Engineers Power Distributor: Charge Enhanced Vs. Weapon Focused

[Washi]

OK if you don't manage your pips, don't boost and basically drift in your boat not shooting most of the time, then I agree, maybe weapon focused works for you.
I prefer more active playstyle.

 

[tomalus]

OK if you don't manage your pips, don't boost and basically drift in your boat not shooting most of the time, then I agree, maybe weapon focused works for you.
I prefer more active playstyle.

I wouldnt call that build really active, you just hold the button and the gibals do the work

 

[Ben Ryder]

Charge enhanced is more efficient at keeping all your systems energy levels higher allowing you to boost more often, take more damage and keep your weapons firing for longer - pip dependent of course.

So charge enhanced is what I would need purely for PvE in conflict zones as my specialty?

EDIT - Anyone? A simple yes or no please.

 

[StiTch]

The bottom line: if you had to ask this question, you don't have a build specific enough to benefit from weapon focused.

 

[Marcus Tullius]

The answer is simple: charge enhanced. Something like this:

 

[Washi]

I wouldnt call that build really active, you just hold the button and the gibals do the work

Playstyle makes it active, not the choice of weapons. And why are you ignoring my python? Besides the vette still needs maneuvering. As I said, if you don't manage pips or boost, just float around and press the trigger whenever something happens to get in your crosshair, then weapon focused might be better.
If you actually try to get the most out of your ship, then charge enhanced all the way.

 

[StiTch]

Playstyle makes it active, not the choice of weapons. And why are you ignoring my python? Besides the vette still needs maneuvering. As I said, if you don't manage pips or boost, just float around and press the trigger whenever something happens to get in your crosshair, then weapon focused might be better.
If you actually try to get the most out of your ship, then charge enhanced all the way.

Er.

I would very much call "...don't manage your pips, don't boost and basically drift in your boat not shooting most of the time" the playstyle choice here.

I think the chap was agreeing with you?

 

[Soulkiller]

So charge enhanced is what I would need purely for PvE in conflict zones as my specialty?

EDIT - Anyone? A simple yes or no please.

If you use high cap draining weapons, you like the burst damage nature loadouts (like using OC beams) and you dont FAOFF reverski I would go with Weapon Focused.

 

[Mystweaver]

Please don't overlook the ~2MW difference in System & Engines... Personally I think that offsets the reduced capacitor as well.

i.e.
Weapons recharging 12.3% faster...
Engines recharging 58.8% faster...
Shields recharging 42.1% faster...
Weapons Cap is 60.7% the size of the Weapon Focused PD (or Weapon focused Cap is 64.5% larger)

So say the numbers on the figures I imagined above in worst vs best case scenario... I'll take Charge Enhanced still

Likely the margins are closer though. Perhaps the difference isn't so large (but its not that much of a stretch).

But then again I'm only running 4 medium and 1 large efficient beams so no nothing about PA's

 

[Pyrotiger]

The bottom line: if you had to ask this question, you don't have a build specific enough to benefit from weapon focused.

I get it. Cheers.

 

[Tribiyani]

Don't overlook that MJ cap and recharge are not the only factors to consider.

Pips to systems and engines also buff shields and speed. There is no comparable buff to weps.

So going weapons focused allows a Cmdr to achieve more with less pips in weps and reserve those precious pips for buffs.

Put another way,
1. with weps focus you'll get away with fighting without putting more than a pip and half in weps
2. With high recharge how often are your pips sitting somewhere where they're not actually contributing anything useful...either cos the banks are fully charged or they're not providing a buff.