ST2 Unofficial players Guide & Tables
Apr 29, 2017 23:11:22 GMT -5
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ST2 Unofficial players Guide & Tables
STF Tables:
ST2 Wiki quick reference This forum thread is a quick index of links pointing to ST2 game topics in the wiki pages
Wiki Jobs & Skills Table Sort-able view to compare skills, and number at which rank.
Compare multiple jobs to see similarities. Sort ascending or descending.
Very useful when designing new team.
Planning: Team Template Checklist (printer format).
Starting New Template Captains: Link to Captain types you can choose from, and skill comparison.
Starting New Template Contacts: Link to Contact types you can choose from when creating a new Template.
New Captains: Achievements Link to Achievements. You might want to think about these unlocks when planning a new Template.
Game Difficulty When starting a new game it's important to know what you're getting into.
STF character planner aj has created a tool so powerful, with a unique UI. It deserves to be at the very top of this guide. Creating a new team? Use this!
This requires using GitHub to run. Cory Trese has put together a wiki with step by step installation instructions.
Steam Guides A treasure trove of help whether you are just starting out or a seasoned Captain.
ST2 Wiki Table of Contents Everything you need is here, and automatically updated by the Developers.
Don't rely on player content exclusively. This is the final word.
Direct link to Ship Stats I'm constantly looking at this wiki page, and skipped the table of contents.
Ship Combat Mechanics tips and how dice pools work in ship combat.
Political Talents Table Raising Rep and Influence.
Crew Combat Tables:
Crew Combat: Attack & Maneuver Table
Weapons & Combat Initiative Who fires first and how many times.
Crew Combat Mechanics Find out how the dice are rolled in this excellent wiki page.
Official leveling and talents table Experience, leveling, ranks and talent caps can change this is where to find out.
Combat buffs without weapons Anybody can use them.
Contacts & Services
Wiki Contact Services. All facets of Contacts in ascending and descending sorting order choices for each character element.
This is the first place you should look.
Picking your Contacts New Captains (templates) can choose the contacts they want to start the game with.
Contacts that offer Missions Quick rep and influence.
Contacts & Hidden Traits Finding out has become a major game feature.
Contacts that don't offer missions This thread is actually about how to use the Merchant talent "Cordial Invitation", at the bottom you will find the list.
Captain's skills: side by side.
Character Talent Table: Listed alphabetically, level prereq as discovered.
STF Ships:
Official Catalog: Sortable One of the best tables ever created. All columns sort ascending / descending. Plan ahead.
This wasn't available until my old tables got finished. The official table gets automatically updated.
Ships Class & Stats Catalog and stats of currently available STF ships.
Ship specs compared Juror Class, Lightbow Raptor, Longbow Cruiser
Captainn & Crew:
New Captain's compared. Skills & Startup traits.
Crew Traits list. fallen created this highly recommended, well formatted table of officer & crew traits. Crew traits mutate over time.
Knowing the definition of each possible trait will greatly affect the performance of you ship, and many other ways.
Player Guides:
Merchant guide: An excellent guide created by johndramey to help merchants of all experience levels succeed.
For a deeper look at skill pools. These two threads really belong together when trying to understand how Character vs Ship dice/skill pools work.
Understanding skill rolls Major resource of help from grävling and bobc
Training Videos
STF Training Films This thread contains a list of helpful links to YouTube "how to play" videos.
Syn's Arcade on youtube LordofSyn has been with STF right from the beginning. He deserves allot of street cred for his endless efforts.
Take a look at his training films or fly blind.
Let's Play Star Traders Frontiers
A wonderful collection of 15 episodes in sequential order! This will take you from your first left click, all the way to advanced techniques.
These aren't like 2 minute commercials, they are 30 minute chapters. I'll describe this a little more, right now I'm just awestruck!
Thanks Craig Rittenhouse .
Topics:
1. Stun vs Morale thread Stun and Morale break cost 12 initiative points.
2. Grenade accuracy thread Grenades have accuracy of 6.
3. Player Map Seeds Great thread. You can use any map created by another player by copy/pasting the number into the map screen when starting a new game.
STF Tables:
ST2 Wiki quick reference This forum thread is a quick index of links pointing to ST2 game topics in the wiki pages
Wiki Jobs & Skills Table Sort-able view to compare skills, and number at which rank.
Compare multiple jobs to see similarities. Sort ascending or descending.
Very useful when designing new team.
Planning: Team Template Checklist (printer format).
Starting New Template Captains: Link to Captain types you can choose from, and skill comparison.
Starting New Template Contacts: Link to Contact types you can choose from when creating a new Template.
New Captains: Achievements Link to Achievements. You might want to think about these unlocks when planning a new Template.
Game Difficulty When starting a new game it's important to know what you're getting into.
STF character planner aj has created a tool so powerful, with a unique UI. It deserves to be at the very top of this guide. Creating a new team? Use this!
This requires using GitHub to run. Cory Trese has put together a wiki with step by step installation instructions.
Steam Guides A treasure trove of help whether you are just starting out or a seasoned Captain.
ST2 Wiki Table of Contents Everything you need is here, and automatically updated by the Developers.
Don't rely on player content exclusively. This is the final word.
Direct link to Ship Stats I'm constantly looking at this wiki page, and skipped the table of contents.
Ship Combat Mechanics tips and how dice pools work in ship combat.
Political Talents Table Raising Rep and Influence.
Crew Combat Tables:
Crew Combat: Attack & Maneuver Table
Weapons & Combat Initiative Who fires first and how many times.
Crew Combat Mechanics Find out how the dice are rolled in this excellent wiki page.
Official leveling and talents table Experience, leveling, ranks and talent caps can change this is where to find out.
Combat buffs without weapons Anybody can use them.
Contacts & Services
Wiki Contact Services. All facets of Contacts in ascending and descending sorting order choices for each character element.
This is the first place you should look.
Picking your Contacts New Captains (templates) can choose the contacts they want to start the game with.
Contacts that offer Missions Quick rep and influence.
Contacts & Hidden Traits Finding out has become a major game feature.
Contacts that don't offer missions This thread is actually about how to use the Merchant talent "Cordial Invitation", at the bottom you will find the list.
Captain's skills: side by side.
Character Talent Table: Listed alphabetically, level prereq as discovered.
STF Ships:
Official Catalog: Sortable One of the best tables ever created. All columns sort ascending / descending. Plan ahead.
This wasn't available until my old tables got finished. The official table gets automatically updated.
Ships Class & Stats Catalog and stats of currently available STF ships.
Ship specs compared Juror Class, Lightbow Raptor, Longbow Cruiser
Captainn & Crew:
New Captain's compared. Skills & Startup traits.
Crew Traits list. fallen created this highly recommended, well formatted table of officer & crew traits. Crew traits mutate over time.
Knowing the definition of each possible trait will greatly affect the performance of you ship, and many other ways.
Player Guides:
Merchant guide: An excellent guide created by johndramey to help merchants of all experience levels succeed.
For a deeper look at skill pools. These two threads really belong together when trying to understand how Character vs Ship dice/skill pools work.
Understanding skill rolls Major resource of help from grävling and bobc
Training Videos
STF Training Films This thread contains a list of helpful links to YouTube "how to play" videos.
Syn's Arcade on youtube LordofSyn has been with STF right from the beginning. He deserves allot of street cred for his endless efforts.
Take a look at his training films or fly blind.
Let's Play Star Traders Frontiers
A wonderful collection of 15 episodes in sequential order! This will take you from your first left click, all the way to advanced techniques.
These aren't like 2 minute commercials, they are 30 minute chapters. I'll describe this a little more, right now I'm just awestruck!
Thanks Craig Rittenhouse .
Topics:
1. Stun vs Morale thread Stun and Morale break cost 12 initiative points.
2. Grenade accuracy thread Grenades have accuracy of 6.
3. Player Map Seeds Great thread. You can use any map created by another player by copy/pasting the number into the map screen when starting a new game.
