beam weapons

[Cerberus Shepard]

I m looking for info on beam weapons and a quick mission that will enable me pick up a matched set (phaser dmg is prefered but i am flexible on this) currently level 65 FED with a ferengi D'kora


i will take a look at the exchancge.....although most of my EC whent on the ship(5.5mill) still have 3 mill left so may find something

will also look into crafting(lnot somthing i enjoy in most games)

i am working on my reps currently at level 1 with 3 of them(delta,gamma and Terran) and level 0 with the rest

Thanks Guys!

[Vellari]

Don't think is a mission that would drop phaser beams specifically (other than plain ones). I would look in to reputations if you want something "special". Or if you have deep pockets the exchange.

[Wisecasper]

Beyond the Nexus - for the Trilithium-enhanced omni-directional phaser beam array.

Since the free set drop phasers you can only ever equip one of each type you'll have to choose and fill the gaps with others:
Everything Old Is New - Twin Phaser Beam Array

Bio-molecular phaser - 8472 reputation tier

Quantum phase beam array - mission Sunrise

Prolonged engagement phaser - weekend event ticket purchase

[The Arkady]

"Sunrise" and "Beyond the Nexus" have phaser weapons, but iirc that's all there is for special phasers from mission drops. Those are both pretty far down the storyline.

Undine reputation is a source for phasers, though I personally find it seems to drop cannons more than beams. Well, or disruptor weapons. Yeah, trying to get phasers from reps kinda sucks, too.

Beyond, deep pockets for lockbox variants.

Of course, there's always finding a fleet with a crafter (and possibly blowing some upgrades). Just saying.

[Vellari]

Originally posted by The Arkady:

Undine reputation is a source for phasers, though I personally find it seems to drop cannons more than beams. Well, or disruptor weapons. Yeah, trying to get phasers from reps kinda sucks, too.

Or once far enough in the rep just buy what you want from the reputation store (dil).

[Numenorean]

You will get better chances getting them from the exchange; or if you feel lucky, ask someone to craft you some good phaser weapons and then upgrade them. Neither way is quick or cheap

[VoodooMike]

If you decide to buy your beams off the exchange, my advice is Agony Phasers. They do a shield-ignoring phaser damage DoT, and its part of the base attack not some 2.5% proc.

[Numenorean]

Originally posted by VoodooMike:

If you decide to buy your beams off the exchange, my advice is Agony Phasers. They do a shield-ignoring phaser damage DoT, and its part of the base attack not some 2.5% proc.

Never heard of it, is it a new thing?

[Nemesis2k7]

Originally posted by Numenorean:

Originally posted by VoodooMike:

If you decide to buy your beams off the exchange, my advice is Agony Phasers. They do a shield-ignoring phaser damage DoT, and its part of the base attack not some 2.5% proc.

Never heard of it, is it a new thing?

they are trash. i would not bother. new 'discovery' weapons

[Numenorean]

Originally posted by Nemesis_2k7:

Originally posted by Numenorean:

Never heard of it, is it a new thing?

they are trash. i would not bother. new 'discovery' weapons

Indeed they seem very tame; the DOT that ignore shields is only on a 15 sec timer, so not so different from Plasma I believe.

https://sto.gamepedia.com/Special_Equipment_Pack_-_Terran_Empire_Agony_Phaser_Weapons

[Nemesis2k7]

Originally posted by Numenorean:

Originally posted by Nemesis_2k7:

they are trash. i would not bother. new 'discovery' weapons

Indeed they seem very tame; the DOT that ignore shields is only on a 15% chance, so not so different from Plasma I believe.

https://sto.gamepedia.com/Special_Equipment_Pack_-_Terran_Empire_Agony_Phaser_Weapons

yep. they are just a cashgrab. normal beams are way better anyway

[VoodooMike]

Originally posted by Nemesis_2k7:

they are trash. i would not bother. new 'discovery' weapons

They're not "discovery" anything - they came from the mirror incursion lockbox back in 2016.

Originally posted by Numenorean:

Indeed they seem very tame; the DOT that ignore shields is only on a 15 sec timer, so not so different from Plasma I believe.

https://sto.gamepedia.com/Special_Equipment_Pack_-_Terran_Empire_Agony_Phaser_Weapons

That page implies they're like Plasma, but there's a very important difference: Plasma's DoT is gated behind the 2.5% proc chance while Agony's is not (though that page implies it is).

[Ghost]

Originally posted by VoodooMike:

Originally posted by Nemesis_2k7:

they are trash. i would not bother. new 'discovery' weapons

They're not "discovery" anything - they came from the mirror incursion lockbox back in 2016.

Originally posted by Numenorean:

Indeed they seem very tame; the DOT that ignore shields is only on a 15 sec timer, so not so different from Plasma I believe.

https://sto.gamepedia.com/Special_Equipment_Pack_-_Terran_Empire_Agony_Phaser_Weapons

That page implies they're like Plasma, but there's a very important difference: Plasma's DoT is gated behind the 2.5% proc chance while Agony's is not (though that page implies it is).

Some of the fleet sci console support that plasma dot. Very effective

[Numenorean]

Originally posted by VoodooMike:

Originally posted by Nemesis_2k7:

they are trash. i would not bother. new 'discovery' weapons

They're not "discovery" anything - they came from the mirror incursion lockbox back in 2016.

Originally posted by Numenorean:

Indeed they seem very tame; the DOT that ignore shields is only on a 15 sec timer, so not so different from Plasma I believe.

https://sto.gamepedia.com/Special_Equipment_Pack_-_Terran_Empire_Agony_Phaser_Weapons

That page implies they're like Plasma, but there's a very important difference: Plasma's DoT is gated behind the 2.5% proc chance while Agony's is not (though that page implies it is).

Not an expert, even if I play this game since closed beta; but historically, the damage types has always been related to the same damage total, unless you add procs on it,

So while it is true that plasma is gated at 2.5% chance to activate the DOT; but the damage is more substantial than the agony's 15 seconds of DOT effect that happen all the time.

Otherwise don't you think that the community would ask for it to be nerfed, and everyone in PVP would carry that beam type? I can't get exact numbers since my build is pure plasma and I don't have any of the Agony ones; but if someone has XII or XIII agony, I would like to see the stats on those.

[VoodooMike]

Originally posted by "Numenorean":

So while it is true that plasma is gated at 2.5% chance to activate the DOT; but the damage is more substantial than the agony's 15 seconds of DOT effect that happen all the time.

Well, the per-second damage is higher, but not proportionally higher based on the 2.5% proc chance per weapon cycle. It would need to be around 40x higher.... assuming, of course, that there's identical stacking. STO has always been good about random inconsistency and buggy implementation.

Originally posted by "Numenorean":

Otherwise don't you think that the community would ask for it to be nerfed, and everyone in PVP would carry that beam type? I can't get exact numbers since my build is pure plasma and I don't have any of the Agony ones; but if someone has XII or XIII agony, I would like to see the stats on those.

Well, between them being non-standard (no pen) phasers and it being a DoT, I think they're destined to be an unpopular weapon in PVP regardless of how they work. My point was simply that if you're absolutely set on using phasers then Agony is a good way to go. Pulse is almost certainly the best way to go but they'll be very expensive, and they'll make your ears bleed.

If you're looking for absolute maximization, which is more in line with what you're talking about, then the best advice is "don't use phasers at all". I bought mine for cosmetic reasons - I wanted something that best matched the hurq mining lasers, and which, for hurq fluff reasons, was phaser-based. Ironically, the actual hurq phasers (phasic harmonic) look less like those mining phasers than agony.

[Nemesis2k7]

Originally posted by VoodooMike:

Originally posted by Nemesis_2k7:

they are trash. i would not bother. new 'discovery' weapons

They're not "discovery" anything - they came from the mirror incursion lockbox back in 2016.

umm i beg to differ. i was playing this just recently, when they came out. you are confused with the kelvin timeline weapons. these are discovery weapons.