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Ferengi Epic Fail...

saurializardsaurializard Member Posts: 4,404 Arc User
edited May 2017 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
So, one of my cunning and unscrupulous Ferengi traders came back from haggling for shapeshifting lockets and ended up in sickbay...
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So that was a disaster... an epic disaster, because according to my special computer which is more precise than Fi from Skyward Sword, unscrupulous and cunning traders have a whopping ZERO % chance of disaster:
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So my question is simple. Since apparently, there is no law against miserably failing an impossible-to-miserably-fail assignment (though, there should be one), what should I do to my trader once he's back from sickbay? Tell him how terrible it is? Use my Energy Whip? Space him? Throw him into an Iconian gateway? Publish the proof of his failure on Ferengibook because as a Ferengi, such a failure is unforgivable?
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  • nagrom7nagrom7 Member Posts: 995 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Do what he would hate the most...

    Confiscate his assets.
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  • josephdridgewayjosephdridgeway Member Posts: 517 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Just send a copy of the mission results to the Ferengi Commerce Commission on Ferenginar. Granted, you'll probably get a visit from Brunt Jr., and the Ferengi in question will probably have to return to Ferenginar for an inquisition, but he deserves what he gets, after all.
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  • sudoku7sudoku7 Member Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    saurializard wrote: »
    So, one of my cunning and unscrupulous Ferengi traders came back from haggling for shapeshifting lockets and ended up in sickbay...
    https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67474118/ScreenShot1159.png

    So that was a disaster... an epic disaster, because according to my special computer which is more precise than Fi from Skyward Sword, unscrupulous and cunning traders have a whopping ZERO % chance of disaster:
    https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67474118/ScreenShot1158.png

    So my question is simple. Since apparently, there is no law against miserably failing an impossible-to-miserably-fail assignment (though, there should be one), what should I do to my trader once he's back from sickbay? Tell him how terrible it is? Use my Energy Whip? Space him? Throw him into an Iconian gateway? Publish the proof of his failure on Ferengibook because as a Ferengi, such a failure is unforgivable?

    Take the medical costs out of his future profits.
  • fraghul2000fraghul2000 Member Posts: 1,590 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    unscrupulous and cunning traders have a whopping ZERO % chance of disaster

    more like a <1% chance that simply got rounded down. ;)

    Considering how many people run the assignment each day, there should be a good number that fail 0%-assignments. He is in good company. :)
  • aloishammeraloishammer Member Posts: 3,294 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    sudoku7 wrote: »
    Take the medical costs out of his future profits.

    Plus interest.

    Plus fees for the headache his failure caused you.

    Plus punitive damages.

    :D
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  • mightybobcncmightybobcnc Member Posts: 3,354 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Subject him to Cher album.

    Also technically the only assignments that you truly can't fail are the ones that don't even have a readout for failure or disaster, which are limited to recruitment and such. Even if it says 0% fail/disaster there's a decimal chance of it happening, it just doesn't get shown on the UI.
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  • dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Could be worse, I had 5 common doffs die when vacationing on Risa.
    Sometimes I think I play STO just to have something to complain about on the forums.
  • alexmakepeacealexmakepeace Member Posts: 10,633 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Risa can be dangerous. Trip and Reed got tied up and robbed there.

    I had two doffs end up in sickbay after checking sensor logs.
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  • kestrelliuskestrellius Member Posts: 462 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Risa? Risa is terrifying, people. If you're not careful, you might find yourself in the middle of Let He Who Is Without Sin. The worst fate imaginable in Trek.

    Weep for your doffs, dracounguis. Weep.
  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    fraghul2000 wrote: »
    more like a <1% chance that simply got rounded down. ;)

    This is in fact the response you are looking for OP.

    There are no clean 0% or 100% in the DuOff system. The math usually read 99.5% for Crit (ish) and 0.5% for epic fail.

    However, for some reason, cryptic has decided that removing the didget was a good idea. This was discussed several months ago, here in the forums, and a Dev came forward and admitted it.
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  • chrisbrown12009chrisbrown12009 Member Posts: 790 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    I
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    Ferengi
  • saurializardsaurializard Member Posts: 4,404 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    anazonda wrote: »
    This is in fact the response you are looking for OP.

    Oh, don't worry, I'm very aware this is a rounded down percent, but the fail (Purple unscrupulous, cunning Ferengi on a trading assignment) was way too epic and ironic to be ignored.:D

    Next time, I'll send a tribble. It'll fail but not that much.
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  • rahmkota19rahmkota19 Member Posts: 1,929 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Did that Ferengi happen to go with the name of Farek?

    But in all interest. Try putting him to work on your starbase if he is white. If he isn't, check how much his skin is worth on the exchange.

    Or just put him on the annoying assignments. Send him with some Vulcans to a conference about colonization in B'tran. Ow, only male Vulcans if he is a male. Ferengi kinda like some leggy Vulcan females (Drozana bartender).
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  • erei1erei1 Member Posts: 4,081 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    saurializard wrote: »
    So, one of my cunning and unscrupulous Ferengi traders came back from haggling for shapeshifting lockets and ended up in sickbay...
    https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67474118/ScreenShot1159.png

    So that was a disaster... an epic disaster, because according to my special computer which is more precise than Fi from Skyward Sword, unscrupulous and cunning traders have a whopping ZERO % chance of disaster:
    https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67474118/ScreenShot1158.png

    So my question is simple. Since apparently, there is no law against miserably failing an impossible-to-miserably-fail assignment (though, there should be one), what should I do to my trader once he's back from sickbay? Tell him how terrible it is? Use my Energy Whip? Space him? Throw him into an Iconian gateway? Publish the proof of his failure on Ferengibook because as a Ferengi, such a failure is unforgivable?
    He is ferengi, what did you expect ? He is probably gone from your roster by now, making a fortune selling those shapeshifting lockets.

    On a side note, it's always sad to see a bugship mistreated that way :(
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  • sonnikkusonnikku Member Posts: 77 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    [execute for incompetence]

    The doff mission exists for a reason. :mad:
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  • captainkenny1captainkenny1 Member Posts: 326 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Just remember rule 19 of aquisition : satisfaction is not guaranteed!
  • wakerobertswakeroberts Member Posts: 120 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    As a duly authorized officer of the Ferengi Revenue Marine, I will be revoking his business license and taking him into custody. I am transmitting the coordinates of our holding cell now.
  • saedeithsaedeith Member Posts: 628 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Unleash the Acid Horta on him.
  • tksmittytksmitty Member Posts: 173 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    In the KDF, we have a simple solution for these kind of mistakes:

    Execute for Incompetence!
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  • saurializardsaurializard Member Posts: 4,404 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    erei1 wrote: »
    On a side note, it's always sad to see a bugship mistreated that way :(
    And it's always sad to see people complain about how players set up their build the way they want.
    tksmitty wrote: »
    In the KDF, we have a simple solution for these kind of mistakes:

    Execute for Incompetence!
    Federation players need a "Take to Section 31 custody for "questioning"" assignment which always results in an injured Doff. Lethal "accidents" could happen, as critical succefailures, I mean failures, of course. :D
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  • kaloriaa4kaloriaa4 Member Posts: 86 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Ferengi's are not really trust worthy or competent. To trust a Ferengi is a invitement of disappointment. Gold pressed latinum is what they are loyal too everything else is cannon fodder.

    But if you need Ferengi just bring a lot of Latinum. But beware of the rule 19 of acquisition : satisfaction is not guaranteed!
  • dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Another funny fail was on my KDF. Doing the Prisoner Transfer I loaded it up with 10 Ferengi prisoners and the mission failed in a disaster and they all got away. I promptly executed the guards that let those Ferengi get away! :D
    Sometimes I think I play STO just to have something to complain about on the forums.
  • coupaholiccoupaholic Member Posts: 2,188 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    tksmitty wrote: »
    In the KDF, we have a simple solution for these kind of mistakes:

    Execute for Incompetence!

    Or hang on until execute mutineers comes around. Then you can off the Ferengi and his friends.
  • philipclaybergphilipclayberg Member Posts: 1,680
    edited February 2014
    nagrom7 wrote: »
    Do what he would hate the most...

    Confiscate his assets.

    lol ... good one.
  • gibbonigibboni Member Posts: 29 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    I guess he didn't have the lobes for business.
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