Originally Posted by woodwhity

We once went there with five sci on sci ships and had no problem in completing the optional, even in CSE. So, your argument is invalid. Of course its very easy with an all Tac all escort team, but it is easy with an all sci team too.
Of course that only applies for players who know what to do.

Ah well and dont confuse backbone with ships built to attack. Those are two different things. Escorts are built for battle. Cruiser are for exploration and diplomacy. For large transports. For evacuation. All things escorts suck at.

Originally Posted by born2bwild1

This is not Star trek - it's a Space FPS with biggest gun wins. In Star Trek IP crusiers are the backbone of Starfleet - in STO they are just a handicap in alot of PvE.

Originally Posted by woodwhity

Of course it was premade. But even if not, when 5 decent player do it, you can do the optional.

But even a 5 tac-escort pug team is able to screw up any stf. So its not so much the ship you fly, its you and your skill which determines whether or not you win.

Originally Posted by born2bwild1

Its hard to do a lot of damage when you only have 6 weapons and 2 tac consoles - no matter how good your skills are. And most sci skills don't have much effect on Borg NPC's - shield stripping? nope - system shutdown? nope - tractoring cubes? nope.