'd give 'em to all my boffs just so I could watch the fireworks.
  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,708 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    sqwished wrote: »
    My current mix, and these get swapped around depending on what mission I'm running are

    TR-116B
    Fleet Antiproton split beam rifle
    Fleet Antiproton Pulsewave
    Zefram Cochrane Shotgun
    Undine wrist lance

    I've got a fleet mate that partial to the Kobali pulsewave pistol thingy

    Have those in my inventory, but strangely enough i rarely use them if my opponent is not Borg or Elachi.
    This program, though reasonably normal at times, seems to have a strong affinity to classes belonging to the Cat 2.0 program. Questerius 2.7 will break down on occasion, resulting in garbage and nonsense messages whenever it occurs. Usually a hard reboot or pulling the plug solves the problem when that happens.
  • jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    questerius wrote: »
    Your dislike for automatic weapons closes the door on some interesting choices like the Omega_Force_Antiproton_Autocarbine and [Plasma Piercing Beam Rifle / [Plasma Wide Beam Rifle .

    No, I didn't say I disliked automatic weapons. I said I didn't want "heavy weapons". Carbines are small, light weapons (at least in real life they are). Mini-guns and blast assault rifles are pretty heavy guns in comparison. Unfortunately, the "Omega Force Carbine" is not available to all my toons since some were created after DR was released and I have not geared up my ships for Advanced STFs yet. I kinda got a little disillusioned with what Cryptic has done to STFs.

    I have the Fed type 3 Phase Rifle on some of my toons already and I intend on upgrading them to Mk XIV. The CRM 200 is nice, but it is limited to one per toon.

    For the moment I do not have much Lobi Crystals since I do not open lockboxes very often and I prefer to reserve them for starships. And since I am not in a Fleet, fleet weapons are not an option. Therefore, at the moment I am only looking to purchase weapons from the Exchange.


    I tried using the Zefram Cochrane Shotgun, but I didn't like very much and I got rid of it on all my toons so that I does not take up an inventory slot. I suppose it is a devastating weapon at pointblank, but I don't shoot my enemies at pointblank range. It seems even when you are only a short distance away from your enemies that shotgun only shoots birdshot. Now if there was an option to load that weapon with shotgun slugs... well that would be a different story...
  • lessley00lessley00 Member Posts: 1,200 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Are you in a fleet? Because if you are you can aquire advanced fleet ground weapons at T3 starbase, and elite fleet phaser ground weapons (they're quite good in fact) at T4 starbase. The only thing is you have to be at a certain fleet rank to buy these items, so start contributing to your fleet!
    Captain Joseph Riker, U.S.S. Odyssey==General V'Mar, U.S.S. Blackwater-A==Admiral Laura Holmes, U.S.S. Forward Unto Dawn
    Grand Master Thotok, son of Koloth, I.K.S. Sompek==Dahar Master Shanara, I.K.S. Balth'Quv

    Admiral R'Tath V'Tirex, R.R.W. Dhael Glohha'enh==Commander Ta'eth Korval, R.R.W Hachae ch'Rhian==Admiral Vranuk, R.R.W Delevhas
  • jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    lessley00 wrote: »
    Are you in a fleet? Because if you are you can aquire advanced fleet ground weapons at T3 starbase, and elite fleet phaser ground weapons (they're quite good in fact) at T4 starbase. The only thing is you have to be at a certain fleet rank to buy these items, so start contributing to your fleet!

    Nope, not in a fleet and have no interest in joining one at this point in time. I am only interested in ground weapons that can be purchased from the Exchange.
  • cecil08cecil08 Member Posts: 163 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    I use a Bio-Molecular Phaser Pulsewave Assault which I think I got out of one of the Undine rep boxes.

    I have upgraded it to Mk XI so far and plan to upgrade it further. Even at Mk XI though, it SHREDS most anything I encounter on the ground.

    That said, my character is speced for ground so that definitely helps :)

    I keep the Shotgun handy for close encounters (with Borg) :) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i33DX9Wjd7E)
  • welcome2earfwelcome2earf Member Posts: 1,748 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Why even mess with many of the fleet weps? The ONLY fleet weapon I would consider woudl be the AP CritX ones. [DMG]x3 = [LOL]x1000.

    You'd be better served grabbing one of the many CritDx3 weps on the exchange that are inexpensive.

    Also, pop for a Tr-116b. Muy importante.
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