STO Guidelines

Name and Leader Name now displays correctly in social menu searches.
Fixed some typos with the “Hitman” accolade.
“Tal Shiar’s Most Wanted” is spelled correctly now.
Accolades received for Healing now grant the correct number of points.
The “Above and Beyond” Accolade is now completable.
Klingons can now properly unlock the “Directed Energy Modulation III” skill.
Dreadnought Cruisers are now flagged as unique. You can only have one at a time.
The 1701-D Galaxy Class Cruiser has been renamed the 1701-D Galaxy Class Dreadnought Cruiser.
The 1701-D Galaxy Class Dreadnought Cruiser should no longer disappear under certain circumstances.
The 1701-D Galaxy Class Dreadnought Cruiser now requires players to be correct rank to pilot it.
The TOS Enterprise ship should no longer be placed into your main inventory when it is commissioned.
The friendly ship, “Jeska,” should no longer appear in Star Cluster missions.
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Hazard Emitters

Main hull heal over time (HoT).
It provides a large hull heal over time, small damage resistance buff over duration, and cleanses hazard debuffs over duration.
Efficacy is based on Auxiliary Power

Miracle Worker

Engineering captain super recovery.
It provides a large instant hull heal, large instant shield heal, and repairs damaged subsystems.

Polarize Hull

Damage Resistance self buff.
Provides a large damage resistance buff.
Performance tied to Auxiliary Power setting.

Auxiliary to Inertial Dampeners

Kinetic Damage Resistance, Movement Buff, Repel and Knockback Immunity.
It provides a large kinetic damage resistance buff, a speed and turn rate buff, as well as immunity to repel and knockback effects.
Performance tied to Auxiliary Power setting.
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Weapon Energy Drain Mechanic Changes

The weapon energy drain mechanic will be changing once this build goes to Holodeck. Weapon Power drain is now instantly refunded at the end of a weapon’s firing cycle, instead of a slow return as was previously implemented. Multiple weapons being fired at the same time will still produce a significant drain and will affect their damage proportionately, but once the weapons stop firing, the weapon power level will immediately return to normal.

This change was primarily inspired by player feedback – specifically on the topic of the energy drain caused by firing multiple bursts of energy weapons. Players may now fire all of their energy weapons repeatedly burst after burst, but the damage for each weapon is still diminished during the firing cycle.

As a result of this change to the energy drain mechanic, the EPS Flow Regulator Station Mods, will no longer have an effect on DPS. They will continue to function to improve power transfer rates between different systems.
Narrow Arc Multiplier

All energy weapons receive a firing arc multiplier to their damage. The narrower the firing arc, the higher the bonus. This bonus is used to offset the extra difficulty of keeping a target in arc.
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New Feature: Accolades

Accolades in Star Trek Online are special missions that track various achievements throughout a players career in the STO universe and unlock various rewards at certain milestones. Players can earn Accolades for many different actions in the STO universe such as defeating a certain number of critters from a certain species or faction, completing main storyline missions, dealing tons of damage of a certain energy type, and many more.
Since launch we have been tracking many of the statistics for Accolades in the background so Accolades that players have already completed will be granted automatically when this feature goes live.
For every Accolade that is completed the player will earn Accolade points, so earn a bunch and compare your score to your friends! You can view your total Accolade Points by opening your Journal and going to the Accolades tab where you will be able to see specific details about which accolades you have completed, how many Accolade points you have earned for each Accolade as well as your Accolade point total.
In addition to points certain Accolades will grant special rewards to the player. Exclusive titles and special powers are some of the rewards that players can unlock by completing Accolades.
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