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In ViL, what career(s) will you choose for your new character(s)?
locutusofcactus
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In ViL, what career(s) will you choose for your new character(s)?
In ViL, what career(s) will you choose for your new character(s)? 88 votes
Tactical
38%
34 votes
Engineering
4%
4 votes
Science
9%
8 votes
Tactical & Engineering
9%
8 votes
Tactical & Science
5%
5 votes
Engineering & Science
1%
1 vote
All three
19%
17 votes
Other
12%
11 votes
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So, when I make a Jem'hadar....I am sticking with either Engineer or Science officers.
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They've given us a new character slot for free each time they added a faction. Don't see why they wouldn't now.
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yeah kinda boring but, it fits the race
I'll run my existing character through the missions and call it done.
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Tac is boring, but I had to have tac mains to keep it different than my sci main.
I meant beyond that.
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So far I always saw to an equal career distribution in my toon gang and technically a new sci would be in order now. Nevertheless I have 3 of those already and don’t feel the need to explore this aspect more. Truth of the matter is that even after the S13 nerf revamp tacs are still pretty much like 30% more efficient in what they do, no matter what they do.
I also have plans for my Jemi tac by making my first dedicated torpedo build in like years. Odenknight’s ( @darkknightucf ) recent discussion on topic got me interested enough to give it a try and see how bad things are really here. A few years back cannons where considered to be the black sheep, I never could see how as I always managed to get around 200k (b4 and after the skill revamp).
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While I do like the concept of the sci it's powers are kinda "meh", spamming APA & GDF may be boring but it just gets stuff done more efficiently.
I've always found tacs pretty dull and engies have lost some of their shine.
Will more than likely still play through on my original STO character and leave making a jem until a recruitment thing for at least the tutorial section. After which I suspect it'll be simply dropping them into the same old fed aimed writing regardless of race or faction so playing more will depend a lot on how tedious the systems are.
In reverse order:
Cannons weren't considered to be the black sheep, especially during the "Escort Online" days (pre-S8). Aside from proc mechanics failures, critD failure, fewer dedicated traits compared to their beam counterparts, the need for higher ranked seating, and power management issues, cannons (specifically DC's and DHC's) handled business very well in the hands of a proper pilot.
I'd like your assessment on the state of torps; the good, the bad, and the ugly. It's good to have a fresh set of eyes look at a situation and see if one has missed something, and I'd like to get your honest opinion on the state of torps in this game.
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Same boat.
While they likely will give everyone a free character slot once the expansion goes live, one slot won't cut it for me. Being at the current cap sucks and I can't bring myself to delete. May as well ask a parent which child they want to get rid of. Now, if I made the character with the full intent of deleting it, like a mule, then okay, sure, I could delete that one.
But, if they don't increase the current character cap, I'll actually be forced to make a Jem and KEEP it. Not simply to unlock the 'current' Jem ships for all my other alts, but in case they ever decide to make more Jem ships. I want to make a Cardassian as well, but, with no more slots, I can't do that.
My worst fear right now is that a potential Gamma/Jem'Hadar Recruitment event may require both a Fed aligned AND a KDF aligned Jem in order to get all the rewards, similar to how the Delta Recruit event works. Oh, sure, you can get a majority of the rewards with just one, but my OCD says all or nothing so I will need at least 2 slots to pull that off.
So, with all that said, I'd make 1 Jem of each career if I can. If it turns out I'll only be able to make just 1, probably Tac, or maybe Engineer if I can come up with a good idea. And this does not include what if any Cardies I could make.
I really hope they raise the character cap, otherwise, I may be done.
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