Without anyone replying the typical moronic 'git gud'...I would like some help.
Recently playing an alt, and running episode content only. I got to lvl 44, and am totally stuck on Empress Sela mission. I have as high level gear as has been awarded to me, and I'm getting demolished in under 15 seconds, by a D'deridex. ONE.
I've never encountered anything like this before in the game, where the difficulty shot up this fast, from a single mission to the next.
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Can you be a little more specific please? Couple things I'd like to know that could help with the problem:
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"He shall be my finest warrior, this generic man who was forced upon me.
Like a badass I shall make him look, and in the furnace of war I shall forge him.
he shall be of iron will and steely sinew.
In great armour I shall clad him and with the mightiest weapons he shall be armed.
He will be untouched by plague or disease; no sickness shall blight him.
He shall have such tactics, strategies and machines that no foe will best him in battle.
He is my answer to cryptic logic, he is the Defender of my Romulan Crew.
He is Tovan Khev... and he shall know no fear."
The suggestion to share your build is a good one, it's hard to advise you when we don't know how your ship is set up. Generally speaking though, if you're a combat ship.. put all power to weapons, activate an Attack Pattern like Attack Pattern Beta, Emergency Power to Weapons if you can and then Beam: Fire At Will. Use Polarize Hull and Evasive Maneuvers to break tractor beams, keep moving and circle around him blasting him with Fire At Will.
It should take him down fairly quick. If you need help specific to your build then please share what you currently have and we'll see if we can tailor the advice toward what you have available. Good luck!
> There's also something else to ask. Which character background? Because that determines additional options. If Romulan, you can always redo the episode for the Caustic Plasma weapons, and replace your gear with a full load of those. At your level, they'll be decent to have. I would suggest instead of Beam Fire at Will, to go for Beam Overload if you use beams. If using cannons, go with Cannon Rapid Fire. If you see an angry torpedo coming your way, smack your Brace For Impact if you can't use Polarize Hull or Evasive Maneuvers.
"Empress Sela" is a Fed-only mission, it's part of the redesigned Romulan Mystery episode. (It's the one where Sela tries to blow up Vulcan.)
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Oh. That part, I did not know about, as I haven't played Federation really in...well, over 5 years. I can't stand playing blueside.
There's also another suggestion. See if someone is willing to craft you some new gear, assuming you aren't able to yourself, OP. Or spend some EC to invest in some of the gear reward packs for specialty weapons. Such as for ship weapons. Even some of the cross faction gear(such as Bio-Neural Warhead or Subspace Jumper) can be a huge help. You can find those on the exchange.
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Having one of your science slots with polarise hull to escape the tractor beam and subsequent death barrage is helpfull but so is tractor beam repulsers since they destroy the death barrage.
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Science BOFF skill Hazard Emitters is also very usefull there - it clears plasma fires (from the torps)...
A lot of good advice in this thread. Years back, I used to get completely wiped out in the predecessor to this mission (the forerunner of what became this mission). I even quit the game for months because of this mission.
What I discovered works really well is the hazard emitters. Use them all the time now when dealing with hostile Romulans. Completely life saver and completely changed my outcome in these kinds of missions. There is nothing less fun than lasting less than ten seconds in each battle because of horribly designed one on one mechanics.
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