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Omega torp or Quantum torp for STF missions?
rezzgar
Member Posts: 23 Arc User
Hey guys!
I'm having a hard time deciding weather I should use a quantum torpedo or the rep Omega torp launcher for PVE and STF missions, I mainly play escorts too.
So... which one is best for STF missions?
Btw, I've noticed when I use my omega torpedo launcher, I fire 1 torp per second but then when I use a torpedo skill such as torpedo spread or torpedo high yield I get a 6 sec cooldown timer on my omega torp launcher. So I'm wondering, should I be using any torp skills when using the omega launcher at all? And keep firing 1 torp per second or should I use torp skills for the hyper plasma torps etc and only fire 1 time each 6 seconds.
Aaaand no, I don't have the Romulan Hyper-plasma torp but I heard it's the best one for STF missions so I might get it later. But that's not the question now :P
I'm having a hard time deciding weather I should use a quantum torpedo or the rep Omega torp launcher for PVE and STF missions, I mainly play escorts too.
So... which one is best for STF missions?
Btw, I've noticed when I use my omega torpedo launcher, I fire 1 torp per second but then when I use a torpedo skill such as torpedo spread or torpedo high yield I get a 6 sec cooldown timer on my omega torp launcher. So I'm wondering, should I be using any torp skills when using the omega launcher at all? And keep firing 1 torp per second or should I use torp skills for the hyper plasma torps etc and only fire 1 time each 6 seconds.
Aaaand no, I don't have the Romulan Hyper-plasma torp but I heard it's the best one for STF missions so I might get it later. But that's not the question now :P
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i wouldnt take Special torp skills, after all that will only a small part of your dmg;
take instead a beam/cannon skill or an attack pattern to boost all your other dmg
Use Cannon Scatter Volley to soften up the shields of 3 ships -> use full spread torpedoes to finish the 3 of them off.
Use rapid fire cannons to soften up one single tough ship's shields -> Use high yield torpedo to hit them hard.
The high yield borg dart is slow moving, but if it connects it's going to be one hell of a whopper. Best used at almost but not quite point blank range to reduce the chances of the target shooting it down. (I say almost because if used point blank it could vaporize you along with your target)
Hitting multiple targets with Spread or one target with high yield is worth the 6 second cooldown, Outside of these two situations I'd just keep it on auto fire and forget about it. It fires one off every second and has unlimited charges and has excellent sustained dps. The benefit to using the borg torp for sustained damage over the rom torp is that you don't need to use a single doff for it, freeing up doff slots for other things like tactical team or cannon ability cooldown reduction. The Rom torpedo can win the sustained dps competition however; if you give up 3 doff slots for the chance to reduce torpedo cooldown. Through this method it's possible to set of unending streams of green fireball death to slow or immovable targets too slow to outrun them.