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Universal BO slot

captaintk17captaintk17 Member Posts: 12 Arc User
edited October 2014 in The Academy
If a ship has a universal bridge officer slot, why can't Intelligence boffs use their powers in it?
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  • tenkaritenkari Member Posts: 2,906 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    captaintk17 wrote: »
    If a ship has a universal bridge officer slot, why can't Intelligence boffs use their powers in it?

    because they are only universal to the standard Tac/sci/eng careers. intelligence powers arent class specific, so they had to set them up differently so they dont work in uni slots. Intel pwoers are only supposed to work in intel hybrid seats.
  • lan451lan451 Member Posts: 3,386 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    tenkari wrote: »
    because they are only universal to the standard Tac/sci/eng careers. intelligence powers arent class specific, so they had to set them up differently so they dont work in uni slots. Intel pwoers are only supposed to work in intel hybrid seats.

    This.

    Also they want you to buy new ships to play around with the new powers. If uni slots could use intel powers, then the appeal of the new ships would be greatly diminished. They wouldn't profit as much as people would just use their old ships. It kind of sucks, but that's how it is.
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  • mightybobcncmightybobcnc Member Posts: 3,354 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    Because Cryptic's definition of "universal" and the actual definition of "universal" are two entirely different things. As is their definition of "infinity" and the rest of the world's definition of "infinity."
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  • tyberius73tyberius73 Member Posts: 8 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    So the 700 ZEN I just paid for my main ship upgrade is pointless, because I cannot utilize an Intel officer unless I buy a brand new ship?! :rolleyes:
  • gavinrunebladegavinruneblade Member Posts: 3,894 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    tyberius73 wrote: »
    So the 700 ZEN I just paid for my main ship upgrade is pointless, because I cannot utilize an Intel officer unless I buy a brand new ship?! :rolleyes:

    Not useless, but it doesn't get you a hybrid slot either. The t6 ships are good, but for example the highest damage non romulan ship in the game is a xindi narcenne carrier, which is t5u, not t6. So, not useless.

    Universal refers only to the profession of the officer (eng, sci, TAC). But intelligence is a specialization. Currently the only one but they will release more. To use a specialization you need a hybrid seat. The current t6 ships have one or two hybrid intelligence seats, so they are the only option.

    But your intelligence officer still has access to all of their usual powers like any other boff of their profession, so you can still use them. Most intelligence officers also have space traits that make your ship work better.

    Fyi, when new specializations become available the intelligence ships won't be able to use them.
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