r/sto • u/Sputnik1_1957 • 6d ago
Megathread Monday Megathread - your weekly "dumb question" thread
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/R97R 6h ago
Is there a recommended minimum DPS threshold to reach before doing Advanced TFOs? I had previously been told the recommended cut-offs were 70k for Advanced and 110k for Elite, but just found out the latter is considered to be closer to 200k now (in order to compensate for people in your group who are below said threshold), so wanted to check if my assumption about Advanced TFOs was also incorrect.
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u/Pacifickarma 1d ago
Is there a Double XP event on PC right now? I thought I saw an announcement, but I didn't see anything in game.
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u/burnoutmax81 youtube.com/@thedancinggorn 1d ago
Am i blind or stupid or something? I finished the Rediscovered event a couple of days ago on one of my alts and wanted to test the equipment on another char, but i cant find the Neotype Torpedo nor Omni in the reclaim rewards list. Not as single item nor a packaged version.
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u/Vulcorian Engineer and Cruiser Parity! 1d ago
Blind, maybe. There was a post on what happened to them!
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u/SolisDF 2d ago
Anyone having issues with the STO Linux version suddenly crashing all the time? I was having zero issues up until yesterday and now it can't go ten minutes without hard freezing.
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u/kodos_der_henker 1d ago
game frozen 2 times today, but not sure if is with the linux version as I also got a server timeout several times as well
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u/ringswraith 2d ago
Does anyone know if the Terran Hydra's console (Engage the H.Y.D.R.A.) only pulls in actual hangar pets, or if it can pull summoned ones (such as but not limited to: swarmers from the Hive Defenses space trait; ships from the Scatterpacks and Weasels console; ships from the Delta Alliance Reinforcements Beacon)?
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u/Kenju22 3d ago
Is it possible for a Cardassian boff to have Efficient? The wiki seems to indicate this as possible but at the same time mentions it being limited to Liberated Borg and Saurian?
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u/Pacifickarma 3d ago
It's also available on at least one pack-specific Vulcan BOFF and the Hierarchy BOFF. 🤔
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u/suycidee 3d ago
Are there websites/sources with the currently best traits/equipment etc for beams, cannons and epg and so on? I know of DPS League but those havent been updated in a while. And if one exists for Ground Boffs that would be appreciated too.
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u/ArelMCII "Subcommander Khev, divert power from comms to weapons." 3d ago
STO Better has tier lists for experimental weapons, traits, space DOffs, and hangar pets. Their guides have suggestions for other things, and their builds have commentaries about why each thing was chosen, but there aren't any tier lists for BOffs or each specific piece of kit as far as I know.
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u/Millennium_Dusk 4d ago
Where do I post a fleet recruitment video? where's the best place to post it without getting it taken down? like here or in the STO main discord, what are my options?
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u/Striking_Action7155 4d ago
Was wondering does Inelastic Collisions trait from Shield R&D works with the Valdore console to count as a shield heal.
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u/OdysseyPrime9789 Kuumaarke is a good character. 4d ago
Do the discount coupons unlock the ship for your entire account or is it only the event campaign T6 starship choice box that does it?
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u/Rusteeshaqlford 4d ago
The Zen store 100 off coupons will unlock that T6 across your account. The infinity/promo is a one time shop and the unopened box may be sent through your account bank.
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u/XanthosGambit XBOX 4d ago
Do boffs use miniguns better than the player character?
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u/Apprehensive_Show882 4d ago
nope. boffs do not use assault weapons well, the slow secondary cooldowns and bursty nature of the damage are too much for the feeble boff AI. which is a shame, I'd love some proper tactical squad play. this is one reason romulan wide beam rifles are so popular for BOffs. the secondary cooldown is relatively quick, it has better than average aoe damage, and decent range, so that when they aren't using their boff powers (which will be their main source of damage) they have a little stand off distance
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u/fereldenvstamriel 5d ago
Did server just crashed?
Got kicked out of the game, it couldn't start connection to account server, and then running the launcher, it tried to update 5 times, then failed.
Have normal internet connection otherwise
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u/Pacifickarma 5d ago
I know the new Temporal Disruptors drain AUX when they fire, but is their damage still calculated based on your weapon power setting? I seem to remember the Vesta's Aux Cannons working that way.
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u/Odd_Cockroach_1083 5d ago
What is the fastest way to get a Gamma recruit ranked up to level 4 in six commendation categories
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u/scisslizz 2d ago
Run the colony cluster mission chains, unlock repeatable missions that award more than one category of DOFF XP. Farm colonists from Admiralty.
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u/Pale-Paladin 5d ago
Military, Engineering and Development should do by themselves just taking dilithium assignment.
Science and Medical, you can boost them by doing the chains (and repeat assignments) that needs Gamma Quadrant commodities.
That leaves you with one last, either Espionage, which has daily missions with a relatively high XP but go on cooldown (also a lot to grab around Romulan space), but you could also do Trading with the missions in DS9 from the Ferengi trader (also the couple of ship bridges which have traders on them). If you're KDF aligned, you could also try Marauding which is pretty easy to boost when you go to Sector Space.
Apart from that, you have the Undine battlezone, at the start of the area you have special doff missions through a prompt that gives you high XP in a plethora of commendations, you also have all the particle testing assignments from your ship bridge again, you'd have to check there to the officer that gives the doff missions I don't remember the right dialogue to reach them.
Also you can grab CXP boosters from the phoenix store.
Side note having as many high quality doff helps because you fail missions less and hit criticals more, so I'd donate all the stuff I can to fleets and put all the fleet credit I can into the Starbase VR doff boxes which cost 20k credits, maybe open some of the cheaper doff packs (the Prodigies, Shroeder, Qowat Milat, Talented Smuggler etc...)
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u/scisslizz 5d ago
Smash all the DOFF tasks that return at least 50 Dil. Get paid while you're waiting to get paid.
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u/Sleepy_Heather 5d ago
Patience is key. How I did it was to fly around a quadrant with the doffing menu open and just select whatever came up. You should also consider buying any doffs you need from the exchange if you need them, like biologists, or bartenders etc. it'll take some time but you'll get there
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u/Vyzantinist 5d ago
Is there a console clicky - ideally from a c-store ship - that replicates the function of Engineering Team or Hazard Emitters i.e. hull heal & cleanse?
What counts as a "Shield Healing Boff Ability" for the purposes of the Sh'Vhal's Totally Lost All Control trait? Off the top of my head I can only think of Science Team, but what about the likes of RSP and EPtS? Also, I've noticed the Wiki description now seems to omit mention of Captain shield healing ability. Mandela Effect or did the trait description not used to read boff abilities or captain abilities to trigger it?
How long does the Vengeance's Target Rich Environment trait stay active for? The wiki/tooltip says it's active "for a short time", but doesn't say, or I'm misreading, exactly how long that is.
Enhanced Induction Coils console. I had it lying around in my bank from God knows when, only equipped it now to use to nullify the system offline from OSS. I vaguely recall there are better consoles for that, but I can't remember which they are. I know the Damocles has one, but I'm looking for C-Store consoles and not lockbox - unless they're super-meta.
What are some decent +max hull capacity or hull regen consoles?
I may need to start a thread on this for visibility, but how do I get the 4028 doff assignment chain going? I have constantly been to Sol, DS9, and Qo'noS and I never see the initial mission up for grabs.
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u/scisslizz 5d ago
#6 - I think you need to hang around the Kassae Sector and maybe its neighbors, in the Beta Quadrant. That DOFF chain is a spin-off from the "Facility 4028" mission, in the "Lost Dominion" story arc.
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u/Vyzantinist 5d ago
Is it necessary for me to do the story mission first? I'm sure I completed the event chain on 2 other alts but I don't recall doing Lost Dominion with them.
I'm ultimately just trying to unlock the Exchange Prisoners With Dominion doff mission for a new alt.
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u/scisslizz 5d ago
You should be able to start and complete the DOFF mission chain without playing through the story missions.
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u/Dunlopfuzzy00 5d ago
What is the best way to use unconventional systems? The main console clicks that I use when fighting advanced or elite tfos is the triptych, miradorn sensor baffler, dilithium transporter and fleet power network array. To repeatedly use these consoles I basically put as much bridge officer abilities that trigger unconventional systems. I also use these consoles vovin console. Is this the way to go, or should I limit the amount of abilities that trigger unconventional systems and put some abilities that help me in space battles?
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u/Minimech79 5d ago
It’s up to you really you can have a max of 8 uncon triggers from abilities I tend to go for around 6 with the vovin, but it depends on where the majority of your dps comes from if you get a big spine of dps from your consoles then you want to be trying to have these at or as close to 100% uptime as you can.
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u/Dunlopfuzzy00 5d ago
Thanks for the reply. I do get a lot of dps from those four consoles, and you’re right, I should try to have them ready as much as possible
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u/waktivist 5d ago
Has console (Xbox) auto-execute been acting strangely since recent updates?
I know they have been working on it and made some good changes like having abilities slotted into the active button assignments now can auto-execute.
The past couple of days though I noticed that when I'm running instances like patrols none of my abilities are auto-executing for quite a while after entering the instance, even though they are set to auto-execute. Around 30-90 seconds after the first combat encounter, then auto-execute starts working.
Is this just me or some strange artifact of extreme lag, or has anyone else noticed abilities set to auto-execute sometimes not auto-executing for extended periods?
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u/DopedWookiee 5d ago
I'm suddenly experiencing the opposite on Xbox! Abilities just cycle, and cycle, and......cycle. I have to completely turn off any auto fire and/or cloak.
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u/Pale-Paladin 5d ago
The Pahvan omni notoriously does this, by keeping on autofiring despite having no target.
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u/DopedWookiee 5d ago
So I removed the pahvan omni and it's still doing the same thing. JFC.
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u/Pale-Paladin 4d ago
Yeah I bet there are other things too, this one was my go to because this is the one I have issues with the most (but it's so good I try to deal with it).
Another one could be the trait from the Vok'Tar, some powers makes the effect constantly pop up once it's off cooldown (I think it was 10 seconds) and puts you back in combat. And probably some more...
Maybe check if any of your weapon icons activate by themselves, as for powers you may have to disable auto exexecute one by one, see which one fixes it once you disable it.
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u/Sleepy_Heather 5d ago edited 5d ago
I upgraded the new cryo torpedo (or whatever its proper name is) to 15gold and I can't reengineer it. I can, however, reeng the Omni beam. Is that a known problem?
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u/McGillis_is_a_Char Romulan Star... Republic? 5d ago
Is there an outfit that gives Kuumaarke's boots? They seem to be a different model than the normal tall boots and Space Barbie is endgame.
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u/GuferHex U.S.S. Babylon NCC-1609 Constitution Class 5d ago
How much better do ground and space weapons become if I re roll them for only damage modifiers? Or is there an ideal mix?
Also what’s recommended for a Torpedo build on the Eagle? Can be anything from cheap to expensive
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u/neonmystery DilExpert 5d ago
ICYMI, here’s my dilex digest from last Wednesday. I discuss trends from orders both recently completed and pending. I post a new version Wednesdaily here on r/STO.
https://www.reddit.com/r/sto/s/7EGpDR0TuC
Feel free to reach out directly or reply for any Dilex questions
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u/AldebaranRios 6d ago
Do the fleet plasma torpedos count as targetable under HY? (and therefore benefit from the HYDRA console) I know they aren't actually targetable but I remember reading that there was a bug and they still benefited
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u/XanthosGambit XBOX 3h ago
Is the T-88 kit any good?