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Quick question: Torpedoes: High Yield or Spread?
gfreeman98
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Has anyone done a comparison between?:
What's best for overall DPS?
- Torpedoes: High Yield II
- Torpedoes: Spread II
What's best for overall DPS?
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Just slot HY and get the free spreads from ETM starship trait via CSV and BFW.
https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/Trait:_Entwined_Tactical_Matrices
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That is great for whales who can drop $30 for a trait, not so practical for anyone else.
While this trait is slotted, activating Beams: Fire at Will or Cannons: Scatter Volley causes your next torpedo attack to be a Torpedo Spread. Activating Torpedo Spread causes you to gain Beams: Fire at Will and Cannons: Scatter Volley for a short duration.
> I kind of like the sound of that!
If you like look up this guide:
https://www.google.de/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/stobuilds/comments/m8q29x/rangerrenzes_general_guide_to_kinetics_volume_2/
Should have all the bis stuff for a good torpedo build highlighted.
I fly two similar setups atm with absurd numbers compared to energy weapons. For most elite maps torps seem to be the way to go atm.
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I would say generally think about where you want more power in your build, AOE or single target. Lacking other factors, that is what it boils down to most.
General Quantum torps typically go nicely with torpedo spreads due to their relatively high base damage. The Gravimetric torpedo also does very nicely with torpedo spread due to its chance of proccing multiple mini-wells.
Meanwhile, something like the Omega Torpedo and the 8472 Bio-torp are absolutely devastating with High Yield. Firing one of those off into a well placed gravity well can completely obliterate entire swarms of enemies with a single hit.
As a side note, you can get alternative access to these firing modes via traits(ETM), crafted mods(Spr), and even boff abilities(Concentrate Firepower).
I wouldn't say it's quite that bad. Any of the min/maxed builds can come with a sticker shock - be it torpedo, energy weapons, exotic damage, or even heal builds.
Radiation-torp builds are very comfortable with primarily reputation and mission gear. Sure, there are a handful of things will really make it scale to the absurd, but again, that's true of pretty much any kind of build. The days of easily slapping together a competent transphasic build may be gone, but torp/mine/projectile builds are still perfectly functional without the bleeding edge traits to support them.
Fed side I’d start with ceaseless momentum from exchange, etm, strike from shadows, promise, sniper and cold hearted. Most stuff here is zen or from past events.
As for gear torp build also feed heavily from fleet and rep gear. It’s more or less only a matter of dil to get the stuff and upgrade it. 90% can’t be re used when converting from an energy build but if one waits for an upgrade weekend it can be done.
Im happy the game moved away from the faw or go home meta and I took my time the past half decade to reflect the diversity we have now on my chars. Cannons, torps, epg and beam overload builds all work great nowadays with faw ending up to be the weakest choice.
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On pretty much every other build I go with spread.
But it's a c-store ship, it's not that expensive, also, they give away a lot of T6 coupons... well, not a lot, but still..
Yes sir. If you're like me, you're rolling with a 40% CHANCE-to-CRIT. It's the only way to fly.
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All manner of plasma torp: hyper, omega, particle emission, big red, little red, you name it.
I've got the ship I've always wanted (T6-X Connie) all fitted out with Epic gear. I have all the Reps maxed, and Admiralty tours completed. (Still working on doing Endeavors at Rank 228.)
I just finished getting my Bridge Officers sorted out: All 4 Ground BO with 2 Superior Traits each. Same story for Space. (Other than Leadership not too much overlap.) The last piece is optimizing Space Skills, hence my question here.
Thanks all! I'm going to save up to get the Gagarin Battle Cruiser just to try out that Starship Trait.