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Junior Officer Weekend Event (Now Ended)

pwlaughingtrendypwlaughingtrendy Member Posts: 2,966 Arc User
edited November 2014 in Galactic News Network [PC]
To those junior officers who work tirelessly in cramped Jefferies Tubes, perish namelessly on away missions, or provide the endless streams of reports and analysis necessary for a starship to function – this event is dedicated to you!

Check out our blog about the weekend event here.

~LaughingTrendy
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  • dheffernandheffernan Member Posts: 93 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    I haven't used the DOFF system for anything but the occasional dilithium mining or contraband turn-in since the horrifyingly bad changes to the interface were made.

    When I don't have to turn off every. single. career. filter. to find the DOFFs I'm looking for I'll consider using the system again.
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  • mav75mav75 Member Posts: 113 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Is the Romulan faction doff now fixed or was it dropped?
  • kazabokkazabok Member Posts: 230 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    mav75 wrote: »
    Is the Romulan faction doff now fixed or was it dropped?
    It was dropped.
  • trelane87trelane87 Member Posts: 242 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    dheffernan wrote: »
    I haven't used the DOFF system for anything but the occasional dilithium mining or contraband turn-in since the horrifyingly bad changes to the interface were made.

    When I don't have to turn off every. single. career. filter. to find the DOFFs I'm looking for I'll consider using the system again.

    Ever since the 'revamp' the doff system has been a mess. It was ok for awhile until they added the completion timegate for assignment turn ins. I'm definitely not as passionate about doffing as I was, and I'm waiting for the inevitable extreme monetization of the doff system like we've seen with other parts of the game. :(
  • hyplhypl Member Posts: 3,719 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Didn't we just have one of these? :confused:
    HyperLimited - UNUSED ROMULAN NOTIFICATIONS
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  • jorumgandrjorumgandr Member Posts: 142 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Sad face, Why can't the romulans have their own special doff for this event? We know its in the system, its there, just pop it out already!
  • captainmal3captainmal3 Member Posts: 436 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Well I still have commendation categories to fill so this is nice enough. Got the exocomp last time though.

    Also why didn't this show up in the dev tracker?






    This forum requires that you wait 300 seconds between posts. Please try again in 77 seconds. This is so ridiculous.
  • captainsucrecaptainsucre Member Posts: 62 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    trelane87 wrote: »
    Ever since the 'revamp' the doff system has been a mess. It was ok for awhile until they added the completion timegate for assignment turn ins. I'm definitely not as passionate about doffing as I was, and I'm waiting for the inevitable extreme monetization of the doff system like we've seen with other parts of the game. :(

    Can we get someone from Cryptic to address this five to ten second "timegate" for a single doff assignment to complete?

    How about someone from Cryptic even acknowledge that this is a problem? Otherwise, I'm assuming that this "timegate" is intentional to keep players from benefiting from the doff system too much.
  • huntingdon1701huntingdon1701 Member Posts: 155 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    excellent. I got a purple technician last time and made a fortune.
  • architect13architect13 Member Posts: 1,076 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    This would go well with a duty officer roster spot sale.
    Have you tried the new forum on your phone?
  • adamofnodadamofnod Member Posts: 78 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    I'd really like to get T'ress to join my crew.
    Can someone tell me where I can find Commander Rojal?
    I was told he was next to the Security Officer in New Romulus Command, but... :confused:
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  • ddesjardinsddesjardins Member Posts: 3,056 Media Corps
    edited November 2014
    pwlaughingtrendy wrote: »
    To those junior officers who work tirelessly in cramped Jefferies Tubes, perish namelessly on away missions, or provide the endless streams of reports and analysis necessary for a starship to function – this event is dedicated to you!

    Check out our blog about the weekend event here.

    ~LaughingTrendy

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  • tcgrandpa#3038 tcgrandpa
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    edited November 2014
    architect13 wrote: »
    This would go well with a duty officer roster spot sale.

    yes we need a service sale so bad, inv, doff slots, bank slots, account bank, all the new stuff from the new expansion needs some place to go.
  • breadandcircusesbreadandcircuses Member Posts: 2,355 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    dheffernan wrote: »
    I haven't used the DOFF system for anything but the occasional dilithium mining or contraband turn-in since the horrifyingly bad changes to the interface were made.

    When I don't have to turn off every. single. career. filter. to find the DOFFs I'm looking for I'll consider using the system again.
    trelane87 wrote: »
    Ever since the 'revamp' the doff system has been a mess. It was ok for awhile until they added the completion timegate for assignment turn ins. I'm definitely not as passionate about doffing as I was, and I'm waiting for the inevitable extreme monetization of the doff system like we've seen with other parts of the game. :(

    You're still thinking of the old paradigm, where you actually cared about doffing... just let the system auto-fill and run nothing but the assignments that provide crafting materials, Prisoners, Colonists, or have a #/#. If you were actually interested in doffing as a mini-game, the new system is a loss, but it still has its uses.

    That said, everything about the old system was better. :P

    As far as the weekend... the last one I ran I did once. Just once. It ate up all of my traces and gave me... nothing. So I went back to my normal activities... I think I'll stick with Mirror Invasion this time. ;)
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  • thlaylierahthlaylierah Member Posts: 2,987 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    I'm sure that directions as to where the Federation duty officer contact is in the happy mess that's ESD wouldn't go unappreciated.
  • tinead51tinead51 Member Posts: 449 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Awesome. Another t**d polishing weekend bonanza. :o
  • architect13architect13 Member Posts: 1,076 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    breadandcircuses wrote: »
    That said, everything about the old system was better. :P

    As far as the weekend... the last one I ran I did once. Just once. It ate up all of my traces and gave me... nothing. So I went back to my normal activities... I think I'll stick with Mirror Invasion this time. ;)

    This. All my toons have the special vr duty officer and you only get one. I am also not chasing a glowing ball around for hours.
    Have you tried the new forum on your phone?
  • wayofderawayofdera Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Would have preferred a Zen promo for the weekend. That would have been great for upgrading purposes.
  • synister247synister247 Member Posts: 46 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    pwlaughingtrendy wrote: »
    To those junior officers who work tirelessly in cramped Jefferies Tubes, perish namelessly on away missions, or provide the endless streams of reports and analysis necessary for a starship to function – this event is dedicated to you!

    Check out our blog about the weekend event here.

    ~LaughingTrendy

    cramped JTs? away missions? streams of analysis? to....keep a starship functioning? I've discovered more sitting on my toilet thinking, than I have sitting at my desk.

    :mad:SO, An 'event' for the average joe nobody working 9 to 5, eh? Nice. How about YOU treat Me to Starbucks for once? Instead of leaving me to 'F'ail with my PC whenever YOU 'have a headache'. News Flash: consider the fuse 'lit' and safe-tease off. Periods normally occur at the end of a sentence, right? How long is the old ball & chain these days? Game on, as expected. Puys.:rolleyes: thanks, Laughing Trendy (seriously).

    Nice Commercial, btw. But, no ty. I don't need/want more 'free' Bonus Commendation XP. IIRC, that's how I ended up with a LTS. [the biggest...] Time to keep walking.

    End Rant.
  • architect13architect13 Member Posts: 1,076 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    wayofdera wrote: »
    Would have preferred a Zen promo for the weekend. That would have been great for upgrading purposes.

    How about a bonus XP weekend . . . so instead of 4XP for killing a ship, I get 6!
    Have you tried the new forum on your phone?
  • trelane87trelane87 Member Posts: 242 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    architect13 wrote: »
    This. All my toons have the special vr duty officer and you only get one. I am also not chasing a glowing ball around for hours.

    Plus VR doffs are fairly cheap at the moment on the exchange, it's not like the VR doff boxes drop any 30-40mil ec doffs :rolleyes:
  • rakija879rakija879 Member Posts: 646 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    I remember this one!
    Scanning particle trace ..... FAILLLLLL....
    Try again :P:P:P
  • abfabfleetabfabfleet Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    TRENDAaaaAAAAYYYYyyyyy! Thanks for the update! :D
  • pupibirdpupibird Member Posts: 128 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    With the doff system being as slow as it is these days it is no longer fun to use it..before that I logged in at least 3 times a day to see what my crew does, but now maybe 2-3 times a week. The timegate was one of cryptics worst ideas and it is starting to kill the rest of my fun. So this time I am out!:mad:
  • thatcursedwolfthatcursedwolf Member Posts: 1,617 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    pupibird wrote: »
    With the doff system being as slow as it is these days it is no longer fun to use it..before that I logged in at least 3 times a day to see what my crew does, but now maybe 2-3 times a week. The timegate was one of cryptics worst ideas and it is starting to kill the rest of my fun. So this time I am out!:mad:

    I *used* to check the Doffs on all my captains that had them. Now with the two minutes of nothing per captain, just one.

    I *used* to play a lot of captains, now I can only afford one.

    I *used* to have multiple gear sets per ship, now I can only afford one, and I better like it because I can't afford to change it.

    Hmm, I also used to fly a lot of ships, now I can only afford the free upgrade ones, I'm seeing a pattern here.
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  • gavinrunebladegavinruneblade Member Posts: 3,894 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    @trendy, thanks for the free stuff I have a couple of new captains who could use the special doffs.

    adamofnod wrote: »
    I'd really like to get T'ress to join my crew.
    Can someone tell me where I can find Commander Rojal?
    I was told he was next to the Security Officer in New Romulus Command, but... :confused:

    Commander Rojal Was dropped last time so romulans didn't get to participate. From the blog it is unclear if we will get him this time, or not.

    captainsucre wrote: »
    Can we get someone from Cryptic to address this five to ten second "timegate" for a single doff assignment to complete?

    How about someone from Cryptic even acknowledge that this is a problem? Otherwise, I'm assuming that this "timegate" is intentional to keep players from benefiting from the doff system too much.
    the official word is that it is a fix to a bug keeping some kdf missions from completing or being deletable. End result was several captains had doff slots become useless. This "fixed" the issue. Nevertheless, it totally sucks.
  • tigerariestigeraries Member Posts: 3,492 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    mav75 wrote: »
    Is the Romulan faction doff now fixed or was it dropped?

    The issue was resolved and fixed by Cryptic's usual high standards... it was dropped and discarded.
  • damiendarkcastdamiendarkcast Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Ok so where do Fed side romulans get the doff?
  • monkeybone13monkeybone13 Member Posts: 4,640 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    gavinruneblade wrote: »
    @trendy, thanks for the free stuff I have a couple of new captains who could use the special doffs.




    Commander Rojal Was dropped last time so romulans didn't get to participate. From the blog it is unclear if we will get him this time, or not.


    the official word is that it is a fix to a bug keeping some kdf missions from completing or being deletable. End result was several captains had doff slots become useless. This "fixed" the issue. Nevertheless, it totally sucks.

    I believe the answer is no. The blog is very clear that romulans get their allied doffs from the event (exocomp or reman). Romulans did get to participate. Just go to your faction's academy and talk to the contact to get their special doff. For my reman allied with fed I have the exocomp and my romulan allied with KDF has the reman doff. I got them 2 events ago when the broken mission to get a lib borg romulan version was available.

    This is what Captain Smirk said the last time this event ran http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=18636201&postcount=53
    Your Special DOffs from the Junior Officer Appreciation event...

    Feds get the Exocomp
    KDF get the Reman

    Both of whom you can obtain from the event contact at their Faction's respective Academies.

    As far as the Romulan DOff, as many of you have seen from the update to the event, Rojal no longer exists on the map, and will not be returning.

    The last time we ran this event, there was a bit of old data that crept its way into this event that had an unfortunate consequence for some of our Romulan players.

    During the event, an old Romulan-only version of the Reinforcements mission was available on New Romulus Command asking players to talk to a contact that no longer exists. As a result, the mission was not able to be completed and many players were confused as to what they needed to do in order to get their special Duty Officer.

    Had the NPC been able to give Romulan players the correct mission on New Romulus Command, they would have been directed to either Starfleet or Klingon Academy, based upon their factional allegiance, to talk to the same contacts used by Federation and Klingon players to receive their special Duty Officer: an Exocomp for Federation-aligned Romulans, and a Reman for Klingon-aligned Romulans.

    We apologize for any inconvenience experience by players during this event. We have taken steps to ensure this doesn’t happen again during this Junior Officer Appreciation Weekend Event, and when it is run again in the future.

    While this will remain forever on my never forget list, it will be because I couldn't bring you the Romulan Liberated Borg DOff everyone was expecting.

    While I have been able to help out with other issues and requests over the last several months, this time I won't be able to bring you this reward.

    I'm very sorry I can't create this DOff for you all. but I sincerely hope you enjoy this weekend event, and that you are able to complete the event mission to get your hands on many high quality DOffs during the current running.

    Thanks for your understanding everyone!

    ~CaptainSmirk

    In other words, it was always intended for romulans to get their allied faction's doff during this event and the mission to talk to Rojal should have never happened.
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    monkeybone13 wrote: »
    I believe the answer is no. The blog is very clear that romulans get their allied doffs from the event (exocomp or reman). Romulans did get to participate. Just go to your faction's academy and talk to the contact to get their special doff. For my reman allied with fed I have the exocomp and my romulan allied with KDF has the reman doff. I got them 2 events ago when the broken mission to get a lib borg romulan version was available.

    This is what Captain Smirk said the last time this event ran http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=18636201&postcount=53



    In other words, it was always intended for romulans to get their allied faction's doff during this event and the mission to talk to Rojal should have never happened.
    Yeah, I'm pretty sure there's something else here than that. The mission was programmed into the game, and a unique doff was created(including a special picture). Either plans changed AFTER it was created, or it had a different purpose than this event.
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