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Borg on the Back Seat, What Now?

aquitaine985aquitaine985 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited October 2012 in PvP Gameplay
With the Assimilated Console being released from the existing Borg space set, and being placed in a set with a plasma projectile & a whacky cutting beam, what will all those who enjoy they're three piece Borg set do now? Will Aegis, Jemmy, Reman, Breen etc enjoy some new found lovin'?
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  • UnknownUnknown
    edited October 2012
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  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    You can run a six piece Borg set now though! Well, two 3-Borg sets. Course, I did chuckle when I saw the Plasma Torp. Players are still debating how that kinetic beam will work through shields - will it take a hit like torps - will it be more like trans - ignore shields - what will it do, eh?

    The 3+1 folks do not appear to be grumbling over there as much as the 2+2 guys are...3+1's gotten a lot of hate when mixed in with all the rest.

    Something else to consider is what kind of synergy might come about from the Rom Rep secondary set? Does Reman become viable? Does Plasma in PvP get tweaked?

    But yeah - I'm curious as to how many people will drop the Maco shield for the 3-Borg, how many will go Maco or Omega or Honor.

    Are there going to be other sets as part of the Omega Rep Grind? How many Rom sets in the Rom Rep Grind?

    How many times will folks find themselves rerolling or considering buying more slots as S7 leads into S8 and into S9...?

    Fun times, eh? Fun times...
  • dassemstodassemsto Member Posts: 792 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    I bet the devs will focus all their efforts on giving us more hevay torps. Torps that are useless on any map where a GW, Tykens, TBR, PSW, CSV, FAW or pet exist! yay!
  • dalnar83dalnar83 Member Posts: 2,420 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Full MACO for me, or 2 omega + MACO shield.
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  • ghostyandfrostyghostyandfrosty Member Posts: 864
    edited October 2012
    My fed tacs, likely will go full Maco.

    My fed engineer might go 3 omega.

    KDF, tac 2 borg likely and a fleet shield.

    Note LOLCryptic, the reason I'm not even considering a 2 or 3 breen, is partly because of A: The breen shield is Horrible, and B: Combat Impulse engine. Combat Impulse engines suck and fail. Period.
  • orondisorondis Member Posts: 1,447 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    2-piece borg set plus Maco shield.

    In another words, no change.

    Might try 2-piece maco + engine, but no idea which engine to pick. I might finally actually equip an engine that isn't set related. Then again I might just equip the Aegis or Omega engine.
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  • shimmerlessshimmerless Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    2-piece Omega + MACO shield has always been legit.
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  • shookyangshookyang Member Posts: 1,122
    edited October 2012
    On my Fed, I have never used a Borg 2-set. It was a MACO shield and deflector and a Omega Impulse Engine for a long time. I have since swapped the Omega engine for the Advanced Fleet Hyper-Impulse Engine [turn]x3 [spd]. Better turn rate than the Omega but manages to keep the same impulse speed, and it gets a gimped version of the MACO warp field ability.

    On my Klingon, I use the Borg 2-set plus the KHG shield and deflector. I intend to switch to the Aegis engine when the changes are pushed out.
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  • toivatoiva Member Posts: 3,276 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    I guess I'll be forced to 2-piece Borg plus whatever shield from my current 2-piece Borg (engines or deflector with console) plus whatever else 2-piece (including shield).

    Sight.

    Unless there are some nice new sets coming, I really won't like that change.
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  • redrickyredricky Member Posts: 1,004 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    shimmerless wrote: »
    2-piece Omega + MACO shield has always been legit.
    Yes, but with the new changes is it.... *puts sunglasses on* too legit to quit?
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  • darkfader1988darkfader1988 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    aquitaine985 wrote: »
    With the Assimilated Console being released from the existing Borg space set, and being placed in a set with a plasma projectile & a whacky cutting beam, what will all those who enjoy they're three piece Borg set do now? Will Aegis, Jemmy, Reman, Breen etc enjoy some new found lovin'?

    Pretty sure about that.

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  • syboksybok Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    I can't know for sure without testing but I'll probably go 2 peice KHG Borg console and Omega engines.
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  • paxottomanpaxottoman Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    redricky wrote: »
    Yes, but with the new changes is it.... *puts sunglasses on* too legit to quit?

    You forgot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YMPAH67f4o at the end of your post.

    But, to be honest.. I've been playing around with all the sets lately. They're pretty good in what they do.

    It's just that tanking is so important in a 5 console tac pvp world, that maximum tank to avoid the instant pop has become the utmost important thing.

    At least this change will allow variation. But then again, history repeats itself in STO. The Maco-3pcBorg was a chapter, its time to turn the page and start testing builds again. To me, that's always fun to see new things and what they do even if they've been around for a while.

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  • marc8219marc8219 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Please continue using the borg set after it changes to need the shield to make 3 pc set, I would love to have my targets using that shield.

    Those heals wont matter if you don't survive long enough for them to kick in and heal you, and if you are constantly getting hull damage because its too easy to rip a shield facing away the borg hull heal can't make up for that.
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