As the title says. I am thinking about switching to only 2 VR DCEs on my Drake builds. Does anyone have experiences with that?
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As the title says. I am thinking about switching to only 2 VR DCEs on my Drake builds. Does anyone have experiences with that?
Thank you in advance!
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I think most of us only use 2 VR DCEs unless we don't have something better to slot.
VR DCEs have a 35% chance to reduce the cooldown by 30% (13.5s), which is 1.5s off from minimum.That 1.5s is generally considered acceptable (again, assuming you have something better for that slot, I wouldn't put a random Warp Core Engineer that gives +10 power in there).
With 2 VRs you get 4 chances in total before you need the ability available so there's only a 0.65^4 = 17.85% chance your cycle will break after the first 30s you start. (This is also a reason not to start spamming until you're already in range.)
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That is correct, I also only use 2 of them, and it works I have not noticed that it ever failed.
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I have noticed that it failed a bunch of times with only 2. That's why I never put less than 3 on any build that uses them.
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It does depend on how long an encounter drags on, I suppose. If I have nothing build-specific or necessary, I definitely prefer 3 DCEs.
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You could also slot the Bio-Neural Gel Pack, you get reduction of 7% to everything and a nice shield boost.
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Yes, thought of that console after psting here myself and got it yesterday
Thank you everyone for your input!
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