r/sto • u/Sputnik1_1957 • Oct 14 '24

Monday Megathread - your weekly "dumb question" thread Megathread

Post all the questions you may have about anything STO-related. PC? Console? Everyone's welcome to post their questions here.

Last thread can be found here.

Stay safe out there and happy flying!

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u/xxxxxxxSnakexxxxxxx Oct 20 '24

Quick question about modifiers (hull, shield, impulse, ect.): what do these numbers mean? How does this effect a ship's performance?

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u/Fleffle @vanderben Oct 20 '24 edited Oct 20 '24

They're all multipliers. So (given otherwise equal builds), a ship with a 1.5 mod would have a 50% higher stat than a ship with a 1.0 mod.

Hull: A T6 (or T5U) ship's at level 65 has a base hull of 45000 x HullMod. For lower levels and lower tier ships, the 45000 is replaced with a smaller number.

Shield: Same concept, but instead of coming from the ship's tier, your capacity comes from your equipped shield item. Note that when you look at the tooltip for a shield, it is already taking your ship's Shield Mod into account.

Impulse: Same concept, but for your movement speed. Like with shields, the baseline number is coming from your equipped impulse engine.