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Anyone try the new beam over load?
lexusk19
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Is the new beam overload any good?
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I kinda like it.
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An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
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I need to shck out if it is enhanced by that singularity power that boosts beams on Rom ships.. that could be a whole new level of ouch
Hopefully after a few patches we'll really have something.
Yeah, guess that's dead now since BO isn't 1 uber crit anymore and works more like "CRF for beams". Would probably be better to replace that 1 DBB with another cannon.
I've heard from other players that Kelvin Phasers don't work with it, same non-firing bug that Covert have. Emitter-Linked and Sensor-Linked Phasers I've heard aren't working either, though Sensor-Linked Disruptors at least fired for me. I've not heard anyone mention Pulse Phasers, but I wouldn't invest much in them to try out on Holodeck. Tribble supposedly has a fix for certain beams not firing, so trying there before equipping and Binding them might be a good move.
If they want to push the newer mechanic then have that remain what all the boffs know and issue a new training manual with the original beam overload. That way everyone and their builds and play-styles feel inclusive.
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It is really good with the Risian Corvette T6 ship trait. It gives reduces weapon drain under certain conditions. I suggested a friend use it will his Arbiter ship trait, and he said it is an awesome combo for beams.
Before they announced this, I suggested they change BO into a rapid fire skill to help beam boats out when dealing with single targets. I am glad they went this way instead. This is more powerful than if it was a rapid fire skill. I just hope they don't nerf it again, since they finally made it a useful skill again.
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I think that they don't need another one. The way it was before, it wasn't a 100% guarantee hit. That means that it could miss and be a wasted shot. But now, you have so many more upgraded shots. Besides, if you didn't spec heavily into crt chance and damage, then you didn't do as good as a torp spread.
In fact, I got better results from the Quantum Phased torp for taking shields down. And the PEP torp for hull damage than with BO. But I don't spec so much in crt damage and chance. I had about 22% chance, and 87% severity on that build. It was mostly for Antiproton weapons.
This of course is just my personal opinion. But the only thing I would like to see them improve on with energy weapons is the proc chance. They are so low that no one really worries about a weapon's proc. I remember before they fixed FAW, you could do a build based off of your proc. That was a lot of fun. And there was a much larger variety of energy types seen in the game too.
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According to the last Livestream Cryptic did, [over] is a short-duration version of the Overload (3 sec?), kinda like [rapid] compared to CRF.
Also BO works not right with the kelvin phasers. the heavy dual beams from the disco reputation also dont fire with BO activated
Not right as in they don't fire at all, or are you also seeing where only one fires a single Beam Overload then the buff seems to stop?
I had gotten the impression from a brief ESD space chat that it was like Covert and the beams stopped firing entirely until the buff ended, but trying just now it's a one-and-done Beam Overload (with even the buff icon dissappearing) with mostly Kelvin-Timeline Emitters on my ship, but I also have a Terran Linked Omni in the rear which might affect things.
On a 5 fore/ 3 aft battlecruiser with dual beam banks in the front weapon slots, the good-for-one-shot mechanic of the previous version of the skill felt like a disincentive to use omni beams in the aft. There was no sense risking wasting the shot with the aft beam array, which deals lower base damage than the banks in front.
With this new version of the ability, every beam is boosted for the duration. There should be no waste.
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Considering that my DSC Constitution averages around 190k with a one-off 204k, once you account for hangars, the BO build comes even with the FaW build.
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Does anyone have Plasma DBBs and beam arrays that they have tested with BO III? When I say they didn't work with BO II, I mean no beams fired until the 10 seconds was up.
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I used BO III on my plasma build with a regular DBB and it worked fine. Are you sure your ship was in the proper firing arc for the DBB to fire? Regular beam arrays have a 270 degree firing arc while dual beam banks only have a 90 degree arc. So if the enemy is not within that 90 degree arc, they will not fire.