So, for the lulz, I think I'm going to turn my Rom Tac (Fed) into a Zombie/healer Escort. Crazy, I know.
I'm considering either the Fleet Ha'Feh or Fleet Dhelan and am looking for advice as to which would be better overall.
Fleet Dhelan Cmdr Tac: TacTeam 1, CSV 1, CRF 2, APO 3 Ens Tac: TacTeam 1 Lt Eng: EPtS 1, Aux to SIF 1 Lt Uni (Eng): EPtS 1, RSP 1 LtC Sci: TB 1, HE 2, TSS 3 LtC Sci: (Alternate) HE 1, TSS 2, FBP 2
Fleet Ha'feh Cmdr Tac: TacTeam 1, CSV 1, CRF 2, APO 3 Ens Eng: EPtS 1 Lt Eng: EPtS 1, Aux to SIF 1 Lt Sci: HE 1, TSS 2 LtC Sci: (Uni) HE 1, TSS 2, SciTeam 3
Thoughts? Suggestions?
As Renim pointed out, it would probably be better as a healer if I use dual TacTeams and a Delta. However, I want to keep my Tac Boffs fully offensive (except for the TacTeams) so that I'm still effective as an Escort.
Please no Aux to Batt builds, I hate running those :P
(Again, AtSIF doffs will be your friend on this one.)
You're going to be forced to carry 2xTT and 2xAPD if you want to go all-out with the heals, so you can't really pop ST that often. The first layout is more self-sufficient and focuses on the science heals, while the second is a bit more team-oriented and probably requires AtSIF doffs to perform well. The third is... one of the odder ones I've come up with recently. You lose a few actual heals, but hopefully (?) you can make those up with the EPtA + doffs boost? In any case, both the third and fourth setups lose DoT clear, so make sure you're alright with that.
Maybe I should see if I can set Renim up with one of these...
Wellllll not all out heals. I want the Tac BOff to be offensive so that I can actually be useful as a healer.
I went with A2SIF instead of Extend because everyone's got shield heals a plenty nowadays, and with Leadership nerfed, bleedthrough is killing people.
Whaaaaat? An offensive boff setup? In a healer? For shame, praxis! Speak not of this blasphemy, lest you defile the good name of healers everywhere! :P
EDIT: Yes, you can use more than 1 AtSIF doff. You can actually use up to 3; that's the cap imposed by the fact that they're Damage Control Engineers. (That's up to 3 active space DCEs total, by the way. No EPtX reduction and AtSIF boost combination for you!)
Whaaaaat? An offensive boff setup? In a healer? For shame, praxis! Speak not of this blasphemy, lest you defile the good name of healers everywhere! :P
EDIT: Yes, you can use more than 1 AtSIF doff. You can actually use up to 3; that's the cap imposed by the fact that they're Damage Control Engineers. (That's up to 3 active space DCEs total, by the way. No EPtX reduction and AtSIF boost combination for you!)
For shame, praxis! To see one defiling the sacred Hippocratic oath upon which the foundations of healing are buitl! Inflicting harm when one should be proffering heals! The very thought of it brings horror and disgust to any right-minded healer! We must cast you out this venerable society of healers, lest your deviant practices corrupt the malleable minds of the novices! Out! OUT! FOR SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAME! :P
(Still, nice work! )
I haven't tried combining the EPtA and AtSIF doffs myself, but that would be an interesting experiment. (Also, the AtSIF doffs are on that silly one procs, all proc system. So either you hit the jackpot and your AtSIF heals for crazy amounts and nullifies practically any DoT, or you go bust and your AtSIF is just an ordinary heal.)
I haven't tried combining the EPtA and AtSIF doffs myself
You should try the EPtA DOff. It seriously sends heals through the roof. I know when I used it on my Vesta, it turned the Fermion Transceiver into a 20 second AoE Godmode.
2pc Dhelan Set...as well as the Valdore and D'ridthau Consoles? Fed Elite Phasers? Both Borg primary and secondary 3pc sets? Reputation: Enhanced Shield Systems, Emergency Secondary Shielding, Quantum Singularity Manipulation, Reinforced Hull, Aux Power Config - Defense, Hull-Repairing Nanites, Superior Shield Repair...[ShH] & [HuH] Emitter consoles?
...name it I.R.W. D'coy, eh?
5/2/3 Consoles, hrmmm...yeah, well...hrmmm.
Consoles
Tac - Borg,Singularity Inverter, Sabotage Probe, Shield Absorptive Frequency Generator, Molecular Phase Inverter
Eng - SIF Mk XII, Nukara
Sci - FG Mk XII,Embassy Emitter Mk XII [ShH], Embassy Emitter Mk XII [HuH]
Perhaps you should like about going for a torp boat that way you could run full power to Aux and truly have an impact on healing while throwing out some HY2's or 3's. Majority of your heals are Aux based.
Thanks to Leech and a W->A core, it's possible to run 125 Weapons and 125 Aux. Even moreso if the Core has that "+Aux based on Singularity Charge" thing.
Thanks to Leech and a W->A core, it's possible to run 125 Weapons and 125 Aux. Even moreso if the Core has that "+Aux based on Singularity Charge" thing.
It is odd. Come a long way since the Torp Boats sinking Weapon Power to have it for Aux 'n Shields with some love for Eng. Now it's just oozing all over the place.
I remain empathetic to the concerns of my community, but do me a favor and lay off the god damn name calling and petty remarks. It will get you nowhere.
I must admit, respect points to Trendy for laying down the law like that.
So, for the lulz, I think I'm going to turn my Rom Tac (Fed) into a Zombie/healer Escort. Crazy, I know.
I'm considering either the Fleet Ha'Feh or Fleet Dhelan and am looking for advice as to which would be better overall.
Fleet Dhelan Cmdr Tac: TacTeam 1, CSV 1, CRF 2, APO 3 Ens Tac: TacTeam 1 Lt Eng: EPtS 1, Aux to SIF 1 Lt Uni (Eng): EPtS 1, RSP 1 LtC Sci: TB 1, HE 2, TSS 3 LtC Sci: (Alternate) HE 1, TSS 2, FBP 2
Fleet Ha'feh Cmdr Tac: TacTeam 1, CSV 1, CRF 2, APO 3 Ens Eng: EPtS 1 Lt Eng: EPtS 1, Aux to SIF 1 Lt Sci: HE 1, TSS 2 LtC Sci: (Uni) HE 1, TSS 2, SciTeam 3
Thoughts? Suggestions?
As Renim pointed out, it would probably be better as a healer if I use dual TacTeams and a Delta. However, I want to keep my Tac Boffs fully offensive (except for the TacTeams) so that I'm still effective as an Escort.
Please no Aux to Batt builds, I hate running those :P
I would not call that a zombie or a healer but such builds a pretty fun in my opinion. Personally I have something similar in a JHEC:
Cmdr Tac: TacTeam 1, CRF 1, CRF 2, APO 3 LtC Eng: EPtS 1, RSP1, Aux to SIF 2 Lt Eng: EPtS 1, Extend1 Lt Sci: (Uni) HE 1, TSS 2 Ens Sci: TB1
I use two con doffs to reduce TT cd. It works pretty well in PUGs. You have decent dmg, decent healing and even a hangar to play with.
Comments
And why go for the AtSIF? Everyone knows that shield-extending escorts are in fashion this season!
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Semi-seriously, if you're going to insist on making a healer escort with Cm Tac, then the pure-healz loadout would probably be something like:
Chimera (would also work on Ha'feh):
Cm Tac: TT1, TT2, APD2, APD3
Ens Eng: EPtS1
Lt Eng: EPtS1, AtSIF1 (alt. ExS1)
Lt Sci: HE1, TSS2
LtC Sci: ST1, HE2, TSS3
Alt. Chimera:
Cm Tac: TT1, TT2, APD2, APD3
Lt Eng: EPtS1, ExS1, AtSIF2
LtC Eng: EPtS1,AtSIF1 (alt. ExS1)
Lt Sci: HE1, TSS2
Ens Sci: TSS1
(Grab AtSIF doffs if you're going for this variant; their proc can more than double the total healing from an AtSIF1.)
Alt. Ha'feh:
Cm Tac: TT1, TT2, APD2, APD3
Ens Eng: EPtA1
Lt Eng: EPtA1, EPtS2
LtC Eng: EPtS1, ExS1, AtSIF2
Lt Sci: TSS1, TSS2
(Grab those EPtA maintenance doffs for this one, if you can still find any.)
Alt. Ha'feh #2:
Cm Tac: TT1, TT2, APD2, APD3
Ens Eng: ET1
Lt Eng: EPtS1, AtSIF1
LtC Eng: EPtS1, ExS1, AtSIF2
Lt Sci: TSS1, TSS2
(Again, AtSIF doffs will be your friend on this one.)
You're going to be forced to carry 2xTT and 2xAPD if you want to go all-out with the heals, so you can't really pop ST that often. The first layout is more self-sufficient and focuses on the science heals, while the second is a bit more team-oriented and probably requires AtSIF doffs to perform well. The third is... one of the odder ones I've come up with recently. You lose a few actual heals, but hopefully (?) you can make those up with the EPtA + doffs boost? In any case, both the third and fourth setups lose DoT clear, so make sure you're alright with that.
Maybe I should see if I can set Renim up with one of these...
I went with A2SIF instead of Extend because everyone's got shield heals a plenty nowadays, and with Leadership nerfed, bleedthrough is killing people.
Edit: Can you actually use more than 1 A2SIF DOff? I thought they were unique.
Whaaaaat? An offensive boff setup? In a healer? For shame, praxis! Speak not of this blasphemy, lest you defile the good name of healers everywhere! :P
EDIT: Yes, you can use more than 1 AtSIF doff. You can actually use up to 3; that's the cap imposed by the fact that they're Damage Control Engineers. (That's up to 3 active space DCEs total, by the way. No EPtX reduction and AtSIF boost combination for you!)
You can still do damage as a healer
Disclaimer: That was pre-LoR.
Hm, interesting. I might have to try a Sci/Recluse with A2SIF 3, 3 of the SIF DOffs and 2 of the EPtA DOffs.
For shame, praxis! To see one defiling the sacred Hippocratic oath upon which the foundations of healing are buitl! Inflicting harm when one should be proffering heals! The very thought of it brings horror and disgust to any right-minded healer! We must cast you out this venerable society of healers, lest your deviant practices corrupt the malleable minds of the novices! Out! OUT! FOR SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAME! :P
(Still, nice work!
I haven't tried combining the EPtA and AtSIF doffs myself, but that would be an interesting experiment. (Also, the AtSIF doffs are on that silly one procs, all proc system. So either you hit the jackpot and your AtSIF heals for crazy amounts and nullifies practically any DoT, or you go bust and your AtSIF is just an ordinary heal.)
You should try the EPtA DOff. It seriously sends heals through the roof. I know when I used it on my Vesta, it turned the Fermion Transceiver into a 20 second AoE Godmode.
2pc Dhelan Set...as well as the Valdore and D'ridthau Consoles? Fed Elite Phasers? Both Borg primary and secondary 3pc sets? Reputation: Enhanced Shield Systems, Emergency Secondary Shielding, Quantum Singularity Manipulation, Reinforced Hull, Aux Power Config - Defense, Hull-Repairing Nanites, Superior Shield Repair...[ShH] & [HuH] Emitter consoles?
...name it I.R.W. D'coy, eh?
5/2/3 Consoles, hrmmm...yeah, well...hrmmm.
Consoles
Tac - Borg, Singularity Inverter, Sabotage Probe, Shield Absorptive Frequency Generator, Molecular Phase Inverter
Eng - SIF Mk XII, Nukara
Sci - FG Mk XII, Embassy Emitter Mk XII [ShH], Embassy Emitter Mk XII [HuH]
Weapons
Fore - Omega Torp, 3x Elite Fleet Phaser Beam Arrays
Aft - Cutting Beam, 2x Elite Fleet Phaser Beam Arrays
TT1, APD1, APO1, APD3
FAW1
EPtS1, AtS1
EPtS1, ExS1
TSS1, HE2, ST3
DOFFs - 2x ME(EPtA), 2x DCE(EPtX), SDO(BFI)
Singularity Core? Hrmmm... Overcharged? [Res][SCap]...?
Alien Engineer of course...traits: Accurate, Astrophysicist, Efficient, Elusive, EPS Manifold Efficiency, Grace Under Fire, Precise, Warp Theorist, Techie
But yeah...Zombie, eh? It's a Zombie, no? Healer, eh? It's a meh healer...
TBH, it's more of an example of so many things that are wrong in STO...
NOTICE: This is not a serious post.
Thanks to Leech and a W->A core, it's possible to run 125 Weapons and 125 Aux. Even moreso if the Core has that "+Aux based on Singularity Charge" thing.
It is odd. Come a long way since the Torp Boats sinking Weapon Power to have it for Aux 'n Shields with some love for Eng. Now it's just oozing all over the place.
Actually on those...There is one which gives 15 from the DS9 bundle, and there are others anyone can get which give 25.
They only partially stack. Meaning, two of the 25 ones will not stack, but the 15 and one 25 one will stack to give you 40.
I would not call that a zombie or a healer but such builds a pretty fun in my opinion. Personally I have something similar in a JHEC:
Cmdr Tac: TacTeam 1, CRF 1, CRF 2, APO 3
LtC Eng: EPtS 1, RSP1, Aux to SIF 2
Lt Eng: EPtS 1, Extend1
Lt Sci: (Uni) HE 1, TSS 2
Ens Sci: TB1
I use two con doffs to reduce TT cd. It works pretty well in PUGs. You have decent dmg, decent healing and even a hangar to play with.
My stomach is clear and my mind is full of bacon!