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About Auxiliary to Battery

kaeajakaeaja Member Posts: 517 Arc User
edited July 2013 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Is this Engineering ability even worth it? I mean id only really consider using it once I've used up all my Sci abilities and have nothing to put the Aux power towards. That being said, is it useful on a Carrier like the Atrox? Typically i use Emergency Power to Shields and Reverse Shield Polarity. THAT being said is it worth using Lt Commander Reverse Shield Polarity over its Lt version or is the difference between them so minimal it doesn't matter?
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  • jockey1979jockey1979 Member Posts: 1,005 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    With the right DOFFs you can use it not only to boost your weapon/ shield and engine power but it can also shorten your recharge timers on the other abilities.

    i've had 3x green DOFF's assigned to it, each giving 6% BO recharge reduction. (purple is 10% blue is 8% each DOFF). the skill itself is 1min recharge but RSP can reduced by 18% (3x green DOFFs) twice in the normal RSP recharge time.

    so in short, yes it can be useful depending on how your setup
  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    It is worthless. Unless you have the DOFFs that make it reduce the recharge time of all Bridge OFficer abilities. Then it's suddenly quite useful.

    It's a bad design IMO. The base ability should already be useful, and the DOFFs should not have such a strong effect on an ability's effect!
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  • powerpuffponypowerpuffpony Member Posts: 11 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Just to add to the info in this thread... To get the purple doffs which support the reduced cool down you should complete the B'Tran colonization chain and then repeat the "Support B'Tran Cluster Colonization Efforts" mission. When you get a critical success on the support mission you get awarded with the doff "Ten of Ten".

    You can get multiple Ten of Tens from doing this.
  • kaeajakaeaja Member Posts: 517 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    powerpuffpony wrote: »
    Just to add to the info in this thread... To get the purple doffs which support the reduced cool down you should complete the B'Tran colonization chain and then repeat the "Support B'Tran Cluster Colonization Efforts" mission. When you get a critical success on the support mission you get awarded with the doff "Ten of Ten".

    You can get multiple Ten of Tens from doing this.

    Id do that if i only knew HOW to start that Support B'tran Cluster Colonization Efforts....
  • darkphoxydarkphoxy Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    In my experience though, I have never been able to use 2 DOFF's with the same name even if I could stack the DOFF's otherwise.
  • powerpuffponypowerpuffpony Member Posts: 11 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    kaeaja wrote: »
    Id do that if i only knew HOW to start that Support B'tran Cluster Colonization Efforts....

    http://www.stowiki.org/Assignment_chain:_Colonization
  • kaeajakaeaja Member Posts: 517 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    I dont mean to sound rude but could someone just flat out tell me WHERE i have to go in order to get the B'tran Cluser Colonization Efforts thing to appear please? Im guessing i just have to go to the B'tran Cluser right? Sorry but right now im just seriously annoyed and its not even about this topic....
  • azurianstarazurianstar Member Posts: 6,985 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    kaeaja wrote: »
    I dont mean to sound rude but could someone just flat out tell me WHERE i have to go in order to get the B'tran Cluser Colonization Efforts thing to appear please? Im guessing i just have to go to the B'tran Cluser right? Sorry but right now im just seriously annoyed and its not even about this topic....

    You got to complete the colonial chain for B'Tran, in order to get the support mission that rewards you the Technican DOFF.
  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    kaeaja wrote: »
    I dont mean to sound rude but could someone just flat out tell me WHERE i have to go in order to get the B'tran Cluser Colonization Efforts thing to appear please? Im guessing i just have to go to the B'tran Cluser right? Sorry but right now im just seriously annoyed and its not even about this topic....
    Yes, you need to be in the B'Tran Cluster. Like with all other Colonial Chain missions as well. (All Colonial Chain missions grant some rare+ DOFF reward at the end, so they are useful to do.)
    Star Trek Online Advancement: You start with lowbie gear, you end with Lobi gear.
  • thibashthibash Member Posts: 506 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    The base ability can be somewhat useful as it can basically turn a healer into combat ship for a few seconds. But, as been stated before, it becomes more useful with the right duty officers.
  • gorlock691gorlock691 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    If you can't get the support B'tran cluster chain started when you go into the zone click your department heads tab then look at the assignments from your operations officer.
  • darkhorse281darkhorse281 Member Posts: 256 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    The DOFF support chains are the biggest and most ignored FREE source of very rare doffs. I have 5 of each on one of my tunes. Btran cluster is the one you want for the tech its in Gamma Orionnis.

    As far as aux2bat it's great with the right setup particularly for Eng captains I think. I wouldn't try it with a carrier as a sci captain, since you need your aux for all of your sci abilities and aux2bat will take all of your aux and dump it into you other three subsystems.


    oooops didn't notice the date
  • topsettopset Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    * does the necro thread dance*

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    *cough*

    Please don't bump necro threads. If you feel like what you have to say is worth saying from a thread more than 30 days since the last post, make a brand new one about it!
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