Star Cruiser! weapons/console setup

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• anazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User

  February 2013 edited February 2013

  Well we would need to know what skills you're specced in too to properly answer if your output can be enhanced.

  Don't look silly... Don't call it the "Z-Store/Zen Store"...

  pwebranflakes wrote: »

  Let me put the rumors to rest: it's definitely still the C-Store (Cryptic Store) It just takes ZEN.

  Like Duty Officers? Support effords to gather ideas

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• danedangerduval Member Posts: 0 Arc User

  February 2013 edited February 2013

  hey there anazonda,
  
  Well i am kinda new to this game and so as result my char is lvl 45 and its skills are decent but verry noob here some pics
  
  
  
  
  
  these are the fellas on the stations :
  
  
  
  Hope this is the info you asked for, as for specialization i have no clue how to do or if i even did that.
  
  I got told i fly like i should use an escort but after trying some of them i just find them lacking in the needed consoles wich the star cruiser provide plentyfull.
  I go full in from 10 k shooting and buffing like hell then after a pass i keep shooting untill just out of weaponry reach so i can repair by my officers and turn in the same time then same procedure untill killed or get killed .
  
  Hope i can get some setups in general and maybe some personal advice ^-^
  
  Friendly regards from,
  
  Dane danger duval

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• szerontzur Member Posts: 2,724 Arc User

  February 2013 edited February 2013

  Well, we do have a couple forums dedicate to this kind of stuff(namely the Federation and Klingon Shipyards), but here are a couple quick pointers:
  
  Swap your tactical consoles to a single energy weapon damage type(Polaron, for example, if you like your purple pew-pews).
  
  Science consoles should probably stick with boosting either shield capacity or shield regeneration - depending if you're running higher aux or shield power, respectively.
  
  Engineering Consoles should be resistance armor, obviously. Neutronium if you don't want to hassle with it, otherwise you can swap the damage types to match what you're fighting.
  
  Weapons-wise, you're kind of all over the place. Despite what a lot of people will tell you, single cannons and/or turrets can work fine on cruisers. Likewise, cruisers also work quite nicely with beams using broadsiding tactics. However, I strongly urge you to stick to one or the other(cannons or beams, not both).
  
  The Star Cruiser can squeeze just enough agility out to be able to use torpedos effectively(I'd still strongly recommend having a power to inertial dampeners on standby). Anyways, some example builds I've tried that I enjoy:
  
  
  Fore:
  1x Dual Beam Bank, 2x Beam Array, 1x Torp Tube
  Aft:
  3x Beam Array, 1x Torp Tube
  
  This is the more or less the status quo for cruisers, good at broadsiding to take out shields, then finishing things with torpedos. Additionally, the DBB gives it a little more forward bite and makes Beam Overload a viable option.
  
  
  Fore:
  2x Dual Beam Bank, 2x Torp Tube
  Aft:
  2x Beam Array, 2x Torp Tube
  
  This one is a bit more torpedo heavy, but the weapon arrangement allows you to run with less weapon's power, and thus is nicer for a support role. A pair photons will auto-fire without delay, but quantum/plasma and higher will need some projectile doffs to work with only two tubes.
  
  
  Fore:
  3x Cannon, 1x Torp Tube
  Aft:
  3x Turret, 1x Chroniton Mine
  
  More of a strike/lance cruiser build. Cannons perform better at closer range, so this build is a careful balancing act of constaintly approaching your target(s). Once you reach the point of no return, Ejecting Warp Plasma along with Evasive Manuevers will allow you to quickly snare your prey, get some distance, and come about for another pass. This tends to work better with Klingon Cruisers, but single cannons can still get the job done(and are a bit more forgiving). The Chroniton Mines are obviously for another layer of snaring.
  
  
  
  There are other builds with more specialty to them, obviously, but these are the three I probably bounce through the most.

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