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Boff spatula

fathom3fathom3 Member Posts: 15 Arc User
edited March 2014 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Dear Cryptic,
Can you possibly code in a new product for us? - A boff spatula?

.............so we can at least use it to pry boffs off of the inventory slot they are stuck in and maybe actually move them?

I just don't get it, so somebody help me with this one. Why can't I move any Boffs in my inventory?

What exactly are all these boffs for, anyway? You can't sell them on the exchange for anything that's even remotely worth my time to post......even though some are worth 1200 dilithium, or so it says...............even though I can't sell them..............for dilithium.........to anybody.............The best I can hope for is a few EC's. I suppose they are either intended as a practice system for learning how to dismiss/dump lock boxes from my inventory or they are intended to plug up my mail system...............me and thousands of other players who horde them waiting for a change.

I'm sorry if I missed an explanation in earlier posts, but I've been looking for 4 years now.
Seriously, what am I missing here?
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  • admrenlarreckadmrenlarreck Member Posts: 2,041 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    If you have Boffs in your inventory then your Candidate roster is full. Get rid of Boffs from there and you can move them out of inventory space.

    Im not sure how many spaces are available on the Candidate roster though.
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  • norobladnoroblad Member Posts: 2,624 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    if you have no use for them, why do you keep doing the missions to get more? Just stop doing the missions, dismiss all the junkers keeping only those with rare racial skills (space!) or harder to find trainable skills (overload 3!). Problem will solve itself if you stop doing the evaluation missions.
  • shpoksshpoks Member Posts: 6,967 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    I came here after I read the title expecting the thread to have something related to Scott Bakula. :D:P
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  • berginsbergins Member Posts: 3,453 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    admrenlarreck wrote: »
    If you have Boffs in your inventory then your Candidate roster is full. Get rid of Boffs from there and you can move them out of inventory space.

    Im not sure how many spaces are available on the Candidate roster though.

    12 spaces.

    OP: 4 years worth of BOffs? Wow...

    And putting them on the exchange, even for a couple hundred ECs isn't worth the time? It's better than a kick jn the pants...
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  • fathom3fathom3 Member Posts: 15 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    noroblad wrote: »
    if you have no use for them, why do you keep doing the missions to get more? Just stop doing the missions, dismiss all the junkers keeping only those with rare racial skills (space!) or harder to find trainable skills (overload 3!). Problem will solve itself if you stop doing the evaluation missions.

    The point I was trying to make is that we need more versatility on what we can do with them.

    Give us a better outlet to dispose of unwanted doffs.
  • alexmakepeacealexmakepeace Member Posts: 10,633 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    You can move boffs from your inventory into your boff roster by mailing them to yourself.
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  • fathom3fathom3 Member Posts: 15 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    /facepalm........
  • alexmakepeacealexmakepeace Member Posts: 10,633 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    fathom3 wrote: »
    /facepalm........
    Yes, it's dumb, but it works.

    You did ask about that, correct? How to move misplaced boffs from your inventory to the roster?
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  • bluegeekbluegeek Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    noroblad wrote: »
    if you have no use for them, why do you keep doing the missions to get more?

    Because they're usually worth Recruitment CXP that people eventually turn in for marks.

    And occasionally, a really good one drops into people's rosters that way, to sell or to keep.

    And because they're great fodder for BOFF skill retraining.

    At least those are the reasons they're clogging up my inventory :)
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  • mindshadow999mindshadow999 Member Posts: 241 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    bluegeek wrote: »
    Because they're usually worth Recruitment CXP that people eventually turn in for marks.

    And occasionally, a really good one drops into people's rosters that way, to sell or to keep.

    And because they're great fodder for BOFF skill retraining.

    At least those are the reasons they're clogging up my inventory :)

    I'm kind of assuming that at some point, the limited number of races with cool space traits will be revisited to give some of the lacking ones better space traits to work with. Since it's unlikely (though possible) they'll nerf the Romulans...

    At least that's what I tell myself when I'm too lazy to boot stray Bolians and Gorn off the bench seats.
  • azniadeetazniadeet Member Posts: 1,871 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    You can always mail them to yourself and leave them in your inbox.
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Yeah, this. Or just toss them.... If you're really never gonna use them.... most only go for a few k on exchange.
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  • eulifdaviseulifdavis Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Yeah, BOFFs in your INVENTORY was a short-lived bug from about 2 years ago. As someone already said, just mail them to yourself - they'll drop into the BOFF roster like they're supposed to.
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  • bluegeekbluegeek Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    eulifdavis wrote: »
    Yeah, BOFFs in your INVENTORY was a short-lived bug from about 2 years ago. As someone already said, just mail them to yourself - they'll drop into the BOFF roster like they're supposed to.

    Overflow from the candidate roster still goes directly to inventory.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    eulifdavis wrote: »
    Yeah, BOFFs in your INVENTORY was a short-lived bug from about 2 years ago. As someone already said, just mail them to yourself - they'll drop into the BOFF roster like they're supposed to.
    Actually... if you have an empty roster slot you can right click one and there's a move to roster button.

    Doff missions for Boff recruitment STILL dump them to inventory.
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  • badname834854badname834854 Member Posts: 1,186 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Ooh Ooh and we can call it the "Bakula Spatula" to make it all Trek-ish!
  • fathom3fathom3 Member Posts: 15 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    badname834854 wrote: »
    Ooh Ooh and we can call it the "Bakula Spatula" to make it all Trek-ish!

    Sorry. No way. Too much like new content! Lol!!!


    OK, I know all the tricks, and I just like most have a ton of Boffs sitting in the mailbox.

    My point here is this: 95% of them are USELESS for selling on the exchange. (not being able to move them on my inventory is just the icing on the firggin' cake) Instead of just tossing them out or mailing them to ourselves, how about a way to sell them or trade them in at the academy or something for EC or Dilithium. Hey, even if I got 100 dilithium or 10,000 EC or even latinum, I would be happy.

    What's wrong with starbase projects demanding them?
  • kianazerokianazero Member Posts: 247 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    fathom3 wrote: »
    What's wrong with starbase projects demanding them?

    They require white quality Boffs, and refuse green or above. And white boffs are something you rarely IF EVER get for free. So to get them you have to buy them on the exchange (they typically cost 10x the amount of a blue or purple), or buy them from the Boff store for dilithium.
  • tinkerstormtinkerstorm Member Posts: 853 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    fathom3 wrote: »
    The point I was trying to make is that we need more versatility on what we can do with them.

    Give us a better outlet to dispose of unwanted doffs.
    What we need is a fix to the broken Exchange so we can search by traits and skills.
  • stevedudemanstevedudeman Member Posts: 139 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    markhawkman wrote: »
    Actually... if you have an empty roster slot you can right click one and there's a move to roster button.

    Doff missions for Boff recruitment STILL dump them to inventory.

    ^This. No need to mail them to yourself....
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