[ST:O] Alright josh new spec.

RainMotorsports

RainMotorsports

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Alright after failing to commit traits and a tactical misassessment of my prey I have played with a few possible configurations.

Arch tell me what you think about this in comparison to my previous mistake:
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Ground is minimal and tuned to fit whats required to fill out points.

This time I am paying attention to the science abilities that will help me in combat wether by resisting attacks or enhancing abilities. Started out with the minimums to advance the next category based on what i desired. Pretty much took what I wanted to 7 (1 in the red). Dialed back some areas by one as needed to balance the points out. Once it was filled I put the last of the points into the more "important" things which you will see capped out. Could have spent those points elsewhere as well.

Keeping a little in subsystem repair. Its hard to say how much this is needed but I know how vulnerable it is to have systems down id like to be safer on that. I don't think the 4500 points is needed elsewhere. But there is some question to sensors. It affects stealth detection and in PVP this can be important. But is it?

Edit - Back on subsystem seems its a dead skill and it doesnt help against the one thing i was worried about, boarding parties. This post says it has some affect but only really if maxed out. I will probably redistribute those points - http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=3699086&postcount=13
 
You can also purchase a warp core that has susb-system disable resist.

"tactical misassessment of my prey" - translation: "I got my ass kicked. By Khan. WTF!!!"
 
Translation I was fighting a completely different ship than I have been for the last 2 months and no one bothered to say shit.
 
RainMotorsports said:
Translation I was fighting a completely different ship than I have been for the last 2 months and no one bothered to say shit.
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To be fair, Josh didn't know. I had joined the Metro channel to confirm I could buy a ship using our provisions from another fleet's starbase. He said he thought it was possible, as that's how you did it. That's all that was said about it. I still don't know if that's possible, because I "paid" my daily dilithium donation in lieu for a EC "fee".

The ship is nice. .99 shield modifier instead of the .9, more base hull strength than the VADM level (and even more since I'm an Engy), and the additional tactical console slot along with another tactical boff slot. The ranks of the Boffs are a little different and I had to lose Rapid Fire 2 to gain Scatter Volley 2. I'll take some screens of my layout and specs.
 
No I used another fleets provisions. You had to leave the fleet right? Then you used theirs. It seems ships might not be possible but most things are otherwise.

Scatter volley is probably acceptable for 1v1 but its gonna weaken focus fire in multi target combat.

Edit - Actually against me it helps with the mines and fighters.

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RainMotorsports said:
No I used another fleets provisions. You had to leave the fleet right? Then you used theirs. It seems ships might not be possible but most things are otherwise.

Scatter volley is probably acceptable for 1v1 but its gonna weaken focus fire in multi target combat.

Edit - Actually against me it helps with the mines and fighters.

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Yea, I used another fleet's. And you're right, everything *but* Fleet ships apparently. At first I didn't care much for scatter volley, but over the last couple of weeks its came in pretty handy.
 
I was gonna say if you wanted to spec an engineer for tac I'd take off the first one and dedicate points to things affecting your natural abilities. Being you are specd for engineer that's already true.

Since your not tanking you could lose threat control so the NPCs will leave you alone more often. Its useless in PVP but you do get the defense buff as Josh pointed out. If you plan to fly both tac and eng then I'd say leave your shit as is looks well enough for tac.

If you plan to play Tac ships only or do like me and fly hybrid cruiser escorts if change a couple things up. If your weapons power doesn't naturally rest at 125 over 100 then I'd up that starship weapons performance to 6 or 7 its at 3 now. I'd have to look at the rest when I get home. If you plan to tank if change nothing and even if you stick with the tac ship its probably not worth the expense.

I'm respecing again tonight. My stipend hit just at the right time lol.

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RainMotorsports said:
I was gonna say if you wanted to spec an engineer for tac I'd take off the first one and dedicate points to things affecting your natural abilities. Being you are specd for engineer that's already true.

Since your not tanking you could lose threat control so the NPCs will leave you alone more often. Its useless in PVP but you do get the defense buff as Josh pointed out. If you plan to fly both tac and eng then I'd say leave your shit as is looks well enough for tac.

If you plan to play Tac ships only or do like me and fly hybrid cruiser escorts if change a couple things up. If your weapons power doesn't naturally rest at 125 over 100 then I'd up that starship weapons performance to 6 or 7 its at 3 now. I'd have to look at the rest when I get home. If you plan to tank if change nothing and even if you stick with the tac ship its probably not worth the expense.

I'm respecing again tonight. My stipend hit just at the right time lol.

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I waited all weekend for my stipend to drop, but it never did. I canceled while the servers were down today. My weapon power sits at 125 all the time, shields at 90 and the other two 40 or 35. I might grind out some Zen and respec, removing stuff from Threat Control and putting it in Weapons and putting everything else the way it is. If I had to take some out of my Ground Combat, that'd be fine too.
 
Your 4000 short on maxing space and that's 4000 that would come out of ground. The values from left to right are 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, 3000 per you should be able to plan ahead on that but sometimes you might not have enough in a rank and have to take it out of something else.

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