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How to maximize your control skill like a 14 year old minmaxer
lucho80
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So someone asked in Reddit, and I actually took the time to figure it out. For those who want to just troll enemies in the gravity kills PvE with TBR.
1) 4 research high control+part gens consoles. Why these? Because they work great together.
2) 1 R&D egnineering and 1 R&D science console with [Control]
3) Borg deflector. Nothing else gets that high
4) 23rd century science boffs for +10 each. Max possible is +30.
5) Joined Trill captain for +9.
6) Threat Analysis Matrix (lobi)
7) Bioneural Infusion Circuits (lobi)
8) Tachyokinetic Converter (lobi)
9) Assimilated Module (Omega rep)
10) Chroniton Drive Actuator (Temporal rep)
11) Delta engines = +40
12) Psychological warfare trait
13) Dyson 2 piece = +20.3
Temporary extras:
1) Inspirational Leader
2) Doff assignment crits
3) Fleet sci boost
4) Quantum Singularity manipulator
1) 4 research high control+part gens consoles. Why these? Because they work great together.
2) 1 R&D egnineering and 1 R&D science console with [Control]
3) Borg deflector. Nothing else gets that high
4) 23rd century science boffs for +10 each. Max possible is +30.
5) Joined Trill captain for +9.
6) Threat Analysis Matrix (lobi)
7) Bioneural Infusion Circuits (lobi)
8) Tachyokinetic Converter (lobi)
9) Assimilated Module (Omega rep)
10) Chroniton Drive Actuator (Temporal rep)
11) Delta engines = +40
12) Psychological warfare trait
13) Dyson 2 piece = +20.3
Temporary extras:
1) Inspirational Leader
2) Doff assignment crits
3) Fleet sci boost
4) Quantum Singularity manipulator
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I think you missed the point of this build completely. Outside of pushing things into a black hole, I doubt you'll kill much too quickly with that build, much like my 800 drain skill Palisade.
LOL you didn't even read what the post was about, didn't even notice what skillset the build focused on. It wasn't weapons pew-pew nor even Exotic Particle Gens. It is nothing about DPS but it will still kill the NPCs.
Hmm... I failed that step...
That gave me a good laugh, well done sir!
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Any way, I like big wells, always have, when a science ship warps in with an itty bitty hull and a large well in my face I get sprung and all that.
So hear is some serous advice for those seriously looking into a Ctrlx build.
Use the research lab consoles. The kind with the exotic damage bonus on use of heals, that way you can hit all your heals for maximum effect before you unleash all the science. Be carful when you buy them, there are two that share exactly the same name and boost both EPG and CtrlX. But one gives a larger bonus to CtrlX and one gives a larger bonus to EPG
Keep in mind that there is NO benefit in taking CtrlX passed 400. Everything that CtrlX effects, except for gravity well range, it modifies by teeny tiny unnoticeable amounts. The benefit to your gravity well size is caped at 400, so once you have that, pump EPG instead.
With the right ship and gear you can quite easily get 400 CtrlX and 350 EPG. Getting EPG to 250 as a minimum is also important as the CrtH bonus from particle manipulator caps out hear. There is no cap on the crit severity bonus from particle manipulator, or the minor damage increase from EPG itself though, so continuing to take it higher is a good thing.
The Psychological warfare trait will increase your gravity well pull strength, but NOT its range. Its still good, getting enemies to the center of the well sooner increases your DPS, just don't expect to produce a well with a diameter beyond 24km using it, 24km is the hard cap on a Gravity Well 3.
A MegaWell build (any build that produces a maximum size gravity well) can absolutely put out 100k DPS + in infected space with a pug, without superior romulan operatives or tactical abilities, but you HAVE to know when to use your abilities. Gravity well builds are some of the most fun you can have in PVE but they are not for the lazy space bar mashers, you have to be prepared to think and be situationally aware.
Finally gravity well builds are awesome in gravity kills. Pick an enemy, push them toward the cosmic space ship disposal shoot. Place 24km diameter gravity well on enemy when they are just passed the point of no return. Watch enemies friends get sucked passed said point, wait for well to expire, laugh maniacally and post about it on the forum latter.
Sounds like fun for Gravity Kills map! As they start with lieutenant skill and already do some good even without going all nerdy in graviton generators I see them easily integrated on most builds.
Nice suggestion.
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Try it! You'll need to get your approach angle right, but when you do it's really fun to push those pesky mobs down the event horizon.
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Will do.
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Lol the laugh maniacally part is great, as the ship's crew scream as their hull buckles while their captain is yelling for emergency to power to SIF.
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Hey @pwstolemyname, so how is the best way to achieve that combo?
To everyone else, I think I'll post the drain gear today under a similar title.
would love to see another.
http://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline#/discussion/1227795/how-to-maximize-your-drain-skill-like-a-14-year-old-minmaxer
BTW you can craft [ctrlx]x3 secondary deflectors. I own several.
Lol, I hate trying to craft deflectors like that. Hell, even the [damp] engines with the right extra modifiers is frustrating. The RNG hates my guts.
Also the Delta engines (i think) have +40 control if i recall and the dyson 2-piece also grants something like +23.4. The skill revamp retroed some old gear since they combined the defensive and offensive variants of each skill.
Thanks, edited post.
Quite good to know. And it's not just gravity wells that benefit from this: IFF hacking does, too. Na'kuhl ships in particular can be severely worked over with it...
I also suspect it'd be hilarious against Leeta's 'Mobius Squadron'.
Bonus points if you had the foresight to have demorecord or some video capture running at the time. It inspired the mental image of my chief science officer (far left in below image)...
...pulling off this, well, reaction (there's a No-Prize in it for anyone identifying the reference).
In all cases you basically hack the enemy ship to alter its targetting parameters
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Ok, that I get. Using the acronym IFF was too technical for me, but now I know. AND KNOWING IS HALF THE BATTLE! GIJOE!!!!