Current epg build

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Fore weapons: delphic distortion torp, dark matter quantum torp, disruptor wide angle dual heavy beam, delphic dual overcharged beam

Aft weapons: gravimetric photon torp, Dyson proton weapon, pahvan omni

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Went for the most 2-piece sets that I could

[dawn sedge]

interesting premise but insanely hard to make out. would you mind re-posing the pics as actual screenshots? if on windows, use the Win+Shift+S hotkey combination to create partial screenshots

on another note - that looks like a Deteriorating Secdef, but no trigger present. Might wanna make room for DRB, or swap to Inhibiting

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Sorry about that

[dawn sedge]

much clearer, thanks a lot 👍

as a side note, you don't happen to own the legendary battlecruiser bundle? by ship of the line would be a great way to solve several inoptimalities at once:
-> making use of the eng seat
-> getting rid of excess cd reduction (not a problem per se, but boimler+ruin tends to be sufficient)
-> making space for DRB1 for the secdef

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I have the legendary battlecruiser bundle

[dawn sedge]

in this case i'd recommend epte1 + eptw2 on the eng seat, and drb1 instead of po1. with SotL replacing IPO

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Does this look better?

[dawn sedge]

Aye.

What's the purpose of channeled deconstruction on this build?
Bc if it's there for damage only, replacing it with tactor beam or jam sensors for more uncon, or with sci team for faster sia waves, may be an option

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Ok I was thinking and about it for an extra trigger for my doff's but ok ill change that aswell

I already have jam sensors on the ensign sci

[dawn sedge]

ah, right, tractor beam them

or sci team

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What about the weapons im using? I just tried to make as many 2 piece set as I could

The delphic set gives crit chance and severity the Lorca set for the severity and the Dyson rep set for crit chance

[dawn sedge]

3 pretty excellent sets. afaik they're optimal (or at least i'm not aware of a stronger one)

small thing, but consider using FAW1 instead of Kemo1, for the Pahvan omni

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Ok ill change that up

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Made some updates @dawn sedge

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@dawn sedge what universal consoles should I go for?

[dawn sedge]

There's a (somewhat old) tier list of good epg consoles pinned in #epg-discussion .
for more recent stuff, i've written up some additions a while ago: #epg-discussion message

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Ok thanks

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Update

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Thinking about adding the proton eruptor module but don't know what I should replace for it

[dawn sedge]

That's a downgrade in terms of consoles. Chronophage, Dragonbreath, Gemini are excellent.
I say keep the new universals and yeet a few fleet consoles to slot them back

[dawn sedge]

A fleet console

Rule of thumb for research lab Focusers is to use 1 to 3, if any. The Particle Synergy bonus stacks 5 times total, not 5 per console

Imho, the temp core+engines are a downgrade as well. Comp engines are by far best in slot.
Similar thing for weapons - neutronic 2piece is weaker than gravimetric 2piecr.

Also for the eng seat: keep emergency power to engines. For the emergency conn hologram duty officer. (side note: slot that officer. Replacing the crit chance projectile guy)

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Ok ill make those changes

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Should I add the proton eruptor aswell?

@dawn sedge

[dawn sedge]

If you have it, definitely

Might wanna keep am eye on aakar's tho, see how it performs. I've seen decent numbers from it in posted parses but never got it working quite right myself

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It's only really good against bosses

[dawn sedge]

Btw, do you happen to have a vovin? Sftf would be quite the boost

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Yes I have it

[dawn sedge]

Absolute must slot on every build that uses clickie consoles

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Ok so change 2 more focusers for the vovin console and the proton eruptor

[dawn sedge]

Oh, and Torment for the last focuser

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That instead of another clicky? Ok will do

[dawn sedge]

Depends on which other clickies you have available

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If I don't have it I can get it just need to know what would be the best

I'll probably use the console from the new winter ship

[dawn sedge]

That one has potential

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What about starship traits which ones do you think I should go for?

[dawn sedge]

Your ship trait setup is pretty good. Only one i'd consider changing is SGF

As of personal traits, adaptive o. and RPM are your weakest. I'd likely go for Fireball Escape and either Intel Handler or Whole Lotta X's or Fleet Tactician

[dawn sedge]

A possible replacement would be SotL. Or Cult Conquest

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If i grab the imperial rift set for the 2 piece set bonus which 2 should I replace i was thinking the core and deflector?
@dawn sedge

[dawn sedge]

Rev2p +comp engines +khitomer shields is the offensive variant

Defensive option exists in rev2p+disco2p, tho that comes at a high mobility cost (your build can handle it bc of Thirst, but only go that route if you have trouble surviving)

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Ok perfect thanks

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Update plus switched to the Fek'lhri Vok'Tar

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If there's any other consoles that are more meta then what i got please let me know @dawn sedge

[dawn sedge]

idk of any comprehensive list, so mainly "use what you have that is good"

there definitely are a handful meta consoles not on your build, but that's okay considering how expensive some of them are (like bio electrical wave)

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Ok good to know I just needed an idea on what else I should go for

[dawn sedge]

imho the best thing to do would be keeping an eye on #1421236774696652880 and #1320862298134548520 (it's usually decently clear which posted builds are high end), seeing what other people are using and (if a parse is posted) how effective each piece is