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Question about quad cannons
valkarie14
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Are they any good? I like the disruptor ones but cant transfer to my fed can you?
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Fed gets the phaser quad cannon.
Rommies get to hunt any bunnies left over after Feds and KDF stomp all over them or shoot them with their quad cannons.
Depends on what you're after. For PVE, they're good, especially for as you level.
For PVP, they're horrible.
1. They have no other mods than Damage mods, which is the worst ones to get for any weapon. That means no extra Critical Severity, Critical Hit %, and most of all, no Accuracy mods. All those mods mean alot in PVP, and to have no Accuracy mods at all means noncompetitive hitting chances. If you can't hit what you're shooting at, what good are you?
2. When firing, not only do they take Weapon Subsystem Power, they also take Engine Power. That means slower speed, slower maneuverability, which come down to lower extra defense bonuses due to movement. Which means you are easier to hit.
TBH, if you take Quad Cannons into PVP, do not get surprised if you get laughed at. And quickly targetted, especially if you are an Escort using them.
On their own, they'll generally outdamage a DHC. However, when you take into account power fluctuation of firing multiple energy weapons at once, you're going to see more damage erosion after the initial volley with each weapon you add. For PvE, it really doesn't matter much(and I would say velocity is nice for all the ships that run emergency power to engines).
I use the Quad Disruptors on my blaster-Bortas. It's a nice weapon for the fast movers, decloaking alpha strikes and when I'm focusing a single target(it's set up with alternating scatter volleys/functions more like a giant space-shotgun - quite fun against PvE swarms).
Bunnies?/ i wish. at least theyre good eating.. We get Epohs.. kinda like tribles with legs eyes and antenna.. ( and people say cryptic isnt trying to make us a bunch of bajorans.. HaH!! )..
Incorrect Engine power has nothing to do with manoeuvrability, it does effect speed but that is a good thing in a way as the slower you are going the more manoeuvrable you will be but you have to be careful that you do not inadvertently drop yourself below 25% of your max thrust as then you suffer horrendous defensive penalties.
Warmaker was right though they are great for PvE, I use them in Kerrat for my Rom and KDF. If you are going to use them though you have to get your accuracy boosts from elsewhere like traits for example!
Errr, it does affect turn rate. Which affects defense.
Their big disadvantage is their engine power drain and the fact that those 4 modifiers are [dmg]
Only in the fact that the faster you are going the harder it is to turn, so therefore Quad Cannons would make you more maneuverable. However the poster that I said was incorrect was insinuating that less engine power would have a negative effect on maneuverability which is not the case.
It is Auxiliary power that indirectly effects how maneuverable you are.
You are incorrect also, defence is effected by what speed you are travelling, the higher your speed the better your defence. It is only if you drop below 25% of your thrust that you suffer any real negative effects.
odd because when im in game, if I shunt everything to engines, my turn rate goes up, and that's manually, so im not inadvertently raising aux as well. try it.
Do you have a Warp core that adds a percentage of your engine power to Aux as bonus power?
Nope shields to weapons
Dunno but I thought the quads were supposed to get even higher effect out of cannon boff skills.
Aux power used to directly affect turn rate. This was changed to Engine power extremely long ago.
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