Spiral Wave Disruptors or Fleet Andorian Phasers, depending on the ship I'm in.
Speaking of Spiral Waves, can we get a Dual Beam Bank, Single Cannons and Turrets added to the dil store? While I would also like Dual Cannons (DCs or DHCs) I get that the Galor cannot mount those, so they would be "not-canon".
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It's kind of a strange thing for me. I like unusual things, so when outfitting a freshly-max-leveled character, I tend to gravitate toward the more exotic weapon choices, like dominion polaron, blue phasers, those 10% proc tetryons, or plasma-disruptor hybrids. I have a soft spot in particular for the dominion polaron beams because they shoot neat, phaser-like beams rather than the standard squiggly beams of normal polarons. Pity there's no purple MKXII version.
I of course outgrow those weapons eventually and replace them with less interesting very-rare MKXIIs centered around the most relevant-at-the-time content, but even then, I'll retire those other weapons to a less-used event/collector ship.
Ultimately though, I'd say I like polaron the best, mainly because of their fantastic color.
On the ground, it doesn't matter--I like it all. I've got nearly 5 rows of assorted weapons with various energy types in my inventory to choose from--standard types as well as the more exotic types. The voth/whatever proton rifle has been a favorite lately.
I really like the blue phasers from that mission. But my main uses AP because the rest of her weapons from before the STF system got revamped got gone some how. Her Ody Star Crusier uses 3 standard AP beams, the Omni AP beam from the Obelisk, and the Omega plasma/rommie plasma torps.
As a "flow cap heavy" sci officer first, any other character later, pure polaron/anything-polaron/polarized-anything is the only way to go for me :cool:
I tend to stick with Romulan Plasma beams, I really like the color and proc on them. Plus, all of my fleet consoles and whatnot boost its damage. I'm currently trying to get back into antiproton though with the new Voth stuff.
Equal blend polarized disruptors & phasers. It's a recent switch for me, but it's a rockin' one so far. Prior set up was 100% polaron, but it just wasn't working for me.
I was right about to ask about these. Right now i'm flying the Romulan Vet ship, so i was debating whether or not to go Romulan Plasma or Fleet plasma. Do the plasma tac consoles boost the lotus? Or would i still be better off going for the Fleet AP?
Yes plasma tac consoles do boost the lotus. They also boost the singularity beam console the arkif uses.
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For my tactical I really enjoy using the Elite Fleet Phasers for the shield heal proc. On my Engineer, I just use Advanced Fleet Antiproton for DPS potential. On my science, I use a mix of proton and antiproton, but would love to go with a full antiproton layout if they'd give us an omni-directional Proton beam.
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I have many, many alts and a number of them use different energy types.
1. Disruptors - Big family of Disruptor damage types, though the KDF gets the added luxury of Eltie Fleet Disruptors. Between my alts, esp. on KDF side, this is by far my most commonly used energy weapon type.
2. Phasers - My Fed TAC has to keep it real for Starfleet.
3. Romulan Plasma - The only Plasma energy weapons I'll ever use.
4. Antiproton - Regular, trusted AP, not the Voth variety.
5. Polarons - A few of mine have these. Regular Polarons, Dominion Polarons, Phased Polarons. I'm beginning to like the Protonic Polarons a whole lot, esp. with builds that have high Crit Rates.
Yes plasma tac consoles do boost the lotus. They also boost the singularity beam console the arkif uses.
Nice, Thank you for that.
Does anyone know if the Elite Phaser are any good? I'm curious if they're worth getting for my fed tac, but i keep hearing too many differing opinions.
I find that I tend to prefer Tetryons and kinetic Plasma weapons. That said, I do love my mixed Disruptor loadout on my Bortasqu.
That said, I think the only damage type I don't have on one of my active ships right now is Polaron. That may change if I do try a proton build with one of the Sci-stroyers, but I they never really did it for me when I've used them in the past.
Does anyone know if the Elite Phaser are any good? I'm curious if they're worth getting for my fed tac, but i keep hearing too many differing opinions.
Some people like the heal procs. They're nice, but don't often kick in when you need them. The heal is a bit weaker than that of the valedore console.
Fleet Phasers, good stats and because I prefer that authentic Starfleet look.
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My Dyson will be pure protonic polaron, but my main ship is tetryon.
Now if there was Protonic tetryon, holy ****.
In a world where everyone's ship shoots orange and red beams, my ship shoots blue (save for the 360 antiproton beam turret).
PvP is lame anyway, I just wish there was more tetryon weapons. I use Phased because its normal Tet + disables, and is really the only good tetryon type. A 360 tetryon beam turret would be great for using my console buffs.
Maybe my dream will come true when they improve crafting.
Depends on the ship, but I go strictly canon if it's about aesthetics (color).. hence Disruptors for my Klingon and Romulan ships, Spiral Waves for my Galor and some Fed ships, Phasers for my Fed ships and my D'Kora, Polarons for all my Jem ships, .. etc. ..
I don't use Plasma, Tetryon and Antiproton weapons and I never will.
I avoid phasers on the ground, mostly because the higher Mk ones look like gaudy messes, the others I generally avoid for similar reason, though this can be worked around by using Romulan disruptors, nanite disruptors, romulan plasma-disruptors, retro phasers and retro disruptors, and bajoran phasers. I also use the omega set a lot because I like the aesthetics and utility. Other than that, my Romulan uses plasma-but not because I want to-because Cryptic has decided to pidgeonhole the Romulans as the 'plasma faction' by giving them a 10% bonus to plasma damage. Eventually I'll switch over to the Romulan rep weapons.
So mostly phasers and disruptors with some plasma and antiproton mixed in.
Mostly plasma--I just like that field of green that I get with the Romulan Rep torps. With a splash of purple from a hargh'peng torp, it's just a pretty sight.
And I'm looking forward to seeing the Omega Rep plasma torps in action now that they're fixed--just hadn't had a chance yet. I kept thinking I was supposed to see more than one at a time--just never figured it out.
It's a bummer to see the enemy FAW the torps out of the sky, so having that torpedo cloaking ability was a nice addition.
I'm going to try out the same thing with my Romulan when he gets the rep system finished out--him in a T'Varo with that mess while cloaked will be fun.
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I'll share, in the beginning i made a KDF with disruptors and am currently flying an ap crit build.
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Speaking of Spiral Waves, can we get a Dual Beam Bank, Single Cannons and Turrets added to the dil store? While I would also like Dual Cannons (DCs or DHCs) I get that the Galor cannot mount those, so they would be "not-canon".
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I of course outgrow those weapons eventually and replace them with less interesting very-rare MKXIIs centered around the most relevant-at-the-time content, but even then, I'll retire those other weapons to a less-used event/collector ship.
Ultimately though, I'd say I like polaron the best, mainly because of their fantastic color.
On the ground, it doesn't matter--I like it all. I've got nearly 5 rows of assorted weapons with various energy types in my inventory to choose from--standard types as well as the more exotic types. The voth/whatever proton rifle has been a favorite lately.
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Yes plasma tac consoles do boost the lotus. They also boost the singularity beam console the arkif uses.
Fed Engie 2: Elachi Dual Crescent Cannons + Turrets (Previously Phased Polarons)
Fed Tac: Tetryon Dual Heavy Cannons + Turrets (Previously Phased Tetryons)
Fed Sci: Polarized Disruptor Beam Arrays (Previously Tetryon Beam Arrays)
Reman Eng: Tetryon Beam Arrays
KDF Tac: Disruptor Dual Cannons + Turrets
KDF Sci: Phased Polaron Dual Cannons + Turrets (Prviously Dominion Polaron Dual Cannons)
I tend tochange weapons for some builds when preparing for PvP. But these are good enough for PvE.
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1. Disruptors - Big family of Disruptor damage types, though the KDF gets the added luxury of Eltie Fleet Disruptors. Between my alts, esp. on KDF side, this is by far my most commonly used energy weapon type.
2. Phasers - My Fed TAC has to keep it real for Starfleet.
3. Romulan Plasma - The only Plasma energy weapons I'll ever use.
4. Antiproton - Regular, trusted AP, not the Voth variety.
5. Polarons - A few of mine have these. Regular Polarons, Dominion Polarons, Phased Polarons. I'm beginning to like the Protonic Polarons a whole lot, esp. with builds that have high Crit Rates.
Beltran: disruptor
Eridian: phaser
Tetin: Phaser
Chuft: phaser
Drexela: plasma
7 of 13: phaser
Rappaccini: phaser
Carnlan: tetryon
Sekkoth: antiproton
Diaula: torpedos
Emani: plasma
Soheth: plasma
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Nice, Thank you for that.
Does anyone know if the Elite Phaser are any good? I'm curious if they're worth getting for my fed tac, but i keep hearing too many differing opinions.
That said, I think the only damage type I don't have on one of my active ships right now is Polaron. That may change if I do try a proton build with one of the Sci-stroyers, but I they never really did it for me when I've used them in the past.
Some people like the heal procs. They're nice, but don't often kick in when you need them. The heal is a bit weaker than that of the valedore console.
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I always dispised them after that moment.
God AP used to look awesome too. A bit like how the Voth AP effects are but wayyyyyy better.
Now if there was Protonic tetryon, holy ****.
In a world where everyone's ship shoots orange and red beams, my ship shoots blue (save for the 360 antiproton beam turret).
PvP is lame anyway, I just wish there was more tetryon weapons. I use Phased because its normal Tet + disables, and is really the only good tetryon type. A 360 tetryon beam turret would be great for using my console buffs.
Maybe my dream will come true when they improve crafting.
I don't use Plasma, Tetryon and Antiproton weapons and I never will.
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So mostly phasers and disruptors with some plasma and antiproton mixed in.
Klingon Ships: Disruptors, Photon Torps
Romulan ships: Nanite Disruptors, Plasma Torps
Reman ship: Plasma, Plasma Torps
Jem'hadar ships: Polaron, Plasma Torps
D'kora: Tetryon, Quantum Torps
Ground weapons depend on the races of the captain and boffs.
Was Tetryon before.
And I'm looking forward to seeing the Omega Rep plasma torps in action now that they're fixed--just hadn't had a chance yet. I kept thinking I was supposed to see more than one at a time--just never figured it out.
It's a bummer to see the enemy FAW the torps out of the sky, so having that torpedo cloaking ability was a nice addition.
I'm going to try out the same thing with my Romulan when he gets the rep system finished out--him in a T'Varo with that mess while cloaked will be fun.