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Has anyone gotten a good DOFF from the event?

I've been doing the event since the first day on two different toon - none of the 8 purple DOFFs I've gotten have been anything more than the run-of-the-mill DOFFs.

I realize it's random, but you'd think I'd get one worthwhile one after the hours I've spent collecting particles.

Has anyone gotten a purple DOFF that you couldn't buy on the exchange for <$2mm?

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  • wideningxgyrewideningxgyre Member Posts: 710 Arc User
    I suspected as much.

    Well, it's only hours after 4 days/2 toons and I'm dil poor. I've spent more time cruising around the galaxy trying to find the Assignment chains than doing this which is at least guaranteed purple.
  • necreliosis#4763 necreliosis Member Posts: 112 Arc User
    Yep, all junk so far. Beginning to think it's rigged. It might not be worth the hassle. These particles are a headache.
  • alcyoneserenealcyoneserene Member Posts: 2,414 Arc User
    Got a purple KDF fabrication engineer. Was pretty happy with that. Didn't bother much with it since it is a pure mind-numbing grind that eats up precious time that could be spend doing 99 other things that are actually fun.
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  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,865 Arc User
    It was nice to get Exocomp for my TOS captain. I have not bothered grinding for the other doffs this time.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    yeah, it's really long, I timed my last run at around 40m.
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  • gaalomgaalom Member Posts: 536 Arc User
    To your question I picked up three purple, one tac, one science, and one engineering. As far as I could tell nothing special about any of them.
  • gonaliusgonalius Member Posts: 893 Arc User
    There's nothing special about them, but the those of us who don't have many credits, a guaranteed purple DOFF for 30-40 minutes play is not to be sniffed at.
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    gonalius wrote: »
    There's nothing special about them, but the those of us who don't have many credits, a guaranteed purple DOFF for 30-40 minutes play is not to be sniffed at.
    Yeah, that is the purpose of the event.
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  • jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    I think in total I got 12 purple Doffs from the event 4 of which were for my AoY captain. The last one took an unusually long time to get all 75 particles; it took slightly over one hour. I didn't grind the event simply to sell the Doffs, but to actually keep them. My long term goal is to have all Doffs across all 10 captains to be purple quality.

    From what I recall I received the following:

    2x Technicians
    1x Damage Control Engineer
    1x Security
    1x Anti-Matter Theorist
    1x Energy Weapon Officer
    1x Quartermaster
  • sheldonlcoopersheldonlcooper Member Posts: 4,042 Arc User
    I did it all 4 days on my new character. Nothing good.

    gravimetric, astrometric, biologist and fabrication engineer.

    I mean they're all okay but I wanted research lab or warp core so was bound to be disappointed.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    I got two, IIRC it was a counselor and a dev lab.
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  • centaurianalphacentaurianalpha Member Posts: 1,150 Arc User
    By "good" I assume the OP means exceptional, in the sense that it would be a specialist for R&D. I can't recall when that was ever a feature of the junior officer event. I got 4 VR's for my AoY 'toon, not counting the ExoComp, which was a pretty good upgrade for a new character. I got 1 Tac, 1 Eng, and 2 Sci, (one botanist, I think, and a warp theory scientist). Took about 40-45 min's each; which is still easier that the DOff store, since my commedations are too low to buy VR's yet... :)
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  • warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    azrael605 wrote: »
    I consider it worthwhile for my newer characters tgat have less well developed doff rosters, which are also the only ones that don't have the Exocomp/Reman.

    I'm still waiting for them to add the NPC I'm supposed to talk to to get T'ress, the Romulan version of it.

    It's a long wait.
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  • jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    By "good" I assume the OP means exceptional, in the sense that it would be a specialist for R&D.

    Nah, he means valued at over 2m EC on the Exchange.

    I suppose I got lucky with the two purple Technicians I got because the sell for at least 4m EC on the Exchange; more for the KDF faction. When I checked prices on the Exchange last week.
  • gonaliusgonalius Member Posts: 893 Arc User
    warpangel wrote: »
    azrael605 wrote: »
    I consider it worthwhile for my newer characters tgat have less well developed doff rosters, which are also the only ones that don't have the Exocomp/Reman.

    I'm still waiting for them to add the NPC I'm supposed to talk to to get T'ress, the Romulan version of it.

    It's a long wait.

    A very long wait seeing as they won't do it. If Romulan's couldn't claim one or the other now, it would be a different story, but... Tough.
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    Yeah, The Devs apparently decided that releasing T'Ress was a bad idea so we won't get her. ;-;
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  • where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
    Well, I got a Purple Research Lab Scientist on one of my KDF. I was ecstatic!

    Finding purple DOFFs (not colonization chain stuff) is very nice.
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  • warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    Yeah, The Devs apparently decided that releasing T'Ress was a bad idea so we won't get her. ;-;
    Yeah, I don't really get that. It's just a doff, what could possibly be so bad about it?

    Nonetheless, the mission is still there, just waiting for that NPC to appear.
  • salazarrazesalazarraze Member Posts: 3,794 Arc User
    edited September 2016
    This event may not be very useful anymore but it is a nostalgic event that reminds me of my early days playing STO.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    warpangel wrote: »
    Yeah, The Devs apparently decided that releasing T'Ress was a bad idea so we won't get her. ;-;
    Yeah, I don't really get that. It's just a doff, what could possibly be so bad about it?

    Nonetheless, the mission is still there, just waiting for that NPC to appear.
    Yeah it's a hand crafted unique doff, and a special NPC who exists just for this mission.... but is turned off. Whenever they turn it on we'll be able to get her.
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  • sabreracer#4622 sabreracer Member Posts: 22 Arc User
    Claim Scientist - Gets Nurse

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  • edrogenedrogen Member Posts: 202 Arc User
    All of the Doffs I managed to get were good - for grinding to white.
    Didn't bother the second day.
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  • kf4tvikf4tvi Member Posts: 165 Arc User
    edited September 2016
    On PC and still learning. - This was my first particle event, so bare with me. I needed 4 DOFF's to have a full roster and I thought 4 purple that would be 75 x 4 = 300 particles total. So I went off collecting particles. Got over 200 and needed a break so I thought I would cash in the ones I had and finish the next day. But, as far as I could tell I only got one purple DOFF and all the remaining particles were simply gone, 200+ particles for one DOFF? Did I miss a daily limitation or something? What happened to the remaining 125+ particles? (edit - P.S. The ticket people told me to post this bug here.)
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    Ok, particles are ephemeral items. I think they only last for around an hour or two real time. So if you save 50 and come back in the morning... poof!
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  • kf4tvikf4tvi Member Posts: 165 Arc User
    No, there were to the best of my knowledge 204 particles in my inventory when I checked in to exchange them. Immediately after the transaction I checked and all the particles were gone and I only had one shiny new purple DOFF. But I guess in the scheme of things this is no big deal and I am chalking it up to experience, lesson learned. Next time, if there is a next time, I will simply cash in every 75 particles, simple. Thanks for the input though. LLAP
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    Hmm yeah it might be eating all of your particles every time you cash in. I didn't make a habit of going over since I tended to change characters after getting the 75 I needed.
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