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Any one tried a Radiation Build?

lowy1lowy1 Member Posts: 964 Arc User
in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Title says it. Also anyone know if radiation consoles and set bonuses buff the hargh peng (sp)?
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  • bossheisenbergbossheisenberg Member Posts: 603 Arc User
    I've tried to put together some kind of radiation build. It might be possible if some of the doffs and consoles actually worked with newer abilities. There are a couple of console sets that boost radiation damage - the multi-energy conduit or whatever and the delta console set. The bonuses DO boost kemocite damage and probably the new radiation beams which I have not tried.

    The things that DON'T work but should are the gravimetric doff, Saro Shonin, that is supposed to give you like 100% radiation damage boost on use of charged particle burst. This DOES NOT work with overwhelming force starship trait, which would be awesome. I think it does work with ONLY charged particle burst boff ability but does not boost other radiation damage abilities.

    The other thing I tried is the shield refrequencer console from Dyson reputation. It gives a good radiation damage boost on use of charged particle burst, but again does not work with overwhelming force. That console might actually be worth using if it did. Would love to hear your thoughts on this.....
  • samt1996samt1996 Member Posts: 2,856 Arc User
    Use a particle generator science build, this uses several exotic damage types including radiation. By itself it's not really enough to build a ship around yet, and likely won't ever be because it would be too powerful.

    Still it's very useful against targets with a lot of resists.
  • lowy1lowy1 Member Posts: 964 Arc User
    I am planning on trying it with a torpedo build. I thought the new photon torpedo paired with the EBM photon might work fairly well or may switch those t2 to keep the 3 piece gravimetric going.
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  • kjwashingtonkjwashington Member Posts: 2,529 Arc User
    Would radiation be all that effective? With the speed that you can kill things these days, wouldn't you kill the enemy before the radiation does much? Or do I just not understand?
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  • samt1996samt1996 Member Posts: 2,856 Arc User
    Depends on the enemy. Radiation can be instant damage or a DOT depending on what abilities your using. Keep in mind armor doesn't protect against it so it can be extremely lethal.

    One need look no further than Kemocite Laced Weaponry to see how potent radiation can be.
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