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i am such a noob lol

i have been playing for three years . i had no idea that Power Transfer Rate was important for beam builds. i was watching some videos on the romulan Scimitar Dreadnought .i noticed i had better gear then him but he was doing more damage.guess you really do learn something every day lol.

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  • risian4risian4 Member Posts: 3,711 Arc User
    It is?

    Do you want to be my friend? We can be noobs together :D
  • groomofweirdgroomofweird Member Posts: 1,045 Arc User
    You really do in sto, I learn something everyday, and on many occasions what I previously learned turned out to be wrong or rendered obsolete by changes I'd missed lol!
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  • risian4risian4 Member Posts: 3,711 Arc User
    Hm I guess I'll respec my characters then and fill Power Transfer Rate. Should be no problem, I've got plenty of skill points in Starship energy weapon specialisation and Starship weapons. Perhaps I'll also remove some points from Warp core potential to fill PTR :)

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  • ashstorm1ashstorm1 Member Posts: 679 Arc User
    Hmm, my question may sound odd, but why is Power Transfer Rate important for a beam build?

    As far as i know, allowing points in PTR only improves the speed at which power is transferred between your ship's various subsystems. But, shouldn't this only matter if you actively tamper with the power tray?

    I mean, as a TAC, i fly a full antiproton beam Vonph Dreadnought carrier, and my power tray is invariably set to max for weapons... So how exactly is PTR useful in that case?
  • gaevsprivsmangaevsprivsman Member Posts: 314 Arc User
    Its important because the power replenish faster after the firing cycle, and if it make you feel better, i discovered this a few moths ago :wink:
  • cidjackcidjack Member Posts: 2,017 Arc User
    Before I transfer power , in my best Picard voice I instruct Laforge to transfer all power to the shelds, etc etc.
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  • lostyuslostyus Member Posts: 208 Arc User
    So shouldn't this be useful for all weapon types?
  • samt1996samt1996 Member Posts: 2,856 Arc User
    Yes but more so for beams because they drain over time where cannons do burst damage and can recover during reload cycles.

    FYI PTR doesn't recover it faster it refills it faster so you need to overcap your weapon power which means boost it as high as you possibly can. Even though it may only say 125 the rest is placed in reserve and refills the bar as it drains, PTR let's you refill that bar faster.
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  • ashstorm1ashstorm1 Member Posts: 679 Arc User
    Its important because the power replenish faster after the firing cycle, and if it make you feel better, i discovered this a few moths ago :wink:
    samt1996 wrote: »
    Yes but more so for beams because they drain over time where cannons do burst damage and can recover during reload cycles.

    FYI PTR doesn't recover it faster it refills it faster so you need to overcap your weapon power which means boost it as high as you possibly can. Even though it may only say 125 the rest is placed in reserve and refills the bar as it drains, PTR let's you refill that bar faster.

    Ok, well, thanks for the answers guys. I had, like, no idea this worked that way. I guess another thing Cryptic needs to fix is the accuracy of info bubbles. This or that, it appears i'm in for a respec <.<
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  • jodarkriderjodarkrider Member Posts: 2,097 Arc User
    There's gathering of noobs? Can I join in? :D
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  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    edited January 2016
    If anyone is curious why this is, I'll refer you to the video EPS, The secret to DPS by the one and only @sarcasmdetector.

    This video provides a very clear and easy to understand explanation of how EPS helps boost your DPS.
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  • jodarkriderjodarkrider Member Posts: 2,097 Arc User
    There's gathering of noobs? Can I join in? :D

    No, your too awesome.

    Fine, I'll be the loneliest noob alive, meanie. :'(:D
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  • fovrelfovrel Member Posts: 1,448 Arc User
    The tooltip speaks only of power transfer from one system to another. There is nothing about the whole 'refilling' system. Good job from the people that gave us more info on that.

    I have always specced six points in it, not because I am so smart, but because I thought it might be good if I want to swap power from one system to another. In other words, with points here you cannot go wrong.

    Now here is my noob thing. I recently found out that the plasma weapon damage boost from the romulan kit, also boost plasma weapon damage from your boffs weapons. I wonder now if this is also the case with the trait that romulan captains and boffs have and does it stack?
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  • grylakgrylak Member Posts: 1,594 Arc User
    Huh. I did not know that. I wont be respeccing, but 2 of my delta's are still yet to level up their skills, so I'll be sure to put some into transfer power rate. Thanks for the heads up!
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