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Don't meet requirement -Space trait: EPS overload

genemorphgenemorph Member Posts: 404 Arc User
in Star Trek Online General Discussion
I'm trying to open this genetic resequencer trait I bought off the exchange but it says:

"You do not meet the requirements for this item"

My character is at max level so I'm a bit mythed why I can't open it.

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  • plaztikman64plaztikman64 Member Posts: 725 Arc User
    edited November 2016
    Is it an engineer? ;) those new traits are career specific and only work in tandem with the captain powers of each career.
  • genemorphgenemorph Member Posts: 404 Arc User
    I did look in the info, but it has no requirements that needed to be meet. Also I thought all genetic sequencers could be used by anyone. I bought two other resequencers (which were also from the sphere builder lock box) and they open fine.
  • captainpugwash1captainpugwash1 Member Posts: 908 Arc User
    edited November 2016
    Are you fed, kdf, rom, cause they dont work on kdf-rom. Tac.
    Turn on only usable items.
  • nikeixnikeix Member Posts: 3,972 Arc User
    If you don't have the EPS skill to be improved (i.e. you're not an Engineer-captain), its saving you from yourself. Now you can hand it off to a character that can use it or re-sell it instead of staring at a space trait in your list that does NOTHING.
  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,980 Arc User
    edited November 2016
    genemorph wrote: »
    I did look in the info, but it has no requirements that needed to be meet. Also I thought all genetic sequencers could be used by anyone.

    That is not true, some traits are career specific. EPS overload specifically buffs a power only Engineer captains have. The last lock box included a number of other traits which buff other ENG, TAC, and SCI abilities too. For example: security away teams, holographic ship reinforcements, and nanoprobe infestation. There are also one or two other profession specific traits in older boxes but I'm blanking on the specific examples ATM.

    Anyway, you NEED to be an Engineer to use this trait. If it doesn't specifically say it in the description, the reference to the ENG-only EPS transfer ability is the clue.
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  • bossheisenbergbossheisenberg Member Posts: 603 Arc User
    Yeah it doesn't even say it's for engineers only anywhere on the item. Good job Craptic. So a couple of years from now, when that lockbox is a distant memory, anyone could easily buy up those traits without a clue that they're profession-specific. Way to think ahead.
  • crypticspartan#0627 crypticspartan
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    bossheisenberg wrote: »
    Yeah it doesn't even say it's for engineers only anywhere on the item. Good job Craptic. So a couple of years from now, when that lockbox is a distant memory, anyone could easily buy up those traits without a clue that they're profession-specific. Way to think ahead.

    A few days ago I made a change with the following patchnotes:

    * The Voth and Sphere Builder trait boxes now state that you must meet the profession requirement to open them.

    This change has not yet gone live.


  • nikeixnikeix Member Posts: 3,972 Arc User
    That's for the best. Clarity is always welcome.

    PS. Still grooving on the fix for the phased-biomatter cannon icons. Thanks!
  • genemorphgenemorph Member Posts: 404 Arc User
    crypticspartan#0627 wrote: »
    bossheisenberg wrote: »
    Yeah it doesn't even say it's for engineers only anywhere on the item. Good job Craptic. So a couple of years from now, when that lockbox is a distant memory, anyone could easily buy up those traits without a clue that they're profession-specific. Way to think ahead.

    A few days ago I made a change with the following patchnotes:

    * The Voth and Sphere Builder trait boxes now state that you must meet the profession requirement to open them.

    This change has not yet gone live.


    Thanks for the info. That is a pretty important exclusion. Hopefully I can sell it back for what I paid for it.
  • berginsbergins Member Posts: 3,453 Arc User
    genemorph wrote: »
    crypticspartan#0627 wrote: »
    bossheisenberg wrote: »
    Yeah it doesn't even say it's for engineers only anywhere on the item. Good job Craptic. So a couple of years from now, when that lockbox is a distant memory, anyone could easily buy up those traits without a clue that they're profession-specific. Way to think ahead.

    A few days ago I made a change with the following patchnotes:

    * The Voth and Sphere Builder trait boxes now state that you must meet the profession requirement to open them.

    This change has not yet gone live.


    Thanks for the info. That is a pretty important exclusion. Hopefully I can sell it back for what I paid for it.

    Funny, I bought this trait because it IS Engi specific. I haven't been watching the market, so I can't say for sure, but it's at one of those price points that is likely to fluctuate some. You might even make a profit! But if you can't find a buyer, let me know, I might make a deal for my other Engi.
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  • genemorphgenemorph Member Posts: 404 Arc User
    bergins wrote: »
    genemorph wrote: »
    crypticspartan#0627 wrote: »
    bossheisenberg wrote: »
    Yeah it doesn't even say it's for engineers only anywhere on the item. Good job Craptic. So a couple of years from now, when that lockbox is a distant memory, anyone could easily buy up those traits without a clue that they're profession-specific. Way to think ahead.

    A few days ago I made a change with the following patchnotes:

    * The Voth and Sphere Builder trait boxes now state that you must meet the profession requirement to open them.

    This change has not yet gone live.


    Thanks for the info. That is a pretty important exclusion. Hopefully I can sell it back for what I paid for it.

    Funny, I bought this trait because it IS Engi specific. I haven't been watching the market, so I can't say for sure, but it's at one of those price points that is likely to fluctuate some. You might even make a profit! But if you can't find a buyer, let me know, I might make a deal for my other Engi.

    Sorry dude. It doesn't say anywhere on the trait that it is profession specific. So how are you suppose to know?
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    Um, the description should state that it changes the way a specific skill works... a skill tacs don't have.
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  • genemorphgenemorph Member Posts: 404 Arc User
    markhawkman wrote: »
    Um, the description should state that it changes the way a specific skill works... a skill tacs don't have.

    It states no such thing. It should say this trait requires X skill to work. It is pretty confusing the way it is now, since not all genetic resequencers affect skills, and shouldn't require someone to remember all skills for all three professions to know this.
  • bossheisenbergbossheisenberg Member Posts: 603 Arc User
    genemorph wrote: »
    markhawkman wrote: »
    Um, the description should state that it changes the way a specific skill works... a skill tacs don't have.

    It states no such thing. It should say this trait requires X skill to work. It is pretty confusing the way it is now, since not all genetic resequencers affect skills, and shouldn't require someone to remember all skills for all three professions to know this.

    Yeah it is extremely confusing the way it is worded. It says absolutely nothing about being profession specific. It's confusing enough exactly what the trait even does - does it give a bonus for your highest power level or a bonus for each, scaling depending on the level or power set? Well I bought it on the day it released and lost about 30 million ec selling it back. Definitely should have waited but it still doesn't change the fact that it looks like nearly every other single trait on the market which are not profession specific.
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    bossheisenberg wrote: »
    genemorph wrote: »
    markhawkman wrote: »
    Um, the description should state that it changes the way a specific skill works... a skill tacs don't have.

    It states no such thing. It should say this trait requires X skill to work. It is pretty confusing the way it is now, since not all genetic resequencers affect skills, and shouldn't require someone to remember all skills for all three professions to know this.

    Yeah it is extremely confusing the way it is worded. It says absolutely nothing about being profession specific. It's confusing enough exactly what the trait even does - does it give a bonus for your highest power level or a bonus for each, scaling depending on the level or power set? Well I bought it on the day it released and lost about 30 million ec selling it back. Definitely should have waited but it still doesn't change the fact that it looks like nearly every other single trait on the market which are not profession specific.
    I checked and if you right click it gives you the text of the trait ability, which DOES specify that it only triggers when you use EPS transfer.
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  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,572 Arc User
    My TOS Science Captain has the Orbital Devastation in the list of Personal Ground Traits. That Trait changes Orbital Strike (an Engineering Skill) to an Orbital Chasing Beam.

    I bought it off the Exchange as is and not part of a selector box of the Voth Genetic Resequencer (Profession Specific). That Science Character was able to right-click and add that Trait to the 'pool', without a squawk. I have not tried yet to make it active.
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  • bossheisenbergbossheisenberg Member Posts: 603 Arc User
    markhawkman wrote: »
    bossheisenberg wrote: »
    genemorph wrote: »
    markhawkman wrote: »
    Um, the description should state that it changes the way a specific skill works... a skill tacs don't have.

    It states no such thing. It should say this trait requires X skill to work. It is pretty confusing the way it is now, since not all genetic resequencers affect skills, and shouldn't require someone to remember all skills for all three professions to know this.

    Yeah it is extremely confusing the way it is worded. It says absolutely nothing about being profession specific. It's confusing enough exactly what the trait even does - does it give a bonus for your highest power level or a bonus for each, scaling depending on the level or power set? Well I bought it on the day it released and lost about 30 million ec selling it back. Definitely should have waited but it still doesn't change the fact that it looks like nearly every other single trait on the market which are not profession specific.
    I checked and if you right click it gives you the text of the trait ability, which DOES specify that it only triggers when you use EPS transfer.

    I've never even had an eng. toon - EPS transfer means nothing to me other than EPS Power Transfer rate, which is a skill all toons have. It's not hard to see how that's open to interpretation.
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