So the mission was great from the standpoint that you had to do a lot of problem solving and not so much turn and burn with your phasers! But I am a bit displeased with the Retrofit Forward Phaser Bank. It is the same item that comes with the TOS Constitution preord/Cstore item.
The Retrofit Phaser does not stack at a comparable phaser array at level. A Mk X does 200 dmg while Mk XI deals 213, but at VA level the retrofit only deals 202 dmg. This is noted as a blue item but only has one bonus to it although it does grant the blue beam. I don't see why I would replace my purples with this item even for the blue beam.
I think that what should have been offered was an item that gave +[Dmg] [Acc] offering the blue effect but the systems should have been
Dual Beam Bank or Dual Cannons that while leveling up with you equals the difference between the odd and even Mark level to what you are. Thus RALH would deal 195 dmg(Mk IX 190 Mk X 200.) Thus making the item chosen very much usable and maintainable as you level yet completely a choice if you want to give up a few points of damage and a third bonus just so you can keep the blue phaser color.
yeah, I definately would have liked the phasers better if they had at least been able to be plugged on the rear of the ship as well. good episode, I hope the final rewards are cool. I'd love to see us get the retro weapons skins or a bridge officer from the kirk era........this could be how they explain away janice rand's sudden dissappearance from the show!
This is the forward phaser from the TOS Connie that you got for preordering at Gamestop. It is available from the C-Store as well. I took these from my connie, decommissioned it and got another set. Combined with the reward from the episode, gives me 3 fore and 2 aft blue phasers. I have them on my Excelsior for that retro look.
I like the reward. It probably has diminishing rewards for higher levels, but you have to look at it from other player's perspectives. It is fun to have if you are a role player, it can be useful for lower level players who get to keep a scaling ship weapon now, and I don't have or intend to get a TOS connie from the c-store.
They have stated that they want to give players who don't want to spend money on the c-store ways of getting items free in the game and a beam bank is good for a compromise. It doesn't cancel out the ship purchase from the store because it is only part of the whole set. It is like the freebie sample. Players who want more can get the whole TOS connie, but I am satisfied with just the weapon.
It is not as powerful as the best weapons for each rank, and that is good because otherwise everyone would just ditch anything else and get these retrofits. The DPS isn't that lower though so you can cope in battles if you just want blue TOS effects and aren't a DPS chaser.
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They have stated that they want to give players who don't want to spend money on the c-store ways of getting items free in the game and a beam bank is good for a compromise. It doesn't cancel out the ship purchase from the store because it is only part of the whole set. It is like the freebie sample. Players who want more can get the whole TOS connie, but I am satisfied with just the weapon.
It is not as powerful as the best weapons for each rank, and that is good because otherwise everyone would just ditch anything else and get these retrofits. The DPS isn't that lower though so you can cope in battles if you just want blue TOS effects and aren't a DPS chaser.