How many skill points to each rank?

SquidheadJax · 01-21-2010, 06:35 PM

I've never gotten to Commander myself, and never managed to ask anyone who has, so I can't answer this for myself.

Is the skill point progression for each rank arithmetic or geometric?

Edit: It is, apparently, neither of the above.

Lieutenant starts at 700 (gotta squeeze Ensign in there for the tutorial) and goes to 6700, Lt. Commander starts at 6700 and goes to 18700. It takes 6k SP to go from Lieutenant to Lieutenant Commander and 12k SP to go from Lieutenant Commander to full Commander.

So it looks like the number of skill points per rank could progress in one of two ways:

Ranks - Lieutenant Commander, Commander, Captain, Admiral, Admiral 5 (half of theoretical Admiral 10)
Geometrically - 6000 x 1 , 6000 x 2, 6000 x 4, 6000 x 8, (6000 x 16)/2
Arithmetically - 6000 x 1, 6000 x 2, 6000 x3, 6000 x 4, (6000 x 5)/2

Can anyone who's reached Commander confirm whether Captain starts at 42700 spent or 36700 spent?

Edit: Ingame information currently indicates that Captain starts at 34700 SP, which means neither progression is correct.

Tenkari · 01-21-2010, 06:48 PM

well, right now im a Lt. Commander 10 with like 17,800 some skillpoints spent and commander hits at 18,700 skillpoints spent.

I believe thats the total including points from Lt level. If no one from commander level answeres before i hit commander, i'll come back tot his thread and tell yah

Tenkari · 01-21-2010, 09:06 PM

Ok, i just hit commander and i gotta spend 16000 mnore skillpoints, so 18,700 + 16,000 = 34700 skill points spent

Danimal · 01-21-2010, 09:31 PM

Jeeze, what do all these skillpoints go into?
or are they STO's version of XP?

SquidheadJax · 01-22-2010, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Danimal

Jeeze, what do all these skillpoints go into?
or are they STO's version of XP?

XP. Called Skillpoints because they're spent directly on skills.

SquidheadJax · 01-22-2010, 08:39 AM

So, checking with a couple people who have made Commander ingame, Captain starts at 34700 SP. That's an increase of 16000 over Lieutenant Commander, which doesn't follow either mathematical progression.

Sielle · 01-22-2010, 08:42 AM

Ugh... it would be sooo much easier if they would just tell us what the skill point cap is. I HATE the idea of capped skill points, but I'm not going to make a huge issue of it until we know what the cap is.

At any rate I'm going to subscribe to this thread, hopefully we'll find out the numbers sooner rather than later.

lucideus · 01-23-2010, 08:37 AM

Awesome, an annuncement that there will be a skill cap then neglecting to inform the testers WHAT they cap is or HOW progress works ... too funny.

BigBadB · 01-23-2010, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by squidheadjax

So, checking with a couple people who have made Commander ingame, Captain starts at 34700 SP. That's an increase of 16000 over Lieutenant Commander, which doesn't follow either mathematical progression.

It's probably not a simple mathematical progression, but a calculation based on the number of new skills opened up at each rank and their costs.

SquidheadJax · 01-23-2010, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by BigBadB

It's probably not a simple mathematical progression, but a calculation based on the number of new skills opened up at each rank and their costs.

Possible, but the number of skills opened up at Commander is more than at Lieutenant Commander, and they cost 50% more, but Captain is only 12.5% farther away from Commander than Commander is from Lieutenant Commander.

01-21-2010, 06:35 PM	#1
SquidheadJax Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009	How many skill points to each rank? I've never gotten to Commander myself, and never managed to ask anyone who has, so I can't answer this for myself. Is the skill point progression for each rank arithmetic or geometric? Edit: It is, apparently, neither of the above. Lieutenant starts at 700 (gotta squeeze Ensign in there for the tutorial) and goes to 6700, Lt. Commander starts at 6700 and goes to 18700. It takes 6k SP to go from Lieutenant to Lieutenant Commander and 12k SP to go from Lieutenant Commander to full Commander. So it looks like the number of skill points per rank could progress in one of two ways: Ranks - Lieutenant Commander, Commander, Captain, Admiral, Admiral 5 (half of theoretical Admiral 10) Geometrically - 6000 x 1 , 6000 x 2, 6000 x 4, 6000 x 8, (6000 x 16)/2 Arithmetically - 6000 x 1, 6000 x 2, 6000 x3, 6000 x 4, (6000 x 5)/2 Can anyone who's reached Commander confirm whether Captain starts at 42700 spent or 36700 spent? Edit: Ingame information currently indicates that Captain starts at 34700 SP, which means neither progression is correct. __________________ Chief Science Officer, USS Threadnaught --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This game cannot flourish until Cryptic stops treating STO players like suckers instead of customers. Oh who am I kidding. They've demonstrated that the slippery slope installed in their offices is greased with Teflon. Last edited by SquidheadJax : 01-22-2010 at 08:37 AM.

01-21-2010, 09:31 PM	#4
Danimal Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kamloops B.c.	Jeeze, what do all these skillpoints go into? or are they STO's version of XP? __________________ =/\= ========================================== =/\= Lieutenant Commander Daniel James USS Wells (NCC-92964) Beta Squadron, 4th Fleet, United Federation of Planets =/\= ========================================== =/\=

01-22-2010, 08:39 AM	#6
SquidheadJax Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009	So, checking with a couple people who have made Commander ingame, Captain starts at 34700 SP. That's an increase of 16000 over Lieutenant Commander, which doesn't follow either mathematical progression. __________________ Chief Science Officer, USS Threadnaught --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This game cannot flourish until Cryptic stops treating STO players like suckers instead of customers. Oh who am I kidding. They've demonstrated that the slippery slope installed in their offices is greased with Teflon.

01-23-2010, 08:37 AM	#8
lucideus Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Idaho Falls, ID	Awesome, an annuncement that there will be a skill cap then neglecting to inform the testers WHAT they cap is or HOW progress works ... too funny. __________________ CE preorder from Amazon DDE preorder from Atari Lifetime subscriber Runabout

01-21-2010, 06:48 PM	#2
Tenkari Career Officer Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Wesminster, california, Earth, Sol sector	well, right now im a Lt. Commander 10 with like 17,800 some skillpoints spent and commander hits at 18,700 skillpoints spent. I believe thats the total including points from Lt level. If no one from commander level answeres before i hit commander, i'll come back tot his thread and tell yah

01-21-2010, 09:06 PM	#3
Tenkari Career Officer Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Wesminster, california, Earth, Sol sector	Ok, i just hit commander and i gotta spend 16000 mnore skillpoints, so 18,700 + 16,000 = 34700 skill points spent

01-22-2010, 08:42 AM	#7
Sielle Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2009	Ugh... it would be sooo much easier if they would just tell us what the skill point cap is. I HATE the idea of capped skill points, but I'm not going to make a huge issue of it until we know what the cap is. At any rate I'm going to subscribe to this thread, hopefully we'll find out the numbers sooner rather than later.