T6 Odyssey

Lars_Zandor

April 08 2016

I bought the Flagship bundle last week and yesterday I get my third Odyssey to T5 mastery. Which means it is now time to choose the one I want to fly permanently. I would like some advice about this.

- At first I was thinking to take the Science one, because of the sensor analysis ability that all science ships have, but its console layout is a bit shitty: Eng: 5, Sci: 4, Tac: 2. On the other hand, boff layout looks quite interesting: Ltn-Cmdr Universal/Command, Ensign Universal, Ltn Tac, Cmdr Eng, Ltn-Cmdr Sci (which means I can have a Gravity Well on this one).
- The Operations one is a tad better in regards to console layout: Eng: 5, Sci: 3, Tac: 3. Boff layout though is a tad less: Ltn-Cmdr Universal/Command, Ltn Universal, Ltn Tac, Cmdr Eng, Ltn Sci (meaning no Gravity Well :( ).
- The Tactical one seems to be the most balanced when it comes to consoles: Eng: 4, Sci: 3, Tac: 4. Its boff layout is also a bit more appealing to me than that of the Operations one, but I don't know if it's better than the Science one: Ltn-Cmdr Universal/Command, Ensign Universal, Ltn-Cmdr Tac, Cmdr Eng, Ltn Sci. I like this boff layout because I would now be able to have both Beam Fire at Will III and Torpedo Spread III.

In the end it comes down to these two choices:
- Gravity Well I or Torpedo Spread III?
- 4 Plasma Generating (sci) consoles/2 tactical consoles or 3 Plasma Generating (sci) consoles/4 tactical consoles?

Also one other question: I currently have one fleet quantum torpedo on my ship and I will add the cutting beam (from the Borg Rep) later on. The rest are all fleet Antiproton beams. Should use all my Tactical consoles to increase my Antiproton damage or should I also use one console to increase my Kinetic damage? I will be broadsiding most of the time with this ship, but to not increase my Kinetic damage at all with a console seems a bit of a waste.
Another possibility would be to discard the torpedo and go all beams (in which case I guess I should go for the Science ship anyway), but I'm not sure how much I would like that.

Nevermind, I basically figured it out while I was typing it all out. I do have one other question now though. I decided to discard the Torpedo, so I will go all beams. Since the Kinetic Beam does Kinetic dmg instead of energy dmg, should I still plan using it?

Edited April 08 2016 by Lars_Zandor

xochild

T6 Odyssey

April 08 2016

I would still use the Kinetic Cutting Beam, but, that's because I tend to fly more science ships/science builds that rely and doing spike damage that benefits from something that basically does consistent kinetic damage.

Congrats on the bundle btw :)

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Edited April 08 2016 by xochild

Unknown Person

T6 Odyssey

April 08 2016

I have the Borg beam on my D'Kyr and I do like having it for the extra hull damage with a 360-degree firing arc. But since it's neither beam nor torpedo for game mechanics purposes it's not affected by beam skills like FAW, Overload & Surgical Strikes, or by torpedo skills like High Yield and Spread.

It does what it does all by by itself, unless you're wearing the complete Assimilated Borg Technology set which adds the beam's kinetic damage to the set's Borg Tractor Beam skill. If you don't have that set but you are using the Assimilated Module from the Adapted Borg Technology set, it gets a combined +15 "all weapons" generic power boost from the console and 2-item Adapted set bonus. There are rumors on the interwebz about the Lobi store's Rule 62 Multipurpose Combat Console boosting it via an oversight/bug, but I have no idea if that's true.

Personally I like it despite its limitations. Your mileage may vary.

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Mstfrancis

T6 Odyssey

April 08 2016

Lars,

To answer your question: Yes, you should still use the KCB. Think of the KCB as some kind of a 360 degree torpedo... since it does no damage against shielded opponents. Though this is quickly fixed by your full AP beam boat you have made. That should wither shields pretty fast. That said, it is BEST used when you add the assimilated console, I personally would not use the KCB without the console.

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xochild

T6 Odyssey

April 10 2016

Quote by Teknomancer

I have the Borg beam on my D'Kyr and I do like having it for the extra hull damage with a 360-degree firing arc.

I'm not sure why, but, I read this like this in my head:

"I have the Borg beam on my D'Kyr and I do like having it for the extra 360PRONOSCOPEMLG firing arc."...

Lars_Zandor

T6 Odyssey

April 13 2016

Oke, I have decided on using the KCB. Now another question has risen: Warp Cores.
There are too many with too much information and I can't really wrap my head around it. I want one that boosts my weapon power and shield power and makes me go "weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" in space. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Edit: My build so far has been increasing critical hit chance, critical hit damage and survivability. So basically I want a warp core that adds to that.

Edited April 13 2016 by Lars_Zandor