https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvSa7yQ7JgY

There's a new version of STO Academy's skill planner coming out soon. Looks like it'll be better than ever!

Science Captains get nailed!
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My second expedition to the Furry Space had two parts. First, in Earth Space Dock I didn't know at all what this was about more or less intuitively picked things from the new Tree that looked similar to my Skills in the old Skill System. Character copy from Holodeck to Tribble does NOT port tray loadouts and as I was too lazy at that moment to complete the port other things had priority, Edar'Ta on Tribble got paused. Then Catriona (Romulan Tactician) got all the nit picky attention and I made the skill port map.

However "intuitive" sounds good especially if you are Romulan and not a Boring Beancounter Logicistic Vulcan. So I did not change things and used the Skills picked. I could not explore the new Ultimates a the build is quite a mess hybrid.


Ship Values
I went to Sol Orbit and looked into some numbers.

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According to forum posts, Shield Regeneration is bugged on Tribble. The value should 366.
Here scores the Warp Core Efficiency pick.

Science Skills
The interface on Tribble now offers detailed skill data as we know it from Holodeck. Tough and resistant on Holodeck, the revamp added some extra Science Grunt.

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Equipment behavior: under Development
After the last patch on Tribble Plasmonic Leech is ticking stronger than expected: the 122 Drain Skill I have on Catriona´s vessel now ticks at 2.4 (1.6. at testing time) and also at Edar'Tas vessel it got stronger than it is on Holodeck.

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Abilities
There are so many, so I just picked some damage and healing abilities:

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As I have a higher setting for Auxilliary power, the higher values on Tribble make sense.

Two Servers - One Captain
For the Big Final I used again the Argala System Patrol on Eilte difficulty as prooving ground. And I made videos!

Holodeck

Clicking on the statistics get you to the recorded video.

Tribble

Clicking on the statistics get you to the recorded video. My Explosion at the end was caused by a Crit to a downworn shield, followed by 6 digit kinetic damage. I had the read the combat log with a spreadsheet programm to see that. Maybe I should opt for Shield Mastery...

I had made this for @Brawndo_Mom, and beefed up numpad.txt a bit today:



File numpad.txt
The file binds multiple keys to perform the same action to allow some lax "hit the proper key board area" gaming. If I did not have a gaming mouse and a Logitech G13, I would use exactly this.

SpaceBar, Numpad-0 and Numpad-Decimal:
Spamming. Hit any of those keys to activate the first ability available in action tray 9 or 8 (only 1st 5 slots addressed), read/parse left to right. The script also always fires all weapons and redistributes shields when a key gets hit.

Numpad-1, Numpad-2, Numpad-3
Attack-Buffing. Hit any of those keys to activate the first ability availably in action tray 7.

Numpad-4, Numpad-5, Numpad-6
Shield Healing or Alternate Solution. hit any of those keys to activate the first ability availably in action tray 10.

Numpad-7, Numpad-8, Numpad-9
Hull Healing or Alternate Solution. hit any of those keys to activate the first ability availably in action tray 6.

Numpad-Divide
Emergeny Measure. Hit that key to activate tray 1, first or second slot.

Numpad-Multiply
Special Measure. Hit that key to activate tray 1, third slot.

Numpad-Subtract
Special Measure. Hit that key to activate tray 1, 4th slot.


File throttle.txt
Q and E usually change throttle by 25%. If this file is bound, Q and E change throttle by 10%, PageUp goes to full throttle, Page down goes to zero.

Science Captains can not teach Hazard Emitters III any longer!
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I made a map where to find your current skills in the new and shiney Skill Tree System. I explored the tree on Tribble, so some things may change. Testing with a Tactician was nice, Science Testers are hit by a bug. For now, you should make a screen shot of your current skill settings. Now.


The new plate has no labels, just tooltips. I added names (sometimes with a hint) and used a bit typography:
In the new system

• some skills are like those we already know
  
• other skills HAVE MANY HATS
  
• some are entirely new
  

All treelets/chains got Numberz by row and column and the leafs are a,b & c. See Hull Restoration (Starship Hull Repair) and HULL PLATING (Starship Hull Plating & Starship Armor Reinforcements) as samples.
Points spent in Engineering, Science and Tactics unlock Bridge Officer Manuals and additional Skills (on each skill node pick one of two options) for that profession. E.g. with some points spent in Engineering you can pick either Starship Batteries or Starship Subsystem Repair at E2. Grab them all!
On the right side I noted at each current skill which tree, leafs and/or unlock to pick if you want to have that skill after the change gets life.



Bridge Officer Training Manuals

The DPS is gone forever.
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I spent a day on Tribble with excursions back to Reality Holodeck to see how my current heaviest hitter ship will do when the new skill system is deployed. I started porting my skills.


Porting by Numbers - The Big Skill Tree Picture



The new plate has no labels, just tooltips. I added names (sometimes with a hint).

In the new system

• some skills are like those we already know
  
• other skills HAVE MANY HATS
  
• some are entirely new
  

All treelets/chains got Numberz by row and column and the leafs are a,b & c. See Hull Restoration (Starship Hull Repair) and HULL PLATING (Starship Hull Plating & Starship Armor Reinforcements) as samples.
Points spent in Engineering, Science and Tactics unlock Bridge Officer Manuals and additional Skills (on each skill node pick one of two options) for that profession. E.g. with some points spent in Engineering you can pick either Starship Batteries or Starship Subsystem Repair at E2. Grab them all!
Finally I noted at each current skill which tree, leafs and/or unlock to pick if you want to have that skill after the change gets life.
I gave Catriona a light respec as she does not use torpedoes, not really. After reviving the old skills I had a bunch of skill points for new tricks and managed to unlock the entire Tactical options & manuals bar.

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Listing the skills picked by a tree system must be complicated. So they didn't.

... than 9 picks in the individual single old skill. Says the Plasmonic Leech. The "Special" leaf might have given some refund. If Catriona were a Science Captain.

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That should read 1.5 actually...
But this little fellow learned a new trick:

There are so many and I am getting slightly impatient... so just some.

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For testing what that ship does normal patrols are too easy. I waited for an Infected Conduit Advanced, but these seem not to be played often on Tribble. So I picked the Argala System Patrol, Elite

Current Holodeck: A Meeting with Elite Kazon
Combat Log Player Analysis:
more entertaining: click on the screen shot to see the movie...

Tribble: An Elite Hirogen Encounter
Combat Log Player Analysis:
The Hirogen actually wanted to scratch my finish. Click on the screen shot to see them trying...

My memorial day.

The patch yesterday changed the way Combat Logs are stored: rather than appending the new data always to the same CombatLog.log file a new combat log file is created - as far as I observed at least one file per gaming session and at certain times (0:00, 12:00 GMT).

So far I have these log files collected, you should find similar gems, based on your online times

25.02.2016  23:59        13.988.873 Combatlog_2016-02-25_20-00-00.Log
26.02.2016  00:04         2.525.984 Combatlog_2016-02-25_23-00-00.Log
26.02.2016  10:03         7.800.860 Combatlog_2016-02-26_07-00-00.Log

To get your log, browse the directory of your Combatlog.log file now for Combatlog_{timestamp}.log

I am tinkering with the build yet, so far she runs 36 - 42K dps in ISA and can take a lot of beating. I picked mix of Odyssey and Yorktown at the tailor. I think, together with the Andromeda one of the best looking Federation ships

I am @daBelgrave, one of the leaders of the other group in the Armada, The Phoenix Division. We're a fairly small fleet that formed around the start of S6, and have a mix of members ranging from lifetimers to F2P, experience in PvE, PvP, and some RP, and playing from time zones scattered across Europe and the US. We also have a T4 KDF fleet (the House of the Phoenix), and have just begun filling the T5 Shipyard upgrade. We're pleased to be part of this armada, and hope to get to know you folks much better.

As for myself, I've been around since Head Start, greatly enjoyed PvP up to around S7 (although I still enjoy a good fight now and then), and am the creator of the Ship Comparison Spreadsheet and other useful spreadsheets in my attempts to better understand various game mechanics. I am in the Eastern US timezone, but am usually connected to chat throughout the day via XMPP.

My main character, One of Twelve (One@daBelgrave), is a Liberated Borg Science Officer, and uses escorts exclusively unless grinding out a ship trait. After having used practically every escort in the game, I would say my favorites have been the MVAE, Risian corvette, and the newer Pilot escorts. This character is also fairly good at ground, and can fill damage, healing, or tanking roles as needed. R&D is maxed, so feel free to ask if you want something made.

The R.R.W. PIASSO is my first and probably my one and only ship that easily soloes Gateways & Cubes in Khitomer Vortex. I already noticed the power of Cloak-Buff-Uncloak-Fire during the patrols I did for ship mastery.

The numbers from her 2nd ISA run show what she can do:

SCM - Infected [LR] (S) - [03:50] DMG(DPS) - @Xynas: 13.22M(58.75K) @edarta: 11.53M(50.21K) @z0raja: 7.85M(34.07K) @mrmuscles3: 4.07M(17.72K) @robdoddy: 401.25K(1.78K)

I built a monster...

Scimitars and Aux2Bat: Shields Down, Singularity Implosion. I picked Engineering Team 3 and avoided the proverbial check-in to the ship yard so far. 5 Superior Romulan Operatives, at least one with Subterfuge, make my awesome bridge crew. The target shields ability will be replaced by Kemocite laced Weapons when I got the EC. As Duty Officers I have 3 Technicians (Aux2Bat), a Warp Core Engineer (Energy Levels) and a Conn Officer (Tactical Team CD) assigned. Energy settings: 100/15/15/30

Weapon-wise the loadout is mostly traditional with [CrtD]x3 Plasma arrays and a full Romulan Singularty Harness - the Experimental Romulan Beam Array does not drain Weapon Energy and the 3-piece set bonus gives an extra punch. Running 30% critical hit, Bioneural Infusion Circuits got a hug. Rather than going for a bag of tricks with the new T6 Flagship Consoles, I followed forum advices on Scimitars and picked the Shield Absorptive Frequency Generator from the Valdore (T3 Zen ship). In combination with the Energy Refrequencer trait from Iconian reputation and Intel Tier 1&2 abilities the ship uses it's considerable damage to heal itself on shields and sometimes hull in a way I have never seen before. The Auxilliary Batteries are to help on survival when Aux2Bat has disabled the Science abilities: A 2-slot key bind to [Polarize Hull][Auxilliary Batteries] in a visible tray either activates [Polarize Hull] on single click or I see PH disabled and do a double click, activating the batteries, and then the re-enabled hull polarization The space set from Inconian Reputation does a solid job. Perhaps I go for the Singilarity from the Terran Special Forces Reputation. Until I know how to get the Ship's Mastery Trait into noticable effect, I keep the single Torpedo in the aft slots. I need some field testing make up my mind. The Hangar launches Romulan Elite Drones - these are Frigates. And Shapeshifters: looking like Borg Probes in ISA, cutsey Doodads in ESD, small Warbirds in missions...