THING IS..the game is actually a LOT of fun. Cryptic has a lot of work to do to make it a good endgame, but up until you hit rear admiral 5, its a fun ride.
Okay side topic- i know people have posted advise on not mixing weapons to much but i now have to disagree about 200%. I have been bored at endgame and ironically this has helped me to bother to experiment.
The following is my current loadout and i will also explain the "why".
fore section-(prometheus class advanced escort)-dual heavy anti proton cannons marx x,dual heavy disruptor cannons marl ix, dual antio proton beams mark x, transphasic torpedo launcher.
rear- tetryon turret, chroniton mine launcher, tri cobolt launcher x.
First off- i cannot cannot cannot, praise the chroniton mines enough- they slow down enemy ships to a halt and also take out anhy heavby projectiles they throw at you. tri cobolt does A bomb type damage and can fin ish off most ships (slow so u have to time using it,can be shot down)
Anti Proton weapons are made to kill Borg. they do not say on descript,but theya re, i played with now leaving cryptic dev Gozer in teamspeak with jupiterfoprce on saturday and he explained quite a lot. AP weapons get MAJOR borg killing bonuses.
Transphasics penetrate shields easily. less dps than quantums but..use it w high yield 3? BOOM. Beam overload + ap+ chroniton mines and a tri cobolt finisher took out 3 borg spheres all at once on elite m,ode in 2 volleys thios mornimg.
I have consoles to match weapons, i allso alternate the defemsive consoles based on what im up against- if u face klinks, you throw a def vs disrupters, vs jem hadar poloron, vs borg, disrupters,vs romulans, plasma etc etc
i have skills (expensive bujt worth it) in tetryon, anti proton, transphasic and chroniton.
I now average no worse than 9 kills 2 deaths in a standard pvp matgch in this setup, and i seldom die in pve. and this is an escort.
The heavy disruptors hit and effect all enemy shield arcs at the same time, tetryon damages shields also, so when u mix this w transphasics essentialy your shield penetration becomes stacked up a LOT.
Gozer also told everyone a "rumor" wink wink nudge not "official " wink wink that a tier 5 defiant w a battle cloak is coming very soon.
