Would anyone mind rating my Nandi Beam boat please?

bcstar · December 2022

It had taken about a year to build lol. has 7/8 Ferenginar beams on it and one Omni beam, full set Nandi/D'Kora consoles and the Maquis Raider console.

baddmoonrizin · December 2022

/moved to The Shipyard for greater visibility.

darkbladejk · December 2022

bcstar wrote: »

It had taken about a year to build lol. has 7/8 Ferenginar beams on it and one Omni beam, full set Nandi/D'Kora consoles and the Maquis Raider console.

Before I proceed further, what is your overall goals with the ship? Are you wanting more of a tank build or more of a dps build with the ship? my advice will be tailored to what you're looking to do with the ship. beyond that all I can do is offer generalized suggestions.

qultuq · December 2022

It looks cool. I didn’t know there were Ferengi-specific beam weapons. I had been using phasers or spiral disrupters. I don’t know what you mean by “rate,” nor do I know what those tactical consoles are. If you wanted to maximize your dps vulnerability locators may be better. Also you don’t seem to be using competitive engines and reputation components like your shields and warp core.

Overall rating: super-cool

protoneous · December 2022

There might be practical limits to the number of specialty and "clicky" consoles that can be used to good effect on a build.

I think the Nandi is nicely set up nicely for an energy build in conjunction with Photonic Officer 2 for cool down reduction of bridge officer abilities.

For energy based builds, a ship's tactical console slots are often filled with energy specific tactical consoles.

The final tactical or universal console slot can be filled with the Lorca Console from the Discovery reputation.

From the wiki's Critical Hit List, some other good choices to fill in other areas is the Temporal Disentanglement Suite (from the storyline), and the Assimilated Module or Zero Point Energy Conduit (from reputations).

One set that comes to mind for disruptor is the two piece House Martok Skirmisher Configuration set including the Omni and engineering console. With two pieces the bonus is +2.5 critical chance.

For things like space and reputation traits, try to pick anything that mentions CrtH, CrtD, and bonus damage i.e. Fleet Coordinator.

If more "tank" is needed try something like Energy Refrequencer, and/or two pieces of the Discovery reputation space set (often the shield and warp core) for the increased hull regeneration.

Some sample bridge officer abilities based on the selection of beams as the primary weapons..

thunderfoot · December 2022

OP, you've only listed part of your Build. What Traits are you using? What BOffs are you using? A picture of the ship and gear does not tell me enough to be able to "Rate" your build. Further, "Rate" it in comparison to what?

I'm truly not trying to be snarky here. If you'd like a critique which will improve your build and make it more enjoyable to play, I'm all for that. But I'd rather not just type generic advice. "Free advice is seldom inexpensive" and sometimes, "The answer is more dangerous than the question."

protoneous · December 2022

Sometimes generic advice can go a long way in making a ship more enjoyable to play.

thunderfoot · December 2022

I'm strongly opposed to generic advice. Because around here, it usually requires something which is currently not available or is hideously expensive on the Exchange. So despite how it is written, it always reads the same to me which is:
"Hey, Player! If you'll spend about $500.00 or so, you can make the ship do __!"

Whales with too much free time and access to large amounts of disposable cash to spend on this game nearly caused me to stop playing STO years ago. Because all the "advice" they offered started with spending RL money. I was stupid enough to listen to them back then. When I came to my senses, I swore not to follow their lead when handing out advice here.

protoneous · December 2022

Some examples of generic advice for energy weapon builds..

choose a single energy type i.e. phaser, disruptor, polaron, etc
pick beams or cannons + turrets, add a single torpedo if desired (optional)
use energy specific tactical consoles in tactical console slots
set power levels to the attack preset
Emergency power to weapons, always
use cooldown reduction for your bridge officer abilities i.e. Photonic Officer 2 or 1
look for space traits and (storyline or reputation) consoles that offer CrtD, CrtH, and bonus damage

Would anyone mind rating my Nandi Beam boat please?

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