1. Star Trek Online Mastery Guide

Rating: ★★★★★ 

This guide was just released alongside the official game release and it’s obvious the author put a lot of effort in writing this strategy guide. STO Mastery contains various chapters covering even more than the two guides reviewed below and in more detail. It’s 100% complete and the author even promises to deliver frequent updates as new information is available. While I’d definitely like to see some parts of the guide go in more detail, as I said Star Trek Mastery is by far more detailed than other guides and is undoubtedly my prime choice!

STO Mastery contains guides on skills, professions & classes, leveling, missions, ships, traits and a whole lot more so if you’re confused about any of these and want to learn something new, Mastery Guide will greatly help. Get it!

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2. Killerguides Star Trek Online Strategy Guide

Rating: ★★★★☆ 

This is an all-in-one guide for (almost) every aspect of Star Trek Online. There’s a beginners guide included for choosing races and careers, then the ranking guide and mission walkthroughs (basically, a leveling guide) with which you’ll speed through the ranks much faster than other players. Killerguides STO Strategy Guide also includes a skill tree guide with comprehensive descriptions showing you exactly which ones you need to your new ship. Also included is the skills guide showing you how to allocate all those skill points in order to get the most out of your character. Overall, this strategy guide covers all the main aspects of the game and will help you familiarize yourself with the game, unfortunately not as much as STO Mastery.

For a general strategy guide I 100% recommend you get STO Mastery above, although you can check out some other more specific guides (ships, PvP, …) from Killerguides as once they are complete it might be just a bit more detailed than in Star Trek Online Mastery.

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3. KFGuides Star Trek Strategy & Tips Guide

Rating: ★★★☆☆ 

If you’re keeping yourself updated on leveling guides you probably heard about KFGuides Aion leveling guide. I rated their Aion guide 2/5 since it wasn’t nearly as good as others and I’m afraid their STO guide isn’t much better either. Truth is, their Star Trek strategy guide is actually a strategy guide, therefore it contains a lot more general game information and not just leveling, which gives it a bit higher rating but still it’s not comparable to Killerguides guide in my opinion, and especially to STOMastery which is totally better.

KFGuides talks pretty much about the same things as other guides but doesn’t go into so much detail, and it’s not even very complete yet: some sections have a lot of missing info and some don’t have any info at all. Overall, I recommend skipping KFGuides Star Trek Strategy Guide entirely and downloading Star Trek Online Mastery which is my ultimate favorite.

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4. Ultimate Star Trek Leveling Guide

Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ 

Ultimate STO Leveling Guide by Epic MMO Guides (aka Ashling/FTWGuides) is definitely a black sheep. It only contains a leveling guide and absolutely no other information which makes the strategy guides above much better. As for the leveling guide, Ultimate Guide offers two ways to level up: one way recommends repeatedly doing exploration missions which is supposed to get you to Admiral rank in 24 hours, after which your head blows up. The second path is slower but not much better either: the guide simply lists available missions in apparently no particular order and without any details or tips. You’ll undoubtedly know more about quest objectives if you simply read the mission journal as it makes this guide completely useless.

In conclusion, Ultimate STO Leveling Guide is one guide you should definitely skip.

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1. Kozens Aion Leveling Guide

Rating: ★★★★★ 

Kozen’s leveling guide is currently my top rated guide for a number of reasons. First, the guide is very detailed and includes maps and screenshots to help you find your way. It has both factions included unlike some other guides, and both are very well done. In addition to the leveling guide, Kozen also wrote a crafting, Abyss, kinah and a couple of other guides which is a huge bonus. Most other guides (except for Killerguides) are only leveling guides.

With Kozen Aion leveling guide you also receive free updates and access to member forums where you can discuss various leveling tricks and tactics and even see some video guides. I think Kozen’s leveling guide is currently the best and no doubt will stay the best for a long time.

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2. AionMastery Aion Leveling Guide

Rating: ★★★★★ 

AionMastery is the latest guide amongst Aion leveling guides but it’s already a very serious competitor. It includes both Asmodian and Elyos leveling guides completed to level 40, which is probably already updated to 50 by the time you’re reading this. The guide is detailed and thorough however it doesn’t have as many additional tips and tricks for certain quest like Kozen’s guide has.

Aion Mastery also doesn’t have any screenshots to help you find stuff and included maps don’t have any notes — too bad, otherwise this would be a seriously outstanding guide. AionMastery has a kinah making guide (which is very good I might add) but it sells separately. Free updates are included but I’m afraid it’s simply not enough to beat the amazing contents, bonuses and support offered in Kozen’s guide.

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3. Killerguides Aion Leveling Guide

Rating: ★★★★☆ 

Even though the leveling guide is only a part of this Aion (strategy) guide, I think that’s actually a positive thing. There’s a lot of extra stuff in this guide, including guides and info about classes, professions, PvP, equipment, kinah making and several other. Anyway, about the leveling guide: it’s miles better than what you may find in various forum topics or whatever. The quests are nicely outlined and if you follow the guide you’ll have no trouble reaching the level cap in less than two weeks (unless you play for 16 hours a day, then I guess you’ll be done in a few days!).

Killerguides Aion leveling guide is a good guide, however Kozen’s is more complete and detailed.

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4. FTWGuides Aion Leveling Guide

Rating: ★★★☆☆ 

FTWGuides used to go by the name Ashling. I’ve had the chance of reviewing their Warhammer & Champions Online leveling guides and they were pretty good, and their Aion leveling guide is not bad also. It has maps and screenshots which you probably already guessed I really like to find in leveling guides, and it covers plenty — if not all quests.

Probably the most important thing about FTWGuides is that Elyos and Asmodian leveling guides sell separately, while in the two guides reviewed above it’s both included in one single guide. Despite FTWGuides Aion Leveling Guide being an overall good guide, I feel other guides simply offer more  so I can’t help but give them better ratings.

Note: FTWGuides is no longer available.

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5. KFGuides Aion Leveling Guide

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ 

KFGuides cover both the Asmodian and Elyos factions, but the negative side is you have to pay separately for both, just as FTWGuides. The guides are however well done and have screenshots and good quest information, but I don’t think that’s enough to beat the three guides above.

Another negative side is the fact you have to pay additionally for updates to this guide which is not the case with other leveling guides I reviewed so far. And with KFGuides you can be sure you will pay extra, because they are only finished to level 40 for now (by the time you’re reading this it’s possible it’s already 50).

I really recommend getting one of the guides reviewed above with better ratings. KFGuides just doesn’t cut it.

Note: KFGuides is no longer published.

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6. Fantoms World Aion Leveling Guide

Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ 

Fantoms leveling guide unfortunately covers only the Asmodian faction. Wesley (the guide author) currently has no plans to write an Elyos leveling guide, which is really unfortunate. Anyway, about the guide: it has maps & screenshots which I really like, however it’s far from being complete to level 50, despite what the website says.

Free updates are included with Fantoms leveling guide, however I’m not certain when will that be: the guide has been out for some time now but without any updates so far. While it looks like a good leveling guide at first glance, Fantoms guide is not complete and even if it was I’d still give it a lower rating than top two guides.

Note: Fantoms leveling guide is no longer available.

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