Impulse drive simply lagging behind others with any type ship

mrmikl989

people don't seem to understand me very well, but I seen some you tube videos where they film walk throughs, and it appears they have the same problem. They have to hit the impulse button on the top of power. I have 2 toons, with a variety of cruisers and escorts. In order to not get killed every 5 seconds, I keep up on my weaponry and fiddle with power for quiet some time, yet when pitted against people, like the Undine Space Battle ground or Starbase 24 pvp, my ships, all of them CRAWL, while others whip by me. It happens in win7 with an Geforce GPU and win10 with intel on laptop. Exactly the same. I cant figure out the problem. I have defragged my HDD, run Norton everyday, remove programs I don't use anymore. I don't understand what the problem is. Weapons, character movements, and even slip stream seem to run normally, just operating under impulse, any ship i had is a dog. Any insight? I am a Fleet Admiral despite this, and have one Defiant T6 ship that runs slow too. If I play alone, I am fine, but people want me to play against them. I am 60 years old, but i have normal reaction time on the keyboards. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you

postinggum

Your ship cannot hit full impulse until out of red alert. This is probably the issue and it happens to everyone sometimes as they take a hit as combat ends.

Engine power and engines dictate how fast your ship can go, also abilities like auxtodampeners and evasive manuevers( people will use for a brief boost of speed.) Someone using mk14 engines with high engine power and extra abilities will zoom around. Simply put strong players setup their ships to go fast.

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where2r1

Try this:

https://sto.gamepedia.com/Prevailing_Regalia#Prevailing_Impulse_Engines

Pick the one that buffs on the BOFFs abilities you hit the most...or it will be pretty useless.

mrmikl989

two the first two commentators, this happens even when I START a Pve or Pvp. in the Undine Space battle zone, you wait to get a briefing, so you have to wait an the enterence. When the battlefield opens up, I am struggling to keep up, even then. To the last person, I know what a BOFF is, a bridge officer, not sure what a buff is. I can play normally in say single player events like the Japori or Carreye battle ground. Again, my ship moves normally. I put in the best engines I can get for EC from the store. I want to get a cruiser, and they have been ok, up until lately, now my assualt cruiser is heavy to move. This happens In and out of battle, unless I am playing in a patrol or other activity. remember 100% of the time it lags other players. I have not been able to even get to the Iconian games level. My Miranda escort with afterburner is helps, and my Undine bug escort does seem to fly faster. I am playing on Windows 7. Thanks for responding so quickly to you all.

postinggum

What engines and engine power are you using?