I'm disappointed for sure, but not overly upset as I have him on other toons. But I think if they're going to start killing off our Purple DOFFs during assignments now, then we should be allowed to re-acquire them.
What mission did you send "Law" on that resulted in his death?
What mission did you send "Law" on that resulted in his death?
To be honest, I can't remember. It's been awhile. At the time, though I was surprised with him being a Purple DOFF, I wasn't overly worried because I thought I could just earn him again from the mission. When I was unable to earn him again, that's when I got upset about losing him. If I had a way of recalling which mission, though, I'd gladly share that info. These days, I'm more careful about who I send on what missions.
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To be honest, I can't remember. ... If I had a way of recalling which mission, though, I'd gladly share that info.
There is a log of past missions in the DOff interface - IIRC it is one of the choices on the left side. I'm not sure if it gets cleared at some point or if missions over a certain age fall off the list - I've never used it to look up a mission result older than a month or two.
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This assignment requires a Security Officer to be slotted, which William Shakespeare is not (he's a Quartermaster - Operations Dept).
So... I dunno what the heck is going on here. Is this picture legit?
Bort i can confirm that this doff mission n few security missions under department heads let u use other doff in the 1st slot that is not wot it says it requires. Cheack the ones that give 50 or more dill out
I lost my "Law" on an assignment. I was shocked because I thought Purple DOFFs couldn't be killed/lost during an assignment, just White DOFFs. I was even more distraught when I learned that replaying the Episode didn't reward me with a new "Law", so apparently he's gone for good.
I know it's possible to lose Very Rare doffs on a mission, but aren't the Bound ones supposed to be impossible to kill in an assignment?
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I know it's possible to lose Very Rare doffs on a mission, but aren't the Bound ones supposed to be impossible to kill in an assignment?
<Race Name> Officer Exchange, Turn Over Changeling Spy to Starfleet, Execute for Incompetence, Execute Mutineers, and Execute Changeling Spy are just a few examples where very rare quality duty officers may perish.
This assignment requires a Security Officer to be slotted, which William Shakespeare is not (he's a Quartermaster - Operations Dept).
So... I dunno what the heck is going on here. Is this picture legit?
This is probably something different, or maybe it is related - but I actually have a few Systems Engineer on my Romulan character that are classied as Science, not Engineering. And there is a bunch of DOFF missions in the Dyson Sphere zone that gain success bonuses by slotting particularly security officers, but require tactical officers in the first 2 or 3 slots.
Maybe something is getting ... glitchy? I originally figured it would be the way the missions were designed and someone just screwed up, typing Tactical where Security should have been used. And William Shakespear should not have changed considering how long those missions have been around. But maybe something is wrong with the tools you use to create missions and DOFFs? 1
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This is probably something different, or maybe it is related - but I actually have a few Systems Engineer on my Romulan character that are classied as Science, not Engineering. And there is a bunch of DOFF missions in the Dyson Sphere zone that gain success bonuses by slotting particularly security officers, but require tactical officers in the first 2 or 3 slots.
Maybe something is getting ... glitchy? I originally figured it would be the way the missions were designed and someone just screwed up, typing Tactical where Security should have been used. And William Shakespear should not have changed considering how long those missions have been around. But maybe something is wrong with the tools you use to create missions and DOFFs? 1
Some duty officer assignments require a specific officer type while other officer assignments may use any officer, but receive a success bonus if the correct profession is used on the assignment.
Some duty officer assignments require a specific officer type while other officer assignments may use any officer, but receive a success bonus if the correct profession is used on the assignment.
To clarify, the scenario I talk about is like this (I believe the mission is called something like "Training against Voth Ground Forces":
The mission requires that I slot a tactical officer in a particular slot, and by require I mean I canonly slot duty officers of the tactical branch. But it says a officer from the security branch would grant me a success bonus.
That doesn't make any sense to me. Even if the fiction is supposed to suggest that I train people that are not specialized on ground combat (which I don't think, because then there needs to be no limit to Tactical Officers, it could also list engineering, operation or science as available branches), why list an impossible to full condition for success?
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<Race Name> Officer Exchange, Turn Over Changeling Spy to Starfleet, Execute for Incompetence, Execute Mutineers, and Execute Changeling Spy are just a few examples where very rare quality duty officers may perish.
What I mean is that even in Casualty Risk:Extreme missions you shouldn't be losing a doff that is Bound... unless it's one like you listed that automatically "kills" the doff in exchange for another doff, EC's, dilithium, commodities, etc. Those tyes of missions explicitly state that the doff will be lost in bold red letters, so it's kind of a given.
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That and you should get no rewards on a failure...
You can, however, have doffs injured or even killed on a success... it's rare, and only commons are supposed to be mortal (excepting assignments that always remove the doff).
Some duty officer assignments require a specific officer type while other officer assignments may use any officer, but receive a success bonus if the correct profession is used on the assignment.
My favorite Mission is the creation of Warpcores. M&A specialists are needed for success for all 4 slots, but slot 3 + 4 are science only.
Normally when a trait is needed, the profession is irrelevant.
It says failure but it lists the standard rewards (not even modified by the quality of the doff), the danger level is extreme instead of low, and its ops in a sec mission...
It says failure but it lists the standard rewards (not even modified by the quality of the doff), the danger level is extreme instead of low, and its ops in a sec mission...
Occasionally the success and reward text for assignments will blend between different ones.
This assignment requires a Security Officer to be slotted, which William Shakespeare is not (he's a Quartermaster - Operations Dept).
So... I dunno what the heck is going on here. Is this picture legit?
That seems like an awful lot of effort to photoshop a screenshot for something so relatively trivial.
Then again, I've also been insta-vaped by Donatra as soon as she decloaked in KASE when you said it was impossible for her to do so -- so I'm actually going to give OP a fair shake and say that maybe that screenshot is legit.
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This assignment requires a Security Officer to be slotted, which William Shakespeare is not (he's a Quartermaster - Operations Dept).
So... I dunno what the heck is going on here. Is this picture legit?
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What mission did you send "Law" on that resulted in his death?
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To be honest, I can't remember. It's been awhile. At the time, though I was surprised with him being a Purple DOFF, I wasn't overly worried because I thought I could just earn him again from the mission. When I was unable to earn him again, that's when I got upset about losing him. If I had a way of recalling which mission, though, I'd gladly share that info. These days, I'm more careful about who I send on what missions.
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You cannot slot William Shakespeare in this mission - it only accepts Security Personnel. He is Operations.
It should also say something like "1 lost" in the sidebar summary.
Bort i can confirm that this doff mission n few security missions under department heads let u use other doff in the 1st slot that is not wot it says it requires. Cheack the ones that give 50 or more dill out
I know it's possible to lose Very Rare doffs on a mission, but aren't the Bound ones supposed to be impossible to kill in an assignment?
<Race Name> Officer Exchange, Turn Over Changeling Spy to Starfleet, Execute for Incompetence, Execute Mutineers, and Execute Changeling Spy are just a few examples where very rare quality duty officers may perish.
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Real join date: March 2012 / PvP Veteran since May 2012 (Ground and Space)
Maybe something is getting ... glitchy? I originally figured it would be the way the missions were designed and someone just screwed up, typing Tactical where Security should have been used. And William Shakespear should not have changed considering how long those missions have been around. But maybe something is wrong with the tools you use to create missions and DOFFs? 1
Some duty officer assignments require a specific officer type while other officer assignments may use any officer, but receive a success bonus if the correct profession is used on the assignment.
--->Ground Combat General Bugs Directory
Real join date: March 2012 / PvP Veteran since May 2012 (Ground and Space)
To clarify, the scenario I talk about is like this (I believe the mission is called something like "Training against Voth Ground Forces":
The mission requires that I slot a tactical officer in a particular slot, and by require I mean I canonly slot duty officers of the tactical branch. But it says a officer from the security branch would grant me a success bonus.
That doesn't make any sense to me. Even if the fiction is supposed to suggest that I train people that are not specialized on ground combat (which I don't think, because then there needs to be no limit to Tactical Officers, it could also list engineering, operation or science as available branches), why list an impossible to full condition for success?
What I mean is that even in Casualty Risk: Extreme missions you shouldn't be losing a doff that is Bound... unless it's one like you listed that automatically "kills" the doff in exchange for another doff, EC's, dilithium, commodities, etc. Those tyes of missions explicitly state that the doff will be lost in bold red letters, so it's kind of a given.
That and you should get no rewards on a failure...
But here's my frequency, so hail me maybe?
You can, however, have doffs injured or even killed on a success... it's rare, and only commons are supposed to be mortal (excepting assignments that always remove the doff).
My favorite Mission is the creation of Warpcores. M&A specialists are needed for success for all 4 slots, but slot 3 + 4 are science only.
Normally when a trait is needed, the profession is irrelevant.
It says failure but it lists the standard rewards (not even modified by the quality of the doff), the danger level is extreme instead of low, and its ops in a sec mission...
Occasionally the success and reward text for assignments will blend between different ones.
Now if the mission was one that shows 'Assigned Duty Officers will be lost in this mission' yeah, then you lost your Willie.
That seems like an awful lot of effort to photoshop a screenshot for something so relatively trivial.
Then again, I've also been insta-vaped by Donatra as soon as she decloaked in KASE when you said it was impossible for her to do so -- so I'm actually going to give OP a fair shake and say that maybe that screenshot is legit.