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Human Captain - Human Boff's Traits

warpcore#6887 warpcore
warpcore#6887
 Member Posts: 32 Arc User
edited September 2013 in Federation Discussion
Hi All

I want to roll a Fed Engineer > Cruiser captain :cool:

Thoughts were with human captain > human crew or maybe one borg crew for efficiency

Does leadership traits stack > or is it best all efficiency crew - alien captain etc


Returning player from a long, long time ago, in a galaxy far far, err sorry wrong Star

So I don't really have a clue what i'm doing or what's the best practice now a days :eek:

Cheers all
"One of the advantages of being a Captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it."....... James T. Kirk
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  • dknight0001dknight0001 Member Posts: 1,542
    edited September 2013
    I believe the right traits, skills and Boff abilities are more important than which race you pick.

    Also we now have 8 traits (9 for aliens) so there's a lot more options.

    If you want the most power possible, Roll a Romulan/Reman. If you want a theme roll it and you'll be fine for 99% of the game.
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  • warpcore#6887 warpcore
    warpcore#6887
         Member Posts: 32 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Thanks for reply..

    Anyone shed more light on these questions for me?


    Human Engineer Captain - all human crew for Fed Cruiser still a good choice?

    Or is it best all efficiency crew - Alien captain - alien / borg crew etc
    "One of the advantages of being a Captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it."....... James T. Kirk
  • dustrethdustreth Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    First of all leadership trait on BOFFs does not stack anymore, but the extra hull repair rate is always handy.

    Second all borg crew is not possible, only one is allowed to be active on your ship: http://sto.gamepedia.com/Bridge_officer#Borg and the borg one from assimilated acco you also can have once.

    However Saurians with efficency traits are stackable.

    On a side note, the romulans you can get from your embassy (blue male tac for best stats) are still stackable. i'm refuring to the http://sto.gamepedia.com/Trait:_Romulan_Operative/boff trait: the critical chance and severity stats are stackable.

    my advice:

    1 human, 1 or 2 romms and rest saurians.
  • hereticknight085hereticknight085 Member Posts: 3,783 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    The only stacks you get from leadership will be if you have a human captain and it will stack with ONE human BOff. Past that, nope. So ironically the current optimal fed human crew is 1 human, 2 blue tac rommies from embassy, 2 saurians with efficient (can sub out one of them for the borg officer from the C-store).
    It is said the best weapon is one that is never fired. I disagree. The best weapon is one you only have to fire... once. B)
  • rodentmasterrodentmaster Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    My question is: Say you have a boff with that trait....

    Does this boff NEED to be in an active skill slot for your ship, or simply having them on the roster will give you this benefit?

    Because I have different boffs for my ship boff slots vs my away team... What if the skill I'd like is on the away team boff, or even on a boff that's currently not slotted in either place? Do I still benefit from that boff? They are part of my crew, are they not?
  • chilleechillee Member Posts: 176 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Needs to be an active BO... not merely on the roster. I have 350+ BOs... trust me, it doesn't work that way.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • rodentmasterrodentmaster Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    I don't mean in the list on the right side, I mean in the list on the left side. I can customize their appearance, load them out, etc... They aren't "waiting to be used" or anything. I just haven't chosen them specifically for one of my ship's boff slots or my away team.
  • tinkerstormtinkerstorm Member Posts: 853 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    I still get hull repair rate stacking from multiple human boffs. No sympathy for those who think otherwise.
  • wjeremy16wjeremy16 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    dustreth wrote: »
    First of all leadership trait on BOFFs does not stack anymore, but the extra hull repair rate is always handy.

    Second all borg crew is not possible, only one is allowed to be active on your ship: http://sto.gamepedia.com/Bridge_officer#Borg and the borg one from assimilated acco you also can have once.

    However Saurians with efficency traits are stackable.

    On a side note, the romulans you can get from your embassy (blue male tac for best stats) are still stackable. i'm refuring to the http://sto.gamepedia.com/Trait:_Romulan_Operative/boff trait: the critical chance and severity stats are stackable.

    my advice:

    1 human, 1 or 2 romms and rest saurians.

    On my liberated borg Romulan I have slotted the tac borg reman and the human borg engineer. and I get all bonuses from those. pretty sure if I got the lobi for it I could use the sci borg as well.
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