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Nonsensical Tailor Options for Embassy Boffs
saleh01one
Member Posts: 80 Arc User
Now, I am well aware of Embassy boffs' checkered past with customization, but I do have one question: Why can they not wear Romulan Republic Uniforms?! If lore is that they are supposedly loaner/cultural exchange officers, why the hell can't they wear Romulan Republic uniforms? I mean, it would be absolutely fantastic if they could wear faction uniforms (nudge nudge wink wink), but not even being able to wear their own fraction' uniform makes no sense.
On top of all this, they can wear Romulan Republic 1 pants, as well as the All Good Things pants. That's right, a Starfleet uniform pant can be worn by them, as can they wear their own fraction pants. But alas, no option for them to wear the respective top. I mean, I have no idea how that kind of coding works, but I'm willing to guess that these Boffs can wear any uniform they please... So why not let us have the freedom to pick what uniform they can wear? I mean, seriously, having those options for the lower there but not the upper is a bit of a slap to the face.
On top of all this, they can wear Romulan Republic 1 pants, as well as the All Good Things pants. That's right, a Starfleet uniform pant can be worn by them, as can they wear their own fraction pants. But alas, no option for them to wear the respective top. I mean, I have no idea how that kind of coding works, but I'm willing to guess that these Boffs can wear any uniform they please... So why not let us have the freedom to pick what uniform they can wear? I mean, seriously, having those options for the lower there but not the upper is a bit of a slap to the face.
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Also, for those boffs that are only a default uniform could there be something unique i could add that says, "hey these are my people"
Finally, i was really excited to get to wear the Tal Shiar uniform (for my Romulan) but, the rest of my poor boffs are stuck in just a few other choices. I was really hoping to see four more running behind me. That would be cool!!
Wearing uniforms like these across factions seems to pose issues with the way these BO are made.
So I think what we need is something like an additional costume dropdown category for "Officer Uniforms" that is a simplified copy-paste of what the captain has access to, minus admiral variants and species specific unlocks. The reason for this is because the main costume options are tied to species (even though Fed Gorn and KDF Gorn are different species in terms of what the engine counts as a species, they inherit some of the same limits).
In the short term, I'd think it would reduce labor and enhance game logic of customizations. That way the "Main Costume" dropdown remains inherited by species. Whereas the new "Officer Uniform" dropdown would be all of generic options a Captain has for themselves, minus things like Orion clothing or Gorn bare chests or Benzite inhalers.
This means your Embassy BOffs or Diplo/Marauding BOffs would have their current options in the main slot but would have a dropdown where you could put them in uniforms representative of their new faction, including Starfleet/KDF/Romulan Republic. It would also mean that Fed/KDF BOffs serving under a Romulan Captain could wear Romulan uniforms.