Moff VERY low damage, needs a re-work? Is he for defense only?

He doesn't do that much dmg, no. It can be.boosted by using his basic for several turns first, yes, but I rather prefer using the AoE often for its TM reduction.

Tarkin is quite good. He reduces others damage and crit chance and thats 2 extra debuffs for Vaders saber throw. You can put him in Thrawn lead when another Vader is faster and than reduce everyone's damage and than aoe tm reduction. Its a quite nice character which also is later on extremely tanky. I have 70% efficiency with him as he scales damage and defense with this stat. I use him in TW and TB. He is a strong character.

Tarkin is all about potency. 30% is not enough. You want him to have potency coming out his ears. Keep leveling and gearing him up and he gets much better. Mine is level 85 gear 11, has 83% potency, and he’s effective in my arena team and in raids. He’s especially useful for taking down the enemy team’s turn meter in arena battles.

He's excellent for nerf-ing the other team's offense in GW, Arena, etc. AoE debuffs work near-constantly under Palpatine or with really high potency on his own.

His Zeta unique boosts his Potency to ridiculous levels when combined with Palpatine/Vader or other debuffers. Which then increases the offense of Ultimate Firepower even further. I've wiped out multiple attackers from full health with it when timed right.

For sure his TM removal and Offense down are huge plus's and part of why I went for him in the first place but what about this actual damage? I know his Omegas and Zeta will give him more but how about without them? Is getting him to say 60% pot really going to make that much difference over 30? (won't effect his basic, and I found the extra 35% from Palp vs w/o it did not make that much difference?)

As mentioned I just thought damage would be somewhat higher under Palp (+35%) and getting Pot up (+50%) before using the Firepower, and again even his basic seems weak when everyone is alive which should give him 50% more damage.

If I get him to say G9 and maybe 70% Pot, and stick Omega on his basic I want to know it will be worth it (I won't have resources for Zeta for him for forever too many other priorities, even for Omegas really)

Thanks again.

ps - side question - what things will boost his ship abilities/power the most?

The omegas on his basic and first special are required for him to be the most useful.

Regarding Executrix, everything you do to Tarkin affects his capital ship except mod abilities. So that means increasing his level, abilities, gear, and stars, and ensuring all his mods are 5* and fully upgraded will all increase the power of Executrix. I believe the ship gets boosted according to power increase, so the things that give the most power increase to Tarkin would affect Executrix the most.

I see the problem, his multiplier on his AOE is WAY too low!

Even with Omega so maxed it is 0.439. Now look at what Potency is adding with this crummy low multiplier.

Say my current special damage is 1400. Then take his Potency 30% + 35%Palp + 50% Pot up = 115%, so we add 230 Offense.

(Base special dmg +115) * move multiplier = damage dealt.

Before potency boosts 1400 * 0.439 = 614. After boost (1400 + 230) * 0.439 = 715. Yipee lol

Even w/ Omegas & Zetas, the crummy multiplier will still ensure it is fairly low.

Look at a FULLY maxed Tarkin, he's got 1505-1663 on AOE before pot boost, which is 3609 * 0.439 = 1584 avg after RNG factor. Now say you have 70% pot on him, use him under Palp, Pot up, AND Omega basic used 3 times before using AOE. 70+35+50+150 = 305 x 2 = 610. Plug that in now and you get: (3609 + 610) * 0.439 = 1852. A whole boost of 268, whoopie, this is crap guys.

4 turn cooldown too does not help things here either.

BL - I guess his AOE is just not for damage, at all, it is for TM removal only. I don't think I will invest much in him, just star him up to get R2 is all, he is more of a defensive play for sure removing offense and TM, just a shame he doesn't help a little more on offense. I mean his AOE should at least be doing 3K high level not < 2, that is laughable, honestly this needs a tweak/re-work IMO no one should be doing <2K dmg fully maxed

I just ran an arena test and got 5029 on the opposing tarkin and 8725 on the opposing Vader using his ability at the end of the battle. And my Tarkin is only G10. I've heard of it hitting well over 10k in the right situations.

Like others have said, he's not typically used for damage (mine is g12, all omegas, and his basic is still very weak). He's a support that does AOE TMR and offense and crit chance down. In the current EP meta, stacking all those debuffs will feed your team a lot of extra TM.

BUT, if you were dead set on getting a lot of damage, it's theoretically doable:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euFK309AqsU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdExAGMK3OE

He needs tons of potency and good speed to be efficient.I have him at G12 with both zetas on him and potency over 100% and use him in the arena and in the fleet arena (his capital ship).All around good character when geared and moded properly.His Executrix is almost fully maxed out since they released the gear needed to do that and he is one of my strongest toons.Never regret investing in him.Under Palp lead he is great since you'll be using his AoE at start to remove the enemy's TM and let your team go wild on them.