Doff system is amazing.

gradii · October 2016

After many years playing STO I still have to marvel at how fun the DoFF system is, it really gives a feel of giving tasks to your crew sometimes, and earns nice little rewards over time without much effort on the players part, just a few minutes setup.

Admiralty is also a pretty neat system, but more limited because of the expense of owning many ships compared to the availability of DoFF cards.

I would rate the DoFF system 9/10 and the Admiralty system 7.5/10

mas134gluck123 · October 2016

i also enjoy Doff and Admirality, thats main reason why i still playing, tho i would rate

Doffing 10/10, Admirality 10/10
i hope we will get more content admirality-doff related

welcome2earf · October 2016

The Doff system USED to be amazing, until the repeated HP nerfs, the UI debacle, and various mission bugs that are left unattended. I feel like that it didnt sell DoFF packs like they wished, so it's been left to die on the vine.

gradii · October 2016

welcome2earf wrote: »

The Doff system USED to be amazing, until the repeated HP nerfs, the UI debacle, and various mission bugs that are left unattended. I feel like that it didnt sell DoFF packs like they wished, so it's been left to die on the vine.

I dont mind the XP nerf to doffing and I don't see a problem with the UI, I just wish they'd do a lot more with it.

indyshark · October 2016

DOFFing needs to be updated. I'd like to see the amount of time needed to run 24 missions reduced. I would be ok with more 20 hour missions with decent rewards that don't require traveling all over the map.

gradii · October 2016

indyshark wrote: »

DOFFing needs to be updated. I'd like to see the amount of time needed to run 24 missions reduced. I would be ok with more 20 hour missions with decent rewards that don't require traveling all over the map.

The amount of time missions take to run is fine, but it would be nice to be able to run more than 20 at once.

Being required to travel for the different DoFF missions is what makes it unique, if anything there should be more location specific DoFF missions with unique rewards making it worth travelling there.

mas134gluck123 · October 2016

gradii wrote: »

indyshark wrote: »

DOFFing needs to be updated. I'd like to see the amount of time needed to run 24 missions reduced. I would be ok with more 20 hour missions with decent rewards that don't require traveling all over the map.

The amount of time missions take to run is fine, but it would be nice to be able to run more than 20 at once.

Being required to travel for the different DoFF missions is what makes it unique, if anything there should be more location specific DoFF missions with unique rewards making it worth travelling there.

its posibble 23 tho sometimes 26, even got 27, temporal and mirror incursion going outside that number
tho those 3 aditional are from fleet embassy, while those more of 23 i have no idea how they get generated and why, tho it happens only sometimes, i guess it has something with those doffs who get in sickbay.

jaguarskx · October 2016

The Doff system is pretty good... unless you are a Romulan. The Romulan Boff recruiting missions has basically disappeared from the game. The last time I recall seeing one of those missions was either the end of 2014 or the beginning of 2015. The only way to get Romulan Boffs now is when they are offered to you while ranking up. Or by going to the Exchange where those Boffs sometimes end up.

Otherwise, the Doff system has basically stagnated. There are no new types of Doff missions. The Delta Quadrant doesn't have any unique Doff mission specific to that quadrant as far as I know. Yeah, it's a good way to earn XP on the side, as well as dilitihum (especially for KDF) and some EC as well from doing some of the "experimental gear" engineering mission. But no new Doff missions have been added for a change of pace.

gradii · October 2016

jaguarskx wrote: »

The Doff system is pretty good... unless you are a Romulan. The Romulan Boff recruiting missions has basically disappeared from the game. The last time I recall seeing one of those missions was either the end of 2014 or the beginning of 2015. The only way to get Romulan Boffs now is when they are offered to you while ranking up. Or by going to the Exchange where those Boffs sometimes end up.

Otherwise, the Doff system has basically stagnated. There are no new types of Doff missions. The Delta Quadrant doesn't have any unique Doff mission specific to that quadrant as far as I know. Yeah, it's a good way to earn XP on the side, as well as dilitihum (especially for KDF) and some EC as well from doing some of the "experimental gear" engineering mission. But no new Doff missions have been added for a change of pace.

Last significant addition to the DoFF system seems to have been with the sphere doffing, they really should add unique DoFF assignments to the Delta Quadrant, as well as the badlands battlezone (you can actually pick up small amounts of undine marks through special undine zone doff missions).

It's clear the DoFF system hasn't been ENTIRELY abandoned as lockboxes still reward DoFF packs, it's still used in crafting and theres been the mirror universe assignments in the last season, but I wish they'd give it more attention.

mas134gluck123 · October 2016

i saw several unique doff assignments in Delta, help Turei to map network of underspace, something similiar, tho yes its quite rare and there isn't lot of them tho

gradii · October 2016

mas134gluck123 wrote: »

i saw several unique doff assignments in Delta, help Turei to map network of underspace, something similiar, tho yes its quite rare and there isn't lot of them tho

I wonder if they were intended to be more common but someone messed up with the numbers behind the frequency of its appearance.

lighte007 · October 2016

I like the doffin' system but it would be nice if the grindin' to get to Rank 4 was slightly Easier.. lol
You have to get lucky in getting a 1k 20 hour mission and etc.
I guess that's why they created the Temporal Recruit Rewards so people will be usin' the Doff System to get Doffs. At least it isn't all 11 you have to get to Rank 4 that would be annoying.

I love the Admiralty System it is a great supplement to the game.
Though they had to nerf the Doff System to make the Admiralty System more viable.

I rate both systems over 11/10. Mostly because the Admiralty's Tour of Duties are really nice and the repeatable missions after completin' a Assignment Chain is awesome.

mas134gluck123 · October 2016

lighte007 wrote: »

I like the doffin' system but it would be nice if the grindin' to get to Rank 4 was slightly Easier.. lol
You have to get lucky in getting a 1k 20 hour mission and etc.
I guess that's why they created the Temporal Recruit Rewards so people will be usin' the Doff System to get Doffs. At least it isn't all 11 you have to get to Rank 4 that would be annoying.

I love the Admiralty System it is a great supplement to the game.
Though they had to nerf the Doff System to make the Admiralty System more viable.

I rate both systems over 11/10. Mostly because the Admiralty's Tour of Duties are really nice and the repeatable missions after completin' a Assignment Chain is awesome.

i wouldn't tell thats slow, some categories can be maxed to t4 in matter of weeks like espionage, military, science, development and medical. While recruitment, diplomacy need months, while Colonial it depends how often we doing colonial clusters.

Tho you can max them all in several of days, not sure for diplomacy, if you have nice doffs and lot of Mirror/Temporal assignments. As they giving nice amount of specifc CXP on critical.

dumas13 · October 2016

I think the rarity of Delta Quadrant assignments is related to the complete charlie foxtrot that the walls coming down inflicted on doffing. IF you're in the right spot traveling between sectors, you can get nearly a full slate of unique missions. Otherwise, it's just the same generic "scan this" and "asylum there" stuff available anywhere else. I feel like the spawning improved somewhat a patch or two back, but it's nowhere near as easy as it used to be to find region-specific missions.

Undine Battleground assignments give very good commendation points for the time and difficulty level and never go anywhere. Very good for science, military, and espionage commendations if I remember right, with good assignments in a couple other categories, as well.

lighte007 · October 2016

I like the Clusters since they can give you Espionage/Military/Engineering and Colonial and sometimes a very small amount of recruitment. lol

jaguarskx · October 2016

mas134gluck123 wrote: »

i saw several unique doff assignments in Delta, help Turei to map network of underspace, something similiar, tho yes its quite rare and there isn't lot of them tho

Hmmm.... I have to take a closer look then. I currently have 4 captains going through the Delta story arc. Maybe I didn't notice them in the past since I was kinda rushing through it on my older captains.

trennan · October 2016

Doff and Admiralty. When you stop to think about it, you are nothing more than a Doff to those giving you the missions.

As far as where to go for it. Just park at your factions home area or right in the gate to Solanae. Solanae is where I parked my AoY char, and without bothering to change from the beginning doffs you get. All of my Commendations are R2, with 2 being R3.

Solanae is usually good for Science, Military, Espionage, Exploration, Colonial, Trade and Development. Then add the standard personal ones to this and Department heads. There isn't a need to go anywhere else. Which is good, My AoY char is on the last bit of Rep, so until I have all the rewards, it will be parked there.

welcome2earf · October 2016

jaguarskx wrote: »

The Doff system is pretty good... unless you are a Romulan. The Romulan Boff recruiting missions has basically disappeared from the game. The last time I recall seeing one of those missions was either the end of 2014 or the beginning of 2015. The only way to get Romulan Boffs now is when they are offered to you while ranking up. Or by going to the Exchange where those Boffs sometimes end up.

Otherwise, the Doff system has basically stagnated. There are no new types of Doff missions. The Delta Quadrant doesn't have any unique Doff mission specific to that quadrant as far as I know. Yeah, it's a good way to earn XP on the side, as well as dilitihum (especially for KDF) and some EC as well from doing some of the "experimental gear" engineering mission. But no new Doff missions have been added for a change of pace.

Not only that, but Romulans get TRIBBLE on personal buff missions...they get like a handful. I know Bort said he looked into it and said its fine but it's not. It never HAS been.

Also I would add some of the best Doffing sectors are the Cardie sectors (confusingly referred to as the Alpha Quadrant). Those sectors have all the add exchanges as well as other random and fun missions.

koje · October 2016

For those of you that really enjoy doff missions would anyone mind sharing a list of what your favorite / most fun / most rewarding missions are? What missions are you looking for when you log in each day? What are the locations you are traveling to for good missions? Any general tips to get the most from the system?

Assignment Chains? Fleet missions? Colonial Clusters? Academy? Boff recruitment?

Also any tips for getting to rank 4 diplomacy quicker? I feel like Marauding is so much easier / faster plus gives tons of rewards and prisoners. All the diplo missions I see are like 50-60 XP each.

Thank you for any advice!

walligig · October 2016

I actually like the Admiralty System a bit better. The thing about the Doff system is that it seems so complicated and confusing. Now admittedly I have only really dove into in a few times and that was just to get my Diplomacy/Marauding to max level on a few characters. All the other stuff I don't really understand like what missions are worth taking, what makes a good duty officer, where to get good duty officers, and ect.

taylor1701d · October 2016

koje wrote: »

For those of you that really enjoy doff missions would anyone mind sharing a list of what your favorite / most fun / most rewarding missions are? What missions are you looking for when you log in each day? What are the locations you are traveling to for good missions? Any general tips to get the most from the system?

Assignment Chains? Fleet missions? Colonial Clusters? Academy? Boff recruitment?

Also any tips for getting to rank 4 diplomacy quicker? I feel like Marauding is so much easier / faster plus gives tons of rewards and prisoners. All the diplo missions I see are like 50-60 XP each.

Thank you for any advice!

I don't really enjoy doing it persay, but I enjoy the rewards.
I don't travel anywhere other the ESD Space/Sector space just outside ESD, and on the occasional new toon like my AoY, I just park her in the undine space battlezone. (Some great XP + Marks assignments there)

In regards to the best assignments, I'd imagine everyone has different preferences but I always do the following;
Any Scanning/Analyzing etc... for R&D materials
Contraband (Even though I play Fed)
Colony (Set up a colony with colonist) = +500dil on success
Recruit Colonists (keep the colonists restocked for ^)
Boff Recruitments = +Recruitment XP
General Doff recruitment at the Academy (when I feel like it - Or when a new toon needs some Doff backups)
Request R&D aid at the Academy even though it costs 1000 or 2000 dil to run, you can get some good stuff from it.

The issue I'm having with Doff/Admiralty is that it takes up most of my playtime to cycle through 6 toons.
Its at least 45mins -1hr a day, and I only have about 1.5 - 2 hrs a day to play.
I wish they'd allow auto set up for admiralty. But then again, you're rewarded a lot more for cherry picking certain assignments. But on toons I don't really care about, it would be nice, and save me about 10-15mins a toon.

That's my only complaint about it I guess, and its not even a real complaint, though I find it does kill my playing time these days.

But even still I enjoy the rewards, so I'd give it a 9/10 just for the fact it can net you some nice materials, dil and EC.
But I am getting a little sick of clicking buttons for about an hour a night.
I suppose I could "not do it" or do it every second day. But I hate leaving good profits on the table. So I've made it a habit to do doff/admiralty right away, and as fast as possible. Problem is after 6 toons, it really wears down my desire to actually play the game. Most nights these days I set up my doff/admiralty and just log out.

But yeah in general they're pretty great and quite lucrative.

sheldonlcooper · October 2016

I too am a Doffing aficionado. I don't mind the border crawling but I am still irritated at the nerf to the 12 hour missions - including the ones in the dyson sphere. I have not run a single 12 hour mission since that was done.

I do not want to see a full doffing revamp as it will be further nerfing. I would like to see new missions and chains added with major new content. Just a couple little treats for us pretty pretty please just 2 or 3 times a year.

welcome2earf · October 2016

sheldonlcooper wrote: »

I too am a Doffing aficionado. I don't mind the border crawling but I am still irritated at the nerf to the 12 hour missions - including the ones in the dyson sphere. I have not run a single 12 hour mission since that was done.

I do not want to see a full doffing revamp as it will be further nerfing. I would like to see new missions and chains added with major new content. Just a couple little treats for us pretty pretty please just 2 or 3 times a year.

Not only that, they needlessly hypernerfed the "Perform Hamlet" play thing. That requires 20 doffs and is like a week long but pays less than a single instance of "Entertain Foreign Dignitaries". *smh*

Doffing needs a Quality, QoL and balance pass. Again. It could also use new missions for the DQ, as earlier pointed out.

tigeraries · October 2016

doff system could use a quality of life improvement... hate having to fly by a location inside one sector block for missions... just go over it and wham all gone need to hit reverse and go further back to get it again... wish you can list ALL missions available in the Quad your in. No need to fly or search around or change instance maps... uncommon, rare & very rare should only effect the duration of the cool down.

in other words... the 1st time you open up doff screen... you see all possible missions regardless of quality. as you complete missions... the quality only effects the duration of the cool down before the mission is listed again.

leemwatson · October 2016

I'd like my Boff's to handle my Doffing automatically so I can assign Admiralty stuff. After all, that's what Boffs are supposed to do

lighte007 · October 2016

They did a QoL for the Admiralty System aka Tour of Duties showin' up more often than not. The Doff System is still going on when the wall was still around.

angrytarg · October 2016

DOFFING is as thrilling as watching a bowl of rice. Only thing remotely fun is collecting the cards and create, for example, Tellarite or Vulcan only crews. But the missions itself, clicking a button and wait for a timer. Yawn.

I like to play the game, not get simulated content in which I pretend some non existant crew does the stuff I'd like to do myself. Admiralty is copy paste so the same applies.

lighte007 · October 2016

But everything in this game has timers...
At least they aren't as bad as another game, before the latest paid expansion... haha, if anyone knows what I am talking about its pretty obvious which game. lol

walligig · October 2016

lighte007 wrote: »

But everything in this game has timers...
At least they aren't as bad as another game, before the latest paid expansion... haha, if anyone knows what I am talking about its pretty obvious which game. lol

Ehhh... Actually no, I have no clue. What game are you talking about.

lighte007 · October 2016

walligig wrote: »

lighte007 wrote: »

But everything in this game has timers...
At least they aren't as bad as another game, before the latest paid expansion... haha, if anyone knows what I am talking about its pretty obvious which game. lol

Ehhh... Actually no, I have no clue. What game are you talking about.

Your avatar somewhat says otherwise.. lol

Doff system is amazing.

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