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willamsheridan
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I still don´t understand why we don´t have access to the Starfleet Uniforms. At least the mirror Uniforms should be available for them. And the Romulans also can´t wear the MACO Armor but the Counter-Command uniform and the Delta-Reputation Armor?
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@Reputation armors: no idea...
Only the Standard Romulan uniforms, Civilan Vest and, if you bought them the Dyson Uniform, the Romulan TNG Uniform or the Romulan uniform from TOS
Now, the patch notes do say this:
So does that include Republic uniforms too then, or was that just intended to mean Starfleet and KDF uniforms?
Yes, it's definitely a step in a good direction. I hope they'll follow up, and makes the other non customizable BOFF customizable. Even if it's limited.
Yes, all the body/face mods for romulans are there.
Please enable us to buy a token with Zen to faction change a 25th Century FED to a TOS FED.
It wasn't like this yesterday. I could have black trousers on Reinforced trousers and, say, green trousers on the Itel jacket. This needs fixing ASAP as it clearly wasn't intended.
I've been asking this question as well for quite some time.
Although there have been player comments that "They're Romulan Republic, therefore not Starfleet," that is still merely an arbitrary lore-imposed restriction. I mean, perhaps someone wants to keep their Embassy BOff as mere exchange officers, but maybe someone else has an alternative backstory that said Romulan received a full Starfleet commission from the outset.
What's the worst thing that could happen if the uniform restrictions are lifted, from a gameplay / monetization point of view?
- Does it make it harder for players to tell what type of BOff they or other players have?
- Will it cut into the revenue of a potential monetization strategy (e.g. C-store purchase of foreign faction BOff species?)
- Would it break something else in the game?
- Did CBS simply say no?
I would very much like to hear an official statement as to why this limitation is in place.
Exactly. Their backstory is very simple for me. They did an very good job on my Ships and asked me to talk to D´Tan and Admiral Kererek and assk them, on their behalf, if the Officers could be transferred to Starfleet permanently and join Starfleets Ranks with a field Commission. The Admiral and D´Tan were very pleased that Romulans and Starfleet could work together so good and therefore, they agreed and those officers are a part of Starfleet now.
And btw, i would never ever grant a mere Exchange Officer, no matter if Republic or Empire, access to all the Systems and Data/Information on a Starfleet Ship and in the Starfleet Databanks.
Why would you talk for them instead of them doing it themselves? Seems kinda odd they'd ask you to do it instead of asking...
How much formal training have these officers had? We knew the player starts off as a civilian farmer...maybe Starfleet would still require them to attend the academy in order to hold a official Starfleet rank? Considering if took over 4 years to make it from 2409 to 2410 I think you can expect to get your boff back in 2030!
I'm currently using an aliengen fauxRomulan for one of my BOffs, whose backstory is that he grew up on an unaligned Romulan colony world, was inspired to join Starfleet after seeing a Federation ship rescue miners from a mine collapse in his hometown, and did the full four years at the Academy.
I'm not trying to force all Embassy BOffs to be aligned to either host faction - I'm merely asking that the uniform restrictions be lifted so that everyone can be happy.
In some cases, provisional or emergency commissions without full Academy training are permissible:
- Kira Nerys, the Bajoran Militia officer serving as DS9's XO, was granted a commission as a Commander in Starfleet in 2375, to assist the Cardassian Resistance against Dominion occupation.
- The non-canon DC Comics series about the TWok era Enterprise-A featured a Klingon defector named Konom, who joined the crew as an Hononary Ensign, complete with uniform.
Even if we limit ourselves to the canon, a case was still made to allow Kira to hold her Starfleet commission without having to attend the full four-year course at the Academy. So who is to say that any given Embassy BOff couldn't have done so as well?
SILLY. ARBITRARY. DECISIONS.
And WHY females can't wear the mercenary belt?
If they wanted Starfleet or KDF Romulans, they would have them. If they want to add them somewhere down the road, they will do so.
We might get factional Rom BOFFs for 500 Zen somewhere down the road.
Riiiiiiiight.....:rolleyes:
Still, a nice precedent. Hopefully they'll consider overhauling some of the other un-customizable boffs down the road.
It would be ncie to have the fed/kdf uniforms open to usage and/or the republic uniforms though.
Well, as I see it, he is indeed right.
You can't expect to get B when only A is ingame right now.
Only Embassy Romulan Boffs are ingame, no Starfleet Romulan Boffs.
Your personal RP changes nothing, though.
You can pretend your Galaxy class is a T5U Constitution. But it is not.
You can pretend Embassy Romulans are Starfleet officers. But they are not.
I am not okay with it either, but that's how it is.
You can play your main character like you want, that is fine.
/facepalm :rolleyes:
Your reply was much kinder than my initial reply.
Except that rank really didn't mean much in Kira's case and even if it did she clearly wasn't going to stay. It was mostly a facade to make her look Starfleet and she wasn't going to stay there.
I'm not expecting 'B', I know better than that. I'm saying 'B' is a stupid arbitrary decision, which it totally is. Or are you guys going to try and convince me that Cryptic actually cares about lore and consistency next?
I wouldn't embarrass myself by saying such a thing. :P
I'm not demanding the devs to lift the factional uniform restricts immediately.
I'm asking why the current restrictions are in place, other than for arbitrary lore reasons - does lifting the restrictions now diminsh other players' enjoyment, or adversely affect future plans for monetization?
Hence my request for an official answer.