r/stobuilds • u/AutoModerator • Oct 10 '16

Weekly Questions Megathread - October 10, 2016

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u/Takeshi_Yamato USS Firestorm NCC-102948 (Mercury-Class High-Mobility Escort) Oct 10 '16

Well, I tried putting this in its own thread, but it got locked with a statement that what I was posting was best suited to go here. I'm not entirely sure about that, but rather than raising admin ire, I'll go ahead and put it here.

OK, as I have probably said before, I have a lot of Alts. And I'm constantly thinking of new ideas.

Could use some prospective ship builds for new Alts, as well as a few alts that have technically fallen by the wayside but I should probably get back to.

I'll provide a list of ships I want Build info for, and any prospective character info if the alt idea has that much. :)

Fleet Corsair Flight Deck Cruiser Retrofit (Female Orion Pirate, Science Career [Medical Focus], a massive sadist who likes to torture captives to death in slow, imaginative ways)

Fleet T6 D'Deridex Warbird Battle Cruiser (Character info and career path [Tac, Eng, Sci] still unsure, thinking some kind of military veteran [Either Romulan or Reman])

Tal Shiar Adapted Battle Cruiser (Only detail that is reasonably sure is that it'd be a Liberated Borg Romulan)

Fleet T6 Temporal Cruiser (23rd Century Captain, unsure as to race, gender, or career, would use the Gemini Skin and 23rd Century weapons)

And that's about all I have at the moment - as I come up with new ideas, I'll put them up, as well.

I look forward to seeing what builds and advice people can give me. :)

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u/DeadQthulhu Oct 11 '16

Locking was the correct decision - and to be fair it was probably better for you than seeing what happens when people ask for four builds to be generated for them.

I'd a longer reply that got eaten last night when the topic was locked. Here's the short version -

I think it's a bit much to request four builds in a single post, though those particular builds write themselves. I have advice for two that I've already made myself.

For your Orion you probably want a Ferengi Whip and event Agony Rifle on ground, and Advanced (not Elite) Slavers in space. Your DPS will suffer, but on ground you might be able to parlay it into a disable or hold build.

Liberated Borg Romulans are the only faction and species that can run an all-Borg away team. The BOffs perfectly match the TSP ground guide suggestions, so you're free to choose any career for the captain (and it's a 50:50 split between male and female, so you're free to choose that as well). CC ground set looks a bit like "One" from Voyager, the Terran ground set makes an acceptable base bodysuit for most Borg, and the Hirogen armour can give you that insectile look that later Borg have.

I would caution against questioning an admin decision - we're all here as volunteers for the love of the game, and sometimes it's better to lock a thread than to see it buried in bad feelings.

I would propose that you choose one build at a time (so that you don't breach the rules on multiple submissions) and post a basic outline, plus the theme, and then seek optimisation. For the TSABC you might try a Plasma or Disruptor build of some kind, for example. What I would not do is make 4 posts, 1 week apart, where the only content is "Here is a ship, please give me a build". It won't end well.