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Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
Doing an escort cannon build for the first time in a long while, is there a better rear weapons slot option than turrets?

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Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
What’s the warp core of choice these days? Looking to run competitive shields and engines with the colony deflector, should I go with either set or something different?

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
anyone else not getting the lobi sale prices?

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
What’s the singularity core of choice these days?

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope

g0del posted:

If you're familiar with the basics of ship builds, I've found the dps league guides to be helpful. They're extremely generic - they basically list a bunch of different options for each slot, generally starting with the best and going down to worse but cheaper options. But they are a fairly comprehensive list of good gear/traits/abilities. They also make it clear how incredibly expensive it can be to go for the top of the DPS charts. Links:
Cannons
Beams
Science focusing on anomalies and torps.

I'm finally getting off my rear end and trying out that scihole build, it's hilarious pulling enemies from halfway across the map and melting them.

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope

g0del posted:

I set one up though not using the absolute best of everything. Multiple c-store, lobi, and promo ships are required for traits/consoles, not to mention probably a billion ec worth of doffs makes that one expensive setup.

The one I set up is good and fun, but like most serious builds it's overkill for 99% of the game.

Same here, I did it on a new toon with stuff I’ve collected over the years. My only splurge was on the lukari ship. I don’t even have the rep stuff yet and it’s still borderline broken

Jxforema fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Aug 14, 2020

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
Cleaning out my bank, i have various odds and ends, kit frames, 12 infinity lockbox weapon packs, and some doff packs, let me know if you need anything

Edit with actual list:
1x tr116b
1x echo papa kit
1x bridge officer training manual box
5x gamma quad doff cadre
17x Infinity weapon boxes
7x infinity kit modules
5x personal trait ground
2x personal trait space
1x duty off cadre
1x fleet support cadre
1x infinity ship trait
10x random kit frames

Jxforema fucked around with this message at 18:46 on Aug 24, 2020

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
Hit me up with your @handles and I’ll get them over to you, check the list and tell me what traits you want.

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
i got and andorian escort for the phaser unlock

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
Atlas is worth it for the console alone, and makes the scihole builds work. if your enjoying it that’s just butter

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
Anyone else getting a crash when opening rep boxes?

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
What’s the experimental weapon of choice these days?

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
Dps league has a section for carriers

https://www.sto-league.com/a-brief-guide-to-getting-the-most-out-of-hanger-pets/

Jxforema fucked around with this message at 00:58 on Mar 6, 2022

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
Advanced phasers are still top dog, but you should still be using the prolonged array and Terran rep array

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
I don’t get why they think a miracle worker sci ship is useful. I can’t think of anything in me that helps epg

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope

Cyrano4747 posted:

sci ships benefit a lot from consoles, and having an extra universal console slot is pretty big.

Not as useful as Temporal, but still pretty high up there.

The extra console is great, it’s the boff seat that’s the waste

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
I guess I overstated my case, me on the science is more of a why that a real disadvantage.

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
Starfleet command 1 and 2 used “war frigate/ destroyer” for heavy versions of hulls, it could work here unless there is some copyright thing from the old days

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
They could use patrol boat or monitor

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope

Asimo posted:

Also, entirely unrelated, I still remain amused that there's so many Miranda variants now that you can basically build entirely new ship classes that look nothing like the original. It's really satisfying.



I never thought there would be a good use for the highlighter nacelles, but there you go.

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
I’d throw a few million dil to unlock promo ships I’ve already gotten out a box account wide, but that’s me.

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope

MikeJF posted:

What's the best general set of 5 space rep/ground rep traits to pick for a basic bog standard beam pew pew ship and character.

I run entwined tactical matrices, weapon emitter overdrive, calm before the storm, Terran goodbye and history will remember

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope

Bar Patron posted:

What's the best weapons these days? I'm seeing Accx3 dual heavies on the exchange for under a mil. The acc modifier was once the go to weapon for pvp. Is there something better now?

They got rid of the acc overflow becoming crit thing awhile back, making acc less valuable. Critd and dmg are the mods of choice these days

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope

Rhjamiz posted:

Is there a point to going beyond level 15 for R&D? Is there a point to bothering with R&D? :v

The trait from the science tree is a staple in scihole builds, but beyond that no, not really.

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope

Pioneer42 posted:

You were supposed to make the decision easier, not harder.

So, Mirror Engle, Disco D7, Crossfield Refit, MIrror Warship...any others to put on the short list?

Inquiry class if you don’t have one, Deimos for the immolating phaser lance. Verne class if you want to do a high end sci build at some point.

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
What’s the consensus on obliviating phasers? Stats look interesting but I’m not seeing much about them.

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
I don’t think they are “taking measures” so much as limiting starbase one for the event has inadvertently proven that SB one really is the problem. I’m willing to bet the dill backlog will shoot back up when advanced and elite are options for bot farms again.

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
The Texas would of been a great use of the wingman mechanics from Jemhadar ships. Would of made the ship actually unique

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope

Hunter Noventa posted:

Yeah it has the most general-use trait if you care about that sort of thing.

If you haven’t played in a while, ships are now cross faction, so you don’t need to buy a warbird if you don’t want to

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope

MikeJF posted:

What're some of the other best Starfleet-design beamboats besides the gagarin right now?

I rather enjoy the excelsior 2, console is fun.

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope

Eimi posted:

You can dress it up like the normal Odyssey to lose the awacs dish too. The Steamrunner is also a great little pt boat if you like torpedoes. Inquiry if you have, though aesthetically it's not the best. I'm not sure what the best Fed sci ship beyond the t6 Wells is that thing is just too dominating.

Look at the fleet lukari dranuur, very similar seating and consoles as the wells

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
Just think to yourself “It’s just a game, I should really just relax”

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
So it seems like the point is to boost damage (or usefulness) on non tac console heavy ships by being able to boost weapon and whatever other modifier you want and then put it into a sci or eng console slot, presumably whatever you have more of. I wonder if this means we won’t be seeing as many consoles in the future, or if the ones we get from now on will be weirder.

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope

Fidel Cuckstro posted:

Neo-Constitution coming to PC in the Infinity Lockbox.

overall seems solid. MW-cruiser. Console and Trait seem solid, but IDK if they're meta-changing. But just more nice stuff for beam boats.

Looks like it’s actually a promo pack ship

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope

MREBoy posted:

Remind me what the game does to Elite TFOs to make them more annoying ? I vaguely remember a significant boost to the HP of everything but beyond that I am clueless. I haven't done an Elite anything in so long but now with the new consoles I'd like to work towards getting a couple without having to pay large (to me) sums of EC for stuff off the Exchange.

Damage and health boosts mostly, if you’re paying attention to build advice, elites are not anything to be afraid of

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
If you want to stock up, the current Phoenix event is a much cheaper way to get t6-x tokens. 3 tokens cost $20 in the zen store, I spent about $15 worth of dil and ended up with about 10 tokens.

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope

AfroSquirrel posted:

Wonder how the Dal Doff will affect FAW. Power Level boosting weapons sound interesting too. Sucks that the ship is a gamble though

My understanding is dal is going to be underwhelming , but that’s from leaks so get some salt.

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
Edit: G0del made a much better version of this post

I’d still kill for a meta “traditional” starfleet sci ship

Jxforema fucked around with this message at 14:20 on Sep 12, 2023

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope

OGS-Remix posted:

I hope they run a double exp event soon, I have a lot of ships I need to level up for traits.

Do wanted, ninth rule and rescue and search patrols. Running all three once will get ships up to level 5 trait unlock in less than 30 minutes.

Jxforema fucked around with this message at 16:10 on Oct 4, 2023

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Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
Dauntless 2 might be the new torp/epg hotness, two weeks after i finally get a Verne of course.

https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11555803-command-the-dauntless-ii%21

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