I want to be effective at fighting the Borg. What is wrong with my setup?

[ava]

The main problem is the Borg use a green beam weapon that removes my shields incredibly fast.
My weapons seem to cause adequate damage, but if I fly too close to Gateways or Cubes a weapon of theirs removes my shields to quickly to stick around.

Here's everything my ship uses.[i.imgur.com]

Bridge Officer Stations;

> Lieutenant Universal Station (Science BOff):
Polarize Hull I
Tachyon Beam II

> Commander Tactical Station:
Beam Array: Overload I
Target Weapon Subsystems II
Cannon: Rapid Fire II
Attack Pattern Omega III

> Lt. Commander Tactical Station:
Tactical Team I
Cannon: Scatter Volley I
Cannon: Rapid Fire II

> Lieutenant Engineering Station:
Engineering Team I
Reverse Shield Polarity I

> Ensign Engineering Station:
Emergency Power to Shields I

In case there is anything else wrong with my setup, I've provided the rest of my ship items in the image as well as all my Bridge Officer stations' abilities.
What can I change to make fighting the Borg easier?

[Numenorean]

You need more Borg specific items; did you get the borg set from the vendor on DS9? Then keep in mind that you play an escort; can't expect to last too long with a glass cannon like the Kumari, facing a couple of cubes ;)

To mitigate the "shield sucker" effect, you need abilities that increase the resistence to shield drain and such, (forgot the name, you can find it in your character ability sheet), you need also console that boost the character stat for that skill.

And avoid to get caught in between probes and spheres; especially if you don't fly a cruiser...your build look like a typical attack oriented one, when facing borgs you may want to swap damage resistance, and transfer rate for the eng department.

There is no simple solution...but to be effective, you need mainly items that are made for borg fight (and they all have a nice tag mentioning it; if you get it from DS9, it is probably good against borg :) )

[ava]

Originally posted by darshie76:

You need more Borg specific items; did you get the borg set from the vendor on DS9?

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you need mainly items that are made for borg fight (and they all have a nice tag mentioning it; if you get it from DS9, it is probably good against borg :) )

I was completely unaware of this.

EDIT: Oh that Omega vendor... I'm there but there's nothing with Borg tags.

[Szeron]

Let's see...

Gear:
I like your weapon selection for the most part, a good shield, good deflector..
Swap that shield regen console for an Emitter Array(+Shield Emitters - ie. your heals); you're not running a ship that does shield-regen. If you've got less than 6 points in Power Insulators on your Captain, I might suggest getting a console here to boost it instead.
EPS console isn't really helping you that much, you can replace it - with more armor, an RCS, whichever.

Bridge:
Tachyon Beam is a terrible skill for players, it's only decent when NPCs use it. Replace it with Hazard Emitters or Transfer Shield Strength(I'd suggest the former in the case of specifically combatting the Borg).
Polarize Hull is a bit redundant with Attack Pattern Omega, but it's ultimately up to you.
I'd highly suggest dropping the Beam Overload for a second Tactical Team 1, so you can alternate them - for the extra damage and the auto shield distribution.
Replace Target Weapon Subsystems with Attack Pattern Beta - it does a lot for damage output.

In conclusion: You've got a glass cannon of a ship, it's not designed to tank for extended periods of time - it's designed to kill before it has to. Save your hazard emitters for when the Borg try to get you with those Shield Neutralizers. Gates hit hard no matter what, stay outside their 7~8km weapon range. Lastly, if you haven't invested skillpoints in Power Insulators on your captain, there's really not a while lot else you can do in that ship - Borg are shield-stripping experts and Andorian Escorts don't have a lot of shielding wiggle-room.

[Szeron]

Originally posted by Lockdown:

Originally posted by darshie76:

You need more Borg specific items; did you get the borg set from the vendor on DS9?

...

you need mainly items that are made for borg fight (and they all have a nice tag mentioning it; if you get it from DS9, it is probably good against borg :) )

I was completely unaware of this.

EDIT: Oh that Omega vendor... I'm there but there's nothing with Borg tags.

Those anti-borg weapons haven't been available since the reputation system was introduced. The only [Borg] weapons that are still available are the ground ones via the Omega reputation and the Transphasic torpedo launcher from the Borg/Undine story arc.

[ava]

Originally posted by Szeron:

Let's see...

I did everything you said except my "Starship Power Insulators" skill is zero.
EDIT: Found them. Wow, they resist shield drain. I'm investing a lot into one of these.

Thanks for your help.

[ava]

I have a Dreadnought Cruiser. I used to tank with it but before I was told Antiprotons do more damage I used 4 Tetryon dual heavy cannons.

If I put these antiprotons on the front of my dreadnought I'll have less shield problems.

[Szeron]

Honestly, min-maxing your weapon types only really matters if you're planning on getting into some cut-throat PvP. All weapons have the same base damage; Anti-protons are just favored for their innate critical bonus over a proc.

Also, if you ever plan on respeccing your character, I highly reccommend investing ATLEAST 6 points into Power Insulators and Inertial Dampeners(resist gravity wells, tractor beams, etc.). They are two skills that are easy to overlook, but they benefit they provide by having them is quite drastic.

[Firewalk]

Here are my tips for fighting the Borg:

Bring Hazard Emitters. It should ALWAYS be your number 1 skill choice for an ensign science position because it doesn't just heal you, it also removes the dreaded Borg Shield Neutralizer. For Lt. Science, I would recommend Transfer Shield Strength 2. It keeps recharging your shields while active and can help counter the Borg's Tachyon Beams. Also. always run tactical team 1. It removes Borg boarding parties (assimilate ship) and its shield distribution effect can safe you.

As for space equipment, if you are on a budget try this until you can afford reputation sets:

Resilient Space shields with [Pla] modifiers. Resilient will only let 5% of enemy fire through your shields. This should reduce the deadlyness of borg torpedoes a little. The [Pla] modifier will reduce the damage of the Borg's plasma weapons to your shields by 10%.

Deflector wise, take the Positron Deflector. It enhances just about every defense system of your ship, depending on modifiers. Engines can be whatever you like.

[ava]

Originally posted by Xeno:

Here are my tips for fighting the Borg:

Bring Hazard Emitters

Done.

Originally posted by Xeno:

For Lt. Science, I would recommend Transfer Shield Strength 2.

I need to do this.

Originally posted by Xeno:

always run tactical team 1.

Done.

Originally posted by Xeno:

Resilient Space shields with [Pla] modifiers.The [Pla] modifier will reduce the damage of the Borg's plasma weapons to your shields by 10%.

Got resilient shields but will have to find some with [Pla].

Originally posted by Xeno:

Deflector wise, take the Positron Deflector.

Done.

[Pla] Resilient shields it is. Thank you.

[Firewalk]

Glad I could help :)

[Reltor]

Originally posted by Lockdown:

The main problem is the Borg use a green beam weapon that removes my shields incredibly fast.
My weapons seem to cause adequate damage, but if I fly too close to Gateways or Cubes a weapon of theirs removes my shields to quickly to stick around.

Here's everything my ship uses.[i.imgur.com]

Bridge Officer Stations;

> Lieutenant Universal Station (Science BOff):
Polarize Hull I
Tachyon Beam II

> Commander Tactical Station:
Beam Array: Overload I
Target Weapon Subsystems II
Cannon: Rapid Fire II
Attack Pattern Omega III

> Lt. Commander Tactical Station:
Tactical Team I
Cannon: Scatter Volley I
Cannon: Rapid Fire II

> Lieutenant Engineering Station:
Engineering Team I
Reverse Shield Polarity I

> Ensign Engineering Station:
Emergency Power to Shields I

In case there is anything else wrong with my setup, I've provided the rest of my ship items in the image as well as all my Bridge Officer stations' abilities.
What can I change to make fighting the Borg easier?

The borg shield drain is cleared instantly by Reverse Shield Polarity.

The borg gear is all in the reputation system now. (except for the transphasic torp)

[Numenorean]

Gah, didn't realize that they removed the borg tag from weapons....I play on and off the game; and sometimes I leave when they make changes, and come back after to check the changes :)

[Firewalk]

They didn't remove the tag, its just that with the exception of a mission reward Transphasic Torpedo, they cannot be earned anymore. But the [Borg] weapons that dropped before are still around and still work.