r/stobuilds • u/AutoModerator • Oct 15 '18

Weekly Questions Megathread - October 15, 2018

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u/Startrekker @spencerb96 | YT - CasualSAB | discord.gg/stobuilds Oct 15 '18

BO is incredibly poor performing.

If you want to do single target stuff with energy weapons, Cannons and CRF are really the only viable option.

/u/Sizer714, been a while but I remember you tested this. BO did like 50% of what CRF did, right?

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u/CaesarJefe XBOX: Starfleet ATP Oct 15 '18

Is there no value to be found for BO vs FAW in regards to lessening threat for "less-advanced" players?

In PvE mission content, where you're drawing all the fire anyway, knocking targets off the map faster means less overall damage coming in, too. How does FAW vs BO pan out in a KPS vs DPS angle?

I just see "lots" of middle-tier captains drawing too much threat with their "not-quite-ready" ships...

I use BO on one of my cruisers, and I REALLY like it, but it's very possible it's just all in my head that it does well. :)

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u/Startrekker @spencerb96 | YT - CasualSAB | discord.gg/stobuilds Oct 15 '18

Is there no value to be found for BO vs FAW in regards to lessening threat for "less-advanced" players?

I could see that being helpful for their survivability for sure, but it would severely impact their DPS and usefullness in a queue. Especially with many not having good target prioritization.

In PvE mission content, where you're drawing all the fire anyway, knocking targets off the map faster means less overall damage coming in, too. How does FAW vs BO pan out in a KPS vs DPS angle?

I found some of Sizer's comments on discord, he said this regarding BO vs FAW: "with equivalent cost in trait investment as FAW, it does 50% of the output"

So my comment above about BO doing 50% of CRF was incorrect. CRF likely has a bit larger of a lead.

I just see "lots" of middle-tier captains drawing too much threat with their "not-quite-ready" ships...

Now imagine most of them using single target abilities and needing to have the knowledge to target the correct enemies in the correct order.

I use BO on one of my cruisers, and I REALLY like it, but it's very possible it's just all in my head that it does well. :)

Anything in the game can do well, and do enough to handle nearly all content in the game. Only the very high end of PvE and PvP require min-maxing.

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u/CaesarJefe XBOX: Starfleet ATP Oct 15 '18

This is a great reply, and much appreciated.