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Far Fewer "Current Map" DOFF Assignments?
daltonimperial
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When I first log on, I've generally had a healthy amount of DOFF assignments available under the Current Map. The first time I logged on after today's patch, I only had about 4 assignments to choose from instead of the usual 8. I visited several different sectors (including transwarping to Solanae Dyson Sphere and then the Undine Space Battlezone and only seeing 2 or 3 assignments instead of the usual 10+) and, while the assignments would change (e.g. 2 trade would become 1 engineering and 1 trade), the number available under Current Map did not for the most part change.
The detailed sub-categories/bridge assignments (e.g. the Engineering section that will have assignments to build consoles and weapons) all had their usual (high) number of assignments available.
Not sure if this is a bug or simply an update (either with a general reduction in current map missions OR a longer cooldown time) with New Dawn.
The detailed sub-categories/bridge assignments (e.g. the Engineering section that will have assignments to build consoles and weapons) all had their usual (high) number of assignments available.
Not sure if this is a bug or simply an update (either with a general reduction in current map missions OR a longer cooldown time) with New Dawn.
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“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
When looking at the "Current Map" it only lists 3. Not sure why?
Maybe the UI is confused and counting the Admiralty Assignments as part of the quota for populating the regular "Current Map" list for DOFFing?
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
They do show up at the Trader, I was just there and got Tulaberries and Javonite. But yes, far fewer doff assignments in space and they're the same all over. Where there would usually be a change due to border is now not happening. And to make matters worse the same thing seems to apply for the Department Head's tabs.
Edit: Yes, the scan assignments for R&D mats are utterly gone.
OS X El Capitan 10.11.2
Go into the Dyson Sphere, the problem is more pronounced in there, except for the special assignments which still work fine.
Confirmed on multiple characters they don't show up under 'Current Map'. They do show up at the Ferengi trader near the shipyard on DS9 as well as the trader on my Ferengi Nandi bridge.
It seems 'Current Map' assignments are missing a lot in ground, system, and sector space all over the game.
It it is deliberate it pretty much kills off crafting/R+D due to the very slow pace of which those resources can be gathered during normal play.
Nah, Marauding is definitely still there under First Officer, I got a bunch on my KDF Reman I rarely doff with earlier. What I didn't look for were the Forced Labor assignments under Tactical.
Okay then me and my fleet mates might simply had an unlucky night, it happens. I'm going to check it later to see if anything shows up or if it's one of those bugs that only affect some characters and not others. But thanks for the heads up
A lot of everything is missing under current map: marauding, diplomacy, exploration, science, trade, tactical, espionage, etc.
I'm sure your DPS is great, but as Kahless said, "a petaQ with high system mastery is still a petaQ." (Well, he should have said it...!)
The ones on Current map always were with "Low" casuality chance.
A bigger bug I noticed this morning, however, (for which I will file a separate bug report) is the fact that doff assignments are not granting bonuses based on grade % bonuses anymore. I.e. a normal or crit success are now giving the same rewards with full purples as they would with full whites.
*edit* Nevermind, I guess I can't post a separate report about the doff grade bonus bug, because despite having played for years, apparently it considers my account brand new, since this is the first time I've posted. Would someone mind copy/pasting for me to create a separate report?
--Red Annorax
Done.
As for Beta Quadrant, Current Map looks pretty much the same except that even the Procure assignment isn't always available. At least here some of those under the First Officer tab is still around, but it's pitiful few compared to before.
Now it's possible that some of this is due to cooldowns and bad luck with getting them, but it looks... odd. So I'm going to check over the next few days for this. And while removing the R&D scan missions might, might that is, have a logical explanation, even if it's crappy logic from Cryptic is they really have removed them, I see no sense whatsoever in removing the Diplomacy assignments. And then only partially.
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
Until we can nail this down, getting additional information on which specific Assignments appear to be missing may be helpful. So far, groups that are being reported as universally absent are:
- "Scan" and "Analyze" assignments which yield R&D Materials
- "Haggle" assignments for DS9 commodities
Please post here if you can confirm the definite absence of others (and not just low odds situations).
Cryptic - Lead Systems Designer
"Play smart!"
I haven't had time to look into what else is missing yet, but I'd bet my eyeteeth that the Rom/Reman recruitment missions are bugged again. They're so rare anyway that it is hard to be sure, but they seem to go AWOL every major release.
--Red Annorax
Thanks Bort. I'll keep a lookout on the Diplomacy missions over the next couple of days - as I said it might have been bad luck - and find the specific names for the ones that are awol.