I bought a very rare bridge officer on the exchange and moved it onto the bridge. When I look at the character, it is now green rather than purple. Did this switch or am I looking in the wrong place (U)?
While I've never noticed a BOff going from purple to green, I have noticed other rarity changes in BOffs from time to time. The Romulan BOffs from the Embassy, the ones with SRO, are Rare when you buy them, but mine are all Very Rare in my roster. I've also had at least a couple Saurian BOffs I've purchased off the Exchange that were VR in the box, but only Rare in my roster.
I've never really tried to figure out why this is, but I assume the game rates the "colors" of your BOffs in your roster based on the rarity of the BOff Traits your BOff has. Since SRO shows up, the Romulan BOff gets an upgrade, but since Efficiency is a Racial trait for Saurians, it gets a downgrade. Or something like that. A BOff's level of Abilities that it comes with initially are determined by its rarity, too, so perhaps there is a conflict there somehow?
If someone has a better explanation, I'd be curious to hear it. Meanwhile OP, no, you aren't completely crazy, but I don't know for sure why this might happen. What race is the BOff in question, and what does it have for Traits? Abilities?
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My alt is at a very low level, so that might be a factor. I bought a VR on the exchange to replace one of my starter BOFFs and it did show purple on the roster when I commissioned it. But it seems green now that I assigned it to a station.
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I've never really tried to figure out why this is, but I assume the game rates the "colors" of your BOffs in your roster based on the rarity of the BOff Traits your BOff has. Since SRO shows up, the Romulan BOff gets an upgrade, but since Efficiency is a Racial trait for Saurians, it gets a downgrade. Or something like that. A BOff's level of Abilities that it comes with initially are determined by its rarity, too, so perhaps there is a conflict there somehow?
If someone has a better explanation, I'd be curious to hear it. Meanwhile OP, no, you aren't completely crazy, but I don't know for sure why this might happen. What race is the BOff in question, and what does it have for Traits? Abilities?