[Jestersmith]

Throwing this guide together as a few have asked for info on the ground on chat that I have seen. I know Luke put a post up the other week suggesting it so thought would make a start.

Free Mission Rewards and good starting points.

Romulan Imperial navy kit is what your best using it gives you +20% Plasma Damage 2.2% crit chance +8.8% crit severity if you used it with the armor this gives you a 2 set bonus that gives You +10 energy damage resistance and +30% Crit Severity.

If you combine this with the Na'Kuhl Temporal Operative set combined of the Shields and Assault weapon you then get another set bonus that offers you + 2% crit chance and +30% crit severity and also get the added bonus of having the Time Slip that the shield provides that makes you immune to all damage while the distortion is active the phase shift that you get when your fighting the Na'kuhl NPC's .

Weapons to use if you're using the rom navy kit then you want a plasma-based weapon to make use of the +20% you can get a white plasma wide beam that you can upgrade to needed levels you can get these at a weapons vendor on the Dyson sphere

Rep Gear you have a few variations you can look at currently I am using the Discovery 2 piece set giving me 10% Crit Chance and 40% Crit Severity with a Borg Combat Structure kit and Seven's Dual Tetryon Rifles from the new mission.

Duty officers play as much a role on ground as they do in space builds so ensure that you have ones that enhance what you are looking to achieve a lot of people on tactical toons just slot the doffs to call down extra away team members and you can do so much more with your abilities if you look away from this. i have listed on the skills link the doffs i use.

current setup

Kit/Kit Modules	Risian Kit Mk XV [KP/Wpn} [Kperf]x3 [Proc} Universal Kit Module - Ball Lightning Mk XVI Universal Kit Module - Ba'ul Obelisk Network MK XV Universal Kit Module - Agony Field Generator Mk XV Universal Kit Module - Mudd's Time Device Mk XV Tactical Kit Module - Ambush Mk XV
Body	Burnham's CQC Armor Mk XV [CrtD] [CrtH]x2 [HP/Res] [HP]
Shields	Na'kuhl Temporal Operative Personal Shield Mk XV [Cap2] [Cap]
Weapons	Na'kuhl Temporal Operative Assault Mk XV [CrtH] [Dm/CrtH] [Dmg]x3

PERSONAL GROUND TRAITS

Adaptive Offence +Crit Chance that becomes +Crit Severity during repeated Crit hits

Dulce Et Decorum Est +10% Bonus All Damage

Creative +Kit Performance +30

Field Technician +Kit Readiness +50

Serenity +Kit Performance +Health Regen +15% HR, +15 KP

Terran Vision +Crit Severity Being Directly Hit slows you +15% Crit Severity Being Critically Hit reduces speed 10% (Max once in 15 seconds)

Upgraded Gear +Kit Performance By Defeating Foes +2.5 kit Performace on defeating a foe, stacks upto +50 resets on map move or being defeated

Unconventional Gear Control Kits Reduce Universal Kit Recharge -20% Recharge to universal kit modules

Vicious Damage Buff Increase Over Combat Time, For Every 6 Seconds in combat [Max 5 Stacks] +1.5% Bonus All Damage +6% Critical Severity

GROUND REPUTATION

Deadly Aim Increased Crit Severity +20% Crit Sev

Lethality II Increased Crit Chance +5% Crit Chance

Miniturized Chrono Capacitor +9.4% kit Module Recharge

Personal Energy Amplifier II, Bonus Kit Damages +6.3% Bonus Damage

Strength of Body II +Kperf From Captain Abilities +18.8 Kit Performance

Parsed run from Bug Hunt Elite run.





Parsed Run From Nukara Transdimensional Tactics

[Raz Beraht]

Nice guide!

Figuring out my ground game back in the day was the best thing I ever did on STO. I haven't had to even think about it for years.

[Novalance]

this is a few years old but so very very relevant even now
Setting up your away team

[Silek]

this is a few years old but so very very relevant even now
Setting up your away team

Love this guide. Thank you

[Novalance]

Best Riker Gif Ever!

[AlexRider]

Thanks for this great guide!

[Jestersmith]

Updated Current Ground Build

[Jestersmith]

Build Updated, The last few days i was playing about with a few changes and had swapped back in Dulce Et Decorum Est and Vicious traits as well as adding Upgraded Gear and Unconventional Gear and turning the build into more a Kit use build than a weapons buil. I have added a change to the Doffs removing the Crit Sev and chance doffs and adding in the Ambush Doff and Pet Device Doff both from the fleet embassy. Tested this over the last few days in pug runs then ran some runs in the fleet weekly runs.

[Barachiel]

What's an alternative to the Risian Kit, since that's summer only?

[Taku]

What's an alternative to the Risian Kit, since that's summer only?

Buy or beg 1,000 LOLnuts off the exchange or from fwiends and buy it from the Event Store. It doesn't have to be summertime.

[darthnovawave]

The Risian kit is basically the best because you can make it have 4x KPerf mods, which gives you a huge boost to kit module effectiveness. If you really don't want to deal with the lolnuts, your next best option might be the Delta kits from the lockbox/exchange. Can't rack up as much Kperf, but you can get some extra crit chance instead.

[Barachiel]

The Risian kit is basically the best because you can make it have 4x KPerf mods, which gives you a huge boost to kit module effectiveness. If you really don't want to deal with the lolnuts, your next best option might be the Delta kits from the lockbox/exchange. Can't rack up as much Kperf, but you can get some extra crit chance instead.

I didn't even realize that was possible! Guess I can get that kit and the Ball Lightning Module without waiting for the summer after all. Is there a good 2nd weapon you'd recommend? One isn't listed, so I figure it isn't strictly necessary, but figured I'd ask. Was leaning towards the Mind Meld device for the 2 piece bonus if nothing else.

[darthnovawave]

I didn't even realize that was possible! Guess I can get that kit and the Ball Lightning Module without waiting for the summer after all. Is there a good 2nd weapon you'd recommend? One isn't listed, so I figure it isn't strictly necessary, but figured I'd ask. Was leaning towards the Mind Meld device for the 2 piece bonus if nothing else.

The Plasma Wide Beam Rifle is probably the best non-Lobi option if that is a consideration, otherwise the Disco Auto Rifle, the Portable Phaser Canon, and the Herald staff are all popular options. The Na'kuhl weapon is typically slotted for the 2-pc set bonuses for crit, so it really should be considered the "secondary" weapon and not regularly actually fired. If you are into melee, the mind meld device is probably one of the best options for that type, so if it looks good to you I'd say go for it.

[Barachiel]

The Plasma Wide Beam Rifle is probably the best non-Lobi option if that is a consideration, otherwise the Disco Auto Rifle, the Portable Phaser Canon, and the Herald staff are all popular options. The Na'kuhl weapon is typically slotted for the 2-pc set bonuses for crit, so it really should be considered the "secondary" weapon and not regularly actually fired. If you are into melee, the mind meld device is probably one of the best options for that type, so if it looks good to you I'd say go for it.

I'm not a big melee person, so I'm leaning towards the DISC rifle for a "main" weapon. I assume you mean the one from the Lobi store? https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/Phaser_F...to_Rifle_(Dsc)

[darthnovawave]

I'm not a big melee person, so I'm leaning towards the DISC rifle for a "main" weapon. I assume you mean the one from the Lobi store? https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/Phaser_F...to_Rifle_(Dsc)

Yep that one