Originally posted by The Arkady: Undine reputation is a source for phasers, though I personally find it seems to drop cannons more than beams. STO can be pretty brutal on new players these days, because there is a giant jump in scaling difficulty once you hit level 61-65. My tac slots ran exploiters to further boost my CritD. Uses all basic stuff from mission rewards and easy to get stuff from the exchange (except maybe the field gen's, they are pricey). 65 Romulan Tactical Officer that's in dire need of a proper ship. Constructing a Skill Tree. g. Devices: Device - Heavy Antiproton Satellite Turret. Auxiliary power: Increases exotic damage, heal and resistances of healing abilities and extends the duration of some abilities. Pilot doesn't do as much for your damage as Intel or MW, but it can be fun) You could slot some fleet Beam arrays you certainly want Spire Locators/Exploiters. I still have one of my 2021 event campaign T6 coupons left and want to spend it on one of those ships. Sometimes called "kinetic" builds, these are different from the EPG/Exotic builds in that while some EPG-scaling effects might be used, the emphasis on the build is on the actual kinetic damage of the torpedo. Just for reference: I played Fleet Arbiter a good amount of time (beamboating) and reached around 60-70 k on ISA, Phantom Intel Escort (65k) / Fleet Heavy Strike Wing Escort with cannons (85k). My builds are for fun, and I strongly recommend you check out the builds advice on r/stobuilds for whatever you’re looking for 😉 2. Items. "Quick questions", "Give me a build for x" topics and other short format posts are welcome - but belong specifically in STObuilds' weekly Megathread. Version 6. The 8472 set bonus turns your turret into a "Point Defense System" so any frigates, Torpedoes and fighters get shredded if they get to close. Or once far enough in the rep just buy what you want from the reputation store (dil). It will be more expensive than starting with a purple Mk II, but the system is designed such that the upgrade is always possible. 9 - June 1, 2018. Items. Rather than contract with those groups to build ships for their fleet, the Republic has instead chosen to design and commission a new series of Command Warbirds to be constructed at the New Romulus. Furthermore it increases the damage bonus from Nukara T4. Originally I was going to continue purchasing D'deridex's since thats my favorite Star Trek ship design. 4. This time I'll be presenting you a (pretty much) full-meta build on a meta ship. NX Escort, exchange, decent trait for CRF. Sensors Officer - Target Optics debuffs enemy Damage Resistance. These cannot be mixed and matched at all. Beam Boats are a lot different from Frontal Assault. Take notice that this type of set is a bit harder to do than frontal. Last Modified: 10 November 2023. 2: Styx - Lockbox. Version 6. Lifetime subscribers can obtain this ship for free when you reach level 61 using the T5 requisition token or obtained through the CSTORE for 2000 ZEN Some equipment, personal traits and starship traits are. 21 comments. Eclipse intel cruiser: intel spiffiness and a cloak. Or you can stick to beams and carry your Attack Pattern/Kemocite as well as a spreadable Torpedo. Kelvin Intel Dreadnought – Anti-proton; Chronos Temporal Dreadnought – Theory Build / Work in Progress; Escort Raider Builds. All of our builds on console have both help from existing builds from the PC version of Star Trek Online, as well as some ingenuity and adaptation for console mechanics. It seems to work pretty well but again, I'm pretty new and don't know how to optimize my builds yet. The variation is mostly from whether or not I get to hit the two big Nanite groups. As you level up, this ship gains additional hull, weapon slots, and console slots. Six of the beams are player crafted. Engine power: Increases your turnrate and speed. This type of build is meant to deal with multiple enemies at once, using AOE attacks for beam banks. Welcome. But in case you wanna use a torpedo, feel free. When looking for good weapons to upgrade and fully invest in: combos of crtd, dmg, and pen are what to look for. STO Completed Ship Builds. Ferenginar Plasma Beam Array; Dual Ferenginar Plasma Beam Bank; Ferenginar Plasma Cannon;. Terran Taskforce, six Spiral Waves and the Martok Omni as weapons, same gear as mentioned above. DPS/Attacks in: 386K / 92%. For. I broadside to get every beam on the opponent at once, slam that Tactical Team 1, Attack Pattern Beta, and BO 3 in that order on my Lt. * Ground equiv. The NX-class was conceived of in the early 22nd century as part of the NX Project at the Warp Five Complex: a research and development site on Earth, where Henry Archer, Zefram Cochrane, and Captain W. Version 6. It would be no issue for me to have beam overload 2 in my mix. 4. Welcome to our build section! We have a wide variety of builds across any number of classes, build types, and budgets. Faction and Race: Romulan / Alien. #StarTrekOnline #STO #BuildsDecided to bust out and do an all photon projectile damage build on my Fleet Sech Strike Wing Escort. To do that, I wanted to maximize my crit chance, to make that mod hurt as often as possible and as much as possible. As a base, beams have wider firing arcs, but do somewhat less damage, while cannons and dual cannons have much narrower arcs, but comparatively better damage and 1 more. Throwing this guide together as a few have asked for info on the ground on chat that I have seen. It is an organic, constantly evolving repository of applied. This starship can be used from any level upon completion of the tutorial experience. Weapon Systems (+5% Accuracy) Tactical Maneuvers (+5% Defense) Quick Deployment (20% recharge time reduction to launching Carrier pet crafts, +50% Rank Up XP for all Hanger Pets. STO can be pretty brutal on new players these days, because there is a giant jump in scaling difficulty once you hit level 61-65. S. 3m with the UEDFV. Detapa-class Cardassian Intel Escort; Duty Officers. ago. Definitely would be a good and easy transition in the T5U build list, if anyone is looking for a fun budget offshoot. Superior Beam Training – Basis version for free, superior version obtainable at K-13. I’d say 2 turrets and Kinetic cutting beam so you can get the set bonus by fitting an assimilated module since they’re most likely gonna have lower wep power in exchange for aux power and maybe a gravimetric photon torpedo with full spread to hold people since maneuverability won’t be that great and grav well 3 with the doff that gives a chance to spawn 4 wells since they seem to want to. 9 - June 1, 2018. As far as abilities I am using beam buff tactical abilities (Fire at Will, Kemocite, Beam Overload), heal/ and shield restore in engineering. A Beam Overload build works without the trait from the Xindi too even the +5 duration are a good boost on average DPS over the whole TFO. Not impressive performance, but adequate, especially for this price point. C and Lt. Polaron) Choose one weapon type, and have all your weapons match that. Also, your consoles are doing almost nothing, if not completely useless. So, for a beam boat, outside of EWC and your primary firing mode duration enhancer(s) (either ETM/Redirecting Arrays or Superweapon Ingenuity + Preferential Targetting), which are otherwise mandatory, the very best DPS starship traits in the game at the moment are all quite expensive: . . So back to the Fleet Heavy Strike Wing Escort to break my goal of 100k. Sensors Officer - Target Optics debuffs enemy Damage Resistance. Here's the build I used in one of the arena match videos I uploaded recently. The only ships with enough Tac slots to make good use of a Cannon/Beam hybrid boat also have enough maneuverability that beams aren't particularly necessary - Escorts and their kind. etc. They are focused on using Cannons but Beams could work decently too. Choosing a Tier 6 Romulan Ship to Invest In! PC. ping pong. Fleet Saber Miracle Worker Escort (T6) The fleet version of the Tier 6 Miracle Worker Escort has been updated with the latest technology from your fleet's shipyard. Go to your fleet spire (if you have a fleet) and get vulnerability locators. 1 photon or quantum torp up front. This will help with The Temporal Disentanglement Suite and the Nukara Trait “Auxiliary Power Configuation-Offense”. In this video we look at how to put together a disruptor build made up using only mission rewards and crafted disruptors, space set and consoles. It is highly amneuverable, which is importnat when many exotic damage abilities depend on keeping the enemy in a relatively small arc in front of the ship. If you're going beams, you slot dual beams fore and two omni beams aft (one crafted, one from a set). Take notice that this type of set is a bit harder to do than frontal. 4. I'm flying the Tactical Escort Retrofit - and I use this build. Quantum phase catalysts and trilithium laced weaponry. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Sensors Officer - Target Optics debuffs enemy Damage Resistance. Tachyon Beams for shield removal and Torpedo High Yield can do well against bosses, but isn't great against the more common waves of smaller enemies. Though that build page did answer the question I had about the consoles and my initial thought was correct that higher exotic is the preference. In ancient Earth mythology, "Argus” was the builder of the famous ship Argo and subsequently an Argonaut, one of many heroes who traveled in that ship to find the Golden Fleece. Since then, some build changes have happened and current records are now over 2. Last edited by cap-boulanger ; May 22, 2021 @ 12:41am. . This is assuming a Dual Beam Bank setup as posted. If you're going cannons, you generally slot dual cannons fore and turrets aft. • 3 yr. A master shipbuilder, Argus was known to have built the ship with the help of the goddess Athena and his creation was known as the best of its lineage. The key for the builds we post. However, I had no canon items for my ships, since I put my focus into trying out an escort and increasing DPS. Most device slots (like a potion quick-bar), most hull strength, and at Tier 5+ most weapon slots 4/4 – 4 front, 4 aft. On my favorite build I've used Discovery and Agony phasers, thus it's called the U. Its handling, BOFF seating, and weapon layout means you’re going to mostly rely on space wizard abilities for damage. Not all starships can equip Dual Cannons. For the ground, DPS META is Na'kuhl shield + weapon, Romulan navy kit (preferably [kperf]x2) and armor with as much critd as possible (the fleet one is very good). Frankly the biggest mistake Cryptic ever made balance wise was creating omni beam arrays at all. Bare with me. The basic Items for a good Budget Phaser Build are: - 3 Pieces Lorcas Ambition (Torpedo, Dual Beam, Console) - 2 Pieces Trilithium-Laced Weaponry (Console, Omni) - Ordnance Accelerator. For the NPC vessel, see Vorgon Cruiser. The ships turn rate easily allows for the standard DPS AP dual beam build – which I started out with for my first runs. Most are extremely agile and can easily outmaneuver any playable vessel. This starship can be used from any level upon completion of the tutorial experience. You don't mix beams and cannons (including turrets). g. The nice thing about playing as Romulan, is that our consoles and traits on the exchange are the cheapest of the fed, kdf and rom. A heavy tank that can draw fire for the entire team even on the most punishing TFOs. Sech Strike Wing Escort: five fore weapons, strong pets, a decent choice for a torpedo boat as well. This means you don't qualify for any of the reasons to use it. 5 the skillrevamp went live! We’ve here suggestions for the new skilltree. It works well with flow caps and drain powers, and synergizes nicely with leech. anti-proton - crit severity. Tachyon Beams for shield removal and. ago. • 5 yr. Great work on this one. Use. I do best with the Warship and Carrier. Though typically flanked by escorts in combat, cruisers can deliver high damage with their large warp cores and broad complement of weapons. 4. #1. Today I'll be talking about what I believe the best Beam Overload Ships in STO are. Items. Control Effects include all of the following: Disable, Stun, Root, Knock/Repel/Pull, Confuse, P#StarTrekOnline #STO #StarTrekAn excellent challenge, putting together a budget science build. Any Allied Pilot Escort, your choice of nine. Legendary Temporal Operative Escort (T6 Legendary NX) Legendary Temporal Operative Science. Fleet Intel. Lets talk Beam Overload. See Keldon Class for the NPC vessel. The ship itself is also one the most powerful platforms for DEW builds. Beam Boats are a lot different from Frontal Assault. Beams have lower base damage but wider arc. All faction restrictions of this starship can be removed by having a level 65 KDF character or by purchasing the Cross Faction. Star Trek® Online game content and materials are trademarks and copyrights of Cryptic. I won't be getting into the quantitative effects of each individual node (for reasons that I think will become clear as we go). Can anyone point my in the direction of a good t6 defiant build or even a good fed escort build? Thanks. I'm not a fan of the Advanced Escort seating, but a simple basic build that should have you pewpewing things to death while not dying yourself would be to carry 7 beam arrays, and then: Cdr Tac: Tac Team 1 / Attack Pattern Beta 1 / Fire At Will 3 / Attack Pattern Omega 3. Newish to the game, but not new to gaming. Ferenginar Plasma Beam Array; Dual Ferenginar Plasma Beam Bank; Ferenginar Plasma Cannon;. Slap on an omni-directional antiproton beam array and possibly a kintetic cutting beam (borg rep). (e. Watch to hear me actually talk for once. Ship Build Examples. This starship can be used from any level upon completion of the tutorial experience. A Temporal Escort Beamboat with a killer combo with Timeline Collapse II, Gravity Well I, Rapid Decay I, and Timestream Rift Warhead. Tactical Escort Retrofit [discount | T5u | ViL ] Long Range Science Vessel Retrofit [discount | T5u | ViL ] Klingon: Ty’Gokor Command Battlecruiser; Naj’Sov Research Vessel (T6). The kelvin build also likely only needs 3 torps, maybe four if you throw a delphic or neutronic or bio-mol at the front for its special effects. I'd go Enhanced Bio-Molecular and then maybe either something kinda fast shooting like Advanced Radiant Quantum or Terran, or else a big heavy torp. (Pilot and (arguably) Command offer better DPS ship traits at 15/30 spec points than Intelligence does, though I'd still take Intel's bonuses before either. Combine those 2 things, and you get a potential option for running a DEW beam-biased mix of weapons on your ship. That way you get maximum benefit. This build focuses on the T5-X Defiant Class Escort Retrofit. When the "extra shield" either collapses or expires the console heals 5k hull points and 2k shield points for each side. SI comes of the Xindi Ateleth Dreadnought Cruiser wich comes of the lobi store, yikes, I know, but it extends the duration of Overload from 10 to 15 Seconds making Beam Overload have 100% uptime. While at the same time, you can't do a true science ship build effectively until tier 4 due to the high end sci skills being inaccessible (and a relative lack of consoles). Also another +10% more if using AP-DHC. This type of build would also work well on certain Miracle Worker ships with. Items. I personally recommend the following weapon setup:Crafted Phaser Beam Arrays with [Pen] including an extra crafted omni if you aren’t going to be constantly broadsiding. Put your KCB in the back. On outgoing Critical Hits, your energy weapons and projectiles gain +50% Shield Penetration for 10 sec (Can trigger once every 45 sec) +10 Warp Core Potential (Improves Power Levels) +10 Electro-Plasma System Flow (Improves Power Transfer Rate) to self: +0-10% Bonus Energy Weapon Damage, based on Distance to Target. This starship can be used from any level upon completion of the tutorial experience.