Engineers Thermal Shock or Incendiary Rounds?

Heavenly-Hammer

Heavenly-Hammer
Hey guys. I got a really good roll on my level 5 overcharded C4 multicannon and I thought I'd ask which of these 2 effects comes the most recommended between Incendiary Rounds and Thermal Shock.

I currently have 5 multicannons on my ship. 2x Incendiary currently and 1x emissive. The other 2 (one c2 and one c4) currently have no effect. I was thinking about 3x incendiary (1 C4 + 2 C3) but it seems Thermal Shock is still really strong and I'm a little worried about the internal heat generation of that many high class incendiary rounds weapons.

I do a mix of PvP and PvE if that matters. The configurations I was thinking about are:

C4 Incendiary
C3 (x2) Incendiary
C2 Emissive
C2 Corrosive

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C4 Thermal Shcok
C3 (x2) Thermal Shock
C2 Emissive
C2 Corrosive


Let me know what makes more sense in this current patch. I'm staring at the "Adjust Experimental Effect" screen now. Thanks!
 

xdemetrios

xdemetrios
If you go thermal shock, everything needs to be thermal shock to make it work well.

C4 Incendiary
C3 (x2) Incendiary
C2 Emissive
C2 Corrosive

This is the best load out for what you're trying to achieve. What ship is this on?
 

Heavenly-Hammer

Heavenly-Hammer
xdemetrios said:
If you go thermal shock, everything needs to be thermal shock to make it work well.

C4 Incendiary
C3 (x2) Incendiary
C2 Emissive
C2 Corrosive

This is the best load out for what you're trying to achieve. What ship is this on?
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Going on a Cutter.

GluttonyFang said:
If you PvP and use Thermal Shock/Cascade, prepare to be rightfully called "cheap."

If you're okay with that, then go ahead and put them on.
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I'll keep that in mind.

I ended up putting Incendiaries on the C4 and C3's. If I decide to be bothered, I can re-roll them to Heat. I have all the necessary mats to do so. I think I'll probably keep it as-is. I tend to feel like things that can be defined as "cheap" tend to be things that get hit with the nerf bat. We'll see how it goes, though.
 
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DragoonKnight

DragoonKnight
IMO
You cant really go wrong with Incendiaries. They are great in PvE and are useful in PvP too. Maybe not the optimal PvP build, but certainly not a weak one. Thermal Shock on the other hand is mostly a PvP mod and not as good in PvE.
 
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Buliel

B
DragoonKnight said:
IMO
You cant really go wrong with Incendiaries. They are great in PvE and are useful in PvP too. Maybe not the optimal PvP build, but certainly not a weak one. Thermal Shock on the other hand is mostly a PvP mod and not as good in PvE.
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This. Though if you plan on using a lot of incendiaries, you better hope you get reduced heat secondary effects on some of them, since incendiary rounds will TRIPLE the heat multicannons generate.
 

Heavenly-Hammer

Heavenly-Hammer
Buliel said:
This. Though if you plan on using a lot of incendiaries, you better hope you get reduced heat secondary effects on some of them, since incendiary rounds will TRIPLE the heat multicannons generate.
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I'm running it with a low emissions power plant on my Cutter. heat isn't an issue. It feels pretty good so far.
 
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