What's better, a rep set, or mixed parts from multiple ones.

[womanlover02]

Hi, some of the rep items are really good alone but the other items are crap, some it wow, and others ok. Any ideas to maximise, im trying to tanks with shie;lds and not sure if i should go with iconian, dyson (looks awesome) , but some items like the delta warp core lets you teleport, or engines with plus 10 defense rating.
THANKS

[Serious Dave]

It depends, as you've said it's quite a mixed bag. Generally look at the stats you want and then browse through the sets that encompass them the most.

As a rule of thumb, stick with passive boosts. Most clicky abilities are way too situational or have a too long cooldown to be used effectively.
One of my favorite combos back then was the nukara 2pc (shield+engines) & counter command 2pc (deflector & core).
Though as of late I went with the full iconian set since the pieces are pretty good and the set bonuses are neat. That hot restart for weapons (on core) & shields (on shield) is handy for ships that run OSS.

Edit: I also really love the dyson shield's visual change but the individual pieces are rather lackluster and most of the set bonuses are very "meh". The 4pc is very nice but to get that you'd have to slot gear that's easily replaced with something way better.

[Eggy]

I pieced mine together as well. I like the Trajector warp core - it has saved my butt many times.

I guess the real question is how do the rep sets compare to equipment produced through the R&D system?

[Serious Dave]

Originally posted by Eggy:

I pieced mine together as well. I like the Trajector warp core - it has saved my butt many times.

I guess the real question is how do the rep sets compare to equipment produced through the R&D system?

Waaay superior.

The only crafted gear you should use are weapons with proper mods. Shields, engines, cores, etc. are all crap because they simply lack the mods and specialties rep & fleet gear has.
Even the "special" lvl15 R&D consoles aren't that good compared to all the fleet & universal stuff.

[womanlover02]

Btw, my weapon type is antiproton, so i loaded myself with consoles and the 2 piece odyssey set for voth thing, but otherwise i cant see any other sets giving me that extra damage, i do use some exotic universal consoles like projectile singularity
BTW i use antiproton so when i get a crit, along with so much more crit severity ill do90 perent more with my consoles

[womanlover02]

I am, but 10 percent, my weps do 200 damage base, so 20 damage isnt going to kill me (well it might help), but theres soem good 3 piece sets, but they all are only good with warp core (in certain occassions), im trying to tank with shields, and a 4 piece voth set that reduces damage by half (all damage) is better than 20 damage, dont you think.