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madcat3108
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Hello,
i found that i can equip a Omni Directional Protostar Phaser Array, even when i already have another Omni Directional Array on the ship.
The Item descriptor says "only 1 at a time" but the protostar array seems to ignore that.
Tested with different omni-dir arrays on 2 different ships.
Regards
i found that i can equip a Omni Directional Protostar Phaser Array, even when i already have another Omni Directional Array on the ship.
The Item descriptor says "only 1 at a time" but the protostar array seems to ignore that.
Tested with different omni-dir arrays on 2 different ships.
Regards
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This doesn't include the Kinetic Cutting Beam, which can be equipped for a 'sort of' third one...
from what I've gathered the Kinetic Cutting Beam is kind in its own unique category due technically not really being a beam weapon but it's all really complicated and weird.
But yeah the "can equip only 1 at a time" is in regards to beams within the specific category, so "set omni-beams" for the Protostar one. However you can equip as many beams as you can from different categories, there only 2(or 3 if you count the KCB) categories though so in practice 2 (or 3 with the KCB) omni-beams in total.
That bit of advice has been thrown under the bus, as the past two event ones are in a set and can go along with a mission reward set or a lobi set one. They'll block you from slotting along with a crafted, Lockbox drop one, or the other event omni).
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yep. you can equip the Protostar beam and a crafted beam, but you cant equip the protostar beam with, sat, the trilithium beam
Failing that, it would be nice if all omnis would tell you which of ( type A ) or ( type B ) they fit into so you don't spend EC, lock boxes, lobi, rep marks, or episode time getting an array that fits into the same type as an array you already have equipped.
I once won the lucky roll to get a lock box omni beam from a weapon pack only to find I couldn't equip it
From dev streams from when Bortacus still on the STO team, they seem to think in terms of what it blocks, not what it is tagged as. Borticus seemed to not know about the user approximation of the limits as 'set and non-set' until a Dev Stream not that long before the the Lobi set with the Plasma omni came out, where Kael had to explain why users in chat were asking for a 'set Plasma Omni'. He had an 'ah-ha' look on his face like he was looking for something that'd fit with... then the still only Plasma Omni a crafted one go along side was released as a Lobi item in a set.
I've been hearing the opposite, as well as having seen Youtube videos, where it lets you use the Trililium omni.
Yeah, better communication of what blocks what would be nice. (Flaming, trolling comments moderated out. - BMR)
So it has been placed in the same group as crafted, but the only way to figure that out is to try using it.
Without tooltips, someone would need to put together a wiki page listing which group every omni belongs to, and players would need to know about that page before thinking of getting the omni.
Orrrr...devs could just remove the restrictions? Please?
I ran into the same issue. And according to the event page at https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/playstation/star-trek-online/news/detail/11543293-looming-threats-event!, it states "This weapon shares an equip limit with other crafted and weapon pack Omni-Directional Beams." So I'm not sure if it's intentional, but it definitely throws a wrench into the idea of set vs. non-set.
EDIT: Honestly, the restriction on what types should be removed and a new restriction of any two should be put into place. Would get rid of this whole problem and open up new doors for setups.
I agree, they just need to set a limit of two Omni's of any type and be done with it.