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Duty officer trait filtering is backwards

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Observed behavior:

Filtering for traits to require functions as a union of officers with the desired traits. Filtering for traits to exclude functions as an intersection of officers with the undesired traits.

Expected behavior:

Filtering to require traits should function as an intersection, reducing the list of remaining officers with each additional parameter. Filtering to exclude traits should function as a union, again reducing the list of remaining officers with each additional parameter.

Gameplay impact:

Currently, adding trait filter parameters beyond the first makes the resulting filtered list progressively less useful to the players. It is more effective for a player to select a single trait to filter by, and then manually scan for intersections of that trait and other desirable traits on available officers.

I believe that the current functionality is an artifact of code reuse from the other filtering options, which work as expected and should not be changed.

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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    Observed behavior:

    Filtering for traits to require functions as a union of officers with the desired traits. Filtering for traits to exclude functions as an intersection of officers with the undesired traits.

    Expected behavior:

    Filtering to require traits should function as an intersection, reducing the list of remaining officers with each additional parameter. Filtering to exclude traits should function as a union, again reducing the list of remaining officers with each additional parameter.

    Gameplay impact:

    Currently, adding trait filter parameters beyond the first makes the resulting filtered list progressively less useful to the players. It is more effective for a player to select a single trait to filter by, and then manually scan for intersections of that trait and other desirable traits on available officers.

    I believe that the current functionality is an artifact of code reuse from the other filtering options, which work as expected and should not be changed.

    100% agreed. The filters on DOff assingments need work. Finding your best office (particularly on any assignment that allows "Any Officer") is a chore. The filters should work the way the OP specified.
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