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/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.