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valkarie14valkarie14 Member Posts: 762 Arc User
Can i use a galaxy effectively as a sci char? I know i cant use the sci abilites like grav well but im just thinkin of havin it as a ship to have fun in and do some stfs but as me being science hamper the ship in anyway?
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  • greyhame3greyhame3 Member Posts: 914 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Nope. /10char
  • wildmousexwildmousex Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    you sure as the heck can, I have 2 sci characters that use cruisers - my level 30 just got the first galaxy with the antimatter spread, and will get the other retro when she earns her V.A. token. My main is a 50 that flies the Mirror Universe Star Cruiser.

    I personally think Sci captains do awesome in cruisers. You can carry shield and repair skills from your engineers since you have a tanky hull, and use the sci slots to carry debuff's - combined with the debuff skills you get while you are leveling you can both tank and deal out top notch DPS.


    The few times I've gone into PvP, I've just always brought my PvE build in and got more kills then deaths, though you could probably count the number of times i've PvP'd on two hands and 4/5's of a foot.
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  • phoeniciusphoenicius Member Posts: 762 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    the only thing you can use a galaxy for is tanking... forever, since you won't die, but neither is whatever is shooting at you lol.

    so, its pretty much an engineer-only ship.
  • mewmaster101mewmaster101 Member Posts: 1,239 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    You CAN, but while you will not die, you will MAYBE be tickling the Opponent.
  • cmdrskyfallercmdrskyfaller Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    valkarie14 wrote: »
    Can i use a galaxy effectively as a sci char? I know i cant use the sci abilites like grav well but im just thinkin of havin it as a ship to have fun in and do some stfs but as me being science hamper the ship in anyway?

    Yes as long as you have your captain stat boxes filled in properly.


    Due to your sci capt. abilities, you can reduce resists on targets and call holo fleets while still using all engineering abilities as well as any engineer.
  • shpoksshpoks Member Posts: 6,967 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    valkarie14 wrote: »
    Can i use a galaxy effectively as a sci char? I know i cant use the sci abilites like grav well but im just thinkin of havin it as a ship to have fun in and do some stfs but as me being science hamper the ship in anyway?

    You won't be hampering the ship really, you can fly any ship regardless of your profession. I'd advise, as others already mentioned, to see through that you have skill points spent in the right places because putting points in certain science skills that won't be used on the ship would be a waste.

    But rest assured, as far as this game's end-game content, STF and such are concerned - you can do them just fine as a Science Captain in a Galaxy Class. I have done that already. And there are at least several players lurkning on the forum that play a Galaxy with a Science char and can reach 10k DPS, which is more than enough to succesfully complete any game content and have fun.
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  • dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Galaxy is a big ol' failboat so you can fail with it just as well as a tac or engr. ;)
    Sometimes I think I play STO just to have something to complain about on the forums.
  • valkarie14valkarie14 Member Posts: 762 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Yeah i specced out on enefgy weapons, torps, hull, shields and weapon power so should be good, i suppose bfaw and yield will help lol, i will try it i just wasnt sure it was suited for the role but i suppose sensor scan and photonic fleet are an asset
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