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Are there Cardassian Bridge Officers with the Superior Peak Health trait?
tilarta
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For several months, I browsed the exchange looking for some Cardassian Bridge Officers with the Superior Peak Health trait.
But since I never did find any, I eventually gave up trying.
Which got me wondering, why did I never find any?
Is it because they don't have that trait in their random generation pool?
Or because players are automatically deleting any Cardassian BOFF that doesn't have the desired traits which make that BOFF a good item to sell on exchange?
I've heard the opinion raised time and again that since STO is a space game primarily, that Peak Health is a worthless trait, which is what led me to suspect the second possibility is being applied, someone just deleting a BOFF because they believe the trait I am after isn't going to sell.
But since I never did find any, I eventually gave up trying.
Which got me wondering, why did I never find any?
Is it because they don't have that trait in their random generation pool?
Or because players are automatically deleting any Cardassian BOFF that doesn't have the desired traits which make that BOFF a good item to sell on exchange?
I've heard the opinion raised time and again that since STO is a space game primarily, that Peak Health is a worthless trait, which is what led me to suspect the second possibility is being applied, someone just deleting a BOFF because they believe the trait I am after isn't going to sell.
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My character Tsin'xing
Cardassian Soldier: Superior Covert, Soldier, Acute Senses or Stubborn
Cardassian Engineer: Same as above.
These are the two I am wanting, but since they never come with the trait I desire, I got so frustrated/angry, I lost interest in checking.
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My character Tsin'xing
< Trait: Peak Health
Trait: Peak Health/boff
Peak Health is a bridge officer ground trait.
Are you looking for the player character version of this trait?
Basic information
Game description: Ground Trait. Improves maximum health and toxic resistance.
Species that can have the trait: Alien, Andorian, Bajoran, Betazoid, Bolian, Ferengi, Gorn, Human, Klingon, Nausicaan, Orion, Pakled, Rigelian, Saurian, Tellarite, Trill, Vulcan
No peak health for you! although that list is incomplete, because all Jem'hadar and elachi have that trait
https://sto.gamepedia.com/Trait:_Peak_Health/boff
But could that still be a possibility?
Someone who actively seeks Cardassian BOFF recruiting assignments told me they're so rare by comparison to the other species, it could be limiting the sample size accordingly.
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They all had Photographic Memory and Mental Discipline. The random traits were a combination of Acute Senses, Covert, Creative, Soldier, Stubborn and Teamwork.
Given the sample size, that can't be considered a definitive list, but it does suggest their pool of available traits is limited.
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
In the past I've actually seen them say ingame that they found something they regarded as useless and deleted it instantly without considering if someone else would value it.
Plus, I've been berated a fair bit for actually putting value on Superior Peak Health, since many STO gamers believe ground combat should not be part of the game at all, so anything connected to that should never be a consideration in gameplay.
The player I asked about the Cardassian BOFF assignments mostly found them around DS9, but as the sector space border glitch is a hot mess of reassignments if you even move your ship slightly, locating a precise assignment is a pain in the neckscales.
I know because I spent months chasing another specific assignment that could never be found unless I purposefully worked against the glitch.
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Everytime someone makes a character that is an copy of an existing superhuman, Creativity is sad
I have sold a few of them, but every single time I have found the assignment in orbit around ESD. I have 10 characters and every single time one has popped up it's been for the same character. None of my other 9 have ever seen a Cardassian Recruit mission, so I have no earthly idea what it's based on.
The sample size is small, that's why the BoFF's cost an arm and a leg.. they're truly rare with any traits. If you want a specific trait.. I hate to say it but coupled with the rarity of the item.. the odds aren't good.
My character Tsin'xing
it could be possible due to the low sample size. However, as others have said, ground traits aren't really worth worrying about.
The link that I posted was updated in 2019.
The content is from 2011.
Interesting. Good to know. Thanks.
I don't know what other players believe, but my personal opinion is that ground traits are required for gameplay, since it's the only time I feel genuinely challenged. And hence why all my Bridge Officers are geared up with that aspect of gameplay as their primary focus.
Nearly all the time when I play in space combat, I feel like it's too easy, even though I have a sub-optimal build that isn't using any damage maximising tricks.
So I don't really care about space speccing that much, since it's not difficult.
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Everytime someone makes a character that is an copy of an existing superhuman, Creativity is sad
Also, some kit modules do not exist in BOFF skill form, for example, I wanted to load my Breen BOFF up with a pure cryobuild just for thematic fun and then discovered I could not.
Which is why I am hoping one day Cryptic introduces a BOFF kitframe, one with 4 module slots, to replace ground skill training.
That way I'll be certain they can't randomly change their skills, because I doubt kitframe modules can unequip themselves and replace themselves with a default white kitmodule.
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My character Tsin'xing
Nothing worse then entering ground combat and wondering why your tactical boff is not throwing grenades or using another specified skill to inflict damage, instead they're just doing nothing at all......
To choose one example of the bug I've seen.
I don't think they'd allow BOFFs to use existing kitframes, since this would give them five skills instead of the four they currently have.
Which is why I'd expecting a four module kitframe for their exclusive use instead.
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Everytime someone makes a character that is an copy of an existing superhuman, Creativity is sad
Though I wouldn't mind having 5 abilities for boffs anyway. And two weapon slots while we're at it.