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EngT vs. Aux2SIF vs. Hold Together

hfmuddhfmudd Member Posts: 881 Arc User
in Builds, Powers, and Game Mechanics
So let's say I have room for two of these in my build, one on each of my Eng Boffs (second slot on each):

Engineering Team II - Aux Power to SIF I - Hold Together I

Which would you recommend?
Join Date: January 2011

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  • freakiumfreakium Member Posts: 439 Arc User
    Ooh that's a tough one. I would need to recommend Engineering Team if you're fighting against the iconians due to their constant disables.

    The other two however are both excellent choices. If you want a fast blob of hull healing with some resistance, go for Aux to SIF. This power is good for enemies that hit you hard. You can also spam this power since it only has a 15 second cooldown.

    If you don't mind travelling at full throttle most of the time, Hold Together is definitely for you. At >75% throttle, it will also cleanse debuffs and functions like a lower grade Hazard Emitters.
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  • warmaker001bwarmaker001b Member Posts: 9,205 Arc User
    edited August 2015
    First and foremost, Engineering Team II. It repairs a good amount of hull. More importantly, it's needed to clear certain debuffs. This is VERY important when fighting Heralds.

    For the second one, between ASIF and Hold Together, that depends. ASIF grants a temporary resist boost as well as a small hull repair. Hold Together performs better on higher throttles in its repairs which is a Heal Over Time. It can clear a hazard at high throttles. A reminder also there's a massive difference on requirements of high throttle settings compared to high/max speed.

    With those parameters, depending on the ship, build, playstyle, it's really up to you.
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  • hfmuddhfmudd Member Posts: 881 Arc User
    This is an escort - one of the new T6 HECs, actually - so it's usually ticking along at full throttle anyway.

    Sounds like ET2 is a definite, and it's a coin flip/matter of taste between the other two?
    Join Date: January 2011
  • warmaker001bwarmaker001b Member Posts: 9,205 Arc User
    If you're flying the T6 HEC at full throttle anyways, then Hold Together would be superior to ASIF but never to Engineering Team, IMO. If you're running, IIRC, the 3 piece HEC set, that has a CD reduction of 15% to Pilot Abilities.
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  • jerichoredoranjerichoredoran Member Posts: 195 Arc User
    The first two have very different attributes and uses.

    ET gives a flat heal and repairs subsystems. Its reactive, so you hit it after taking dmg. Can be enhanced with doffs to reduce cd.

    Aux2Sif scales with aux power (at medium aux the heal is about equal to ET) and gives next to heal also DR. The additional resistances give it a proactive use (with 10 of 15s uptime just chain it), if you can fire it before/during taking dmg you could add the mitigated dmg to it heal performance far outperforming ET then.

    low aux power -> get ET
    need subsystem repair -> get ET
    med-high aux power (and no other interfering Aux2something) -> get Aux2Sif


    Hold together I just recently started to use. It has the longest cd but also comes with a big DR buff plus cleanse at full throttle. So used at the right time I'd guess its a very strong one.
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