I was wondering if it is worth putting skill points in Skills like Heavy Escort or Tactical Escort Captain since the description says that it only adds bonuses to those specific ships, but in the end ill end up in a T5 ship and the SP would be wasted. Did someone test if those T3 / T4 skills also apply bonuses on the T5 ships or should I only put SP on those skills if I want to increase effectiveness of other Skills?
As of right now the Tier 3 and Tier 4 ship skills do not add stats to the Tier 5 ships. However on the front page there is an article where they say that will change in the future. So as of now you can skip those tiers and be fine, however in the near future you may want to respec into those skills to get the full stat bonus to your Tier 5.
The Tactical Escort skill boosts the effectiveness of the "Go Down Fighting" ability that Tactical captains get at Captain 8. However, I do not think it affects anything else (other than the Tactical Escort of course)
The Heavy Escort skill boosts the effectiveness of attack pattern skills, so that can be useful.
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The Heavy Escort skill boosts the effectiveness of attack pattern skills, so that can be useful.