What is the most effective beam weapon against shields? What is the most effective beam weapon against hulls? I know I have spent too much to find out and hope you can help me by giving me your experienced knowledge. If I knew what I know now ... and all that... So what do you know about that?
Each weapon, assuming the same Mk, does the exact same damage in the game. Each Beam weapon has a specific secondary effect that is unrelated to damage. Phasers, for example, have a 2.5% chance of shutting down 1 sub-system for a short time while Tetryons have a 2.5% chance of subtracting 80 from Shield Recover for a short time. Disruptors have a 2.5% chance of debuffing Hull for a short time.
Starbase 39 sells MK III and Mk V Quantums and other ship items. DS9 sells Mk V, Mk VII, and Mk IX Quantums and other ship items. Even Mk items need to be gotten as drops or via Exploration Merits, which can be spent above the Shipyard in Sol to purchase Mk II, Mk IV, Mk VI, Mk VIII, and Mk X ship items - all green.
"Even Mk items need to be gotten as drops or via Exploration Merits, which can be spent above the Shipyard in Sol to purchase Mk II, Mk IV, Mk VI, Mk VIII, and Mk X ship items - all green"
swear i checked all of those- and its luitencnt commander not commander - my mistake
thanks for the reply and info -
been playing the hell out of this game and still have gaps
the best i can find at commander that yu can buy is mark 3
then i looked for exploration or badeges of honor or whatever the variations are and still sould not see anyone selling mark IV photon torpedo tubes
and i am trying to keep my fed a phaser photon armed guy
but i must admit in pvp at luitenetnt i had extra points or whatever and put a torpedo tube in the aft and surprised klinks that are on my tail
so really an aft plasma ball might be best- but i wll use plasma tubes to go with the green disruptor beams for my klink
mostly pvp but -no cannons - terrible graphic comapred to a beam-
If you have another higher level character (or a friend) you can purchase a ship at the vendor 1 higher tier than your character. The ship comes with phaser beams and photons on it which you can trade. Sometimes buying a whole ship for 1 weapon is cheaper than using the greedy-exchange for that 1 weapon.
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THere is a very small chance of doing extra damage against shields with Tetryon, and against hull with Plasma.
best torpedo - plasma
unless your a fed
then the best beam is a phaser
and the best torpedo photon
and where can you get a mark IV topredo tube?
quantum
fed
disruptor
quantum
the best i can find at commander that yu can buy is mark 3
then i looked for exploration or badeges of honor or whatever the variations are and still sould not see anyone selling mark IV photon torpedo tubes
and i am trying to keep my fed a phaser photon armed guy
but i must admit in pvp at luitenetnt i had extra points or whatever and put a torpedo tube in the aft and surprised klinks that are on my tail
so really an aft plasma ball might be best- but i wll use plasma tubes to go with the green disruptor beams for my klink
mostly pvp but -no cannons - terrible graphic comapred to a beam-
swear i checked all of those- and its luitencnt commander not commander - my mistake
thanks for the reply and info -
been playing the hell out of this game and still have gaps
If you have another higher level character (or a friend) you can purchase a ship at the vendor 1 higher tier than your character. The ship comes with phaser beams and photons on it which you can trade. Sometimes buying a whole ship for 1 weapon is cheaper than using the greedy-exchange for that 1 weapon.