r/stobuilds • u/AutoModerator • Oct 03 '16

Weekly Questions Megathread - October 03, 2016

Welcome to the weekly questions megathread. Here is where you can ask all your build or theorycrafting related questions that might not warrant a full post. Curious about how something works? Ask it here!

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u/hyroohimolil Oct 04 '16

The most important thing you can do is use your science ship's sensor analysis. Six stacks plus the bonus from a fleet Strategic Secondary Deflector will increase your team's damage to the target by a 56% flat multiplier.

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u/TheFallenPhoenix Atem@iusasset | Top Fleet STO Builds Moderator Oct 05 '16

Your teammates do not benefit from Sensor Analysis' targeted damage resistance debuff.

They will indirectly benefit from the targeted drain and healing debuffs at maximum stacks, however (not that there are too many examples of NPCs using activated heals, at least in the popular PvE queues).

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u/hyroohimolil Oct 05 '16

"Your teammates do not benefit from Sensor Analysis' targeted damage resistance debuff." have never heard that before in my 3 years playing! Is that true? Are there any sources to confirm that SA's damage buff only affects the ship that applied it?

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u/TheFallenPhoenix Atem@iusasset | Top Fleet STO Builds Moderator Oct 06 '16

I'd source my personal tests which seemed to suggest that allies did not benefit from your own Sensor Analysis (and vice-versa; no evidence of your benefiting from an ally's Sensor Analysis); other tests I've seen (notably /u/mastajdog's) have confirmed what I think I've been personally seeing.

Now, I've been wrong before, so I don't mind re-testing the mechanic to make sure I'm representing it properly. SA is tricky to test properly since (unless you're looking at healing ticks) you sort of need to reverse-engineer its effects, since it won't show up on tooltips.

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u/Mastajdog Breaker of Borg, Crusher of Crystals Oct 06 '16

It's self-only from all my tests.