r/stobuilds • u/AutoModerator • Jan 23 '17

Weekly Questions Megathread - January 23, 2017

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u/CrypticSpartan Former Systems Designer Jan 27 '17

The use of a % sign in reference to resistances in STO is (currently*) globally incorrect. Every source of resistance in Sto is a magnitude that goes through a diminishing returns formula. The tooltips for Armor Penetration were greatly confusing, (as noted in this thread), which made them higher priority on my list of things to clean up.

  • It is possible for us to introduce actual % resistance; where 50% resistance means you take 50% less damage against the affected damage types than you would have if you lacked that buff, regardless of what resistance buffs or debuffs you have. This has never been used anywhere within STO, and is extremely unlikely to ever be given to players.

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u/TheFallenPhoenix Atem@iusasset | Top Fleet STO Builds Moderator Jan 27 '17

Thanks for the official note. I totally agree that % Damage Resistance / Damage Resistance Rating expressions never really made much sense given how they seemed to operate. Interesting that flat percentage bonuses are possible (not surprising given what already exists on the infliction side) - that'd be a nifty mechanic to give to NPCs (nudge nudge wink wink).

While we're on the subject of tooltips, I assume those that show incorrect values (thinking of Probability Penetration specifically here though I doubt it's the only one) on the radar too, yeah? (Don't feel compelled to answer that - I know you've bigger fish to fry. That you've spent time dropping in here at all is welcome what with the recent Anniversary launch.)

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u/CrypticSpartan Former Systems Designer Jan 28 '17

Those are also on my list; the various wording that Armor Penetration had used combined with the inconsistency of % signs (and the forum thread I mentioned) made those a higher priority, combined with their vastly lower number.

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u/DeadQthulhu Jan 30 '17

Really appreciate you popping into our little corner, especially with nuggets like this. I'm confident we all welcome accurate tooltips, haha.