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meldrithpw
Member Posts: 360 Arc User
I cant help but notice a large inequity in the rewards for completing the commendation ladders. Perhaps this is intentional to encourage certain behaviors, but I think it more likely that it is a simple oversight. In addition to the title and one purple doff, completing each ladder should give the character:
Diplomacy/marauding: no change
Science: Photonic Boff
Engineering: Android Boff
Military: 2 Boff slots
Exploration: 10% sensor bonus (ground and space)
Espionage: 10% stealth bonus (ground and space)
Medical: 10% regen (ground) and crew recovery (space)
Colonial: 100% increased passenger/brig capacity
Trade: Nafar shuttle (with its fancy shuttle shields)
Development/recruitment: no change
IMO development and recruitment yield their own rewards. As a slight compensation, to the increase in ENG/MIL/MED purple Holo doffs should be eliminated, though extant ones should be grandfathered in.
Diplomacy/marauding: no change
Science: Photonic Boff
Engineering: Android Boff
Military: 2 Boff slots
Exploration: 10% sensor bonus (ground and space)
Espionage: 10% stealth bonus (ground and space)
Medical: 10% regen (ground) and crew recovery (space)
Colonial: 100% increased passenger/brig capacity
Trade: Nafar shuttle (with its fancy shuttle shields)
Development/recruitment: no change
IMO development and recruitment yield their own rewards. As a slight compensation, to the increase in ENG/MIL/MED purple Holo doffs should be eliminated, though extant ones should be grandfathered in.
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Not going to happen. The Android boff is an exclusive reward for Lifetimers/X-Days Subs. Boff slots are a premium C-Store item, so they won't just give them away - ditto that for your suggestion at adding the Photonic Boff as a reward. And the Na'Far is a lobi ship, and it's only being given away via Arc at the moment to bribe people into using it.
Perhaps. But when it comes down to it, most Commendations already give away Doffs when you rank up, so I suspect you'll find that Cryptic classes those as the rewards.
At the end of the day, boff slots, powers etc. might happen. The Boffs - especially the android boff - are almost definetly off the table though.
The holo doffs are fine, the "free boffs" and "free boff slots" would go against Cryptic's marketing and sales metrics. And Diplomacy/Marauding's benefits aren't even implemented fully (after four years).
A long time? You haven't been to the Dyson sphere have you? Where they dump 2,000 points on non-critting assignments and 10,000+ points on crits.
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I do recall recent talk about adding a new tier to the commendation system, and I feel like it was coming from a reliable source. Can anyone else confirm this? If so, what do you think you'd like to see for rewards? Unique BOffs would be cool for some, like in the current Diplo reward.
EDIT: Woot! Found it! Erm... under "Undetermined Release" and with reference links that appear to be dead, maybe because of Forum Updates?
I wouldn't say there's a "large inequality" in the commendation rewards considering that the majority of them plain don't have a "reward" at all aside from 4 free doffs. It's a small inequality at best although I do wish there were additional perks for completing each category. Rare Boffs and anything premium from the c-store or lobi store won't happen. It will hurt Cryptic's bottom line more than the hypothetical investments a player might make elsewhere along the line. At most some stat bonuses would be nice like the small boosts from the damage accolades, or a commodity discount, or passive regen.
Joined January 2009
They are quickly going to run out of BOff slots and need to either make a cut or get more BOff slots. Sounds like an opportunity to sell slots, to me.
It is much easier to dismiss a BOff I know I can buy a dozen of for cheap on the exchange than one I've spent zen on or have to wait months 'til the next FE rerun to reclaim. Not to mention the only way to get the Diplo Reward BOff again is to spend obscene amounts of ECs.