Advance STO

You have nailed down the basics and you want more. You are trying to fit your ship with new weapons and you know it is not as simple as just buying the most expensive weapon you have credits for. There is a collection of detailed analysis of the weapons and ships here.

This is one of my favorite analysis. It compares the different weapons and the DPS and Range numbers.

Beginners Start Here

So, you got the game, you brisk through the tutorial mission and now if you still trying to fly your ship in a pseudo 3D environment and wishing that it was 2D. The official game manual is next to useless, and you need something better. Where do you start?

1. The Academy Information Index is the best starting place for learning the game
2. The StoWiki is your best reference at this point
3. Join a fleet

Crafting at Memory Alpha

The new made some changes to crafting and it is definitely not as bad as before. At least there is progress feedback so you know what you need to do next to unlock the next level. The link to the tutorial is here. If you need a pdf version to print you can download pdf.

Create Star Trek Races

STO allows you to create your own race (alien option) and from there, you can re-create many of the star trek races not yet available as an option.

The link to the tutorial is here.

Big 3 getting Nerfed

Looks like the big FBP, SNB, and VM are getting nerfed soon. If you don't know what the last sentenced meant, allow me to explain. These are the three most powerful ability and some would argue, too powerful for the game balance. FBP stands for feedback pulse and when you use this ability, any beam attack you receive is bounced back to the attacker at greater damage. It has become a "must have" ability. VM stands for Viral Matrix, another powerful ability that takes your opponent ship offline -- in essence, making it a sitting duck where you can pound on. In a PvP match, this makes your opponent incredibly frustrated and angry.

Here is a forum post by the devs suggesting changes to these abilities and requesting feedback from the community. I think the changes are welcomed and would make the game more fun and discussing with the community first before nerfing the abilities is definitely a positive move.

Saurian Bridge Officers

If you bought the Amazon Pre-Order STO, you would get a bonus item of a Borg BO that has a unique "efficiency" trait. The only other way to get this special BO, is to find for a Saurian BO that has that trait. Most Saurian BO does not have this trait, so you need to hunt on the exchange for it.  A number of people bought theirs on the exchange for about 100k each.The last time I checked, they are selling for about 25 million on the exchange.

This is a stat before using Saurian "Efficient" BOs:

This is a stat after adding 4 Saurian "Efficient" BOs:

Tribble Crafting

 

 In STO crafting is similar to purchasing an item just with a different currency (anomalies) and most players find it rather boring and chose not to do it. However, we have discovered that breeding tribbles can be quite fun. As you can see from the chart, there are many tribbles that can be bred and it is sufficiently complex, that many players spend considerable time and energy trying to breed tribbles just for the fun of it. Places where you can get this chart is listed below.

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