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A very simple addition that I would buy a couple of from the Zen store

jerryspockjerryspock Member Posts: 22 Arc User
edited March 2016 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
The ability to change sprecies on a character.

I have several level 60 characters with items that new toons can no longer get; but they are not the species I want any longer. Sometimes the chracter species was chosen in ignorance of play-effects (say: the first few toons), sometimes I just messed up (I've a trill I should have made a joined trill), sometimes I just want to try something different without losing my hard won special items.

Sell me the option to do a species respec and it's a thing I'd buy.

Just sayin...

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  • gradiigradii Member Posts: 2,824 Arc User
    Species makes so little difference... Career change would be a more welcome addition.
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  • jerryspockjerryspock Member Posts: 22 Arc User
    gradii wrote: »
    Species makes so little difference... Career change would be a more welcome addition.

    A joined Trill has a total of +42 in space skills. That seems pretty signifigant.
    A Ferengi has -20% on gpl and EC vendors. You can actually make a living on that margin.
    Do I really need to discuss a Catain on the ground?

    But I'm all for choice... let's agree they should sell both. A career change token (who doesn't want to change careers from time to time), and a species genetic mangler token. :)
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  • lianthelialianthelia Member Posts: 7,887 Arc User
    Has been brought up well over a dozen times...search instead of making a pointless copy topic...plus don't you think if it was *easy* as you put it they would have done it by now?
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  • alfred399alfred399 Member Posts: 181 Arc User
    valoreah wrote: »
    From what I have read/heard over the years from the Devs about this topic, I don't think it's quite as simple to implement as you may believe. I think this has essentially been deemed "more effort than it's worth".

    Yup, I seem to remember more than one dev saying that.

    Issue is (at least in my non-dev, non-programmer head) that species isn't just a cosmetic thing - it affects things like traits, and some special stuff too (as noted by jerryspock). There is also some dialogue that's different for certain species (I seem to remember one of the DR patrols with the Octanti that refer to you as a Borg if you're a Lib. Borg). So, any re-species token would have to fix all that too - not as easy as a simple cosmetic change.
  • taylor1701dtaylor1701d Member Posts: 3,099 Arc User
    edited March 2016
    I don't think its a bad idea at all. Lets not jump down the OPs throat. And I doubt any here have a real world estimate, to gauge the effort/time required.
    That said I myself have no idea how much Dev time this would require either.

    But I know I'd buy a 5 pack of them for sure.
    Lets also not forget an Alien has access to an extra personal trait slot. They are allowed 10 slots while everyone else get the status quo 9.
    That extra trait slot can make a world of difference if filled with the proper trait, for example Inspirational Leader.
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  • vegeta50024vegeta50024 Member Posts: 2,336 Arc User
    taylor1701d wrote: »
    I don't think its a bad idea at all. Lets not jump down the OPs throat. And I doubt any here have a real world estimate, to gauge the effort/time required.
    That said I myself have no idea how much Dev time this would require either.

    But I know I'd buy a 5 pack of them for sure.
    Lets also not forget an Alien has access to an extra personal trait slot. They are allowed 10 slots while everyone else get the status quo 9.
    That extra trait slot can make a world of difference if filled with the proper trait, for example Inspirational Leader.

    Aliens have the extra trait slot because every other species has some kind innate species trait while aliens are free to have whatever traits they want.

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  • taylor1701dtaylor1701d Member Posts: 3,099 Arc User
    I agree @vegeta50024 but in many cases I would opt for the flexibility that aliens provide trait wise. Over say some of the more useless ground traits certain species get stuck with.

    Not saying that Alien is the only way to go, as other species have their advantages as well, but I'm sure most have made a character they wish they could alter.

    When a player is new its hard to know what's what. And which species excell at certain tasks.
    A poor species choice can cost you upwords of 20-30% performance in battle *depending on the intention of the build.


    Not holding my breath for this one but it would be nice I think.
    There's a reason this topic is a FCT. Lots of demand.
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  • bobbydazlersbobbydazlers Member Posts: 4,534 Arc User
    edited March 2016
    jerryspock wrote: »
    The ability to change sprecies on a character.

    I have several level 60 characters with items that new toons can no longer get; but they are not the species I want any longer. Sometimes the chracter species was chosen in ignorance of play-effects (say: the first few toons), sometimes I just messed up (I've a trill I should have made a joined trill), sometimes I just want to try something different without losing my hard won special items.

    Sell me the option to do a species respec and it's a thing I'd buy.

    Just sayin...

    due to the fact that species is chosen during character creation as is sex and faction you would need to rerun this section and that would effectively wipe all of your stuff.

    you might as well just delete your character and start over, the end result would be the same.
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