Thats what reroll tokens are for, if not get together with some solid players via chat/fleet/friends list and do a private run. Pugging any 3x TFO that aren't borg is probably going to be quite bad for one's mood.
The solar gateway is essentially a turret, does good damage and has a short cooldown, generally its been cheaper than the undine one. The undine one trumps the rom and basic ones for sure. As more ground doffs have been released its less easy to justify loading up with the extra turret/mortar/drone ones.
There were the cstore borg, lobi borg( 300 lobi) and the old accolade one/now rep borg, The 4th away team borg was a regular boff with borgy costume bits from seven's costume plus whatever mechanical things the game had and player liked. https://sto.gamepedia.com/Special_bridge_officer
A significant build change is re-engineering mods, these days you can buy a pen mod weapon of choice pretty cheaply, upgrade to level 15 cheaply and change the other mods, the only really expensive part is getting quality upgrade to UR then epic. Its not like going epic is the only way to add damage, just get a colony…
Turrets should give more procs than any other weapon types, have 8 of them and it potentially becomes a major part of the build rather than an addon. Depends if you're looking to control opponents or finish them off quickly with dps.
For a long time the Iconian has been the default shield for a lot of people due to 5% bleedthrough, debuff removal, hotstart, decent capacity, 15% resistance and part of a popular set. The Maco/ Elite Force rep shield has high capacity, 5% bleedthrough, 10% res, 20% plasma res(borg), and up to +5 all susbsytem power when…
If you do space combat in a fragile ship using 'park and shoot' you'll get blown up - you have to fly about as this makes you a harder target to hit. Flying about, maybe circling the target, means its best to use beams as these have the best balance of firing arc and effective range. For squishyness the capts rank Eng,…
Whats happened for me on Holodeck with the one T6 I've unlocked is that the rank 1 is there and cannot be 'unclicked' directly, but a slot can be emptied and the rank 2 added to that with both traits effecting stats for +9% crits. Should that rank 1 be replaced I doubt it could be regained as it doesn't appear on the rep…
It won't let me complete the set, I have no turret on that toon but do have the console and torp, it won't let me take the rid piece as it thinks I have a copy of the turret already.
Everything in the store has weekend and mid-week flash sales, zen has sales, also dil to zen has been favourable due to the colony, its probably never been easier to get cstore stuff.
The one thing the single character unlock ships have is the mixed specialisation seating, though you normally get ltcom and lt spec seats. Sometimes a number of fancy ships form a set, completing sets is really just for moneybags players and a bit frustrating if you don't want to spend a billion+.
The T6 nx seems liked by people that have it and has a lot of boff flexibility, decent trait and console that is part of a powerful but expensive set. https://sto.gamepedia.com/NX_Escort_Refit The new lafayete?
They did release that summer rear weapon oddity. The middle ground can be a big ship with comp engines and eng boff abilities, and small ships can use damage resistance boosts, speed, disables and drain plus simple vaping to stay alive.