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BO Training question

saucersepsaucersep Member Posts: 30 Arc User
edited August 2012 in Builds, Powers, and Game Mechanics
Is the only way to get something like EPW3 from another player (assuming you are not and ENG officer)?

Is it even possible to find a BO on the exchange with EPW3 or EPS3? Or any other source?
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  • soulwarrior78soulwarrior78 Member Posts: 541 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    if you're not an eng, then you will need to ask someone to train your BO. No other way around it.

    I know it's annoying, but at least we can trade our BOs. Can you imagine if you couldn't? I just ask in fleet when I need to retrain stuff.
  • sotaudisotaudi Member Posts: 7 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    saucersep wrote: »
    Is the only way to get something like EPW3 from another player (assuming you are not and ENG officer)?

    Is it even possible to find a BO on the exchange with EPW3 or EPS3? Or any other source?

    The BOff trainer can train any BOff ability up to Commander, but he or she cannot train the highest version of those abiltites. So, for instance, the trainer can train Gravity Well I (Lt. Cmdr) and Gravity Well II (Cmdr), but not the Commander level Gravity Well III version.

    Where you can get training for the highest level versions depends on the ability. Some abities are only available on higher quality BOffs (i.e., you either have to commission a BOff with the skill or have him train one of your existing crew). Training for others are only available if trained by a player who is of that profession and has invested enough points in specific Captain skills to be allowed to train it. Finally, for a small number of abilities, the highest level is only available on Kits or other means and cannot be trained at all (and, obviously, then only available to players).

    The Wiki has a nice list of all the abilities with color coding showing where each of the highest level abilities can be trained. That page is here:

    http://www.stowiki.org/Bridge_officer_powers
  • futurepastnowfuturepastnow Member Posts: 3,660 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    sotaudi wrote: »
    The BOff trainer can train any BOff ability up to Commander, but he or she cannot train the highest version of those abiltites. So, for instance, the trainer can train Gravity Well I (Lt. Cmdr) and Gravity Well II (Cmdr), but not the Commander level Gravity Well III version.

    Many of the Lt. Commander abilities, such as the aforementioned Emergency Power to Weapons III, are also only Captain trainable.

    Now I don't really have a problem with some skills being only captain-trainable, but I do find it infuriating that some skills can be trained by neither the boff trainer nor a captain. Aux to Structural III, Beam Overload III, TSSIII, etc. are only found on very rare boffs. That's really annoying.

    (Ever try to find a KDF boff with Aux to SIF III? It's not easy)
  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    futurepastnow wrote: »
    Now I don't really have a problem with some skills being only captain-trainable, but I do find it infuriating that some skills can be trained by neither the boff trainer nor a captain. Aux to Structural III, Beam Overload III, TSSIII, etc. are only found on very rare boffs. That's really annoying.
    That's what, in part, makes them "very rare" BOFFs and creates the demand for them.:)
    STO is about my Liberated Borg Federation Captain with his Breen 1st Officer, Jem'Hadar Tactical Officer, Liberated Borg Engineering Officer, Android Ops Officer, Photonic Science Officer, Gorn Science Officer, and Reman Medical Officer jumping into their Jem'Hadar Carrier and flying off to do missions for the new Romulan Empire. But for some players allowing a T5 Connie to be used breaks the canon in the game.
  • henrik68henrik68 Member Posts: 173 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    How does ome train these officers, i mean when they are "commissioned" into your crew they cannot be "traded" to others?
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  • janetza#4790 janetza
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         Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    henrik68 wrote: »
    How does ome train these officers, i mean when they are "commissioned" into your crew they cannot be "traded" to others?

    They can be traded, only those that are unique can't. You have to remove all their equipment first. Than trade to someone who you know for training.
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  • henrik68henrik68 Member Posts: 173 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    taut0u wrote: »
    They can be traded, only those that are unique can't.


    With unique you mean the uncommon and rare ones?
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  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Unique is like the Liberated Borg you get from the Collector's Edition, or the Photonic you got as part of the "invite a friend" promotion. Any BOFF that is an account-wide unlock for you can't be traded.
    STO is about my Liberated Borg Federation Captain with his Breen 1st Officer, Jem'Hadar Tactical Officer, Liberated Borg Engineering Officer, Android Ops Officer, Photonic Science Officer, Gorn Science Officer, and Reman Medical Officer jumping into their Jem'Hadar Carrier and flying off to do missions for the new Romulan Empire. But for some players allowing a T5 Connie to be used breaks the canon in the game.
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