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Dr. Sybok should have been "Very Rare"

centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
edited March 2013 in Duty Officer System and R&D
Considering you can only get him 2-3 times a year at most, and his effect is so unique.

EDIT: Sibak! You know who I meant!
Post edited by centersolace on

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  • voporakvoporak Member Posts: 5,621 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Cyborg Sibak? Dr. Sybok! It makes perfect sense! :P
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  • mimey2mimey2 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    I certainly wouldn't mind that. Perhaps he could stack to 3 while we're at it? :D
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  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    voporak wrote: »
    Cyborg Sibak? Dr. Sybok! It makes perfect sense! :P

    Of course it does. :P
  • lordhavelocklordhavelock Member Posts: 2,248 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I agree with the OP, but would submit that the Holo-Leeta DOff should also be VR:

    http://sto.perfectworld.com/news/?p=817561

    :rolleyes:

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  • aestuaestu Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Dr Sibak should be purple. Leeta should not.

    It was very wise of the devs to make Leeta blue. If Leeta were not blue, her doff traits would be exclusive to that one purple doff and undermine the status of the Leeta doff as a novelty.

    I would definitely support upgrading Dr Sibak to purple.
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  • badvaiobadvaio Member Posts: 159 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I have 3 Syboks' on one character alone. That's hardly very rare....
  • badname834854badname834854 Member Posts: 1,186 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Does his cooldown to telepathic abilities stack with multiples?

    I always thought Sibok was a wasted chance - here could have been a doff that offered a buff to telekenisis/mind meld damage/cooldown AND perhaps somemild resistance to psionic attacks. Oh well.
  • mimey2mimey2 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    badname834854 wrote: »
    Does his cooldown to telepathic abilities stack with multiples?

    I always thought Sibok was a wasted chance - here could have been a doff that offered a buff to telekenisis/mind meld damage/cooldown AND perhaps somemild resistance to psionic attacks. Oh well.

    You can't stack him. Only one, and only affects like four abilities I think.

    Mind Meld, Telekinesis, Rapture, and one other I can't remember off the top of my head.
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    pwlaughingtrendy wrote:
    I remain empathetic to the concerns of my community, but do me a favor and lay off the god damn name calling and petty remarks. It will get you nowhere.
    I must admit, respect points to Trendy for laying down the law like that.
  • lordhavelocklordhavelock Member Posts: 2,248 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    mimey2 wrote: »
    You can't stack him. Only one, and only affects like four abilities I think.

    Mind Meld, Telekinesis, Rapture, and one other I can't remember off the top of my head.
    Mimey, is it that his power doesn't stack, or that we can only slot one Advisor?

    aestu wrote: »
    ...It was very wise of the devs to make Leeta blue. If Leeta were not blue, her doff traits would be exclusive to that one purple doff and undermine the status of the Leeta doff as a novelty...
    I don't understand this at all. :confused:

    To be clear on my own thoughts: I understand that the reality of rarity doesn't always equate to the "quality" of the DOff in regards to the color, but sometimes it can. It was the actual difficulty of getting the Leeta DOff that I was considering when I mentioned making her purple. It seems to me a DOff so novel should be purple, is all I'm saying.

    And again, forgive me, but I don't understand your argument Aestu.

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  • mimey2mimey2 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    lordhavelock wrote: »
    Mimey, is it that his power doesn't stack, or that we can only slot one Advisor?

    Both technically. You can only slot one Advisor (no other Advisor has a power as far as I know), and thus his power/ability cannot stack.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
    A mime is a terrible thing to waste
    pwlaughingtrendy wrote:
    I remain empathetic to the concerns of my community, but do me a favor and lay off the god damn name calling and petty remarks. It will get you nowhere.
    I must admit, respect points to Trendy for laying down the law like that.
  • aestuaestu Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    lordhavelock wrote: »
    And again, forgive me, but I don't understand your argument Aestu.

    The argument is simple. The fun factor of real-life exclusives is undermined by making the items have an impact on game balance.

    If Leeta were purple, her exclusive combination of traits in a purple doff would have an impact on game balance. Players who do not have Leeta would be at a disadvantage and feel compelled to get her. The doff would become a power consideration rather than purely a novelty.

    Novelties are most fun when obtained incidentally and not because one feels compelled to, and players who don't have them don't feel disadvantaged. Therefore, Leeta should be blue, so she is merely a novelty, and the fun factor is not undermined by game balance.

    Since I have one, of course I am hoping it becomes purple. For myself. =)
    From the pov of considering the game as a whole, though, I think it should stay blue.
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