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"Must Have" Starship Traits
damienvryce2
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Which are considered "Must Have" Starship Traits for a tactical Fed cruiser flyer?
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But if I had to pick two traits that give the most interesting advantages then I would say AHOD and Reciprocity. Never cared that much for Emergency weapon cycle, although I do enjoy flying the Arbiter a lot more than the Presidio or Phantom escort.
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I recommend the traits as the others have said above. All Hands on Deck, Reciprocity, Emergency weapons cycle (Useful for BFAW), Pedal to the metal, Predictive algorithms (if you have the 5th slot unlocked)
Just make sure you have an emergency power to weapons in your build somewhere, make sure you have enough heals, and keep moving via broadsiding the enemy.
There are lockbox traits to make your build even more optimal, but I don't recommend getting lockbox ships only for their traits.
All Hands on Deck
Emergency Weapon Cycle
Pedal to the Medal
Supremecy
Attack Pattern Delta Prime
Improved Temporal Insight (from Delta Recruitment Event) - Immunity to all damage for 4 sec after healing once every 45 seconds
Improved Command Frequency (from Command Specialisation) - Removes "low health" restriction and lowers cooldown by 10 min on Fleet Support
If you love the Improved Command Frequency Trait, If you made a Temporal Recruit during the event and get them to the point they finish 3 of the Spec trees, you'll unlock the Superior Command Frequency trait, which summons 2 ships.
All Hands on Deck and Reciprocity have lost their shine with the introduction of the Strategist Specialization using Attrition Warfare 2 with Threatening Stance turned on. These were once two of the better traits, but not so much anymore.
Supremacy is nice, but it all depends on if you want to spend the EC or Lobi it will take to get it.
If you get the Strategist Specialization filled out, Unconventional Tactics is very nice. You have to time your Brace for Impact, but it's better than Improved Pedal to the Metal.
A 15% damage bonus clicker is better than a 20% passive bonus?
2 ships from Fleet Support?! OH HELL YEA!
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He did say cruiser and I consider "must have" as something for all skill levels. IPttM is better for more experienced players and more maneuverable ships. All it takes is one slip of the throttle to drop your stacks and you have to build them up again.
That's why you never slow down and never stop firing
I use Checkmate too, even though that's mostly for the fact I use it on my Sci Temporal Agent alt. Particle Feedback Loop is pretty good too +150 Armor Pen by usin' Exotic Damagin' Abilities but its from the Eternal.
I like Subsystem Redundancies from the Yamato/Kolasi/Kara Dreadnoughts,
(While Subsystem Redundancies is slotted, firing a Spinal Lance, Javelin or Beam: Overload I, II and III will trigger a shield heal, a shield hardness buff and will restore offline shields.)
and the Guardian Cruisers Desperate Repairs
(When critically hit:
• Grant 1 Desperation counter for 120 sec.
At 3 counters:
• To self: +5,000 Shield Regeneration.
• To self: +25,000 Hit Points.
• Prevents gaining Desperation counters for 60 sec.)
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Improved Feedback Pulse -- from Krenim Science Ship
Improved Pedal to the Metal -- Complete Pilot spec tree
If you have a LtC Science seat, and use Grav Well + Torps:
Checkmate -- from T6 Science Odyssey
Other things-
If you've managed to keep your subsystem power levels high (and use some science abilities like Grav Well and Feedback pulse):
Auxiliary Power Configuration-Offense -- from Nukara Tier 4 Rep
I use Checkmate and Super Charged Weapons (both are T6 Flagship traits).
Checkmate gives +30% Projectile Weapon Damage and +30% Exotic Damage for 15 seconds each when a control ability is activated.
Super Charged Weapons gives +10% Energy Weapon Damage, +1.5% Critical Chance and +6.6% Critical Severity for 20 seconds when a torpedo is fired. It can stack up to 3 times. The lower the torpedo cooldown the more likely you can stack the bonus within the initial 20 seconds.
Wasn't there a Reputation Torpedo (i think it was from Omega - the Anti-Borg one) that loaded a torpedo into launcher every 6 or 12 seconds up to 6 torpedoes, and then you could fire them one after another - would that trigger the Super Charged Weapons Trait stacks too?
Also the New Romulus Reputation Torpedo has short cooldown too...
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That would actually be considered a single torpedo salvo. But since the it recharges quickly and it does not have a very long cooldown, getting 3 stacks from Super Charged Weapons is possible.
Another trait I have become to respect is “Supremacy” from the Astika. It has similar results than a buffed plasmonic leech and will grand you better energy level ship wide.
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