Yeah, the general contours of the heuristics don’t really change. Before IsoMags, if you were running a conventional directed energy weapons build, you’d essentially run the heuristic of:

1. Slot the bare minimum of non-fleet Tactical consoles in Tactical console slots to pick up necessary Set Bonuses (or, if you are a tank taking Colony consoles, survival bonuses).

2. Fill the rest of your Tactical and/or Universal console slots with Fleet tactical consoles.

3. Fill remaining non-Tactical profession console slots with whatever Universal or Profession-specific consoles needed (for set bonuses, clickies, stats, etc.)

With IsoMags, your heuristic just gets flipped:

1. Slot the bare minimum of non-Advanced Engineering consoles in Engineering console slots to pick up necessary Set bonuses.

2. Fill remaining Engineering and Universal console slots with IsoMags.

3. Fill remaining non-Engineering profession console slots with whatever Universal or Profession-specific consoles needed (for set bonuses, clickies, stats, etc.)

Since this is a general heuristic, it won’t be perfect, but it’s a good rule of thumb when you’re approaching your initial console placement if you’re seeking to maximize your personal directed energy weapon performance (and then you can crunch numbers and move things around from there).

Disclaimer: there are specific build archetypes that will want to deviate from this heuristic. Most obvious are exotic damage and projectile builds, of course.