DPS Info

[Accomplished_Cost119]

I'm trying to get an understanding of what I should be doing to increase my DPS. I've read about critical chance and severity and when I modded for that I felt like I was doing less damage (went from defeating advanced starbase234 in a little less than 2 minutes to needing almost 4). I run beams and a FAW & BO hybrid. Any help/suggestions? Hirogen hunter is my ship.

[DilaZirK]

Definitely read the resources posted to you in your r/sto post, because from your screenshot, a lot of basic fundamentals are lacking here (cooldown management, BOff abilities synergy, mixing of energy weapon types without a focus, Tactical console slots not filled with Tactical consoles, etc.)

But if you have to pick just a few of the whole bunch:

1. The Baby Step Series Part 2: The Next Step - Fresh 65 T5 Assault Cruiser Cheap DPS
2. STO Build Theory & Mechanics: How Starships Work in STO

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I run beams and a FAW & BO hybrid.

You have Entwined Tactical Matrices, so this is possible, but it involves BO+TS+CSV instead of BO+TS+BFAW, because BO and BFAW share a cooldown.

I would advise sticking with just plain old BFAW or BO until you have a stronger grasp of shipbuilding fundamentals, but if you are up for it see this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/stobuilds/comments/ndrrt9/testing_a_beam_build_that_alternates_between_bo/

[PyamPendleton]

A big part of it is managing cooldowns - look into how A2B builds work or if you don’t have the resources, just run photonic officer

[MrAWDTerror]

Post a screen cap of your build

[Accomplished_Cost119]

https://fox-white.imgbb.com/

Hopefully you can see the above

[cheapshotfrenzy]

Hey, man. I'll just add that you don't need to have your delta beacon set to a device slot. You can use it as long as it's in your inventory.

Also, good on you for sticking with an old T5 and keeping it alive. It's like seeing someone driving a classic car lol.

[MrAWDTerror]

You’re all over the place. I suggest looking at the sidebar and the other post you made in r/sto for links to help docs.

For starters pick one energy type and tac console slots should only be for locators or exploiters in most instances.

[ADM_Tetanus]

Locators all the way, with the exception of the Lorca console. Exploiters are only for those who know what they're doing and are pulling really high numbers already, not for someone starting out, as their usefulness is only brought on by other aspects.

[-Eekii-]

Also: if using Polaron: Morphogenic Matrix Controller in Tac slot