...I'm even more disappointed than I was in the PTS.
I can't find a single thing it's better at than the classic four piece. Well...maybe LZ boss runs with extra firearms but then skills aren't even needed.
I've tried several different approaches to Lex and it just simply doesn't work with the hard reset at every elevator. The only way to proc the six piece is to use a level 5 gun and intentionally drag the mission out.
Having to land 90 shots on a target before I'm allowed to use the second skill is useless.
Having to land 30 shots before I'm allowed to use the first skill is just as useless.
The only way the build makes any sense at all is stacking it heavily into firearms and stamina. Then cool downs are long even with all the extra skill haste.
The only reason I'm keeping it is in hopes it will be re-worked completely. Same for Alpha Bridge.
So it's back to my now six month long grind for that last piece of Striker and business as usual with my old Tactician.
Hey you got your pieces.
Yea I have been working mine too. I have 5 piece with inventive. But I have more stamina and 390k (8942) electronics, 50% skill haste, approx 30 EAD and 25 dte. My 4 piece, LBC and inventive has 430k (10009) electronics, 47% skill haste, 30 ead and 25 dte. A bit less stamina. But who cares. I have predatory, talented on one and talented destructive on my weapons.
Basically 10 second seekers.
Its horrible. used it for 2 missions and went to the base and put my Relentless back on, it really is a pain in the arse to use it therefore i wont. Ill just take my little bit of extra skill power and act like the 6 piece never came out because in my mind, it didnt, what was put out was a farce and just another slap in the face to skill builds everywhere. same goes for the 6 pc FC, used it for one mission and changed it back to its former glory.Originally Posted by mckrackin5324 Go to original post
Tactician is my main playstyle I absolutely love it, I was living in hope they would make the classified somehow workable in PvP, firecrest is my second favourite and once again massive dissapointment.
The only way i have found to efficiently use the 6 piece is to run showstopper and spam it at everything, but you get held back all the time, the 6 piece bonus actually stops you using skills, "Oh a group i need to sticky now!" but you can't because you'll lose your stack thats taken 2mins of juggling to get.
Going back to the pre classified build is far better but I am stubbornly sticking to 6 piece at the moment in some hope i can figure out how to make it work.
I was thinking of lowering electronics a lot and putting it into stamina for PvP, build the stacks and still get 450k soft cap skill power, right now i get well over 600k skillpower with 60 stack and gun procs, I forget the exact amount now think its like 660k, which from my understanding is kinda pointless.
It is, watch Marco's video on tacticians. The difference between 30 stacks and 60 stacks on a 10K Electronics build using a BFB is 1.38 mil and 1.5 mil.Originally Posted by Hereward1977 Go to original post
So in essence 30% Skill Power = a mere 8% increased damage and the cooldown is barely effected.
Oh wow that's worse than i thought, so we have to juggle skills, align the planets, make sure the moon is in its right phase, manage to shoot lots of things with a pea shooter and a build that's probably the squishiest in the game for an 8% increase.....Originally Posted by MrFuddyDuddy Go to original post
You know what i loved this game until this GE, i was unlucky enough to miss the last one and only bought the game after it finished, took a week off work and ground all 4 new sets in the hope I would be competitive in PvP.
I'm feeling really quite down about it now
Was so looking forward to it as well, sigh.
I'm the same as the original poster as well, need knee pads for striker, guess back to grinding, whats worse is now 4 more sets of gear able to be dropped so the chances are even lower now, might as well just remove all sets apart from striker the way i see the game right now.
Running my Firecrest at 6/6/4 but thinking I'll switch to 6/4/6 for better cool downs.Originally Posted by Hereward1977 Go to original post
It's fun but all the fire is annoying at times in close quarters.
I really enjoy playing firecrest, really good fun, but setting yourself on fire none stop gets old pretty fast and once again useless in PvP, i tried a really tanky build a high electronics and a balanced build in PvP my hope was i could set them on fire regularly to off set the lack of sustain the other sets get but I found you rarely set people on fire and the turret is so slow at locking on and actually shooting your normally dead on the ground before it starts doing anything.Originally Posted by mckrackin5324 Go to original post
I think that it's time to retire tactician.
Sets based on skill / support concepts is the way to go.
Reclaimer,
Firecrest
D3FNC
Skill based Final Measure.
Either that or make a series of different Tactician backpacks that change how the sets 6 piece bonus functions based on the backpack.
Healer, Support, tank.
I would like a set that caters to status effect duration and Damage over time