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So, Focused Assault...any good?

martakurillmartakurill Member Posts: 456 Arc User
in Builds, Powers, and Game Mechanics
Just like the title says. I love that we've been getting new powers for the three original careers, and was happy to see that this new one is for a tactical boff. However, I've been hearing mixed things about it. What are the opinions on here about this ability?

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  • lordgyorlordgyor Member Posts: 2,820 Arc User
    If you don't have pets no, if you do, it might be worth it.
  • thibashthibash Member Posts: 506 Arc User
    In fleet events with multiple ships (like CE) it could be useful. But it sounds mostly like a carrier skill otherwise.
  • canis36canis36 Member Posts: 737 Arc User
    Personally I've found it very much to my liking even though I don't run ships with pets most of the time. For a Tactical captain running Tactical focused ships it's not going to be too terribly impressive, but for a Cruiser or Science ship driver that passed up the Attack Patterns skill because you had better places to spend your points it's actually quite good. If you are running a ship with pets like a carrier or command cruiser it gets even better yes, but it's far from useless if you're not.
  • meimeitoomeimeitoo Member Posts: 12,594 Arc User
    Pardon my daftness, but how is Focusssed Assault related to pets?!

    I tried it a few times, but didn't think it could compete with APB1 or APO3/APB3 (the only two position left, as Lt. Cmdr is usually taken for BFAW).
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  • warmaker001bwarmaker001b Member Posts: 9,205 Arc User
    Focused Assault is also a pretty high ranking Tactical ability. Starting at Lt. You willing to give up some very useful Lt, LtCmdr, Cmdr TAC abilities for Focused Assault?
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  • meimeitoomeimeitoo Member Posts: 12,594 Arc User
    warmaker001b wrote: »
    Focused Assault is also a pretty high ranking Tactical ability. Starting at Lt. You willing to give up some very useful Lt, LtCmdr, Cmdr TAC abilities for Focused Assault?

    Like I said, I wasn't. :) FA is not bad per se, but it can't replace my usual Attack Patterns I have slotted in the available positions for it.
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  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    With Reprocity, it might be interesting particular for the discerning Escort Captain that already has all the other buffs running? You don't need to double on any tactical skills anymore in an Escort, so the question is - what else can you add to buff your ships firepower?

    Unless Focused Assault shares any cooldowns with Attack Patterns, Beam or Cannon buffs, Tactical Team or Torpedoes, it seems like a good addition there. Better, at least, than running nothing. ;)​​
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  • rmy1081rmy1081 Member Posts: 2,840 Arc User
    mustrumridcully0 wrote: »
    With Reprocity, it might be interesting particular for the discerning Escort Captain that already has all the other buffs running? You don't need to double on any tactical skills anymore in an Escort, so the question is - what else can you add to buff your ships firepower?

    Unless Focused Assault shares any cooldowns with Attack Patterns, Beam or Cannon buffs, Tactical Team or Torpedoes, it seems like a good addition there. Better, at least, than running nothing. ;)​​

    FA shares a cd with noting. I'm using it on my Altia in the commander spot for the CE event. I still have room for CSV, CRF, TS2, and APB, so it's nice being able to buff everyone's DPS on the map. I gave up APO but pilot tree lets me escape from tractor beams.

    I have an odyssey build that's able to run FAW3, APB1, and FA1, but I rely on AHOD and TI for uptime.

    It's great for transformers in ISA.
  • lordsteve1lordsteve1 Member Posts: 3,492 Arc User
    edited August 2015
    meimeitoo wrote: »
    Pardon my daftness, but how is Focusssed Assault related to pets?!

    I tried it a few times, but didn't think it could compete with APB1 or APO3/APB3 (the only two position left, as Lt. Cmdr is usually taken for BFAW).

    I believe it's so good with pets because everything attacking gets that bonus damage over a period of up to 20 seconds, so with more "friendlies" in the air it means more ships to take advantage of that. Two full hangers of fighters on a marked target is going to be a lot of extra damage being done if they all attack in that 20 seconds or so. Plus if it dies during that period the cool-down is halved.

    Only thing I cannot find out is can the same ship take advantage it multiple times within that "active" period? Over 20 seconds you could have a fighter get bonus damage up to 6 times for 3 seconds each, that's a fair amount of damage and coupled with something like Tholian fighters spamming out APB would be devastating.
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  • mscowboymscowboy Member Posts: 231 Arc User
    edited August 2015
    The cool down is a bit long for pve, but it might work well as part of a kill combo in pvp.
  • smokeybacon90smokeybacon90 Member Posts: 2,252 Arc User
    If it started at ensign rather than lieutenant then it would be a far more interesting power.
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  • meimeitoomeimeitoo Member Posts: 12,594 Arc User
    lordsteve1 wrote: »
    meimeitoo wrote: »
    Pardon my daftness, but how is Focusssed Assault related to pets?!

    I tried it a few times, but didn't think it could compete with APB1 or APO3/APB3 (the only two position left, as Lt. Cmdr is usually taken for BFAW).

    I believe it's so good with pets because everything attacking gets that bonus damage over a period of up to 20 seconds, so with more "friendlies" in the air it means more ships to take advantage of that. Two full hangers of fighters on a marked target is going to be a lot of extra damage being done if they all attack in that 20 seconds or so. Plus if it dies during that period the cool-down is halved.

    Only thing I cannot find out is can the same ship take advantage it multiple times within that "active" period? Over 20 seconds you could have a fighter get bonus damage up to 6 times for 3 seconds each, that's a fair amount of damage and coupled with something like Tholian fighters spamming out APB would be devastating.

    Okay, that explains the pet situation. :) Good. Didn't realize pets would benefit too.

    Still, while FA doesn't share a cd with other Tact abilities, it *does* share a station slot with them, of course, so it's still hard for me to see, in PvE, what I could let go instead. Probably nothing even. :) But maybe I can try it again on a ship with pets.
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  • orondisorondis Member Posts: 1,447 Arc User
    If you're using Kemocite and an attack pattern and still have some room, it's certainly worth using. Otherwise I wouldn't replace either of the other two.
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