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I can guarantee it will be abused. It's one of the more "fun" features in WoW. On a bad run, group members will try to kick each other repeatedly. It's annoying.
As an engineer, I use the Charal now, after using both the Mobius (temporal destroyer) and Steamrunner. Mobius is excellent, but I enjoy using the wing cannons on the Andorian escort.
I watched the original series growing up (and loved the cartoons as a kid) and the newer series (TNG, DS9, Voyager, Enterprise) later on. They were good. None of this prevented me from enjoying the most recent movie. It was done well.
That's exactly it. I started playing again recently after roughly a two year break. I can finish missions quicker with an escort. The weakness inherent to escorts is mitigated by my class. That makes it a better choice until I have the gear to fly a cruiser as I would like.
I fly escorts almost exclusively as an engineer. The new Andorian Charal Escort seems to be working well for me, but I've only used it for a day so far. I used a Mobius Temporal Destroyer prior to that as well as the Steamrunner (Blockade runner escort retrofit). Plenty of survivability, good dps for all. Escorts synergize…