Pretty much. In fact I changed my playstyle since I really wasn't helping the team much I was just melting face of everyone I met. While it got me top of the damage charts constantly I wasn't doing **** for the team as a whole. After rolling my powertech it has changed my playstyle and I am much more team focused then I was when I first started my Mara. Damage is lower but I get a lot more mvp votes due to helping out the team instead of just charge, kill, rinse, repeat.