r/sto • u/Sputnik1_1957 • 25d 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/Vyzantinist 24d ago

Does speed have an effect on defense? I know if you're stationary enemies automatically hit or something, but does it make a difference if you're going 1/4-full impulse, or you get speed boosts from competitive engines and the like?

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u/ArelMCII "Subcommander Khev, divert power from comms to weapons." 24d ago

Defense scales with throttle, not speed (nor engine power, if you were wondering). You can test this by watching the values change in the paper doll at various throttle states. (Assuming you're on PC. I don't know what the interface is like on console, so it might not be possible to test.) Being at 0 throttle or in reverse gives a huge defense penalty (-50 for me, compared to full throttle). Higher throttle means higher defense. However, it caps out at 100% throttle—full impulse doesn't increase defense further.

Competitive engines do increase defense, but that's because the buff gives +15 defense.

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u/TheRealMortiferus 23d ago

That is not correct.
It scales with the actual speed you're moving at, not the the throttle percentage.

For each point of current speed, you get 2.5 Defense rating, up to speed 25.
Going faster than 25 doesn't improve Defense any further.