Since I've never made a dedicated tank for this game, what is the best captain class to pair with a cruiser (which is what I assume the best tank ship class would be) ?
Engineers in cruisers would be my general-purpose vote. Pick the right cruiser, and you can throw in a tac captain. Be an engi and how how to build/fly it, and you can do it in ships other than cruisers (Sarr Theln, Recluse, Scimitar all jump to mind). But as a general rule, it's ideally done as an engi in a cruiser.
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Engineers in cruisers would be my general-purpose vote. Pick the right cruiser, and you can throw in a tac captain. Be an engi and how how to build/fly it, and you can do it in ships other than cruisers (Sarr Theln, Recluse, Scimitar all jump to mind). But as a general rule, it's ideally done as an engi in a cruiser.
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Tacs are overrated.
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