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cptpapio
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I just bought the Guramba to replace my Mirror Qin and even though the Guramba has 1800 more hull and 0.9 shields compared with the Qins 0.833 my survivability has dropped off the charts,
My build hasn't changed so I've got to assume something is wrong with the ship and I just wasted 2000 zen.
do shield drop when you transform ? or siege mode half your hull strength ?
My build hasn't changed so I've got to assume something is wrong with the ship and I just wasted 2000 zen.
do shield drop when you transform ? or siege mode half your hull strength ?
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From looking at the stats available on the wiki (which don't always tell the whole story), there doesn't seem to be anything that would explain this problem. I haven't flown the Mirror Qin, though, so I don't know how it handles compared to the Guramba. I just know I don't have too much trouble tanking in my Guramba/Engineer combo, even when fighting cubes and gateways. I get killed eventually, but that's what I expect from a tactical-oriented destroyer/escort.
the raptor feels a bit more manevurable, but otherwise the same
Please give us an idea where you were testing, under what difficulty, did you change any boff abilities/equipment
Did change modes often (there is like a second or two where you cant use a bunch of abilities mid-transform)
etc
The regular cloak of mirror Qin is actually far more useful to me in any situation than siege mode which gives me no benefit in PVE, and in PVP would make me too sluggish. Thus I never used siege mode and now I use my mirror Qin again instead. I hate admitting I made a 2500 zen mistake, So, it's pretty much the same ship it seems.
Depends how you use it.
Plasmodic Leech+Siege mode (Don't fire the Javelin)= Whayheyehey power drain on the enemy ship.
I did try out Dual cannons for a higher strike rate and better power drain, but in the end I switched back to DHC's. Polaron could work with this ship, but I use Disruptor becuase of the console buffs to the javelin.
Now the odd thing is I don't use defence on it. It always seemed that as a seige ship it'd get into the breach and just muder everything about it (I do have an eng captain). So I don't worry about the traditional defence of an escort which is speed. I have minimum going to engines (Oh look siege mode even more negatives.. meh, like I care) and just trundle towards the enemy shooting.
Thinking about it Polaron beams banks+ turrets might make the most of its load out. But that sounds just too silly... might have to try it tonight.
There are Polarized Disruptors now, get a fair bit of both worlds. They're buffed by Disruptor Tac consoles, so your Javelin is boosted at the same time. The downside to them is that there are only two bracket modifiers as the Polarized part adds one to the rarity.
Oooo shiny. Thanks.
I am not happy with it. It is an escort, but in siege mode you sacrifice alot with the slow movement and turning. On an escort you put guns, but given their small arc of fire, you need turnability. So no siege mode. It seems the special gimmick of the ship doesn't fit in with the normal role the ship has; it is a hybrid and hybrids ... they are seldom good at both ends.
The javelin needs time to charge up, so I fly in using all my guns, by the time the javelin has enough charge, I have bypassed the target. Perhaps my wrong doing in combat handling. However guns do more damage at close range. Being close by you are prone to all kind of attacks, tractor beam, shockwaves etc. Believe me, I do not want to be close by when I have no speed and turning rate. I want to stay out of that 5 km zone, but then I am limiting my dps from my gun fire. As I have said, the ship as a design has a missconcept.
I am thinking of going all beams. Two dual in the front, two or three single beams and the rest with mines and torpedoes.
Oh, and I too was destroyed after firing my javelin and while I was transformed out of siege mode. As people say, probably bad luck, but the transforming is a pretty nasty gimp; it feels like a stun you put on yourself.
It works fine. The Siege mode is meant to be used as a siege mode. That means firing on mostly immobile targets. Your not suppose to dogfight in siege mode.
So if you need to kill a cube, gate, donatra, assimilated carrier, etc... You go siege, otherwise stay in your normal mode
thats the way to do it
This is wierd. Last week I was using my Garumba like a champ. Fleet gear including shields to reduce Tet damage vs the Tholians. This week I'm space dust. I thought it was just me. It still could be, but now you've made me decide to take a closer look at what is going on.
cheers!
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I actually avoid success entirely. It doesn't get me what I want, and the consequences for failure are slim. -- markhawman
This is PvE only. In PvP I consider it useless vs. competent opponents. And I would never use it with a tac captain.
The javelin is just a finisher, don't use it during combat. It will actually reduce your DPS because of the spoolup time and the two transformations that will prevent other guns from shooting.
That just SCREAMS "I don't know what I'm doing" and the follow up confirms it. You really need to think things through before you consider stuff like this. Honest, not going to beat this into the ground but sometimes you may need to consider what your ship is working with before you blame it all on the ship.
Anyways. Gave my ship another pass looking at the gear etc etc and as far as the new PVE content goes it really was just me. At times I'd be hit by multiple drain torpedo volleys as well as target sub systems weps and it would just end up a mess. In short, still some difficult spots but if I payed a bit more attention was fine.
Cheers happy flying!
The ship looks more badass in siege mode. I also think I gave the ship a better identity since guns do not fit in with this ships. The raptor, BoP and escorts are gunships in my view.
I like it and at least I got some fun for my bucks.
Saying you have fun with a ship is never noob. I use that Breen set up. No way I'm tossing it out. Check out the Rapid Fire torp from the missions.
Also I found Dual Banks look cool cause you get TWO beams shooting out instead of one.
Only when I find the words 'I can't' or 'it won't do' or 'the devs are TRIBBLE' do I start to think someone may be missing out on the use of a ship that they payed for just because they may not have all the information they need and frustration has shut thier eyes a bit.
Cheers happy flying!