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Question in Regards to Enterprises Phasers T1

bcstarbcstar Member Posts: 335 Arc User
I cant recall the post but someone mentioned them, are those worth hanging on to or once your level'd bank them and move on?? Aside from the cool sound they make and the bright blue beams, I don't think they can be upgraded so I am curious as to what to do with them once i level a character to max that has them? But correct me if I am wrong they are just for leveling and not much else??
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  • gaevsmangaevsman Member Posts: 3,190 Arc User
    They can be upgraded, once you get to 50 or 45 i think, thou they are not that great, also if you are in a fleet, you can have access to elite retrofit phasers, on the k13 holding, they are the same weapons, but better.
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  • phoenixc#0738 phoenixc Member Posts: 6,085 Arc User
    I don't know about the ones on the Enterprise, but the starter TOS phasers were worth hanging onto if you want to keep to TOS weapons, and in the past, by the time you needed more around level 30 the Spectres arc would be there to fill out the new weapons slots. Nowadays Spectres is not there so you are stuck if you are not in a fleet with an advanced enough K-13 to buy them there (assuming you have enough dilithium and fleet credits to do so).

    There may be blue beams on the exchange too, but when they are available there they ware usually insanely expensive. Of course, there are sometimes red beams too and those were the second most common color in TOS. I am not sure the exchange ones have the right sound though.
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  • evilmark444evilmark444 Member Posts: 7,058 Arc User
    If you aren't concerned with maximizing performance any weapon can be successfully used in any content, I personally just use whatever best fits my vision for a particular character.
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  • bcstarbcstar Member Posts: 335 Arc User
    westmetals wrote: »
    The beams that come on the T1 Enterprise, you mean?

    They are infinity mark and if you load them into upgrade screen at level 50+ will autoconvert to Mk 12 for free. (While in infinity mode they will float their stats relative to your level, maxing out at the equivalent of Mk 11, so this is itself an upgrade.) Further upgradable as normal once that is done.

    They're not great but they are free (if you bought the ship for Zen and can thus infinitely claim it) and can be used as filler until you get something better.

    If you DID buy this (or any other) ship for zen, remember that you can remove its equipment, dismiss it, and reclaim it in order to generate multiple copies of said equipment. It's not usually useful to do this as the equipment is generally either trash or "may equip only one"... these beams are however an exception to that "usually".

    Wow! haha I Though the beams could only be claimed once! haha oops! But thanks for letting me know, that helps a ton! and yes I was referring to the T1 Enterprise. The fact they scale to T12 is kind of amazing too, yeah they might not be the best beams, but hey work with what you have right? and Upgrading them might be interesting. Seeing as endgame for me is just running patrols and doing some random TFO's and events. Thanks again!
    If you aren't concerned with maximizing performance any weapon can be successfully used in any content, I personally just use whatever best fits my vision for a particular character.

    This is what I was wondering as well! Thanks for confirming that for me! its appreciated!
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  • smokebaileysmokebailey Member Posts: 4,668 Arc User
    They work fine for me. Got the T1 connie, first thing in game I ever bought, and use them often, even now.
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  • spiritbornspiritborn Member Posts: 4,435 Arc User
    Oh and just to make one thing clear, the tier of the ship and mark of equipment are different, the mark of the equipment is only dependent of your character level and you can equip mark XV gear on a tier 1 ship, but the ship tiers go only to 6, there's no tier 12 only mark 12 (or mark XII as it is in the UI).
  • bcstarbcstar Member Posts: 335 Arc User
    westmetals wrote: »
    bcstar wrote: »
    westmetals wrote: »
    The beams that come on the T1 Enterprise, you mean?

    They are infinity mark and if you load them into upgrade screen at level 50+ will autoconvert to Mk 12 for free. (While in infinity mode they will float their stats relative to your level, maxing out at the equivalent of Mk 11, so this is itself an upgrade.) Further upgradable as normal once that is done.

    They're not great but they are free (if you bought the ship for Zen and can thus infinitely claim it) and can be used as filler until you get something better.

    If you DID buy this (or any other) ship for zen, remember that you can remove its equipment, dismiss it, and reclaim it in order to generate multiple copies of said equipment. It's not usually useful to do this as the equipment is generally either trash or "may equip only one"... these beams are however an exception to that "usually".

    Wow! haha I Though the beams could only be claimed once! haha oops! But thanks for letting me know, that helps a ton! and yes I was referring to the T1 Enterprise. The fact they scale to T12 is kind of amazing too, yeah they might not be the best beams, but hey work with what you have right? and Upgrading them might be interesting. Seeing as endgame for me is just running patrols and doing some random TFO's and events. Thanks again!
    If you aren't concerned with maximizing performance any weapon can be successfully used in any content, I personally just use whatever best fits my vision for a particular character.

    This is what I was wondering as well! Thanks for confirming that for me! its appreciated!

    To clarify on the scaling:
    - they will autoscale to an appropriate mark-equivalent for your level, until level 50... at which point they are roughly equal to mk 11 (not 12).
    - once you are at level 50+, attempting to load them in the upgrade screen (no actual upgrading required) will autoconvert them to mk 12.
    - once autoconverted they are further upgradable, reengineerable, etc. as any other weapon.

    They do come as blue quality, so on paper look weaker, but I believe they are actually identical to the usual looted / crafted (TNG-style orange) phaser arrays.... except for the art and sound effects.

    And yes these beams have no claiming or equippage limit. If you bought the T1 Enterprise for zen (and thus have it unlocked for multiple claims) you can indeed get an unlimited supply of these weapons (by claiming the ship, removing one or both of the two it comes with, dismissing the ship, and reclaiming the ship, etcetera, repeating as needed).

    ok thanks for the clarification its appreciated!
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