thing is, other than being a funny colour, they are no better than any of the other stuff you have invested points in.
so question is are they going to be made better or are we going to get the other types of weapons in the epic variety too?
im a starfleet captain, i want epic phasers dammit!
I was curious about this, thanks for posting. I've been trying to avoid spending skills in specific technologies for just this reason. I have spent points in generic things like Beam Energy Weapons and Torpedo Weapons as I think they will still give bonuses to the tricobalt and anti-photon skills once I gain access to them.
I'm a Tactical officer in a cruiser, and I made the mistake of spending points in cruiser skils. I should have invested them in escort skills because they affect the strength of my tactical officer skills, most noticeably Attack Pattern Alpha.
Without venturing into the whole Cap/No Cap discussion, you really won't have many points to put into the top-level weapons skills anyways. Until the current cap is raised or lifted that is.
If I get the daily purples I'll do LESS damage with them (like 1/6th less) though I'll have 4% more crit.
So basically the best geared players right now will have invested in Anti-Proton and Tricobalt AND have those weapons for crazy damage.
Without venturing into the whole Cap/No Cap discussion, you really won't have many points to put into the top-level weapons skills anyways. Until the current cap is raised or lifted that is.
You can put 17 into Admiral skills.
Meaning I can get all of one weapon and almost all of another (sadly probably ignoring other important skills like the ship specific ones).
If I get the daily purples I'll do LESS damage with them (like 1/6th less) though I'll have 4% more crit.
So basically the best geared players right now will have invested in Anti-Proton and Tricobalt AND have those weapons for crazy damage.
It's not as much as you think.
Your skills from beam/cannon set you at 48 skill. 2 consoles can up you another 60 to 108. This is about a 51-52% bonus damage increase.
With max skills, the highest you can get with 2 consoles is 61.5% bonus damage at 160 total weapon skill. Without any skills you only lose out on a maximum 10% damage. While it sucks to not have, it's not gamebreaking. The additional crit and severity makes up for it.
If I get the daily purples I'll do LESS damage with them (like 1/6th less) though I'll have 4% more crit.
So basically the best geared players right now will have invested in Anti-Proton and Tricobalt AND have those weapons for crazy damage.
They can't max out either skill. A properly equipped mk X phaser/quantum ship with maxed out skills in both will do more damage.
Meaning it's useless that I invested skills in anything else.
Yay!
Ever actually used a tricobalt weapon Parallax?
A 30 second cooldown makes it a pretty terrible weapon to field, despite it's damage potential. I'll stick with photons and disruptors for higher sustained DPS.
Theres really no reason to ever stop using them at any level because all energy weps do the same dps and photons always do higher sustained dps than any other torp type, or quantums if you like lower dps but higher burst.
Meaning it's useless that I invested skills in anything else.
Yay!
Says who? Have you seen purple disruptor? phaser? treyton? no?`So how do you know they are useless?
So far I've seen purple Antiproton and Tricobal, OF COURSE they are better. They are purple at least. Let's see how purple Distributor fares, shall we?
Says who? Have you seen purple disruptor? phaser? treyton? no?`So how do you know they are useless?
So far I've seen purple Antiproton and Tricobal, OF COURSE they are better. They are purple at least. Let's see how purple Distributor fares, shall we?
I have Purple Phasers. Same basic stats at mk X as the tricobalt ones.
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so question is are they going to be made better or are we going to get the other types of weapons in the epic variety too?
im a starfleet captain, i want epic phasers dammit!
Don't worry... Respecs are only 1-2 months away!!! YAY alls around!!!
CZ: Definitely respec is on the way. We're working on getting that in, making sure that gets out in the next month or two.
I'm a Tactical officer in a cruiser, and I made the mistake of spending points in cruiser skils. I should have invested them in escort skills because they affect the strength of my tactical officer skills, most noticeably Attack Pattern Alpha.
I am really hoping that we'll get respecs soon.
While all well and good, you still have to consider that too advance in a tier you still have to spend x points in lower skills.
OFC you have a better understanding of the skills, you will still need to spend some points in skills that you might not want too!
I know, but I wouldn't lay money on the fact that the guy running the show over at Cryptic does.
If I get the daily purples I'll do LESS damage with them (like 1/6th less) though I'll have 4% more crit.
So basically the best geared players right now will have invested in Anti-Proton and Tricobalt AND have those weapons for crazy damage.
You can put 17 into Admiral skills.
Meaning I can get all of one weapon and almost all of another (sadly probably ignoring other important skills like the ship specific ones).
Yeah, the skill cap screwed everything.
It's not as much as you think.
Your skills from beam/cannon set you at 48 skill. 2 consoles can up you another 60 to 108. This is about a 51-52% bonus damage increase.
With max skills, the highest you can get with 2 consoles is 61.5% bonus damage at 160 total weapon skill. Without any skills you only lose out on a maximum 10% damage. While it sucks to not have, it's not gamebreaking. The additional crit and severity makes up for it.
They can't max out either skill. A properly equipped mk X phaser/quantum ship with maxed out skills in both will do more damage.
Pumpkin Chunkers FTW!
EnB reference...
Ever actually used a tricobalt weapon Parallax?
A 30 second cooldown makes it a pretty terrible weapon to field, despite it's damage potential. I'll stick with photons and disruptors for higher sustained DPS.
Theres really no reason to ever stop using them at any level because all energy weps do the same dps and photons always do higher sustained dps than any other torp type, or quantums if you like lower dps but higher burst.
So far I've seen purple Antiproton and Tricobal, OF COURSE they are better. They are purple at least. Let's see how purple Distributor fares, shall we?
I have Purple Phasers. Same basic stats at mk X as the tricobalt ones.