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My Bulwark Dreadnought build.

starblade7starblade7 Member Posts: 169 Arc User
edited January 2014 in Klingon Discussion
http://www.stoacademy.com/tools/skillplanner/?build=voidforgemk1_0

Notes:

- Wide-angle Quantum is a placeholder for the Wide-angle Transphasic-Chroniton torpedo.
- 5th Eng console has the Ward Repair Ship.

Gear quality is slightly eclectic... this isn't my main character so it doesn't have premium quality items right now.

This build is doing well enough in STFs - drawing and holding aggro with FAW + Attract Fire. A little bit lacking on the raw firepower side, though.
Forget the possibility of PvP, for so much has become pay-to-win, never to be balanced. Forget the promise of exploration and research, for in the grim dark future of Star Trek Online there is only war. There is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter, and the laughter of thirsting publishers.
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  • smokeybacon90smokeybacon90 Member Posts: 2,252 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Can you sustain an over-capped weapons power using double FAW with only one copy of Emergency to Weapons? I think having good power management is a more important foundation for a beamboat than an abundance of tactical powers, like what you have given yourself with the Lt Cmdr Tac universal.

    If the Elite Fleet Shield is accessible to you, then get that over the weak Jem. Retain the 2 piece Polaron boost by getting the Jem Deflector. Same with an appropriate Elite Warp Core (X->W if you are having the aforementioned power problems).

    Just a little start. People who actually own the ship can give better advice I'm sure.
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  • lucho80lucho80 Member Posts: 6,600 Bug Hunter
    edited January 2014
    smokeybacon90 wrote: »
    Can you sustain an over-capped weapons power using double FAW with only one copy of Emergency to Weapons? I think having good power management is a more important foundation for a beamboat than an abundance of tactical powers, like what you have given yourself with the Lt Cmdr Tac universal.

    If the Elite Fleet Shield is accessible to you, then get that over the weak Jem. Retain the 2 piece Polaron boost by getting the Jem Deflector. Same with an appropriate Elite Warp Core (X->W if you are having the aforementioned power problems).

    Just a little start. People who actually own the ship can give better advice I'm sure.

    Trust me, he doesn't need the elite fleet shields for PvE on that thing.
  • starblade7starblade7 Member Posts: 169 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    smokeybacon90 wrote: »
    Can you sustain an over-capped weapons power using double FAW with only one copy of Emergency to Weapons? I think having good power management is a more important foundation for a beamboat than an abundance of tactical powers, like what you have given yourself with the Lt Cmdr Tac universal.

    If the Elite Fleet Shield is accessible to you, then get that over the weak Jem. Retain the 2 piece Polaron boost by getting the Jem Deflector. Same with an appropriate Elite Warp Core (X->W if you are having the aforementioned power problems).

    Just a little start. People who actually own the ship can give better advice I'm sure.

    About the power - not really. Being an Engineer helps, though, as I get a bit of power for all subsystems on either EPtX ability, as well power-boosting captain ability. If I were to swap the LtC Tac BOff for an Eng BOff, though, I'd be left only with Ens/Lt Tac BOff powers, which don't offer much flexibility for weapon choice.

    As for shields, I know the Jem one isn't the best, but I can't afford a Fleet shield yet. The Dyson Hybrid shield coming with the Anniversary Featured Episode might be a good candidate in the meantime.
    Forget the possibility of PvP, for so much has become pay-to-win, never to be balanced. Forget the promise of exploration and research, for in the grim dark future of Star Trek Online there is only war. There is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter, and the laughter of thirsting publishers.
  • tom61stotom61sto Member Posts: 3,673 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    You might try Attack Pattern Beta 2 instead of Attack Pattern Omega 1, though you loose out on the movement buff it gives. Maybe switch EPtS and EPtW places for more overstack on the weapon power.

    With or without the layout change, switching to Nausican BOffs with Pirate Trait is a pretty cheap way to get more damage, each one is 1.5% more end-of-calculation damage.

    Also, what DOffs are you running? With the layout shown, I'd go with Conn Officers to reduce Tac Team cooldown and buff Attack Patterns (2x purple perferred or 2x blue and 1x green for cheap), and then blue or better Damage Control engineers with chance to reduce cooldown of Emergency Power abilities filling the rest. That'd let you have constant uptime on the Tac Team, and high uptime on both EPtW and EPtS boosts.

    Beyond that, there's Mk XII/Fleet upgrades for your Tac consoles and weapons, going with Romulan Plasma (dropping the Dyson console and Spatial charge for the Rom Uni console and another [Pla] Embassy console) or doubling up the Nukara weapons/console set along with the forthcoming Lobi store set to double-dip Tetryon damage boosts.
  • starblade7starblade7 Member Posts: 169 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    tom61sto wrote: »
    You might try Attack Pattern Beta 2 instead of Attack Pattern Omega 1, though you loose out on the movement buff it gives. Maybe switch EPtS and EPtW places for more overstack on the weapon power.

    With or without the layout change, switching to Nausican BOffs with Pirate Trait is a pretty cheap way to get more damage, each one is 1.5% more end-of-calculation damage.

    Also, what DOffs are you running? With the layout shown, I'd go with Conn Officers to reduce Tac Team cooldown and buff Attack Patterns (2x purple perferred or 2x blue and 1x green for cheap), and then blue or better Damage Control engineers with chance to reduce cooldown of Emergency Power abilities filling the rest. That'd let you have constant uptime on the Tac Team, and high uptime on both EPtW and EPtS boosts.

    Beyond that, there's Mk XII/Fleet upgrades for your Tac consoles and weapons, going with Romulan Plasma (dropping the Dyson console and Spatial charge for the Rom Uni console and another [Pla] Embassy console) or doubling up the Nukara weapons/console set along with the forthcoming Lobi store set to double-dip Tetryon damage boosts.


    BOffs:
    3x Efficient Letheans
    1x Pirate Nausicaan
    1x Subterfuge Romulan

    I am currently under the assumption that the Efficient space trait stacks... but if it doesn't, I will be hiring a few more Nausicaans. The Romulan BOff is left over from my previous ship (Fleet Tor'kaht) which had a Cloak, so the Subterfuge trait had more use.


    DOffs:
    - Projectile Weapons Officer (Rare): Torpedo cooldown
    - Conn Officer (Uncommon): Tac Team cooldown, buff
    - Damage Control Eng (Uncommon): EPtX cooldown chance
    - Maintenance Eng (Uncommon): Eng Team cooldown, buff
    - Flight Deck Officer (Uncommon): Hangar Bay cooldown

    Yeah, this is fairly cheap stuff, and could use some improvement.



    As far as weapons/damage type is concerned: I prefer to avoid spending Dilithium (I don't have that much right now) and I don't have enough Lobi for another Lobi set, so most items for this character are from missions or the exchange. The Nukara/Hirogen double bonus is a great idea though, something I might work towards in the long term, as well as Fleet consoles.
    Forget the possibility of PvP, for so much has become pay-to-win, never to be balanced. Forget the promise of exploration and research, for in the grim dark future of Star Trek Online there is only war. There is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter, and the laughter of thirsting publishers.
  • tom61stotom61sto Member Posts: 3,673 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    starblade7 wrote: »
    BOffs:
    3x Efficient Letheans
    1x Pirate Nausicaan
    1x Subterfuge Romulan

    I am currently under the assumption that the Efficient space trait stacks... but if it doesn't, I will be hiring a few more Nausicaans. The Romulan BOff is left over from my previous ship (Fleet Tor'kaht) which had a Cloak, so the Subterfuge trait had more use.

    Efficient stacks, but I see little reason to use them with the BOff layout you have. You're not gaining much power at all by using them. Even with Weapons preset and switching out the Lt. Comm. for a Sci with Gravity Well, you'd gain more by stacking Pirate instead, as that even enhances Particle Gen based damage.

    Subterfuge is only giving your ship a minor Defense buff, probably not worthwhile on a large ship such as this. Superior Operative would be nice after next patch, which fixes Crit'ing on FAW, and would be one of the few things I'd consider over Pirate for BOff traits when going for damage.

    Polaron can be fairly cheap for the mid term, Mk XII purple beam arrays with decent mods aren't very expensive, DBBs even cheaper, and Mk XII blue Tac consoles are fairly cheap too (huge spike for Mk XII purples, so probably stick to blue until you can afford the Fleet Tac consoles).
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