#Universe Science/EPG Build

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pure ether
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Geared mainly towards doing RETFOs but obviously ISE & HSE are up there on the list of priorities when building.
Key abilities (Plasma Storm, Dragon Breath, etc) activated manually. Others via spam bar atm.

Any comments/feedback/recommendations happily accepted. Only my second ever Science build (following a build on an actual science ship) and insomnia led me to doing it on the Universe of all things. Planning to get the New Genesis bundle for By The Book and Genesis Seed next bundle sale and slotting those. Aft Disruptor Turret included as a Five Magicks trigger 'cause I wasn't 100% sure of what to put there.

Current DPS standing for this build (1st and 2nd time ever flying so terrible piloting definitely played a part):
ISE 241k
-# { OSCR } Infected Space (Elite) - DPS / DMG [02:47]: @ 868,807 / 135.7 M | me! 241,716 / 37.9 M | @ 127,117 / 19.8 M | @ 99,595 / 15.3 M | @ 27,276 / 3.0 M
HSE 306k
-# { OSCR } Hive Space (Elite) - DPS / DMG [05:37]: me! 306,513 / 103.2 M | @ 154,622 / 52.1 M | @ 61,497 / 20.6 M | @ 28,401 / 9.5 M | @ 13,177 / 4.3 M

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gray canyon
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You can get a bit more uncon if you downrank Chrono Inversion Field and replace Warp Bubble with Warp Plasma

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It may also be worth having a look at your passive consoles:
-> torment isn't very good without a secdef
-> you don't have triggers for your reslab consoles
-> the advanced consoles are decent but may be worth eventually replacing as well

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In terms of activations: i strongly suggest you move your damage dealer clickies off your spambar and to a separate hotbar. Don't wanna waste agood long dot like chronophage or CTB on an enemy that dies in a sec.

pure ether
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Thanks for the advice! Looking through your suggestions, made the following changes:

# Swapped Out
- Torment Engine for Temporal Vortex Probe (+Exotic Dmg, New Anomoly, 12.5% CDR for TempOps which are uncon triggers)
- Unstable Bubble & Chrono2 for Chrono1 and Warp Plasma 1
- Photonic Officer 1 for Science Team 2 (Restorative Particle Focuser trigger & Electrical Damage on Anomolies)
- Cutting Tractor from Spam Bar (others were already separate)

# Currently Considering
- EPtE for another Restorative trigger (would have to replace Ship of the Line or put up with 50% uptime tho)
- what i can replace some consoles with

A major problem I have at the moment is a general lack of science consoles - for example, I have Mycelial Spore Burst but this ship is so slow it'd be useless here. Have included an image with currently available consoles (that are claimed, anyway) below if there's anything I've overlooked (likely!). Obviously, once I get New Genesis bundle the Genesis Device will replace one of the EPA consoles.
Updated build overview included

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gray canyon
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on first glance of your console list:
-> approaching agony (not super insane but it does scale well with epg, expect it to perform slightly below Subatomic in terms of dps, but also grants debuff)
-> agony redistributor (highly situational but more than worthwhile for ISE and HSE)
-> Phalanx (not an epg console but the damage is good enough to be worth using anyway)

i don't see this one on the list, but you still may have it bc recent event:
-> protonic snare projector (situational in that it is pretty slow, but excellent damage output when used right. also pairs extremely well with the Pahvan console)

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also, not in the list but cheap: Delphic Tear Generator. not best in slot anymore but definitely worthwhile on your build

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Obviously, once I get New Genesis bundle the Genesis Device will replace one of the EPA consoles.
only get the NG bundle if you actually have a good use for BTB. for general purposes, an anomaly extender is kinda bad bc enemies don't even survive the default anomaly duration. highly situational. (tho if you also wanna do a high end torper, Membrane is still meta in that field)

as the NG bundle is more expensive than its two ships combined (mostly barbie tax but also some ec-convertable assets), it may be worth your consideration to instead grab the Clarke and another ship via single-purchase (or the event campaign reward cstore t6 coupons): the Lo'laH KDF dyson destroyer comes with the Proton Eruptor console, which deals damage comparable to Genesis Seed.

gray canyon
# pure ether Thanks for the advice! Looking through your suggestions, made the following chan...

EPtE for another Restorative trigger (would have to replace Ship of the Line or put up with 50% uptime tho)
imho (as you're running both Uncon and SFTF) it may be better to focus on clickies over passive consoles anyway.
However, if you do want to set up a heal, consider using Aux2SIF (with its 10s min cd).
You could replace SotL with Thirst for Battle (swapping the tac seat for TorpedoSpread CannonsScatterVolley ).
as a side note: even when keeping SotL, i'd suggest still implementing Thirst, replacing either Machinations or ETM (with the same updated tac seat).

pure ether
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Aight, made some more changes:

# Consoles
+ Approaching Agony
+ Micro-Q Torp Phalanx
+ Agony Redistributor
+ Delphic Tear Generator
- Got rid of the passives

# BOffs
- Temporal changed to TS1, CSV1
- Brought back Photonic 1 (no longer needed the trigger for passive console) tho considering making it Scramble for the uncon trigger

# Traits
- Swapped out Terran Machinations for Thirst for Battle
(didn't want to do ETM 'cause with ETM my TS gives FAW for those beams on the front and the pahvan omni)

# Duty Officers
+ Added Quatermaster
+ Added 36 of 47 for a little extra cooldown for the uncons in CMDR Eng/Temp

Unfortunately no Protonic Snare - was on hiatus from the game during that one. Decided against boosting the heal capabilities for now 'cause I'm doing alright so far so will cross that bridge later if necessary

Good shout with the coupons! I have like 8 lying around and always forget they're there 😆 I'll definitely look into getting Clarke and Lo'laH and see what i can swap out for their stuff - tyvm

Updated build and log analysis included, managed 471k ISE with these updates

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bright holly
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Fyi try removing one of the least dmg consoles
Then equip custom power matrix and as cpm is a toggle abilities you can spam any or all of the abilities every 10-20 seconds to get max stacks quickly and keep them going on and off.

This will ensure max stacks for Cutting tractor beam quickly for virtually 100% uptime and provide more damage for you consoles 100% of the time compared to the removed console.

gray canyon
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in terms of FAW, remember that the pahvan omni also gets FAW from CSV.
and your for array (is that the terran disruptor?) doesn't do any meaningful contribution on this build - so i wouldn't recommend sacrificing a trait slot for that. what ETM does do is provide a handful of extra spreads for your gravimetric and PEP torps. still not a major deal tho

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btw as Breath of the Dragon is extremely low on your list: are you aware that this ability is a toggle, ie can't be used on hotbars etc?

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pure ether
gray canyon
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Try activating it when you have groups caught in your gravwell. First cube and gate in ise are prime applications

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pure ether
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😆 yeah i'll have to see which bar i can find space on when testing

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