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How to maximize your boffs for space

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited March 2010 in The Academy
Certain boffs have the efficient trait. This is listed under their space abilities when you mouse over them. So far, the only boffs that I have found with this ability are uncommon saurian bridge officers (the ones of green rarity). The borg boff is supposed to have this ability, but so far from my testing, she does not.

The efficient trait gives you +5 to each of the 4 commander level efficiency skills.

So what does it do? At first, nothing. Once you reach commander, you have a set of skills Starship Engine Efficiency, Shild, Weapons, ect. Once you have at least 1 point in these, the efficiency trait begins to kick in (so if you have a point in shield efficiency, the efficiency trait only kicks in for shields. If you have a point in each of them, you get +5 to all 4 skills).

The most direct thing it does is provide a small bonus to your power levels. For example, with no boffs equipped my power levels at 50 are 57/61/57/58. When I have 3 efficient boffs equipped, my power levels are 59/62/59/60, for a total of +7 energy. Now that does sound like much, but the strength in efficiency is that the lower your power levels, the more it boosts them. When I am at 100 weapons, 50 shield, 25 engines, 25 aux, my power levels with no boffs are 103/61/37/39. Throw in 4 efficient boffs and my power becomes 103/62/40/43, for a total of +9.

In addition to the +9 energy, they also help your skills. For example, comparing no efficient boffs to 4 efficient boffs my EPS Power transfer lasts an additional 3 seconds and my emergency power to shields boosts my power setting for an extra +2. Lots of skills benefit from efficient boffs such as the emergency power skills, aceton field, extend shields, ect.

So whats the easiest way to find these wonderful boffs? Go to the exchange, set your rarity to "uncommon" and type in saurian. Look for boffs that specifically list the efficient trait under their space abilities. There may be boffs besides saurians and borg that have this trait, but so far I haven't found any.


Now I know the bonuses from these boffs don't sound like a huge amount, but to maximize your character its best to get them now so you aren't wasting your starfleet merit and bridge officer points on boffs that you'll throw away later.


edit: they tend to be the boffs at the bottem of the list . . .
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    shameless bump
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    what is wierd, Saurians can't be effecient during player character creation.

    is this the only space trait that exists for BOffs? I know humans can have leadership, but it seams to be a ground trait.

    Is there a basic or an advanced version?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    hQuu wrote:
    what is wierd, Saurians can't be effecient during player character creation.

    is this the only space trait that exists for BOffs? I know humans can have leadership, but it seams to be a ground trait.

    So far those are the only 2 space looking traits I have seen on boffs, and I have looked at every boff on the exchange multiple times. Of course, if such traits existed whoever received them would probably want to keep the boff for themselves. But by the time you would have found such a boff, you'd probably be captain at least, and have a lot of points invested in your current boffs.

    hQuu wrote:
    Is there a basic or an advanced version?

    Again, not that I have seen. Seems like the best solution at the moment is to just grab these boffs early off of the exchange so they can level up with you.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    hiya Bobkyou. Do you know if "Efficient" from Playable Borg and the Borg BO stack? Or do you only receive one "efficient buff" ?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    hiya Bobkyou. Do you know if "Efficient" from Playable Borg and the Borg BO stack? Or do you only receive one "efficient buff" ?

    I have a Borg BOff... it does not have the efficient trait
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    hQuu wrote:
    I have a Borg BOff... it does not have the efficient trait

    That's been spoken on by devs.. a fix is in the works. Something about how they actually are giving "efficient" but it doesn't notify you that they are.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    hiya Bobkyou. Do you know if "Efficient" from Playable Borg and the Borg BO stack? Or do you only receive one "efficient buff" ?

    Well, I can tell you that I have the efficient trait on my captain, and that my efficient boffs boost my settings. However as has been pointed out, the efficient trait on the borg boff does not seem to be working at the moment.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Got the following info on IRC...

    <Quutar> is the fact that Saurian Bridge officers getting a space trait a bug or intended
    <Cryptic_Falkoren> keep in mind that BOffs will have traits associated with them
    <Cryptic_Falkoren> Ah, i see what you are referring to, The uncommon and rare BOffs by design come with traits its one of the benefits of them
    <Quutar> if it is intended, and no other race will get space traits, then i forsee all serious pvpers going with those bridge officers
    <Quutar> yup
    <Cryptic_Falkoren> the saurian are not the only boff which gain a trait
    <Quutar> it is... just that one specifically
    <Cryptic_Falkoren> you should see others who have space and ground traits
    <Quutar> nope... but they are... so far, the only one i have found with space traits
    <Quutar> i have not seen any yet
    <Cryptic_Falkoren> keep an eye out. Let me know if you are seeing other Rares with no space traits
    <Quutar> but... if that is intended... then that answers my question ^_^ it means it is not a bug, and I should account for it in my code
    <Cryptic_Falkoren> yes
    <Quutar> i am seeing LOTS of rares with no space traits
    <Quutar> i am seeing humans with a space trait listed as a ground trait
    <Cryptic_Falkoren> then that is a problem with the traits not being listed properly not that they arent getting them
    <Cryptic_Falkoren> specifically the UI - Tooltips
    <Quutar> i went through the exchange (I know, limited data set, but that is all i have) and could not find any other space trait except humans mis labeled, and saurians with effeciency
    <Cryptic_Falkoren> they won't always have them and i beleive many of those are the standard rewards for leveling
    <Cryptic_Falkoren> there are many more bofss
    <Quutar> i know... that is a limitation of a limited data set
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Great post! Would it be possible for one of these rare Boffs to train one of your existing Boffs in "efficiency?" That way you wouldn't have to throw away your current Boffs - (I know, for most people it's not a big deal to do so - but to me, they're my Boffs!). If so, I guess you'd have to wait until you promote them to a certain level to be able to use the "efficiency" trait, right? Like commander or so?

    Also, do you buy Boffs with energy credits or those "reputation points?"

    Thanks!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    So, another bug with other races not showing their 'bonus' traits? Who would've thought.

    That said - there's all of 3 Saurians on the Exchange with the Efficient trait right now. And they're all going for half a million or more. So this strat is pretty much void.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    So, another bug with other races not showing their 'bonus' traits? Who would've thought.

    That said - there's all of 3 Saurians on the Exchange with the Efficient trait right now. And they're all going for half a million or more. So this strat is pretty much void.

    there is somethign else for a leveel 45 to spend EC on?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Jonbre wrote: »
    Would it be possible for one of these rare Boffs to train one of your existing Boffs in "efficiency?" That way you wouldn't have to throw away your current Boffs - (I know, for most people it's not a big deal to do so - but to me, they're my Boffs!). If so, I guess you'd have to wait until you promote them to a certain level to be able to use the "efficiency" trait, right? Like commander or so?

    Also, do you buy Boffs with energy credits or those "reputation points?"

    You can't train traits, unfortunately. This means that long term people who min max will have to give up their old boffs for new ones with better traits. I agree with you, I find it a little bothering as well. Efficiency trait doesn't kick in until commander when you put points in the proper skill, as it stands now. A dev comment awhile back leads me to believe that this will be fixed.

    At the moment, the only way I know of to get these boffs is from an early requisitions officer or from the exchange.

    That said - there's all of 3 Saurians on the Exchange with the Efficient trait right now. And they're all going for half a million or more. So this strat is pretty much void.

    I had just over a mil by the time I hit commander, and the longer this game progresses the more inflation will allow massive amounts of energy credits to flow into the lower levels. Right now efficient boffs are the 'new thing' and eventually the prices will stabilize to something more reasonable.

    hQuu wrote:
    there is somethign else for a leveel 45 to spend EC on?

    Yeah, this game needs more gold sinks to take energy credits out of the market. We jsut don't have anything to spend our credits on.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    So can I read this as my characters Effecient trait doesn't work unless I have the commander efficiency or is that only for boffs?

    I was vulcan in OB but switched to my blue alien for all space traits in live.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    doesn't seem worth it for the current market prices. and speaking of the exchange, is anybody else having issues finding them? I can only find Saurian officers with Effecient if I leave the "quality" modifier to "any". if I set it to "common", the exchange finds no officers, and if I set it to anything else, I can't find any with Effecient, even if I saw them when set to "any". does that mean Effecient officers are above "very rare"?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    The only Saurians with Efficiency trait appears to be the unccommon Bridge Officer reward given when attaining lvl 10. Ive recieved one twice, course had no idea the value of the first one....
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Saurian BOs also seem to be only for Federation players. I haven't seen Saurian BOs with Efficient that KDF players can use.

    Why people say KDFs are overpowered in pvp is beyond me.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    i thought that BOffs can be traded cross faction like any other item?
    thought saurian BOffs might be "hard" to get, it is possible, right?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    are the devs going to fix BOffs so races other than saurians have efficient? I really don't want an all-saurian bridge crew just for this trait but i'm going to be forced to to min/max :/
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    hQuu wrote:
    i thought that BOffs can be traded cross faction like any other item?
    thought saurian BOffs might be "hard" to get, it is possible, right?

    Bridge officers each have their own faction they swear allegiance to, and only players of the same faction as the BO can use it. You can tell which ones KDF players can use because it says KDF in the name of the BO description when you mouse over it in the Exchange.

    I don't see any way KDF players can get BOs with the efficient trait, currently.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Surgery wrote:
    Bridge officers each have their own faction they swear allegiance to, and only players of the same faction as the BO can use it. You can tell which ones KDF players can use because it says KDF in the name of the BO description when you mouse over it in the Exchange.

    I don't see any way KDF players can get BOs with the efficient trait, currently.

    Yes, feds have mostly better stats. With effiecient engines for example and saurians. But KDF have enough advantage allready. I play both, but when i play KDF i just feel evil. Because its just so overpowered. From T1 to T5. The cloak is the biggest advantage ofcourse. But i also like it when play as fed because that makes the game exciting. But also a advantage for KDF is ofcourse able to mount cannons on every ship. And the same time its also disadvantage for fed. Because if you use too beams FBP will get you bad. And since you are science with FBP/sub you should know everything about overpowered.

    About the saurians, i have 5 of them they where like 2mil a piece. Allways nice to have some extra power its not much tho. I get like +5 more power in total.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Bobkyou wrote:
    Well, I can tell you that I have the efficient trait on my captain, and that my efficient boffs boost my settings. However as has been pointed out, the efficient trait on the borg boff does not seem to be working at the moment.

    Same here, I'm still waiting on a fix too.

    It will stack but it will be capped the more you stack,
    just like Crit chance etc...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    hi everyone,

    does anyone know when you are supposed to get the green saurian Boff? i started a character just for that purpose, at LT 9 i got a green bolian via the "new officer" mission dialogue, was that it, bad luck or do i get the Boff later? i am LtCmdr1 now.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Intrepidox wrote: »
    are the devs going to fix BOffs so races other than saurians have efficient? I really don't want an all-saurian bridge crew just for this trait but i'm going to be forced to to min/max :/

    This is what I want to know too.

    Particularly when considering the chat log on the first page mentioning that boffs should be popping up with space traits.
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