Best career to fly Vesta?

beraht

I have a lvl 20 sci alt and a lvl 30 tac alt. I'm leaning towards grinding the tac alt for the vesta but also sci in a sci ships just kinda "feels" right.

Is there really any advantage to having a sci in the vesta over a tac? I feel like with the tac I could still get a bit of damage out with APA, and ground missions would go faster.... but I don't know. Any advice would be helpful and appreciated.

sennahcherib

tactical

samt1996

Depends upon your build. For particle generators the tactical will crush.

chipg7

Sci is useful. The ship is built to play on high particile generator skill, given the consoles. Especially the Aventine, with the phased energy beam taking power and stats from sources other than standard tac skills and buffs.

It has a nice, balanced setup though, so I'm not sure if one career is particularly the 'wrong' choice.

dareau

Tactical in space has the captain powers that make things go pop. Especially if said captain builds to take advantage of it (Tac with high Part Gens running a partigen build).

Sci on ground (Medic, especially) is about the tankiest class in the game. Of course, that makes them the slowest to actually kill anything...

rattler2

Personally, I do not believe that any one career is "Best" for any ship. While it is true that certain careers synergize more with certain ship types, anyone can fly anything.

For example, a Tac in an Escort may kill fast, but you stick an Engie in an Escort you got something that will live longer. Stick a Sci in an Escort and just before you alpha strike you can debuff with Subnuc before summoning a Photo Fleet to help you pound the target.

Its less about the career really and more about the build. Each career provides its own advantages, but its the build on the ship that matters.

sennahcherib

yep, but the cd of subnuc is too long. sometimes this skill is even useless.

potasssium

It really depends on the build. I am a fan of mismatching Class & Ship type, Tact in a Scryer, Sci in my Yamato.

My only Fed side ENG is an allied Reman, so he can't touch it.

I'd be inclined to leverage the Sci Bias of the ship with a Tact Captain, in the Rademaker, (Multi-mission Strategic Explorer.)

kontarnus

From the time i've played with the Vesta (meaning Surveillance explorer, actual Vesta class) with a Sci alt, it seems to me that the multi-mission explorers will work just fine with any class. But, with a Tac captain, it would be much easier to play, and build for DPS. Tac + MultiRecon. for relatively straightforward play. Sci + MultiSurveill. for a tactically minded Science build is OK, the universal bridge officer slots give you alot of customizability.

rattler2

sennahcherib wrote: »

yep, but the cd of subnuc is too long. sometimes this skill is even useless.

Well Subnuc isn't meant to be spammed. Its an ability best used to strip Buffs off your target. So you see them prep a Torp spread or something else potentially nasty... Subnuc 'em. Some enemies do buff themselves when you approach too so there is that. I think Subnuc might be more useful against ability spamming enemies like Heralds, Mirror Universe, and Vaadwaur though. Borg and most others don't really buff themselves. Don't remember if NPC Klingons use a lot of buffs...

vetteguy904

samt1996 wrote: »

Depends upon your build. For particle generators the tactical will crush.

Not since the conservation of energy trait. It's a real toss up