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• chippie3 Member Posts: 15 Arc User

  June 2013 edited June 2013

  It would helpfull that you post your skilling and your bridge officer abilities.
  
  But some suggestions for your equipment.
  The strength of cruisers is the broadside. So you should use at least 6 beam arrays on a cruiser. Because of loosing many DPS if turning for fire a torpedo I would recommend the wide angled Quantum Torpedo from the C-Store Assault Cruiser. The 8. weapon could be the Kinetic Cutting Beam.
  
  Consoles:
  Tactical:
  2xTetryon Pulse Generator (because of 6 Tetryon Beam Arrays)
  
  Science:
  2xFlow Capacitor (because of Tetryon Weapons and Plasmonic Leech console)
  1xField Generator (because you use a covariant shield which profits more of a increase of strength and not regeneration rate)
  
  Engineering:
  1xRCS
  1xZero Point Conduit (more energy and crit Chance)
  1xAssimilated Module (crit chance and weapons energy)
  1xPlasmonic Leech (with flow capacitors skills and consoles a lot of extra energy)
  1xChevron Seperation
  
  Deflector:
  Jem'Hadar (because of +Flow Capacitors)
  Engines:
  Adapted M.A.C.O. (energy and set bonus)
  Shield:
  Adapted M.A.C.O. (very high shield capacity and set bonus)

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• reginamala78 Member Posts: 4,593 Arc User

  June 2013 edited June 2013

  As Chippie said, we need your BOFF layout. On your gear layout, you're just all over the place with no real focus into anything. Cruisers do two things amazingly well: soak up punishment and spam beams either in broadside or fire-at-will. Your gear helps you with neither, and looks like you're just using whatever purple-quality gear you found (some of it excellent quality, just not for that ship).
  
  Then there's all the torpedoes. In a cruiser, torpedoes just aren't your friend, as torps fire front or rear and your best kill zone is broadside. Having one or maybe two can be useful for certain purposes, but 4 is a trap. You just can't maneuver well enough to really get the most out of those. Play to your strengths.
  
  Here's some ideas that are generally easy to set up and relatively cheap to set up compared to reputation or fleet gear. Better gear will enhance you further, but first lets just get a working setup.
  
  Fore Weapons
  3 Tetryon Beam Arrays, 1 Torpedo or 1 Tetryon DBB.
  Use a low-rate-of-fire high-damage torpedo like Quantum, Breen Cluster, Hargh'peng, or a reputation torpedo, or the Wide-Angle if you have access to it. You won't be firing that often beyond your initial approach and maybe as a finisher, so big hits are more useful than sustained ROF. If you want to use a torpedo skill in conjunction, then don't use Breen or Hargh'peng. Alternately, and particularly if plan to use FAW, dropping the torpedo altogether and using a DBB instead may be a better choice.
  
  Aft Weapons
  3 Tetryon Beam Arrays, Kinetic Cutting Beam.
  Yes the KCB is a reputation piece of gear costing dilithium, but it only requires Omega tier 2. If you are going to be running a cruiser, it is simply invaluable. As a weapon it is average, but when combined with the Assimilated Module, you get a two-piece set bonus that helps immensely with controlling the drain of firing so many beams. I can't stress enough how useful this thing is for a beam boat, and would be worth it at twice the price.
  
  Components
  Deflector: Positron Deflector Array Mk XII [sif] [stl]
  This will boost your durability and shield heals without getting too expensive.
  Engines: The ones you already have
  Shield: Resilient Shield Array Mk XII [Cap] [Pla]
  The extra hull protection and better regen rate is worth more on your cruiser than the high capacity of the Reman shield, and the [pla] mod will help when running STFs.
  Warp Core: The one you already have. Its not really helping you, but its too expensive to simply shelve so may as well for now.
  
  Alternately simply pick up the Jem'Hadar 3-piece from Operation Gamma and Boldly They Rode. The deflector is meh but will help with your tetryon drain, the engines are decent, and the shield is both Resilient and gives a flat damage reduction to everything. Plus the 3-piece ability will give you a little extra shield zapping now and then. Its arguably the best non-reputation set in the game and a good holdover.
  
  Consoles
  Engineering:
  Chevron Separation, RCS Accelerator, Assimilated Module, 2 Neutronium Alloy
  Enhanced durability, and the EPS Regulator and SIF Generator just aren't helping that much. And the value of the Assimilated Module was mentioned earlier.
  Science:
  Flow Capacitor, Emitter Array, Field Generator
  We'll keep the fancy Flow Cap you already have to go with your Tetryons, then add an Emitter Array to boost your shield heals (a cruiser's bread-and-butter), and a Field Generator to enhanced your capacity. Trying to keep your crew alive, while thematically noble, in game just doesn't help much and is nearly impossible in long engagements anyways, so lose the biofunction monitor.
  Tactical:
  2 Tetryon Pulse Generators
  Its a shame to put that great torpedo console in storage, but this just isn't a good torpedo ship, and you really need to focus on your energy weapons. Fortunately you're using tetryons, and good tetryon consoles are the cheapest around.
  
  Note this will hopefully help clean you up and get you back in to things without having to spend too much money or time, and still leave you options to upgrade to rep and fleet gear later.

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• gocka Member Posts: 0 Arc User

  June 2013 edited June 2013

  thanks guy's i'm going to try it with your advice..
  my bridge officers skill are:
  
  Lieutenant Commander Universal
  using a science officer
  transfer shield strength 1
  tractor beam 2
  gravity well 1
  
  ensign universal
  using a tactical officer
  beam overload 1
  
  lieutenant tactical
  torpedo spread 1
  torpedo high yield 2
  
  commander engineering
  emergency power to the weapons 1
  emergency power to the shields 2
  directed energy modulation 2
  aceton beam 2
  
  lieutenant science
  science team 1
  tractor beam repulsor 1
  
  but i'm guessing that's not good either
  what can you guy's recommend me for best BO skills?

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