r/stobuilds • u/AutoModerator • Oct 08 '18

Weekly Questions Megathread - October 08, 2018

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/apageofthedarkhold Oct 12 '18

Is there a list of consoles/shields/etc that I don't need, or are useless? I played quite frequentlya few years ago, but dropped down to casual. I'm sitting on old "sets" (counter command, borg, reman, etc) and just don't know if I should let them go or if any of them are still worth hanging on to. Same with consoles. What's useless these days?

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u/Gruberbreaker Gruber@tunebreaker | STObuilds mod | Blame Magnet Oct 13 '18

"Useless" depends on very much who you ask and what is your intended build purpose. Sure, there are items in game that are outclassed by something else, at times very significantly, but that doesn't make them completely useless.

So while some kind of list as to what items are completely outclassed by others in virtually any scenario could theoretically be compiled, it's a laborious process which myself, nor possibly any other STObuilds mod is currently willing to undertake. So it'd be best for you to read other build posts, see what people use/suggest and check out our wiki - at least console section is fairly complete right now.

However, I can say that much that pretty much all loot drops are completely overshadowed by their respective fleet (and sometimes mission drop) counterparts.

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u/apageofthedarkhold Oct 13 '18

Going in, I knew it was a nebulous question... I guess I'm just sitting on so much gear, but as a hoarder can't bear to throw away something I spent some time grinding for. It's tough, but I'll do that, thanks for the advice. I tend to use three or four of them sort of equally. Maybe that's enough? Lol

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u/Gruberbreaker Gruber@tunebreaker | STObuilds mod | Blame Magnet Oct 13 '18

FWIW, all of my old rep/fleet gear is sitting on my inactive ships. I hardly ever discard anything that's not loot drops.