How to Pick the Right Deflector Dish | STOked 40
Posted on: June 29, 2010
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We help YOU get the most out of your Deflector Dish equipment slot. In today’s MATH segment Jeremy gets you pointed in the right direction to really take full advantage of this often missed ship equipment.
Then it’s our community news focus, we chat about Cryptic purchasing a forum posters mini-game artwork and concepts, plus much more!
We wrap the show up by asking you our latest question: Send us your ideas to turn your bridge officers into more iconic, if at least not more important Star Trek characters.
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NEWS:
ThomasTheCat gets bought out. https://forums.startrekonline.com/showpost.php?p=2781838&postcount=311
* I’ve never before seen or heard of a game developer buying the works of a fan. New trend? Bad idea?
Black Market Exchange launches (out of game item auctions) https://blackmarketexchange.blogspot.com/
* Only going to work if many people participate. It looks sparse now, but if everyone that sees this sticks around, it could turn into a great community tool. Give it a chance!
Galaxy X coming to the C-Store https://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=164479
* Sets a poor precedent. This has a tangible impact on game play (Phaser Lance, Cloak) and can be purchased via RL cash.
* Still no word on a Klingon equivalent.
* It was nice of them to release this information before too many people bought extra copies via Steam (big sale going on right now).
* They are giving a $50 C-Store credit to anyone that received this before 6/24, as they assume this was all people buying multiple copies of the game.
❗ — Not a good distinction. You can’t use a date to determine purchases, how about checking CC# on the accounts instead?
* Interesting to note: Only 50 people have earned a Galaxy-X via referrals, despite the forums erupting in rage from every angle.
Fun bug — KDF occasionally log in and find themselves at Earth!
Updated Intrepid/Cochrane/Discovery model pics: https://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=161807
Complete list of Accolades: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ArevmnGYK2p1dFluSkM2aDNmaG9HdUt4VnVNaVIxbVE&hl=en#gid=1
* Assembled by Cinos
* Includes what they are for, how to get them, rewards, etc.
* Most thorough list I’ve so far seen, but still a work in progress! (missing some title reward details)
Recent series of Zinc interviews
Hailing Frequency: https://hailingfrequency.com/boards/latest-star-trek-gaming-news/hailing-frequency-special-june-2010-interview-with-craig-zinkevich!/
* Transcriptions here: https://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=163964 (thanks, Darren_Kitlor!)
ZAM’s Q&A: https://www.zam.com/story.html?story=22624
* Zinc: “Putting Episodes dealing directly with your Bridge Crew is one of my dreams that I’d like to see in ship interiors eventually.”
MATH:
Spacial Anomaly? Emitters? Deflectors? Deflector FIELD? Deflector DISH?
The amount of strange terminology is enough to give even the most math-brained players a headache. But I’m here to try and clarify the situation for you, and help YOU get the most out of your Deflector Dish equipment slot.
Selecting the right dish is a 3 step process:
STEP 1) EXAMINE YOUR SKILLS
It might be best to have something to write on, for this step. It’s worth noting up front that Deflector Dish boosts ONLY affect Science abilities. What you need to do is go through each of your Science Bridge Officer skills, and take note of whatever skills have an effect on those abilities. You have two methods to do this —
* Use your skill selection drop down, and it will highlight which skills affect which abilities.* Use your ability selection screen, and take note of whatever is listed on the info pane.— I’d recommend this second approach, as scrolling through your drop-down is tedious.
At this step, it may become apparent that you’ve spread yourself too thin, and you’ll want to retrain your boff abilities. I did when making THIS segment, so I know it can happen!
STEP 2) CHOOSE 3-4 DEFLECTOR SKILLS TO BOOST
Here’s my example list of my science boff abilities:
Scramble Sensors: Sen, SenPViral Matrix: Sen, SenPJam Sensors: Sen, SenAGravity Well: Def, SpaTyken’s Rift: Def, SpaScience Team: Def, DefFTachyon Beam: Def, DefD
Based on this list, I’ve decided that it makes the most sense to boost the following skills: Def, Sen, SenP, Spa (in that order of importance)
STEP 3) FIND YOUR DISH!
Deflectors come in an array of types, each with uniform stat boosts, as follows:
Deflector ArraySensorsDeflectorsEmittersTachyon Deflector ArraySensorsSensor ArrayGraviton Deflector ArrayDeflectorsDeflector DishPositronic Deflector ArrayEmittersTractor Beam
Based on this info, it looks like my best choice is going to be a Deflector Dish. That will boost two of my skills: Def, Sen
Now I’d like to find out if I can obtain a dish that also includes boosts to my other top skills. Using the following list, you can search the exchange for the suffix that will benefit your skills the most.
ast = Astrometricsdef = DeflectorsdefD = Deflector DishdefF = Deflector Fieldem = Emittershs = Hazard Systemssen = SensorssenA = Sensor ArraysenP = Sensor Probesspa = Spacial Anomaliesst = Photonic Theorytb = Tractor Beams
In my particular case, I know that I’m looking for the following item: “Deflector Array Mk X [Spa] [SenP]“
A quick trip the Exchange, and BOOM… wait, whu? Aww bummer, must’ve chosen a rare combo. Maybe you’ll have better luck? Make sure to try your search with the stat boosts in different orders. Just in case.
If you can’t find the precise Dish you need on the Exchange, make sure to check vendors for other options.
MAIL:
New question:
“Star Trek is about more than just the Captain — the crew matters too. But right now in STO, they are little more than equipment. Send us your ideas to flesh them out into more iconic Star Trek characters.”
Chris’ Response:
I had much higher hopes for the BOs. I wrote them into my story line and really had a lot of thought into their background..
But after I played the game I realized they were useless, so I never finalized the background story
Jeremy’s Response:
Re-implementing the voice pack options that were introduced in late Beta would be a nice first step in giving our boffs a personality. To be able to customize their vocal reactions to things we do as their Captain would go a long way towards making them feel less like loot, and more like people.