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/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.