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NEW Starship Trait: Scientific Bulwark
dannon
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Attack pattern Beta does NOT trigger the new starship trait, Scientific Bulwark. The STO website said both Omega and Beta would trigger it; Omega does, Beta does not. It's also nearly impossible to achieve 5 stacks, let alone maintain; lucky if you can somewhat maintain 2 (maybe 3) stacks at any given point. Honestly, trait description should be redone with the description: 3 stacks of Bulwark are achievable.
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Why would Beta trigger this trait? Omega and Delta both give damage resistance, but Beta does not, therefore Beta should not be triggering this trait. That seems like the correct behavior.
Also, you could easily get all 5 stacks of this trait indefinitely by cycling Aux2Damp or Aux2Sif. These abilities can activate every 10 seconds.
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Great question! You should ask Cryptic about Beta, not me. Read the information they send out:
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11513573
Starship Trait – Scientific Bulwark
Activating any Bridge Officer Ability which increases Damage Resistance Rating will also provide a boost to your Control Expertise, Drain Expertise, and Exotic Particle Generator skills. This bonus lasts 15 seconds, and may be stacked up to 5 times.
When Triggered:
+35 Control Expertise, Drain Expertise, and Exotic Particle Generator skills
Abilities that will trigger this effect include:
Attack Pattern Beta
Attack Pattern Omega
Auxiliary Power to Inertial Dampers
Auxiliary Power to Structural Integrity
Hazard Emitters
Polarize Hull
Hold Together
Reroute Shields to Hull Containment
And no, you cannot get to and MAINTAIN 5 stacks by cycling Aux2Damp or Aux2Sif; tried it, not possible. Key reason? Activations do not REFRESH the timer. (This nugget of truth would have been a nice add to the release notes.) Admittedly though, it was this same logic of thought that I, too, shared before investing in the purchase of the ship. Adding insult to injury, after activating Hazard Emitters, the countdown for the trait does not wait to begin until after the ability has completed as seen with Cold Hearted when activating Hold Together. Which dovetails into Hold Together and this new trait. Yes, just like Hazard Emitters, Scientific Bulwark does not wait for Hold Together to complete before beginning its 15-sec countdown. All well and good if that is the game's intent but again, this bit of intel would have been a nice add to the release notes.
PS: I am in agreement, Attack Pattern Delta should activate this trait. Guess what? It does not! Then again, it is also NOT listed in the release notes...like BETA.
True. This is true. I did, however, expect (or rather, hope for) more from a 1.2-1.4 billion ship. In context, this is, after all, just a cartoon game for the bored and/or unemployed; nothing serious lost with this purchase. Once more, onto the next pixel!
Delta doesn't work either. Just tried it.
It works now since the patch.