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Forgoing a Firefighting Tool
Indreams:
A main engineer load-out is mallet - spanner - spray/extinguisher.
A buff engineer load-out is wrench - buff - spray/extinguisher.
But these load-outs are common place.
So, a load-out of mallet - spanner - buff. Is this viable? Is this recommendable? Can we hear opinions or anecdotes?
sparklerfish:
People often do that for 3-engi builds when the other two have fire tools. It can work but I personally feel naked and vulnerable without my chem...
Replaceable:
As of late I've been using that, but I have B'elanna and Tyb to cover my chem, so I needn't worry..
Alistair MacBain:
As already said thats common for triple engi builds.
imagine a Pyra ...
Main goes standard mallet spanner chem ...
Buff engi on balloon goes wrench buff chem
And the third engi on the topright weapon goes mallet spanner buff.
You get both your guns buffed and a pretty quick rebuild for the balloon.
Its only really viable for experienced crews however as it forces people to coordinate even more and split tasks.
Idea behind this is that you barely benefit from a third chem but you highly benefit from a buff and a third engi that can rebuild his guns alone pretty quick.
Replaceable:
It's quite good on a blenderfish too. The Heavy Carronader can take mallet/spanner/buff and heavy clip. The other engis can manage chem. And you can buff the gun and hull, and help rush quickly to the hull to rebuild if need be. #Survivability
Oh and on a Galleon with left side hades/lumber/flak i quite like it, counters guns being constantly destroyed pretty well. You're also in a good position to buff the turning engines and the main engine using the jumping trick thing. And if you're the flak gunner you can buff all the guns whilst waiting for a hull break.
It might be good as the heavy gunner on a spire too- again maybe with a flak gun but I haven't tried that yet..
Oh and I think Sammy (the duck junker guy ;) ) has mallet spanner buff on the bottom of his Junker. Presumably so both can rush to the hull (to combat the low perma of a Junker) and to combat how vunerable the main engine and bottom guns are to burst Artemis.
I can't see it fitting in on a Mobula.
Maybe a squid?
Also, Indreams it's good to see you asking questions, starts up some interesting threads :D
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