Hello everyone!
It’s time to smash some bugs! And here is your chance!
We proudly present to you the:

Bug Bowl

The “Bug Bowl” is a challenge with a raffle at the end.
The prizes have a current value of more than 1 billion Energy Credits! This contest is for the PC-Version from STO only.

Conditions of participation:

1.  Please leave your ingame @ handle here as a comment or enter it in this thread (german version). If your character is called [email protected], leave @Doe as a comment or write it in the forum thread. Please write your @handle with the correct lower and upper case. This would make it easier for us to copy the name!
2. You need to parse a Bug Hunt Elite (BHE) with the CombatLogReader (CLR) and upload the parse to the DPS-League Table...

Hello everyone!

We are proud to host our next Screenshot Contest! This time, it features the free ship from this years summer event .

The theme for this contest:

Risian Corvette

Any Version of the Risian Corvette (T5/T6/Pilot T6) has to be on the screenshot. The rest is up to you!

Conditions of participation:

• To participate you need to send in the screenshot link here or in the STO-Forum and we need your @handle. If your character is called [email protected], add @Doe to the comment with your entry here or at the forum.
• Only one screenshot per person is allowed.
• The use of photoshop or other similar programs to enhance the picture is allowed and highly appreciated.
• Not allowed are 3d rendering programms, it still has to be a ingame screenshot!

Deadline to participate and send in a screenshot ...

(Screenshot by @pottsey)

Who doesn’t like a good explosion? If explosions are your thing or like me you always bring C4 into a stealth mission then this could be the build for you.

Mines have always been a favourite of mine even going back 10 years when we could only run 2 mines launchers at a time. Over the past year we have seen a number of positive changes to mines so today I am going to take a look at the Vorgon Ytijara Dreadnought Cruiser. While this isn’t the highest DPS Minelayer, it works well over a wide variety of content due to the Vorgon console set bonus boosting mine speed.

The idea behind this build beyond lots of explosions is to passive tank so I can focus on piloting...

Hello everyone,

with the start of Rise of Discovery we introduce a new seasonal table for ISA and HSE, the ISA RoD and HSE RoD table. All your old records from ISA S15 and HSE S15 are still there, but there will be no upload into this league anymore.
Uploads to the new table are possible from tomorrow (05/15/2019).

In addition, we’re releasing a a new version for our parsing program.
here are the Patchnotes:

V1.4.0.5 (14.05.2019)

• Improved Eng Captain detection for space. Don’t forget to use your Rotate Shield Frequency!
• Added Map Detection for several queues:
  • Battle at Binary Stars
  • Peril over Pahvo
  • Pahvo Dissention
• Detection for Overwhelm Emitters

If there are any problems with the upload and downloads,  please comment below or contact us via discord or ingame.

LLAP

your sto-leag...

Buran with Veteran Skin

The latest additions to STO’s C-Store are the Command Dreadnaught Cruisers, Buran / Cardenas (Fleet Version) for the Federation and Qoj / Fleet Qoi for the KDF. Lacking a LtC tactical Bridge Officer and two hybrid command seats these ships certainly are off-meta. But nonetheless, the Buran is a beautiful ship which is good enough to punch through any mission STO has to offer. The Qoj, on the other hand, looks a bit odd but offers a battle cloak to even it out.

Here are our three sample builds:

Beams / Disruptor / Aux2Bat [MoD]

Beams / Phaser / Aux2Bat [MoD]

Phaser / Beams / No Aux2Bat

Hello everyone!

In this post, we discuss whether [Dmg] or [CrtD] is the better weapon modifier for DPS runs. Besides answering this question for high end ISA runs, we also explain which parameter affect the performance of both modifier and under which conditions one is better than the other. [Dmg] outperforms [CrtD] for short high end ISA runs. We also recommend it, as it might be the more future-proof option considering future powercreep.

Approach

First, we want to show which parameters affect the [Dmg] and [CrtD] modifier and then explain which conditions have to be true that one modifier is better than the other. The following calculation applies to both ground and space combat.
For that, we take a look how the damage is calculated:

TotalDamage = (1+BaseDamage)*(1+BonusDamage)*FinalMu...

This guide wants to give you an idea how to build a Supporter for space PvE.

A supporter has many jobs to do. Debuff and Heal are the main tasks. A special build is required for this role. This guide will give you some ideas and examples for a support build.
Note: If you click on most icons, a new tab on the website https://sto.gamepedia.com will open.

Ships

The most popular support ships are the Tholian Jorogumo Carrier T6,  Tholian Recluse Carrier [T5_U] , the Styx Terran Dreadnought Cruiser and the Tholian Tarantula Dreadnought Carrier [T6]. These ships have a good layout and hangar slots for Tholian Mesh Weavers or Terran Empire Frigates.

Skilltree

This is an example skilltree for a Supporter. 

Personal Traits

This is a list of recommended Personal traits...

Super-secret DPS-League admin meeting.

Hello everyone,

Here are our suggestions for the currently highest parsing DPS ship!

• Vaadwaur Miracle Worker Juggernaut [Disruptor | Cannons | A2B | MoD]
• Vaadwaur Miracle Worker Juggernaut [Phaser | Cannons | A2B | MoD]
• Vaadwaur Miracle Worker Juggernaut [Polaron | Cannons | A2b | MoD]
• Felisans Miracle Worker Juggernaut for ISA Record runs (team required!) [Disruptor | Cannons | MoD]
• Vaadwaur Miracle Worker Juggernaut [Disruptor | Beams | A2B | MoD]

As always, these builds can be used for every profession. Just replace the tactical specific personal trait with an Eng/Sci specific one.

Feel free to comment below or ask us directly via discord, teamspeak or in-game.