Question about BOFF's

choka1

I know this has been brought up hundreds of times, most likely, but what is one more.

This is a two part question. First I am curious about one of the original ideas that was introduced pre-launch of STO. The idea that your First Officer would be able to eventually get promoted to captain and get his own ship, and possibly be a new PC, what happened to that idea?

Second, is there or is there going to be a true use for all the extra BOFF's we have? Mainly talking about the active BOFF's but also the growing list of inactive BOFF's.

centersolace

Boffs need an overhaul that's for certain. -3-

sonnikku

I think only Cryptic can answer those questions and they are notoriously stingy about showing us the crystal ball. One can only hope our inactive boffs become useful for something again. After I got superior romulan operatives I found myself constantly respecing them when moving between ships so they were always in use instead of swapping in another boff with abilities suited to the ship I was in the mood to fly at that moment. They just can't compete with the space traits. Very annoying.

bendalek

Well "inactive' isn't quite the right term, at least for me ... I usually run two different ships, depending on what I'm doing ... Some STF's are easier in an escort, some in a Cruiser, so I have essentially two Bridge crews and then I have one group as my "Away Team" ...

One setup for Cannons, one setup for Beams and one for ground combat, so for me I need, and regulatory use, around 12 BoFF's in rotation ...