Creating wide arc dual cannons

mkm1911

I could really use some help.

I play on xbox, which may make a difference.

I am trying to make wide arc dual cannons (not heavy). My cannon school is level 15, I have a very rare energy weapons officer DOFF.

On the arc website, in the intro to r&d for consoles, it listed the possibility of creating wide arc dual HEAVT cannons. But even selecting dual heavy, it's still listed at 45 degrees.

On another Web page, it stated cannon school level 15 and an "r&d cannon" DOFF is needed, but there's no such DOFF on xbox.

Any advice?

wendysue53

Lists most of the Doffs you're talking about: http://sto.gamepedia.com/Research_and_Development
If you're level 15 in cannons, then you should try to get at least a purple research doff of some type (listed on that page), as that will have the largest boost to your project you use them on. Also look into finding some Catalysts on the exchange or elsewhere, as they'll help. otherwise, to do level 15 projects you should aim at being a much higher R&D level for that section than what you're trying to work on. This will boost your initial %chance.

here's another that might be of interest to you: http://sto.gamepedia.com/Dual_Cannons

and I'm pretty sure that most, if not all cannons are only 45degree firing arcs. You have to actually be facing the target with cannons or dual beams. would have to check on the Quad Cannons though, as I'm not sure about them.

wendysue53

there is also this (long url):

http://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline/#/discussion/1174238/everything-you-need-to-know-about-r-d-crafting-and-upgrading?sso=eyJ1bmlxdWVpZCI6IjEwOTgxMzk4NyIsIm5hbWUiOiJ3ZW5keXN1ZTUzIiwiZW1haWwiOiJ3ZW5keXN1ZTUzQGFvbC5jb20iLCJwaG90b3VybCI6Imh0dHA6XC9cL2ltYWdlcy1jZG4ucGVyZmVjdHdvcmxkLmNvbVwvYXJjXC84NlwvMGRcLzg2MGQ1M2EzZDhkYzY3ZjQwMWQ4MjgwOThiNzczMmU3MTQ3Mjg3OTY3MC5qcGciLCJyb2xlcyI6Ik1lbWJlciIsImNsaWVudF9pZCI6IjE0NDM5Njg5ODEifQ%3D%3D+8f40bed4ac4130a0633033fd4863bc65a5b84868+1483303571+hmacsha1

bergins

The DOff you need is likely either a Energy Weapons Officer or a Technician, but not just any one will do. The DOff has to have the right R&D Specialization. You can find a partial list of available DOffs here:
http://sto.gamepedia.com/Research_and_Development

Also, the project won't be listed under the rest of the DHC's, it should be one of the special projects that unlocks when you hit 15 in Cannons School.

wendysue53

he's right. I forgot to state you need to pay attention to the type of doff you need. Thanks, @bergins.

mkm1911

Thanks for all the advice. I didn't realize that although 2 doffs can both be energy weapon specialists, there is also a specialization, that's where I saw r&d cannons.

Also, I found the wide arc. For so long my list of craftable items had been the same, once I hit 15, a new item appeared at the top of the list, "wide arc dual heavy cannon". That list hadn't changed in so long, I never thought to scroll through it.

I was hoping for wide arc dual cannons, not heavy, but oh well.

Thanks again everyone for the information.

nikeix

Wide arc heavy cannons would just be "cannons" wouldn't they? Instead of "using up" that slot the [Arc] tag goes in, you put a [dmg] there and pretty much boom, zero sum game.