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In terms of overall damage and usefulness what are the best energy weapon types? By types i mean Phaser, Tetryon, Polaron, Plasma, Plasma/Distruptor, things like that.
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Though, chances are your crit chance is higher than 2.5% (the proc chance) so AP will probably work best.
Phaser - disable subsystem
disruptor - resistance debuff
antiproton - crit damage
Tetryon - shield damage
polaron - drains energy
plasma - hull damage (least useful in PvP due to inherent plasma resistance of most endgame sets)
It should be noted that not all procs deal equal damage either.
Actually the Polarized Tetryon weapons from "The New Link" Cardassian quest have a 10% chance each to proc their anti shield effects
For the MVAE and Galaxy X (Dreadnaught) the best bet is usually Phasers so that in the first case you maximize your pet's strength and between you have a huge chance to Proc. With the Galaxy X you want to increase the power of your Lance.
With the Guramba you want to go Disruptor for the same reason the Galaxy X goes Phaser.
With all other ships it is generally a toss up between two types: Antiproton which give the highest personal DPS or Disruptors which will lower enemy resistances allowing you to get more damage out of EVERYTHING including your torps, pets, sci abilities, warp plasma, and any team mates firing at the target.
Tetryons are decent but their inability to do anything extra to the Hull makes them lack-luster and against Player ships like Cruisers you will find them next to useless. Polaron are OK if you are running a heavy power drain build but otherwise their proc is not that noticeable and generally Phasers get the desired result quicker. Plasma is just USELESS. Its proc is so immensely weak that Antiproton easily kicks its butt and now many people have Plasma resists thanks to the STF sets.
well, as that was posted 2 years ago.... it's "a little" out of date.
just like necro posting was "so yesterday":P
Just go for the weapon type you like the most, or just for their proc. If you have a science ship, you need weapons with high accuracy, so quantums will work great. For example, thats the only reason to choose one weapon or another, but not the damage. The damage is almost the same in all weapons.
I dont see too many phaser users in the game, they probably think phasers are weak, again. They are exactly like disruptor beams, plasma beams and any other beam in terms of dmg lol. The only diff is the proc.
I have disruptors and photons on my klingon toon, for example with no any special reason, just because i like the visuals of photons and i want a classic klingon ship, not carried with rare weapons like chronitons or other weapons like transphasics that are really far from a classic klingon weapon. And thats the build i am trying to boost. And i dont care if anti proton deals more damage lol, cuz fortunately that doesnt matter in this game.
Plasmas are the most dangeours torps in the game, a single high yelded plasma can even drain half of the ship's hull points.
BUT, high yielded plasmas against shields are useless. Thats the reason, plasmas sometimes are really dangeorus or sometimes are just regular weapons. Thats the reason the AI always use tractor beam on you and after that they release the high yield plasmas. Because by that time your shield should be down and if you dont scape, your dead.
Ummm, sry but no.
APs are so widely used in pvp that i wouldn't go into pvp without a Shield with AP res bonus.
In addition, its hull damage is almost equal to other types since everyone nowadays uses Neutronium Alloys that improve ALL Damage Res.
I would personally say Disruptor/Plasma-Disruptor, since they're most useful in various uses, in pve as well as pvp.
Additionally, disruptor proc also buffs other weapons when procing, as well as your teams damage against the debuffed target.
3rd advantage is the higher diversity of Disruptor type weps (Standard, Nanite, Elachi, Spiral wave) compared to APs
also when the fool of the day is quoting this infamous Mr. archived post, you know this thread is older than your grandma!
This ^^
What is wrong with an auto delete for threads over 6 months old ???
Most MMOs information is out of date in a few weeks, so 6 months should be more than enough time to save anything.
Props to you, shining paragon of accountability.
AP is by far the worst damage type nowadays.
Indeed, most other message boards I've used over the years don't care about necros, or even encourage them, so the boards don't get cluttered with dozens and dozens of old threads on basically the same topic just sitting there.
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going into that is discussing moderation. out here any thread not shown activity beyond a certain amount of time is considered a dead thread and any further replies on it after that time means its been necro'd, moderators dont like it and if you wanted more accurate answer to your question in any event you should of started a new thread up.
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In this game, I'd say most great information has been lost or mangled.
An example: Auto deleting old threads would prompt even MORE people to unknowingly equip EPS Flow Regulators thinking they did something useful to energy drain on multiple beams firing. (See my sig link for why that's bad information ... it's a link to an old thread).
You think eps transfer is useless for beams....
I think your a tad outdated man. They aren't the most optimal but they still help the overcapping
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Darthjoker1, seeing that this was your first post on the forums, let me enlighten you. Neither Cryptic, neither Perfect World and neither the players like necro threads. Necro-ing is posting in a thread that has been inactive for at least 30 days. This one was more than a year inactive.
If you wish to continue talking about the subject, start a new thread.
I'm expecting a mod to close this thread down in a matter of hours.
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Also people damn you if you post a subject already in the forums, then damn you if you necro the subject. WTF people, be consistant. Stop condemning people for posting in the forums.
BAD ZOMBIE BAD GO BACK TO THE GROUND!
Seriously folks, if a thread hasn't been responded too in 30 days please don't bring it back up
PS - Ya know you guys could oh i dunno contact a mod instead of actually replying TO the necro post
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