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Miracle worker.... How to use ?

I went and trained one of my Boffs in these new skills after watching Timber Wolfs vid on it. Some of the powers sounded like they would be quite a bit of fun.

Problem is....

I cannot use them ? Any of them ?

I have no stations on any ships that I can use them ? And yet in his vid he appeared to be flying the Kelvin Dread, which is my current ship of choice.

I have bought dozens and dozens of ships over the years but always go back to the same one or two ships. Is that what is expected this time around ? To buy another ship ? Or am I doing something wrong ?

If I'm expected to buy more ships, then they can keep it. I have no interest in buying ships I don't want in order to try out a few skills that sound interesting.
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  • saurializardsaurializard Member Posts: 4,404 Arc User
    You need a ship with a Miracle Worker station, otherwise, you can only use the passives from the Spec Tree.
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  • garaks31garaks31 Member Posts: 2,845 Arc User
    which there are no ships yet wit that slots. but some of the ground abilities are interesting
  • earwigvr6earwigvr6 Member Posts: 293 Arc User
    So how was the ship in the vid using the powers ? Coz tribble ?

    What a total farce, releasing a new season with lots of new powers and abilities and zero way of actually using them ? Is that stupid ? Or just me ?

    How much worse can this game get ? Just off to grind for stupid batteries and provisions now. Back to check more replies later...... Are they deliberately trying to push people away from this game ? I thought the idea behind a game was to create something fun to do ? And give people things they can make use of ?

    So far in this season I see the following...

    A single very short story arc mission. A specialisation with a load of powers you cannot use and an endless grind for the next 6 months to a year to get your hands on some consoles and weapons that don't look to bad.

    Not what I would call great, not by a long shot :-(
  • fluffymooffluffymoof Member Posts: 430 Arc User
    You need a ship with a Miracle Worker station, otherwise, you can only use the passives from the Spec Tree.

    Which is why a UNIVERSAL SEAT should be...universal.
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  • saurializardsaurializard Member Posts: 4,404 Arc User
    fluffymoof wrote: »
    You need a ship with a Miracle Worker station, otherwise, you can only use the passives from the Spec Tree.

    Which is why a UNIVERSAL SEAT should be...universal.
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  • alexhurlbutalexhurlbut Member Posts: 292 Arc User
    Um....aren't the Tzen ships' speciality seats Miracle Worker?
  • sunfranckssunfrancks Member Posts: 3,925 Arc User
    You'll need one of the Tzenkethi ships from either the lockbox, Lobi store or wait for the cstore ship to be released that have the required MW station.
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  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,980 Arc User
    edited October 2017
    fluffymoof wrote: »
    You need a ship with a Miracle Worker station, otherwise, you can only use the passives from the Spec Tree.

    Which is why a UNIVERSAL SEAT should be...universal.

    A universal specialization is an oxymoron, and one that Cryptic isn't likely to ever adopt (because it undermines the principle goal of the spec system of being able to release compelling new variants of well-worn ship types [ex. cruiser] ad infinitum thanks to a modular ability system.)
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  • railcarrailcar Member Posts: 26 Arc User
    Its a new spec there aren't a lot of ships that use it yet. So far only the two Tzenkethi ships just released have MW seating. There will be more, likely some c store ships soon.
  • maniac20#5251 maniac20 Member Posts: 263 Arc User
    garaks31 wrote: »
    which there are no ships yet wit that slots. but some of the ground abilities are interesting

    The new lobi store ship has a MW station and the only one currently
  • asuran14asuran14 Member Posts: 2,335 Arc User
    Not sure I would say we need to adjust universal seats to also count spec. THough i would say that it would be nice to introduce a universal-spec seat, and maybe go back and turn a few of the lower ranking (ensign to Lt rank) spec seats into these universal-spec seats. It would give more versatility, and also make it that some ships that have less desirable spec seat for their second spec seat could be more useful.

    It is weird that with the release of a new season, with a new spec that they did not release a c-store ship that used that spec an a new gimmick tied to it.
  • kekvinkekvin Member Posts: 633 Arc User
    Im hoping for a discovary, utopia, shenzshou 3 pack Thursday with mw spec. Will throw my wallet at the screen for utopia
  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    earwigvr6 wrote: »
    What a total farce, releasing a new season with lots of new powers and abilities and zero way of actually using them ? Is that stupid ? Or just me ?

    It's silly yes. The only ships that can currently use them are Lock Box/Lobi.

    STO has taken a very 'give us your money' approach to marketing over the last year or so. Simply put, introducing the Space BoFF abilities without any available ships in the C-Store was little more then an attempt to monetize lock box keys until they decide to release a C-Store ship.

    Simply put, they want to you to play the lock box lottery... don't fall for it. Before too long there will be Miracle Worker ships in the C-Store and they will probably even give one away in the Winter Event as an attempt to feature the new specialization.

    This game has some frustrating things like this. Overall, it still has more pluses then minuses and still has the best Free to Play model there is. You just have to learn to deal with silly stuff like this from time to time. Don't let it push you off, just don't fall for the cash grab and continue to enjoy the game.
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  • lordsteve1lordsteve1 Member Posts: 3,492 Arc User
    This is just typical Cryptic to be honest. First and foremost they must get your money, then they will release things accessible to all.

    It’s quite clear how they operate. Get a nice voice actor, hype them up, add a spec tree named after them, hype up the new spec and then only release it initially through lock boxes so people must blow lots of money to get access.
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  • saurializardsaurializard Member Posts: 4,404 Arc User
    lordsteve1 wrote: »
    This is just typical Cryptic to be honest. First and foremost they must get your money, then they will release things accessible to all.

    It’s quite clear how they operate. Get a nice voice actor, hype them up, add a spec tree named after them, hype up the new spec and then only release it initially through lock boxes so people must blow lots of money to get access.

    Spec tree called "Earl Grey. Black." focused on consumables coming soon.
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  • kal36kal36 Member Posts: 45 Arc User
    > @alexhurlbut said:
    > Um....aren't the Tzen ships' speciality seats Miracle Worker?

    Yes they are
  • dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    edited October 2017
    The whole miracle worker spec is, imo, on shaky ground theme-wise. It just doesn't really make sense. Just another way for Cryptic to make a new specialty seat for a new set of ships, obviously. I think they are running out of ideas for specs. That and there are only so many ways to re-arrange the seats on a ship with the current options and it forces them to keep cranking out new specs... if Tier 7 is still a 'no'. (And it better be!)
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  • dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    edited October 2017
    dont use it its a waste of spec points

    Well, I was at the limit, so either use em or get a paltry amount of Dil. I chose the former. But yeah, on my alts that have other specs to fill up, I will do MW last on them.
  • sunfranckssunfrancks Member Posts: 3,925 Arc User
    dont use it its a waste of spec points

    Well, I was at the limit, so either use em or get a paltry amount of Dil. I chose the former. But yeah, on my alts that have other specs to fill up, I will do MW last on them.

    That is what I did. Already maxed out the new specialization on my main characters and it's nothing to write home about.

    Nice to get Leonard Nimoy telling me I have leveled up again, though, so there is that at least!
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  • peterconnorfirstpeterconnorfirst Member Posts: 6,225 Arc User
    edited October 2017
    earwigvr6 wrote: »
    I have bought dozens and dozens of ships over the years but always go back to the same one or two ships. Is that what is expected this time around ? To buy another ship ? Or am I doing something wrong ?

    I could imagine they are holding back a bigger zen store release of ships with the new powers in favor of the current lock box. Problem is aside from the new spec seats the Tzenkethi ships are pretty boring and a rather weak release.
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  • pottsey5gpottsey5g Member Posts: 4,254 Arc User
    edited October 2017
    dont use it its a waste of spec points
    You can say that again not only does it not work with the key Engineering powers I use but when I switch to Miracle worker it actually makes my tank, healing & team healing worse!!! One very badly designed spec. The kits and bridge powers are pretty poor as well.
  • alexhurlbutalexhurlbut Member Posts: 292 Arc User
    reyan01 wrote: »
    Yes - apparently this thing (aka Daystrom class) is one of what we can expect:

    https://instagram.com/p/BZy65_vA-EA/
    That look like a Tzen mated with a Galaxy and this is their offspring....
  • tyler002tyler002 Member Posts: 1,586 Arc User
    reyan01 wrote: »
    Yes - apparently this thing (aka Daystrom class) is one of what we can expect:

    https://instagram.com/p/BZy65_vA-EA/
    That look like a Tzen mated with a Galaxy and this is their offspring....
    Looks like a parody of a Starfleet ship... but I'll judge it when it comes out. I don't really mind bulky ship designs.
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  • postagepaidpostagepaid Member Posts: 2,899 Arc User
    If that picture means they started hitting stuff with the ugly stick rather than the breaky stick then maybe things are looking brighter.
  • nikeixnikeix Member Posts: 3,972 Arc User
    Maybe we'll finally see a T6 Star Cruiser/space whale. :smiley:
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  • meimeitoomeimeitoo Member Posts: 12,594 Arc User
    garaks31 wrote: »
    which there are no ships yet wit that slots. but some of the ground abilities are interesting

    The new lobi store ship has a MW station and the only one currently


    Shuk-din (non-Lobi) has one too, albeit just an Ensign seat.
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