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Looking for tips on Temporal Operative abilities.

So my AOY character is finally done mastering all the other ships and is finally flying around in the Paladin class with the oldschool Ranger skin. I'm having things set up to dps with the oldschool blue twin beams.

I'm trying to decide if the Temporal operative console slot is worth using or if I should just go with the usual engineering stuff. Sofar I haven't really noticed any Temporal Operative abilities really doing much.

Any tips on which abilities are worth using?
"Thou shalt respect the weak and shalt constitute thyself defender of them."
-3rd Commmandment of Chivalry
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  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    edited September 2016
    Recursion can be quite powerful, especially in a multiplayer scenario. For its 5 second duration, it "stores" the damage you deal, and then it deals again some percentage X (45 % at Rank III) of that damage. So it's basically a a 5 second X percentage damage boost for you and your entire team that stacks with all your other damage buffs. Excellent to get the most out of a fully buffed alpha strike.
    Since it also applies a bit of Entropy, you might want to combine it with an entropy consumer like Rapid Decay.

    I think on Cruisers with Temporal seats I'd always try to equip a temporal ability in the Lt.Cmdr or Cmdr slot. You likely don't need them for all the healing, and the engineering damage powers are not that great.


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  • kylethetruekylethetrue Member Posts: 205 Arc User
    Okay....Think Causal Reversion is any good? Build entrophy with Recursion and spend it on heals?
    "Thou shalt respect the weak and shalt constitute thyself defender of them."
    -3rd Commmandment of Chivalry
    FAWhard_zpsssqnai1l.jpg
  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    edited September 2016
    Okay....Think Causal Reversion is any good? Build entrophy with Recursion and spend it on heals?

    Do you need those heals? Then perhaps. If not, pick more DPS. ;)

    A bit more constructively- I've never really worked much with Causal Reversion, if there are scenarios where it's better to use that then the standard heals at our disposal.
    Star Trek Online Advancement: You start with lowbie gear, you end with Lobi gear.
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