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So, is it Tac or nothing?
ericsonxx
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Being back at the game, I've had multiple people tell me that at this point,it's Tac Captain or nothing. Since I enjoy the concept of fun, I might as well ask-is that what it's come to in the 8 years since I last played?
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Even if you're interested in the absolute top of the heap.. here are the current DPS records from STO-League for each class:
Tactical DPS Record - 1096k
Engineering DPS Record - 1094k
Science DPS Record - 928k
Those are all so close together.. it's a wash. And that's the top DPS using coordinated team runs where everyone is min/maxing every single point trying to get even a 1pt increase per run. For the average or 'normal' player, the difference will be even less.
Play what you want.. all 3 classes are effective and if someone tells you something like 'Engineers suck because they can't put out good DPS,' smile.. nod.. and put that person on ignore because they have no idea what they're talking about.
All the classes are fine, class shaming is for idiots.
Oh good, because I got told that I was gonna try a Eng captain flying Sci ships that I'm wasting my time. Ok, thanks!
He's right, I have a Romulan Engineer that out performs all but my most high end tactical builds. She's also near un-killable at the same time.. really fun to play.
Now, it might be that Tac can do better with a bad build. Or that it's easier to make an okay build with it (don't know about that one, I'm no build guru). So that might be the source of people saying "it's Tac or nothing!" /shrug
As others have said how you play matters far more then what class you play, your race and class really only matters in the hyper optimized top of the heap coordinated runs where everyone is trying to min/max every last drop of performance out of their ships and even then who's really on top might change with each patch.
Sure it's possible to build in a way that makes your character unviable even for normal play, but that generally means totally ignoring any possible gear synergies and generally just choosing your gear very poorly, with your race, class or ship type not really mattering as even a Romulan captain with as many SRO as they can wield cannot make one these builds into a viable one.
> Oh good, because I got told that I was gonna try a Eng captain flying Sci ships that I'm wasting my time. Ok, thanks!
I have an engineer that flies the Tholian carrier and focuses on exotic damage. Really effective in all content.
If you are going to be doing Sci Magic, just don't go for the Science Ultimate ability from the Skill Tree. It sets your Critical Hit Rate to a fixed number. With a Romulan and a good build, that could potentially make your Crit Rate worse.
Simply no. I prefer Sci, Eng then Tac (of which out of 25 toons, I have only 2). It's purely your choice. Don't be brow-beaten into following what someone else says is 'best', as in STO, as long as you have even common MK XV equipment, you'll survive and contribute greatly enough. The game is not a sprint, and you're not competing against other captain, unless you want to in PvP matches and Competitive Queues.
So take your time, find out what works for YOU, and enjoy!
Tactical captains get more built in damage boosting abilities such as Attack Pattern Alpha, but that alone doesn't guarantee them an edge. It simply means they don't have to invest as much into that type of damage boosting. Engineer captains have more innate damage reducing and healing abilities, meaning they don't have to invest as much into mega healing survival type abilities. Sci captains get some bits of debuffing and damage reducing, meaning they don't have to invest as much into that area. Pretty much, pick the set of baseline powers you like best, pick a ship and build and roll with it.
Tac will potentially have an easier time with certain build styles due to their innate damage buffing abilities, but that's where what is "best" ends. Use what you like.
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Only real advantage a tac perhaps has is how easy it is to do mid range damage. With proper building and leaning into Engi/Sci strengths the differences are small.
As to the Engi in a sci ship idea... yes it can work well. Just understand your abilities and what sci powers are effected by aux power. A EPS powered GW can hit just as hard as one powered by APA.
If you are chasing the ever more insane DPS monkey trying to kill Tac cubes in ever harder to parse microseconds, then you want TAC. But for doing all of the rest of the game at any level all three specs work. Although Engineering Captain Space abilities remain a bit underpowered and inadequate in the endgame. And do desperately need a bit of dev love.
Honestly I find as far as gameplay your career choice has way more impact on your ground game play style. While TAC may still pull higher numbers I find Sci or Eng more fun with a bit more to do. (Sci being fun on the ground benefits heavily from this years winter holiday event ground set and some matching kit modules. You can be a Frost Mage!)
For space how you build your ship will have far more impact than your career choice for 99% of the player base. Unless you are seeking the absolute highest DPS parse in ICE.
My main is an engineer and i often support the team while doing enough damage to clear maps in seconds.
That said, i am interested in the record build for engineering simply to find out how he/she worked around the disadvantage not having things like go down fighting etc.
As somebody who has played the game since a while and having maxed out chars. Here is what I m going to say: The hell with it. Play what you want to play and fly what ship you want to fly its all doable. It takes a little research on google or youtube to find what works best and from there just build it the way you want it and have fun while you are at it. The secret is to have fun so go for it.
Couldn't have said it better myself. Play what you want and have fun doing it.