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Can anyone tell mee whats the best expose weapon on the ground and what weapon brings down shields the best in space.
Getting tired of being shot out of the sky by the klings like if i have no shields up!
Any thoughts let me know!:)

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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Not sure about ground combat. Suposedly melee is tops for exposes. Tetryons are good for taking down shields, as are Tachyon Harmonics; tetrys have a chance of just up and destroying the shield.

    In space, it depends. Tetryons have a modest chance of severely draining shields, science ship 'subsystem targeting' has a mediocre chance of disabling the shield system for a few seconds. Tactical skill 'Beam: Target Shields' is actually pretty good at taking down shields if not outright disabling them. Phasers have a very small chance to disable any subsystem, including shields (but you don't get to choose what.) Finally, some people have gotten good to great results from the Tachyon Beam pumped by a fully-powered auxiliary system at close range with a well-skilled captain and some extra emergency power shunted to the aux system.

    Sorry, this probably doesn't help much. The game is young, people are still experimenting. I imagine in a year or so there will be some distinct 'flavor of the month' builds out there with what you equipment you need.
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