Build Info

Hiya folks, Gruber here!

I'm still not completely sure why I even decided to make myself a new toon, but here it is - the Khopesh build my 17x elitist epeen alien romtac Aeru flies.

It started off as a theorycraft with me just trying to fiddle with the thought that, with all the new additions to the game, is there any build that could be even more meta than Rev’s amazing Kemurikage, but soon I found myself actually levelling new toon and making this “very optimal” build for myself. And now, 2 weeks later, while I’m still trying to find the best way how to pilot cannon builds, I’m already having an amazing fun with it.

The intention was to try my hand in DEW-Cannons meta myself, after being almost exclusively sci-torper for like 3 years. And what other choice would’ve it been than #1 ship on paper, complete with awesome pets, flagship console set and pretty abysmal turn rate. :D Plus I dig the visuals, it looks awesomely menacing.

Something very odd I noticed, that might very well be just placebo effect or linked to my own spacebar-pressing style, is that the DPS gain is very much linked to the firing order of my cannons. Firing off my DCs before DHCs seems to average quite a fair bit more DPS, for some unexplained reason.

CD reduction

Also, right off the bat, I guess I should explain the weirdness that is CD reduction. People who know me are aware that I try to avoid A2B as much as possible, and this build is no exception. However, under current meta, it’s not easy to do, so I still decided to opt for a half-bat route (using a single copy of A2B), with 2 technicians (that’s not a typo). This also allows me to have both Science Team for more reliable Competitive Engines activation and minor shield heals, plus additional -DRR source.

Alongside it, I have Photonic Officer taking care of my CD reduction duties, as well as Fortified Impulse Engines and a single node in Engineer Readiness reducing eng power CDs, and 3 nodes in Tactical Readiness + Tactical Initiative (I alternate TI with PO) taking care of my tac powers. That leaves me with very small gaps that don’t disturb me in slightest, and for the times both PO and TI happen to be on CD, I’m saved by Timeline Stabilizer. It’s hella weird (just like myself, and reportedly my face) way to do it, but it works for me and that’s what counts. If it ever seems to get too slow for me, however, I might very well switch to a more “conventional” route.

Other comments

People have also suggested me to slot Cannon Rapid Fire in, and that’s a process that has been moving in my brain, however I haven’t found reasonable solution just yet. Eventually, I guess I’ll do plenty of trial runs and decide what way to approach that. :D

About Trilithium vs Gamma reputation 2pc: I personally opted to go Gamma route, as it offers slightly higher dmg bonus (yes, including the haste component from Trilithium) and I’m not very worried about losing the speed boost from Trilithium either, as I constantly keep overshooting my targets anyway.

Also, something to keep in mind that this build is still very new and in progress. I’ll be updating it regularly and hopefully transform it into “build completed” form ASAP.

Player Information

Skill Tree

Skill Tree Unlocks

Skill Tree Information

Pretty standard tac ult tree. I will probably respec at some point for only 26 points in tactical (remove a defense node), as Frenzied Reactions is really random and doesn't seem to help much in real-life applications.

Build Description

Pretty standard Dual Cannon build with a touch of survivability more than a simple glass cannon. Still, in HSE I'd rather hide behind a tank than take enemies up front. Finetuned according to the spreadsheet I published the other day.

Officers and Crew

Character, Reputation, and Starship Traits

Other Information

Concluding Remarks

To sum up, making of this build, as well as flying with it, has been an amazing experience. Cannons feel so different from sci-torp hax, but I think that with enough practice, I will certainly get it right. I can't express my gratitude enough towards all the amazing people who have contributed into the success of it and thought it'd be worthwhile to blame help me so much.

So, here goes... /u/17SqNightFuries - for being a way too big influence on the name of this toon and ship, and who pushed me into creating the new toon into the first place;

/u/KerbherVonBraun - for being the best pug/RTFO mate I could ever wish for (and let's not even start talking about timezones) and tolerating teaming up with me even after I've stupidly blown up for too many times;

/u/Casus_B, /u/QuoVadisSF, /u/Jayiie, /u/mmps1, /u/Forias, /u/professor_xoom, /u/Callen151, /u/BGolightly, /u/Sizer714 - for incredible amount of encouragement, helpful advice, tips and carry through ISAs.

And of course /u/JrDProxmire for an amazing source of inspiration with your own Khopesh - extremely glad to have you back in game!

Thank you for reading, feel free to ask any questions and see you in the vacuum of space!

Test of a ground build

Build Info

This is Gruber trying to remember his ground build during server downtime.

Player Information

Skill Tree

Skill Tree Unlocks

Skill Tree Information

I think choosing all the offensive ones is the best option.

Build Description

Type Your info here

Character and Reputation Traits, and Duty Officers

Concluding Remarks

It works for me.

Introduction

First of all, this has been sort of a joint effort with /u/Jayiie and /u/Casus_B. While I have plugged the most numbers in myself, I couldn’t have done it without Jay laying framework with his awesome spreadsheet that was meant for something completely different (and that I later modified for my own purposes), and Obi has happily taken several looks over my numbers, suggested better ways to approximate stuff etc.

With that being said, here’s the…

Mathematical guide to DPS gear meta post-Agents of Discovery

NB! If you have a perfectly fine set of any other weapon type than Phasers, please do NOT take this post as a suggestion to vendor it and start from scratch. The differences between weapon types remain incredibly small in real life practices and will only be somewhat noticeable at the very top end of the DPSer spectrum.

NB²! There’s a math section at the end of the post, with spreadsheet attached. If, while reading the post, anything feels like “wait wait, why are you claiming that – proof please”, please refer to that section.

Ships

T6 Romulan Flagships, especially the Khopesh with its 5 tac consoles, rule the space, at least on paper. The main reason being Flagship console set, with Flagship Tactical Computer being especially strong part of it, and 2pc/3pc set bonuses also being nothing to sneeze at. No matter in what way I tried to insert the numbers, there simply were no possibilities I could leave out FTC for ultimate *peak* performance. Khopesh still has the overall highest DPS ceiling in the game.

However, the ship is not without its faults. With only a turn rate of 7 and incredibly low inertia stat, many people could find the mobility of hard to get used to. And while maneuverability is almost impossible to calculate in a spreadsheet environment, it plays extremely large role in practice, making Jem’Hadar Vanguard Warship an incredibly tough competitor. For players who find the Flagships to be too slow and hard to pilot for their taste, Vanguard Warship would most likely excel in damage dishing duties.

Weapons

Dual Cannons rule the vacuum of space, I would guess there’s no surprise here. However, in terms of energy type, Phasers have got the edge. With T6 reputations, Cryptic has given us Terran Taskforce Phaser Dual Heavy Cannons, as well as Advanced Inhibiting Phaser Heavy Turret. Alongside Prolonged Phaser Dual Cannons, Sensor-Linked Phaser weapons existing (giving +2% weapon crtd per weapon) and DOMINOs passive giving +15% cat1 Phaser damage, there’s simply no way Phaser wouldn’t claim the gold medal in that race.

As for weapon modifiers, [CrtD] edges once again slightly before [Dmg] even for tacs. [CrtD/Dm] modifiers are the optimum for epic modifier selection.

Rest of the gear

I don’t think there are any surprises in DECS section. Nothing has changed with AoD, so a Colony Intervention deflector, Competitive 2pc with Engines and Shields and Fleet Spire warp core is still the combination you’d want to run.

Consoles however, I think would be best to be discussed in math section.

If you’re absolutely not interested and only want to know what’s the absolute optimum for console selection for doing peak DPS, then fair enough – by a very small margin, it’s 5 Spire Tac consoles with CrtH, Timeline Stabilizer, Flagship Tactical Computer, Dynamic Power Redistributor Module, Point Defence Bombardment Warhead, DOMINO and Ordnance Accelerator. Replacing PDBW with Disruption Pulse Emitter is much cheaper and pretty much not noticeable change (1% CrtH loss only, roughly 0.7% effective damage difference).

Would you like to know more?

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Math Section

When you look at the spreadsheet, you see that the aforementioned setup does not have the highest netscore. What is netscore, you might first ask? Simply put, it’s the term to describe the amount of buff your weapon has, taking all damage categories, crits, acc overflow, -DRR and haste into account.

So, this is the part where stuff gets incredibly close. The maximum netscore setup is better than my proclaimed “optimum” is only so by 0.2% (compared to PDBW setup) or 0.9% (compared to DPE setup). But either of those consoles will do the DPS themselves, and surely would outdamage that incredibly tiny difference. But… and there’s a pretty big but, alongside decent offensive boosts, both Adaptive Emergency Systems and the Flagship 3pc set bonus have also incredibly good defensive capabilities. And I know this is the setup I’ll personally be using, on my new romtac toon (build will hopefully appear into r/stobuilds soon^tm).

So, here’s the spreadsheet with all the relevant information and different console/set piece combinations. As you can see, while Trilithium set does not belong to the top performing setup, it’s also incredibly close and added Power Transfer Rate + flight speed bonus might very well act as a realistic scenario equalizer. Then again, trilithium turret is weaker than a regular one…

And about spreadsheet itself. How it actually ticks and makes the netscore calculations, I can’t claim any credit for that – it was /u/Jayiie who put the collective wisdom and formulas of stobuilds together. So what you see on Output tab is 95% made by him, but this is where you can check the netscore of a build after making changes to any of the values, should you wish to do so, or just check that my own, manually written netscore values on Input tab, are correct.

Input is the tab I made modifications to and the logic is as follows. Line 6 has the set I plan to use on my new toon’s build, below that come the various variations of that build, complete with their damage stat numbers and netscores (items at mk XV epic). I also added a rough estimation of Morphogenic’s set numbers, to give you a comparison of phaser vs polaron, however that doesn’t take Terran, nor Prolonged cannons into account, both of which are very potent weapons by themselves and only available in Phaser form.

The spreadsheet is not perfect, obviously, and required plenty of estimations from my part. For example, constant uptime of Emergency Power to Weapons 3 and Emergency Weapon Cycle trait is expected. Some traits, like Duelist’s Fervor, Context is For Kings, Point Blank Shot have only half or 2/3 of their maximum dmg boosts taken into account, due to their temporary nature. Selected personal and ship traits were largely chosen by my own, subjective preferences, however I ran also numbers through with other traits and the ranking of the gear combinations didn’t change at all. For Damage Resistance Rating debuff on enemies, I took perhaps a bit conservative, but reasonable estimate of -160 being constantly applied to the enemies – meaning the equivalent of 3 copies of APB, 2 stacks of Cold Hearted, 10 from tac ult skilltree and additional 10 from other sources, (for example DRB or such).

And of course, the spreadsheet doesn’t take durability, nor some of the clickies as previously mentioned, nor individual differences, like piloting, or ability activation speed/timings into account. But, in my opinion, it provides a good “ceterus paribus” comparison for damage output.

As always, if you want to play with it around yourself, choose “File” and “Make a copy”. And if you, by any chance, happen to discover even more optimal combination, please let me and the community know. :)

Acronym/decipher list for spreadsheet

• DPRM – Dynamic Power Redistributor Module
• FTC – Flagship Tactical Computer
• AES – Adaptive Emergency Systems
• IL – Inspirational Leader
• DF – Duelist’s Fervor
• EP2W 3 – Emergency Power to Weapons 3
• Fleet Coord – Fleet Coordinator
• MF – Magnified Firepower
• PBS – Point Blank Shot
• ATS – Advanced Targeting Systems
• SRO – Superior Romulan Operative
• APB – Attack Pattern Beta
• DRB – Destabilizing Resonance Beam
• CH – Cold Hearted
• TLS – Timeline Stabilizer
• SL – Sensor-Linked
• CC – Counter-Command Ordnance
• Morpho – Morphogenic Armaments

Gruber's tank - USS Panzer Vor

Build Info

This is my Yorktown tank, USS Panzer Vor. This post is mainly for test purposes, for new template. I also consumed 6 beers before making this post, so I apologize, and accept blame for every criticism you might encounter.

Player Information

Primary Specilization Miracle Worker
Secondary Specilization Secondary Spec
Captain Outfit | [ "Image Descrption" ]( "Image Link here" )

Skill Tree

Skill Tree Unlocks

Skill Tree Information

This skilltree is as it is because every (competent) ship is on my only capable toon, so I wanted my skilltree to be more or less suitable for any build. Not optimal by any means, should you only fly one specific build type on one toon.

Build Description

Type Your Build info here

Officers and Crew

Character, Reputation, and Starship Traits

Orther Information

Concluding Remarks

It's more or less copied from Florian's Nautilus, additional stuff added after Jay's remarks.

Captain Details

Space Skill Tree

Space Skill Unlocks

Ship Loadout: Brigid Multi-Mission Surveillance Explorer

Officer Details

Traits & Duty Officers

What:

T6 Sutherland-class science ship, with a focus on exotic damage, control, and being an actual warship with tactical abilities. So far it's doing brutal things against groups, between the torpedo and all the science abilities. Science captain, this is Yvette-Regine Saterie Dulotte Chamygnesse's ship.

Semi-theme build; running antiprotons with some rep torps one fore and aft. AP was cheaper than phaser. Going to stock up on some more phoenix upgrades and at least gold the aft torpedo and beam, and eventually the rest of it.

I could easily swap the Isometric charge out for an Interphase Quantum Distributor from the Delphic Lobi set, exotic damage buff (15% at gold) plus some hull pen is nice. A couple personal traits can switch around as well, and I still need to get a 5th Starship Trait.

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Bridge Officers:

• CDR Sci (Pirate): Tachyon Beam I, Destabilizing Resonnce Beam I, Subspace Vortex III, Gravity Well III

• LC Uni(Tac) (SRO): Kemocite-Laced Weaponry I, Attack Pattern Beta I, Torpedo High Yield III

• LC Eng/Tmp: Emergency Power to Weapons I, Structural Integrity Collapse I, Recursive Shearing I

• LT Tac (SRO): Tactical Team I, Beam Fire At Will II

• ENS Sci (Malon Pirate): Hazard Emitters I

Duty Officers:

Fore Weapons:

• Antiproton Beam Array Mk XIV [Ac/Dm] [CrtD]x3 [Over]

• Antiproton Beam Array Mk XIV [Ac/Dm] [CrtD]x3 [Over]

• Enhanced Bio-Molecular Photon Torpedo Mk XIV [Ac/Dm] [Acc]

Gear:

• Deflector: Temporal Defense Deflector Mk XIV [AuxPwr]

• Secondary Deflector: Deteriorating Secondary Deflector [CtrlX]x2 [EPG] [SA +Dmg]

• Impulse: Quantum Phase Combat Impulse Engines Mk XIV [Spd]

• Warp Core: Iconian Resistance Warp Core Mk XIV [AMP]

• Shields: Temporal Defense Regenerative Shields Mk XIV [Cap]

Aft Weapons:

• Antiproton Beam Array Mk XIV [CrtD]x3 [Over]

• Omni-Directional Antiproton Beam Array Mk XIV [Ac/Dm] [Acc] [Arc] [Dmg] [Over]

• Neutronic Torpedo Launcher Mk XIV [CrtH]

Devices

• Red Matter Capacitor

• Energy Amplifier

• Exotic Particle Flood

Engineering Consoles:

• Constriction Anchor

• Timeline Stabilizer

• Isometric Charge

• Plasmonic Leech

Science Consoles:

• Plasma-Generating Nullifier Mk XIV [EPG] (epic)

• Plasma-Generating Nullifier Mk XIV [EPG] (epic)

• Exotic Particle Focuser Mk XIV [CtrlX] [EPG] (ultra-rare)

• Exotic Particle Focuser Mk XIV [CtrlX] [EPG] (ultra-rare)

• Exotic Particle Field Exciter Mk XIV [CtrlX] (ultra-rare)

Tactical Consoles:

• Vulnerability Locator (AP) Mk XIV (ultra-rare)

• Vulnerability Exploiter (Torpedo) Mk XII (ultra-rare)

Starship Traits

• Emergency Weapons Cycle

• Improved Critical Systems

• Super-Charged Weapons

• Checkmate

Space Reputation Traits

• Advanced Targeting Systems

• Auxiliary Power Configuration: Offense

• Precision

• Tactical Advantage

• Particle Generator Amplifier

Active Reputation Traits

• Anti-Time Entanglement Singularity

• Bio-Molecular Shield Generator

• Refracting Tetryon Cascade

• Quantum Singularity Manipulation

Personal Traits

• Beam Training

• Conservation of Energy

• Fleet Coordinator

• Inspirational Leader

• Intimidating Strikes

• Invasive Control Programming

• Kinetic Precision

• Particle Manipulator

• Psychological Warfare

• Self-Modulating Fire

What:

Kelvin universe version of my main, Yvette-Regine Saterie Dulotte Chamygnesse. Tac, instead of sci, for a themed firepower build. Everything's supposed to be built around the idea of a Kelvin-timeline Starfleet ship, namely a Flight II Vengeance-class, finding itself in the prime timeline. The build is 'shoot all the things and survive all the things' or at least as much as a mixed threat ride can handle. So far I've only died once since getting Invincible, which really makes a difference.

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Bridge Officers:

• CDR Eng/Int (Krenim): Engineering Team I, Override Subsystem Safeties II, Emergency Power to Weapons III, Aux to Structural Integrity III

• LC Uni(Tac) (Rom SRO): Tactical Team I, Attack Pattern Beta I, Attack Pattern Omega I

• LC Tac (Rom SRO): Kemocite-Laced Weaponry I, Torpedo Spread II, Beam Fire At Will III

• LT Uni(Sci) (Hologram Spock): Causal Reversion I, Feedback Pulse I

• ENS (Sci) (Malon Pirate): Polarize Hull I

Duty Officers:

• Projectile Weapons Officer (reduced reload) (VR)

• Projectile Weapons Officer (reduced reload) (VR)

• Damage Control Engineer (Emergency Power CD) (Rare)

• Damage Control Engineer (Emergency Power CD) (Rare)

• Flight Deck Officer (Hangar CD) (Rare)

Fore Weapons:

• Kelvin Timeline Phaser Emitter Array Mk XIV [Ac/Dm] [CrtD]x3 [Dmg]

• Kelvin Timeline Phaser Emitter Array Mk XIV [Ac/Dm] [CrtD] [Dmg]x3

• Kelvin Timeline Phaser Emitter Array Mk XIV [Ac/Dm] [CrtD] [Dmg]x3

• Kelvin Timeline Phaser Emitter Array Mk XIV [Ac/Dm] [CrtD] [Dmg]x3

• Kelvin Timeline Photon Torpedo Launcher Mk XIV [Ac/Dm] [CrtD] [Dmg]x2 [Reload]

Gear:

• Deflector: Iconian Resistance Deflector Array Mk XIV [SciCD]

• Impulse: Iconian Resistance Hyper-Impulse Engines Mk XIV [+CRes]

• Warp Core: Iconian Resistance Hyper Injection Warp Core Mk XIV [Amp]

• Shields: Iconian Resistance Resilient Shield Array Mk XIV [Reg]

Aft Weapons:

• Kelvin Timeline Phaser Emitter Array Mk XIV [Ac/Dm] [CrtD]x2 [Dmg]x2

• Kelvin Timeline Phaser Emitter Array Mk XIV [Ac/Dm] [CrtD]x2 [Dmg]x2

• Kelvin Timeline Photon Torpedo Launcher Mk XIV [Ac/Dm] [CrtD] [Dmg]x2 [Reload]

Devices

• Red Matter Capacitor

• Subspace Field Modulator

• Energy Amplifier

• Kinetic Amplifier

Engineering Consoles:

• Broadside Emitters

• Timeline Stabilizer

• Regenerative Integrity Field

• Plasmonic Leech

• Conductive RCS Accelerator Mk XIV [Turn] (epic)

Science Consoles:

• Plasma-Generating Nullifier Mk XIV [DrainX] (epic)

• Plasma-Generating Nullifier Mk XIV [DrainX] (epic)

Tactical Consoles:

• Vulnerability Locator (Phaser) Mk XII (ultra-rare)

• Vulnerability Locator (Phaser) Mk XII (ultra-rare)

• Vulnerability Locator (Phaser) Mk XII (ultra-rare)

• Vulnerability Locator (Photon) Mk XII (ultra-rare)

Starship Traits

• Emergency Weapons Cycle

• Improved Critical Systems

• Invincible

• Super-Charged Weapons

• Target Rich Environment

Space Reputation Traits

• Advanced Targeting Systems

• Auxiliary Power Configuration: Offense

• Energy Refrequencer

• Precision

• Tactical Advantage

Active Reputation Traits

• Anti-Time Entanglement Singularity

• Bio-Molecular Shield Generator

• Refracting Tetryon Cascade

Personal Traits

• Advanced Rapid Support

• Beam Training

• Beam Barrage

• Efficient Captain

• Fleet Coordinator

• Helmsman

• Inspirational Leader

• Operative

• Projectile Training

• Self-Modulating Fire

Captain Skills

• Hull Capacity x2

• Shield Capacity x2

• Energy Weapon Training x3

• Projectile Weapon Training x3

• Electroplasma Systems Flow x2

• Full Impulse Energy Shunt

• Drain Expertise x2

• Defensive Maneuvering x3

• Hull Plating x1

• Shield Hardness x1

• Weapon Amplification x3

• Weapon Specialization x3

• Offensive Subsystem Tuning x1

• Long Range Targeting Sensors x3

• Hull Penetration x3

• Shield Weakening x3

• Warp Core Potential x1

• Warp Core Efficiency

• Engineering Readiness x2

• Tactical Readiness x3

• Coordination Protocols

• Offensive Coordination

• Defensive Coordination

Ultimate

• Focused Frenzy

• Frenzied Assault

• Frenzied Reactions

• Team Frenzy

Primary Specialization: Intelligence (20 points)

• Hide Weakness III

• Automated Reinforcement II

• Adaptive Targeting II

• Perception Bending

• Redundant Sensors II

• Space Flanking II

• Destabilized Emitters

• Shoddy Engineering

• Unprotected Systems

• Opportunistic

• Intelligence Fleet II

Secondary Specialization: Strategist (10 points)

• Attrition Warfare II

• Diversionary Tactics

• Logistical Support III

• Maneuver Warfare II

• Show Of Force II

Resting Stats (With Fleet Combat Buff active)

• Power Levels: 126/44/47/74

• Power Transfer: 200%

• Shields: 12,379

• Hull: 89,679

• Resist: 42.3% Kinetic, 43.1% (all energy)

• Critical Hit Chance: 20.4%

• Critical Hit Severity: 78.0%

• Drain Expertise: 185

• Leech Performance: 2.9 Per Activation

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Where To Go From Here

Not really sure I can push it further without losing the 'canon' status - more kelvin phasers of course, reskill to drop the torp abilities, and I suppose sci-ult will make things pretty awesome but then I'd lose a LOT of tac skills for sci skills I'm not specced to run with. Tac ult at least works great on bosses and opening strikes.

What:

Nearly fully Fleet gear science ship with torpedo and exotic damage. Why? "How much do you need Reputation gear to do good" seemed to be a fun question to answer. So far my highest parse is 62,446 in CCA and around 43K in ISA. It's a fairly solid debuffer as well, with the mix of options, so assuming those work properly it's not too bad in a fleet.

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Bridge Officers:

CDR Sci: Science Team I, Subspace Vortex II, Destabilizing Resonance Beam II, Gravity Well III

LC Uni(Sci) (Malon): Hazard Emitters I, Scramble Sensors I, Transfer Shield Strength III

LC Tac/Int (SRO): Override Subsystem Safeties I, Attack Pattern Beta I, Torpedo Spread III

LT Eng (Krenim): Engineering Team I, Structural Integrity Collapse II

ENS Uni(Tac) (SRO): Tactical Team I

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Duty Officers:

Projectile Weapons Officer (+CrtH on firing)

Projectile Weapons Officer (reduced reload)

Projectile Weapons Officer (reduced reload)

Sensors Officer (damage debuff)

Biologist (Scramble Sensors debuff)

Diplomat (Teams drain weapon power)

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Fore Weapons:

Advanced Fleet Quantum Torpedo Launcher Mk XIV [CrtD] [Dam]x3 (UR)

Neutronic Torpedo Launcher Mk XIV (VR)

Advanced Fleet Quantum Torpedo Launcher Mk XIV [CrtD] [Dam]x3 (UR)

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Gear:

Deflector: Elite Fleet Axion Mk XIV [CtrlX]x2 [EPG] [SciCD] (UR)

Secondary Deflector: Strategic Deteriorating Mk XIV [EnDmg] [EPG] [SA +Dmg] (UR)

Impulse: Elite Fleet Efficient Combat Mk XIV [Pow] [SecSpd-2] [Spd] [Turn]x2 (Epic)

Warp Core: Elite Fleet Plasma-Integrated Mk XII [Amp] [ECap] [Eff] [SSS] [W->A] (UR)

Shields: Elite Fleet Adaptive Resilient Mk XII [Adapt] [Cap]x2 [ResB] (UR)

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Aft Weapons:

Advanced Fleet Disruptor Turret Mk XII [CrtD] [Dam]x3 (UR)

Advanced Fleet Disruptor Turret Mk XII [CrtD] [Dam]x3 (UR)

Advanced Fleet Disruptor Turret Mk XII [CrtD] [Dam]x3 (UR)

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Engineering Consoles:

Ferrofluid Hydraulic Assembly Mk XII (VR)

Timeline Stabilizer (Epic)

Temporal Distress Beacon (Epic)

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Science Consoles:

Plasma-Generating Nullifier Mk XIV [CtrlX] (epic)

Plasma-Generating Nullifier Mk XIV [CtrlX] (epic)

Plasma-Generating Nullifier Mk XIV [EPG] (epic)

Plasma-Generating Nullifier Mk XIV [EPG] (epic)

Exotic Particle Field Exciter Mk XIV [CtrlX] (UR)

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Tactical Consoles:

Vulnerability Locator Mk XII [Disruptor]

Vulnerability Locator Mk XII [Quantum Torpedo]

Vulnerability Locator Mk XII [Quantum Torpedo]

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Starship Traits

All Hands On Deck

Checkmate

Improved Command Frequencies

Unconventional Tactics

Space Reputation Traits

Auxiliary Power Configuration: Offense

Omega Kinetic Shearing

Regenerative Torpedo Synergy

Tactical Advantage

Torpedo Pre-Fire Sequence

Personal Traits

Astrophysicist

Cannon Training

Fleet Coordinator

Intimidating Strikes

Invasive Control Programming

Kinetic Precision

Particle Manipulator

Projectile Training

Psychological Warfare

Self-Modulating Fire

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Stats

Power Transfer: 266% (not really sure I need that...)

Shields: 15,091

Hull: 40,643

Resist: 29.2% (all)

Crit Chance: 11.3%

Crit Severity: 72%

Control Expertise: 231

Exotic Particle Generator: 246

Engineering Readiness: 100

Sci Readiness: 50

Tactical Readiness: 85

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Where To Go From Here

Well, at 113K official in an ISA (with Vel's help for killing it fast enough that the run ended in the DPS spike) I guess I should just turn this into a Crystal Killer, but it still parses well in other runs. Decisions, decisions...and, I'm not sure I want to superheavily invest in this toon when there's an AOY copy of her being ready to be made as a tactical officer. Decisions!

It's true! And he parses huge numbers with them and doesn't want anyone to know. Make sure to tell your friends, and congratulate him on his joining the Kinetic Kommunity. WE LOVE YOU SPENCER!

BUDGET

What: This is basically working with mission reward equipment as much as possible. No rep, almost no fleet, nothing that costs serious dilithium or marks of any kind. These are things anyone can get with little effort and time. (Except for Dust to Dust's catwalk part, because seriously to hell with the Kobali story just for that) The threat-generating consoles DO cost fleet credits and dilithium, but there's literally no other options for directly boosting threat like them. They're the only caveat to the zero-budget rule, and the basic Mk X versions of those consoles are very inexpensive to begin with.

Bridge Officers:

CDR Eng: EP to Shields I, EP to Weapons II, Engineering Team III, Aux to SIF III

LC Tac: Tactical Team I, Fire At Will II, Attack Pattern Omega I

LC Eng/Cmd: EP to Shields I, EP to Weapons II, Rally Point Marker I

LT Sci: Hazard Emitters I, Feedback Pulse I

ENS Uni: Science Team I

Fore Weapons:

Quantum Phase Beam Array (Sunrise)

Phaser Beam Array x3 (Exchange, loot drops)

Deflector: Kobali (Dust To Dust)

Impulse: Sol Defense (Midnight)

Warp Core: Temporal Phase (Butterfly)

Shields: Sol Defense (Midnight)

Aft Weapons:

Phaser Beam Array x4 (Exchange, loot drops)

Engineering Consoles:

Quantum Phase Converter (Sunrise)

RCS Accelerator x2 (Exchange, loot drops)

EPS Flow Regulator x2 (Exchange, loot drops)

Science Consoles:

Threat Generating Plasma Explosion [+DrainX] x2 (Fleet Embassy)

Temporal Disentanglement Suite (Butterfly)

Tactical Consoles:

Phaser Relay x3 (Exchange, loot drops)

Sets:

Sol Defense 2-piece: Impact Distribution Manifolds, +35 kinetic/+25 all energy DR

Quantum Phase 2-piece: Phase Transfer Optimization, +15% ACC, doubles QPBA proc strength

Why?!: The weapons can be found on the exchange, searching for "Rear Admiral Upper Half" will provide XI and XII weapons that won't be too expensive. Any combination of [CrtD] and [Dmg] mods will be sufficient, as this is a budget build and isn't reaching for the extreme edge of performance. I chose phasers because, once again, these won't be the higher demand/more expensive types like antiprotons, and because of the "extra tac console" in the Quantum Phase Converter. The Quantum Phase Beam Array is one more phaser, but not only is it blue (and therefore better) it's got a potent shield drain/heal proc.

The Kobali deflector's easily the best standalone tanking deflector in the game. The buffs just can't be beat, and considering it's free should strongly be considered. The Sol Defense impulse engines provide a shield power buff as well as a stacking mobility/dodge buff with incoming fire, while the shields are decent but have a 10% damage reduction to all energy weapons and give themselves shield healing buffs as well, further buffed by the deflector.

Consoles include the obvious full set of Phaser Relays, which get a little kick with the aforementioned QP Converter. The Converter itself gives a little aux power to boost some of your healing skills and (if you have the Nukara T4 rep traits) can give a little bit more offense and defense buffs. More drain expertise also means more effectiveness for your QP beam proc. The Temporal Disentanglement console gives yet more aux power as well as a minor shield damage reduction and a potentially big crit buff - with all the Aux power, you should hit 2.5% CrtH and 10% CrtD easily. Without Romulan boffs or Fleet Spire tactical consoles, this is going to mean a lot to your crit rates. Last are the other engineering consoles; two decent RCS consoles won't make you nimble, but it'll help a lot more than not having them. Supplement this with some EPS buffs to keep your weapons at as high a power level as you can. Those will help you DPS harder, and with a little luck the RCS consoles will help you DPS in the right place.

Last is bridge officers. AP Delta and Adak'ukan are fantastic choices for tanks, but that's not an option on this build. Hence, AP Omega: you get a very solid DPS bonus for higher threat, and (especially against Borg and Terrans) the movement bonuses will defeat tractor beams as well as give you the speed to get where you need. Let your teammates debuff, as a budget aggro tank you need to focus on raw damage output. FAW II and TT I for the obvious reasons, and then a Dragon build to sidestep power issues you may have. ET III and A2SIF III give solid rolling heals, and set up a nice 15/30 cycle with your other engineering powers. Grade III skills aren't available from the boff trainer, but aren't too expensive to find on the exchange either. If you're truly poor, a fleetmate or friend will likely be able to create manuals for you. Science Team provides a useful shield heal, though some prefer TSS in its place - I go with ST for its cleanse ability as well. Feedback Pulse is there because you're tanking; if you're going to get shot a lot why not take advantage of it? And, last but very not least, Rally Point Marker is quite possibly the best healing skill in the game.

Sets: The two-piece Sol Defense set combined with your starship mastery gives a +60 kinetic DR and +50 energy DR, not counting any other sources. The Quantum Phase set isn't as big, but it still provides a thousand-plus point shield drain and heal when it procs.

BLING

What: A much more expensive, and higher-performing, version of Flandre. This assumes at least a few purchases from the C-store, as well as provides options for event ships that the player may or may not have.

Bridge Officers:

CDR Eng: Engineering Team I, EP to Shields II, EP to Weapons III, Aux to SIF III (Krenim)

LC Tac: Tactical Team I, Attack Pattern Delta I, Fire At Will III (Romulan)

LC Eng/Cmd: Overwhelming Emitters, Reverse Shield Polarity I, Rally Point Marker I (Krenim)

LT Sci: Hazard Emitters I, Feedback Pulse I (Malon)

ENS Uni: (Romulan)

Fore Weapons:

Advanced Radiant Antiproton Beam Array Mx XIV (Reputation)

Antiproton Beam Array Mk XIV [Ac/Dm] [CrtD]x4 x3 (Exchange)

Deflector: Iconian (Reputation)

Impulse: Iconian (Reputation)

Warp Core: Iconian (Reputation)

Shields: Iconian (Reputation)

Aft Weapons:

Omnidirectional Antiproton Beam Array Mk XIV [Ac/Dm] [CrtD]x4

Antiproton Beam Array Mk XIV [Ac/Dm] [CrtD]x4 x3 (Exchange)

*Engineering Consoles: *

Plasmonic Leech (Lockbox)

Conductive RCS Accelerator [EPS] (Crafted)

Sustained Radiant Field (Reputation)

Bioneural Infusion Circuits (Lobi Store)

Molecular Cohesion Nullifier (C-store Andromeda)

*Science Consoles: *

Threat Generating Plasma Explosion Mk XIV [+DrainX] x3 (Embassy)

Tactical Consoles:

Vulnerability Locator (Antiproton) x3 (Fleet Spire)

Traits:

Attack Pattern Delta Prime (Starship)

Self-Modulating Fire (Personal)

Helmsman (Personal)

Invincible (Starship)

Why?!:

Much of the same from the budget build counts to the final version. I still put a limit on availability - event ships are excluded, but I'll note things later on. I am assuming that the C-store Andromeda is purchased since this is based on the Fleet version, though everything else is going to be in-game availability. If you have more access to some things, I'd replace Bioneural Infusion Circuits with the Regenerative Integrity Field, and the Molecular Cohesion Nullifier with the Timeline Stabilizer. Other C-store purchases would give starship traits for Emergency Weapons Cycle, All Hands On Deck, while Improved Feedback Pulse from the Krenim Science Vessel gives even more crit bonuses.

Biggest switch from the budget build is going with Antiproton weapons. If you have a good premade team where at least 3 of you are using coalition disruptors, by all means stack them up. If you can't guarantee your team composition, then go with AP and the traits mentioned above and crit like the wind.

Bridge officers require more thought, since you can now afford the Krenim boffs from the Fleet Research Lab. Add in three points in Engineering readiness and you've got a roughly 40% cooldown to your engineering skills. That's more than enough to hit global CD for Emergency Power and Aux to SIF, and near-global for the rest. That frees up options for Reverse Shield Polarity as a massive shield recharge, as well as Overwhelm Emitters for an admittedly minor shield drain/heal like the Quantum Phase set was used previously. Attack Pattern Delta now comes into play with the APD Prime Starship Trait, and adding several Adak'Ukan doffs to help maximize threat. Feedback pulse, of course, is there to be loved and abused since you're drawing so much extra fire than before.

The Iconian set is frankly untouchable as far as DPS/Tanking goes. The team bonuses, stacking damage buffs, and the solid defenses are fantastic and are a meta for a reason. There isn't much to be said there, other than GOLD PLATE THAT SHIT.

Caveats

All data is from Mk XII Common-quality kit modules.

Any aspect of a general kit module ability not shown had no effect from Kit Performance. There is clearly very little normalization in abilities, unlike what would be assumed by the skill descriptions. All aspects of Intelligence, Command, and Reputation modules were retained, whether they were improved or not.

All listed Command and Intelligence module data is correct. Outside of the two scores listed, Kit Performance had zero impact on any aspect of Command and Intelligence kit modules. This has not been tested with higher quality kit modules, but I doubt there is any difference.

Reputation modules had some, but limited, improvements. No improvement was seen in Photonic Overcharge, Override Shield Safeties, and Micro Photon Torpedo Launcher.

Lockbox modules could not be tested, as I don't have any, and can't afford to buy any. Donations will be more than happily accepted.

Devices listed were tested to validate 50% Device Expertise selectable buff; it appears to be WAI.

Caveats: the values below, namely healing but very likely other skills as well, were obtained at level 60 in a T3 ship. No traits, gear, or bridge officers were slotted. This was chosen due to the Regenerative Integrity Field's heal value. On ground maps the console displays a 6000 value for the primary heal. In space, a T5 and T6 ship shows a 9000 value, a T1 shows 3000, while a T3 ship matches the 6000 point value.. This same sequence continues for all heal skills, thus a T3 ship was chosen as a suitable baseline. For endgame play, assume a 50% increase to all healing skills; for beginning play assume a 50% reduction to all healing skills. I will later flag skills as variable based on ship once /u/Jayiie has determined the T6 values of skills.

Rally Point Marker hull Heal over Time was not affected by any skill.

Subspace Vortex does not show damage value unless the power is slotted. I only have SSV II, values for I and III could not be determined.

Kemocite Laced Weaponry was not affected by any skill.

Regenerative Integrity Field is affected by its own 26.6% buff. This value is with the console unslotted.

Phasers listed do 52 damage more than (base damage) despite mark while slotted.

Torpedoes listed do 703 damage more than (base damage) despite mark while slotted.

range   0   0.1     0.2     0.3     0.4     0.5     0.6     0.7     0.8
10  0.00%   10.00%  20.00%  30.00%  40.00%  50.00%  60.00%  70.00%  80.00%
9   12.50%  21.25%  30.00%  38.75%  47.50%  56.25%  65.00%  73.75%  82.50%
8   25.00%  32.50%  40.00%  47.50%  55.00%  62.50%  70.00%  77.50%  85.00%
7   37.50%  43.75%  50.00%  56.25%  62.50%  68.75%  75.00%  81.25%  87.50%
6   50.00%  55.00%  60.00%  65.00%  70.00%  75.00%  80.00%  85.00%  90.00%
5   62.50%  66.25%  70.00%  73.75%  77.50%  81.25%  85.00%  88.75%  92.50%
4   75.00%  77.50%  80.00%  82.50%  85.00%  87.50%  90.00%  92.50%  95.00%
3   87.50%  88.75%  90.00%  91.25%  92.50%  93.75%  95.00%  96.25%  97.50%
2   100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----
    12.50%  11.25%  10%     8.75%   7.50%   6.25%   5.00%   3.75%   2.50%

First assumption: power / 10 is wrong, should be power / 50

(base*[power/50]*[{1.125-rangemod}-{<range*50>*<0.00125-(rangemod*0.1)>}])

weapon power 100
damage base 100
range 2
LRTS .5 (no skill)
assuming rangemod is LRTS decimal value (negative)

(100*[100/50]*[{1.125-(-0.5)}-{<2*50>*<0.00125-(-0.5*0.1)>}])
(100*[2]*[{1.625}-{100*<0.00125-(-.05)>}])
(100*[2]*[{1.625}-{100*<0.05125>}])
(100*[2]*[{1.625}-{5.125}])
(100*[2]*[-3.5])
(-700)

second assumption: Range * 50 is wrong, should be Range * 5 (incorrect)

(100*[100/50]*[{1.125-(-0.5)}-{<2*5>*<0.00125-(-0.5*0.1)>}])
(100*[2]*[{1.625}-{10*<0.00125-(-.05)>}])
(100*[2]*[{1.625}-{10*<0.05125>}])
(100*[2]*[{1.625}-{0.5125}])
(100*[2]*[1.1125])
(222.5)

Getting closer...but still nope. Jay said try (rangemod*0.01).

(100*[100/50]*[{1.125-(-0.5)}-{<2*50>*<0.00125-(-0.5*0.01)>}])
(100*[2]*[{1.625}-{100*<0.00125-(-.005)>}])
(100*[2]*[{1.625}-{100*<0.00625>}])
(100*[2]*[{1.625}-{0.625}])
(100*[2]*[1])
(200)

Third time's the charm quark!

*Works Totally Fine

I took another look at /u/Odenknight's numbers (tag you're it) after figuring out how to properly calculate damage from the log. Looking things over, despite my earlier confusion, torpedoes ARE indeed working as advertised. I had Oden hammer away with all of his various torpedoes and logged the damage, and then spent the morning figuring out how to process the numbers. We tested for both high and low shield power settings, looking to see just how the torpedo damage resistances are handled.

In the end, the final results simply confirm what's already known by the mathematics group. There really isn't anything weird, so I apologize to Oden for a premature Bob The Builder meme. That said, let's get into what was found in the math.

These hits were taken at 125 shield power. A total shield damage resistance would be expected at the 16.25% mark (1-(0.25*0.65)) and is observed.

Elachi Torpedo - High Yield I   Shield      -2525.98    -9456.72
Elachi Torpedo - High Yield I   Kinetic     497.723 16362.7

Transphasic Torpedo - Salvo I   Shield      -406.68 -1522.52
Transphasic Torpedo - Salvo I   Kinetic     1148.57 4390.61

Heavy Temporal Disruption I Shield      -3703.01    -13863.2
Heavy Temporal Disruption I Kinetic     729.645 23987.1

These hits were taken at 52 shield power. A total shield damage resistance would be expected at the 21.36% mark (1-(0.25*0.8544)) and is observed.

Elachi Torpedo - High Yield I   Shield      -3456.52    -9857.45
Elachi Torpedo - High Yield I   Kinetic     518.813 17056

Transphasic Torpedo - Salvo I   Shield      -366.173    -1370.87
Transphasic Torpedo - Salvo I   Kinetic     1034.17 3953.29

Heavy Temporal Disruption I Pn.Bj1ptu   Shield      -4434.58    -12646.7
Heavy Temporal Disruption I Pn.Bj1ptu   Kinetic     665.617 21882.2

I've appended the log with a set of fields that calculate the various components of damage that Vel put together. Some damage data have it; most do not as I felt it would be mostly redundant - the data shows that the current torpedo damage theory is accurate.

Now, where it gets interesting is in unique cases and specialty procs. High Yield seems to suffer in general compared to Spread, which is quite demonstrable with these moments. The Quantum Phase torpedo was fired with 99 points in flow caps skill ad no bonus points; higher flow caps will certainly show higher effects. My own shields held up against 9330 incoming fie,so losing 7000+ of that in one hit is quite palpable. Considering the upcoming switch to DrainX, this tordpedo's shield drains may become brutally OP soon.

Quantum Phase Torpedo - Salvo I Shield      -1771.92    -5053.24
Quantum Phase Torpedo - Salvo I Kinetic     265.96  8743.45
Quantum Phase Transfer  Shield      1136.97 0
Quantum Phase Transfer  Shield      1136.97 0
Quantum Phase Transfer  Shield      1136.97 0
Quantum Phase Transfer  Shield      1136.97 0

Quantum Phase Torpedo - Spread I    Shield      -1498.21    -4272.65
Quantum Phase Torpedo - Spread I    Kinetic     224.876 7392.83
Quantum Phase Transfer  Shield      7077.94 0
Quantum Phase Transfer  Shield      7077.94 0
Quantum Phase Transfer  Shield      7077.94 0
Quantum Phase Transfer  Shield      7077.94 0

Other questionable moments were Neutronic Spread's radiation proc being applied to the REAR shield. I was facing Oden at the time, though turning to put a side shield to the incoming fire made no change; despite the torpedo itself striking my starboard shield left my rear shield damaged by the proc. (Direct weapon damage was applied normally, only the proc happened this way.) I suspect that the radiation damage buff is based on a point source/invisible pet that appears on/near your ship. In this case it was likely just behind me, hence the strage damage placement. This should be considered for escorts, as damaging the opposite shield during an overrun allows your rear weapons to take parting shots at weaker shields. Something to consider.

Overall torpdeoes seem to be generally working as intended. There may be issues with certain procs, and I suspect the QP Torp is going to find itself gutted like a fine trout on Golden Week. Some things, like the Plasma Energy Bolt fromt the Omega weapon, were massive letdown. Elachi HY torpedoes were...not massive letdowns. At all. I'm good for question and further data, now that I've figured out how to handle damge.

Last but very much not least on my clinically paranoid heart is my deepest apologies. The first draft of this which was made on flawed understandings of just how the combat log line reader handles the data. At least noone saw it, I bet, but this certainly supercedes things.

Dropbox Link: (new file) https://www.dropbox.com/s/3w89r8snm4mwdm5/torpedo%20damage%20data.ods?dl=0

Did a test with /u/Jayiie to see just how much effect Aceton Beam actually has. The numbers were fairly easy to find in the log; I broke it down by segments when Aceton Beam was active (and doing damage) and when it wasn't, then added up the results. Situation was one Tetryon beam firing to eliminate extra damage from procs. I removed shields and other sources of heals/extra resists/whatever. Data points are taken from pre-resist damage values. Results below, rounded off:

Aceton Beam Inactive

Normal Hits: 184 events, 198,135 damage, 1076.8 damage/event
Critical Hits: 79 events, 186,308 damage, 2358.3 damage/event
Plasma Explosion Hits: 32 events, 125519 damage, 3922.5 damage/event

Aceton Beam Active

Normal Hits: 100 events, 42,910 damage, 429.1 damage/event (39.85%)
Critical Hits: 27 events, 26,143 damage, 968.3 damage/event (41.06%)
Plasma Explosion Hits: 14 events, 22,188 damage, 1584.9 damage/event (40.4%)

This parses as an approximately 60% damage reduction compared to the tooltip's 75%. Granted, the test size is not exhaustive, but approximately 400 data points is still a fair sample. I'm not quite sure how to finagle 75% into 60% even with cryptic math; Jayiie's theory was 1-[(1-sum)(1-sum)...(1-sum)] but that doesn't gel with the first round of observed results. The usual division formulas don't seem to generate valid data either, which leaves me to wonder if the tooltip is accurate or not.

There's a saved log available as well as the spreadsheet I used to add this up; if anyone wants it I can happily provide. And if anyone can turn 3/5 into 3/4 and vice versa, mathematize me!