[Mayrheane]

And wif ze Recent Release, comes a massive revamp~ XD

[Current Test Platform]: Icarus Class Pilot Escort (T6)

[Captain Traits]:
Tactical Fleet
Ablative Hull
Living Hull
Biotech Patch
Beam Barrage
Particle Manipulator
Positive Feedback loop
Psychological Warfare
Failsafe Scrambler
Elusive

[Ship Traits]:
Improved Predictive Algorithms
Pedal to the Metal
Subwarp Sheath
Structural Integrity Overcharge

[Fore Weapons]:
Mk XIV Polaron Beam Arrays [CrtDx3] [Snare] [x5]

[Ship Gear]:
Main Deflector: Mk XIV Elite Fleet Axiom Deflector Dish [PrtGen] [Sci]
Impulse Engines: MK XIV Jem'Hadar Combat Impulse Engines
Warp Core: Mk XIV Obelisk Subspace Rift Warp Core
Shields: Mk XIV Jem'Hadar Resilient Shields

[Fore Weapons]:
Mk XII Phased Polaron Beam Arrays [CrtDx3] [Snare] [x2]

Console Setup:

Tactical Consoles:
Mk XII Fleet Vulnerability Locators [Pol]

Science Consoles:
MK XIII Particle Generators [x2]
Mk XIV Particle Field Exciter [Prtg] [x1],
Universal Console - Spatial Sinkhole Console (Icarus Console)

Engineering Consoles:
Universal Console - Plasmonic Leech Console
MK XIV Conductive RCS Accelerator [+ Prtg]
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Dominion Set bonus:

Set 2: Dominion Synergy

Passive
+13.1% Polaron Damage
+26.2 Starship Power Insulators

Set 3: Antiproton Sweep

Affects Foe (5 max)
6 kilometer Range; 90 degree Cone
0.5 sec activate
2 min recharge
-1638.9.1 Shields on up to 5 enemies
Disables cloaking systems for 10 sec
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[Doff loadout]:

-VR Conn Officer
-Graga Mal; VR Tractor Beam Officer
-Gravimetric Scientist (Gravity Well variant) (Chance to create aftershock Gravity Wells)
-x2 Deflector Officer (Chance to reduce the recharge time for Deflector abilities) (at times they gots leik 30-45 seconds cooldown...)

[Boff Build]:
Cmd Tac/Pilot: DC 1, APL 2 , APB 2, GW 3, RWR 3
Lt.Tac: TT1, FAW 2
LtCom Sci: TB 1, TBR 1, GW 1
Lt. Uni (Sci): HE 1, ST2
Lt.Eng/Pilot: EPtS 1, EPtsW2

STO Academy Build Link: http://www.stoacademy.com/tools/skil...enbuildv3_9500
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References:
Pilot Ships: http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/sta...lot-ship-stats
Pilot Boff Skills: http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/sta...ridge-officers
[Jem'Hadar Space Set]: http://sto.gamepedia.com/Jem%27Hadar_Space_Set
[Secondary Deflectors]: http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/sta...ary-deflectors
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Credits:
-Fleet Master Chief Darky (His patience is near legendary...)
-Sysil (a thing or two insight~)
-Levon (For giving meh Ship gear Ideas)
-Cranker (Despite being cranky, he did give meh a few ideas)
-Beggotten (Just coz he said so?)
-Wiedeweed (PrtGen Revisions)
-Wesstan (Drain/ PrtGen Consolidation, Ship Gear Adjustments)
-Kerry Malone (PrtGen Consolidation)
-Starsrift (Fer ze awsome Snare Thingies)
-Bridger (Damage output and some other stuff at the side)

[Edit 1]:
-All out Revisions (Formally wrote ze build + Credits)~

[Edit 2]:
-Partially edited ze Science Consoles, to entertain Weed's suggested revamps~

[Edit 3]:
-Consolidated my Science consoles to maximize damage output (Wesstan, and Kerry)

[Edit 4]:
-Switched to crafted, Polarons wif [CrtD]x3 [Snare] (Kudos to Starsrift and Bridger) and Ship gear adjustments (Wesstan); Added the Fleet T6 Patfinder as a possible test platform...

[Edit 5]:
Switched test Platform to to the Escort Pilot Ships (Icarus Class) ; deleted references to Pathfinder build... I guess I'm on my own now made appropriate trait changes...
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[Disclaimers]:
-I don't claim that this is a better PVP build; I just mentioned its PVP application...
-I kinda think now that the drain build thing on the thread title is kinda misleading (as to a pure drain build), tho my original intention was to mix both drain (beams and tykens rift), wif exotic damage (GW fer ze most part)...
-Still pretty much a work in progress; violent reactions are still kinda welcome... Unless either Jonathan, Dent, or Daed
will come in and flip ze planning table...

[Sysil]

For PvP, I'd go all torpedoes and mines so you can concentrate all your power on Aux and Shields and put 4 universal consoles in your tac console slots. Maybe leave a 360 degrees beam array for your sci ship disables.

I'd also strongly recommend using 2 tac teams and 2 EPtS even if you have reciprocity for better reliable tanking.

A part from that, get a deflector that gives maximum boost to Particle gen.

[Dark]

It's a Vesta though, you could just mount 3x Aux DHCs and ignore Weapon Power without nerfing your weapon damage output.

[Sysil]

It's a Vesta though, you could just mount 3x Aux DHCs and ignore Weapon Power without nerfing your weapon damage output.

Aux cannons drain Aux power, so you are still nerfing your sci abilities. Anyways without any advanced Tac abilites to boost the damage those canon shots won't scratch any decent PvP build's shields.

Better maximize your Sci powers, leave the energy DPS to dedicated ships, use the tac console slots for more useful consoles and concentrate on using your APA for your grav wells and FBP.

[Mayrheane]

I am thinking of using Polarons fer ze build I looked it up over reddit and they gots a positive feedback over it... but I'd leik to hear some opinions about it from the fleet~ XD

[Cranker]

For once Sysil and I agree on something. But I prefer exotic dmg/transphasic builds to drain builds for PVP, melting hull while the shields go....why do we exist. When you throw APA in there...zomg.

[Cranker]

Have you thought about the 3 pc breen set? With all those flow caps the energy syphon would be narsty.

I know you hate torps but this is the version of a PVP ship I want to build.

GO CLICK HERE

[Dark]

Aux cannons drain Aux power, so you are still nerfing your sci abilities. Anyways without any advanced Tac abilites to boost the damage those canon shots won't scratch any decent PvP build's shields.

See, this is why I stay away from Science Ship discussions, I'm not qualified for them.

May keeps poking me though.

[Cranker]

See, this is why I stay away from Science Ship discussions, I'm not qualified for them.

May keeps poking me though.

yeah she has that habit. I keep trying to talk her into a Trans/Breen/Exotic build but she'll have none of it

[Mayrheane]

Bump, Bumps~ Edit 2 is up, kudos to Wiedeweed~ XD

[Wesstan]

I agree that partgen + transphasic is a great combination. If you go for beams i suggest going for a pure drain build (dont mix drain and partgen abilities since you will only be half good in both of them).

Run BFAW, TT and APB on cooldown together with 2 copies of Energy Syphon and Tykens Rift. Put 4x FlowCaps + 1 plasmonic leech on your ship and you will have a great little ship.

[Mayrheane]

Err wads BFAW? x.X

[Generator]

You seem to be aiming for a drain build, but none of your sci consoles are flow capacitors. I get that you're trying to split the difference between drain and exotic damage, but I wonder if the Graviton Generators should be swapped for Flow Caps.

If there's an angle I've missed I apologize.

Generator

[Wesstan]

beam fire at will

[Mayrheane]

yeah she has that habit. I keep trying to talk her into a Trans/Breen/Exotic build but she'll have none of it

I'll do eet on meh torp Sci boat~