Any ideas for a Buran build?

f8explorer · April 2019

Right now I'm leaning towards NOT getting this ship ... even as much as I LOVE the design.

So gonna ask. ... Does anyone have what they think will be a decent build for this ship?

Does she have any hope as a sci cruiser?

f8explorer · April 2019

Ok ... What are the possibilities?

Beam boat? ..... Torp boat? ... Sci boat? .... Support boat?

We know what the weaknesses are in her design. ... But what are her strengths and how do we exploit those?

Could she make a good sci cruiser? .... Good torp boat?

seaofsorrows · April 2019

It kind of depends on what you want to do with it.

If you like the ship for RP reasons and just want to build it to get through story content and some advanced queues.. you should be fine. If you're looking for higher performance and want to take on Elite Queues, you should definately buy something else.

You could build with a Science Focus, but you only have a Lt. Commander Slot to work with. You could also use the Lt. Universal if you wanted but you won't have access to Commander Level abilities. 3 Science Consoles is also a little limiting, plus you have no secondary deflector so probably not the best idea.

It's best use is probably a standard Energy Weapon build, you could probably get away with using Fire At Will II as long as you slotted a console like Hostile Acquisition, or Weapon Sensor Enhancer to offset the accuracy penalty. You could set it up Aux2Bat or a Drake style setup.. the ship has plenty of Engineering to handle either one. Being that it's 4/4 with a slow turn rate and limits tactical powers to Lt. Level, Cannons are probably not going to be a good idea.. go with Beams.

That's about the best I can offer.. at best it's going to be 'ok,' or 'not terrible' no matter how you build it. Personally, I am just opting to not buy it.

pottsey5g · April 2019

genhauk wrote: »

Right now I'm leaning towards NOT getting this ship ... even as much as I LOVE the design.

So gonna ask. ... Does anyone have what they think will be a decent build for this ship?

Does she have any hope as a sci cruiser?

A Delphic high yield torpedo boat with Emissions torpedo added with subspace warheads traits and x2 Con Firepower bridge powers being stacked into Exotic should make a good cruiser sci build .

f8explorer · April 2019

It's surprisingly good.

rattler2 · April 2019

Yea... I also support going with more of a beam build due to the fact you're kinda locked into only Lt level Tactical abilities, and beam abilities are easier to support at lower levels. And if you wanted, you could use two of the Engie stations for Command abilities like Overwhelm Emitters and Suppression Barrage, and use the universal to replace those used Engie spots.

Really the only must have Tac ability is probably Tac Team, which can be slotted in an ensign. You can get FAW 1 or 2, Beam Overload 1 or 2, Or even a Torp Spread 1 or 2. Also maybe Kemocite 1 would be a good choice. So... maybe a decent balance on the Tactical would be Tac Team 1, FAW 2, Kemo 1, and Torp Spread 2. Or you could have BO 2 and be able to do both multi target or single target depending on the situation. But... if you bring out FAW, maybe pair it with Suppression Barrage.

mustrumridcully0 · April 2019

Bridge Officers
- Lt. Universal (Tactical): Tactical Team I, Attack Pattern Beta I
- Lt. Tactical: Kemocite Laced Weaponry, Torpedo Spread II
- Lt. Tactical: Distributed Targeting, Beam Fire At Will II
- Lt.Cmdr Science: Science Team I, Hazard Emitters II, Gravity Well I
- Cmdr. Engineering|Command: Engineering Team I, Aux2Bat I, Emergency Power to Weapons III, Auxiliary to Batteries III
Duty Officers: 3 VR Technicians, VR Gravimetric Scientist (Gravity Aftershock)
Weapon Slots - Front: 3 Beam Array, Kelvin Timeline Torpedo Launcher; 4 Beam Arrays
Traits: Cold Hearted, Improved Gravity Well, Predictive Algorithms, Emergency Weapon Cycle, Critical Systems
Specializations: Strategist + Command

I guess the starship trait selection could use some help.

Alternates

Cmdr Engineering|Command: Emergency Power to Weapons, Concentrate Firepower, Emergency Power to Weapons III, Suppression Barrage III
Duty Officers: 3 VR Damage Control Officers
Traits: All Hands on Deck, Reciprocity, Predictive Algorithms, Emergency Weapon Cycle, Critical Systems

If you don't care to run 3 tactical lts, you could use Entwined Tactical Matrices and omit BFAW and Distributed Targeting, for example.

I use the Predictive Algorithms mostly because using lower ranked Beam Fire At Will or Cannon Scatter Volley means lower accuracy. Maybe that's not necessary. (For the current Featured TFO it might be useful, the Klingon missiles are had to intercept.)

You could also run a cannon build with a few tweaks.

rattler2 · May 2019

I probably would have gone with Suppression Barrage and Overwhelm Emitters in the Engie/Command, and used the Universal to give me back the Engie slots I used up for Command. Running Tac Team 1, BFAW 2, Kemo 1, and Spread 2 or AP Beta 1 would work fine IMO. Then again I'm more of a balance builder, trying to get equal amounts damage and survivability.

lazarus · November 2020

I know, I know, necroing a thread is bad,... I'm sorry
BUT I just got this ship and holy TRIBBLE is it fun.

I'm running an all beam build, use my 3 LT. tac to get BO2,..FAW2,..and AP BETA.
Now i thought about doing an AUX2BAT build but then i started looking at the ship trait,..all the healing buffs are nice buuut.
the 10% cd on boffs started talking to me,..AUX2STRUCTURAL is already a pretty fast recharging power so I went with this.

Now with the ltc. sci I'm i got photonic office 2 for CD,..im also using ship traits Reciprocity, All Hands On Deck, and
Unified Engineering,. I found myself with a lot of boff cd.

I also had the idea that to help with dps, since it only has on lt. tacs,.I would use elite scorpion fighters.
I then slotted Suppression Barrage,.. and suddenly my fighters HY torps were on target.

all in all this is a fun ship.

phoenixc · December 2020

The Buran does look rather interesting system wise, and it is one of the very few DSC ships that actually look good visually. And while tanks are not supported well in this game it is still a nice change of pace to fly one.

trillbuffet · December 2020

phoenixc#0738 wrote: »

The Buran does look rather interesting system wise, and it is one of the very few DSC ships that actually look good visually. And while tanks are not supported well in this game it is still a nice change of pace to fly one.

Yep I use Mycelial Space set with the KDF counterpart ship and have it all setup with hull increasing abilities and consoles and then all the reflecting abilities possible. Power of Math used to have a math error that allowed the ship to get over a million hull until they fixed the math error now its at best around 400k hull when you get all you can out of it. Basically just heal yourself and watch everything die around you.

questerius · December 2020

trillbuffet wrote: »

phoenixc#0738 wrote: »

The Buran does look rather interesting system wise, and it is one of the very few DSC ships that actually look good visually. And while tanks are not supported well in this game it is still a nice change of pace to fly one.

Yep I use Mycelial Space set with the KDF counterpart ship and have it all setup with hull increasing abilities and consoles and then all the reflecting abilities possible. Power of Math used to have a math error that allowed the ship to get over a million hull until they fixed the math error now its at best around 400k hull when you get all you can out of it. Basically just heal yourself and watch everything die around you.

The tool tip says 200k hull.
While i usually stay away from replying in necroed topics, i am intrigued by the high hull claim.
I don't min-max, but 125-150 is where i am at the moment.

Can you provide a skillplanner build showing how you reached hull higher than 250-300k?

szerontzur · December 2020

I use a couple ships similar to the Buran('science-cruisers'). From my experience there are two effective uses for the layout - a Healing-monster support/tank ship, and as an EPG platform. The command spec leans very well towards the former with Suppression Barrage 3 and Overwhelm Emitters alongside the usual SIF Generators and Emitter Arrays. The Latter, you use some of the myriad of universal EPG-boosting consoles and harness that damage with exotic torpedos, console clickies, and your choice of science powers.

I like the ship visually, but It's definitely outclassed by the Command Battlecruisers or the various Flight-Deck Cruisers available (which have two hangar bays).

jcsww · December 2020

Personally, I buy ships for the look, not the loadouts and stats. Every ship can be made viable but there are definitely ships that are better than others. For PvE content, even on elite though. A few minutes of thought and effort coupled with some decent gear will get you a build you can conquer anything the game can throw at you.

wingedhussar · December 2020

Any ideas for a Buran build?

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