Bug PS5 cannot change away team skills.

ussvinovia

Sorry for posting here but nobody answers the console bugs field. It's impossible to change away team abilities at the moment. Which means they are using things like cover shield which is possibly the most annoying ability ever. When I select change ability it just says X select O cancel. Huge issue guys, please fix. Thanks (I know this will be reassigned to the bugs page but at least someone might see it that actually can do something about it).

inferiority

Are you trying to do this whilst in combat?
If so, then this cannot be done until you are no longer under Red Alert.

Do your bridge officers already know the skill?
If not, they need trained and the training manual must be in your Inventory, not the Bank. If you have multiple copies of the training manual, they must all be in your Inventory - the game, bizarrely, tries to take them from the Bank first and will be unable to train the ability.

Can you share a screenshot (or two) of the issue, please?
This will let us all see exactly what you see, and might better help us understand the issue.

ussvinovia#1662 wrote: »

Sorry for posting here but nobody answers the console bugs field.

That doesn't mean you can post your bug reports elsewhere - the Devs will look for Bug Reports in the Bug Report section and if your bug report isn't there, how would they know about the bug you're reporting?

leemwatson

ussvinovia#1662 wrote: »

Sorry for posting here but nobody answers the console bugs field. It's impossible to change away team abilities at the moment. Which means they are using things like cover shield which is possibly the most annoying ability ever. When I select change ability it just says X select O cancel. Huge issue guys, please fix. Thanks (I know this will be reassigned to the bugs page but at least someone might see it that actually can do something about it).

Dev's rarely ever reply directly, and posting it here will not help. That doesn't mean they don't know about it though as they do read the bug reports there, because that is where everyone is directed to post them.

Go to a non-combat ground map and change the skill, then beam up. This should 'fix' it. Never try to change Boff skills in a mission.

vetteguy904

did ya post an in game bug report?

davefenestrator

In the past on console it was impossible to change skills on a new boff until they've started at least one away team mission. You could bring the manuals with you or wait until you got back.

Also, besides needing training manuals as mentioned above:
- Did you promote the boff? If they are still an ensign they can only learn new ensign skills.
- Do you have enough Expertise? For a new captain alt while at early levels you might not have enough after training and promoting other boffs.

This last one's obvious, but on console you must have actually assigned them to your away team before training them in ground skills.

baucoin

This bug has popped up in the past on consoles. Had to wait for a patch to fix it.
Here the link to the post I started back in 2022 about this very issue.
https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline#/discussion/1266759/unable-to-change-bridge-officers-ground-abilities

Now, just waiting for the Mods to move this thread.

darkbladejk

I've moved this thread to the appropriate section of the forums it should've been in from the start. In the future unless special permission is granted otherwise, bug reporting is not for the general discussion area. I understand you're having an issue but that rule is in place for a reason. reporting bugs there gets lost in the general flow of the forum and delays help getting to said bug. There is also better visibility for bug reports in the console section for console bugs. Devs will rarely respond individually and typically only do so if they require further information. If this is determined to be the same bug either I or one of the others will merge the threads. I will make sure they see there is an issue.