That's up to you, the two piece crit and accuracy bonus is nice. Also the console offers increased hull and shield capacity as well as turn rate. More power to engines and shields is always good since that lets you distribute other power to weapons or aux if needed. Finally the beam array is a 360 beam array which can be used with a crafted beam array giving you a total of two 360 arrays on the back. I didn't touch the torpedo since I'm using the nausican one.
You can do without anything you don't wish to get. There is nothing in this game that you absolutely have to have in order to succeed. If you don't like the bonuses from that set or if it doesn't fit in your build, then by all means.. skip it.
If you're using Disruptor, the only thing you really 'should' have is the Terran Task Force Disruptor/DHC. It's probably the most powerful weapon in the entire game and it's a reputation reward, no money involved. Pretty much no reason not to get it, but even that is purely your option.
it's tough without fleet gear. I have the best success with an escort with a set that enhances the weapon type. Phaser is good on Defiant, because there are 3 console boosts you can do along with yout phaser relays. against Borg i fine a TS3 of Quants does nicely when timed right
A lot of information so far. Thanks all. Made it to the spire this evening, and I'm starting to look at some of the consoles (and trying to figure out how to afford them). Using a tact captain, and my ship is a T6 tactical command vessel that I'm starting to build up with disruptor equipment.
So...what star ship traits do you have? How much EC do you have to spend to get traits? Refined dil/zen? That ship has REALLY limited tact and sci seating with only a LT uni to make up for it. Do you have access to the T6 breen raider? That traits is actually really good for engineer focused ship that doesn't have access to other cooldown reducers and uses the old A2B method.
Great advice.
If you're running a Presidio, an Aux2Bat Disruptor build using the 'Cold Hearted' trait from the Breen Raider would be able to pop Borg Cubes no problem. You can stack up other free traits too, Best Defense from the House Pegh mission, Improved Critical Systems from the Temporal Agent rewards, etc. You can build a pretty good setup without having to break the bank.
Sadly, the trait that ship comes with (All Hands On Deck) will be rendered mostly moot in an Aux2Bat build since your Technicians will be providing your cooldown. You could still slot it though for the recharge bonus on Captain abilities. Not a bad choice if you don't have something better.
So, I incorporated a couple of the suggestions, and my dps is improving massively. Still have a lot to do yet, but it's definitely starting to look a lot better. Thanks all. I'll keep watching this thread in case any more advice comes through.
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So, I incorporated a couple of the suggestions, and my dps is improving massively. Still have a lot to do yet, but it's definitely starting to look a lot better. Thanks all. I'll keep watching this thread in case any more advice comes through.
Delighted to hear it! As you may guess, you're not the first to ask such questions, but it's very nice to hear that our suggestions were of some assistance.
I'll use various energy builds for taking down the Borg. I've got a Vaadwaur polaron beam array build, a proton build, tetryon, withering disruptor, corrosive plasma, coalition disruptor, and currently working on a sensor-linked phaser/quantum phased hybrid build as well.
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You can do without anything you don't wish to get. There is nothing in this game that you absolutely have to have in order to succeed. If you don't like the bonuses from that set or if it doesn't fit in your build, then by all means.. skip it.
If you're using Disruptor, the only thing you really 'should' have is the Terran Task Force Disruptor/DHC. It's probably the most powerful weapon in the entire game and it's a reputation reward, no money involved. Pretty much no reason not to get it, but even that is purely your option.
Great advice.
If you're running a Presidio, an Aux2Bat Disruptor build using the 'Cold Hearted' trait from the Breen Raider would be able to pop Borg Cubes no problem. You can stack up other free traits too, Best Defense from the House Pegh mission, Improved Critical Systems from the Temporal Agent rewards, etc. You can build a pretty good setup without having to break the bank.
Sadly, the trait that ship comes with (All Hands On Deck) will be rendered mostly moot in an Aux2Bat build since your Technicians will be providing your cooldown. You could still slot it though for the recharge bonus on Captain abilities. Not a bad choice if you don't have something better.
Fleet Admiral Ventaxa Proxmire, U.S.S. Shaka Walls Fell
Blog: http://www.sarbonn.com/?page_id=1990
Foundry series: Bob From Accounting & For the Sake of the Empire
Delighted to hear it! As you may guess, you're not the first to ask such questions, but it's very nice to hear that our suggestions were of some assistance.
Not everyone believes this would be a winning strategy, the WEAK SHALL PERISH!
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