I had a hilarious reverse of this situation last night, a Romulan warbird had me tractored, launched high yield plasma torpedoes at me... and then repulsored me away, giving me time to take out the torpedos. I couldn't believe it.
I believe Romulan Warbirds do not use Tractor Beam Repulsors, but Photonic Shockwave. It also comes with a push/repel effect, deals some kinetic damage and stuns you (which means you cannot activate any abilities for a short time).
I believe there are some Gorn (?) ships that drop mines and then use Tractor Beam Repulsors to ensure that you don't accidentally fly into the space hazard they created. Gorn are good people.Well, if the race I had in mind are Gorn, and not something else.
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I've been seeing it more frequently in STF's and PvP. I've had it used on me in PvP, and don't recall it doing any damage or hindering my strategy whatsoever.
Like the regular tractor beam, repulsors deals a negligible amount of kinetic damage. I suspect that some players start using it, and relying on it, during the Romulan missions, when it comes in handy for stopping the HY Plasma Torp volleys.
Then, through the power of inertia, they keep it and keep using it.
... the battleships in the Mirror Universe Invasion daily seem to use repulsors that can actually do significant kinetic damage under the right circumstances.
And as some have noted, do well against pets. (too bad Cryptic refuses to add a "pet status window" so we know how many we have spawned at any given moment!)
Like the regular tractor beam, repulsors deals a negligible amount of kinetic damage. I suspect that some players start using it, and relying on it, during the Romulan missions, when it comes in handy for stopping the HY Plasma Torp volleys.
Then, through the power of inertia, they keep it and keep using it.
On a side-note, I can't think of too many other Trek games where you actually shoot incoming projectiles like you can plasmas in STO.
Back in OB of STO, I had a helluva time dealing with Romulan ships til I figured that out!
I remember the old SFC games, you have a point-defense system that could shoot down incoming missiles... And in Elite Force 2, there was a miserable level where you were playing Duck-Hunt against incoming projectiles...
...but shooting projectiles with ship weapons might have been new to STO?
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dip squat dmg, and effect on players in pvp nonexistent. only use is Infected Space in case some noob blows gens early, but even then u can just use gravity well... it lasts longer.
For 'insurance purposes' TBR still has better usefulness on KASE than a gravity well. Ships without sufficient graviton generator output will notice they cannot stop probes with a gravwell as the NPCs there have inertial dampers or that gravwells were nerfed even more to the point of uselessness.
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For 'insurance purposes' TBR still has better usefulness on KASE than a gravity well. Ships without sufficient graviton generator output will notice they cannot stop probes with a gravwell as the NPCs there have inertial dampers or that gravwells were nerfed even more to the point of uselessness.
and consider also, that the borg console and deflector...aswell as the maco deflector give a boost of nearly 30 points to graviton generators...so basically tractor beams and repulsor receive an automatic buff with the "standard to use" set which is BORG/MACO
so, repulsor deals 500 dmg per tick or more (even the tier 1 version, which is also a Ltd. rank) and is buffed by certain set pieces.
One trick I enjoy using a lot is the GW+TBR combo. Move your ship till its 5.5km to 6km from your intended target and pop gravity well together with tractor beam repulsors. Now watch as the trapped ships get bounced between the gravity well and repulsors like a yo-yo. Of course, you'll need to be very precise or the repulsors either don't work or ships will be bounced out of the gravity well.
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I believe Romulan Warbirds do not use Tractor Beam Repulsors, but Photonic Shockwave. It also comes with a push/repel effect, deals some kinetic damage and stuns you (which means you cannot activate any abilities for a short time).
I believe there are some Gorn (?) ships that drop mines and then use Tractor Beam Repulsors to ensure that you don't accidentally fly into the space hazard they created. Gorn are good people.Well, if the race I had in mind are Gorn, and not something else.
Mustrum "But when that Gorn Guy in the first DS9 Featured Episode Mission said his Empire was stronger than ever, I wanted to tell him that his Empire was dead and broken and he was now just a mere servant of the Klingons, but for some reason, that dialog option didn't exist" Ridcully
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Like the regular tractor beam, repulsors deals a negligible amount of kinetic damage. I suspect that some players start using it, and relying on it, during the Romulan missions, when it comes in handy for stopping the HY Plasma Torp volleys.
Then, through the power of inertia, they keep it and keep using it.
... the battleships in the Mirror Universe Invasion daily seem to use repulsors that can actually do significant kinetic damage under the right circumstances.
And as some have noted, do well against pets. (too bad Cryptic refuses to add a "pet status window" so we know how many we have spawned at any given moment!)
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On a side-note, I can't think of too many other Trek games where you actually shoot incoming projectiles like you can plasmas in STO.
Back in OB of STO, I had a helluva time dealing with Romulan ships til I figured that out!
I remember the old SFC games, you have a point-defense system that could shoot down incoming missiles... And in Elite Force 2, there was a miserable level where you were playing Duck-Hunt against incoming projectiles...
...but shooting projectiles with ship weapons might have been new to STO?
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dip squat dmg, and effect on players in pvp nonexistent. only use is Infected Space in case some noob blows gens early, but even then u can just use gravity well... it lasts longer.
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and consider also, that the borg console and deflector...aswell as the maco deflector give a boost of nearly 30 points to graviton generators...so basically tractor beams and repulsor receive an automatic buff with the "standard to use" set which is BORG/MACO
so, repulsor deals 500 dmg per tick or more (even the tier 1 version, which is also a Ltd. rank) and is buffed by certain set pieces.
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