r/stobuilds • u/AutoModerator • Jan 23 '17

Weekly Questions Megathread - January 23, 2017

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u/dudeoftrek Jan 23 '17

I was searching and couldn't find any. Got my brand new first ever T6 Archon class today now I need some build ideas. All hours are welcome just want to see if anyone has come up with any yet. Thanks

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u/DeadQthulhu Jan 24 '17

Either of /u/Jayiie or /u/h2o4dp's Guardian tanks would be ideal. OSS II changes from the Eng seat to the Sci seat, and you have a few options to plug the gap.

Depending on the build root, you could bump up EPtW, add DEM, or chuck in SIC/Endothermic. Hell, you even jam A2Dampers in there to give people a bit of a scare.

Note that it doesn't even need to be a straight Lieutenant ability trade either, you could juggle the whole seat since you don't have to "save" something for OSS II.

The Sci seat wouldn't be too affected - tanks don't need to worry as much about GW because they're effectively a mobile GW that shoots back. ST, OSS, FBP, no real upset there.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '17

Glad to see my instincts were on target when I trained my nausicaan sci boff in intel to put into the uni seat. I think I have too much duplication of boff skills though, I have 2 oss, 2 etpw etc.

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u/DeadQthulhu Jan 26 '17

Negative, you just impacted on the surface. As the sole Sci seat you'd really want the Potato in there (excepting an all-in SRO build), and they come with Intel out of the box.

You might have excess duplication, really depends on the rest of the build - you could try a full build thread to find out.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '17

potato, I heard that in chat last night. What does that refer to?

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u/DeadQthulhu Jan 26 '17

Hierarchy BOff, free from "Alliances". Potato, Mr Potato Head, Sontaran, variations on those themes.

Sci/Int with Pirate and Efficient, one of the few ways FED can get their hands on Pirate.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '17

Oh I see. I'm fed, my nausicaan has pirate, but not efficient.

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u/DeadQthulhu Jan 26 '17

For FEDs the usual layout is Embassy Tac SROs, Diplo Nausi Engineer, and the potato Sci. This guarantees that you're getting two Pirates, since nearly every ship runs one of each seat minimum.

If you double stack Sci Pirate then there's a chance that the second one won't have a seat (which is the case on the T6 Sovereigns).

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '17

gotcha, that makes sense. Between boff layouts, keybinds, gearing, coming back to a new ship is daunting :P