r/sto • u/Sputnik1_1957 • Nov 17 '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/EV1LSPOCK Dec 01 '24
Created a new Cardassian/Fed toon, and set it up with a T6 Cardassian Damar Intel Science dreadnought. At the initial starting level the ship was stripped of a good number of weapons/available slots and gradually gained them back as the ship levelled up (normal obviously). My question is - where did those default T6 weapons (spiral wave disruptor based) that were stripped from the default Damar loadout disappear to? The only place I can seemingly find them is in the dilithium store's Reclaim tab for about 45K dil apiece, which seems steep for weapons that came as standard equipment. Am I correct in thinking that it might be better to ditch the current ship once the toon is at a high enough level and claim a new version of it that has all of the T6 weapons/slots included to avoid the dilithium expense? Just wondering if I'm missing something obvious.
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u/Freakium Charge weapons & load all torpedoes. Spacebar! Dec 01 '24
That's right. Dismiss and grab a new one and all the slots should be properly equipped.
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u/Tyrannos_ Dec 01 '24
Did DECA nerf DOFF and Admiralty Dilithium Earning?
I've been holding posting this question for the past few months, but I've noticed my Dilithium ore numbers are slowly declining over time. And I'm doing the same exact routine that I've done on every characters for YEARS and it's actually starting to concern me.
I understand they want to reduce the Dilithium Inflation, but if everyone else is having this same effect, I hate to see what the game may look like this time next year. If I drop below 1 Mil, maybe I'll have to think my 15 year Mission might be coming to an end. Because I'm not spending real money on Dilithium. This isn't a Asian Gatcha after all.
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u/WaldoTrek Retired the D'Kora for Golden Nagus Dec 02 '24
Not that I've seen. If it was happening, we would see a lot more reports from other players about it, which we aren't.
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u/Tyrannos_ Dec 02 '24
That's why I had to ask. Now begs the mystery why I'm losing my reserves. if nothing changed? Perhaps an algorithm of somekind?
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u/Vanadijs Dec 01 '24
Are the Ferengi and Bajoran costumes only available for Fed characters? I've opened the Golden Ferengi ship but can't use the costumes on most of my characters.
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u/litemaster_sto STO Calendar (link in profile) Dec 01 '24
The costumes from the Grand Nagus giveaway (except the baseball uniforms) can even only be used on Ferengi characters, in an off-duty costume slot.
Bajoran outfits are indeed Fed only.
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u/Vanadijs Dec 01 '24
Thank you. I could open the boxes on my Andorian though. Haven't tried at the tailor, I suppose it won't work. My Fed Romulan and Orion couldn't even open the boxes.
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u/Hi-its-me-NK Romulan Nov 30 '24
does the dhaikhina class warbird have its own personal bridge like in the show?
also isn't this megathread suppost to be weekly? its 13 days old
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Nov 29 '24
does -NoAutoRotateLogs no longer work or did the syntax change? (I'm running under steam on linux, which rly shouldn't matter I think?) It used to work for me but no longer does, for some reason.
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u/XanthosGambit Nov 29 '24
Are Hull Image Refractors a better damage boost that the Flagship Tactical Computer console?
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u/partywhale Nov 30 '24
Hull Image Refractors is technically better, but the difference between them is pretty minimal (I replaced HIR with FTC on an existing energy build I have using the TRINITY tool).
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u/LuckyLogician Nov 29 '24
The La Sirena comes with the Fundamental Field Replicator console. Clicking it creates 9 copies of the La Sirena. If I put the console on another ship, does it create 9 copies of that ship? Or is it always 9 La Sirenas?
Reading through the internet, it seems like it is 9 La Sirenas. I was just hoping for confirmation from a player who actually has this ship/console. Still deciding if I want to pick up the Mudd's Fighter Pilot choice pack.
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u/TK11612 Nov 29 '24
Does anyone have a recommendation for a guide on crafting and upgrading gear? I can get to XV easily enough but advancing quality … I just don’t get it.
Also, are the set bonuses from groups of universal consoles (like all the ones that come with the legendary scimitar or the flagship bundle for Rom) generally worth it over having high grade engineering, tactical, and science consoles in those slots?
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u/Obviate20 Nov 29 '24
If you're just trying to get gear to Epic, my recommendation is as follows: there should be an upgrade weekend coming in the near future (normally follows the dil bonus weekend). Get lots of dil, convert to Phoenix boxes (if 40k dil = 10 pack) and convert them all down to Universal Tech Upgrades (one 10 pack will usually yield 15-20 upgrades). During Upgrade Weekend apply these to your items for a much quicker path to Epic (there is a modified approach to this when crafting from Mk II items by using Accelerators, but won't get into that here).
This applies outside of Upgrade Weekends as well, but at a slower rate.
Re-engineering is another important element to getting your gear where you want, and for that you need lots of salvage and yes more dil. But you can do it gradually later (and best way to get salvage IMO is Gon'Cra battlezone, or the patrols in Kern or Kinjer - bring your best ship and tear it up, and don't exit until you collect it all).
Your other question on set bonuses for universal consoles is highly dependent on your build, but in many cases the set bonuses really make a nice difference. I've done the Flagship set on some builds and it was fun, but personally it's not my go-to.
But there are combos considered situational or even meta: example for situational are event maps with lots of targets for instance, Discovery rep Mycelial Lightning really boosts your damage and kills, but it's less impactful against harder maps or single target bosses. For meta, many people will pair Lorca's Custom Fire Controls with Dark Matter Quantum Torp for the stacking crit severity bonus. Sci and Torp builds a whole different story.
There are too many other examples, I would recommend some time reviewing the builds used by the folks at STO Better, or (not as updated recently) DPS League.
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u/TK11612 Nov 29 '24
Thank you. I appreciate the insight. My Romulan is about to get the 6th trait from the Legendary Scimitar, and I'm not sure what ship I'll move on to form there. I know that I want to do an energy weapon build, and to be "RP friendly" I figured I would do plasma and one torpedo launcher.
It just feels squishy, and I know there are tons of things factoring into that from BOFF abilities to slotted DOFFs and all of that. I was curious how much of an effect having 5 universal consoles slotted might have. Currently it has 2 of the Advanced Scimitar Systems and 3 Flagship consoles.
I have tons of lobi from over the years, having never spent it, and several tokens to by ability slots and cross faction consoles. This is going to be a huge puzzle I imagine. I don't have any interest in chasing max damage rankings, but I would like to pull my weight while keeping my personal Trek fantasy intact.
I'll check out those two sites. Again, I appreciate it!
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u/Obviate20 Nov 30 '24
Hah. I think half the fun is planning and building towards it. Have fun, take your time.
When I found myself with excess lobi from the campaign reward, I went all in on an AP build. Ba'ul Linked Sentry Coordination + Ba'ul Omni - the bonus lets all your AP weps chain fire, it's cool. Other great lobi consoles I like are Altamid Modified Swarm and Bioneural Infusion Circuits. I don't waste lobi on ships, they can all be bought on Ex for relative bargain prices. Boimler is a good trait on the right build.
PS: if you don't have it yet, the Ahwahnee from C-store is a must have bargain for FPNA and Type 7 shuttles. If you have a ship with 4-5 eng console slots, go all in with Isomag Distribution Manifolds and I strongly recommend an unconventional systems build to keep all your Universal Consoles on short cool downs. Stu1707 did a good video a couple years ago breaking down the advantages and how to do it, he does use one of your flagship consoles but I am only sharing it was guidance on traits and BOFF abilities to use. I did not buy all the high end recommendations, just got as close as I could on my budget and worked towards the rest over time.
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u/inhumat0r Nov 29 '24
Which carrier of these two is better for pet build, Herald Quas Flight Deck Carrier or Herald Vonph Dreadnought Carrier? Both have a command and intelligence seat, so in theory, they don't differ much?
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u/AscenDevise Nov 29 '24
The Vonph has enough Command seating for Concentrate Firepower III and Override Subsystem Safeties III, the Quas shouldn't slot CF, only has room for OSS II, has space for two more Hangar Craft consoles and is by far easier to fly. It's not just the mobility stats; even if we can zoom out further now thanks to the release of the Assimilator, the Vonph still occupies a lot of vertical screen space.
Technically, if you can deal with its inherent low mobility, the giant lunk has better seating and an ever-so-slightly better mastery package. If you have an Infinity box already, or a campaign reward box, I'd test the Vonph out over on Tribble before taking the plunge.
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u/inhumat0r Nov 29 '24
I ask because I love the look of both and they are in different Mudd's packs, yet I saw some opinion recently that Quas is best for pets because of these two seats, so I was on the fence. Thanks for clarification!
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u/AscenDevise Nov 29 '24
If you saw what /u/Pottsey-X5 said about the Quas, that is someone I would certainly trust. Now - the Vonph has room for both Needs of the Many (and CF III, since the only worthwhile torpless pets we have right now are the Type 7s, which we don't use for their damage) and it can slot a higher OSS rank, those were the criteria I recall they mentioned in favour of carriers with Command and Intel seating.
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u/Shatterphim Nov 29 '24
Im going to buy the Mudd's Into Darkness and Beyond pack. I want to account unlock the Vulcan Jellyfish. The second choice is easily the Kelvin Starshipa with the three different ships. After seeing CasualSAB rank the Mudd bundles and hating on the Kelvin Destroyer Pack, I am questioning the third option. He said that both ships in the Destroyer Pack are the same and not that great while the Vengeance class is really good. I had previously thought that the Vengeance was semi easily available for Lobi or on the exchange and the 2 ship Destroyer Pack was a better option but now I'm not so sure. Which is the better third pick?
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u/shadowofthegrave Nov 29 '24
The destroyer pack ship (it's the same ship, with negligible stat differences, a cloak on one, and a different look) is just awful - the ship itself has very little reason to want to fly it, the console is straight up bad, and the trait falls into the 'meh' category, even if it is technically harder to acquire.
The Vengeance is a great ship itself, the console will give you the option to run the full set, and the trait ... is fine. A key thing to bear in mind is the account unlock of a Lobi ship, letting you pick it up for any and every character without having to rebuy it.
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u/Public-Fee785 Nov 29 '24
Greetings!
I've started a new Romulan character who allied with the Klingons. Now, after finishing the first story arc, I got 2 different arcs at the same time: Spying at the Tal Shiar for the Romulan Republic and joining (?) the Tal Shiar. (Episodes are called Allies and In Shadows).
Now I'm wondering what the correct order is to play through all the Episodes, since I got really messy with my main character story wise and it bothered me a lot in the end.
I don't need a detailed walkthrough, just a short list with the more or less chronological order of the Romulan story arcs.
Thanks in advance!
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u/ModernStuffIsBad Nov 29 '24
Hi!
The order is the Allies arc first, then In Shadows. You should be able to see this in your Journal (J) Episode tab, which will display the arcs (in order) on the left, and the episodes within the arc on the right.
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u/Public-Fee785 Nov 29 '24
Oh, the episodes are already in order? I didn't know that. Thanks a lot, my friend!
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u/Flightguy1986 Nov 28 '24
Is the same console from different ships interchangable for different console sets?
To elaborate: The Arbiter, Kurak and Morigu all come with the Console - Universal - Ablative Hazard Shielding which is part of a set for each family of ships.
Would the console from one of these work to complete the set of a different family of ships?
For example: Can I rip the console from an Arbiter and put it on a Mogai together with the Mogai's Ionized Particle Beam to get the 2-piece bonus? Or do I need to specifically use the 'Romulan' version of the Ablative Hazard Shielding Console found on the Morigu to get the Romulan set bonus?
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u/BettyKtheHattie Nov 29 '24
(Most) Sets are universal thus can be mixed console acquisitions and still apply the set bonus. But a few select ones do not.
Your' example is one such set that has different set bonus depending on the consoles origin.(thus needing the Morrigu's console to get the romulan set bonuses as the arbiter's is part of another set).
I double check on the wiki these days before I buy now as I made that error myself and it sucks when that happens, :/
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u/MoxHound Nov 28 '24
I'm too new to post, wanna know if there is a way to get Benthan armor/outfit?
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u/hivix Nov 28 '24 edited Nov 28 '24
I am unable to pick up loot or answer any dialog window while in Sentry Mode. Is this normal and intended?
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u/XanthosGambit Nov 28 '24
How different visually is normal Plasma beams from "Romulan" plasma beams?
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u/AscenDevise Nov 28 '24
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u/Key_Ninja_932 Nov 28 '24 edited Nov 28 '24
https://stowiki.net/wiki/File:Beams_Resized.jpg#/media/File:Beams_Resized.jpg
A little different.
All of these are at the bottom of the page. Ship Weapon Gallery as of 2022
Same u/Odinforever2000 uploaded these
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u/Reasonable-Tax2962 Nov 28 '24
Is there a schedule for recruit events or a place we can follow/lurk to know when they are on the horizon?
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u/AscenDevise Nov 28 '24
No, especially not with DECA taking over game development. You can see when the past recruitment events took place on the wiki.
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u/wooyoo Nov 27 '24
Can the Nagus ship be used by all characters or just one? I claimed it and can't find out how my other characters can too
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u/Freakium Charge weapons & load all torpedoes. Spacebar! Nov 27 '24
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u/redzaku0079 Nov 27 '24
does the trait Evade Target Lock work with the kdf trait Hunter's instinct?
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u/TyneSkipper Nov 27 '24
can anyone explain what a universal station does on ships?
does that mean you can have whatever 'career' in slot or can you have any specialization powers in slot?
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u/litemaster_sto STO Calendar (link in profile) Nov 27 '24
You can put any Bridge Officer (Sci, Tac, Eng) into universal stations, but the specialization (if present) is fixed.
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u/That-Management Nov 26 '24
I have left X. Will you be opening an account on any of the replacement apps? Bluesky, etc?
Thanks.
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u/Capable_Calendar_446 Destination Eschaton Nov 26 '24 edited Nov 26 '24
That's a question you will have to ask DECA or their new CM, whenever that position is officially announced.
In the meantime, the STOWiki account on BlueSky is reposting announcements under an alt account: https://bsky.app/profile/news.stowiki.net
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u/Iselkractokidz Nov 26 '24
New player here on PS. currently leveling (L28) and thought I'd give a TFO a go for the Temporal event instead of the solo patrols. I joined the queue for Royal Flush, got the 1 Min countdown then when that was over i was told I'd rejected the event and binned me out. Happened multiple times on different TFOs (event related ones). Is there a level gate for those?
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u/TyneSkipper Nov 27 '24
when there's an event on you can play the TFO at any level. (i played one with an alt at level7). normally though, TFOs are level gated at level 50.
did you accept the event once the countdown started? (press x to bring up the menu and accept from there).
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u/Iselkractokidz Nov 27 '24
Ahh, re-reading what you said, I didn't realise you needed to click on the timer before it runs out. That's probably where I've gone wrong!
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u/partywhale Nov 26 '24
According to stowiki's list of TFOs, Royal Flush requires level 65. Most other TFOs are level 50+. If you want an early taste of TFOs, I'd try the Discovery ones, since their minimum is 10.
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u/Lord_Nikolai Nov 26 '24
I am thinking of making a Discovery era character. It is the only era I have not created an alt for, but I heard that there are issues with getting through the Delta Rising/Kobali missions since they changed the mission giver from Tuvok to Janeway.
Does anyone know if these missions have been fixed for disco characters?
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u/Responsible-Ad6707 Nov 25 '24
how do i get a subreddit flair in my name
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u/Freakium Charge weapons & load all torpedoes. Spacebar! Nov 26 '24
You can change your flair on any sub reddit by going to the main page of a subreddit and setting the user flair in the main sidebar.
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u/razhtigr Nov 25 '24
Is it no longer possible to be invited to another fleet to purchase equipment(I.e. the extra starship trait slot), or does the fleet you are a member of need to have the appropriate level?
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u/westmetals Nov 28 '24
There are certain things that you can only buy from your own fleet (not on a map invite), but that is not one of them.
When shopping on a map invite, you still need your own fleet to have given shopping permission to members of your fleet rank, and to have provisions of the appropriate type in stock. If I recall correctly, a failure of either of these will cause the number of provisions (as shown in the vendor menu) to be zero and/or red.
Assuming you have those things... this is where the benefit of the map invite comes in... the host fleet's development level (not your own) is used to determine the lock/unlock status of the specific vendor items.
ALSO to note: there is one trait slot (I forget which one it is) on the traits screen that is bugged. The text says it's bought from your fleet research lab but it actually comes from the elite captain token. So if your research lab console is not offering the one you want, that's probably the one that is bugged.
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u/ModernStuffIsBad Nov 25 '24
Your fleet needs to have the appropriate provisions in stock, and your character needs to be at a rank in your fleet that has permission to buy from fleet stores.
There are very few things you can't buy from another fleet's map invite if you satisfy the above.
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u/PolarWhatever Nov 25 '24
What is the most cumbersome, most bricklike ship that there is in the game?
And if I'd make it out into a tank with BFAW, woudl it be flyable, and could it do at least Mission content?
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u/neuro1g Nov 25 '24
Vulcorian is correct in that the Sarcophagus has the lowest base turn rate of 4. Although it would perform admirably as a BFAW tank, its 4/3 weapons layout and CMR Tac seat make it a better platform for CSV. And though you may be thinking that a cannon boat with a turn rate of 4 is kind of silly; with Competitive rep engs (I'd probably go with the Fortified), Evasive Maneuvers with doffed ETPE, and Deuterium Surplus devices, turning and getting into position with this boat wouldn't be much of a problem.
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u/Vulcorian Engineer and Cruiser Parity! Nov 25 '24
I think the Klingon Sarcophagus has the lowest base turn rate of any ship at 4 (before you apply consoles/special abilities such as Cnidarian Defender's console which sets your turn rate to 3 when active).
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u/razhtigr Nov 25 '24
I vote for the T6 Khopesh, it's like flying a giant bird shaped bus and it has decent slots with 5/3. The consoles are kinda lacking, but they're not terrible.
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u/snotten @Infected Nov 25 '24
I couldn't tell you which ship is the most cumbersome, but typically the larger ships are harder to move. Ships like the Universe and Compiler come to mind. You can get any ship pretty mobile with the tools at your disposal, though.
Any T6 ship can be set up to handle any content in the game. Pick whatever you like the look of, and it can be made to do well enough.
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u/razhtigr Nov 25 '24
Not really worth a whole thread...
Would anyone be willing to invite me to a level three plus KDF research base? You can pm me here or probably find me in game.
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u/Haethen_Thegn Nov 24 '24
What's with the Iconian Resistance armour being so..lackluster? I was fully prepared to put it on my character just now but honestly? I'll stick with the Zhat Vash look. Like I was expecting something like a cobbled together Herald outfit and instead I got a bloody awful glowing skinsuit with armour that spends more time enhancing her assets than looking like armour that could withstand the Iconians' wrath. Such a disappointing outfit considering how cool the majority of Reputation outfits look.
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u/Freakium Charge weapons & load all torpedoes. Spacebar! Nov 26 '24
I don't wear the skinsuit but I do use the headgear. I love the holo-visor.
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u/Pale-Paladin Nov 27 '24
Me too, working on it at this very moment... Do you by any chance know if jem'hadar can use the visors? Since a lot of headgear are out of reach at this time (probably forever...)
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u/Freakium Charge weapons & load all torpedoes. Spacebar! Nov 28 '24
I haven't equipped a JH with the Iconian set yet so I'm not sure. The visor itself just floats in front of your face though so I'd think it'd be available.
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u/XanthosGambit Nov 24 '24
Is Endothermic Inhibitor Beam or Let It Go better for an Ensign slot filler?
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u/Freakium Charge weapons & load all torpedoes. Spacebar! Nov 24 '24
Usually it's Let It Go for the damage resistance debuff.
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u/Pale-Paladin Nov 23 '24
Hey, if I delete my only klingon character that is max level, do I lose the cross flying, or does it stay unlocked forever? Thanks.
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u/Freakium Charge weapons & load all torpedoes. Spacebar! Nov 24 '24
Once you unlock cross faction flying it stays unlocked for all future characters so it's probably safe to delete. If you're worried then you can keep the character around until you reach the character limit.
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u/Pale-Paladin Nov 25 '24 edited Nov 27 '24
Thanks, I'm already at the limit ah, though most of them are throwaways. Although I do the trivia mission everyday at the very least on every character, but doing it on a klingon is just plain annoying, and this one I have no use for it really, so when I'm back on the game next it will go bye-bye.
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u/dhosein Nov 22 '24
Question for a ground turret build.
What's the maximum number of turrets it is possible to deploy at once.. and what equipment is needed to make it happen? reason I ask is because it seems it's not so simple as just filling every slot with a turret kit module as deploying some causes others to dematerialise?
So.. what actually works alongside what.. and how do we maximise?
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u/litemaster_sto STO Calendar (link in profile) Nov 27 '24
The Starfleet Frontier Engineering Kit (exchange) has a chance to spawn an extra turret on any kit module activation.
I don't know if it also works on Elite Bridge Officers (because I have none).
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u/AdumbkidSto Nov 22 '24
There are eng doffs you can set for active duty ground that increase the chance to deploy additional turrets. Don't have names because they vary. Do you also have your BOFF crew have the ability to deploy turrets? I'm guessing your main toon is an eng?
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u/dhosein Nov 23 '24
This isn't my main, but yes.. pretty much. I have a full away team of BOFF engineers, all with the beam turret ability or quantum mortar. I have the DOFFs, and also the Borg kit that adds another turret.
The kit modules I have available to select from for my captain are:
Beam Turret, Biotech Turret, Overcharge Turret, Ambush Turret, Quantum Mortar and Shield Reinforcement.But they don't all play well together. So I was wondering.. which combination of modules works together to give the greatest number of turrets?
I don't have any rep turrets as yet.. but I can work towards them if I know they're worth it for the build.
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u/Pale-Paladin Nov 21 '24
Hello, question about the zen ships that have 3 nearly identical declinations, one per faction (example: Sojourner/Kahless/Shamshir, Kuthar/Oniros/Dynnasia, Arbiter/Kurak/Morrigu etc...).
Considering I have cross faction flying and like I said there's very little difference between the three most times, am I wrong to think it's always better to take the Romulan variant to make the most out of them? Because they have a battle cloak and singularity core perks, whereas the klingon variant has just a regular cloak and the fed has... nothing special, unless I'm missing something? Trying to optimize my acquisitions here, even if I end up never touching the ships.
Follow up question, is there any disadvantage to having a singularity core compared to a warp core? Is there any instance of for example, you've got a set which is going to have only a warp core and no singularity variant?
Thanks.
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u/Khtairrhu Nov 27 '24
Realistically speaking, you really want to go for the prettiest (to you). There are practical differences: in general, Rom is the least robust, Fed has best shields, and Klingon has best hull, but not by much.
Using Battlecloak and Singularity adds a bunch of gameplay mechanics that are fun but fairly specific, and as mentioned elsewhere, the Singularity core is a bit weaker, so you end up needing to use those mechanics to keep up with the others.
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u/Retribution1337 Nov 22 '24
With regards to the ships being similar, you're right on the money there. At this point they're nearly 9 years old as they were released in 2016 back when other factions actually got ships reliably but there was no cross faction flying, so this was how the other factions got the new ships, they all had very nearly the same stats (minor stuff like inertia for size differences) minus the faction specific stuff like cloak. You could get all three romulan or all three federation and they're so functionally identical, you wouldn't really notice. They even give the same traits and consoles between them.
As for the singularity cores, there's some minor differences between the two (most notable I think is singularity cores tend to give less power but I'd get a second opinion on that) but honestly the differences are so minute that you'll never really appreciably see it unless you're REALLY min-maxing. I did also have a nose through the wiki and any sets I found that had a warp core, also had a singularity, so I don't think you'll be unable to use any because of a singularity core requirement.
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u/westmetals Nov 25 '24
The only addition I have to this, is there are a small number of newer ships where there's also a Jem'Hadar version, and these are generally superior because they have the wingman mechanic.
Also, the Temporal Warships have a faction-dependent trait. It's not properly explained on the wiki, but you actually get the trait appropriate for your character's faction, regardless of the faction of the ship.
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u/tampered_mouse Nov 23 '24
singularity cores tend to give less power
@/u/Pale-Paladin: Singularity cores have -40 total power vs. normal warp cores, but they add a couple abilities ("perks") in return (e.g. see Morrigu).
One additional note: Warbirds have no cruiser commands.
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u/TyneSkipper Nov 21 '24
am curious - has anyone ever done a run starting at zero dil and EC to see how much one would get for completing all the missions?
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u/scisslizz Nov 25 '24
You should probably consult the wiki for that. Those numbers quickly become diluted when running DOFF tasks, event TFOs, and patrols between story content.
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u/Tyrannos_ Nov 21 '24 edited Nov 21 '24
Is DECA having problems with the STO Log-In Server? I'm trying to log in today and getting connection error messages and when I do get on, my characters are lag spazzing. Almost want it as a dance emote. Though sompek comes close.
Noticed this started happening after the TUES update.
EDIT: If not the server, then it might be internet spots between here and there. Not the first time an internet hub caused problems.
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u/AccomplishedCycle0 Nov 21 '24
Thinking of getting some Mudd’s bundles from the upcoming sale, but a few of the ship choices seem like maybe I could skip them.
From the Cruiser bundle, obviously getting the three pack, but the Jem’Hadar and Walker don’t seem like they’d be great, especially since I already have the Legendary Walker.
From the Disco Inferno, I want the flight deck carriers, and figure the Ba’al one is a good pick for Sentry Mode on some TFOs, but the Jovian raider is a question mark for me.
Any suggestions?
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u/Retribution1337 Nov 21 '24
I'm planning on the Disco Inferno bundle myself. Fortunately, the flight deck carriers count as just one unlock so you can get both of them, the Ba'ul ship (because you're right, that Sentry Mode console, my Jellyfish needs it) and the Jovian all at once as your three choices. Honestly, I barely consider the consumable options as worthwhile, especially when compared to a ship unlocked for your whole account. You never know when you might feel the urge to do a theme build or if an older console/trait suddenly becomes more relevant due to a change in mechanics.
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u/AccomplishedCycle0 Nov 21 '24
I’d considered getting all the ships, but the Walker really feels redundant at the moment since I’ve got the Legendary version. I thought about getting the tech upgrades instead, since I’ve got some weapon sets that I could use them on.
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u/Retribution1337 Nov 21 '24
You know, I focused so hard on the Disco Inferno part of your question, the Cruiserweight Bundle didn't even register. :D
Yeah, looking at the two, there's not even really any sort of dramatic difference between the Walker and the Legendary Walker, even the seating is pretty similar and out of the two, I'd take the Legendary for more isomags, leaving the standard version, you're absolutely right, pretty pointless. You've found a flaw in my "all ships" logic.
At least with the Jem'Hadar Light Battlecruiser you'd get a console for all ships (made sure it wasn't restricted to Jem'Hadar ships only or anything silly) and a trait that might be amusing for a theme build on a Jem'Hadar character, though the BOff layout is... interesting. Two commander level slots but one's a universal and no ensign? I'd be curious to poke at it personally but the Commander Engineering seat and having the Intel on the only tactical seat just seems... unhelpful.
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u/tampered_mouse Nov 23 '24
Two commander level slots but one's a universal and no ensign?
There are always 13 ability slots distributed among the seats.
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u/Retribution1337 Nov 21 '24
Was just in ESD when an Assimilator suddenly made what looks like 4 clones of itself. The guy then left before I had a chance to ask but I was wondering what on earth that ability/console was called that lets them clone themselves in space in a social zone. Fortunately, steam recording was on so I've got this footage. Anyone recognise this?
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u/AdumbkidSto Nov 21 '24
Probably the Temporal Disorder console. It was a reward from the "A good day to die" event.
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u/Retribution1337 Nov 21 '24
Yup! That looks like it. Thanks a bunch, that was driving me insane trying to figure it out.
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u/Pale-Paladin Nov 20 '24
Hello, are the lower decks cosmetics packs account wide? Or I can only claim them on one character?
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u/Freakium Charge weapons & load all torpedoes. Spacebar! Nov 20 '24
Per character. You'll need to grab the pack for every character you want the cosmetics for.
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u/RedditorUserNetizen Nov 20 '24
Will the recently announced sales include the 10th Anniversary bundle?
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u/Cpt-seb Nov 20 '24
I have created a second account and created a Jem‘Hadar as the first character. I have only played a couple of the gamma arc story missions. At the moment, I can‘t sell anything on the exchange. The error says I need to complete more story missions in the „From the Ashes“, „Shadow of Cestus“, „Klingon War“, „Empire“ or „New Dominion“ story arcs. I know that Klingon War and Empire are not available for a Dominion character, but can someone tell me which missions the other titles refer to? Can‘t find them…
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u/Khtairrhu Nov 20 '24
You need to get to level 62. Play the Gamma missions as far as "Armistice" and you should be there.
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u/Cpt-seb Nov 20 '24
Just getting to level 62 is definitely not enough. I‘m level 65. i will try playing more of the Gamma Arc missions and then I‘ll hopefully unlock the exchange. Thanks for your help ;)
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u/Pale-Paladin Nov 21 '24
You need to finish the Gamma quadrant for everything to fully unlock. I'm pretty sure it's a little bit buggy though, because you can access Klingon war on a fed aligned character for example if you go in your incoming hails, but it won't show in the episodes until you have finished gamma quadrant. It's weird that you can't sell anything, but it might be that you need to at least finish the first-ish set of mission for at least one character (which would be Gamma Quadrant for Dominion, not Engineered for war).
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u/Cpt-seb Nov 21 '24
Ok. Thanks for the detailed info. I‘ll try playing some more Gamma Missions and hope it will at latest unlock after Home…
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u/AccomplishedCycle0 Nov 21 '24
Have you gotten to the point you chose a faction to ally with? I think that’s when a lot of stuff unlocked for me.
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u/shadowofthegrave Nov 20 '24
From the Ashes is an early Romulan mission, and In the Shadow of Cestus is similar for ToS characters.
I assume "New Dominion" is meant to refer to the equivalent for Jem'Hadar - but couldn't pinpoint which mission it's trying to call. Could be The New Link, could be Home, perhaps.
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u/Cpt-seb Nov 20 '24
When From the Ashes is early Romulan, Shadow of Cestus is early TOS Starfleet, Klingon War is early Starfleet and Empire is early Klingon, then New Dominion likely means the Gamma Arc for Dominion characters. Thanks for the help ;)
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u/AdComprehensive9037 Nov 20 '24
Is there a reason why "Strike from Shadows" is always missing from builds I see online? This is a legitimate console for me always running PUGs..
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u/AscenDevise Nov 21 '24 edited Nov 22 '24
If you're serious about dumping threat on hapless pugs, go with an Exitus build instead. SfS is just filler - decent filler at that, smoke it if ya got it and no better options, but it's never been more than that.
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u/Cpt-seb Nov 20 '24
On stobetter.com you will find several builds that include strike from shadows.
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u/WaldoTrek Retired the D'Kora for Golden Nagus Nov 20 '24
Strike is an excellent all around choice for most builds but for higher end specialty stuff it gets dropped for something better. As C Store stuff goes it's great.
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u/cyberrun STO barbie: Basic🎽 ➡ canon🎖️ ➡ DPS🔫 ➡ memes👺🤪👾🤖‼ Nov 20 '24
Random question: what is Mariner's automatic phaser pistol in LD S1E9 Crisis Point? And more importantly, is anything like it in STO?
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u/Vulcorian Engineer and Cruiser Parity! Nov 20 '24
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u/Valamist Nov 19 '24
Are there Reddit Fleets for console? Thinking it may be time for one of my characters to join a fleet but I have no idea how to choose one haha.
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u/CaesarJefe XBOX : Starfleet ATP Nov 21 '24
Feel free to look us up on Xbox. We just celebrated our eighth anniversary! We're busiest on Fri and Sat evenings (Eastern), but we've got some folks in the UK and West Coast USA, too.
We're casual, helpful, and just like to have fun. No donation requirement, either. Stop by and chat!
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u/AdumbkidSto Nov 21 '24
I don't think so. Just "search for a fleet" and read up on them. That's how I found mine and I'm on PS.
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u/Enjoyer_of_40K Nov 19 '24
is the new module from the event rewards any good?
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u/WaldoTrek Retired the D'Kora for Golden Nagus Nov 20 '24
Most content creators only buy out the space stuff for testing so will be a few more days until we start to see people using it.
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u/Enjoyer_of_40K Nov 20 '24
i havent logged in everyday because imo it sounds like the tholian drone module from like march i believe?
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u/WaldoTrek Retired the D'Kora for Golden Nagus Nov 20 '24
I'd still finish it anyway. if you ever in the future wanted to do a full on Lower Decks theme build it would something you will want to have. There is also the thinking that some new tfo in the future will get released where the kit module will become very useful.
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u/Pale-Paladin Nov 19 '24
Hello, I saved a few zen for the better part of last few months (basically from when I started since I'm still fairly new to the game, having started around May-June) and I was waiting for a big zen store sale, and thought maybe Black Friday would be the good one to get some ships mostly (I'd love to go for packs but there's no way I'd save enough in a reasonable time)... But Black Friday ended up being only 25%. Kind of dissapointing, not gonna lie, I skipped a few 25% before, hoping there may be better then. But is there really a chance? How often does it get better? Is there a chance to have better one during Christmas? Assuming I'll still be playing the game till then...
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u/tampered_mouse Nov 20 '24
CasualSAB has a recent video about the Black Friday sale and explains what is good to get and where you should maybe wait for better sales.
If it is mostly ships, then it depends what specifically:
- Ship bundles go for 35% every now and then.
- Mudd's bundles (these with ships and other junk in them) go for up to 50%, which will happen directly around Black Friday again.
- For single ships 25% is good, but there is a good chance there might be a 4500 Zen 3-pack gift T6 100% coupon sale again around xmas / new year, i.e. with that you can get 3 ships for the same price you'd get 2 ships right now during the sale.
Keep in mind that currently you have a Zen bonus if you put real money up, so you can for example just stock up Zen right now and then wait for a better sale% for the things you want.
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u/Freakium Charge weapons & load all torpedoes. Spacebar! Nov 19 '24
25% is usually the best you're going to get for a storewide sale. General sales would be 20% and the occasional bundle sale would be 35%.
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u/Vyzantinist Nov 19 '24
Gamma Recruit: do I need to wait for the "join a fleet" endeavor to pop before I can unlock the ones for earning fleet credits? I've started donating things to fleet projects but I've noticed there's no progress bar for earning credits, which I thought there would have been.
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u/StarkeRealm Nov 20 '24
The fleet credits require that you join a fleet, but they don't require the join a fleet challenge to complete.
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u/chowderclef Nov 19 '24
Anyone know what the Klingon cutscene weapon is? Like how fed toons use the elite fleet phasers.
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u/Freakium Charge weapons & load all torpedoes. Spacebar! Nov 20 '24
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u/OdysseyPrime9789 Nov 19 '24
Anyone know when the next Temporal Recruitment Event is?
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u/partywhale Nov 19 '24
It usually takes place in the summer. We just had the event in July, so I'd guess the next would be June/July 2025.
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u/idkidkidk2323 Nov 19 '24
Recently while playing, the Royal Flush tfo, I was suddenly fighting alongside the Enterprise D. The actual ship, not some player with an Enterpr1se. Is there a console that summons the classic ship? I need it if there is.
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u/WaldoTrek Retired the D'Kora for Golden Nagus Nov 19 '24
Athan Prime Fleet Museum Beacon
https://stowiki.net/wiki/Universal_Console_-_Athan_Prime_Fleet_Museum_Beacon
Should be some on the exchange.
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u/Cpt-seb Nov 18 '24
I have been sleeping on my doff recruitment commodation. I want to grind that now. When I want to break down doffs into the lower quality, is there a way to see which doffs are protected when in the assignment? I can‘t find one and than it looks like a lot of work to find the doffs that you just got and break them down again…
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u/Khtairrhu Nov 27 '24
To see protected status while in the downgrind assignment: Click the "i" at the bottom right of that doff.
To see the doffs you've just got (not while in the downgrind assignment): In the roster, drop down the arrow underneath "Filter", open "Status", then you can select only "Recent Recruits" to see the newest doffs that have joined.
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u/Dancin_Elk Nov 18 '24
How do weapons with infinity symbols on them work? Are they just for fun or can they be upgradedin some way
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u/westmetals Nov 19 '24
There's effectively two different kinds with different answers here.
First of all - all of them will auto-scale their stats to a roughly appropriate amount for your level (in my experience it's about one mark lower than the max you can use), and this scaling maxes out at level 50 (where it's roughly Mk XI equivalent).
The ones that come as white quality, are not upgradeable, and are effectively placeholders. These should be replaced as soon as possible, but are workable.
The ones that are not white quality, can be converted into upgradeable weapons. They will autoconvert when you try to load them into the upgrade screen (after your character is level 50+), usually to Mk XII. After that, they can be upgraded (and if possible, re-engineered) as normal.
Examples of non-whites include the special phaser arrays that come equipped on the T1 TOS Constitution and the Legendary Constitution FDC. Also the Bajoran pistol and phaser rifle from the Zen store and many event reward ground weapons, and the Revolutionary event reward space gearset. (In cases where the item has a "one per character" limit, the second one will remain infinity.)
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u/StarkeRealm Nov 20 '24
All of them scale (at least) to mk12.
Also, there are some white scaling items that can be upgraded (the advanced photon launchers from the Donnies, and the Hysperian Battlecruiser's disruptors come mind, but they are rare.)
There's also a few cases (the discovery hand phasers from that starter pack are an example) where the item will scale to mk12, but then downgrade itself when "upgraded" (it'll convert to a mk10.) No idea why, or if any others exhibit this behavior.
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u/ashearmstrong Defiant Nov 18 '24
Usually it means they scale with your level. I don't remember if you can pull them into a regular upgrade path before level 50, but for sure, you can upgrade them to Mk15 after that.
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u/westmetals Nov 19 '24
Not all infinity weapons can be upgraded; it's generally only the ones that are delivered in non-white rarity.
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u/Valamist Nov 18 '24
Random question about the Morrigu Warbird I am building. I am going for a Plasma Cannon build, and she has 4 Fore Weapon slots. Should I stick a torpedo on there or just keep it pure energy? I have the Super Charged Weapon trait if that makes a difference.
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u/partywhale Nov 18 '24
Hard to say without knowing more about the build, but I often see Dark Matter Torpedo thrown into an aft slot + Lorca's console for the 2-piece set bonus. Usually a good compromise for a 4/3 + experimental weapon ship to keep as many cannons up as possible.
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u/Valamist Nov 19 '24
Thanks! Yeah I feel 4 cannons will best for now, can experiment a bit later when I have the Lorca gear.
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u/GiftGrouchy Nov 18 '24
The Olympic-class Sphere separation, it’s says “for 60 seconds”, so it’s not a full “pet” separation like Saucer/Chevron where it stays separate till recalled?
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u/Khidorahian USS Medway // 4th Combined Fleet Nov 18 '24
No, it will remain in one position when seperated.
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u/Dragon_of_the_Rust Nov 18 '24
Any other PS4 players having issues with space maps that have the green nebula/gas clouds? Everytime I load into any instance with that space terrain, my PS4 instantly goes into overheat warning and shuts itself down.
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u/garfield8625 Nov 18 '24 edited Nov 18 '24
Does anyone know when the next phoenix prize pack event will be? .. I need to turn some dil into ship-X upgrade tokens...
Edit: addided "ship-x"
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u/westmetals Nov 19 '24
You can actually dump the dil at any time... just keep the #2 phoenix tokens. When the event is running, the ship upgrades get added to the store, but the age of your tokens does not matter.
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u/Sleepy_Heather Nov 18 '24
Do you mean gear upgrade or X-upgrades? Because for the former they're available always in the dilithium store. For the latter I suspect we'll have another special event in the next few weeks
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u/XanthosGambit Nov 18 '24
I have 144 lobi. Are there any consoles I can get that boost phaser damage? Or have a fun clicky? I'm already up to my ears in vulnerability locators.
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u/MarcterChief T6 Pioneer when? Nov 18 '24
The cheapest Lobi consoles are 160 on sale.
Most (maybe all?) Lobi consoles don't have clickies. There are a handful of useful consoles like Bioneural Infusion Circuits which give strong passive boosts.
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u/Powerman913717 Starfleet M.A.C.O. Nov 18 '24
The Universal Console -Plasma Wave from the Na'Kuhl Lockbox (2016); is that supposed to trigger the wing animation on the Scimitar (similar to Thalaron Pulse)?
I've found claims that it used to, so I'm not sure if this is working as intended, or if it is in fact a bug.
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u/WaldoTrek Retired the D'Kora for Golden Nagus Nov 18 '24
The effect is similar to Thalaron Pulse but I don't know of any wing effect. Just tested it on PC and it works as it's supposed to.
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u/Powerman913717 Starfleet M.A.C.O. Nov 18 '24
Yeah, I've used it on PC, as well.
Someone years ago on Steam claimed that it would also make a Scimitar do the wing spread animation. Link
Disappointing that it doesn't still do that.
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u/ColebladeX Nov 18 '24
So I just finished the event campaign and now I’m wondering what ship to grab with my coupon. I’m thinking about the Amarie cause I wanna take a new toon through with a new ship and I’ve never done an experimental weapon toon before. So I dunno thoughts it is a decent ship even if not meta or is it bad even for casual?
Would you recommend any other ship? Not console I don’t care about the consoles I wanna fly the ship.
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u/Obviate20 Nov 18 '24
Totally subjective, if you like the look it is good for you.
But I recommend watching Stu1701 on Youtube. Some of the consistently top ranked ones over last few years seem to include D7 Miracle Worker, Dhailkhina, World Razer, Shrike, Vaadwaur Juggernaut and Excelsior II. If an X-weapon is important, people generally seem to believe the Gorn Pilot Raider has current meta, but the ship itself is not for everyone (you will blow up a lot if you're not a good pilot).
But if you're only doing it to see what using an X-weapon is like, I recommend picking up a ship like the Atlantis at C-Store. It's a great ship and would be unlocked for all your toons after. Save your promo for a ship that is truly unique. I'm personally not an X-Wep fan, there seem to be consoles that are more interesting and I like my weapons slots tied to my Isomags or Locators.
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u/StarkeRealm Nov 18 '24
If you're looking for a ship off the promo list with an experimental slot, I'd recommend La Sirena over the Amarie. The Amarie is showing its age a bit, and isn't even fullspec. La Sirena is one of the rare double Cmdr seat ship, and fullspec pilot.
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u/WaldoTrek Retired the D'Kora for Golden Nagus Nov 18 '24
Pick a ship you are going to enjoy flying. Any T6 can do any content in game.
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u/Trant12345 Nov 18 '24
Are they going to run the Disco Inferno bundle again or was that a one-and-done deal?
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u/StarkeRealm Nov 18 '24
There's likely to be a rerun of Mudd bundles the week of Christmas. But, it's a bit weird that we haven't seen the Mudd Bundles rerun more frequently this year, so there's no guarantee.
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u/Trant12345 Nov 18 '24
I certainly hope they do this. Waiting this long for any rerun seems a bit weird.
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u/StarkeRealm Nov 18 '24
So, the way the Mudd bundles used to work was, they were 1 and done. Then Cryptic reran all of the previous bundles over Christmas. The following year they did not repeat that, and since then (until this year) they've periodically had sales that would bring back all of the previous Mudd Bundles for a few days.
You can think of it like how the 10th Anniversary bundle pops in and out of the store.
Fundamentally, it's designed to drive FOMO and keep those bundles attractive (especially since some of those Pick 3s are pretty good value propositions.)
But, yeah, hopefully it will come back, either for Black Friday, or on a day during the week of Christmas (these will be one day flash sales.) It's inconvenient, but, arguably worth it.
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u/Trant12345 Nov 18 '24
I think it is worth it, but man, it's inconvenient when you missed out on the original run and are just catching up to things haha
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u/StarkeRealm Nov 18 '24
Yeah, it really is. I passed on Cruiserweight because finances were tight, and that's stung more than I expected.
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u/Kalvorax Nov 18 '24
they may, if and when we get a Mudd's sale. Sadly the last time we had one was early January....even though we have been begging for another sale.
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u/Porkamiso Nov 18 '24
Is there a fix for the random warping ? My klingon character randomly warps out of missions and has been doing this off and on for a decade. I stopped using him a long time ago but id like to use him now.
Tried resetting and choosing diff keys for inputs but after like 20 mins in longer missions he just warps out randomly.
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u/Luthmiel Nov 18 '24
Anyone notice how weapons fire vfx go straight through shields on the Vorgon Carrier XD?
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u/Vulcorian Engineer and Cruiser Parity! Nov 17 '24
How long have Romulans, Klingons and Jem'Hadar had their space scan beam as their own faction's colour (Green, Red, Purple respectively)? It was always blue regardless of faction (unless TOS or Disco which have their own unique animations) as far as I remember.
(Repost as went unanswered in previous thread.)
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u/StarkeRealm Nov 18 '24
...forever, I think?
That might have been a 2010 or 2011 chance for KDF, I'm not sure, but I think Romulans released with a green tricorder and sensor sweep. TOS and Discovery have unique animations as well.
I could be misremembering slightly, but, yeah, it's been this way for a long time.
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u/Vulcorian Engineer and Cruiser Parity! Nov 18 '24
Well I must be suffering a personal case of the Mandela Effect because I'd swear Klingon, Romulan, and Dominion scan beams were blue until recently.
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u/StarkeRealm Nov 18 '24
Could also be some weird glitch that was occurring on your account. That doesn't seem likely, but it's theoretically possible.
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u/sushihamburger Dec 01 '24
Hello, I started playing at the beginning of this year, the only other C-store ship I have is the Cardassian Intel Flight Deck Carrier; then I have all the event ships from this year.
I like pet/carrier builds and I want to use my two T6 coupons from the event to grab the Khopesh Tactical Dreadnought and Ra'nodaire Support Carrier Warbird so I can field 4 Romulan drone ships.
However, I also have the T6 Starship choice pack, an Epic Prize Token (from another event) and 2074 lobi crystals. So I was wondering if there was anything else useful for pets I could get with those things specifically.
I am aware of SAD... and even though its not good with the drone ships I thought it would be worth getting the Mirror Engle Strike Wing Escort with the choice pack, just for other carrier pets. Also the Advanced obelisk carrier in the Lobi store eventually so I can use the 4-piece set. But other than that, I dunno.
The other option would be to get the T'laru Intel Carrier Warbird from the choice pack. I would save a T6 coupon (For maybe the Hydra Intel Destroyer) but then I don't get the support carrier trait or console, or SAD.
Are there any other cool carrier ships in the lobi or phoenix store I should know about?
Anyways that's my essay, any input welcome, thanks.