3 Best Ways to Lower Bridge Officer Ability Cooldowns | Star Trek Online

[@GalacticGaming96220]

Me, who holds my bridge officers at phaser point to make them work faster:

[@starleighpersonal]

Found the Terran

[@GalacticGaming96220]

@@starleighpersonal Ironically, my main toon is actually a Trans Terran!

[@cddc9889general_trick]

You are Pakled. You are smart.

[@GalacticGaming96220]

@@cddc9889general_trick ?

[@Lordborgman]

@@GalacticGaming96220 I doubt the Terrans would be so progressive, as they are typically supposed to be reverse Federation. Of course that is probably a can of worms I doubt they would ever touch.

[@peterhans3791]

I've become so spoiled from running boimler effect as my primary cooldown method I actually needed a refresher for getting my alts up to speed. Thanks

[@jonnybridin]

These breakdown vids are great. Thank you for making them. Could you do a vid breaking down torpedoes? Ex: best quantum, best photon, best plasma etc...

[@paul_8472]

For most of my builds, I'll use photonic Officer 1 and Aux to structural integrity with the starship trait from the Buran dreadnought. Though I am gradually adding in boimler effect to most of my main toons.

[@Stu1701]

Aux to Structural Integrity will not have the same effect as Aux to Bat if you're using the Technician doffs. They're completely different abilities.

[@robertscholz2814]

The trait from the Buran "unified engineering" gives 10% Boff-ability recharge Speed for 15 sec on using aux to integrity or a commandability.

[@paul_8472]

@Stu1701 oh I know about " aux to batt" and i have always fought against using that meta for two simple reasons.... subnucleonic beam and carrier wave.

[@Stu1701]

Ah, Unified Engineering. I always forget that can lower cooldowns. I haven't played with it much for the purpose of lowering cooldowns.

[@CaptainJasonC]

I mostly use the excellent Borg doffs along with boimler from lobi store and I never have any issues my world razer juggernaut has temp and command specialists along with the new vovin console for my universal console cool down. I keep my bridge officers for offensive use or defensive use but I don't use any for cool downs such as photonic officer. I always find there are better abilities to put in those places. Aux to batt messes up the fleet power network array as well as it scales from aux power and that is the best console for weapon haste that I know.

[@TheLockville]

Boilmer + Ruin is also a good option for csv builds. If that's not enough I typically toss in Chronocapacitor.

[@starfarertheta506]

I somehow kept missing that was how minimal ability cool-down works. Now I know. Great stuff!

[@david05111]

I run half bat w/boimler. No PO. But the only reason I really do that is because I run Cold Hearted

[@skywise001]

Oh! I forgot to mention The Temporal Phase Overcharged Warp Core/Singularity Core. -50% cooldown red and +15 aux power for 30 sec. Works fantastic with older sets. If you can swing the 4 piece it adds another 30s to the timer. Oh and the core a quest reward.

[@skywise001]

Also seems to stack with the temporal item or at least it doesnt send it into cooldown

[@brandondrew6399]

On Xbox I set time for photonics to go off 10 -20 sec after combat, work better then hitting when ever.,, thank you

[@JRS3540]

Your timing is impeccable. I've been playing since the game went live (very casual player) and only started looking into shortening cooldowns a couple weeks ago. I'm specifically trying to shorten FAW and TorpSpread. I bought Boimler on the market and the borg doffs I need (34 and 39) are at least 100mil each, so I'm going to have to wait on those.

[@psyph3rscollection288]

I was thinking the same thing before you mentioned it with mixing. I.e. Photonic with others😁 Good video and thx for the refresher!

[@muga1701]

I use a mix of all 3 methods

[@Robotrik1]

Half Bat also works with 2 Technician Coffs, and you can use a higher level of Aux to Bat Bridge officer , like a single copy of Aux to Bat 3 .

[@deanderlp6892]

Mudd's Awesome Mix Choice Vol. 1 is a reference to Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. Peter's Mix Tape's name is "Awesome Mix Vol. 1" in the first movie. So someone really liked the movie and named the bundle like this.

[@navyman8903]

Good lookin out, I didn't know about 10 of 10.

[@Redemolf]

Can you do a guide on keybinds and how to set up a spam bar?

[@Stu1701]

it's on my to-do list. The big thing holding me back is that I have to remember how to use STO Keybinds. Which isn't difficult, but because its an additional task that I'd have to do, my adhd brain makes it into a bigger thing than it actually is so I end up moving on to something that I can get finished more quickly. One of these days I'll suck it up and actually get that done.

[@gildartsclide]

I am at this point now too

[@Geth7777]

PO1 with Boimler is my goto, maybe use the 32nd Century Phasers

[@OFT49]

Me still playing the "Antiproton meta" for so many years now be like ...what are you talking about :))

[@haku7335]

I only just noticed because i watch ur vids on shuffle. I miss the old intro

[@gildartsclide]

Thanks for this!

[@mikeglatz5578]

I use a combination of The Boimler Effect, Auxiliary Power to Structural Integrity Field 1, and Prevailing Fortified Impulse Engine. AP to Structural has a 15 sec CD which is one of the fastest in the game. This will trigger Boimler more often plus it's a nice heal and boosts resistance. The impulse engine reduces AP to Structural CD by 10% and AP to Structural triggers the impulse engine speed increase more often than a tactical firing mode using the comparable tactical impulse engine. What do you think?

[@skywise001]

Id love a dive explaining how the cooldown things work. Cause Ive used some stuff that people tell me doesnt work and i ask them to explain and it devolves into someone said so. I dont know if their right or not. :/ Its like choosing a damage buff then being told I dont have the right damage buff because its not a right magnitude damage buff. Come to think of it Id love some explanation of how that works and maybe a list of buffs and where they fall or something? No I dont see what you say should be there for fire at will. I dont know how to detect what you are saying is happening. Also the Fleet starbase duty officers can be broken down a stage so purple gets several blues. You can use that to get duty officers to donate to your Star Base projects. Their broken up on Earth/Kronos. Aux = healing powers. Vital to survive before your equipment can carry you. I adore my of 47 that does sci/temporal. Its fantastic in my Temporal/Sci build. You can also get a rep trait that will reduce cooldowns on some heals and then another where heals reduce torp cooldowns. They support a sci build well.

[@lickasto00]

sup Stu....im still wet behind the ear on this game, but can u show....how to enable automatic spamming of weapons in my weapon slots. Hope that makes sense....greatly appreciated. Thanks

[@matthewkeeling886]

Obligatory remark about the Prolonged Engagement 2-piece set providing a small (7.5%) static reduction and being able to be slotted on a new character almost immediately, making it a useful stopgap for when you don't yet have the resources/access to get the better options.

[@dhotnessmcawesome9747]

Wonderbro.

[@Ken19700]

What do you think of the lost in time starship trait?

[@robertheyob9446]

My go-to is using Boimler with PhotonOff1 after noticing STOBetter saying that combo makes Boimler S-tier when it would otherwise only be A-tier at best. No idea if they tested it with ChronoCap.

[@peterhans3791]

Depending on build, Boimler effect is enough all on its own. My beam fire at will builds using the entwined tactical matrices trait are usually at minimal cooldown to the point I forget to use the photonic officer.

[@Ken19700]

The Tholian Iktomi is currently 264,000,000 EC on the exchange.

[@juangutierrez8977]

If I slot Calm Before the Storm, does that give me more options?

[@TsorovanZero]

The big thing I learned here is that I have to move my PO to the front of the spam bar. That's a little detail that never gets mentioned. Edit: There is a DOFF Photonic Studies Scientist that gives cooldown reduction to PO. I believe these are generic DOFFs. The purple I have gives 20% cooldown reduction for PO, so that's a good chunk for a single DOFF slot. I would not stack these, but a single one is worth it in combination with other cooldown methods.

[@Stu1701]

That isn't actually true anymore, hasn't been for several years now. It used to lower Photonic Officer's cooldown, but when the ability was revamped they made it so nothing can lower its cooldown. They never updated the description on the doff's text.

[@TsorovanZero]

@@Stu1701 It's amazing how much stuff in this game straight up lies to you because nobody can be bothered to edit a text box.

[@giantdutchviking]

Got a question; aware it's end-user's choice but from a PUG try-hard point of view with max potential DPS in mind, I want to learn what's the more favorable choice. Why would someone favor Boimler + 'x of 47' over Boimler + PO1? Does having 1 uncon slot extra outweigh the fact that e.g. your eng and sci abilities have less chance of reaching min. CD? Afaik (can't recall Boimlers chance when used on a general DEW build): - Boimler + PO1 has full CD coverage on all abilities. On rare occasions Boimler doesn't proc, that's why I've seen people use Boimer + PO1 + 'x of 47' but always in combination with PO1. vs - Boimler will cover all abilties but only with ~78% chance + 'x of 47' will cover e.g. tac + MW fully. So chances your engineering (eg. EPtW) and sci (uncon procs) will have less chance of reaching minimum cooldown. Hope my question comes across. Thanks for doing this vid, very helpful for a lot of new/some console players who often don't use CD-methods

[@Stu1701]

For max DPS potential, I would go with Boimler plus an "of 47" cooldown doff. Yes, it's more RNG focuses, and mostly focused only your tactical and spec seating (or whichever one you chose), but those are generally the ones that need it the most. If you're using a build that relies mainly on one of the Tactical firing modes, like FaW, CSV, or even a torp build, you'll want to make sure those are on minimal cooldown as much as possible. Yeah, Sci and Eng might not get to minimal cooldown as often, but they'll get very close so it won't make a huge different. And in the end, you have more space for an Uncon trigger by no using PO, which many not sound like a lot, but getting your console cooldowns down as much as possible is just as important (if not more, depending on the consoles), and depending on how many you already have, another Uncon trigger can make a difference for overall performance. If you're really concerned about your Eng and Sci seating at that point, you could always add another 'of 47' doff. Especially if you're using a ship with two different spec seats. Eng I wouldn't worry too much about, but most of your Uncon triggers are probably going to be in Sci, so it'd prioritize those to further help out your console cooldowns. So, for example, say I'm using the Lexington, which is a MW ship with a secondary Intel seat, I would mainly rely on 39 of 47 to my Tac and MW cooldowns, but I could add 47 of 47 to really make sure the Sci and Intel seats get to minimal cooldown as well. Though I think most would consider the second cooldown doff a bit overkill. Actually, thinking more on it now, you could probably just use Chrono-Capacitor Array from your Space Rep traits if you're really worried about your Sci and Eng cooldowns. It's a lot cheaper than a second 'of 47' doff.

[@giantdutchviking]

@@Stu1701 Wow, wasn't expecting such a detailed answer but really appreciate it, especially as I'm in the process for grinding for the 'x of 47'-doffs as the rest of the build is done. I'll run my current build and my build with 'x of 47'-doff's through the cooldown calculator to see where the numbers are at. Really glad I watched the vid even though I thought I already knew about CD methods. Great vid!

[@hypertion]

doesnt timeline stabilizer have a photonic officer like effect in it?

[@peterhans3791]

4% per second it is active, 2 min cooldown...all for the cost of an epic Phoenix token. It's something to think about on your second token maybe since domino off the Bajoran interceptor also helps recharge speed. There's also the console off the verne temporal science vessel, and that reduced console recharge too, but then Mudd's is the cheaper option since it's in a box otherwise. Also the new T6 obelisk event ship's console? I know it does consoles, but don't have it yet.

[@forzafan92]

how did you get your ships to look like they came from the animated shows

[@Stu1701]

You mean how do I have a California class? It's a lockbox ship that I have on this character. The Parliament and Texas class are also in the Infinity lockboxes. You can also get one of these by doing the Event Campaign.

[@forzafan92]

@Stu1701 thanks for answering, i llok forwrd to getting one, gotta catch them all

[@matth6014]

Boimler Borg doffs Photonic officer 2 1 borg doff mixed with boimlers you are set. Boimler mixed with photonic officer. You are set. Aux2batt wastes to many doff slots which will affect the dmg or survivability of your build. Way out dated. Also people that set their wheel to auto will never perform as good as those that manual everything. Stop setting things to AUTO lol.