It's obviously a type of beam weapon (in the TNG episode "Q-Who" Data referred to it as a type of laser) but in this game the beam deals kinetic energy. Now does your projectile skills increase its effectiveness or does energy skills? Are there any tac consoles that will also enhance its damage? The tool-tip isn't very descriptive on it.

maybe particle generator could increase it, but thats just a guess. Probably have to wait a little longer to get info on that.

I wasn't able to see anything but Weapon power setting and the Rule 62 buffing the beam, but I have not tested the Sci skill tree.

Well if rule 62 module enhances it (+11% mine and torp dmg) then presumably Variable Geometry Detonators and/or Warhead Yield Chamber will do it too?

I just got my cutting beam. It will be the topic of my next story.

The weapon is a bit odd. It has a really severe firing throttle - it takes a few more seconds to fire than most weapons. It doesn't look like the cutting beam from Deja Q, rather it looks like a generic red Gateway beam. Actually, I didn't realize those beams were supposed to be cutting beams until now.

I was a bit disappointed by the animation; I was hoping to go, *fwizzzzzz* "MUWAHHAHAHA".

It does hit very hard though. If shields are down the thing will cut an opponent to shreds in short order. It's fun and elegant to get a shield down, get a cutting beam lock, then start turning to face the next target while the previous target is being cut apart.

...you know what we need? A Plasmatic Pulsar Device weapon.

I dislike that the cutting beam is 1 per ship, and says this absolutely NOWHERE.

I mean, only after you queue the project for a second or third one and try and stick them on your ship do you find this out, right?

and then you've got a bunch of wasted resources for zilch.


And I was so looking forward to a polarized tetryon+cutting beam build too. Alas.

to answer the OP's questions, no nothing effects it other than weapon power and energy weapon skills.

honestly, it makes for a great torpedo boat weapon. I've been running 2x mk xii borg photons forward and this thing aft, been absolutely ripping things apart.

I tried both and all the other basic consoles to no effect. Think Rule 62 is just a bug to be honest.

Common sense tells you. It's a set item.
Can you use 2 Borg Consoles? No. Why? Set item.

Sure, Cryptic devs could've excluded duplicates from the sets, but that's not how they do things.

It is however hilarious to use on a fighter/shuttle