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Photonic MACO Reinforcement Bridge Officer

tonygutierreztonygutierrez Member Posts: 30 Arc User
edited June 2012 in Federation Discussion
Ok I gambled to get the token store maco bridge officer...I have him equipped with omega XII gear...I could not get him to remod his gun untill I went into my replicator and made a remodeulator even then when he gets incapacitated he gets injuries and 99% of the time when he is incapacitated his body goes invisible .... really he needs three Borg remodes...for it to work....does anyone else have this problem to? Please let me know.
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  • lostusthornlostusthorn Member Posts: 844
    edited June 2012
    Boffs in general are to stupid to use the integrated remodulator of the sets.
    Him going invisible is the same with all other holographic doffs, they are shutdown and reduced to their mobile emitter, which is a serious pain to locate.

    Can't say he is not effective on the ground, plus he looks nifty.
  • sollvaxsollvax Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Im afraid if I had a hologram in the crew I would want to name him Arnold Judas Rimmer
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  • empireofsteveempireofsteve Member Posts: 665 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    This is an ongoing issue with boffs.
    NERF CANNONS - THEY NEED A 50% NERF
    CRUISERS NEED A 206% HULL BUFF
  • rayezillarayezilla Member Posts: 139 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    oooh, glad I read this. I was seriously considering getting a photonic boff.
  • tonygutierreztonygutierrez Member Posts: 30 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    well im mad cuz i spend almost $70.00 dollars to get him...he dont functon correctly then to top that off....ppl acan trade him and hes only going for around 10m...must be cuz hes half broken....I want all my cpoints back but that wont ever happen......they got my money but now im on f2p and i wont ever EVER GAMBLE AGAIN..if i would had known they was going to make him tradable i would had spent 10m then used my 7k crip points on some kewl ships.......
  • seannewboyseannewboy Member Posts: 667 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Boffs dont use most items correctly/efficiently in general, its not just the photonics. Dont bother giving them hortas, they wont use them. If you give them hypos/batteries, expect them to use them willy nilly. The last goes with the devidian cane and phasing device as well. They dont even use hand to hand weapons reliably.

    Bottom line is that Boffs ai's are marginal at best, thats why even if it was allowed to use your boffs on ground STF's, you would still fail miserably. IMO.
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  • retunred4goodretunred4good Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    I didn't even need him. I just got him cause he looks cool. :smile:
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  • borticuscrypticborticuscryptic Member Posts: 2,478 Cryptic Developer
    edited June 2012
    It sounds as though one of the core beefs here is a technical issue that we've been attempting to find a solution for: Boffs can't use set abilities. If you give them a 2- or 3-piece ground set, they are incapable of activating any powers they are granted by that equipment. Not just "too dumb" but actually, technically, incapable.

    So, buyer beware, I suppose. Until we can find a technical solution, it may not be the best idea to put Set Gear on any Boff. At least not for set bonuses.
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  • leviathan99#2867 leviathan99
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         Member Posts: 7,747 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    borticuscryptic wrote: »
    It sounds as though one of the core beefs here is a technical issue that we've been attempting to find a solution for: Boffs can't use set abilities. If you give them a 2- or 3-piece ground set, they are incapable of activating any powers they are granted by that equipment. Not just "too dumb" but actually, technically, incapable.

    So, buyer beware, I suppose. Until we can find a technical solution, it may not be the best idea to put Set Gear on any Boff. At least not for set bonuses.

    Do they benefit from set passives?

    I swear I saw the Jemmie shroud work...
  • borticuscrypticborticuscryptic Member Posts: 2,478 Cryptic Developer
    edited June 2012
    stoleviathan99 wrote: »
    Do they benefit from set passives?

    I swear I saw the Jemmie shroud work...

    Yes, passives work. My statement was "they are incapable of activating any powers they are granted by that equipment." I suppose that could be seen as a bit unclear. I was referring only to abilities that require manual activation.
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  • commodoreshrvkcommodoreshrvk Member Posts: 477 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    borticuscryptic wrote: »
    Yes, passives work. My statement was "they are incapable of activating any powers they are granted by that equipment." I suppose that could be seen as a bit unclear. I was referring only to abilities that require manual activation.

    Hmmm which would be more difficult and more likely a solution...

    Program BOFFs so they could use abilities or add in specific passives to sets only active when equipped on BOFFs?
  • darkjeffdarkjeff Member Posts: 2,590 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Do BOffs use their trait abilities at least? I can't order my borg to stun or my Vulcan to nerve pinch, and since I can't set the cooldown I won't even notice if they did...
  • tonygutierreztonygutierrez Member Posts: 30 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    borticuscryptic wrote: »
    Yes, passives work. My statement was "they are incapable of activating any powers they are granted by that equipment." I suppose that could be seen as a bit unclear. I was referring only to abilities that require manual activation.
    why cant you just make a seperate tray that us players can atleast active these powers?
  • matridunadan1matridunadan1 Member Posts: 579 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    20 minutes on any ground combat mission and you will also discover that BOffs also fire much slower and less often than a human player.

    On Autofire, even.
  • robdmcrobdmc Member Posts: 1,619 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    The other problem is they are addicted to hypos. if you give them a stack and they will have them all used up by the end of the mission. they could have full health and out of combat and there they are getting their fix.
  • superherofansuperherofan Member Posts: 342 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    One of my BOFFs has an Omega Force set and cloaks all the time, so some of the set stuff works.

    As for the Photonic MACO, the support drone kicks butt (although it draws a lot of aggro), and the BOFF itself looks damn cool. Well worth it I must say!
  • darkjeffdarkjeff Member Posts: 2,590 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    robdmc wrote: »
    The other problem is they are addicted to hypos. if you give them a stack and they will have them all used up by the end of the mission. they could have full health and out of combat and there they are getting their fix.
    Mine never seem to do that. :confused:
  • lordhavelocklordhavelock Member Posts: 2,248 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    borticuscryptic wrote: »
    It sounds as though one of the core beefs here is a technical issue that we've been attempting to find a solution for: Boffs can't use set abilities. If you give them a 2- or 3-piece ground set, they are incapable of activating any powers they are granted by that equipment. Not just "too dumb" but actually, technically, incapable...
    Is this the same reason why BOs won't use pets? Specifically, I'm thinking of the Combat Horta Pets. I bought those from the C-Store to give to my BOs and I've NEVER seen a BO summon a horta.

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  • red01999red01999 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    lordhavelock wrote: »
    Is this the same reason why BOs won't use pets? Specifically, I'm thinking of the Combat Horta Pets. I bought those from the C-Store to give to my BOs and I've NEVER seen a BO summon a horta.

    Even if they did, they probably would trigger them at the worst possible time. And with the cool-down the Hortas have (unless you're using the tactical ground cool-down cutting power - forget its name off the top of my head), they aren't going to be usable all that often in any case.
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