Monday Megathread - your weekly "dumb question" thread

[u/Sputnik1_1957]

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[u/AccomplishedCycle0]

What’s the best Fed ship with an experimental weapon slot that I can do CSV with? I’m using a Theseus right now and it’s kinda fun, but I always feel like I can be doing better damage since she’s a MW instead of Intel or Command or even Temporal.

Also, weird, but what’s the deal with how traits and skills are organized on console? It’s definitely not an alphabetical list, nor is it by when they were unlocked. It’s always a pain to scroll through all the different traits and skills looking for one when they’re completely unorganized.

[u/neuro1g → u/AccomplishedCycle0]

I’m using a Theseus right now and it’s kinda fun, but I always feel like I can be doing better damage since she’s a MW instead of Intel or Command or even Temporal.

Um, the Theseus MW Destroyer is one of the best fed themed CSV platforms you can get. MW is typically the most sought after spec for DEW builds because of the boff abilities Mixed Armament Synergy and Narrow Sensor Bands. Intel is sought after for Override Subsystem Safeties for general DEW and Surgical Strikes 3 for single target builds. Command offers nothing to DEW builds outside of Suppression Barrage for tanks/BFAW builds, and Temporal is only good for BO/SS3 builds with Recursive Shearing. Pilot is nice for Fly Her Apart as it gives a significant cat2 boost to all damage that can be used on any build as well.

I don't think you're really going to get much better than the Theseus but for Fed themed CSV, with an experimental weapon you might want to look at the: Achilles, Texas, Da Vinci, Atlantis, Cyclone, Eagle, Hydra, Valdres, Adamant, Appalachia, Shran, or any of the pilot escorts.

[u/AccomplishedCycle0 → u/neuro1g]

Yeah, I popped the Achilles hexa cannons on her, which is why I was hoping for a different option with an exp. weapon slot. I’ve got MWS 3 and CSV 2 loaded on her, so I’ll see about swapping to CSV 3 and MWS 2 and see if that works better.

She’s an ugly little ship who can deliver a beating, but isn’t the best at taking one, so I thought I might be missing something and need to swap to a different ship.

[u/neuro1g → u/AccomplishedCycle0]

If it were me, I'd be using a Boimler/PO1 or Boimler/39 of 47 Liberated Borg doff cooldown scheme. I'd likewise be using the Unconventional Systems personal trait for uni console cooldown. So I'd set up the boff layout like so:

CMR Tac/MW: KLW1, NSB2, MAS2, CSV3

LT Uni/Tac: BO1 (to juice the Disco DBB I'd run with my cannons for MAS and its special 20% cat2 all damage), APB1

LTC Eng/Temp: ETPE1, A2SIF1 or Emit Unstable Warp Bubble1 (for either a Fortified eng proc or a Uncon proc), RSP2 (good oh shit button)

ENS Eng: ETPW1

LTC Sci: JS1 or TB1 (Uncon proc), PO1 or Scramble Sensors1 (for cdr or an Uncon proc), GW1 (Uncon proc and control/damage)

[u/AccomplishedCycle0 → u/neuro1g]

Cool, I was using most of that, although I added NSB2 and swapped out construction shuttles for EPtW1 and PtW2 to A2SIF1. I’ll see how she does. Thanks for the advice!