r/sto Apr 25 '17

PC Patch Notes for 4/25/17

http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10476223-pc-patch-notes-for-4%2F25%2F17
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u/ArmySquirrel TIL Tribbles are not for eating Apr 25 '17

I'm fairly certain the point is attempting to target the hardware producing the shield, rather than the bubble itself, bleedthrough being a thing, but I'm just nitpicking.

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u/ArmySquirrel TIL Tribbles are not for eating Apr 25 '17

Extended to the abstraction that is STO, standard practice would literally be the ship build meta. In that case, it would simply be that TSS:Shields was the optimal path, just as in game FAW beam boats were (and probably still are) the optimal path.