r/sto • u/Sputnik1_1957 • 4d ago

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/Earthtopian 4d ago

My crappy piloting is killing my DPS. How do I improve my flying skills?

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u/neuro1g 4d ago

Practice, practice, practice makes perfect. This involves setting up your ability tray well, and keep your ability rotation going through combat. Whether you do this by clicking or keybinds is up to you. Then it's a matter of positioning your ship in the right places at the right times and understanding your opponent's abilities.

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u/Earthtopian 4d ago

I've seen in a few cases that people get into position and then come to a full stop. I tried it in a run of ninth rule, and it worked to improve how fast I was blowing up enemies, but my forward arc shields got completely shredded and I had to make a retreat once or twice to save myself

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u/DreadBert_IAm 1d ago

If you unlocked the vovin over the summer, it's console is real handy for that. Not just cannon boats either. My sci and sci carriers running grav well 3 I spend most of the match at 1/4 or less throttle. By the time everything is dead console is off cooldown and good to teleport to another see okmed enemy group.

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u/Earthtopian 1d ago

Unfortunately, I've missed a few events because I took a break from the game.