Last night, my brother tossed me a Bridge officer he thought I might find useful. A Saurian Engineer with the usual mix of abilities, but one exception: Efficiency, which it says "increases efficiency stats". It appears to be a bonus Lt. ability, but it is not trainable to other officers. I have not commissioned him yet to see what the deal is, but this caught me by surprise. 2 lt level abilities, and that I have never heard of this power before.
Is it a glitch, a special BOff, or what. And are there other undocumented traits out there?
It's a Saurian trait not a skill that you can train, you can only get this trait on Saurians, Liberated Borgs or custom species (if you have the liberated borg unlocked, captain not Boff).
As other have posted it's a space trait. It's a +5 skills to all of the Starship <Subsystem> Efficiency skills. But it doesn't have any effect until you have at least 1 rank of an Efficiency skill. And those are Commander rank skills. If you could outfit you entire crew with the Efficient trait, you could be pulling down up to +13 power setting bonuses. (If my maths are correct. Should not be going maths with too much blood in my caffeine system.)
Soi what other abilities are waiting in the wings? I wish I had known these were an option, now I gotta retweak to get him onboard, cause that kinda skill willl really pay of fin my heavy cruiser
I heard some BOffs had this trait removed once you equipped, so no one could have BOff with space trait. Can you confirm yours still has the trait after commissioning him? Thanks!
I heard some BOffs had this trait removed once you equipped, so no one could have BOff with space trait. Can you confirm yours still has the trait after commissioning him? Thanks!
I don't about the current patch. But the BO traits would not show in the Stats tab while in Space Mode. You had to be in Ground Mode in order to view them. This is probably the origin of that rumor/bug. (A bug only about the display of the trait.. Not a bug about the trait itself.)
Since BO customization is key to character development in STO, we can assume there will be other space traits and even unique traits associated with rare BOs, but for the moment (and as the result of what seems to be a bug) Saurians appear to be the only ones that can acquire Efficiency. As a result, they're very valuable.
I can confirm after exhaustive searching, the only "Space trait" to show up on any officer of any kind thus far is Efficient, and it only appears on Saurians, but very VERY rarely. It's a pity since I really wanted to find an Alien BOff with it to replace one of my other officers since I am not a huge fan of Saurians in and of themselves.
Now see Cryptic, THAT is a rare bridge officer! I really do wish more Boff's had space traits. You would think a chief engineer could have Warp Theorist, or a tactical officer have piloting training and what not. It would certainly shake things up a bit. A man can dream right?
You might want to read some of the postings about the 'Tribble' test server. Evidently, their testing some changes for BO Traits, one of which will significantly reduce the value of 'Efficient' Saurian BOs...
You might want to read some of the postings about the 'Tribble' test server. Evidently, their testing some changes for BO Traits, one of which will significantly reduce the value of 'Efficient' Saurian BOs...
Well since you've toss the match into the powder keg, I'll douse it with gasoline. The player traist Efficient is being replaced with a new trait called Efficient Captain which gives +10 to all Subsystem Efficient skills.And there is a note in the description that says same tier Efficient skills won't stack. And I created a new character anc claimed my Borg BO, she still retains the Borg Efficiency trait as before.
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I don't about the current patch. But the BO traits would not show in the Stats tab while in Space Mode. You had to be in Ground Mode in order to view them. This is probably the origin of that rumor/bug. (A bug only about the display of the trait.. Not a bug about the trait itself.)
I have a couple that are waiting to join my crew but I can not see this on them.
Thanks,
-HD
Now see Cryptic, THAT is a rare bridge officer! I really do wish more Boff's had space traits. You would think a chief engineer could have Warp Theorist, or a tactical officer have piloting training and what not. It would certainly shake things up a bit. A man can dream right?
Anyone with access to the game currently that can shed some light on this?
Well since you've toss the match into the powder keg, I'll douse it with gasoline. The player traist Efficient is being replaced with a new trait called Efficient Captain which gives +10 to all Subsystem Efficient skills.And there is a note in the description that says same tier Efficient skills won't stack. And I created a new character anc claimed my Borg BO, she still retains the Borg Efficiency trait as before.