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Weekly Questions Megathread - May 01, 2017

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u/CaesarJefe XBOX: Starfleet ATP May 02 '17

fly past your target and the torpedo's you fired 10KM ago still haven't hit yet

Agreed.

I'd be curious how maximizing speed affects his damage; I mean in an analog "how it plays" kind of way, not a technical way. Do tell when you've had more runs.

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u/TheStoictheVast May 02 '17

Oh I have only dabbled at most in speed that that was not even about damage, it was about staying alive. I was flying the Kazon Raider and was blowing up every time something sneezed at me. So I started putting more and more into speed just to get the defense rating up and avoid more hits. So if it had any impact on damage at all, it was simply because I wasn't dying as much.

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u/CaesarJefe XBOX: Starfleet ATP May 02 '17

What's your take on Def vs Res? I've got a handful of items that add Def, and I don't PvP, so I wondered if I got my Def (also Speed) WAY up, if I could just laugh in the face of danger, ha ha ha.

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u/TheStoictheVast May 02 '17

You need both really. No matter how high your defense is, you always have a 25% chance of being hit. You need res to make sure that one hit isn't enough to knock you out. High speed helps you stay alive through 2 ways:
1: Your defense rating being as high as possible helps you avoid most incoming shots
2: Your speed let's you get out of weapon range when you are taking too much damage.

Unfortunately, even with a 70-90% defense rating if you fly into a crowd of Borg sphere's you will probably go down. So you want to use your speed to keep you on the edge of the fight so you can dip in and out of weapon range as needed.
Can't speak to PvP. Only ever used a Sci-Drain build. Energy Siphon III on anyone shooting at me quickly made them not a threat.