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Unusable Duty Officers?

magrothjmagrothj Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited April 2013 in Duty Officer System and R&D
I thought this was a bit strange. Yesterday I was checking through the list of assignments and had one that needed two biologists. So I went ahead and bought two off the Exchange.

Before that the assignment said that I couldn't do it as I didn't have the Doffs for it. After that the icon for that disappeared, but the bought officers didn't appear as suggestions or in the total list. When I checked their status they were ready.

So what's the problem. Why can't I choose any of them? Is there are cooldown or something after a Doff is bought before it's possible to use them?
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  • nyxadrillnyxadrill Member Posts: 1,242 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Its possible that you bought doff officers from the opposing faction. Klingon instead of Fed or vice versa.

    Ive bought KDF on my Fed for feeding into the starbase grinder but ive never tried to use them in missions.
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  • ursusmorologusursusmorologus Member Posts: 5,328 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Look at the backdrop behind the duty officer's head. KDF and Fed DOFFs have a different backdrop.
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  • nyxadrillnyxadrill Member Posts: 1,242 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    ursusmorologus wrote: »
    Look at the backdrop behind the duty officer's head. KDF and Fed DOFFs have a different backdrop.

    I should have added that, good point! :o
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  • magrothjmagrothj Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Hmm, well that sucks in that case. I'll check this evening. Thanks for the reply though. :)

    Can you do anthing with those or should I just delete them if they are indeed KDF? Well I guess I can go read one of the tutorials about that. :)
  • darkjeffdarkjeff Member Posts: 2,590 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    If they're of the wrong faction, you can always just list them back on the Exchange.
  • yargomeshyargomesh Member Posts: 179 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    ursusmorologus wrote: »
    Look at the backdrop behind the duty officer's head. KDF and Fed DOFFs have a different backdrop.

    This isn't definitive, or at least I have a hard time picking out the different backdrops when there's blue fed, blue kdf, orange kdf, orange fed and such where only the logos are different. And those tend to be covered up by the DOFF's heads.

    What works better for me is to check the DOFF's info, specifically their ranks. If it's a Fed Rank (petty officer etc.) it's Fed only, if it's a KDF rank (lieutenant, bekk etc.) it's KDF only.
  • tpalelenatpalelena Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    darkjeff wrote: »
    If they're of the wrong faction, you can always just list them back on the Exchange.

    Or mail them to a klingon alt, if you have one.
    Let us wear Swimsuits on Foundry maps or bridges please! I would pay zen for that.
  • magrothjmagrothj Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Well it was a KDF doff alright. But it's not always so easy to see. Checking the rank helped though, thanks. :)
  • tahnalostahnalos Member Posts: 257 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    DOffs of opposite factions can be used in fleet projects without issue. At least I have done that but do not know if it will be "fixed" soon....
    Fleet Affiliations:
    FED: Royal Federation Mounted Starfleet: SB3, TAC3, ENG3, SCI3, Win, Int, DOff(T/E/S/B)
    KDF: Parliamentary Klingon Empire: SB2, TAC2, ENG2, SCI2, Win, DOff(T)

    Interested in joining? Please send a PM to @Tahna_Los.
  • nyxadrillnyxadrill Member Posts: 1,242 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Last night I found you can use opposite faction doffs in reputation projects as well, which was a blessing! :)
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