Tactical Flyer squadrons VS Tactical Attack Fighters

[Lazerios]

What is the difference? Aside that one seem to be for KDF and the other for FED? Are they basicly the same? Is one better over Another just for the AI? Can both be used on FED and KDF when the ship is unlocked?

Also ultimately, after the above is made clear, are the elite Scorpion squadrons better? I saw the numbers on those, but not for either the tactical flyers or tactical attack fighters.

[Maj_Cyric]

Tactical Flyer squadrons & Tactical Attack Fighters are device consumables... They are very small craft that lack torps and Tactical skills like FaW or BO... There is also a Hangar Bay version for them also (For the new carrier ships I think).. Think of them like a swarm of Bees... (They use Micro Beam Arrays)

I believe are the same item but function differently based on who uses them (what type of craft they spawn)..

While Elite Scorpion Fighters are Hanger Pets (use a Hanger Bay).. The best version is the Ultra Rare version (is the case for all Hangar Pets, and Ultra Rare Pets are bought from the Fleet Starbase or Spire).. I use these on my D9 Dreadnought Battlecruiser when I drive it (or any other ship with a hangar on my KDF toon)..

Personally I think the Elite Kelvin Timeline Assault Drones are the best Hangar pets cause they each have Torpedo: Spread I & Beam: Fire at Will I.. But can only be used on a Kelvin Timeline Intel Dreadnought Cruiser..

[Lazerios]

I am really specifically speaking of hangar pets

[VoodooMike]

Originally posted by Lazerios:

What is the difference? Aside that one seem to be for KDF and the other for FED? Are they basicly the same? Is one better over Another just for the AI? Can both be used on FED and KDF when the ship is unlocked?

One is Fed, one is KDF. Fed uses phasers, KDF uses disruptors. I don't think hangar pets get energy procs so its really just down to flavor, not function. You don't get the other faction's pet from one faction's ship, so having a discovery-era constitution won't unlock the D7's tactical attack fighters, nor with having the D7 unlock the fed-side tactical flyers.

Originally posted by Lazerios:

Also ultimately, after the above is made clear, are the elite Scorpion squadrons better? I saw the numbers on those, but not for either the tactical flyers or tactical attack fighters.

Absolutely not. Scorpion squadrons are trash... they're even worse than non-squadron scorpions. The Jem'Hadar Fighter Squadrons are the best hangar pet if you have Superior Area Denial, otherwise it depends on the content you're doing.

Scorpions are good when you need to switch between targets often as their heavy torpedoes will switch targets as well... generally, though, Obelisk Swarmers will be the go-to pet if you lack the SAD trait. They seem to outdamage most things if you can keep them alive, especially with something like the Voth Carrier Synergy trait.

Tactical Flyer and Fighter pets are pretty decent if you have the SAD trait, as they have a ton of beam arrays... but at the moment are heavily outperformed by Jem'Hadar Fighter Squadrons in conjunction with the trait.