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Dream team away team

hrci2907hrci2907 Member Posts: 648 Media Corps
edited November 2012 in Builds, Powers, and Game Mechanics
So for my upcoming libereted borg character i decieded to fork out some ec and equip her with the best away team money can buy! So can anyone suggest what weapons, armor, kit and shields ahould i equip these boffs with?

Of course maco, omega and honour guard items are out of the question because they just take to long to grind.

1. Photonic Tactical Officer

2. Libereted Borg Engineer Officer

3. Caitian Tactical Officer

4. Aenar Science Officer
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    maelwy5maelwy5 Member Posts: 593 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    hrci2907 wrote: »
    So for my upcoming libereted borg character i decieded to fork out some ec and equip her with the best away team money can buy! So can anyone suggest what weapons, armor, kit and shields ahould i equip these boffs with?

    Of course maco, omega and honour guard items are out of the question because they just take to long to grind.

    1. Photonic Tactical Officer

    2. Libereted Borg Engineer Officer

    3. Caitian Tactical Officer

    4. Aenar Science Officer

    Really depends on your BOFF traits. The "best" setup is to use a set of Space BOFFs with the 'Efficient' trait to increase your ship power levels, then run a seperate set of four BOFFs for Ground missions.

    The "Best" ground BOFF setup depends heavilly on what role your captain is going to take. For Example: if you're a Tac specialising in Grenades, then you'll want more shield stripping BOFF powers, so your ideal team will have more Science Officers in it. If you yourself are a Sci officer, then you'd be better served by stripping shields yourself and therefore you'll want more Tacs and Engineers to stack up damage from Photon Grenades or Quantum Mortars.

    Generally though I've found that Tactical Officers are "optional", but having at least one Sci with a few healing abilities is a must. Engineers with higher-tier Fabrication abilities and a Pulsewave weapon are generally the best option for DPS, and they can take a Shield Recharge Power to keep you topped up in combat. The only notable exception I've found is the Photonic Tactical BOFF from the Ferengi Lobi Crystal store - that thing is a complete beast.

    Personally, I usually run with one Melee Tac officer, Two Engineers and a Sci.

    Weapons should always be Pulsewaves or Bat'leths. Armors either [Physical Augmentation Armor] or [Energy Harness Armor]. Shields are up to you, but I really like the [Personal Mobility Shield]. Oh, and always give them a Tribble and a Remodulator (apart from Melees, since Bat'leths don't need remodulating).
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    attizzattizz Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    hrci2907 wrote: »
    So for my upcoming libereted borg character i decieded to fork out some ec and equip her with the best away team money can buy! So can anyone suggest what weapons, armor, kit and shields ahould i equip these boffs with?

    Of course maco, omega and honour guard items are out of the question because they just take to long to grind.

    1. Photonic Tactical Officer

    2. Libereted Borg Engineer Officer

    3. Caitian Tactical Officer

    4. Aenar Science Officer

    The setup looks good. I play the same with a melee tac and a buff, debuff tac. The only thing is that I would kick the Liberated Borg Eng. One of her traits is Efficient and is a space-skill. If you take her with you you would "waste" one ground-skill, which could be usefull. I recommend a Andorian for example, because they can be beasts in ground-combat.
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    lyanaarlyanaar Member Posts: 148 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    my actual away team at the moment:

    2x Maco Photonic Tactic Officers

    1x Photonic Science Officer

    1x 700 day Veteran Android

    They usually can handle everything without me interupting them :D
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    wast33wast33 Member Posts: 1,855 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    lyanaar wrote: »
    my actual away team at the moment:

    2x Maco Photonic Tactic Officers

    1x Photonic Science Officer

    1x 700 day Veteran Android

    They usually can handle everything without me interupting them :D

    really nice. where did you get those maco photonics from?
    my staff actually,with full mkxi sets, is:
    1 breen tac / omega
    1 jem'hadar tac / omega
    1 gorn science / maco
    1 borg eng. / maco
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    grouchyotakugrouchyotaku Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    The MACO Photonic Tactical is originally from the Lobi Store/Ferengi Lock Box, but can be found on the Exchange under the 'Reward' tab...

    for my Away Team, I'm currently running...

    Borg Science BO (Khitomar Reward)
    Jem'Hadar Tactical BO (Facility 4028 Reward)
    Starfleet Photonic Science BO (Referral/Winter Lock Box Reward)
    MACO Photonic Tactical BO (Lobi Store/Exchange)

    My Bridge Crew are all Purple Efficient Saurians...
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    thisslerthissler Member Posts: 2,055 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Thanks to everyone that posted I'm sure there must be some good stuff in there.

    But lets get to the really good stuff.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOqkfyLOLug&feature=plcp

    Its okay to say 'oh I have this set' or "yah I run all phazarons purps" but its another thing entirely to show people entirely what you are all about.

    I hope the video show's anyone interested in making a quality away team how to do so and also how to employ them in actual combat situations.

    Glad I could help!
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    xgorillapxxgorillapx Member Posts: 234 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    I think the only obvious one missing is the Breen Tactical.

    The Jem'Hadar is pretty handy with a melee weapon and melee skills as well. I have him outfitted with a personal mobility shield, mk XII Physical Augmentation Utility Armor, Nanopulse Edge Lirpa, and a stack of Ketrocel White.
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    hrci2907hrci2907 Member Posts: 648 Media Corps
    edited July 2012
    well i didnt take breen tactical when they were awards of the breen series.
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    attizzattizz Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    You can still buy it on exchange.
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    palpha2clearancepalpha2clearance Member Posts: 432 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    1. Andriod Engineering Officer
    2. Photonic Science Officer
    3. Borg Science Officer
    4. Liberated Borg Engineer

    I will sometimes rotate in my betazoid doctor who has all heals med tricorded 1,2,3 and vascular regenerator 3
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    hrci2907hrci2907 Member Posts: 648 Media Corps
    edited July 2012
    attizz wrote: »
    You can still buy it on exchange.



    just bought breen tactical boff from the exc. thx
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    darkjeffdarkjeff Member Posts: 2,590 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    I'm happy with my bat'leth-wielding Klingon and my Trill engineer. The Trill has psychic resistance and expose chance, but mainly because I love seeing leggy Trill ladies with those patterns, rawr.

    I also have two Betazoids, a doctor and an engineer, for the aggro-reduction and expose chance traits.

    The saurian and liberated borg I keep on the ship for Efficient.
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    eurrsk47eurrsk47 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    hehe give them all MACO or OMEGA sets MKXII. :)
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    xgorillapxxgorillapx Member Posts: 234 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Breen Tac
    Jem'Hadar tac (mele)
    Borg Engineer
    Android Engineer
    Photonic Science
    Borg Science
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    markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,231 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    I'd love to try out a team of 4 engineers each with phaser turrets, shield generators, and medical generators.

    Hehe... so what if they never stop making turrets? With THAT many turrets by Boffs don't need to fight!
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    roadghostroadghost Member Posts: 394 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Wow, I guess I've been going about this all wrong. I've been picking BOFFS based on how good they look in TOS Mirror Universe uniforms.
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    gypsybladegypsyblade Member Posts: 730 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Don't overlook Rigelian or Ferengi boffs... the purple ones make excellent tactical choices.. The Rigelian for example can heal itself with its Spirit Walk power..

    Betazoids make great engineers and science officers considering they have -threat
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    supergaminggeeksupergaminggeek Member Posts: 616 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Dream team
    1. Human Veteran Tactical Officer
    2. Photonic Tactical Officer
    3. Photonic Science Officer
    4. Android Engineering Officer
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    pwstolemynamepwstolemyname Member Posts: 1,417 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    From the point of view of ground combat the best away team any one can have is a team of science with sniper rifles. All given the following abilities:

    Nanite health monitor 1
    Vascular regenerator 2
    Medical tricorder 2
    Hypospray ? Dylovene 1

    Just try and get your team wiped out with 4 medics following you around. Its unlikely to happen. The choice of sniper rifles is to encourage the AI to avoid situations where it will be flanked.
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    mazurkr1mazurkr1 Member Posts: 30 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    for new romulus missions, what ONE boff do we think is most valuable to bring?

    for a tac, i'm considering either aenar sci or my gorn melee.

    eng, probably another eng. turrets and drones ftw!

    sci, probably a tac melee.

    thoughts?
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