I have no idea if this is mentioned before or not, and this is my first time in the forum so I'll make it brief.
With the system having all these ship equipment upgrade features, the Dyson Science Destroyer feels a little stuck. I'm referring to the immovable proton cannon on it: it cannot be upgraded, and as the system goes anything upgraded is removed which would break the ship's main feature, but it's just a purple weapon.
I would like the ship's built-in proton heavy cannons should simply start out as epic, with all the bonuses epic upgraded weapons come with. It would save a lot of hassle and be more. Or perhaps with its own unique epic upgrades.
If not an option, at least please make it upgrade able. I would like to be able to enjoy improved damage for that ship.
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It wasn't a marketing failure so to speak, more like the players just didn't know what to do with it. It has great potential as both a science ship AND as a tactical ship. Most of what people didn't like about it that caused it to fall to the wayside was it's looks. The looks was so despised that the devs offered a reskin of them. Personally, I love the White, blue, purple, and black combo. And to me, the design is unlike any of the other ships.
Edit: I am betting if the Proton DHCs were to be upgradeable, then we would probably see more of the Dyson ships flying around.
The Proton weapons were another failure, which didn't make it to the DPS public. It's basically worse than any common flavor of energy weapons, let alone the DHC is as terrible as it gets. So many flips for one ship = FAIL.
Did you just realize that? It took me a couple of months back in 2013.
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My forum single-issue of rage: Make the Proton Experimental Weapon go for subsystem targetting!
EDIT: If they ever do a T6 version of the ship, my suggestion for improving the proton weapon would be letting us remove it and use the 4th slot for something that's actually good.
I am a big fan of the DSD's looks, but I feel we lost out on the gimmick's visibility. There's not even a secondary deflector being covered!
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My forum single-issue of rage: Make the Proton Experimental Weapon go for subsystem targetting!
I agree about the Proton DHC being what it is. I don't have the Kumari, but I doubt you can put any other weapons in the Wing cannon slots. If not, then isn't there more complaining about them? If so, then WHY? The wing cannons were made specifically for that reason. I hate double standards.
The proton damage gimmick sucked. The only awesome thing I still use off that ship is the special 2nd deflector from the event unlock which makes my tachyon beam pack a mean punch.
Ok, I agree that the built-in cannon could probably be made to be upgraded, but I think its function is more of a complementary one, not an option to just turn your science ship into a full tactical ship whenever you feel like it. It would make the DSD way too powerful this way.
I prefer to think the tac mode is made to be enabled at the right time during the battle, in order to give you the chance to burst your enemies and finish them off quickly.
The DSD is a sick ship, indeed. The option for the tac station to turn into a commander one gives you an amazing spike in DPS and buffing. You don't need your built-in cannon to be upgraded.
Also, you can run this ship with many varieties of weapons. It can be a beam boat, it can be a cannon boat, it can do massive exotic damage... And it's upgradable for free.
What else could you want from a T5U event (free) ship?
The DSDs are the only ships in the game that have unremoveable equipment.
Actually, thats not completly true...
There is that Tempest Patrol Escort Refit (T5) with its fused Aft-Firing Tail Gun
Yup, i have them both, or at least make it gold, like the tempest... and while you are at that, make the Herald Transphasic Torpedoes upgradeable!!
+1 Please make that DHC upgradeable. It's soldered-in, though, as it were, so I don't see how we could upgrade it.
This is up there with this request. Still prolly wouldnt use it though.
Agreed.
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That's exactly my suggestion with the Phaser Spinal Lance on the Galaxy-X.
Whatever the dominant weapon equipped on your ship is the type of lance you get.
And the Dual Heavy on the Dyson should be whatever your weapons are.
+ Make it so!
But as for the looks of the DSDs, I ADORE the white, blue, black and purple colors, as well as the looks of the Romulan variant. It's not as bulky and full of empty space as the D'Deridex, but keeps the traditional Romulan warbird look. As for the KDF variant, it has a unique look but keeps the KDF appeal, and the FED version is just plain unique overall. That one of the many reason why I love them.
Edit: As for the proton DHC, it was meant to supplement the other weapons with Proton damage, and not be a pure DPS weapon. If you built the ship with Protonic Polorans, then the tac consoles that should be used should be the Dyson rep tac consoles, since they also boost Proton damage. I run my DSDs with almost entirely of Dyson rep weapons and consoles and I can hold my own in just about every battle. It not the ship, consoles, or weapons that is the problem, it's the captain not properly making use of the syncing of everything.