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meimeitoo
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What's this then!? Experimental Weapon slot (mentioned in the upcoming Tzenkethi Lock Box blog). Is that the same as a Heavy Weapon slot? Or something new again? (And, if so, will other Escort ships get it too?)
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I suggested Advanced Tactical Weapon (ATW) but Experimental is acceptable, I guess.
No idea why they felt the need to change it, but Heavy Weapon did feel a bit odd (for one, it's like like any other wep, and doesn't draw more power or anything).
first time back to this game since my depression and the first thing i notice on my defiant is this heavy weapon slot and i was thinking, what the heck is that? I looked it up and i was wondering if it was a 360 degree torpoedo launcher or super heavy cannon firing massive energy bolts at targets? Looked it up and it's a an ionstream exciter that produces electrical damage, it adds to the damage numbers pretty well.
now it's called an experimental weapon, i suppose it will fit the idea of these weapons.
Arty weapons fire over greater distances than traditional weapons, it's like firing a T2 T57 at t1 to t3 enemy tanks half way across a map on WoT, they can't hit you but you can hit them without trouble.
in this case these weapons all fire within 10km.
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
Since it is weird for a escort to have a 180-360 degree weapon that the nimble agile nature of the escort is wasted on, compared something like a much more narrow firing arc around say 90-45 degrees would fit much better. While the 180-360 degree weapons would make sense on something like battle-cruisers, dreadnoughts, and other such ship types that such a wide firing arc would benefit them much more if they had a heavy/tactical/experimental weapon slot.
I have very mixed feelings about that on one hand I want t6 dyson, on the other hand I hate 4 peice console sets and am hoping the next anniversary ship is t6 ambassador/ Kamarag.
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They don't tend to make canon ships anniversary ships. But if you mean the next singular ships to get T6 treatment, I think they are more likely to do the Oberth next since they did the T6 Miranda this year, and because the Oberth is the remaining T1 ship to not yet get T6 treatment.
true but the ambassador/ Kamarag were anniverary ships. so it make some sense for the t-6 version to also be an anniversary ship.
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already in the game https://sto.gamepedia.com/Ability:_Heavy_Graviton_Beam
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Guess I'll be leaving that slot empty, don't like the look of what they've released so far, especially the freebie. That deflector weapon was the only thing I could think of that I'd actually be willing to use in that slot, didn't realize it had already been added as a set bonus (though I'm not surprised).
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Or maybe the next spec will be "Heavy Weapons Expert"
Hmm, didn't know about that one, I only have 1 toon using escorts right now (NX refit), so I might have to look into it.