Hi, I'm TopSet, you might remember me from such threads as "DPS on a very tight budget" and "Remind me again how beams suck? 20k BFAW build".
Now, bare with me here. I'm a little bored of STO these days so I find myself randomly thinking up builds and challenges and concepts to try and keep me engaged. Last nights random thought was this.
"Can I get a beautiful looking skittle boat over 10k DPS and always top the leaderboard in pugs and ESTF premades?". I was emphatically clear to myself that I would use Dual Cannons (not heavies) and the Jem Hadar shield, because it makes everything look beautifully purple.
The answer, I knew, was yes. So I went about building this hideous lovechild - and I must say, I'm very pleased with the results. I knew I would be using an Andorian ship of some sort, nearly used the Kumari but bottled it and picked... the science one.
http://skillplanner.stoacademy.com/?build=myskittlekumari_0
Here's the build including modifiers. Annoyingly I had to use a fleet antiproton DHC because it was in my bank and I wasn't wasting dil on this project. There's also the lack of plasma, because I found a pretty purple polaron [acc]x3 turret in my bank from some other hideous brainchild of my diseased mind.
The rest of the ships is built to the best standard I could to get as much damage out of it as I could - bar one thing. I wanted scatter volley, not rapid fire, because it looks so much prettier. I wanted moar skittles all over the map, not a beam of skittles. So my two main cannon abilities are that. I'm sure it would be higher with CRF, but meh, whatever, it was fun.
So, I took it into an STF with a premade group of decent players (fleetmates and ESTF-pug)
Results:[P]TopSet: 10528 DPS, [P]Sathid: 8574 DPS, [P]Fencer8: 7923 DPS, [P]Voh-Tiirey: 6002 DPS, [P]T'sira: 3442 DPS
Screenshots of parse analysis:
Overall:
http://i.imgur.com/JIG4smt.png
My DPS Analysis:
http://i.imgur.com/DH0Yeyx.png
Pie Chart of DPS:
http://i.imgur.com/t5l1A2T.png
So, there you have it. No, not the most efficient, refined or min/maxed build - but do you know what? IT'S COMPLETELY VIABLE IF YOU WANT IT.
EDIT: Videos:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUYkkit3PUk - ISE run (11k)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2b-pgMeCks - CSE run (flew badly) - did 8k
Moar coming soon.
EDIT: CBLP v ACT:
Someone was moaning that I was using ACT which is inaccurate and terrible (something which I would contest, having used all of the parsers extensively)
http://i.imgur.com/hShfxA4.png
So there you go, used CBLP for the picky people.
Comments
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
You're both reasonably close.
She is called *clears throat* the...
I.G.S. Lucky Charms
Kirk's Protege.
I will make a video for my next run. In fact, I'll get a CSE together right now!
Kirk's Protege.
[P]Dennis: 18761 DPS, [P]TopSet: 8863 DPS, [P]Felisean: 6042 DPS, [P]Sawbones: 4732 DPS, [P]Qu'Taris: 3502 DPS
*Felisean did more like 14 but he was guarding kang.
Sawbones is in a PvP torp boat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2b-pgMeCks
^^ Run will be there when it finishes uploading.
I'll do another one because this doesn't show it off so well, when ISE cooldown is up I'll do that for the skittle goodness.
Kirk's Protege.
system Lord Baal is dead
But dude - don't goose the cube. Kumari go *pop.*
Nobody mentioned anything in the pug, and everyone warped out after the parse without saying anything.
My premade knew I was doing it, so I didn't get any comments about it
Kirk's Protege.
Highly unlikely, I don't ever pug (Except for tests like this). I will get bored of this build in no time and try something else, but you might see me in there experimenting with other bizarre creations.
Kirk's Protege.
I imagine that's what most people really wish flying a skittle boat looked like
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Complete, and filmed. I tried to be cinematic with my piloting, but it didn't always work. The last few shots are nice though, with those glorious skittles!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUYkkit3PUk
Will add it to the OP.
Kirk's Protege.
Finally a rainbow i wouldnt mind seeing
I can't wait to see the videos!
Take care.
SCE ADVISORY NOTICE: Improper Impulse Engine maintenance can result in REAR THRUSTER LEAKAGE. ALWAYS have your work inspected by another qualified officer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUYkkit3PUk
Just finished uploading. Will stick it on the OP.
Kirk's Protege.
Can we PvP..? I want to be showered with skittles! Weee....
SCE ADVISORY NOTICE: Improper Impulse Engine maintenance can result in REAR THRUSTER LEAKAGE. ALWAYS have your work inspected by another qualified officer.
Honest answer. And I feel the same way: it's annoying he gets away with it... and admirable at the same time, too.
Plasmonic Leech. I assume I used it on this build, because I use it on every build If I didn't, well, I only have two embassy consoles and wasn't going to buy another for this piece of junk.
If anyone wants to discuss builds, tactics, piloting, or whatever - I'd be more than happy to squeeze as much deeps out of your ship as I can. Message me on the forums, in game @mikehadfield or give me a link to your teamspeak server
Kirk's Protege.
I originally bought the flow caps console to test the effect of leech. I seem to remember it's approx +3 power per subsystem per embassy console - but I've only tested with one so I don't know if it stacks linearly or with diminishing returns.
I tend not to use it all that often
Kirk's Protege.
I must be doing something wrong cause you buzzsawed through those cubes faster then I can do a probe with my charal.
you just made me want to buy the candy ><... man I cant wait going to buy me some colorful ones to XD
what other ships have 5 forward weapons?
The kumari and the Scimitar currently
Uh-oh.
I didn't mean to actively encourage other people to fly skittle boats, that wasn't the purpose of my thread.
Yeah prefire chambers stack like any other specific energy type console. They aren't as good, but they work.
Switch this build out from the rainbows and stick in some energy consoles and it's 15k+ no prob.
Kirk's Protege.
ACT is a TRIBBLE parser ..plz use one that doesnt show 10k dps for a basic beam cruiser ..ie not a bogus one .
combatlogparser 0.1 / stoic ...preffer the first one .
as for the rainbow build ...as one who like to put universal consoles and not tac consoles i have no problem with a fun rainbow build but ur bridge boff layout is not what i would use ..
i would like to see that log parsed with combatlogparser though