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valkarie14valkarie14 Member Posts: 762 Arc User
Can you equip morecthan one quad cannon on the defiant?
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  • tigerariestigeraries Member Posts: 3,492 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    valkarie14 wrote: »
    Can you equip morecthan one quad cannon on the defiant?

    no.

    unique weapon.

    also fed phaser... and feds can not acquire kdf disruptors or rom plasma quads.


    lol

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    I guess the complains over the new bug ship is getting to much :)
  • hyperionx09hyperionx09 Member Posts: 1,709 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    No, and unfortunately, they still haven't made Quad Cannons available in Lockboxes yet either (would have loved some Vaadwaur Quad Cannons, or Elachi Crescent Quad Cannons, even if they're still restricted to only 1 Quad Cannon per ship).

    They really should make Quad Cannons and Quad Heavy Cannons a level 15 craft option instead of the useless Arc cannons.

    And Quad Beam Banks as another level 15 R&D crafting option for Beams.

    Unrelated, didn't forum post wait time used to be 180 to 320 seconds due to some massive complaint that came out during the Pathfinder's release?
  • mhall85mhall85 Member Posts: 2,852 Arc User1
    edited March 2015
    No, and unfortunately, they still haven't made Quad Cannons available in Lockboxes yet either (would have loved some Vaadwaur Quad Cannons, or Elachi Crescent Quad Cannons, even if they're still restricted to only 1 Quad Cannon per ship).

    They really should make Quad Cannons and Quad Heavy Cannons a level 15 craft option instead of the useless Arc cannons.

    I would LOVE the option to break down a Lockbox weapon, then craft it into a quad cannon version of that weapon. Vaadwaur Polaron and Nanite Disruptor FTW. :D

    Also... quad heavy cannons? I'm not sure such a thing exists. I mean, I thought the logic behind quad cannons was the punch of DHCs with the speed of DCs? What would quad heavy cannons look like?
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  • hyperionx09hyperionx09 Member Posts: 1,709 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    mhall85 wrote: »
    Also... quad heavy cannons? I'm not sure such a thing exists. I mean, I thought the logic behind quad cannons was the punch of DHCs with the speed of DCs? What would quad heavy cannons look like?
    4 blazing Heavy Cannons worth of concentrated "F- You" to the unlucky target, with the HC +10% Crit Severity.

    Side effect is an even bigger weapons drain when firing, but at ship "Melee" range (3km or less) would quickly render most targets holey.

    Or something. Mainly just an option to combine 2 DHCs into 1QHC if you did want to slot that torpedo. Or squeeze in one extra DHC for an artificial 5 DHC volley (on 4 Fore weapon ships) or an artifical 6 DHC volley (on 5 Fore weapon ships).

    Since the Quad Cannons basically give the DHC punch via a [Dmg] mod, if they're made craftable and in alternative Mod sets (such as the much loved [CrtD]x2 or better), they'll need something else to distinguish them. Maybe give standard cannons, dual cannons, and quad cannons an innate +10 to 20% or so to Accuracy, while Heavy Cannons, Dual HCs, and Quad HCs just retain the +10% Crit Severity.

    Though that bit between Cannons and Heavy Cannons is more an issue of a lack of a defining feature between the two (mainly at the Dual level; since there's few single Heavy Cannons).
  • mhall85mhall85 Member Posts: 2,852 Arc User1
    edited March 2015
    4 blazing Heavy Cannons worth of concentrated "F- You" to the unlucky target, with the HC +10% Crit Severity.

    Please let this be the tooltip. :D

    If they made it, I'd get it... I'm on a big cannon buzz right now. ;)
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  • rezkingrezking Member Posts: 1,109 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    mhall85 wrote: »
    I would LOVE the option to break down a Lockbox weapon, then craft it into a quad cannon version of that weapon. Vaadwaur Polaron and Nanite Disruptor FTW. :D

    Also... quad heavy cannons? I'm not sure such a thing exists. I mean, I thought the logic behind quad cannons was the punch of DHCs with the speed of DCs? What would quad heavy cannons look like?

    I believe there's a thread here, in it someone explains that the Quad Cannon is more like a Dual Cannon than a Heavy and are a little faux pas as part of an all cannon build because of a power drain issue that gimps it...IIRC.
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  • lianthelialianthelia Member Posts: 7,921 Arc User
    edited March 2015

    Though that bit between Cannons and Heavy Cannons is more an issue of a lack of a defining feature between the two (mainly at the Dual level; since there's few single Heavy Cannons).

    There is a defining feature...DC's are inferior and DHC's are superior.

    Flat out plain and simple that...not only do DC's have a larger power drain DHC's have the same proc rate and the Crit damage bonus.

    DHC's should have a lower proc rate and lose the crit damage bonus...may make DC's somewhat useful and maybe easy up a tiny slight bit on SS3 Cannon boats.
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