What is a "directed energy attack"?

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• thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User

  May 2013 edited May 2013

  If I were to guess I'd say it's an attack like from Beams or cannons as opposed to something like a Shockwave that is undirected and just hits a whole area.

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• dkeith2011 Member Posts: 595 Arc User

  May 2013 edited May 2013

  Pretty much anything that isn't a torpedo.

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• deleroux Member Posts: 478 Arc User

  May 2013 edited May 2013

  It's a targetted energy attack (beam, cannon, turret), as opposed to an AoE of some sort, I believe.

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• voporak Member Posts: 5,621 Arc User

  May 2013 edited May 2013

  DHC, DC, DBB, Cannon, Beam Array, and Turret are directed energy weapons.

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• matthian1701 Member Posts: 0 Arc User

  May 2013 edited May 2013

  Thanks for the info. I was afraid it only meant damage using that engineering skill that's called Directed-something-something. But if it'll be all regular beam weapon attacks that makes it an awesome passive to have.

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• jniebaum Member Posts: 43 Arc User

  May 2013 edited May 2013

  dkeith2011 wrote: »

  Pretty much anything that isn't a torpedo.

  
  This pretty much is what it is.

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• tangolight Member Posts: 777 Arc User

  May 2013 edited May 2013

  jniebaum wrote: »

  This pretty much is what it is.

  
  Or mines. Or many BO abilities.

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• sgtstarfall Member Posts: 205 Arc User

  May 2013 edited May 2013

  This passive might be interesting when combined with DEM....Though I thought it read as ground instead of space. I'll have to check on it again.

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• sosolidshoe Member Posts: 174 Arc User

  May 2013 edited May 2013

  tangolight wrote: »

  Or mines. Or many BO abilities.

  
  Would it apply to ship special abilities, like the Vesta's focused phaser beam blast?

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• deleroux Member Posts: 478 Arc User

  May 2013 edited May 2013

  sgtstarfall wrote: »

  This passive might be interesting when combined with DEM....Though I thought it read as ground instead of space. I'll have to check on it again.

  
  There's one for both. I'm not sure how it'd stack or behave along side DEM though.

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• avastan Member Posts: 0 Arc User

  February 2014 edited February 2014

  Overall in PVE how much % of total damage you think is this type ?
  
  50%, 75%, 25% ?
  
  A rough figure would be good enough
  
  Thanks

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• kazapsky Member Posts: 77 Arc User

  February 2014 edited February 2014

  avastan wrote: »

  Overall in PVE how much % of total damage you think is this type ?
  
  50%, 75%, 25% ?
  
  A rough figure would be good enough
  
  Thanks

  
  Dunno about a hard number, but the vast majority of your overall PvE damage comes from beams/cannons unless you're a dedicated Sci/torp boat. Most of the high-DPS builds posted on the forums either eschew kinetic damage altogether or have one forward torpedo for spiking down unshielded targets.
  
  Or that's what I've seen, anyway.

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• lianthelia Member Posts: 7,882 Arc User

  February 2014 edited February 2014

  dkeith2011 wrote: »

  Pretty much anything that isn't a torpedo.

  
  Yup, god forbid they would give any extra power to torpedos. :mad:

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• errab Member Posts: 1,434 Arc User

  February 2014 edited February 2014

  matthian1701 wrote: »

  One of the tier 2 passives for Nukura rep says:
  
  "Your directed energy attacks ignore some of your target's shields in space combat."
  
  What is a directed energy attack exactly?

  
  It's Like this:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHvcBga2ino

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• wilbor2 Member Posts: 1,684 Arc User

  February 2014 edited February 2014

  sosolidshoe wrote: »

  Would it apply to ship special abilities, like the Vesta's focused phaser beam blast?

  
  Yes it does n yes i have the vesta plus this rep passive

  

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• meimeitoo Member Posts: 12,594 Arc User

  February 2014 edited February 2014

  matthian1701 wrote: »

  Thanks for the info. I was afraid it only meant damage using that engineering skill that's called Directed-something-something.

  
  Actually, that is exactly what Directed Energy Modulation (aka DEM) does: it modulates all your Directed Energy Attacks.
  
  I'd say, all energy weapon attacks that require a target (= the 'directed' part) are Directed Energy Attacks (doesn't have to be a single target, mind you: CSV, CRF, BFAW, these are still all Directed Energy Attacks).

  

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• alexmakepeace Member Posts: 10,633 Arc User

  February 2014 edited February 2014

  How directed energy weapons work:
  
  1. Lock on target.
  2. Press trigger/fire button.
  3. Wait.
  4. Respond to hail from phasers. "Where was I suppose to go again?" "That warbird." "Okay."
  5. Wait.
  6. Respond to hail from phasers. "Did you want me to go to the Klingon warbird or the Romulan warbird?" "Romulan." "Okay."
  7. Wait.
  8. Respond to hail from phasers. "Did you want me to go to the top or the primary hull of the warbird or the wings?" "The primary hull!" "Okay."
  9. Wait.
  10. Respond to hail from phasers. "Did you want me to hit the bridge or engineering?" "I don't care, just hit the ship somewhere!" "Okay. Bye."
  
  And that's why energy has to move around phaser strips before it's fired.

  

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