Changes: Experience Point

Revision as of 21:20, 17 January 2011

Not to be confused with Bridge Officer skill points, which are used to upgrade Bridge officer abilities.

Skill points are earned over the course of a character's career in Star Trek Online. Skill points are directly related to a player character's current rank and are required to be earned and spent if the player wishes their character to receive a promotion. Skill points are comparable to "experience" used in other MMORPGs however unlike experience points they are not automatically assigned. Instead the player must manually assign those points on skills. Players are allowed to reset their spent points and redistribute them as they see fit via a respec.

Each character has a balance of skill points, similar to the way any currency in the game works, such as Energy Credits. Skill points are acquired primarily by completing missions. They can also be accrued more slowly by killing players and NPCs of the different factions, in both PvE and PvP.

Note: When a player reaches the skill point cap, any skill points rewarded are automatically converted into bridge officer skill points by the game.

Once a player has gathered enough skill points, they may be spent on increasing the rank of that player's skills. At Lieutenant level, an additional rank in any skill costs 100 skill points. For example, if a player earns 32 skill points for completing a mission and they have zero points to begin with, then they will need to earn another 68 points before they can purchase a new rank in any Lieutenant level skill. This base value of 100 increases with rank, and there are nine ranks per skill.

The skills window for both player skill points and bridge officer points are viewable and spendable in game by pressing the K key on the keyboard.

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+:''Not to be confused with [[Bridge_officers#Points|Bridge Officer skill points]], which are used to upgrade [[Bridge officer abilities]].''
-==Overview==
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-Over the course of a characters career in [[Star Trek Online]] they will earn skill points. Skill points are directly related to your current [[rank]] and are required to be earned and spent if the player wishes their character to receive a promotion. They are comparable to "experience" used in other [[MMORPG]]s however unlike experience they are not automatically assigned and the player must do it manually by spending the points on their skills.
+'''Skill points''' are earned over the course of a character's career in [[Star Trek Online]]. Skill points are directly related to a player character's current [[rank]] and are required to be earned and spent if the player wishes their character to receive a promotion. Skill points are comparable to "experience" used in other [[MMORPG]]s however unlike experience points they are not automatically assigned. Instead the player must manually assign those points on [[skills]]. Players are allowed to reset their spent points and redistribute them as they see fit via a [[respec]].
+Each character has a balance of skill points, similar to the way any currency in the game works, such as [[Energy Credits]]. Skill points are acquired primarily by completing [[missions]]. They can also be accrued more slowly by killing players and NPCs of the different [[faction]]s, in both [[PvE]] and [[PvP]].
-[[Cryptic]] has stated that players will be allowed to reset their spent points and allowed to redistribute them as they see fit however the system is not implemented yet. In MMORPGs this practice is commonly known as ''respecing'' or a ''respec''. The official word as to when it will be implemented is "soon".
+:Note: When a player reaches the skill point cap, any skill points rewarded are automatically converted into bridge officer skill points by the game.
-==Skill Points==
-Skill points are player-only points that advance your character and ship. They can also affect your bridge officers however affect them as whole rather than individually like the bridge officer points do. Skill points are acquired by completing missions in both [[PvE]] and [[PvP]]. They can also be accrued more slowly by killing players and NPCs of the opposite [[faction]].
-These points must be gathered in bulk before they can be spent. At Ensign, Warrior and Lieutenant levels your skills cost 100 skill points to be able to go up one level, to a maximum of nine. For example, if a player earns 32 skill points for completing a [[mission]] and they have zero points to begin with, then they will need to earn another 68 points before they can improve on their skills. This base value of 100 increases with rank and not all ranks skills cost 100 points to improve.
+Once a player has gathered enough skill points, they may be spent on increasing the rank of that player's skills. At [[Lieutenant]] level, an additional rank in any skill costs 100 skill points. For example, if a player earns 32 skill points for completing a [[mission]] and they have zero points to begin with, then they will need to earn another 68 points before they can purchase a new rank in any [[Lieutenant]] level skill. This base value of 100 increases with rank, and there are nine ranks per skill.
 The skills window for both player skill points and [[bridge officer]] points are viewable and spendable in game by pressing the '''K''' key on the keyboard.
+==See Also==
-When a player reaches the skill point cap any rewards that were personal skill points are automatically converted into bridge officer skill points by the game.
+* [[Bridge_officers#Points|Bridge Officer skill points]]
+* [[Skills]]
-==Also See==
-[[Bridge_officers#Points|Bridge Officer skill points]]