It is not hard (as we can see with the Jemmy Bug), but a way to encourage players to think out of the box.
What it translates to, we all know very well.
The Bug still doesn't have what I want. (Still a useless Tac Doff ability no matter how you roll it). People plug a Torp spread / THY in there and think that they're doing more DPS. But the issue is that they're doing the same exaclt DPS (or possibly lower DPS in a non-PvP situation.) As I don't PvP. I don't see any 'use' to using Torpedoes, when using a combination of DHCs, and DCs can give better results.
I see an 'optimal' Tac layout for Escorts as:
TT1 - APB1 - CRF2
TT1 - APB1 - CRF2
or
TT1 - APB1 - CRF2 - CRF3
TT1 - APB1
This allows you to have always rotating TT1, APB and CRF. This also allows for a rather unique build I do on my BoP (Only for ESTFs)
TT1 - APB1 - THY 3
TT1 - APB1 - THY 3
or
TT1 - THY2 - THY3 - APO3
TT1 - APB1
This is an amazing Torp only build. Although, useless outside of STFs.
This now also allows you to have 6 other non-tactical slots, spread across 3 Doffs (As there are usually 3 Doffs per ship. The lesser of the broken setups would be Lt Eng - Lt Sci - Lt Universal
Then again, Cruisers could also use this if you were willing to use (Regular) Cannons. The Torp build is nice too because It allows you to put all power to Aux and tank like a Cruiser should.
I hadn't considered that 7/5 was how they were doing the layouts up until a few minutes ago. This makes a lot more sense on why they like to tack on random Tactical Ensigns.
This would most likely fit best on a Cruiser then.
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What it translates to, we all know very well.
I see an 'optimal' Tac layout for Escorts as:
TT1 - APB1 - CRF2
TT1 - APB1 - CRF2
or
TT1 - APB1 - CRF2 - CRF3
TT1 - APB1
This allows you to have always rotating TT1, APB and CRF. This also allows for a rather unique build I do on my BoP (Only for ESTFs)
TT1 - APB1 - THY 3
TT1 - APB1 - THY 3
or
TT1 - THY2 - THY3 - APO3
TT1 - APB1
This is an amazing Torp only build. Although, useless outside of STFs.
This now also allows you to have 6 other non-tactical slots, spread across 3 Doffs (As there are usually 3 Doffs per ship. The lesser of the broken setups would be Lt Eng - Lt Sci - Lt Universal
Then again, Cruisers could also use this if you were willing to use (Regular) Cannons. The Torp build is nice too because It allows you to put all power to Aux and tank like a Cruiser should.
This would most likely fit best on a Cruiser then.
Fleet Ning'tao
Yes and my Klingon is going to get it