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Anti "name race" ship builds

spy8446spy8446 Member Posts: 585 Arc User
edited August 2023 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
I have seen builds based on weapon types but what about fighting a specific race?
I know that there are weapons that do more damage, space and ground to "name race" but is there anything more you can add to the punch hitting the target.
Post edited by baddmoonrizin on

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  • naabal421#0722 naabal421
    naabal421#0722
         Member Posts: 162 Arc User
    Well, every rep set is, in theory at least, tech developed to fight that rep's main enemy. So every rep set/build around it can be considered an anti "name race" build.
  • rattler2rattler2 Member Posts: 58,015 Community Moderator
    Honestly I feel a balanced build is an "anti-anything" build, because you don't specialize in just one thing, which leaves you vulnerable to others. For example, going full dedicated anti-Breen might leave you vulnerable to Klingons.

    Its a lot of work to specialize in each enemy group. Less work to be a bit of a Jack of All Trades, ready for anything build.

    The real heavy hitter enemy groups tend to be the ones with more access to player abilities like Klingon and Fed/Terran. Heralds and Mo'kai are a PITA as well with their Intel Spam. Most of the others tend to have at least one gimmick that can be countered relatively easily. For example the Hirogen like to use Subnuc, which can be cleared with Science Team. Other than that they're not really special other than the proc on their Tetryon weapons. On the other hand Terrans tend to have access to player accessable console abilities as well as a wider range of abilities.
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    Yang Xiao Long wrote:
    I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
    The nut who actually ground out many packs. The resident forum voice of reason (I HAZ FORUM REP! YAY!)
  • jslynjslyn Member Posts: 1,784 Arc User
    I still have some of the Anti-Borg Weapons from back in the day. They didn't make much difference since Borg were generally not internally labeled as being Borg.
  • theanothernametheanothername Member Posts: 1,504 Arc User
    There are some doffs if placed in active duty add some bonus to some races like... uhh Ecchi? Enchi? These body snatching fungus plane freaks.

    But overall I think to go all out against specific races is very limited regarding racial bonus dmg.
  • rattler2rattler2 Member Posts: 58,015 Community Moderator
    Elachi.
    There's also one for Borg, Tholians, and Vaadwaur.
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    Yang Xiao Long wrote:
    I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
    The nut who actually ground out many packs. The resident forum voice of reason (I HAZ FORUM REP! YAY!)
  • phoenixc#0738 phoenixc
    phoenixc#0738
         Member Posts: 5,504 Arc User
    westmetals wrote: »
    rattler2 wrote: »
    Elachi.
    There's also one for Borg, Tholians, and Vaadwaur.

    Also Nausicaans and Breen, and possibly more, that I have seen.

    The DOFF categorization is "Space Warfare Specialist". (There's also ground ones.)

    But, to zoom back out.... the only race-specific damage bonuses that I know of, are Space Warfare Specialists, and damage bonuses that are directly on weapons. So if you were setting up a build around such bonuses, all of your non-weapon equipment, traits, etc would be just like a standard build of whatever energy type the weapons are.

    I do have an anti-Tzenkethi loadout on my science vessels, but it only switches out the BOFF abilities. (Less Gravity Well, more Tractor Beam Repulsors, that sort of thing, because of their AOE healing/resistance abilities.)

    Units that are specifically made to counter certain races/nations would probably be short range "interceptor" style ships (like the Defiant was against the Borg) and little else, especially in the Federation where they take the swiss knife approach to just about everything instead of specializing.
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