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revanmike
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my normal build is a cruiser beam boat. But I want to do something different with my next toon. What are the best ways to make a drain build. PS I hate visual spam and dont want to use any consoles that add spam.
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On a totally different note, Revan and Vette in one thread!
https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline#/discussion/1215401/protonic-kool-aid-down-the-drain-cruiser/p1
The above is a link to a very old thread when autumnturning discusses an all turret Drain Build. A search of threads here using this username should also turn up another thread where he listed a Drain Build for an Ambassador class cruiser. I was intrigued enough at the time I posted a Drain Build for a Kamarag cruiser as well. While some of the gear may have been superceded by newer stuff now in the game, I'm responding to your request because these ought to still be viable ingame with a competent Captain using them.
Shipwise, this means ships like Multi-Mission Science Vessels or Science Dreadnoughts are generally the preferred platform, but the most important thing is that you're having fun with a ship you enjoy. (You CAN build drain ships out of full carriers, or even Science Cruisers, but they won't be as 'optimal'.)
https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/Skill:_Drain_Expertise
This is a very helpful resource for looking at your options as you scroll down - it lists many of the consoles and equipment that interact and enhance Drain Expertise. It will be invaluable for hunting down universal consoles with drain boosts to cram into your non-science console slots.
The VAST majority of your drain stats is going to come from Fleet Research Lab consoles that come with 2xDrain modifiers(around 60 drain expertise per console slot).
Secondary Deflectors can be a good source of extra drain expertise and Deteriorating variants interact very well with a lot of drain abilities. With drain builds, more than any other, it's really important to min/max your drain expertise as high as possible.
Hangars are based on the caveat of having the Voth Rampart's Starship trait, Voth Carrier Synergies. Tactical Boff abilities(tactical team, firing modes, etc.) give all your fighters Aceton Mode.. which can completely disable entire groups by themselves while its active. However, as a lockbox ship, this may be prohibitively expensive, and without it the hangars don't really fulfill much purpose towards the explicit purpose of draining. (they're still useful for damage and point defense though).
For core systems, I typically end up running with the Terran Reputation Deflector and Warp Core. The deflector has around 60 drain and the 2-set provides an additional +20. Temporal Reputation Shield gives you another +30 Drain, and the Quantum Phase Engines from the "Stormbound" mission adds yet another +30 Drain when when in/exiting full impulse(15s).
In terms of other consoles, it will largely be up to build(weapon) preferences, but the Quantum Phase Converter from the Sunrise mission is another +40 drain expertise - and the weapon set synergizes quite well with drain builds.
There are various consumables and reputation/captain traits/abilities you can use for additional (temporary) boosts, but those are (mostly) covered in the above link.
Otherwise, it's largely up to you if you want run a kinetic, exotic, or energy weapon build. Just keep in mind, the weapons will take a backseat in priority to your drain stuff because of how demanding drain resists are to overcome in the game right now.
Wow, I never knew these existed. I guess I never scrolled down all the way in the console list, but just got the CtrlX/EPG one.
After almost 13 years I'm still discovering new stuff.
Specific values have still to be revealed, but it looks interesting.
https://www.playstartrekonline.com/en/news/article/11531813