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Omega Weapon Amplifier: how do you activate/use this skill?

siron1982siron1982 Member Posts: 7 Arc User
edited July 2013 in Federation Discussion
Hi everyone,

So I've got the Borg cutting beam, Omega plasma torp launcher and Borg assimilated console on my Breen Chel Grett ship. Now how do I activate/use the Omega Weapon Amplifier ability? Is this an ability which is always active in the background? Do I have to purchase the ability in the Omega Reputation tab (have not been able to find it)? I have also not been able to find an "Omega Weapon Amplifier" skill button to add to my skill tray.

So what do I need to do?

James
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  • cryptkeeper0cryptkeeper0 Member Posts: 989 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Its passive ability from wearing the set no need to put in tray or anything
  • tenkaritenkari Member Posts: 2,906 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    it's a passive, but it has a percentage to proc to activate i if i recall correctly.
  • breadandcircusesbreadandcircuses Member Posts: 2,355 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    As previous postings have mentioned, it's a passive ability added to your energy weapon attacks. It has a 2.5% proc rate for all of your energy weapons, including the Kinetic Cutting Beam.
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  • baudlbaudl Member Posts: 4,060 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    cryptkeeper0 wrote: »
    Its passive ability from wearing the set no need to put in tray or anything

    got nuttin' to do with no set...it's from the omega rep T4, but anyway no need to activate anywhere.
    Kind of weak tbh...parser for 1% dmg. Idk how effective the shield reg is, but i asume it is the better choice of the 2.
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  • stirling191stirling191 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    baudl wrote: »
    got nuttin' to do with no set...it's from the omega rep T4, but anyway no need to activate anywhere.
    Kind of weak tbh...parser for 1% dmg. Idk how effective the shield reg is, but i asume it is the better choice of the 2.

    Somebody's getting their procs mixed up...

    OWA (Omega Weapon Amplifier) is the two-piece set bonus gained from equipping any two of the following: Kinetic Cutting Beam, Borg Assimilated Module and the Omega Torpedo Launcher.

    Omega Graviton Amplifier is one of the T4 Omega Reputation options. It adds a kinetic proc to all weapons.
  • baudlbaudl Member Posts: 4,060 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    uuups, righty right. i confused those 2.
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  • siron1982siron1982 Member Posts: 7 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Thanks for the replies everyone but wait a minute....You mean I don't need to have all three to get the Omega Weapon Amplifier bonus? So I could get the Omega Weapon Amplifier ability with just the Kinetic cutting beam and the assimilated module? I would prefer that because I do not like the Omega Torp Launcher. I prefer Quantum torps. Let me know. Thanks a lot everybody! I appreciate it.
  • lilitaly5179lilitaly5179 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    siron1982 wrote: »
    Thanks for the replies everyone but wait a minute....You mean I don't need to have all three to get the Omega Weapon Amplifier bonus? So I could get the Omega Weapon Amplifier ability with just the Kinetic cutting beam and the assimilated module? I would prefer that because I do not like the Omega Torp Launcher. I prefer Quantum torps. Let me know. Thanks a lot everybody! I appreciate it.

    The omega weapon amplifier is the 2 piece set bonus. This means you only need 2 of the 3 pieces in the set (torpedo, assimilated console, cutting beam) to get the bonus. It doesn't matter which 2 pieces but the assimilated console and cutting beam are the best combination to get it form. It doesn't stick you with a torpedo you might not want to use, and both pieces are incredibly useful on ANY build.

    Equipping all 3 pieces gets you the reactive shielding. That means you will bounce off 99% of incoming damage for a period of time. However like a lot of abilities this has a proc chance which is very small. However it is often helpful for getting out of sticky situations if you get lucky enough for it to proc when you're in a tight spot.
  • jdskjflkjdfklsjfjdskjflkjdfklsjf Member Posts: 63 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Omega Weapon Amplifier has ro 2.5% chance to proc. That = 40 to 1 chance.
    If im right you get a -7 to all weapons from firing the cutting beam with other weapons.
    Kinda useless IMO
  • lilitaly5179lilitaly5179 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    jdskjflkjdfklsjf wrote: »
    Omega Weapon Amplifier has ro 2.5% chance to proc. That = 40 to 1 chance.
    If im right you get a -7 to all weapons from firing the cutting beam with other weapons.
    Kinda useless IMO

    Are you saying that Omega Weapon Amplifier is useless or that the Cutting Beam is useless?

    Because the cutting beam is far from useless.
  • tom61stotom61sto Member Posts: 3,676 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    jdskjflkjdfklsjf wrote: »
    Omega Weapon Amplifier has ro 2.5% chance to proc. That = 40 to 1 chance.
    If im right you get a -7 to all weapons from firing the cutting beam with other weapons.
    Kinda useless IMO

    No, it just drains 8 weapon energy like an unbuffed turret. It turns out as fairly power efficient since it doesn't respond to BOff Abilities like Beam Fire at Will and Cannon Rapid Fire and so only drains that 8. They really need to make the tooltips more clear 'X drain when firing with other weapons' does not mean a penalty for mixing with other types, really it just lists the drain on a standard build.
  • stirling191stirling191 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    lilitaly5179 wrote: »
    Equipping all 3 pieces gets you the reactive shielding. That means you will bounce off 99% of incoming damage for a period of time. However like a lot of abilities this has a proc chance which is very small. However it is often helpful for getting out of sticky situations if you get lucky enough for it to proc when you're in a tight spot.

    Point of trivia: STO has a hard cap of 75% for hull resistance.
    jdskjflkjdfklsjf wrote: »
    Omega Weapon Amplifier has ro 2.5% chance to proc. That = 40 to 1 chance.
    If im right you get a -7 to all weapons from firing the cutting beam with other weapons.
    Kinda useless IMO

    That 2.5% chance is per cycle on each equipped energy weapon. With seven weapons on target you've got roughly a 17% chance per cycle to proc at least one OWA. That's not miniscule.
  • dahminusdahminus Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    The kcb does torpedo damage ( both in kinetic and amount), with a 360 degree arc. Plus everyone uses the assimilated console. It's just pyre win, win. The -drain aspect is a non issue to the above average player base....seriously, no downfalls for using kcb
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