This boss can and is usually beaten when I've faced it. The main thing you need to remember is that the entire group needs to make the boss the priority target as soon as it spawns. All other targets are secondary. Frankly this applies for all of the bosses in fleet alerts but the scimitar in particular. If you leave the…
Just tested again and I am getting the same thing happening even when not in combat and have nothing targeted. Also when I make sure to target msyelf before using the skill by pressing F1 I still sometimes get an autotarget switch from msyelf to a friendly npc nearby which gives them the heals instead of my battered ship.
Yeah the special boffs you get from the story missions often have special costume options that only they can choose. Thats why I am keeping mine even if I'm not using them. They add character to my crew.
Last time I used mine was when the advanced version came out in the D-store. They had nerfed how much shielding they damaged and I didnt see any difference in using them to knock down shields as opposed to using a hanger of fighters. I haven't used them since.
This is also a problem on holodeck. the only keybinds that work are fire phasers, fire torps, and fire all weapons. Binding anything to the other weapon combos does nothing.