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is the boolean cannon still the standard? how about the herald staffs? or is it something else?
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for borg, single target the best (borg armor set for built in resequencer)... or physical dmg guns like the shot gun.
Not a boff weapon though as it has an alt fire mode so they'll often just get stuck in a loop going between the two and doing not much else in combat.
-Herald split-beam lance (I prefer this exchange-available lance over the Lobi lance, because Split-Beam, and better rate of fire)
-Vaadwaur dual pistols ('fanning' the fire key gives a very nice rapid-fire effect, which is good for maps like Kobali Prime, where rate of fire makes a big difference)
-Zeffy shot gun (Assimilate this!)
I have a Boolean cannon, but not a huge fan of it, because it slows my toon down way too much.
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http://sto.gamepedia.com/Plasma_Wide_Beam_Rifle
I few Boffs have the Plasma Piercing Beam Rifle which is good for bypassing shields with the secondary fire mode. I will upgrade more of these for my Boffs and likely use them as secondary weapons for a few of my captains as well.
http://sto.gamepedia.com/Plasma_Piercing_Beam_Rifle
The only bad thing about these rifles is that they cannot be crafted which means they cannot have the [Run] modifier.
-Elite fleet phaser split beam
-omegs full auto carbine
-tr116
-zefrsm shotgun, before i got mt hands on this phaser pulsewave
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The gun is meh, so choice of main weapon is situational, depending on career and choice of kit modules. On my tac, Boolean all the way. With buffs and Grav Spike, I one-shot vape entire groups of mobs in Elite. Borg etc get the TR or Zef shotgun treatment if needed.
Sci I quite like the Lukari weapon and 2 piece bonus, but I'll swap for a split beam occasionally - Krieger Wave Disruptor Split Beams can be quite nice with the right mods - but again depends on what/who you're fighting I guess and what kit modules you run with.
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Tr 116 for whenever it adepts to my staff
Alts are eaither using nakuhl gun or plasma high dens beam.
Maybe the poking stick (mk I wood version) is the only weapon which is a must
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What a minimalistic sum up of the main guns my three lead ground characters use. Nice.
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I go with my Boolean Cannon. I just love the big'uns! Plus it's slow cycle gives plenty of time to hit kit powers and etc.
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One skill I'd advise you to learn is weapon switching - this gives you a lot of amazing opportunities, such as using the rom needle plas rifle long range while running up to the mob, switching and pulsewaving point blank, or allowing you to apply multiple weapon dots (such as the rad cannon and sludgethrower)
Plus, it looks cool and stylish, which is the main point
You could even do as I did - make a Dante (devil may cry) build, dual pistols and sword, pistolling into lunge range then lunging and switching to sword (with graviton spike for 'juggling') and finishing with a guitar emote
As long as you find a good build you can have a lot of fun groundpounding
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Aside from the handy shield-devouring proc, tetryon weapons are one of the few whose models don't change as you upgrade them. Specifically shown are a quartet of 'full-auto' rifles (more correctly 'burst-fire'; contrast the 'piercing beam' rifle, which has a true full-auto attack) and one HDBR. The AoY alt and his crew use a similar mix, albeit in withering-disruptor flavor.
Now I'll have to try that... and catch some good angles with demorecord.
Yeah, expose/exploit/flanking are important factors to a strong ground game which ties into weapon switching - its why its valuable to know the type of weapons your teamates/boffs are using so you can use a weapon best suited to the battle (for example, if all are using eposing pulsewaves, you use an exploit weapon)
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no, both faction have both weapons. the Adapted weapon is the other factions normal weapon with the dmg type switched. Adapted honorguard being disruptor. Adapted maco, phaser.
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My BOffs use Pulsewave or melee, and I try to set them so when the targets I'm shooting turn a corner to get to me but instead get shot by four at once.
My main confusion is that, back when, ranges made a difference, especially in damage at a distance. Now I don't even see a range listed for weapons. Does range have any effect any more?
As to equipping tac boffs with grav spike, you could equip a tac boff with two so they fire it often - or equip four tac boffs with grav spike to make an aoe sci captain unstoppable
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