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Still no Phaser-Based Reputation

bossheisenbergbossheisenberg Member Posts: 603 Arc User
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I may be wrong but there has not yet been a reputation with phaser damage type. It looks like the temporal chronitons will be another AP-based weapon. We just had yet another AP boosting universal console with the Crystalline event....with the 50th anniversary of TOS coming let's have some phaser love!

These are the reputation damage types as far as I remember:
Omega - N/A (kinetic cutting beam and plasma torp)
Romulan - Plasma
Nukara - Tetryon
Dyson - Proton
Counter-Command - Disruptor
Delta - Polaron
Iconian - AP
Terran - Disruptor
Temporal - AP (Chroniton)




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  • kamuii2kamuii2 Member Posts: 231 Arc User
    Um I might be mistaken but didnt the undine rep allow you to chose either disruptor or phaser?
  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,690 Arc User
    edited June 2016
    kamuii2 wrote: »
    Um I might be mistaken but didnt the undine rep allow you to chose either disruptor or phaser?

    You're correct, which made the level-up rep boxes almost useless -- ooh, a VR beam array ... disruptor! Arrrghh!

    For the set there was only a turret though, no beam array or DHC: http://sto.gamepedia.com/Counter-Command_Ordnance

  • gradiigradii Member Posts: 2,824 Arc User
    STO has been starved for a little love for the good old (NOT AGONY) Phaser for a long long time.
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  • farmallmfarmallm Member Posts: 4,630 Arc User
    To me the Fed needs a lone Rep and so do KDF. This way they can have their own style of gear. Similar to the Romulan Rep.
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  • dykerasdykeras Member Posts: 326 Arc User
    They'll get a Phaser when i get a special Plasma DHC - Heaven knows why the Romulan set only gave the option of an Experimental Plasma Beam Array ... I'm a Romulan, I play an Escort and would love a special DHC, like the Terran rep ... which gives a choice of a special Disruptor Beam or DHC weapon set.
  • asuran14asuran14 Member Posts: 2,335 Arc User
    I would love to see a rep that uses a exclusively phaser type energy type like the terran gave for disruptor, yet if the Undine rep had given you a option in the rep to exchange a phaser or disruptor weapon for the alternative energy while keeping the same mods/weapon type it would have been okay. Like if you had a bio-phaser dual heavy cannon with the mods Acc/Crtdx2, but wanted that same weapon in a disruptor energy version, than for a dil (maybe dil, mark, and ec cost) cost you could do your bio-phaser for a bio-disruptor version of it.

    Though it would have been nice if they made it that any rep set-weapon had two firing modes that you could toggle between, like a beam-array an a dual-beam version, or a dual cannon an dual heavy cannon version of it. One reason I would not mind this change is that having the option to switch to say the larger firing arc beam-array mode to give yourself some more fire-power during the time while you acquire your target again, and then switching to the more powerful yet smaller arc dual bank mode once you do acquire you target, would give you some more use of the weapon on more ship-types. Add in that as I have hoped they might change the dual cannon's firing arc from 45 degrees to 90 degrees, than again it would just give you more viability in what ship an styles you could play the weapons in. An I do agree it would be nice to have both a beam array and dual cannon choice.
  • salazarrazesalazarraze Member Posts: 3,794 Arc User
    bossheisenberg wrote: »
    I may be wrong but there has not yet been a reputation with phaser damage type. It looks like the temporal chronitons will be another AP-based weapon. We just had yet another AP boosting universal console with the Crystalline event....with the 50th anniversary of TOS coming let's have some phaser love!

    These are the reputation damage types as far as I remember:
    Omega - N/A (kinetic cutting beam and plasma torp)
    Romulan - Plasma
    Nukara - Tetryon
    Dyson - Proton
    Counter-Command - Disruptor + Phaser
    Delta - Polaron
    Iconian - AP
    Terran - Disruptor
    Temporal - AP (Chroniton)
    There you go.
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  • berginsbergins Member Posts: 3,453 Arc User
    Hmm...

    2 disruptor reps, 1 phaser rep.

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  • cuchulainn74cuchulainn74 Member Posts: 831 Arc User
    We got a solid phaser set in the Quantum, but you're right about the rep. We really need a viable alternative to Fleet phasers. Yeah, not counting Evil phasers here either. Heh.
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  • crypticrockcrypticrock Member Posts: 120 Cryptic Developer
    We try to make reputations around a narrative, tying the damage type into it.

    I also *may* have pushed a bit for Chroniton once we knew this was going to be Temporal-themed.
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    ...
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    I totally pushed. Nobody can prove I shouted RAINBOWS in multiple design meetings, so it's fine :)

  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    crypticrock wrote: »
    We try to make reputations around a narrative, tying the damage type into it.

    I also *may* have pushed a bit for Chroniton once we knew this was going to be Temporal-themed.
    ...
    ...
    ...
    I totally pushed. Nobody can prove I shouted RAINBOWS in multiple design meetings, so it's fine :)

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  • cuchulainn74cuchulainn74 Member Posts: 831 Arc User
    Oh well who could argue with that POC? Carry on, then. 8)
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,674 Community Moderator
    Now we just need an oribital strike with Chroniton.
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    crypticrock wrote: »
    I totally pushed. Nobody can prove I shouted RAINBOWS in multiple design meetings, so it's fine :)

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  • crypticrockcrypticrock Member Posts: 120 Cryptic Developer
    edited June 2016
    iconians wrote: »
    crypticrock wrote: »
    We try to make reputations around a narrative, tying the damage type into it.

    I also *may* have pushed a bit for Chroniton once we knew this was going to be Temporal-themed.
    ...
    ...
    ...
    I totally pushed. Nobody can prove I shouted RAINBOWS in multiple design meetings, so it's fine :)

    Proof-of-Concept for the Chroniton-based weapons taken from a Cryptic design meeting.​​

    HOW DID YOU KNOW? WE SEARCHED THE ROOM FOR BUGS!

    It...came up.
  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    crypticrock wrote: »
    iconians wrote: »
    crypticrock wrote: »
    We try to make reputations around a narrative, tying the damage type into it.

    I also *may* have pushed a bit for Chroniton once we knew this was going to be Temporal-themed.
    ...
    ...
    ...
    I totally pushed. Nobody can prove I shouted RAINBOWS in multiple design meetings, so it's fine :)

    Proof-of-Concept for the Chroniton-based weapons taken from a Cryptic design meeting.

    HOW DID YOU KNOW? WE SEARCHED THE ROOM FOR BUGS!

    Sorry, NDA. ;)​​
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  • nikeixnikeix Member Posts: 3,972 Arc User
    crypticrock wrote: »
    HOW DID YOU KNOW? WE SEARCHED THE ROOM FOR BUGS!

    It...came up.

    Rear-firing Chroniton Lance OP!!!

  • asuran14asuran14 Member Posts: 2,335 Arc User
    crypticrock wrote: »
    We try to make reputations around a narrative, tying the damage type into it.

    I also *may* have pushed a bit for Chroniton once we knew this was going to be Temporal-themed.
    ...
    ...
    ...
    I totally pushed. Nobody can prove I shouted RAINBOWS in multiple design meetings, so it's fine :)

    I do like the idea and look of the chroniton weapons being added with this new rep, but I kinda wish they might have been slightly different, or a later type might work more in a delayed manner that fits with time-influencing effects. Such as the idea of giving a chance to inflict a debuff that would delay the activation, and/or the weapon firing activation of the target by a small degree like .1 or so, which if the animation of the ability/weapon activation were to still be shown could have some interesting play interactions.
  • berginsbergins Member Posts: 3,453 Arc User
    Chroniton totally makes sense for a Temporally themed reputation. Just would be nice to have a few more (one more?) rep options for the signature energy type of the faction the majority of players seem to choose.

    Procs already make it hard not to pick AP, but having more and more +AP sets out there, including stuff like the Ancient Omni Beam & Core, make it even harder. Phaser really could just use a little love.
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  • asuran14asuran14 Member Posts: 2,335 Arc User
    Yeah I agree with you on that we could use a lot more reps that use, or have options to use the three main faction energy types, as well as getting reps that have both a wide-arc (beam array and single cannon) an narrow arc (dual beam bank or cannon) choices for their set items.
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  • berginsbergins Member Posts: 3,453 Arc User
    edited June 2016
    Of course, if we get "more reps" that do that, we'll also get more threads like this: http://forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/1216970/not-another-grind-fest-temporal-reputation#latest

    *sigh*

    But yes, more options would be nice. It might even get me to actively grind more reps on more alts. Currently, unless there's something from a rep I really want on an alt, I am rather passive about filling projects.
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  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    I remember the Quantum Phase stuff from one of the recent story arcs (I use it on my Fed main), but some phaser rep gear would be nice.​​
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  • cuchulainn74cuchulainn74 Member Posts: 831 Arc User
    So, I'm a little unsure about one thing. Is Chroniton becoming its own damage type, or is it just going to remain another Antiproton source? And to follow, if Chroniton becomes its own damage type, will the Chroniton DB lobi item be modified to it?
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  • legendarylycan#5411 legendarylycan
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    edited June 2016
    crypticrock wrote: »
    We try to make reputations around a narrative, tying the damage type into it.

    I also *may* have pushed a bit for Chroniton once we knew this was going to be Temporal-themed.
    ...
    ...
    ...
    I totally pushed. Nobody can prove I shouted RAINBOWS in multiple design meetings, so it's fine :)

    ...there had better be standard chroniton-based weaponry coming now

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  • kjwashingtonkjwashington Member Posts: 2,529 Arc User
    crypticrock wrote: »
    I also *may* have pushed a bit for Chroniton once we knew this was going to be Temporal-themed.
    ...
    ...
    ...
    I totally pushed. Nobody can prove I shouted RAINBOWS in multiple design meetings, so it's fine :)

    You I like. (Also, who read my comment about wanting dual pistols where the expose secondary fire turned into an exploit if the target was already exposed?)
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  • sohtohsohtoh Member Posts: 620 Arc User
    cuchulainn74 wrote: »
    So, I'm a little unsure about one thing. Is Chroniton becoming its own damage type, or is it just going to remain another Antiproton source? And to follow, if Chroniton becomes its own damage type, will the Chroniton DB lobi item be modified to it?

    According to a post by STOCrypticRock on STO Reddit, it will be Antiproton based damage.
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  • cuchulainn74cuchulainn74 Member Posts: 831 Arc User
    sohtoh wrote: »
    cuchulainn74 wrote: »
    So, I'm a little unsure about one thing. Is Chroniton becoming its own damage type, or is it just going to remain another Antiproton source? And to follow, if Chroniton becomes its own damage type, will the Chroniton DB lobi item be modified to it?

    According to a post by STOCrypticRock on STO Reddit, it will be Antiproton based damage.
    Thank you. A little disappointing in a way, but it'll be easy to adjust builds for it.
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  • captainbmoneycaptainbmoney Member Posts: 1,323 Arc User
    TOS Phaser type would be nice. TOS Phaser Cannons would look sweet.
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  • lexandro21lexandro21 Member Posts: 29 Arc User
    captainbmoney wrote: »
    TOS Phaser type would be nice. TOS Phaser Cannons would look sweet.

    A reputation set of blue TOS style phasers to compliment the quantum set would be fantastic.
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