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Wesstan, Sat 08 Oct, 2016 4:47 PM
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  1. Wesstan
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    #1
    Posted Sat 08 Oct, 2016 4:47 PM
    Hello everyone,

    i mainly play my mainchar which is a very diverse FED Tactical officer. it flies Enegry/Torpedo/Hybrid builds aswell as Drain and Exotic damage builds. I like tanking with it but also being an offensive glass cannon.

    What do you think would be the best space specialization combination that would fit for all of those builds? I really dont want to switch my specializations whenever i switch my ship so any advice is appreciated.

    Thank you,

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    #2
    Posted Tue 11 Oct, 2016 2:10 PM
    I personally can't get out of Pilot as a Secondary, regardless of what I'm flying. A turn rate increase and temp HP from Attack Patterns are too nice for me to give up.

    I've heard Temporal (which has benefits when you slap a DoT on things) work well with Exotic/Drain, but I'm not familiar with it.
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    #3
    Posted Tue 11 Oct, 2016 5:46 PM
    I'd say try out Intel/pilot or Intel/temp agent. But as Dark said I would agree with I'd miss the benefits from pilot spec with turn rate/hp from attack patterns.

    Maybe you dont struggle with turn rate or staying alive. Definitely try out Intel/temp agent. Intel allows you to have shield pen. Another option is Command but a lot of people dislike it (dont know why) but it goes with torps.
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    #4
    Posted Tue 11 Oct, 2016 6:19 PM
    The benefit to have all your abilities on minimum cooldown is way better than anything the other spec can provide so Temp/Strat is the current meta of this game.
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    Posted Tue 11 Oct, 2016 6:36 PM
    Originally Posted by Bridger
    The benefit to have all your abilities on minimum cooldown is way better than anything the other spec can provide so Temp/Strat is the current meta of this game.
    Seems overkill with so much giving reduce cooldown. Even from rep passives give bonuses to this haha.
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    Posted Tue 11 Oct, 2016 7:07 PM
    Originally Posted by Gunges
    Seems overkill with so much giving reduce cooldown. Even from rep passives give bonuses to this haha.
    Well that is Cryptic for you.
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    #7
    Posted Wed 12 Oct, 2016 2:08 PM
    All my abilities are already on minimum cooldowns. At least the ones I should care about, I don't know if shaving 1-2 seconds off the third part of my attack rotation is worth switching away from space flanking and turn rate (in my space whale).
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    #8
    Posted Wed 12 Oct, 2016 8:25 PM
    thank you for the replies so far.
    i have all my skills on global cooldown aswell (reciprocity, ahod, peak efficiency, 1 tech krenim boff + bio neural gelpack).
    therefore i do not really need temp/strat for the reductions. going the intel/pilot route again could be the best path then, eh?
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    #9
    Posted Sun 16 Oct, 2016 10:39 PM
    The reason to use Temp/Spec is to be able to slot dps buffing traits, also following the current meta is to use exotic damage abilities like Feedback Pulse or Tractor Beam Repulsors to trigger a haste buff for your weapons.
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    Posted Wed 19 Oct, 2016 5:25 PM
    I was playing around a little with both combos (intel/pilot -temp/spec) and temp/spec felt a bit less quishy. intel/pilot on the other hand felt more maneuverable. Not sure if really do benefit from the cooldowns from temp/spec (see post above). The damage itself seems to be pretty much the same.

    Anyway. Thank you for the input so far. I am going to test a bit more.
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    Posted Fri 21 Oct, 2016 12:18 PM
    The reason for you not seeing any difference is that your Starship Traits and Specializations are redutand to each other.
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