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09-07-2015, 03:03 AM
Ok, so the link does work, I just failed to read the skills only part. (oops, my bad)
Q: What char is this for and what play style are you going with? Without populating your ship, ships equipment and other trait info in there, its quite hard to debate suggesting using 6 vs. 9 skills.
I guess the simple answer is, If you have 2, and then 2 more, and add 1 to it, is 5 better than 4? You bet it is!
Now, if you have 20, and then 20 more, and add 1 to it, is 41 better than 40? Well... of course the answer IS YES! (If someone thinks not... well....)
anyways - What I'm getting at, is along the lines of the 2000xp you spend on something else (levels 1-6), why? If you are flying a risian corvette, something tells me you DO NOT NEED to put 6 points into the turn rate skill. However, if you are flying a talshiar ship like I am, well... you might need more than 6 to have a reasonable enough turn rate to work with your build/playstyle.and make it usable. With that said, why dump 2000xp into a skill or performance trait you almost NEVER use, or the combined traits of your BOFFs, DOFFs, consoles, ship, and playstyle deem it unnecessary?
With that said, I would ABSOLUTELY put 9 points into Energy weapon skills no matter what captain I am, (or kinetic if I was a kinetic player). Why? Because even 2-8dps more per weapon is 2-8 more dps per weapon. If Im firing8 weapons on avg, thats easily 16-64dps at least - and with a crit hit, that can be 600dps more. Oh, speaking of crit, 1% vs 3%, adds up fast. So at the very least, since we all must kill enemies, we all should have skills spent well enough to support as much damage as we can afford to deal out.
The next biggies are exotics, hull heals, energy/battery amount, shield, turn rates, etc. (speaking to space only). Whatever is the most important skill you need to boost your ship ability to a level you are satisified, you use. If that means you need 9 skill points and 2 turn rate consoles to be satisfied with your movement, so be it. If it means sacraficing something else more important to you, then you probably want a different ship.
thats my in depth opinion but I really think this is the underlying FUN of STO, figuring it out so we can maximize our performance!
Q: What char is this for and what play style are you going with? Without populating your ship, ships equipment and other trait info in there, its quite hard to debate suggesting using 6 vs. 9 skills.
I guess the simple answer is, If you have 2, and then 2 more, and add 1 to it, is 5 better than 4? You bet it is!
Now, if you have 20, and then 20 more, and add 1 to it, is 41 better than 40? Well... of course the answer IS YES! (If someone thinks not... well....)
anyways - What I'm getting at, is along the lines of the 2000xp you spend on something else (levels 1-6), why? If you are flying a risian corvette, something tells me you DO NOT NEED to put 6 points into the turn rate skill. However, if you are flying a talshiar ship like I am, well... you might need more than 6 to have a reasonable enough turn rate to work with your build/playstyle.and make it usable. With that said, why dump 2000xp into a skill or performance trait you almost NEVER use, or the combined traits of your BOFFs, DOFFs, consoles, ship, and playstyle deem it unnecessary?
With that said, I would ABSOLUTELY put 9 points into Energy weapon skills no matter what captain I am, (or kinetic if I was a kinetic player). Why? Because even 2-8dps more per weapon is 2-8 more dps per weapon. If Im firing8 weapons on avg, thats easily 16-64dps at least - and with a crit hit, that can be 600dps more. Oh, speaking of crit, 1% vs 3%, adds up fast. So at the very least, since we all must kill enemies, we all should have skills spent well enough to support as much damage as we can afford to deal out.
The next biggies are exotics, hull heals, energy/battery amount, shield, turn rates, etc. (speaking to space only). Whatever is the most important skill you need to boost your ship ability to a level you are satisified, you use. If that means you need 9 skill points and 2 turn rate consoles to be satisfied with your movement, so be it. If it means sacraficing something else more important to you, then you probably want a different ship.
thats my in depth opinion but I really think this is the underlying FUN of STO, figuring it out so we can maximize our performance!
