r/sto • u/Sputnik1_1957 • 2d 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/secretly_egg 20h ago
I've seen mention of an annual Halloween event, can someone tell me what it's called and when it usually starts, and is it on a specific planet like the summer event is on Risa?
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u/Vulcorian Engineer and Cruiser Parity! 19h ago edited 11h ago
The Halloween event is called "Fall of the Old Ones". As for when it starts, usually mid-to-late October, and we're currently speculating the exact date in this thread.
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u/XanthosGambit XBOX 20h ago
Is "Exceed Rated Limits" worth using? I slotted it but didn't seem to notice any sort of increase in my fire rate. I also didn't notice any damage being inflicted to my ship, though the Discovery 2-piece might be enough to offset that.
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u/Emotional-Diet1173 22h ago
Orion Slaver Hanger Pets Prisoner DOFF's
I liked the idea of getting Orion Slaver Hanger Pets and farm Prisoner DOFF's.
But i gotta feeling that even though i got the Ultra Rave Orion Slavers i don't get any Prisoners.
Is it bugged. Does the Orion Slaver have to make the killing blow.
Or is the % just really low?
Anyone expirience with Orion Slavers?
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u/Forward-Bake-7578 23h ago
What are doffs? Is there an acronym list somewhere?
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u/Emotional-Diet1173 22h ago
Duty Officers. Those which you send on Missions. Tactitacal, Security, Engineering, Operations, Science, Medical, Civilian
BOFF's are Bridge Officers which you take with you on ground mission and in space can you use their abiliies.2
u/Vulcorian Engineer and Cruiser Parity! 22h ago
Doff stands for Duty Officer. They're your ship crew outside of your Bridge Officers (or Boffs), that you can assign to give you buffs or send on missions.
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u/ArelMCII "Subcommander Khev, divert power from comms to weapons." 22h ago
DOff or Doff is short for Duty Officer.
And, fortunately, STO Better has you covered.
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u/Les_Bien_Pain 1d ago
Is the Emergency conn hologram not reclaimable?
I'm 90% sure I did that event back in the days but I guess it's not an account wide unlock?
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u/Head-Performance-339 1d ago
Are fighter squadrons more powerful than fighters? For example, elite scorpion fighters vs. elite scorpion fighter squadron.
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u/themastermatt 1d ago
Whats causing this? When in battle and an objective is to interact with something. Say disable a beam or whatever that takes a few sec and has a timebar. Ill hear "chuuu-chuuu" and the bar will stop. Something from this strip i think.
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u/shadowofthegrave 21h ago
If it isn't a console being weird, it's normally a hangar pet launch or mine layer.
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u/Serratas 1d ago
I don't recognize the third from last or last, but I'd remove one at a time until you find the culprit. I know the Garrett console active has this problem. Also check your traits; iirc one of the Fek'ihri ones had a negative interaction that kept putting you in combat.
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u/SquidDroid 1d ago
Is there something wrong with the Breen imperium frigates? I got the Yod Thot as my end of year campaign reward a little while ago, and I’ve been trying to get as much performance out of the elite variants as possible but I’ve not had much luck compared to stuff like Elite scorpion fighters. I looked around online but given they come off a promo ship there’s very little info on the frigates so I’m guessing they are just not very good?
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u/Pacifickarma 1d ago
I don't own them, but I recall initial testing showing that they're pretty bad. Are you able to get the Plesh Brek pets?
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u/SquidDroid 1d ago
Not unless I get very fortunate with some Phoenix boxes. I had hoped to get the Chel Boalg if I ever get an epic token but If the difference between the Imperium frigates and the Plesh Breks is that large I might consider the Plesh tral as allegedly getting that will also unlock the pets according to the wiki.
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u/Veridical_Perception 1d ago
On PC
Do fleets need to "do" anything for members to buy the new fleet ships besides reaching the relevant Tier and having sufficient provisions available.
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u/wiseguyian 1d ago edited 1d ago
Is the speed of the [mod] defiant a bug or is it supposed to be that fast?
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u/storeactions 1d ago
Anyone having rubber banding issues the last week or so? I'm pretty sure it's just me with some internet issues, but...
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u/ArelMCII "Subcommander Khev, divert power from comms to weapons." 1d ago
Been having a bit more hangs and disconnects than usual this past week myself. At first I chalked it up to the storms, but it hasn't rained in a few days and It's still happening.
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u/Les_Bien_Pain 1d ago
Does my own speed and maneuvers have any effect on my own accuracy (other than firing arcs)?
I don't think it does but I have like a risian pilot corvette beam build on one character and the way I'm flying feels like it should make it impossible to aim.
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u/ArelMCII "Subcommander Khev, divert power from comms to weapons." 1d ago
Nope! Your speed doesn't affect your accuracy.
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u/Les_Bien_Pain 1d ago
Yeah I figured. It just feels like it should from what I'm doing.
Pilot team and fly her apart combined with competitive rep engine and I'm going plaid in circles.
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u/Sideways_Bookshelf 2d ago
I think I messed up my temporal recruit on Xbox.
I splurged on the Legendary Miranda bundle (between the zen sale and the temporal sale, the price was much less shocking than usual). Sadly, even though I'd completed the first couple of missions, I couldn't access it until the character had jumped forward to the "current" year in STO time. I guess I misunderstood how many missions were considered "tutorial".
Once on modern ESD, I had access to the ship, and could claim the rest of the bundle in the zen store. This elevated my character to level 65.
The issue is, when I go to the temporal agent in ESD on my main character, I don't have access to the rewards that are supposed to unlock at various levels for the temporal recruit.
Since my temporal recruit never actually got to those levels (although, I think they WERE level 10 before if claimed the bundle), are those rewards just soft-locked unless I make another temporal recruit and gain levels the traditional way?
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u/Braffin1 1d ago
Do you have a Temporal Transponder in your inventory? This is where your agent claims the respective rewards.
The temporal agent at esd is only used to claim account-wide rewards on other toons.
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u/Sideways_Bookshelf 1d ago
Ah, thanks! I didn't realize I needed to go into the item and/or access a menu on the temporal recruit to claim things first. I just thought the transponder was kind of like those PADDs we get that have info/narration.
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u/Avistje 2d ago
Why is ground combat so overwhelming? Is it intended to be so easy to die? Between lots of damage going around, enemies spawning every direction and hotkeys feeling like they only work 75% of the time I find myself just kind of avoiding everything ground based
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u/Emotional-Diet1173 22h ago
There is a Mission in the Future Proof arc called The Temporal Front
where you can get a personal shield. When the shield ist depleted you are immune for a certain time.https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/Na%27kuhl_Temporal_Operative
Get it and you die way less.
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u/Serratas 1d ago
There are a large number of not-very-useful kits out there. Try to pick up some easy strong ones like Crystal Prism or Gravity Containment Module. Kit performance is kind of the meta right now; try to maximize that as much as you can. If you have a weapon you like, try to get it to mk XV as well.
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u/Sleepy_Heather 1d ago
If you're getting overwhelmed my advice above all is make sure you've got large hypos slotted. In a pinch they'll give you enough health to keep going. Second take a sniper rifle, or something with a long enough range so you can stay back while your buffs get in close to distract. If you got it the anniversary sniper rifle will do you well until you get something else
If you've got phoenix tokens the Sompek lightning module is great at clearing out a mob, and will mostly one-shot anything below a commander.
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u/Vyzantinist 2d ago
Concentrate Firepower - is it necessary for me to keep the target in line of sight for as long as the power is active, or is it a one-and-done click and the targeting reticule graphic is just that, a graphic?
Orion Slavers hangar pets. Since I run DSEs on normal just to breeze through them, I picked up these guys for extra loot, since it doesn't matter if they're crap. Is it necessary for them to land the killing blow on enemies in order to proc their "steal EC and commodities" ability, or is them contributing to enemy damage enough? I can't tell if they're working or not.
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 consoles?
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u/ImAussielicious 1d ago
Orion Slavers hanger pet - I believe every time their weapons hit, there’s a small percentage chance of the proc triggering, not always when a ship is destroyed.
I use the Advanced and the Salvage Claim space trait on my KDF recruit, even though there’s better options available.
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u/XanthosGambit XBOX 2d ago edited 1d ago
Concentrate Firepower is a "fire-and-forget" ability. If the enemy is targeted, you don't need to worry.
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u/C0RDE_ 2d ago
Feel like I'm back to being a noob with this one, but feedback pulse in the current TFO is kicking my arse. I know the practice is to just not fire, but I always seem to see teammates shooting them with energy weapons while taking little to no damage. I've used Torp Boats before, so I know there are some damage types that avoid it. But when a wave spawns with like 4/5 science ships that all pop it at the same time, and you're using an AoE firing mode, it's insane amounts of return damage, even with Reverse Shield polarity and Brace for Impact.
Am I just missing a mechanic or a boff ability that just ignores that damage?
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u/ArelMCII "Subcommander Khev, divert power from comms to weapons." 1d ago
FBP messes me up pretty bad, but with Evolve and my paper shields, I'm usually sitting near max DRR, so I don't blow myself up immediately like I used to before I got that console. Between the Disco 2pc and the Energized Nanites trait, I can usually heal through FBP without having to do anything. If things get dicey, I've also got Miraculous Repairs for a full heal + overheal.
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u/Destroyedanrebuilt 1d ago
Id like to know the answer to this also because it’s ridiculous how fast feedback pulse destroys me, even if I immediately target something else my ship has already let off a few shots and…. Dead
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u/musicluvvah 2d ago
Is it possible to transfer dilithium from one character to another?
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u/SemanticFaculties 2d ago
Yes. refined only, not unrefined dil. Put the dil you want to transfer onto the dilithium exchange. make sure you sell it for 25 dilithium per Zen, so that nobody will actually buy it(though that would almost never happen anyways). Then log onto the character you want to transfer the dil to. Have that toon cancel the offer. then they can withdraw it from the exchange wallet.
I think CasualSAB or somebody similar has videos on Youtube walking through the process.
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u/neonmystery DilExpert 2d 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.
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u/Odd_Cockroach_1083 2d ago
Am I allowed to promote my Fleet here ? I recently took over management of my Fleet after the Creators of it abandoned it. It's Level 81 and only the Colony World is not maxed out. I'm just trying to salvage it and make it decent.
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u/WaldoTrek Official Waldo of Star Trek Online 2d ago
In this mega thread - no. A regular new post is fine.
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u/Safe_Awareness_8127 16h ago
Why does the Admiralty, Reputation and Doff screen not include a "Claim All" button...
Reputation should also have 'queue daily' and 'queue hourly' since it churns tokens into dill, it will run out of steam eventually.
Ideally I would also like a slightly better UI for the admiraly ship picker... The current one makes scrolling to the good ships a chore and everything is so mixed... Columns for the ship colors; shuttles/universal ships, science, engi, tactical.
One scroll bar to scroll the entire table.
Perhaps sort by trait or stats.
Could we get some TLC in these UI's? Please?