Talk:Focus/@comment-33690357-20190627045611/@comment-4448946-20190701051647

"How do I know how much focus I have?" - You go to the operator room in your ship and click on your operator.

"Do these only apply to the operator?" - Yes

"If so, isn't it a waste to put so much effort in leveling an ability you can only use every 3 minutes?" - Only Transcendence has a cool down timer, once you upgrade to Transference there are no time restrictions.

"You can use a lens to give affinity to the selected gear, but how does that tie back to everything else?" - Lenses do not give affinity, and they do not give anything to gear. Lenses convert a percentage of the affinity a Max rank item would have earned into focus. ie. Using a rank 30 item with a lens on it is what gives you Focus points

"WHY DOES THIS GAME NEVER EXPLAIN ANYTHING" - It explains a lot more than you think it does,. You've just been half reading tutorials and not reading the codex.