I was thinking;

TT1 THY2 CRF2
BO1 CRF1
EPTS1 RSP1 DEM1 A2SIF3
EPTA1
PH1 HE2

(2) DHCs
(1) DBB
(1) torpedo
(4) turrets

(4) Armor/Alloy
(4) tac consoles
(1) Borg
(1) Field generator or Shield Field Amplifier

Shield batts
Subspace Field Module

(2) purple damage Control Engineers
(1) purple Conn officer
(2) purple Shield Distribution Officers

Well, I run a cannon build and it is doing quite good in PvE. A fed captain posted some kind of damage log after infected space elite.
He did in a Defiant around 6k dps, then I followed in my Tor'kaht with 5k dps and then the rest of the team in Fed beam escorts between 3k and 4k and a Souvereign between 2-3k DPS.
Can someone point me to where I can get this add on ? I would really like to know how my ships/guns compare to each other.

A good amount of said ise I had to use a defensive energy setting (aux/shields). But I could keep shooting. In an escort/BoP I would have been forced to withdraw to regnerate.

This is my very early build. Literally 1 night flying it. Very selfish build, only an ET1 to share.

Cmdr: Warp Plasma 3, DEM (Direct Energy Modulation)2, A2B, EPTS1
Lt Cmdr: Cannon Rapid Fire 2, Torpedo Highyield 2, Tac Team
Lt Tac: Dispersal Pattern Alpha, Torpedo Spread 1
Lt Uni: Polarize Hull 1, Tractor Beam Repulsors 1:
Ens Eng: ET1

DHC x3, Quantum Torpedo
Turret x3, Tric Mine

Doffs: 3x Purple Tech, Warp Plasma Doff, Distro

I'm attempting to do a lot here, maybe too much. Definitely violates the K.I.S.S. principle.

+Awesome uptime for WP and DEM
+Mined WP makes me giggle

-No Aux2Sif (just no room, it does NOT share a global with Aux2Batt)
-No RSP, which benefits greatly from Aux2Batt
-Only 1 distro doff
-No evasive doff
-Prays for Borg proc to clear plasma

All cannons with constant Aux2Sif would be easier to fly and tougher to kill. It remains to be seen what kind of build I settle in with. WP coming off of cd so fast is going to be tough to give up, though.

I'm definitely open to trying different mines. I played with Plasma a little, DPA stacked 7 plasma dots one time which was cool, but the Tric really brings the lols when they connect even though they're less reliable. I will probably roll out some Tranny mines and see how that goes.

I could really never get a canon build to work well with my Sci officer, so I switched to a beam build. It's been surprisingly effective, especially in pvp (pugging only).

7 beams, I torp (pve = quantum/pvp = chroniton)
3 piece Borg plus KHG XII shield
4 AP regs
1 RCS, 2 Neutroniums, borg console
2 field emitters
red matter, weapons batt., deut.

E. Comm. EPS1, EPS2, EWP1, RSP3
T. Lt. Comm. TT1, BO2, BO3
T. Lt. TT1, THY2
S. Lt. PH1, HE2
E. Ens. EPW1

While it works o.k., one on one, where it really shines is in supporting a tac in pvp. Subnuke, sensor scan, immobilization with chronos and plasma, plus the ability to take out shield facings fast with BO. Also, with the amount of immobilization spam BO tends to land a lot even without me using any immobilizations.

Work in progress in my case. I just picked one up earlier today for a new character. I'm thinking the fleet Vorcha might be the only true Battle Cruiser in the game. It certainly has the tactical Boff slots, kind of hurting with engineering, but it gets by. I haven't recorded any logs yet, might do that tomorrow if I get some time, I'm really wondering what the DPS output is.

LT Universal:
Polarize Hull 1, Hazard Emitters 2

LT Commander Tactical:
Torpedo High Yield 1, Cannon Rapid Fire 1, Cannon Scatter Volley 2

LT Tactical:
Tactical Team 1, Torpedo Spread 2

Commander Engineering:
Emergency power to Shields 1, Reverse Shield Polarity 1, Reverse Shield Polarity 2, Aux to structural 3

Ensign Engeneering:
Emergency power to shields 1

I had directed energy modulation 2 on the main engineer, its kind of pointless though since the cannons strip shields so quick. Changed it out for another reverse shield polarity, but that's subject to change also.

Weapons and Consoles:
Front: 2x Disruptor canon mk11, 1xQuad Disruptor cannon, 1x Photon Torpedo MkXI
Back: 3x Disruptor cannon Mk11, 1x Hargh'peng Mk11
Consoles:
1x RCS Mk10, 1x Electro Ceramic Hull Plating, 1xBorg Assimilated module, 1x Neutronium hull alloy
1x Field Generator, 1x Plasmonic Leech
4x Disruptor Induction coil

Aegis deflector, Honor guard engine and shield. Will eventually be honor guard deflector and shield with the Borg engine. Salvage gods are pissing all over this new character though.


http://imageshack.us/a/img840/7885/vorcha2.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img526/8259/vorcha1.jpg

I've been wanting one, but can't decide whether to give it to my Tac or Eng captain. Thoughts?

I think this is a Tac's wet dream. Tac buffed DEM and Warp Plasma, plus escort level DHC spikes. My take on it is a beefy escort. I don't even try to treat it like a cruiser, and I haven't had much luck with Eng/escorts, so I vote Tac.

if you don't use the fleet vorcha with a tac, you just wasted $20

or EC

i use a engi in it its ok but my tacts fly lock box ships so using them on tacts

Well, I guess it's time to say "thank you" to who ever came up with the conn/damage control doff supported setup. It's by far the best ship/setup I have ever tried in STO.

Never touched my Qin again. Ok, tried once, didn't like it. Only sometimes I feel the need to log my science captain, or hop into my B'rel for a change. But that's about it.

Never had more fun in this game then with this wonderful ship (and the great setup for it).
Even after several weeks I log in every evening, assemble some guys from my fleet and blast through all the PvE content they like.

I can support people with weaker tanks, while usually outdamaging everyone but the best escort captains.

There should be songs about this ship. Unfortunately the name BortaS was wasted on such a slow ass sh!tpile. It would fit the Tor'kaht perfectly.