Rep space gear: sets vs. mix & match
I'm always tinkering with my space gear, trying new items just to see if I like them and if they're fun to play with. In GW2 terms, I like to play my ship sort of like it's a Mesmer. I've been checking out some of the reputation gear, and some of it looks great in theory but I'm not sure how well it might work in practice on my Scryer. I use Mk XIV antiproton arrays in front and 360-arcs in back, but pretty much everything else is negotiable.
I ran with the full Dyson Joint Command Technologies set for quite a while and liked it, but recently I've been using most of the Assimilated and Adapted Borg sets which have turned out to be quite nice. I don't much care for the Omega Torpedo since it doesn't seem to be anywhere near as useful in practice as it does from the description and will be going back to my old favorite, the Romulan Hyper-Plasma Torpedo Launcher. The Assimilated Impulse Engine provides very impressive speeds, especially in sector space (almost as good as transwarp). Since there isn't a Borg warp core, I'm running the Delta Alliance Trajector Warp Core mainly to gain the Trajector Jump ability, which is extremely handy both on offense and defense. Once I complete the Borg set with the shield array, I'm hoping to have some fun with the Borg Tractor Beam.
I've also seen a lot of chatter on the interwebz about the Iconian 4-piece set being a good choice for both DPS and survivability. I'm interested in giving it a try but I just wonder if it's really as good as it's being billed since it seems like a lot of these sets have at least one "meh" component in them, and reputation set bonuses often seem better on paper than they do in practice.
Does anyone have that full Iconian set and is it worth the grind for a SCI ship, or is it more oriented for TAC? Is there something that should be swapped out, or is there another set that I should consider, either full or partial? I enjoy trying different loadouts to help keep the game fresh, so input is appreciated.
I ran with the full Dyson Joint Command Technologies set for quite a while and liked it, but recently I've been using most of the Assimilated and Adapted Borg sets which have turned out to be quite nice. I don't much care for the Omega Torpedo since it doesn't seem to be anywhere near as useful in practice as it does from the description and will be going back to my old favorite, the Romulan Hyper-Plasma Torpedo Launcher. The Assimilated Impulse Engine provides very impressive speeds, especially in sector space (almost as good as transwarp). Since there isn't a Borg warp core, I'm running the Delta Alliance Trajector Warp Core mainly to gain the Trajector Jump ability, which is extremely handy both on offense and defense. Once I complete the Borg set with the shield array, I'm hoping to have some fun with the Borg Tractor Beam.
I've also seen a lot of chatter on the interwebz about the Iconian 4-piece set being a good choice for both DPS and survivability. I'm interested in giving it a try but I just wonder if it's really as good as it's being billed since it seems like a lot of these sets have at least one "meh" component in them, and reputation set bonuses often seem better on paper than they do in practice.
Does anyone have that full Iconian set and is it worth the grind for a SCI ship, or is it more oriented for TAC? Is there something that should be swapped out, or is there another set that I should consider, either full or partial? I enjoy trying different loadouts to help keep the game fresh, so input is appreciated.
