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Epic BOFF Thought/Proposal
lowy1
Member Posts: 964 Arc User
As we all know we can get BoFFs in up to Very Rare. This thought/proposal would further expand on the BoFF revamp we received several months back by expanding over allow us to select traits based on species and then upgrade to UR and
Epic.
First, the upgrade of BoFFs. Current VR Boffs have 2 superior traits and 2 standard traits. Upgrades to UR would give them 3 superior traits and Epic would be 4 superior traits. In an effort to provide a bit of a dil sink, these upgrades would cost xxxx Dilithium upgrade to epic would be double what it is to UR.
Next, a slight revamp to the space traits. What I mean by this is that only certain species have access to space traits. These would open up to all species except add Operative and Superior Operative that go to any species but it is limited to the CritH and CritD and no buff to Cloak. This will still provide uniqeness to Romulan Operative but allow not Roms to add it to all their BoFFs. Then make all space traits come in Basic/Standard/Superior that way it does not become exclusive.
Now, how do we get these traits? Just like we get the majority of our BoFF abilities, instead of creating a training manual for an ability we get one for a trait. You can even make a separate PADD for more dil to use when creating the manual.
Last keep all species unique ground traits unique to their species. EG, Klingons only have honorable and warrior and only Orions have seduce and seductive.
The overall goal is diversity of Bridge crews and away teams. I know people will scream powercreep but we are way beyond that now.
Epic.
First, the upgrade of BoFFs. Current VR Boffs have 2 superior traits and 2 standard traits. Upgrades to UR would give them 3 superior traits and Epic would be 4 superior traits. In an effort to provide a bit of a dil sink, these upgrades would cost xxxx Dilithium upgrade to epic would be double what it is to UR.
Next, a slight revamp to the space traits. What I mean by this is that only certain species have access to space traits. These would open up to all species except add Operative and Superior Operative that go to any species but it is limited to the CritH and CritD and no buff to Cloak. This will still provide uniqeness to Romulan Operative but allow not Roms to add it to all their BoFFs. Then make all space traits come in Basic/Standard/Superior that way it does not become exclusive.
Now, how do we get these traits? Just like we get the majority of our BoFF abilities, instead of creating a training manual for an ability we get one for a trait. You can even make a separate PADD for more dil to use when creating the manual.
Last keep all species unique ground traits unique to their species. EG, Klingons only have honorable and warrior and only Orions have seduce and seductive.
The overall goal is diversity of Bridge crews and away teams. I know people will scream powercreep but we are way beyond that now.
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Vulcans: Offer like, 2.5% accuracy
Tellarites: +10 against snare/placate
Bajorans: +% CritH
Etc etc. And these were just spitballing ideas!
That said, why make it just limited to races? Why not have Klingons that are inspirational leaders, Romulans that are efficient, Orions that are Pirates (which make sense thematically), etc etc?
Zarva and T'vrell might actually see some end-game action!
This would also allow the Devs to implement new passive abilities for Boffs without players complaining about having to get all new officers!
I really like this idea!
You can copy and paste entire appearances if you can find a gender/species match but then you're probably not going to find an exact trait match.
I'd also like to be able to rename Flores it breaks the sense of having your own crew when we all get stuck with one. She's great as a crew and away team member but it fractures the uniqueness arriving on, for example, Nimbus to see a horde of Elisa Floreses (Flori?) standing outside Paradise City.
Seriously. It's not that she's a bad boff. There's just nothing particularly outstanding about her that makes her hard to replace with another purple human tac.
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LOL, We are so far beyond power creep it doesn't matter at this point. And the whole point is to have other species in your ship besides Humans, Lib Borg, the occasional Saurian, and Romulans (If you're Fed). Feds can only get 2 BoFFs with Pirate now IF they pick the Naussicaan (the Heirarchy is the other) from Diplomacy AND only SRO from Rom Embassy Tacs. Other than that it is leadership, efficient, salvage, and impatient if you want the Xindi, but he is a tac so SRO wins over him.