T6 Fleet Arbiter build advice needed.

Hey Fleeties! :)

After a period of inactivity, I've been really getting back into STO. At the moment I'm a bit perplexed about how to go about improving my ship build. I'm flying a T6 Fleet Arbiter.

Here's my current configuration:

Weapons

Fore:

Herald Antiproton Beam Array MK XI [Acc]x2 [CritH] - Very Rare
Herald Antiproton Beam Array MK XI [Acc]x2 [CritH] - Very Rare
Herald Antiproton Beam Array MK XI [Acc] [CritH] [Dmg] - Very Rare
Herald Antiproton Beam Array MK XI [Acc] [CridD] [CritH] - Very Rare
Thorn Infused Quantum Torpedo Launcher Mk XII [Acc] [CridD] [CritH] - Very Rare

Aft:

Omni-Directional Antiproton Beam Array Mk XII [Acc] [Arc] [Dmg] - Very Rare
Ancient Omni-Directional Beam Array [Acc] [Arc] [Dmg] - Very Rare
Kinetic Cutting Beam Mk XII [Dmg]x3 - Very Rare

Engineering Consoles:

Isometric Charge - Epic
Zero Point Energy Conduit - Very Rare
Assimilated Module Mk XII - Very Rare
Conductive RCS Accelerator Mk XIII [ShldPwr] - Ultra Rare
Neutronium Alloy Mk XII - Rare

Science Consoles:

Plasma-Generating Weapon Signature Nullifier Mk XI [Ins] - Ultra Rare
Plasma-Generating Weapon Signature Nullifier Mk XI [Ins] - Ultra Rare

Tactical Consoles:

Antiproton Mag Regulator Mk XII - Very Rare
Antiproton Mag Regulator Mk XII - Very Rare
Antiproton Mag Regulator Mk XII - Very Rare
Antiproton Mag Regulator Mk XII - Very Rare

Devices:

Red Matter Capacitor
Subspace Field Modulator
Weapons Battery


Deflector:

Solanae Deflector Array Mk XII - Very Rare

Impulse:

Solanae Hyper-Efficient Impulse Engines Mk XII - Very Rare

Shields:

Solanae Resilient Shield Array Mk XII - Very Rare

Warp Core:

Elite Fleet Hyper-Charged Warp Core Mk XII [AMP] [ECap] [Eff] [Trans] [W->A] - Ultra Rare

Any advice on how to improve my build would be greatly appreciated. I'm looking for a lot more DPS. I've been kind of disappointed with my DPS on this build. It's a huge improvement over my old build, but I need more. I logged a Tholian Red Alert and my DPS was only 3.3k. I thought it was going to be a lot more than that. I'd really like at least 15 or 20k.

Thanks! :)

I know they are expensive but have you tried getting the Mk XII Vulnerability Locator
consoles from the Spire? They give +1.6% CritH. That should boost up crits with the anti-p weaponry you got there.

Another really big thing that affects all of this are your skills. Dunno if you wanna mess with those yet, as they will be changing drastically with 11.5 and the new skill tree.

I agree with getting vulnerability locators. I would highly suggest upgrading your beams to mk xiv ASAP. Also you will want to get into the iconian 4 piece set.

Gear will only get you so far though, try watching some videos or reading on Reddit about beam builds. Look at the boff powers, traits and active doffs. There's a lot that goes into breaking 20k.

Finally most of the builds in /stobuilds Reddit channel use ISA to compare DPS.

Hey there, the Shipwright can definitely help.

Check out this thread and fill out the form and we can do a build for you

http://fleet.stonewallgaming.net/forums/briefing-room/73753-now-open-office-of-the-shipwright

Thanks for the advice! I upgraded all of my beams to Mk XIV and picked up the Vulnerability Locators. That ended up nearly doubling my DPS! I'm also grinding for the Iconian ship set. I have all the marks and nearly all of the datacores. I'm just waiting on the rep time-gate.

Right now I'm playing the crafting lottery for beam arrays with better modifiers. Which I'll upgrade next weekend during the upgrade weekend. So I'm off to a good start! :)

As for skills, I definitely need to do something about those. I do have six reset tokens, so I'm willing to reset now and get them sorted.

I'll have to check out the shipright next!