I'm gonna go ahead and thank the devs for getting a fix in for this mechanic so quickly.
I'm going to stay out of the debate on trading of boffs and whatnot - not really qualified to weigh in on it, other than for training purposes, didn't do it much.
To be able to continue to trade candidates would be good though.
Yes, uncommissioned BOffs are still tradable with the exception of those that were already bound on pickup such as the Breen
That's not true. Breen BOs were unbounded from introduction of Breen WE (weekly episodes) till last re-run of WE. They made them bounded AFTER last re-run of WE. And that's very bad politics when something what we had unbounded became bounded because someone in the company decided do so.
Players can still sell, trade, and mail uncommissioned Bridge Officers unless they are bound.
Commissioned Bridge Officers will no longer be tradable.
As far as the manuals "bound" restrictions, bound manuals will be bound to the character. So just like BOffs that were bound to one alt, the manuals they produce will be the same.
If you are unsure of what type of manual the BOff will produce, make sure to check out the boff description. It will tell you what type of manual you will get from harvesting it.
There have been other answers here in the thread, and some great responses from players that have already experienced the new system on Tribble, so make sure to check out previous replies for any of the answers I did not post here.
Players can still sell, trade, and mail uncommissioned Bridge Officers unless they are bound.
Commissioned Bridge Officers will no longer be tradable.
As far as the manuals "bound" restrictions, bound manuals will be bound to the character. So just like BOffs that were bound to one alt, the manuals they produce will be the same.
If you are unsure of what type of manual the BOff will produce, make sure to check out the boff description. It will tell you what type of manual you will get from harvesting it.
There have been other answers here in the thread, and some great responses from players that have already experienced the new system on Tribble, so make sure to check out previous replies for any of the answers I did not post here.
If you have more, let me know!
~CaptainSmirk
Thank you for the confirmation. Glad to see this 'fix' for the missing powers making it in so quickly to the new BOFF training system.
Join date is wrong, I've actually been around since STO Beta.
True alters don't have a "main". Account wide unlocks for all unique event rewards!!
Players can still sell, trade, and mail uncommissioned Bridge Officers unless they are bound.
Commissioned Bridge Officers will no longer be tradable.
As far as the manuals "bound" restrictions, bound manuals will be bound to the character. So just like BOffs that were bound to one alt, the manuals they produce will be the same.
If you are unsure of what type of manual the BOff will produce, make sure to check out the boff description. It will tell you what type of manual you will get from harvesting it.
There have been other answers here in the thread, and some great responses from players that have already experienced the new system on Tribble, so make sure to check out previous replies for any of the answers I did not post here.
If you have more, let me know!
~CaptainSmirk
Interesting choice of words Smirk...Soylent PADDs anyone?
On the other end...it does give new meaning to the KDF's "Execute for Incompetence"
Ok, so the Boffs in my inventory, I will once again be able to see what abilities they possess, when I begin to transmute them into Kindles, correct?
What about the Boffs on my Candidate roster, it doesn't allow me to even mail those, have those become bound, or am I missing a detail? I'm talking Generic Boffs, not the Voth or Kobali ones, just generic ones like Trill Tactical officer Candidate?
Boffs on the Candidate Roster used to be sell-able, trade-able, and mail-able, and now they seem to be none of the above.
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We hope this helps to explain the systems updated way to keep certain powers available.
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If you want to keep certain powers available, make them craftable. This is the easiest solution so that: tacs can make BO3 and TS3, scis can make PO3, and so on. This half-baked effort is not a fix, it is a cheap bandaide that will not have a long term benefit. Take the time to actually think things through once in a while.
This being the case, how about some of our Bridge Officers (such as those rewarded to us on Tier #4 Diplomacy/Marauding) become unbound, thus allowing us to sell that earned item on the Exchange?
These have (for as long as I've been aware) been rewarded straight to your roster, though we have (up until now it seems) been able to trade them to other players, either for training, or for a sale.
People spend a significant amount of time acquiring one of these officers, and it's no quick job; it takes time (leveling up Diplomacy/Marauding all the way to rank #4. It should therefore be the choice of the player as to what they wish to do with said reward; either keep it, or sell it on. Before todays patch, we're able to sell them via trade (as mentioned). As soon as the patch hits (ongoing now) that'll no longer be the case, and these rewards are bound to us.
I think that's a little unfair. They should be rewarded to us in candidate form, and we should (if we so choose) be able to put them on the Exchange.
Please see if they're willing/able to do anything about this?
Only thing that I would really like the option of, is being able to customize my Hierarchy, Breen and Jem'Hadar boffs. I hate that my Mr. Potato Head (Hierarchy boff) can't wear my crew's uniform. Would also like the option of giving my Orion fed uniforms, too. I neither want my Orion dressed like a tramp or dressed like a klingon. Also, the Kobali boff could use some more Facial/Skin variations.
Players can still sell, trade, and mail uncommissioned Bridge Officers unless they are bound.
Commissioned Bridge Officers will no longer be tradable.
As far as the manuals "bound" restrictions, bound manuals will be bound to the character. So just like BOffs that were bound to one alt, the manuals they produce will be the same.
If you are unsure of what type of manual the BOff will produce, make sure to check out the boff description. It will tell you what type of manual you will get from harvesting it.
There have been other answers here in the thread, and some great responses from players that have already experienced the new system on Tribble, so make sure to check out previous replies for any of the answers I did not post here.
If you have more, let me know!
~CaptainSmirk
So it is no different than what we had before
Except to wipe out the existing stock of Bo's
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Saphire.. Science ground......Ko'el Romulan space Tac
Leva........Tactical ground.....Koj Romulan space Eng
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Only thing that I would really like the option of, is being able to customize my Hierarchy, Breen and Jem'Hadar boffs. I hate that my Mr. Potato Head (Hierarchy boff) can't wear my crew's uniform. Would also like the option of giving my Orion fed uniforms, too. I neither want my Orion dressed like a tramp or dressed like a klingon. Also, the Kobali boff could use some more Facial/Skin variations.
Locking off customization is a bad thing.
As much as this seems to be a popular request by the playerbase, it isn't one that we've seen happen in any huge regard. I'm amazed we were (and still are) able to customize that Kobali Bridge Officer.
If the day comes when we can customize our Jem Hadar, Breen, (FE) Reman, Voth (etc) Bridge Officers, then I'll rejoice. Until then, I simply wont use them. What I suspect they'll do (eventually?) is wait until they revamp certain missions, and then fix the tailor options for these Boffs then. When the revamp Cold Front, they'll rework the Breen Boff. When they revamp the 2800 (or take us into the Gamma Quadrant) they'll rework the Jem Hadar (etc).
As much as this seems to be a popular request by the playerbase, it isn't one that we've seen happen in any huge regard. I'm amazed we were (and still are) able to customize that Kobali Bridge Officer.
If the day comes when we can customize our Jem Hadar, Breen, (FE) Reman, Voth (etc) Bridge Officers, then I'll rejoice. Until then, I simply wont use them. What I suspect they'll do (eventually?) is wait until they revamp certain missions, and then fix the tailor options for these Boffs then. When the revamp Cold Front, they'll rework the Breen Boff. When they revamp the 2800 (or take us into the Gamma Quadrant) they'll rework the Jem Hadar (etc).
If you are unsure of what type of manual the BOff will produce, make sure to check out the boff description. It will tell you what type of manual you will get from harvesting it.
I see on my BO that they also have Traits in a box similar to my Captain. Is the point of this so that in the next expansion we can change out traits on BOs?
If that is the plan, that is a great idea, and that would go a long ways towards restoring balance between Roluman BOs and all the rest. Personally, I think all of my BO would be half Romulan/half Orion, instead of full Romulan.
I know others have been discussing Nausicaan, Terran, Lethean; but what would be necessary is for Cryptic to put in more than 4 viable "best" choices (much as they have done with consoles and Captain traits) to allow players choice.
So now after I purchase 2 cstore BOFF requisitions they changed the rules and tell me the requistions are also not transferable. Now I have 2 useless items in my inventory that No character can use since we are allowed only one per character. Since when is it acceptable to change policy that is clearly written on thier store page regarding selling or use of an item ? And concidering the number of those that players buy to sell on exchange will now drop to zero how is this a smart move business wise? Why the hell would you lock every unuseable item by a player from being purchased but those? If this is the policy then why ? You allow the purchase of an item that I can't use unless I want a 5 dollar training manual , which lets be honest is too ****ed up to even concider.
This has been confirmed:
Players can still sell, trade, and mail uncommissioned Bridge Officers unless they are bound.
Commissioned Bridge Officers will no longer be tradable.
As far as the manuals "bound" restrictions, bound manuals will be bound to the character. So just like BOffs that were bound to one alt, the manuals they produce will be the same.
If you are unsure of what type of manual the BOff will produce, make sure to check out the boff description. It will tell you what type of manual you will get from harvesting it.
There have been other answers here in the thread, and some great responses from players that have already experienced the new system on Tribble, so make sure to check out previous replies for any of the answers I did not post here.
If you have more, let me know!
~CaptainSmirk
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Yet the CS sent me here to back up his refusal to unbind 2 boff requistions not even boffs yet just the requisitions i purchased on the cstore.
Could this be a way to finally get rid of Tovan? :eek:
I could explain it, but try it and find out. Short answer is no.
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No worries, I'm just hoping the patch notes were accurate haha.
'Preciate the update, Smirk.
I'm going to stay out of the debate on trading of boffs and whatnot - not really qualified to weigh in on it, other than for training purposes, didn't do it much.
To be able to continue to trade candidates would be good though.
That's not true. Breen BOs were unbounded from introduction of Breen WE (weekly episodes) till last re-run of WE. They made them bounded AFTER last re-run of WE. And that's very bad politics when something what we had unbounded became bounded because someone in the company decided do so.
If you mean that you can't queue more than one at a time, that's fixed in tomorrow's patch too.
I found it afterwards, though, the way they had written it sounds like it was exclusive to padds. Way to be clear. >_>
As far as the manuals "bound" restrictions, bound manuals will be bound to the character. So just like BOffs that were bound to one alt, the manuals they produce will be the same.
If you are unsure of what type of manual the BOff will produce, make sure to check out the boff description. It will tell you what type of manual you will get from harvesting it.
There have been other answers here in the thread, and some great responses from players that have already experienced the new system on Tribble, so make sure to check out previous replies for any of the answers I did not post here.
If you have more, let me know!
~CaptainSmirk
Thank you for the confirmation. Glad to see this 'fix' for the missing powers making it in so quickly to the new BOFF training system.
Interesting choice of words Smirk...Soylent PADDs anyone?
On the other end...it does give new meaning to the KDF's "Execute for Incompetence"
What about the Boffs on my Candidate roster, it doesn't allow me to even mail those, have those become bound, or am I missing a detail? I'm talking Generic Boffs, not the Voth or Kobali ones, just generic ones like Trill Tactical officer Candidate?
Boffs on the Candidate Roster used to be sell-able, trade-able, and mail-able, and now they seem to be none of the above.
If you want to keep certain powers available, make them craftable. This is the easiest solution so that: tacs can make BO3 and TS3, scis can make PO3, and so on. This half-baked effort is not a fix, it is a cheap bandaide that will not have a long term benefit. Take the time to actually think things through once in a while.
Thank you
People spend a significant amount of time acquiring one of these officers, and it's no quick job; it takes time (leveling up Diplomacy/Marauding all the way to rank #4. It should therefore be the choice of the player as to what they wish to do with said reward; either keep it, or sell it on. Before todays patch, we're able to sell them via trade (as mentioned). As soon as the patch hits (ongoing now) that'll no longer be the case, and these rewards are bound to us.
I think that's a little unfair. They should be rewarded to us in candidate form, and we should (if we so choose) be able to put them on the Exchange.
Please see if they're willing/able to do anything about this?
Thanks!
Locking off customization is a bad thing.
It's not like BOFFs couldn't train before. How much is this 'new' feature gonna cost us ?
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Now shaddup about the queues, it's a BUG
So it is no different than what we had before
Except to wipe out the existing stock of Bo's
Saphire.. Science ground......Ko'el Romulan space Tac
Leva........Tactical ground.....Koj Romulan space Eng
JJ-Verse will never be Canon or considered Lore...It will always be JJ-Verse
If the day comes when we can customize our Jem Hadar, Breen, (FE) Reman, Voth (etc) Bridge Officers, then I'll rejoice. Until then, I simply wont use them. What I suspect they'll do (eventually?) is wait until they revamp certain missions, and then fix the tailor options for these Boffs then. When the revamp Cold Front, they'll rework the Breen Boff. When they revamp the 2800 (or take us into the Gamma Quadrant) they'll rework the Jem Hadar (etc).
Probably, but I can dream.
Btw, love your sig picture.
Eew.
Other than that, thanks for the change.
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If that is the plan, that is a great idea, and that would go a long ways towards restoring balance between Roluman BOs and all the rest. Personally, I think all of my BO would be half Romulan/half Orion, instead of full Romulan.
I know others have been discussing Nausicaan, Terran, Lethean; but what would be necessary is for Cryptic to put in more than 4 viable "best" choices (much as they have done with consoles and Captain traits) to allow players choice.
This has been confirmed:
Players can still sell, trade, and mail uncommissioned Bridge Officers unless they are bound.
Commissioned Bridge Officers will no longer be tradable.
As far as the manuals "bound" restrictions, bound manuals will be bound to the character. So just like BOffs that were bound to one alt, the manuals they produce will be the same.
If you are unsure of what type of manual the BOff will produce, make sure to check out the boff description. It will tell you what type of manual you will get from harvesting it.
There have been other answers here in the thread, and some great responses from players that have already experienced the new system on Tribble, so make sure to check out previous replies for any of the answers I did not post here.
If you have more, let me know!
~CaptainSmirk
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Yet the CS sent me here to back up his refusal to unbind 2 boff requistions not even boffs yet just the requisitions i purchased on the cstore.
I could explain it, but try it and find out. Short answer is no.