Hello. I'm returning after a long break and looking for someone kind enough to recap the best ships for each build? Thank you!

You’re scrolling through the sub, you see a catchy title, a number after it, and the “Contains Math” flair. If you’re a veteran member of this sub, you know what that means: STOBETTER is back with some more numerical derivations in an ongoing series. If you’re new, well, now you know.

This particular series, however, is new. We’ve covered exotics (and yes, the new Krenim console is on our list to track down and derive). We’ve covered torpedoes. We even covered mines. Energy weapons are heavily documented. Now, it’s time to tackle Experimental Weapons. We’ve been putting this off for a long time because trying to pull all the Experimental Weapons is a substantial expense for potentially little gain and for a long time, this post with extensive testing by Lost_Kea2 and DilaZirk covered it sufficiently. However, there's been a plethora of new (and more powerful) experimental weapons released since then so it's time to take a fresh look at them, and we're going all the way into the definitive mathematical derivation. That said, we would not be excited about grinding or buying a Lockbox ship just to find out its Experimental Weapon is hot garbage compared to much cheaper options. We cannot commit to that, so just to set expectations: we will not be covering all experimental weapons in this series, but we were asked to take a look and now we’re doing so. We will attempt to cover the most commonly-used and powerful Experimental Weapons, as well as some of the most readily-available ones. If you have one you’re particularly curious about, feel free to ask. If it’s from the C-store or a Legendary ship, there’s a strong chance we have it. If it’s something from a Lobi, Lockbox, or Promo ship…well, let’s just say your odds aren’t good.

As with energy weapons, remember that there’s a little bit of Cat1 preload variance on a per-account basis. We tried to standardize numbers to a single account, but things might be off by 10-20% Cat1 that won’t really matter. We’ll break down each Experimental Weapon and then do some analysis on expected DPS for a semi-optimized build that’ll give us an idea of strength at the bottom.

#Experimental Hyperexcited Ion Stream Projector

• Acquisition: This is the default weapon on a great many ships.

• Damage Type: Electrical

• Firing Arc: 360 degrees

• Firing Cycle Time: 5 seconds

• Targets: Up to 5 enemies in a cylinder. In practice, you’ll usually be hitting 1-2.

• Damage Equation:

  Damage = 650 * (1 + Sum(Cat1) + 1.9039) * (1 + Sum(Cat2) * (0.5 + 0.005*Weapon Power)

• Supplemental: N/A

• Scales With: +All, +Bonus All, +Electrical, Custom Power Matrix Haste

• Does NOT Scale With: Energy Weapon Training, +Energy Weapons, +Weapon, Most Other Sources of Haste

• Use Case: We included this as a baseline point of comparison since it comes by default on a great many ships, not because it’s amazing.

#Experimental Flak Shot Artillery

• Acquisition: T3 Competitive Reputation

• Damage Type: Kinetic

• Firing Arc: 360 degrees

• Firing Cycle Time: 4.3 seconds

• Targets: single target for initial hit, then hits foes in a 45 degree arc behind the target

• Damage Equation:

  Damage = 1000 * (1 + Sum(Cat1)) + 1.4285) * (1 + Sum(Cat2)) * (0.5 + 0.005*Weapon Power)

• Supplemental: Has 20% shield penetration but reminder that kinetic damage suffers heavily against shields. Secondary damage to foes behind target is as follows:

  Damage = 500 * (1 + Sum(Cat1)) + 1.4285) * (1 + Sum(Cat2)) * (0.5 + 0.005*Weapon Power)

• Scales With: +All, +Bonus All, +Kinetic, Custom Power Matrix Haste

• Does NOT Scale With: Energy Weapon Training, +Energy Weapons, +Weapon, Most Other Sources of Haste

• Use Case: It’s fairly accessible from the Competitive Reputation and better than the default. Hitting multiple targets is nice. Once you have access to the C-store, it’s not likely to be the go-to experimental weapon of choice unless you like its looks.

#Gol-Type Psionic Resonator

• Acquisition: Cyclone (Standard T6 C-store ship)

• Damage Type: Psionic

• Firing Arc: 250 degrees

• Firing Cycle Time: 4.5 seconds

• Targets: Single

• Damage Equation:

  Damage = 1850 * (1 + Sum(Cat1) + .979) * (1 + Sum(Cat2) * (0.5 + 0.005 * Weapon Power)

• Supplemental: If you flank with it, deal an additional:

  Damage = 2450 * (1 + Sum(Cat1) + .979) * (1 + Sum(Cat2) * (0.5 + 0.005 * Weapon Power)

Also still can be used on Science Destroyers when not in tactical mode.

• Scales With: +All, +Bonus All, +Psionic, Custom Power Matrix Haste, Energy Weapon Training

• Does NOT Scale With: +Energy Weapons, +Weapon, Most Other Sources of Haste

• Use Case: If you're running a ship with flanking, or Intel Primary, this is a very solid flavor-agnostic Experimental Weapon that will fit nicely into any build. Note that there aren't many sources of +Psionic aside from the Dragonsblood Flame Reactor. Since you can use this on Sci Destroyers while not in Tactical Mode, and they're probably running some kind of DEWSci or full Sci build with that weapon, this would be my go-to choice for those.

#Experimental Dual Heavy Proton Emitter

• Acquisition: T6 Dyson Science Destroyers (Standard T6 C-store ship)

• Damage Type: Proton

• Firing Arc: 90 degrees

• Firing Cycle Time: 3.5 seconds

• Targets: Single

• Damage Equation:

  Damage = 475.17 * (1 + Sum(Cat1) + 1.7979) * (1 + Sum(Cat2) * (0.5 + 0.005 * Weapon Power)

• Supplemental: Has a scaling chance to knock engines offline, shields offline, or 12 damage resistance depending on your engine, shield, and aux power respectively. The scaling is such that at 50 power, it's 2%, at 75, it's 7.5%, and at 100 power you have a 13.5% chance for the effect to happen.

• Scales With: +All, +Bonus All, +Proton, Custom Power Matrix Haste, Energy Weapon Training

• Does NOT Scale With: +Energy Weapons, +Weapon, Most Other Sources of Haste

• Use Case: This is decent if you're running a supportive build. Otherwise, don't slot. It's worse than the default.

#Alliance Hypercannon

• Acquisition: Alliance Pilot Escorts (T6 C-store)

• Damage Type: Radiation

• Firing Arc: 360 degrees

• Firing Cycle Time: 5 seconds

• Targets: Single

• Damage Equation:

  Damage = 1575.11 * (1 + Sum(Cat1) + 1.4036) * (1 + Sum(Cat2) * (0.5 + 0.005 * Weapon Power)

• Supplemental: 10% chance to knock random subsystem offline, reduce damage resistance, or apply a Plasma Damage Over Time effect.

• Scales With: +All, +Bonus All, +Radiation, Custom Power Matrix Haste

• Does NOT Scale With: +Energy Weapons, +Weapon, Most Other Sources of Haste, Energy Weapon Training

• Use Case: Obviously if you're running heavy +Radiation, this is a net positive to your build. Also good if you're running a supportive build as this has some nice-if-unreliable procs. It's better than the default but not amazing.

#Prototype Phaser Hexa Cannons

• Acquisition: Achilles (T6 C-store)

• Damage Type: Phaser

• Firing Arc: 45 degrees

• Firing Cycle Time: 8 seconds

• Targets: Single

• Damage Equation: The 6 is because it fires 6 shots

  Damage = 2418.5 * 6 * (1 + Sum(Cat1) + 0.5048) * (1 + Sum(Cat2) * (0.5 + 0.005 * Weapon Power)

• Supplemental: 2.5% chance to knock random subsystem offline (the standard Phaser proc)

• Scales With: +All, +Bonus All, +Phaser/Bonus Phaser, +Energy, Custom Power Matrix Haste

• Does NOT Scale With: +Weapon, Most Other Sources of Haste, Emergency Power to Weapons Bonus Damage, Energy Weapon Training

• Use Case: This is relatively cheap and extremely effective, and has amazing scaling synergies with any Phaser build. Does require some piloting to keep it in arc, but generally outclasses any competition. On non-Phaser builds, it's still very strong and holds its own against the competition but not Best-In-Slot by a factor of 2-3 that it is on Phaser builds.

#Terran Repeating Warhead Launcher

• Acquisition: Adamant (T6 C-store)

• Damage Type: Kinetic

• Firing Arc: 135 degrees

• Firing Cycle Time: 8.5 seconds

• Targets: Single

• Damage Equation: The 3 is because it fires 3 shots

  Damage = 1150 * 3 * (1 + Sum(Cat1) + 1.4039) * (1 + Sum(Cat2) * (0.5 + 0.005 * Weapon Power)

• Supplemental: 30% bonus CrtD. Has 20% shield penetration but reminder that kinetic damage suffers heavily against shields.

• Scales With: +All, +Bonus All, +Kinetic/Bonus Kinetic, Custom Power Matrix Haste

• Does NOT Scale With: +Weapon, Most Other Sources of Haste, Energy Weapon Training

• Use Case: Better than default, nothing to write home about, especially since it's kinetic damage.

#Ravager Shriek

• Acquisition: Fek'Ihri Byr'Jai (Event/Mudd's)

• Damage Type: Fire

• Firing Arc: 360 degrees

• Firing Cycle Time: 10 seconds

• Targets: 2 km AOE

• Damage Equation:

  Damage = 2100 * (1 + Sum(Cat1) + 1.4039) * (1 + Sum(Cat2) * (0.5 + 0.005 * Weapon Power)

• Supplemental: Has a 10% chance to confuse and a DOT that applies over 6 seconds:

  Damage = 350 *6 * (1 + Sum(Cat1) + 1.4039) * (1 + Sum(Cat2) * (0.5 + 0.005 * Weapon Power)

• Scales With: +All, +Bonus All, +Fire, Custom Power Matrix Haste

• Does NOT Scale With: +Weapon, Most Other Sources of Haste, Energy Weapon Training

• Use Case: This is another very strong, type-agnostic weapon. Has some synergies with Plasma since the Fek'Ihri Torment Engine boosts both Fire and Plasma damage, and Disruptor since Five Magicks/Dragonsblood Flame Reactor will benefit this also. Loses a lot of value if your average time-to-kill is <6 seconds.

#Voice of the Prophets

• Acquisition: Denorios (Event/Epic Phoenix Token)

• Damage Type: Physical

• Firing Arc: 360 degrees

• Firing Cycle Time: 7 seconds

• Targets: Hits up to 3 additional foes within 2 km of primary

• Damage Equation:

  Damage = 2890 * (1 + Sum(Cat1) + 1.4039) * (1 + Sum(Cat2) * (0.5 + 0.005 * Weapon Power)

• Supplemental: Does half damage to secondary targets

• Scales With: +All, +Bonus All, +Physical, Custom Power Matrix Haste

• Does NOT Scale With: +Weapon, Most Other Sources of Haste, Energy Weapon Training

• Use Case: A very strong, type-agnostic weapon. Has some synergies with Plasma since the Fek'Ihri Torment Engine boosts both Physical and Plasma damage. AOE is nice.

#Inertial Polaron Shunt

• Acquisition: Rex (Event)

• Damage Type: Polaron

• Firing Arc: 250 degrees

• Firing Cycle Time: 4.5 seconds

• Targets: Single

• Damage Equation:

  Damage = 1150.1* (1 + Sum(Cat1) + 1.4589) * (1 + Sum(Cat2) * (0.5 + 0.005 * Weapon Power)

• Supplemental: Also still can be used on Science Destroyers when not in tactical mode.

• Scales With: +All, +Bonus All, +Polaron, Custom Power Matrix Haste, Energy Weapon Training

• Does NOT Scale With: +Weapon, Most Other Sources of Haste,

• Use Case: Polaron builds strongly benefit from this. Best in slot for Polaron

#Soliton Wave Impeller

• Acquisition: T6 Risian Corvette (Event/Mudd's)

• Damage Type: Radiation

• Firing Arc: 360 degrees

• Firing Cycle Time: 4 seconds

• Targets: Single

• Damage Equation:

  Damage = 950* (1 + Sum(Cat1) + 1.5044) * (1 + Sum(Cat2) * (0.5 + 0.005 * Weapon Power)

• Supplemental: Has its own haste that scales with 2x Engine Power in increments of 5, e.g. 85 engine power is 170% haste

• Scales With: +All, +Bonus All, +Radiation, Custom Power Matrix Haste

• Does NOT Scale With: +Weapon, Most Other Sources of Haste, Energy Weapon Training

• Use Case: Builds with high engine power benefit strongly from this. This is another very strong, type-agnostic weapon. Has some synergies with Plasma since the Fek'Ihri Torment Engine boosts both Radiation and Plasma damage, and Disruptor since Five Magicks/Dragonsblood Flame Reactor will benefit this also. Reroute Reserves to Weapons builds with over 100 engine power and ways to refill it synergize very nicely with this one.

#Plasma Incendiary Bombard

• Acquisition: Gorn Hunter Raider (Lockbox Ship)

• Damage Type: Plasma

• Firing Arc: 90 degrees

• Firing Cycle Time: 8 seconds

• Targets: Single

• Damage Equation:

  Damage = 3000 * (1 + Sum(Cat1) + 1.6138) * (1 + Sum(Cat2) * (0.5 + 0.005 * Weapon Power)

• Supplemental: Also still can be used on Science Destroyers when not in tactical mode. Additional damage over time that scales on the size of the target by 1x, 2x, or 3x.

  Damage = 1100 * (1 + Sum(Cat1) + 1.6135) * (1 + Sum(Cat2) * (0.5 + 0.005 * Weapon Power)

• Scales With: +All, +Bonus All, +Plasma, Custom Power Matrix Haste, Energy Weapon Training

• Does NOT Scale With: +Weapon, Most Other Sources of Haste,

• Use Case: Plasma builds strongly benefit from this. Best in slot for Plasma if you can afford it.

#Analysis

We’re going to do a little analysis with something of a highly-Elite capable but probably not meta-bleeding-edge DPS build. A base DPS comparison is insufficient because it’s not accurate to compare something that scales with all your +Energy Type consoles with something that doesn’t. If the Experimental Weapon is one of the standard energy types, we’ll give it 5 Mk XV consoles of the same type. For example, the Phaser Hexa-Cannons will be running alongside 5 Mk XV consoles for 197% additional Cat1 and some extra +Phaser Cat1 for a total of 300%. If you are running more than that, just . . . know that it’ll end up boosting those numbers even higher. We'll ignore DRR to simplify the calculations, but include things like haste, Cat1, weapon power, any special modifiers for AOE, and we'll apply a small piloting penalty for Experimental Weapons with restrictive firing arcs: 12.5% for 90 degrees, 25% for 45 degree arc weapons. If you're an immaculate pilot, this will only benefit you more. If you want to see the full mathematical process in all its gory detail, check this out. If you want to fiddle with the calculations, make a copy and have fun. Or wait for us to update TRINITY with Experimental Weapons.

Anyway, we crunched the numbers then assigned a tier rating based on relative performance.

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As you can see, there's a pretty natural split with some obvious outliers in S-tier at the top, followed by a wide range of Experimental Weapons that are all within about 1K of each other and thus roughly equal, then some well-at-least-its-better-than-default weapons, followed by the bottom tier.

#Next Up

Again, we’re not committing to doing all of these, but we’ll do at least 1 more round in the near future. We’re targeting the Experimental Railgun, Graviton Implosion Charges, Hypercharged Field Projector, Experimental Repulsor Blaster, Armed Loitering Munition, Phlogiston Projector, Experimental Hull Spike Battery, Subspace Depth Charge, Experimental Kinetic Feedback Matrix and Tachyon Agitator. We’ll do an updated table at the end with all the rankings and use cases just like this one, so stay tuned for our next installment!

I'm a big fan of the whole 'space barbie' aspect, and I like using certain ship designs even if they aren't meta.

But despite not being meta, I still want to be able to contribute to team activities by having reasonably well equipped ships with reliable builds.

I intend to have a different captain for each of these ships, just so I can have a character that is focused on a specific build. So if you think that a certain captain type is better for one of these ships and the build, feel free to offer that as a suggestion as well.

What builds would you suggest for the following ships?

- Clarke Multi-Mission Command Cruiser (Gonna make it look like the Miranda)

- Equinox Pilot Scout Ship (Gonna play as the Nova)

- Ross Command Explorer (or) Terran Cygnus Battlecruiser (Love me the Galaxy)

- Hydra Intel Destroyer (Looks sweet on its own)

You don't need to go into full detail on the equipment, traits, etc. I can find all that stuff myself. But knowing what the builds are called would be a step in the right direction. EG: DEW, EPG, etc.

The disco rep shields have the damage boost for shields But I’m wondering is it constant buff like how a isomag boosts damage or does it only occur in certain circumstances

Mostly im looking for advice on which starship traits and consoles i might want to use instead of what im curently running. Below is my current setup.

Captain: Liberated borg engineer, Specialization Intelligence/Temporal

Weapons = Ba'ul torp, +4 Ba'ul dual cannons in front. Ba'ul turrent and the pahvan omni in the back. Phaser hexa cannon for experimental

Core = Khitomer deflector, Discovery engine, Discovery warp drive, Khitomer shield

Consoles; 4 isomags, Hull image refractors, valdore console, Ba'ul console, Custom power matrix, Lorcas console, Quanum warhead module, Subspace jumer, Enhanced induction coils, Polymorphic probe array

Boffs:

Commander =Kemocite, AP; Beta, TS, CSV

Lt Com = Emergency to aux, Aux to bat, Emergency to weapons

Lt Com = Lock trajectory, Aux to bat, Fly her apart

Lt = Narrow senser bands, Mixed armaments synergy

Ens= Structural analysis

Doffs= 3 technicians, exocomp maintence engineer, 35 of 47

Space reputation = Tylers duality, Precision, Magnified firepower, Controlled countermeasures, Advanced targeting systems

Personal space traits = Projectile training, Canon training, Context is for kings, EPS manifold efficiency, Fleet coordinator, Fragment of Ai tech, Accurate, Intelligence agent attache, Operative

Starship traits = Withering barrage, Weaponized time crystals, Improved lock trajectory, Cold hearted, Onboard dilithium recrystalizer, Promise of ferocity, Synthetic good fortune.

Of note i also have the following

starship traits =Calm before the storm, Emergency weapon cycle, Improved pedal to the medal, Overpowered and over gunned, Standoff, Stealth torpedo bomber, Superior area denial.

Personal traits = Particle manipulater, Unconvential systems, feel the weight of our presence,

Hi. Relatively new casual player on PS5, currently working my way through the story arcs, just completed 'Sunrise' (twice for the phaser array and console). Flying the T6 Tyhpoon, running at as a BO phaser beam boat. I'm not in an active fleet, just picked up an invite not long after I first logged in, and it's only L1 in most areas, so no current access to fleet items. I'll look for something better when I have more time.

My question was, is it worth getting the 3pc Lorca set (I'm very close to T6 Disco rep for the discount), with the WA DHBB up front with my arrays, the console, and the torp at the back with the omnis? Will the 3pc proc of a free torp be worth the slot over another array at the back? I'm not looking to run Elite, just possibly some advanced TFOs in the future.

Thanks.

Sto wiki down?

On many pages directly from Google I recieve "query error has occurred" And a weird error code Only the main page, skills page and factions pages seems working for me

Hey Captains, looking for some build advise and thoughts on a Section 31 Dreadnought build im wanting to RolePlay on my account. Looking for themes and trying to keep it authentic to how section 31 would operate while (ideally) still hitting really hard

Hey everyone,

I've been trying to find some science consoles that boost phaser damage, but I'm having a hard time finding actual names of consoles. I tried searching the net and, surprisingly, I couldn't find any actual console names; everything related to science just brought up EPG builds. And I tried asking in zone chat in-game, but people kept giving me the run-around and telling me 'yeah they exist' without giving me any actual names to work with.

Even had someone antagonize me in private messages over it. I think you can imagine, I'm getting pretty frustrated at this point.

I'm currently working on a Typhon Carrier build. Every console I have, including engineering, is dedicated to boosting my phaser damage. I only have one science console that boosts phaser damage (Quantum Phase Converter), but it only allows 1 of them.

Outside of the Typon, I've heard talk that the Ahwahnee is one of the best carrier ships at the moment and it's very tanky, and I won't lie: the idea of being able to dish out damage while also tanking it greatly appeals to me. Much as I love my Typhon, it's a glass cannon unless I keep my fortress mode equipped. But the trouble I have with the Ahwahnee is: it doesn't have as many tactical slots, with more focus on science and engineering. Do you see why I'm looking for phaser science console names? I'd rather not shift over to a Command/MW ship without having as many phaser-boosting consoles as I can get my hands on.

Please keep in mind: I'm not in a fleet. You can suggest fleet consoles for if/when I find a fleet, but I'd prefer consoles that I can find from mission rewards or on the exchange.

"Harmonic Shield Linkage"
This trait is mostly useless in PvP, there are NPCs of Cruiser rank which should trigger the trait, however normal pets like Type 7's do not.
I give this a rating of:
"Niche"

"Breen Shield Tunneling"
This is a huge change; the trait belongs on almost every Damage Dealing build. The tradeoff of Shield Capacity is insignificant. I give this a rating of
"Meta"

"Krenim Chronophage"
This console is broken unfortunately. The first time I read the tool tip I was concerned, but optimistic. This console is very close almost being a perfect addition and as a concept I really like it.
I was actually hoping this would be an AoE since if it was an AoE. We would be able to easily get out of it by just avoiding the AoE area. Would have been perfect on debuffers.
However, the console unfortunately does NOT do this. It instead applies a straight debuff to the target, which persists despite attempting to trigger boost morale, engineering team, science team, etc. In short, the control clears we typically use to get out of the hold do not clear the debuff from applying again, which is a real shame as it makes this console not working as intended and broken.

The debuff does also not apply when the player is untargetable which seems to be the only reliable way to avoid the debuff. (Note this is only temporary so long as untargetable persists)

If this were changed to be an AoE debuff at a point it would be perfect, if not it needs to be clearable, so we are not always getting held.

YouTube video with evidence for above claims:
Krenim Chronopage Testing
The debuff itself seems to scale with Control Expertise at least and to be clearable as long as sci team, eng team, boost morale, is active just not a permanent clear once they expire. Which is not consistent with those abilities being supposed to remove debuffs, not provide an immunity to debuffs.

With that, I give a rating of:
"Broken, but when fixed, solid and Meta Useful"

Moving onto the rest of the Lockbox,
"Breen Keth Sarr Intel Courier"

I think this ship is ultimately a more maneuverable, more expensive, less survivable version of the Hydra Build.
However, I think the ship as applications as well for a potential lockdown or support build, especially when these are fixed, the current support meta might shift to a build on a ship like this as well.

I foresee a number of players transitioning to the new ship, though I am not convinced all will due to the lesser hull capacity
Rating:
"Meta"

"Red Directive"
This trait is useless due to Boimler Effect and other CD options at least in meta PvP.
Rating:
"Useless"

"Breen Imperium Polaron Beam Array"
I think are still edged out by other options, the extra damage is decent, but not amazing. Could be useful on very specific anc niche builds.
I give it a rating of:
"Decent, but not-meta"

With that I conclude this quick review of the new lockbox and its implications on PvP, if anyone has anything they want to add feel free to say so below!

Can contact me on discord as well.
discord.gg/6qcDXtGNqX
As always, live long and prosper and see everyone in the queues:
-T'Vek Saterk (@data#7310 on PC)

Blue Sky Thread:
T'Vek Saterk: "Thread - Meta Impact on PvP from "The Partners in Crime" Lockbox for Star Trek Online PvP.

Hey all, looking for advise on a Section 31 Dreadnought captain build im planning on RP. What are your thoughts on a potential build?

Welcome to the weekly questions megathread. Here is where you can ask all your build or theorycrafting related questions that might not warrant a full post. Curious about how something works? Ask it here!

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Hello everyone, this is my first post here and I need advice, as in the title, about a Protostar themed build:

I've just completed the console Event Campaign and gotten myself the Protostar Science Spearhead on my Sci character; I have all the Protostar phasers equipped (beams only) as well as the Protostar Experimental Technology set (warp, shield, omni) and the ship specific console (Reformed Living Construct). I really like making themed builds like this but I am wondering what would be the better direction to take it.

I welcome any and all advice or suggested builds, even if not budget I can still take inspiration from them. Thank you in advance for any advice!

Hi, fellow captains!

I'm looking for some general advice on how to increase DPS with phaser beam arrays, specifically on SCI and ENG ships. I understand that each ship category has its own strengths and playstyles, but I'd love to hear tips on boosting beam DPS in a way that works for these ships.

I should note that I don't have the resources for the so-called "meta" universal consoles. Instead, I'm hoping for advice on items and traits that are accessible through the Exchange, pure dilithium, or as episode rewards.

I'm also open to Reputation rewards, but I've only just started with the system, and I'm worried it will take months before I can actually unlock anything meaningful.

Any recommendations or insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

As the title says, I want to make a Cold Ground build. I was thinking of grabbing the 4-pc Breen set from the Winter store.

Should I grab any or all of the Tac/Uni Kit Mods from the same store, or are other Mods I should look into?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Hello guys,

is there any good tank build for newcomer out there? Anything where i see all weapons and consoles and the skillbuild? I dont find anything great.
All i find is on youtube but i dont see the console/weapon names so i dont know what i need.

I hope anyone can help me :)

Hi Guys, I'm a free to play player and after a few solid weeks of grinding I finally managed to get myself a Tier 5 Odyssey Star Cruiser, and am now curious on how I can get the best out of the ship. What recommendations for any weapons or consoles do people have?

Working on a phaser mainly-cannon build and would love any advice on how to improve where I have reached so far. Any advice on ship/gear/traits/etc. would be super helpful. Want a ship that is fast and agile and can put out a pummeling in the front arc. Thanks in advance!

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Aiming fairly generic here as I do a few different builds depending on ship.

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Leaning on Surgical Strikes since I feel it lines up best with the seating this ship has. Still mainly cannons, but breaking away for the dual beams from Lorca's Ambition and an omni in the back since it does more damage than a turret and I am not using CSV.

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Eagle Class Torpedo Boat

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T6-X2

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I know this build is non optimal. the ship traits I have slotted seemed logical to me.

I referenced the tier list, I can grind out Strike from shadows, I have the shran. I have one T6 coupon, so either piercing projectiles from the appalachia or promise of ferocity from the Thozyn. I also still have the big ticket from the event, so I can pick up the shrike world razer or Mirror Connie. I'm leaning to the Connie because, well, Connie. WR would be the second choice. the shrike doesn't do it for me. it would drydock and sit there after the trait was unlocked. I can probably swing the sona for

subspatial warheads

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Recently got into console sto from PC, any tips on how to increasing dps would be helpful.

Kelvin Heavy Destroyer Tetryon Build

Hey! I've been playing on console for about 7 years now and have been slowly beefing up my tetryon cannon build, but would love some tips on increasing DPS or if there are any glaring holes in a tough build that I need to change? I'm also working on salvage to update the weapons, if there are any that are urgent please let me know.

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"I dont know about the other skill tree unlocks. I have a retrain token so I'm happy to redo this as its currently maxxed out."

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This is my main build. I also use a Mirror Warship and a Terran Adamant Intel Heavy Cruiser with similar loadouts.

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I am building an AP build and I'm lost on what console to slot and I'm open to suggestions. I'm currently maxed out on Iso Mags and currently sitting at a 48% CrtH and 205% CrtD so this console can literally be anything. However I have spent a good amount of money on getting premium ship traits so I am hoping to use a console that will not cost me Zen. I have lobi and dil that I would be able to use to purchase the last console. I have one slot left open in addition to these consoles. If anyone has a suggestion I'd love to hear it.

6 Iso Mags AP

Tachyokinetic Converter

Custom Power matrix

Lorca's Custom Fire

Bioneural Infusion Circuts

Assimilated Module

Dominion Defense Screen

I'm a F2P player and I've been playing for just over a month. The free Pathfinder today is my first T6 and I was wondering if it would work will for a starter exotic build. I've read the exotic primer on STO Better, but I've been flying nothing but Escorts this entire time. Is there anything that makes this ship not worth the investment?

For reference, my current ship is a Hirogen Heavy Escort using a very basic Tetryon cannon build, so I'd likely be building up the Pathfinder from scratch. I have all my reps at tier 4 with about 200k refined dilithium and 12M EC saved up. I have 2 experimental upgrade tokens I could use as well.

I'd like to move into an exotic build regardless for something different to play, which is what I've been saving up resources for, but I'd like some advice about this ship before I go shopping.

Edit: I really appreciate everyone's feedback here. Tons of great information!

So I remember buying out the event and being able to still earn campaign points each day but I just bought it and them played but I'm still at 700 even though the timer didn't start until I did the NWS. Am I misremembering? Can I start getting points tomorrow?

Hi I just am not sure which route to go here

Should I get the advanced tactical vulnerability consoles or the advanced engineering isomagnetic consoles?

I’m running a phaser overload build which would improve my dps more

Ship has 5 engineering 4 tactical

So I was recently watch Casual Sab and he had posted a meta update video towards the end he mentioned that with enough weapons haste the kinetic cutting beam reduces weapons cost for most of the run if I have emergency weapons cycle, temporal tunneling, and custom power matrix is that enough haste to make it worth while????

My friend is setting up a Valkis build, and we have some questions:

There is a rumor that PET plasma torps are boosted by ship items and count as your personal torps.

1. Is this true?

2. If so, does this extend to the Hangar Craft Power Transition Module?

That is: can you boost your PET's plasma torps with a Hangar module fused for Plasma or Torpedo modifiers?

What else helps PET plasma torps?

Thanks for any input.

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Hello, I'm not sure which trait I should chose for my hybrid Tac captain. I would decide between Show no Weakness or Make an Example.
Her you can see my other traits.
https://ibb.co/c8qBG1N
An it's only about these both traits. Thank you. :)

One way is to only buy Andorian Chimesh Pilot Escort, or greedily wait for a free coupon.  But why not try a complete bundle? In Allied Pilot Escort Federation Bundle I see some consoles in dogfighters set, are they useful or "fun"? (yes I know only usable on this type of ships) Intention is doing good in adv tfo and perhaps reaching elite with them.

Questions

1 Which other traits are usable in Allied Pilot Escort Federation Bundle?  

2 If using one of the ships and dog fighters set, which pieces if not all four (In my mind I have cannons with two torps, Malstroem and Dark matter.)?

3 Is there a build that could inspire me (in respect of the fighters) ?