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rarity modifiers for dominion polaron beam array?

philexanphilexan Member Posts: 52 Arc User
in Star Trek Online General Discussion
I'm curious to know the very rare and ultra rare modifiers for the dominion polaron beam array for setting up my sci ship. Thanks for the help.
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  • tousseautousseau Member Posts: 1,484 Arc User
    Assuming the wiki is correct... it's random.

    http://sto.gamepedia.com/Dominion_Polaron_Beam_Array
  • quammenquammen Member Posts: 51 Arc User
    They are not predetermined. You get either Acc, CrtD, CrtH or Dmg. You should probably try to use Omega-Kits from Mk XI to Mk XIV to upgrade and wait for the next upgrade weekend, i got mine just to very rare during the last event.
  • samt1996samt1996 Member Posts: 2,856 Arc User
    Running the mission to get them is mind numbing.
  • philexanphilexan Member Posts: 52 Arc User
    random huh, that sucks and ya running that mission repeatedly isn't much fun
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    This is the last 2800 FE right? Good mission for starship mastery. Massacring the Jem'Hadar fleet is a bit tricky until you figure out the best approach.
    -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
    My character Tsin'xing
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  • samt1996samt1996 Member Posts: 2,856 Arc User
    Sleeping on the spacebar seems to do the trick...
  • tousseautousseau Member Posts: 1,484 Arc User
    0.o?

    LOL
  • warmaker001bwarmaker001b Member Posts: 9,205 Arc User
    samt1996 wrote: »
    Running the mission to get them is mind numbing.

    A pretty long mission in one of the longest, worst story arcs in the game. In the past, I wanted to have a Dominion Polaron equipped ship for my Drain Boat Carrier or Dual Cannons for an Escort. After getting about 2 of the Dual Cannon versions I stopped and couldn't be bothered to repeat that awful, dull experience anymore.
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,675 Community Moderator
    warmaker001b wrote: »
    samt1996 wrote: »
    Running the mission to get them is mind numbing.

    A pretty long mission in one of the longest, worst story arcs in the game. In the past, I wanted to have a Dominion Polaron equipped ship for my Drain Boat Carrier or Dual Cannons for an Escort. After getting about 2 of the Dual Cannon versions I stopped and couldn't be bothered to repeat that awful, dull experience anymore.

    I was crazy enough to run it for 6 beam arrays.
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    Yang Xiao Long wrote:
    I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
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  • legendarylycan#5411 legendarylycan
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    i ran it for 8 on alex years ago...and i don't even use them anymore​​
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  • warmaker001bwarmaker001b Member Posts: 9,205 Arc User
    shadowfang240 wrote: »
    i ran it for 8 on alex years ago...and i don't even use them anymore​​
    rattler2 wrote: »
    warmaker001b wrote: »
    samt1996 wrote: »
    Running the mission to get them is mind numbing.

    A pretty long mission in one of the longest, worst story arcs in the game. In the past, I wanted to have a Dominion Polaron equipped ship for my Drain Boat Carrier or Dual Cannons for an Escort. After getting about 2 of the Dual Cannon versions I stopped and couldn't be bothered to repeat that awful, dull experience anymore.

    I was crazy enough to run it for 6 beam arrays.

    You guys were insane :D
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,675 Community Moderator
    Yea... well... the beams got shelved for a while, then recently got upgraded to Mk XIV and are now the primary polaron combined with the Chronometric polaron beams.
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    Yang Xiao Long wrote:
    I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
    The nut who actually ground out many packs. The resident forum voice of reason (I HAZ FORUM REP! YAY!)
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  • legendarylycan#5411 legendarylycan
    legendarylycan#5411
         Member Posts: 37,284 Arc User
    in my defense, it was back before season 6...there wasn't really a lot to DO back then - i used to spend hours just standing around in quark's playing dabo, building up millions on my only other character and annoying my fleet leader by screaming DABO! in fleet chat every few minutes​​
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    #LegalizeAwoo

    A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
    An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
    A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
    A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"

    "It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
    "We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
    Passion and Serenity are one.
    I gain power by understanding both.
    In the chaos of their battle, I bring order.
    I am a shadow, darkness born from light.
    The Force is united within me.
  • warmaker001bwarmaker001b Member Posts: 9,205 Arc User
    edited March 2016
    rattler2 wrote: »
    Yea... well... the beams got shelved for a while, then recently got upgraded to Mk XIV and are now the primary polaron combined with the Chronometric polaron beams.

    The last time I used my Dominion Polaron DCs was when I came back to the game in around 2012. My KDF SCI at the time still was flying my old Qin Raptor from the first 5-6 months of the game coming out in 2010. That Qin had my Dominion weapons and other Polarons.

    I quickly jumped into the PVP queues and Arena popped up. I promptly accepted, went in. I was doing decently for someone that was gone for a long time. After one respawn, I was full-impulsing towards the furball. I notice a red blip on the screen of an enemy player trying to intercept me, so I was all, "GAME ON" and turned to engage him.

    We get into better visual range and I saw a light purple, funny looking ship that wasn't around when the game launched. We get closer and I recognized it from the DS9 tv show. I ran into my first JHAS! Reminder, this was 2012, and the Qin still has to this date its quite notorious reputation in it's weird turn axis. Not bad for PVE but it's an issue in PVP. I think you guys can figure how badly that fight went B)
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,675 Community Moderator
    warmaker001b wrote: »
    We get into better visual range and I saw a light purple, funny looking ship that wasn't around when the game launched. We get closer and I recognized it from the DS9 tv show. I ran into my first JHAS! Reminder, this was 2012, and the Qin still has to this date its quite notorious reputation in it's weird turn axis. I think you guys can figure how badly that fight went B)

    You faced... the Holy Bugship... RIP Qin Raptor
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    Yang Xiao Long wrote:
    I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
    The nut who actually ground out many packs. The resident forum voice of reason (I HAZ FORUM REP! YAY!)
    normal text = me speaking as fellow formite
    colored text = mod mode
  • warmaker001bwarmaker001b Member Posts: 9,205 Arc User
    rattler2 wrote: »
    warmaker001b wrote: »
    We get into better visual range and I saw a light purple, funny looking ship that wasn't around when the game launched. We get closer and I recognized it from the DS9 tv show. I ran into my first JHAS! Reminder, this was 2012, and the Qin still has to this date its quite notorious reputation in it's weird turn axis. I think you guys can figure how badly that fight went B)

    You faced... the Holy Bugship... RIP Qin Raptor

    Newer players just don't understand how much that single ship absolutely dominated the game back then. Nothing was close!
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,675 Community Moderator
    Yup... it was...

    THE HOLY BUGSHIP.
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    Yang Xiao Long wrote:
    I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
    The nut who actually ground out many packs. The resident forum voice of reason (I HAZ FORUM REP! YAY!)
    normal text = me speaking as fellow formite
    colored text = mod mode
  • dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    I also got 6 of those beams way back, for my Sci KDF toon flying the Varanus. They are nice beams. And yeah, running that FE 6 times was a pain.
  • taylor1701dtaylor1701d Member Posts: 3,099 Arc User
    Not as painful as gathering Dominion beams, but I ran "The New Link" mission 8 times in a row to aquire 8 Polarized Tetryon beam arrays.
    Got those all upgraded to xiv.
    Then out of the blue, they decided to change the 10% proc on them. And changed them to Resonating Tet garbage.
    I was not pleased at all having wasted all that Dil and time.
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  • samt1996samt1996 Member Posts: 2,856 Arc User
    It still has twice the proc chance and can be upgraded now where before they could not.
  • taylor1701dtaylor1701d Member Posts: 3,099 Arc User
    Its at 5% , but I got them for the 10%.
    And they were upgradable when I did them shortly before The Change. I think they were however unupgradable for a short time after the system was first released. Anyway, if I could do it over, I would have saved those resources.
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  • samt1996samt1996 Member Posts: 2,856 Arc User
    They are still nice especially if I can get borticus to increase the shield drain of Tetryon weapons.
  • taylor1701dtaylor1701d Member Posts: 3,099 Arc User
    Yeah in fairness I haven't tested them at all since the change. They're probably not bad. Was just sad to lose that 10%... They were pretty unique in that regard.
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  • makocallowaymakocalloway Member Posts: 455 Arc User
    Wait what? It's random? Ug.

    I also ran it six times for the beams. I stopped at XIV VR, figured I'd get to it eventually. If I upgrade and get acc I'm going to be upset. I can only get hit by ground subspace cloaking mines so many times o_O
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    makocalloway wrote: »
    Wait what? It's random? Ug.

    I also ran it six times for the beams. I stopped at XIV VR, figured I'd get to it eventually. If I upgrade and get acc I'm going to be upset. I can only get hit by ground subspace cloaking mines so many times o_O
    The trick with the Houdini mines is to run around a lot. Like grenades, the damage decreases the farther you are from the epicenter. So if you keep moving, you take a glancing blow, if it even hits you when it blows. Needless to say this probably works best in RPG mode and not Shooter mode.

    The big space battle was a major challenge the first time. I got better at fighting enemy armadas since then.

    At least if you get mods you don't like you can always get more beams.
    -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
    My character Tsin'xing
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  • vengefuldjinnvengefuldjinn Member Posts: 1,521 Arc User
    samt1996 wrote: »
    Sleeping on the spacebar seems to do the trick...

    You too funny lol !

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  • sanokskyratsanokskyrat Member Posts: 479 Media Corps
    Hmmmm. Are you guys sure its random. VR i got the same proc on 7 Beams. Has anyone tested this on tribble?
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  • samt1996samt1996 Member Posts: 2,856 Arc User
    What mod?
  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,675 Community Moderator
    I did manage to get two up to VR just by luck. Don't remember the mods they got off the top of my head though.
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    Yang Xiao Long wrote:
    I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
    The nut who actually ground out many packs. The resident forum voice of reason (I HAZ FORUM REP! YAY!)
    normal text = me speaking as fellow formite
    colored text = mod mode
  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,572 Arc User
    edited March 2016
    I recently picked up two Dominion Polaron Beam Arrays just before the last Upgrade Event. I upgraded both to Mk XIV Epic. When I get home I will check the Mods that were awarded. I know Epic always gets Acc/Dmg.

    Edit: One has Accx2, CrtH, Dmg the other CrtDx2 CrtH, Dmg

    So make that what you will. It would seem that the randomness is there but there is always 2 of something.
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