[Tier Ranking] STT Crew ranked by stats/ease of leveling/etc

Posted: 29 February 2016 09:59 PM While you don’t have much choice in what crew you acquire, you do get to choose who to focus on. This guide will help you decide which character to focus on, and also should be helpful if you’re trying to decide on a behold choice. Using standard ranking grades, A>B>C>D, except for top tier characters who get an S. (S+ = best character in the game for that skill). Also color coded to match game rarity colors. And a separate out of 10 for ease of leveling. For the most part the overall ranking will be based on stats and traits, but I will include a very minor weighting on ease of leveling. EG: A very difficult character will take a hit for that, but someone who just requires 50% more items farmed then a similar one won’t take any. [★★★★★ (Legendary)]

Command: 1701 Sisko:

Secondary stats: SEC - high, DIP - mod

Ranking: S

Ease of leveling: 5/10

Notes: Event only char. Tops out a tad weaker than the regular below. Captain Sisko:

Secondary stats: SEC - high, DIP - mod

Ranking: S+

Ease of leveling: 6/10 - Very difficult at the start, average for 5* later on

Notes: The best command character. Strong secondary SEC without sacrificing CMD. Very good traits too. Wrathful Khan:

Secondary stats: SEC - very high, ENG - low

Ranking: S

Ease of leveling: 6/10

Notes: Heavily buffed to be reasonable to level and have massive final SEC (1145 base). One of the best SEC crew in the game despite his CMD focus. Though very poor traits. Diplomacy: Arachnia Janeway:

Secondary stats: CMD - high, SEC - mod

Ranking: A+

Ease of leveling: 4/10 - High amount of section 31 faction items required

Note: Top tier diplomacy stats, but weak traits and harder to level then average. Section 31 items are also fought over by MANY crew. Enterprise-E Picard:

Secondary stats: CMD - high, SEC - mod

Ranking: S+

Ease of leveling: 4/10

Note: Top tier diplomacy stats, likely the best diplomat in the game. Though he actually lacks the diplomat trait, his other traits are useful. Grand Nagus Rom:

Secondary stats: CMD - high, ENG - mod

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 3/10 (Huge amount of ferengi+farmable required right at the start)

Note: Top tier diplomacy stats, good traits, but hard to level. Commander Troi:

Secondary stats: MED - high, Sec - low

Ranking: S

Ease of leveling: 6/10

Notes: Top tier stats, good critical traits. Empath is required on at least two missions. Changeling Founder:

Secondary stats: CMD - high

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 2/10 (Heavy amount of dominion faction items)

Notes: Top tier stats but very difficult to level. Ultra difficult to level past 60. Engineering: Tempted Data:

Secondary stats: DIP - High, SEC - Low

Ranking: A+

Ease of leveling: 6/10 (Reports are good for a 5*)

Notes: Solid engineer, some required traits. Lt Commander La Forge:

Secondary stats: SCI - High, CMD - Low

Ranking: S+

Ease of leveling: 8/10 (Reports are surprisingly good for a 5*)

Notes: Likely the best engineer in the game. Has only 1 decent commonly seen trait - Innovator; but makes up for that with top tier ENG and ease of leveling. Captain Scott:

Secondary stats: None

Ranking: A+

Ease of leveling: 7/10

Notes: Tad higher final ENG then La Forge, but only a single skill. Supposedly the reasoning for this was that he had superior turn based ship abilities in the beta. However they were all deleted, all he is left with is higher than average ship passive, but in the current game, that has no real impact. Scientist Degra:

Secondary stats: SCI - Balanced with ENG

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 3/10

Notes: Strong ENG/SCI but probably not the highest at endgame due evening it out with ENG. Also requires a ton of Gravitic Calipers which makes him extremely painful to level at high levels. Medical: Crell Moset

Secondary stats: DIP - high, SCI - low

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 3/10

Notes: Top tier DIP but very hard to level. Required character, necessary to 3* certain missions - Cardassian + DIP is needed. Mobile Doctor

Secondary stats: DIP - low, SCI - high

Ranking: S

Ease of leveling: 6/10

Notes: Tied for best doctor in the game. Though Bashir has slightly stronger traits. Alternate Future Bashir

Secondary stats: CMD - low, SCI - mod

Ranking: S

Ease of leveling: 5/10

Notes: Tied for best doctor in the game. Has very good traits, including one necessary for a difficult node only a few characters can do. Profile

Posted: 29 February 2016 10:00 PM [★★★★★ (Legendary)] Continued: Science: Seven of Nine:

Secondary stats: ENG - high, DIP - low

Ranking: S+

Ease of leveling: 9/10

Notes: Likely the best science lady in the game. She has the unique, sometimes required borg trait, which does come up fairly frequently. Arguably the easiest 5* in the game to level, Between her and LaForge. Her ENG jumps high to very high towards Lvl100 too. Lt Commander Jadzia Dax:

Secondary stats: ENG - low, DIP - mod

Ranking: S

Ease of leveling: 5/10

Notes: Science wise she is a tad ahead of Seven, as she doesn’t have the huge variance Seven has. More difficult to level. She has two good science related traits. Security:

Mirror Intendant Kira:

Secondary stats: CMD - mod, DIP - high

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 4/10

Notes: Top tier sec but difficult to level, limited traits. Judge Q:

Secondary stats: CMD - high, DIP - mod

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 2/10

Notes: Top tier sec but ultra difficult to level, limited traits. Shinzon:

Secondary stats: CMD high, DIP - mod

Ranking: S

Ease of leveling: 6/10

Notes: Top tier sec and while hard to level, still easier then other 5* SEC. Limited useful traits. Mirror Regent Worf:

Secondary stats: CMD - mod

Ranking: B

Ease of leveling: 3/10

Notes: Top tier sec but very difficult to level and only two skills (Which is not an advantage in this game, the idea of specialization is not a thing. [★★★★ (Epic)]: Command:

Captain Janeway:

Secondary stats: DIP - very high, SCI - mod

Ranking: S

Ease of leveling: 8/10

Notes: Many players strongest character. Partly due to being free every month, partly due to ease of leveling and partly due to just having very strong stats. She tends to have higher stats then most other epics at lvl 60-90. Commander Sela:

Secondary stats: DIP - high, SCI - low

Ranking: B

Ease of leveling: 5/10

Notes: Need more data on her. Maquis Eddington:

Secondary stats: SEC - Splits evenly between CMD and SEC

Ranking: C

Ease of leveling: 4/10

Notes: Crew that split stats are rarely worthwhile. Heavy maquis faction grind (a faction you otherwise rarely want to run as not many characters use it) Rakal Troi:

Secondary stats: MED - high, SEC - mod

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 6/10

Notes: Strong command. Required traits + good bonus traits. Mirror Archer:

Secondary stats: ENG - mod, SEC - low

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 7/10

Notes: Decent command. Required traits (Pilot) Commando Shran:

Secondary stats: Dip - low, SEC - mod

Ranking: B

Ease of leveling: 5/10

Notes: Need more info. Nexus Kirk:

Secondary stats: Dip - low, SEC - high

Ranking: S

Ease of leveling: 5/10

Notes: High command, pulls ahead of Janeway at 100, but more difficult to level. 2 Good traits. Resistance Shakaar:

Secondary stats: SEC - mod

Ranking: B[

Ease of leveling: 4/10 Captain Proton Paris:

Secondary stats: SEC - high, ENG - low

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 3/10 (Ok early on, requires stupid amount of holoprograms later) Diplomacy: Weyoun Clone 4:

Secondary stats: CMD - mod, SEC - low

Ranking: B

Ease of leveling: 5/10 Commander Uhura:

Secondary stats: CMD - mod

Ranking: S

Ease of leveling: 9/10

Notes: One of the easiest characters in the game to level. Possibly the first epic to reach lvl99. Low base diplo, but very high proficiency and ease of leveling makes up for it. KDF Gowron:

Secondary stats: CMD - mod, SEC - mod

Ranking: S

Ease of leveling: 6/10

Notes: Top tier DIP stat - ahead of Uhura. Requires many faction items to level, but not too bad. 1 good trait, but usually used for SEC, not DIP. Luther Sloan:

Secondary stats: CMD - low, SEC - mod

Ranking: A+

Ease of leveling: 5/10 Mirror Empress Sato:

Secondary stats: CMD - low, SEC - mod

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 7/10 Mirror Ezri Tigan:

Secondary stats: SEC-Splits evenly between DIP and SEC;

Ranking: C

Ease of leveling: 4/10

Notes: Characters that split stats are almost never very good at either. Ambassador Spock:

Secondary stats: SCI - high, Sec - mod

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 5/10

Notes: Limited time character. Engineering:

Chief O’Brien:

Secondary stats: SEC - high, CMD - low

Ranking: A+

Ease of leveling: 6/10

Notes: Top tier engineering stats, good traits. Kazon Seska:

Secondary stats: SEC - low, CMD - high

Ranking: S

Ease of leveling: 5/10

Notes: Top tier engineering stats. Good traits, some required. Medical:

Bashir, Julian Bashir:

Secondary stats: DIP - mod, SEC - low

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 4/10

Notes: Top tier medical stats, great traits, but tough to level. Very rare character. Dr Crusher:

Secondary stats: CMD - low, SEC - low

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 7/10

Notes: Top tier medical stats, great traits, reasonable to level. Could be an S but dumps off stats. Mirror Phlox:

Secondary stats: SEC - mod

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 6/10

Notes: Good medical stats, great traits. Required character. Holonovel Doctor:

Secondary stats: SCI - mod

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 6/10

Notes: Top tier medical stats. Profile

Posted: 29 February 2016 10:01 PM ★★★★ (Epic) Continued: Science: 1701 Jadzia Dax:

Secondary stats: ENG - high, SEC - low

Ranking: S

Ease of leveling: 7/10

Notes: Event only crew. Excellent stats and traits. Arik Soong:

Secondary stats: Med - high

Ranking: C

Ease of leveling: 5/10

Notes: Poor traits. Temporal Agent Seven:

Secondary stats: ENG - mod, SEC - mod

Ranking: A+

Ease of leveling: 6/10

Notes: Limited time character. High science and reasonable to level. Late game required character for Borg+Sec. Commander T’Pol:

Secondary stats: CMD - mod, SEC - low

Ranking: S

Ease of leveling: 7/10

Notes: Top tier science. Reasonable to level for a 4* and good traits. Feezal Phlox:

Secondary stats: ENG - mod, DIP - low

Ranking: B

Ease of leveling: 7/10

Notes: Low science for a 4*. Poor traits, though 1 required for E6 Security: Fencing Sulu:

Secondary stats: CMD - mod, SCI - low

Ranking: S

Ease of leveling: 7/10

Notes: The best 4* Security in the game. High base + high proficiency. Excellent traits, 1 required. reasonable to level if you focus section 31 early and later federation. General Martok:

Secondary stats: CMD - low

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 4/10

Notes: High security, tad below Sulu, difficult to level and competes with other more important klingons like Gowron for items. Poor traits. Mirror Sisko:

Secondary stats: CMD - low

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 6/10

Notes: High security, just a tad below Sulu, ok to level but competes klingons and other factions as he switches up which guns he wants each rank. Poor traits. Undercover O’Brien:

Secondary stats: ENG - Splits fairly evenly between SEC and ENG. DIP - low

Ranking: B

Ease of leveling: 5/10

Notes: Characters that split stats are rarely good at either, and he’s no exception. However ENG characters are less common, and he has 1 required traits if you choose Ferengi Traditionalists, thus worth leveling in that case. Defiant Commander Worf:

Secondary stats: CMD - mod

Ranking: C

Ease of leveling: 6/10

Notes: Poor worf. Very poor security - relative to other 4*s and even worse then some 3*s such as Idrin. Also difficult to level and only 1 secondary stat. Warship Yar:

Secondary stats: CMD - mod

Ranking: S

Ease of leveling: 6/10

Notes: Limited time crew. Ranked #1 for 4* SEC but poor traits. [★★★ (Rare)] Command: Rifle Janeway:

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 8/10

Notes: Easy to level, very high CMD for a 3* and good traits. First Maje Culluh:

Ranking: B

Ease of leveling: 6/10 Klingon Dukat:

Ranking: B

Ease of leveling: 6/10 Lursa Duras:

Ranking: C

Ease of leveling: 6/10 Command Wrap Kirk:

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 9/10

Notes: Like rifle janeway, strong traits, easy to level. Tad lower CMD then her. Diplomacy:

Acting Nagus Brunt

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 6/10

Notes: Decent DIP. Required character. 1 of only 3 for DIP/CMD+Ferengi Morn:

Ranking: B

Ease of leveling: 5/10

Notes: Decent DIP. Poor traits. Senator Cretak:

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 6/10

Notes: High DIP. Required character. 1 of many for DIP/Diplomat/Romulan B’Etor Duras:

Ranking: C

Ease of leveling: 5/10 Writer Jake Sisko:

Ranking: C

Ease of leveling: 8/10 Vedek Winn Adami:

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 7/10

Notes: High DIP. Required character. Bajoran/Cultural Figure. Engineering:

Donik:

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 7/10

Notes: Very high ENG. Good traits. Ok to level if you focus hirogen. Mirror ‘Smiley’ O’Brien:

Ranking: B

Ease of leveling: 5/10 Maquis Takeover Torres:

Ranking: B

Ease of leveling: 4/10 Medical:

Prisoner ‘Bones’ McCoy:

Ranking: C

Ease of leveling: 6/10

Notes: Decent MED but lacks Doctor trait and semi faction heavy for a 3*. Commando Crusher:

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 8/10

Notes: High MED, easy to level, good traits. CMO Pulaski:

Ranking: B

Ease of leveling: 7/10 Sniper Ezri Dax:

Ranking: D

Ease of leveling: 5/10

Note: Splits stats between MED, SEC and DIP. Chars that split between 2 stats are bad, 3 stats? Terrible. Also hard to level and poor traits. Science:

Dr. Reyga:

Ranking: B

Ease of leveling: 6/10 Subcommander T’Pol:

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 7/10

Notes: Reasonable to level, top tier science for a 3* - beats some 4*s and good traits. Ensign Crusher:

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 8/10

Notes: He always gets an A.. jokes aside he meet the criteria: High science, tad below T’pol, very easy to level, good traits, 1 required. Security:

Tailor Garak:

Ranking: B

Ease of leveling: 6/10

Notes: Wish he was better. He does have a purpose though: Decent SEC + mod Dip, most of it into his base, makes him a strong choice for DIP+SEC faction missions. Constable Odo:

Ranking: B

Ease of leveling: 3/10

Notes: Top tier sec, just barely under Idrin, but gets faction item crazy at mid level, wanting 10+ Bajoran phasers per rank. Profile

Posted: 29 February 2016 10:02 PM [★★★ (Rare)] continued: Idrin:

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 6/10

Notes: Strongest 3* Sec. Superior then some 4*s even such as Worf, at equal fused stars. Reasonable to level if you focus Hirogen a few days, though starts to get hard in the 70+ range. Third Remata’Klan:

Ranking: A

Ease of leveling: 7/10

Notes: 2nd Strongest 3* Sec about tied with Odo but easier to level. Commander Kruge:

Ranking: B

Ease of leveling: 5/10 Expedition Vash:

Ranking: C

Ease of leveling: 6/10 Security Chief Tuvok:

Ranking: B

Ease of leveling: 7/10 Quick notes on 2* characters:

Essentially they would all be ranked C/D, only exceptions being required characters. This is due to the fact they simply teeter out at some point, being unable to complete certain missions even at level 99 and won’t serve any future purpose. Required characters that would get a B:

Lt Commander Data - He’s needed for Android (Cyberneticist node was changed)

CMO Crusher - Doctor traits needed for E1. As a single stat Dr she keeps up well with stronger chars early on.

Dr Phlox - Can work as an temp alternative to CMO Crusher

Enterprise-D Picard: You need a diplomat early on and he can do it. He also has a huge lists of useful traits, making him suffice in missions far beyond his normal rank would allow.

Acting Ensign Crusher: If you came late and missed out on 3* Wesley, this one can work for the 1 node that needs prodigy. That’s about it, the rest would get C/Ds. And a short FAQ: Now I know which characters are best to focus.. Exactly how many should I focus on leveling at a time?

I’d recommend 3 of each type - eg ones that specialize in each stat as I’ve categorized them. This gives you a total of 18 characters. This allows you to often have good characters for all 3 of your shuttles ( you will someday want the third if you don’t have it, it’s only a week on the monthly card and well worth it). Plus having 3 of 1 type means for missions that need a certain stat back to back, you have options. Though by the time you have characters in the 50-60 range, you will no longer be able to progress 18 characters together at a reasonable pace, as such for that focus on just 2 of each type. Your third should be now sufficient for a moderately difficult shuttle mission at least. I see “required character” in the notes a lot. What’s that mean?

It means they are one of only a few (generally 3-6, but some are truly 1 of a kind) characters that posses a trait and skill combo necessary to gain a reward node. And while a single node is rarely that important, you do need every reward node to unlock the next difficulty - which sometimes contain critical items you need to farm TONS of to progress, and as such X character could become required to progress Y character. Therefore, for these characters, even if their stats are weaker then another you have, they may still be worthwhile to level. For more info consult this page on the wiki:

http://startrektimelineswiki.com/wiki/Mission I see something wrong in your rankings, you suck!?

Ok, well let me know in a reply and maybe I’ll adjust em, still working on improving it. Profile

Posted: 29 February 2016 10:19 PM Thanks Axer. This is a good resource and should get even better. A note on Tempted Data. I think he is OK to level. Not easy, but easier than 5* Troi (my only other 5* crew). I have Data at 56 or so and he is a grind but the grind isn’t faction heavy. Signature Fleet for serious Trekkers: https://www.disruptorbeam.com/forums/stt/viewthread/48706/ Profile

Posted: 29 February 2016 10:38 PM Nice work, I like the thread. I agree with what you said, but sadly you have data on all of my 5* crew, so there is not much I can add to your notes. Profile

Posted: 29 February 2016 10:52 PM 5*s done and most of the 4*s.. Took a couple hours, longer than I thought so gonna take a break for now. 3*s’s ill probably be more terse, less notes cuz im kinda running outa space and we can discuss in later posts in more detail if wanted.

1/2* I might do a quick ratings, but no leveling details or notes outside of maybe required characters. Profile

Posted: 29 February 2016 10:59 PM Stupendous post Axer. You have my thanks and respect… Epic effort. Signature Owner & Proprietor of Quark’s Holosuite

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Posted: 29 February 2016 11:06 PM Great post Axer, thanks for taking the time to do this! One Q: What makes Captain Sisko the best command character? (or do you mean the Best Command Five ***** character?) Isn’t 4/4 Janeway a better pick?

Also, Yes Grand Nagus Rom requires an extremely large amount of Ferengi faction mission items, so he’s totally tough to level. Locutus has decent diplomacy and is not very difficult to level relatively. I’d say he’d be on like a 5 based off how you scaled others. His stats though don’t compare to Rom’s or Commander Troi’s. Signature ————————————-

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Posted: 29 February 2016 11:07 PM Great post Axer. Are you trying to set the record for most threads done that should be stickied? Signature Comprehensive list of bugged items and possible workarounds

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Posted: 29 February 2016 11:17 PM Thank you Axer for your insight. It is appreciated. Is it weird I read all of your posts in Garaks voice? Profile

Posted: 29 February 2016 11:18 PM This is good stuff. If I can contribute anything useful, I will, but I think you covered all the 4* and 5* that I have in my very limited stable. My Grand Nagus Rom is still trapped at L20 because I can’t get the Uncommon Latinum Tooth Sharpener to drop… it seems to require somewhat high faction to be bought in the store. If there is another source for this item, I’m all ears (har). Signature ST: Timelines DBID: 672134628950017 Profile

Posted: 29 February 2016 11:21 PM Quinn Darko - 29 February 2016 11:06 PM Great post Axer, thanks for taking the time to do this! One Q: What makes Captain Sisko the best command character? (or do you mean the Best Command Five ***** character?) Isn’t 4/4 Janeway a better pick?

Also, Yes Grand Nagus Rom requires an extremely large amount of Ferengi faction mission items, so he’s totally tough to level. Locutus has decent diplomacy and is not very difficult to level relatively. I’d say he’d be on like a 5 based off how you scaled others. His stats though don’t compare to Rom’s or Commander Troi’s. Finally just started to focus him a few days ago.

First day: Nada.

2nd day: finally got the virtual display devices. After that, he went straight to 40 with very little effort, had 90% of the items, only took ~80 chrons to get him there. Now he needs another, but on the third day I actually got 4 more to drop, they seem to drop far more often now im higher rank. Other items he needs for the 50 cap aren’t bad at all either. And he has better CMD vs Epic janeway at the same level. That plus his traits (Bajoran, Cultural Figure, Inspiring, Tactician) are all great. 2 of those come up very often for cmd, (insp/tac), while 1 is required for a node (bajoran) and cultural figure I see a fair bit too. I mean yea my 4/4 janeway will likely be stronger then him at 1/5 for a very long time. But I’m comparing apples to apples, so equal stars vs equal stars. That makes him the best in the game. I mean for 99% of players, a well fused 4* is gonna be better then any 1/5* due to the insane $ cost of getting well fused 5*s, but im not gonn factor the insane paytowin factor of 5*s into the rankings, else they’d all get Ds lol. And cool ill update locutus/rom. Profile

Posted: 29 February 2016 11:28 PM Very nice idea, but might I suggest a ranking system that isn’t Japanese that most people will understand? Maybe the standard A, B, C, D and F grades. Either that or put a legend at the top the lists each of the grades in what order they rank Signature Althea Biermont

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Posted: 29 February 2016 11:31 PM Althea Biermont - 29 February 2016 11:28 PM Very nice idea, but might I suggest a ranking system that isn’t Japanese that most people will understand? Maybe the standard A, B, C, D and F grades. Either that or put a legend at the top the lists each of the grades in what order they rank eh star trek fans are smart, they’ll get it. I also color coded them. But yea ill maybe do a better explanation/legend in my next update. And comon, no crewman deserves an F! Except wesley. He always gets an F. (Actually under my ranking system he will probably get an A heh) Profile