>1) Never play science ships. Science was nerfed hard just after launch
>and while it's somewhat recovered, the benefits of a Commander Sci
>station don't outweigh the disadvantage of only being able to run six
>weapons. Apparently a Science revamp is being mooted for Season 9?
>Watch this space.

The secondary deflector on the Dyson ships is being expanded to all the Science ships, much like how Cruiser commands started out on the Avenger and Mogh battlecruisers.

>2) Beams + their damage boosting consoles + Beam Fire at Will is a
>really solid strategy. Never mix weapon types or damage types. You
>will see a lot of players who do this. They are bad.

Or we give zero fucks about the math and just like pretty laser rainbows :)

Matrix Dragon, J. Random Nutter