Command Boffs are Humans Only?

jackson900pwe

Devs and players I have to ask if it was done on purpose that the Fed side only has access to Human command bridge officers? Is this a bug or was it intentional and if it was intentional why did you do it?

noroblad

welp, there be one in the maze... a kobali I think, I have not gone back to find it yet...

sqwished

noroblad wrote: »

welp, there be one in the maze... a kobali I think, I have not gone back to find it yet...

Yep your right, somewhere in the maze is a lost Kobali

jackson900pwe

No I mean at the bridge officer requisitions officers where you can get command boffs. I know about the Kobali one. But at the requisitions on ESD and Delta Quadrant Command last time I was in game there were Humans only available as Command Boffs. Was just wondering if it was a bug or was intentional and if intentional why. Devs? I hope it wasn't intentional because I'd seriously like to have the option to get a Vulcan command boff.

lebtron

Every boff can become a command boff. There are are books to specialize them, which can be crafted or bought at the exchange. search for ultra rare items in the command traits tab

jackson900pwe

lebtron wrote: »

Every boff can become a command boff. There are are books to specialize them, which can be crafted or bought at the exchange. search for ultra rare items in the command traits tab

Awesome but still they need to make sure to give people the option at the requisitions area just because people like me just as an example like to have the option to have boffs (not just Humans) as command boffs from the start. Also while they're at it they need to give us a choice of gender for the intel and comm boffs because going in and getting a random boff of whatever gender they are when you get this is ridiculous and tedious.

gavinruneblade

Then don't vendor them, train exactly the boff you want.

Per borticus in the tribbles in extasy interview the vendor is for people who want to test out the powers or who can't wait. Training is the intended way for people to get the exact command boff they want.

And they don't "need" to do anything. You "want" them to.

jackson900pwe

If that's the way it's intended fine, but I don't like grinding. I would appreciate it if they would speed up the time we have to grind out specialization and stuff. They don't have to, but I would like them to. Having to unlock all that stuff just to train boffs is a little silly, but whatever.

hyperionx09

jackson900pwe wrote: »

If that's the way it's intended fine, but I don't like grinding. I would appreciate it if they would speed up the time we have to grind out specialization and stuff. They don't have to, but I would like them to. Having to unlock all that stuff just to train boffs is a little silly, but whatever.

You DO realize you can just buy the Specialization manuals off the Exchange right?

Just search up "Specialization Qualification" or "Spec" under the Intel or Command Manuals and you should see an Ultra Rare Manual that will allow training of any Commander level Boff to Intel or Specialization.

Buy them (@400k or so for Intel, and @1M or so for Command) and use them if you can't wait to level up your specialization.

Then go to a Boff trainer and just by the skills you want them to use, or buy the Rank III skills off the Exchange as well (Rank III Command skills average around 2M+ and Rank III Intel around 500k+).

You're going to grind one way or another. Either for EC to buy those from other players, or Spec Points AND Dilithium to do it yourself. Both require XP to promote and train Boffs in the skills. The difference is that the former is otherwise instant access; EC aside.

monkeybone13

It doesn't matter, unless you really want a command boff now instead of waiting until you have 10 points spent in your command specialization.

http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9052733-bridge-officer-training

Specializations: One of the most exciting updates to Bridge Officer Training is the ability to train bridge officers in Specializations.
Training in a specialization is similar to the normal process in that it requires a type of manual called a Specialization Qualification. A Specialization Qualification is unique in that they not only unlock that Specialization for the bridge officer but also trains him in four space and four ground abilities (one for every available slot) from the get go.
Once the Specialization is unlocked that bridge officer can continue to learn any additional abilities from it.

While currently bridge officers can only learn the Intelligence Specialization we will be releasing more in the future!
Each additional Specialization that a bridge officer learns will cost an increased amount of Expertise Points.

The Training Manuals for any Specialization can still be purchased from the bridge officer trainers, with the exception of higher ranking abilities and the Specialization Manual itself. All Specialization Manuals must be crafted. To unlock the recipe for crafting a Specialization Manual players must have spent 10 skill points within the desired specialization. To unlock the additional higher ranking ability recipes, players must spend around 20 skill points within the desired specialization.

Bridge officers may learn all available Specializations but may only have one active at a time.
Once a Specialization is learned though players can quickly and easily swap which Specialization a bridge officer has active at any time (outside of combat and in a social map like Sector Space or Earth Space Doc).

Same thing applies to intelligence. After spending so many points in it you'll be able to craft manuals to train any boff, or even all boffs if you want, in the intel spec. This means ANY boff you want to train.

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reximuz

jackson900pwe wrote: »

Devs and players I have to ask if it was done on purpose that the Fed side only has access to Human command bridge officers? Is this a bug or was it intentional and if it was intentional why did you do it?

With the new BOFF training system once you get 10 Skill Points into Command you can make any BOFF a Command BOFF.

patrickngo wrote: »

As a player who's been watching the trends, I have a hypothesis for you, it fits the evidence.


YES.

Reasoning: you're not supposed to play KDF, and you're supposed to put your Romulan into semi-retirement mode farming duty offiers and dillithium to feed your feds.

Yes, you CAN train your Bridge officers to command skills-if you have the points. the vendor-enabled ones, however, are there to assure an early advantage Fed-side for a command path that really favours beam-spread cruising anyway.

You have no idea what you are talking about. All factions can buy plain white quality command boffs, the OP was asking about Feds having access to Fed races other than human.

jackson900pwe

Thanks for the info everybody. I've mellowed out a little bit. Don't think this is as bad as I thought. The grind might be as long, but still sucks but I can't do anything about except go with it and use boots.

flash525

I am curious now, but if any Bridge Officer can be trained in any new non TAC/ENG/SCI ability, then why the need for these new hybrid Bridge Officers in the first place? Why not just release the skills as they are? :eek:

mirrorchaos

nausicaan commander and first officer nirnas has been trained in command spec. and hes on a federation starship. so to debunk that myth, its not human only. also found that kobali, dead givaway was the tricorder noise.