Advanced Sciscort skills?

mrsnesbit

Good day,
for some reason I made my first char an escort flying science captain. Nonetheless I'd like to make it work with your help
Main focus is going to be STFs with the occasional PvP match
My main problem was that most escort guides are probably from a tac's point of view and while I've seen some exotic sci builds, I'm not sure if they work in PVE.
Equipment is probably going to be the classic 3 Dual Cannons, 1 (Quantum) Torpedo Launcher and 3 turrets in the back (to make it clear, I'm using the "free" Advanced escort)
My build so far
http://www.stoacademy.com/tools/skillplanner/index.php?build=advancedsciscort_0
Traits: Accurate, Elusive, Warptheorist and Astrophysicist

Thank you in advance

dabelgrave

I'm a science officer and commanded a MVAE for quite awhile. It's not too different from the AE, so the only real change is that one BO ability. Read through this thread for some good advice that works for almost any sciscort: http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=289171

mrsnesbit

Heh, I completely ignored that thread the first time because I thought it was about cannon-only builds
Thanks, rereading it really helped me
so far I got this build, looks screwed up x)
http://www.stoacademy.com/tools/skillplanner/index.php?build=pvesciscort_0

Boff setup (PVE heavy, for PvP I'd change Tac skills to HY2 and CRF2 respectively)
Lt Eng EPS1 Aux2Sif1
Ens Sci TB1
Lt Sci HE1 TSS2
both Tacs TT1 TS2 CSV2 (yeah, I got lazy at the most important part)
Commander gets APO3

Will I do ok with this?
€: I'm sorry if discussing boffs belongs to the shipyards

age03

This is mine and I changed my build 3 times to get it right.

http://www.stoacademy.com/tools/skillplanner/?build=Age_0

dabelgrave

It seems you're big on AoE, not that it's a bad thing.

For my build, I prefer to use a DBB with BOIII to supplement my burst damage (replaces the torp so I don't have to put skillpoints into it). Here is my sciscort skillset that works with pretty much any escort I command with just a few BO changes: http://www.stoacademy.com/tools/skillplanner/index.php?build=GenericSciscort_0

age03

dabelgrave wrote: »

It seems you're big on AoE, not that it's a bad thing.

For my build, I prefer to use a DBB with BOIII to supplement my burst damage (replaces the torp so I don't have to put skillpoints into it). Here is my sciscort skillset that works with pretty much any escort I command with just a few BO changes: http://www.stoacademy.com/tools/skillplanner/index.php?build=GenericSciscort_0

You are using polaron cannons and on Sci Officer in Fleet Escort Advanced would be better.Your ground abilities don't seem that good.

dabelgrave

mrsnesbit wrote:

Boff setup (PVE heavy, for PvP I'd change Tac skills to HY2 and CRF2 respectively)
Lt Eng EPS1 Aux2Sif1
Ens Sci TB1
Lt Sci HE1 TSS2
both Tacs TT1 TS2 CSV2 (yeah, I got lazy at the most important part)
Commander gets APO3

For the most part, those are good BO abilities. I personally prefer a slightly different setup for the tacs though, but that's because I use a DBB instead of torps.

age03 wrote: »

You are using polaron cannons and on Sci Officer in Fleet Escort Advanced would be better.Your ground abilities don't seem that good.

The Fleet Advanced Escort would be nice, but it will be a while before anyone unlocks it. However, my skill setup is versatile enough to move into pretty much any escort. My ground skills are fine. I can switch between medic and physicist kits, and most of the other ground skills don't have enough effect to be worthwhile in PvE.

mrsnesbit

dabelgrave wrote: »

It seems you're big on AoE, not that it's a bad thing.

For my build, I prefer to use a DBB with BOIII to supplement my burst damage (replaces the torp so I don't have to put skillpoints into it). Here is my sciscort skillset that works with pretty much any escort I command with just a few BO changes: http://www.stoacademy.com/tools/skillplanner/index.php?build=GenericSciscort_0

I copied this boff setup almost 1:1 from the STF escort thread because it seems that single target DPS plays only a small role in STFs
I chose APO because it looks like it works well in PvE and PvP (and because changing that skill slot as a sci would be annoying since I'm not yet in a fleet)
I'll def try out beam overload once I do more PvP so that my torps actually hit unshielded hulls :<

age03

dabelgrave wrote: »

The Fleet Advanced Escort would be nice, but it will be a while before anyone unlocks it. However, my skill setup is versatile enough to move into pretty much any escort. My ground skills are fine. I can switch between medic and physicist kits, and most of the other ground skills don't have enough effect to be worthwhile in PvE.

I didn't say fleet advanced escort I said advanced and I find some other kits do well other then medic and physisist in STFs.