There is no current point to department heads...not even for RP. And to have all their doff missions funneled into current map/personal would be fan-flipping-tastic.
Cheers and thank you for reading/possible consideration
Agreed, the new interface puts a barrier between you and them anyway by sticking them behind an extra click. If the goal was streamlining the doff system then current map missions should at least include the department missions in the current map too.
No, hard enough to find the missions I want now w/ the new interface. Leave the separations. What Cryptic needs to do is have a NEW section that shows you, in frequency order, the missions you do the most so we don't have to hunt for the ones that have the high payout!
Given the limitations of the new UI I'd rather see everything moved to the department heads than the other way around. Not interested in scrolling to death to find anything.
Given the limitations of the new UI I'd rather see everything moved to the department heads than the other way around. Not interested in scrolling to death to find anything.
i second this everything should go through both dept heads and in ship interiors ... this would be so much better then all these open screens . gets to crazy
Agreed, the new interface puts a barrier between you and them anyway by sticking them behind an extra click. If the goal was streamlining the doff system then current map missions should at least include the department missions in the current map too.
as far as I remember, they've just moved the Department Heads tab from the top of the interface to the side of the interface. same number of clicks as before...
I think I might like to see the missions all under the department headsbut then I'd like to see more department heads so that things like science and exploration are two different departments, tactical would be just military, espionage under intelligence... etc.
No thank you. I like the department heads. it could do with going back on to the top bar but geko said they were still arranging things so it probably will move.
i see no reason to take it out. it helps you quickly focus on one category if you need it, and usually has some good assignments.
The new doff system is already too bad, dont remove the department heads.. besides, people forget that you can get extra assignments just searching for each of the department heads. For example, in a KDF, the marauding department head is essential since it will show you sometimes marauding assignments not available in the general tab. If they remove department heads, they will need to move those assignments to the general tab and i dont think they will succeed.. , we already lost a lot of assignments in the star clusters.. im afraid, the more they gonna touch it, the worst will be...
Yes. they should go. As a new player, I often get lost in the Dept. Head UI and can't find my way out. I also have limited hard drive space and fear the Dept. Head part of doffing is taking up too much space on my local drive. Thus, It has got to go.
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I like the Department Heads, as they add more DOff assignments to choose from. Although Security and Tactical are kinda redundant since both have the same Espionage assignments. I do like that they moved the Department Heads button to be with the Sector and Personal buttons for easier access than in the previous UI. Also... Department Heads to make sense, as you're a Captain. They cover specific fields and come up with assignments for the Captain to consider.
Guys, guys, guys...im not wsaying remove the doff missions the provide but move the lists to under current map and personal. Better workflow that way
In theory I like the idea.
In reality we are still missing several old doff missions from the colonial clusters because you cannot use department heads with them. Such as the 6h 'raid X' KDF missions.
I don't want to loose any more of the good doff missions. Nor do I want to be forced to fly to twenty different locations to find good doff missions.
There is no current point to department heads...not even for RP. And to have all their doff missions funneled into current map/personal would be fan-flipping-tastic.
Cheers and thank you for reading/possible consideration
Jesus wept no, the game is already constantly in danger of having all the "flavour" drained out of it and made more and more bland and generic, and more clickie-throughey.
The end result of where you're going is this, but with spaceships.
I appointed my effing department heads for good reasons, I like them and I trust them because we've been through a lot together.
as far as I remember, they've just moved the Department Heads tab from the top of the interface to the side of the interface. same number of clicks as before...
I think I might like to see the missions all under the department headsbut then I'd like to see more department heads so that things like science and exploration are two different departments, tactical would be just military, espionage under intelligence... etc.
Oops, you're right I was mistaken. In that case I withdraw my support, as it is they help to categorize the barrage of missions we're given. As others have said, less fits on my screen, with too many details up front, we'd scroll endlessly if it was all in current.
Picture the medical department head and the current populated list.
Now imagine a new sub category on the "current map" window named "medical."
This new subcategory named "medical" has all the doffing assignments that the department head would of had. And the medical department head is now gone
Now imagine the same thing happening to the rest of the department heads and their lists...
If department heads truly reset faster (i thought each assignment had its own cd) then i can see the con of the idea.
What is so wrong about removing steps to streamline doffing?
Being on current map/personal and opening the replicator doesn't cause a the window to close and you dont need to cycle through the heads anymore...because they would all be on the current map
There are people that actually have sentimental value as assigning a portrait to a "department head" slot? it doesn't do anything besides unlock the missions
Sorry for not stating the whole encompassing idea...
no there is a RP point to them they are the department heads i assigned.
the first officer? that is the First officer i RP it is also the first Boff that character got way back int he old tutorial where you had a choice of your first boff. she is also based on an old pen and paper star trek RPG we ran (all my Boffs are)
so on and so forth i use it to keep track of who i have assigned as my department heads form character to character just because you see no point does not mean it is the same for all
Given the limitations of the new UI I'd rather see everything moved to the department heads than the other way around. Not interested in scrolling to death to find anything.
as far as I remember, they've just moved the Department Heads tab from the top of the interface to the side of the interface. same number of clicks as before...
I think I might like to see the missions all under the department headsbut then I'd like to see more department heads so that things like science and exploration are two different departments, tactical would be just military, espionage under intelligence... etc.
People need to be able to exaggerate their problems with the new system. Otherwise it wont look so bad to everyone else.
It's currently the best way to find assignments in certain categories that efficiently grant CXP when you're trying to focus on one commendation.
The way the DOFF system works (or worked), pushing all of the assignments into one list would actually make it less likely that the assignment you want will pop up.
That said, I wish Dept Heads had more functionality, not less.
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As bluegeek said I would like to see more functionality in the department heads.
As it stands I am happy with the current department head system in how it gets me to the project lists that I want though.
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i second this everything should go through both dept heads and in ship interiors ... this would be so much better then all these open screens . gets to crazy
as far as I remember, they've just moved the Department Heads tab from the top of the interface to the side of the interface. same number of clicks as before...
I think I might like to see the missions all under the department headsbut then I'd like to see more department heads so that things like science and exploration are two different departments, tactical would be just military, espionage under intelligence... etc.
i see no reason to take it out. it helps you quickly focus on one category if you need it, and usually has some good assignments.
Guys, guys, guys...im not wsaying remove the doff missions the provide but move the lists to under current map and personal. Better workflow that way
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In a way its not just a DOff thing, its imersion.
But the access to the secondary DOFF missions should not be touched.
In theory I like the idea.
In reality we are still missing several old doff missions from the colonial clusters because you cannot use department heads with them. Such as the 6h 'raid X' KDF missions.
I don't want to loose any more of the good doff missions. Nor do I want to be forced to fly to twenty different locations to find good doff missions.
Jesus wept no, the game is already constantly in danger of having all the "flavour" drained out of it and made more and more bland and generic, and more clickie-throughey.
The end result of where you're going is this, but with spaceships.
I appointed my effing department heads for good reasons, I like them and I trust them because we've been through a lot together.
Oops, you're right I was mistaken. In that case I withdraw my support, as it is they help to categorize the barrage of missions we're given. As others have said, less fits on my screen, with too many details up front, we'd scroll endlessly if it was all in current.
Here's a scenario...
Picture the medical department head and the current populated list.
Now imagine a new sub category on the "current map" window named "medical."
This new subcategory named "medical" has all the doffing assignments that the department head would of had. And the medical department head is now gone
Now imagine the same thing happening to the rest of the department heads and their lists...
If department heads truly reset faster (i thought each assignment had its own cd) then i can see the con of the idea.
What is so wrong about removing steps to streamline doffing?
Being on current map/personal and opening the replicator doesn't cause a the window to close and you dont need to cycle through the heads anymore...because they would all be on the current map
There are people that actually have sentimental value as assigning a portrait to a "department head" slot? it doesn't do anything besides unlock the missions
Sorry for not stating the whole encompassing idea...
Let's write the idea off as a failure
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the first officer? that is the First officer i RP it is also the first Boff that character got way back int he old tutorial where you had a choice of your first boff. she is also based on an old pen and paper star trek RPG we ran (all my Boffs are)
so on and so forth i use it to keep track of who i have assigned as my department heads form character to character just because you see no point does not mean it is the same for all
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People need to be able to exaggerate their problems with the new system. Otherwise it wont look so bad to everyone else.
The way the DOFF system works (or worked), pushing all of the assignments into one list would actually make it less likely that the assignment you want will pop up.
That said, I wish Dept Heads had more functionality, not less.
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As it stands I am happy with the current department head system in how it gets me to the project lists that I want though.
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