About Fleet Embassy Plasma-Infused Consoles

sirmayday

The above-referenced console appears pretty important to bumping up DPS, and while I'm not chasing after some elusive DPS crown, I'm honestly falling behind the curve in terms of meaningfully contributing in Advanced queues (when I used to curb-stomp Elites pre-DR). So, in prepping to refit my ship, I have to ask: Is the 'plasma-based exotic damage' affected by the Particle Generators skill? I think so from the description, but the inclusion of 'plasma-based' (and plasma not being a form of exotic damage) leaves me wondering. What's the verdict?

darkknightucf

No. The plasma explosions are NOT boosted by PGens. Regardless, since they are bugged with FaW (they crit ONLY while under FaW), you're best bet is to use all beams and FaW like crazy with them.

westmetals

These consoles USED to boost all plasma damage, including plasma weapons, in the same style as tactical console boosts. They also added the plasma burn capability to non-plasma weapons. While I do not personally know, I would not be surprised if, at that time, they were used to chase DPS. However, they were changed a few months ago to their current form, which does not directly affect plasma-based weapons, nor add plasma burn to other weapons.

(The current "plasma-based exotic damage' replaced 'plasma damage' and the explosion replaced the plasma burn.)

I'm not sure of the answer to your question (what does or does not enhance the consoles' current powers), but they are certainly less useful from a DPS standpoint than they once were.

seaofsorrows

They're good consoles in beam builds that use FAW. Outside of that, they hold little use.

You'll hear people tell you that they're 'all powerful,' they're not. Don't expect to slap one or two of them on and suddenly be one shotting everything, they aren't that powerful, but for beam builds they do gives a nice little boost in DPS.

I'm hoping these consoles are soon fixed so that they can crit on Cannon skills as well. I have to assume that only being able to critical hit on FAW is not how it's intended. If you're running a beam build though, they're the most useful thing you can put in the science slots.

sirmayday

Thank you, all. Together, you've given me a good overview of the realities of these consoles, and saved me a pretty chunk of dilithium; I mostly fly escorts and opt for cannon builds, so it sounds like the current iteration of these consoles wouldn't much help me.