Monday, October 10, 2022

Bajoran Loop Quick Reference Card

Bajoran Loop ver.3

Quick Reference Card

by CmdrBond

Figure 1: Original graphic sourced from startrekfleetcommand.com

Introduction

This series will contain a Quick Reference Card in a graphic format to quickly explain each game loop. These will be updated as necessary. You can find the first release of these cards, prior to them being published here, on my Discord server: CmdrBond's STFC Tips & Strategy

Quick Reference Card

Bajoran Loop Ver. 3

Figure 2: Original graphic sourced from CmdrBond

Summary

This will allow you to quickly understand what needs to be done within this game loop. Feel free to offer suggestions for improvement.

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Friday, October 7, 2022

Starbase Loop

Starbase Loop Quick Reference Card

Starbase Loop

Quick Reference Card

by CmdrBond

Figure 1: Original graphic sourced from startrekfleetcommand.com

Introduction

Quick Reference Card

Starbase Loop

Figure 2: Original graphic sourced from CmdrBond

Summary

This will allow you to quickly understand what needs to be done within this game loop. Feel free to offer suggestions for improvement.

Live Long and Prosper!

Mantis Loop

Mantis Loop Quick Reference Card

Mantis Loop

Quick Reference Card

by CmdrBond

Figure 1: Original graphic sourced from startrekfleetcommand.com

Introduction

Quick Reference Card

Mantis Loop

Figure 2: Original graphic sourced from CmdrBond

Summary

This will allow you to quickly understand what needs to be done within this game loop. Feel free to offer suggestions for improvement.

Live Long and Prosper!

Cerritos Loop

Cerritos Loop Quick Reference Card

Cerritos Loop

Quick Reference Card

by CmdrBond

Figure 1: Original graphic sourced from startrekfleetcommand.com

Introduction

Quick Reference Card

Cerritos Loop

Figure 2: Original graphic sourced from CmdrBond

Summary

This will allow you to quickly understand what needs to be done within this game loop. Feel free to offer suggestions for improvement.

Live Long and Prosper!

Amalgam Loop

Amalgam Loop Quick Reference Card

Amalgam Loop

Quick Reference Card

by CmdrBond

Figure 1: Original graphic sourced from startrekfleetcommand.com

Introduction

Quick Reference Card

Amalgam Loop

Figure 2: Original graphic sourced from CmdrBond

Summary

This will allow you to quickly understand what needs to be done within this game loop. Feel free to offer suggestions for improvement.

Live Long and Prosper!

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Gaining Respected Status in All Three Factions, Ver. 3

Gaining Respected Status

in All Three Factions, Ver. 3

by CmdrBond

Figure 1: Original graphic sourced from startrekfleetcommand.com

Note: This is an updated version of the Gaining Respected Status in All Three Factions Ver. 2 article.

Introduction

First, what is Faction Reputation? Faction Reputation is your level of interaction with a Faction ranging from a few levels of hostility to multiple levels of friendliness (See Table 1 below). At each level of hostility the hostile Faction will attack you whenever you venture into regions of space that Faction controls. Once you advance to a Neutral or above status with a Faction they will no longer attack you when venturing into the regions of space that Faction controls. As you progress through differing levels of friendliness with a Faction you will gain multiple benefits from that Faction as explained later on in this article.

Second, what are Faction Reputation points and how do you get them? Faction Reputation points are how your Faction Reputation with a Faction is measured and can either be negative or positive. You obtain Faction Reputation, positive or negative, through killing faction hostiles, killing Faction Armadas, completing Daily Goals, completing special events, etc.

With regards to Faction Reputation, your goal should be to earn enough Faction Reputation points to achieve the Respected level for a Faction. It is at this level that your Faction Reputation Level locks meaning it will not go below that level (See Table 1 below). As early as possible in your Star Trek Fleet Command (STFC) play, focus on one Faction until you achieve the Respected level and then move on to one of the other two Factions. The reasons for this approach are speed and efficiency which you will see in the following sections.

Table 1: Reputation List

Should you try to lock all three factions? While the answer is ultimately up to you, I believe it's a very good idea and here's why:

● You get additional faction options in your Daily Goals for killing hostiles and mining

o Some of the best rewards are:

■ Mining: the repair speed ups, credits, and recruit tokens

■ Hostiles: the resources, credits, and recruit tokens

o See Figure 1 thru Figure 12

● You no longer get harassed by hostiles in any of the Faction systems with the exception of augment space

o This saves resources

● Being at the Respected level for a Faction opens up purchasing options in the Faction store for that particular Faction

o For example, at the Respected level you can use credits to purchase the USS Enterprise, Auger, and D4 blueprints for the respective Faction

● Once you reach the Respected level in a Faction you’re locked, meaning you cannot go below that level

o This is what allows you to achieve the Respected level for each Faction

General Tips List

Here is a list of some general tips to help you achieve the Respected level in each Faction:

● Daily Goals – Mining

o Romulan Miner rewards

o Romulan Excavator rewards

o Federation Miner rewards

o Federation Excavator rewards

o Klingon Miner rewards

o Klingon Excavator rewards

● Daily Goals – Hunting Hostiles

o Romulan Warrior rewards

o Romulan Champion rewards

o Federation Warrior rewards

o Federation Champion rewards

o Klingon Warrior rewards

o Klingon Champion rewards

● Daily Events – Reputation Event!

● Borg Refinery

● Faction Missions

● Faction Hunt Event (when available)

● Other Miscellaneous events

● Hunting Hostiles (See the section: Daily Goals – Hunting Hostiles)

● Faction Reputation Based Research

● Borg Research

● Armadas

● Away Teams

● Syndicate Affiliation

● Exocomps and Consumables

Figure 1: Daily Goals List - Mining

Figure 2: Romulan Miner rewards

Figure 3: Romulan Excavator rewards

Figure 4: Federation Miner rewards

Figure 5: Federation Excavator rewards

Figure 6: Klingon Miner rewards

Figure 7: Klingon Excavator rewards

Figure 8: Daily Goals List - Hostiles

Figure 9: Romulan Warrior rewards

Figure 10: Romulan Champion rewards

Figure 11: Federation Warrior rewards

Figure 12: Federation Champion rewards

Figure 13: Klingon Warrior rewards

Figure 14: Klingon Champion rewards

Daily Goals – Mining

● If they're available, do not do any of the Daily Goals from the other two factions as this will work against you

o You can still mine all materials, but do not click on the check marks for the other two factions in the Daily Goals list

■ For example, in Figure 15, I have not clicked the Federation Miner check box since I am working on my Klingon reputation

Figure 15: Daily Goals - Mining

Daily Goals – Hunting Hostiles

● If they're available, do not do any of the Daily Goals from the other two factions as this will work against you

o You can still kill hostiles, but do not click on the check marks for the other two factions in the Daily Goals list

■ For example, in Figure 16, I have not clicked the Federation Champion checkbox since I am working on my Klingon reputation

Figure 16: Daily Goals - Hostiles

o One exception: Do not kill hostiles from the faction that you are working on as this will work against you

■ For example, in Figure 17, if I were to kill this level 40 Klingon hostile while working on my Klingon reputation, I would lose 1,472 Klingon faction points

Figure 17: Klingon Hostile Example

o When killing hostiles for Daily Goals or just for faction points, focus on transports and scouts as they give you more faction points

■ I have found a two-ship strategy works well

□ You can either set each ship by a regeneration node and kill the hostiles when they appear or…

□ You can take both ships around the system in a clockwise or counterclockwise manner killing the transports as you go

■ Pick a system and transport level where you can kill 40 to 60 transport ships before your ship dies

□ This will save on resources

□ For example, when I was working on my Klingon reputation, I would hunt in the Altanea system

♦ This system has transports with level 37-39

♦ I mostly ignored the level 38 and 39 transports

♦ Here are the stats from an experiment that I conducted to demonstrate why I mostly hunted level 37 transports:

Figure 18: Hostile Hunt Experiment

♦ As you can see, by hunting level 37 transports rather than by hunting level 38 and level 39 transports, I earned more faction points (more than double) before my ship would die

◊ Level 39 transports give 1,308 faction points (Figure 18)

Figure 19: Faction points for a Level 39 Transport

◊ Level 38 transports give 1,082 faction points (Figure 20)

Figure 20: Faction points for a Level 38 Transport

◊ Level 37 transports give 888 faction points (Figure 21)

21: Faction points for a Level 37 Transport

◊ Level 38 scouts give 1,623 faction points (Figure 22)

Figure 22: Faction points for a Level 38 Scout

♦ Remember, you need to choose a system and transport level that works for you

■ Watch out for scouts as they give more points than other ships of the same level (Figure 18 and Figure 22)

□ Remember that the Messages you earn for killing scouts can be traded in for credits in the faction store

Figure 23: Faction Store examples

□ Note: It costs more messages for credits at the Respected level so use them as much as possible before you hit the Respected level

♦ At the Associate level it costs 70 Messages for 240 credits – [3.43 credits per Message] (Figure 23)

♦ At the Respected level it costs 180 Messages for 350 credits – [1.94 credits per Message] (Figure 23)

♦ As you can see it is much more efficient to use as many of your Messages for credits prior to hitting the Respected level

□ Note: Try to time achieving your next reputation level to occur soon after you exchange messages for credits because when you move to the next higher reputation level your faction store items reset. This will allow you to do two pulls back-to-back.

□ I used this technique to buy extra faction credits to trade for the three faction mining ships: Valkis, K’Vort, and USS Antares

□ I also used this technique to buy extra faction credits to trade for Enterprise, Auger, and D4 blueprints

♦ Note: The warship blueprints become available in the faction store once you reach the Respected level

o I tried to kill between 100 and 200 transports, above the Daily Goals, each day

■ The way I tracked this was by looking at the item totals (Figure 24)

■ Since hostiles do not always drop items, this method will mean that you are killing more than the number of items listed

Figure 24: Items

Daily Events – Reputation Event!

● The Reputation Event is a great way to earn faction points for spending resources which you are going to spend anyway (Figure 25)

Figure 25: Klingon Reputation Event

● Make sure you join the Reputation Event each day only for the faction you are focused on (Figure 26)

Figure 26: Reputation Event

● Do not join the Reputation Events from the other two factions as this will make it take longer to achieve the Respected level in the faction that you're focused on

o As you can see in Figure 26, I only joined and completed the Klingon Reputation Event since I am working on my Klingon Reputation

■ For example, note the negative faction points for the other two factions in Figure 27, Figure 28, Figure 29, and Figure 30

o Faction points that you earn may vary, but here is an example of what I earn at each day at each level of the Klingon Reputation Event

■ At level one, you can earn 5,400 faction points (Figure 27)

Figure 27: Klingon Reputation Event level one rewards

■ At level two, you can earn 10,800 faction points (Figure 28)

Figure 28: Klingon Reputation Event level two rewards

■ At level three, you can earn 21,600 faction points (Figure 29)

Figure 29: Klingon Reputation Event level three rewards

■ At level four, you can earn 43,200 faction points (Figure 30)

Figure 30: Klingon Reputation Event level four rewards

Borg Refinery

● You can earn faction points in the Borg refinery (Figure 31)

Figure 31: Borg Refinery

o Note: The higher level your Vi’dar, the more faction points you can earn in the Borg refinery

■ It is well worth your time to tier up your Vi’dar

■ In Figure 32, at my Vi’dar tier, I earn 52,000 Klingon faction points

■ Note: As your Vi’dar tier increases so does the amount of inert nanoprobes you will need for the Borg refinery (Figure 32)

Figure 32: Borg Refinery - Klingon Faction Points

● You should also know that you can buy faction credits in the Borg refinery as well (Figure 33)

o I used this technique to buy extra faction credits to trade for the three faction mining ships: Valkis, K’Vort, and USS Antares

o I also used this technique to buy extra faction credits to trade for Enterprise, Auger, and D4 blueprints

■ Note: The warship blueprints become available in the faction store once you reach the Respected level

Figure 33: Borg Refinery - Klingon Credits

Faction Missions

● Only do faction missions for the faction that you're focused on

o Since the faction missions give faction points this will help you achieve the Respected level faster

■ In the example shown in Figure 34 and Figure 35 you see that for the completion of this mission you earn 100,000 faction points

Figure 34: Faction Mission Example

● Do not do any faction missions for the factions that you're not focused on

o For example, in Figure 35, the completion of this mission earns:

■ -140,800 Romulan faction points

■ -52,800 Federation faction points

Figure 35: Faction Mission Rewards Example

Faction Hunt Event

● For Faction Hunt Events, only focus on the faction that you're working on

o Do not participate in the faction hunt for the factions that you are not working on as this will work against you

■ See Daily Goals – Hunting Hostiles

Other Miscellaneous events

● Watch out for events that will give you negative faction points for the faction that you are working on

o Do not participate in these events as this will work against you

Borg Research

● You should complete the three Borg research options in the Galaxy Research tree as soon as possible (Figure 36)

o These Borg research options will boost your rewards respectively:

■ Prime Borg Rewards

■ Nanoprobe Hunter

■ Prime Active Nanoprobes Refining

Figure 36: Galaxy Research Tree

● Note: Completing these three research items will translate into more faction points that you can earn through the Borg Refinery

Armadas

● Armadas can earn faction points but they are not as effective or efficient as hunting hostiles

● When attacking armada targets, pay attention to the faction points received

o While you will not get negative points like when hunting the wrong faction hostiles, you may not get any points at all

o For example, if you are working on your Klingon reputation,

■ A Federation Uncommon Level 31 Armada Target (Figure 37) would give you 432 Klingon faction points

■ A Romulan Uncommon Level 31 Armada Target (Figure 38) would give you 872 Klingon faction points

■ A Klingon Uncommon Level 31 Armada Target (Figure 39) would give you 0 Klingon faction points

Figure 37: Federation Uncommon Level 31 Armada Target

Figure 38: Romulan Uncommon Level 31 Armada Target

Figure 39: Klingon Uncommon Level 31 Armada Target

Away Teams

● With the introduction of Away Teams, you have an additional method to obtain Reputation points

● When completing Away Team missions focus on missions that give Away Team Credits (Figure 40)

Figure 40: Away Teams Mission List

● Away Team Credits can be earned through Assignment Success Rewards or Critical Success Rewards

o Note: You will always get more credits through the Critical Success Rewards

■ You will want to get your Assignment Success percentage above 90% to have a good chance of success (Figure 41)

□ Note: Going way above 100% doesn’t increase your chances of success beyond 100% but it will increase the reward multiplier

□ The reward multiplier is a multiplier added to the rewards if the assignment has officers that push the success rate over 100% (Figure 41)

■ You want to get your Critical Success percentage above 30%, if possible, to have a decent chance of winning the Critical Success Rewards (Figure 41)

Figure 41: Chance of Success

■ Once you have enough Away Team Credits…

□ Click on the Claim box (Figure 42)

□ At the bottom of the screen, scroll all the way to the right and click on Away Teams (Figure 43)

□ You will then see Reputation Rewards for each faction (Figure 44), click on the appropriate faction

□ Then, depending on how many credits you have, click on 1, 2, or 3 chests (Figure 45)

□ Note: The amount of reputation you can earn is tied to your reputation level. As your reputation increases, so does the amount you can earn.

Figure 42: CLAIM

Figure 43: GIFTS

Figure 44: Away Team Rewards

Figure 45: Faction Reputation Rewards

Syndicate Affiliation

● With the introduction of the Syndicate affiliation, you can boost your rewards in some of the Daily Goals

o For example, at Syndicate Affiliation Level 15 (Figure 46), Level 20 (Figure 47) and Level 25 (Figure 48) you get a bonus increase in your faction rewards

● Even at lower levels you will get bonus increases to things such as Piercing and Mitigation (Figure 49) which can indirectly help you obtain faction reputation

Figure 46: Syndicate Affiliation Level 15

Figure 47: Syndicate Affiliation Level 20

Figure 48: Syndicate Affiliation Level 25

Figure 49: Syndicate Affiliation Level 4 & 5

In addition to the Daily Goals bonus, you can earn extra Faction Reputation when killing Faction hostiles by achieving certain Syndicate XP levels:

At Syndicate XP level 20 there is a Faction Reputation Bonus. The bonus is dependent upon your ops level and both are listed below:

· Ops Level 10-19: 2%

· Ops Level 20-29: 2%

· Ops Level 30-39: 2%

· Ops Level 40-50: 6%

· Ops Level 51-60: 10%

At Syndicate XP level 22 there is another Faction Reputation Bonus. The bonus is dependent upon your ops level and both are listed below:

· Ops Level 10-19: 3%

· Ops Level 20-29: 3%

· Ops Level 30-39: 3%

· Ops Level 40-50: 10%

· Ops Level 51-60: 10%

At Syndicate XP level 24 there is another Faction Reputation Bonus. The bonus is dependent upon your ops level and both are listed below:

· Ops Level 10-19: 5%

· Ops Level 20-29: 5%

· Ops Level 30-39: 5%

· Ops Level 40-50: 15%

· Ops Level 51-60: 20%

To better understand how Faction Reputation points are calculated when killing a Faction hostile utilizing the Syndicate XP Faction Reputation bonus, see the article: Faction Reputation: Calculating Officer Ability, Ship Ability, Exocomps, etc.

Exocomps and Consumables

● With the introduction of Exocomps and Consumables you now have another way to speed up your Reputation gains

● Here we are talking specifically about the Reputation Consumables

o For example, as you can see in Figure 50, there are Consumables to boost reputation such as +70% Klingon Reputation and +70% Romulan Reputation

o Note: Since these types of Consumables are of the Galaxy Exocomp type, they have to be activated before you leave your station

o Note: These Reputation Consumables do not affect faction reputation gained from chest or mission/event rewards

Figure 50: Reputation Based Consumables

Summary

This covers everything that I can think of at the moment. If I think of more tips or if you have some tips of your own that you want to pass along, let me know in the comments and I will add them to the list if appropriate. Good luck on your journey to Respected!

Live Long and Prosper!