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meldrithpw
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ok, lemme try this again.
When I first read the dip/marauding cap bonus of being able to recruit a member of the opposing faction, I got all excited and spent a couple months getting boffs I later learned I could not use. ok, my bad, I got it. I should have read the fine print. Still, I'd like to see the ability to get any boff from opposing faction(s).
now that I've got a few months more of play under my belt, it seems strange to me that the (limited) recruitment comes from diplomacy/marauding. Wouldn't it make more sense if a special recruitment ability came from the recruitment ladder? yes, I know it takes longer to cap out recruitment, but that's kind of the point--but when it IS capped out, you should be able to slot any boffs--finishing this ladder should unlock faction specific Cstore races as well, allowing me to get that human Borg to add to my all borg crew....
Diplomacy/marauding meanwhile unlocks space zones when you hit tier 3, why not have tier 4 unlock faction specific ground zones?
and I still think the other cxp ladders should cap out with other non-doff bonuses, such as military giving a slight dmg bonus, espionage giving a stealth bonus, etc.
When I first read the dip/marauding cap bonus of being able to recruit a member of the opposing faction, I got all excited and spent a couple months getting boffs I later learned I could not use. ok, my bad, I got it. I should have read the fine print. Still, I'd like to see the ability to get any boff from opposing faction(s).
now that I've got a few months more of play under my belt, it seems strange to me that the (limited) recruitment comes from diplomacy/marauding. Wouldn't it make more sense if a special recruitment ability came from the recruitment ladder? yes, I know it takes longer to cap out recruitment, but that's kind of the point--but when it IS capped out, you should be able to slot any boffs--finishing this ladder should unlock faction specific Cstore races as well, allowing me to get that human Borg to add to my all borg crew....
Diplomacy/marauding meanwhile unlocks space zones when you hit tier 3, why not have tier 4 unlock faction specific ground zones?
and I still think the other cxp ladders should cap out with other non-doff bonuses, such as military giving a slight dmg bonus, espionage giving a stealth bonus, etc.
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Einstein made a very good statement about doing things again and expecting different results. Just sayin'...
General recruitment is fine for recruiting within your own faction. However, if you want to recruit a Doff from the opposing faction, then you need to need to rely on Diplomacy.
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I get opposing faction Doffs by doing the "Instigate Defection" mission in the espionage section under military.
My KDF toon has been pretty much successful recruiting traitors, but my not Fed toon which was my 1st toon, yet I recruited few traitors.
I believe my KDF toon have the following traitors:
4 Farengis - 2 Security and 2 Traders. Both are clones of each other.
2 Humans - Can't remember
2 Tellarite - Can't remember
1 Risan - Science of some sort.
I believe I have a few more, but I can't remember.
Also, it would be nice if you could unlock rare BOFF recruitment missions for the other faction's BOFF types at tier 5 diplomacy/marauding.
Maybe level 5 is in the works, maybe not.
Hmm, interesting concept, especially with the new peace accord (well okay it's a temporary cease fire, but still).
No. You go pay for it like everyone else.
Also an interesting concept.
Agreed.
It would probably take a lot of work to get the first idea implemented just due to how the game architecture is set up. The third one (ground zones) would be easier but would still require effort to convert the faction maps into all-maps, and would still depend on what Cryptic wants to do with the peace accord storyline. The last point would be the easiest to implement as they would only need to add some small stat bonuses as an unlock.
Joined January 2009
have been thinking about doing an old lady with cats alt, but with the current system, I can't get both Ferasan and Caitian boffs for her away team.....