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Bridge Officers Need a Revamp
bossheisenberg
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The boff system needs a revamp. It would be nice if there was actually some kind of character progression with increased power and abilities as they increase in rank, and rank increase should be based on experience in combat and other duties. You would have to choose when to promote them based on when you thought they were ready. If you don't know what I mean the old game Shining Force had a really cool system like this for promoting characters. The system we have now is idiotic and entirely based on the need for promoting your boffs to get the bridge skills you need. You can promote them to commander right away based on experience points you have earned - some endgame players have tens of millions of these points. The whole training manual concept is pointless - it's just an unnecessary medium. Why not give them all the possible skills automatically as they level up, or something like that?
I think the boff system is a huge missed opportunity in this game. Some of the old RPGs from the 1980s and 1990s I used to play had a more sophisticated system for leveling up characters than STO. There's so much potential for customization of boffs but what we have now is an extremely rigid mechanic, with traits that are set in stone, an absurd training manual and promotion system that hinges only on how many experience points your toon has. How about some kind of progression or leveling of boffs so that they become indispensable as they serve under your command and become more useful and powerful over time, so that you can't just dismiss them and replace them immediately with another one.
What do you guys think?
I think the boff system is a huge missed opportunity in this game. Some of the old RPGs from the 1980s and 1990s I used to play had a more sophisticated system for leveling up characters than STO. There's so much potential for customization of boffs but what we have now is an extremely rigid mechanic, with traits that are set in stone, an absurd training manual and promotion system that hinges only on how many experience points your toon has. How about some kind of progression or leveling of boffs so that they become indispensable as they serve under your command and become more useful and powerful over time, so that you can't just dismiss them and replace them immediately with another one.
What do you guys think?
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What we have now is incredibly stupid and makes no sense. It's like going to the bank and getting cash, putting it in an envelope, and going to the post office to mail it instead of transferring money electronically. The training manuals are a completely unnecessary step. The basic boff skills would be learned on duty.
That would be a start.
I don't remember who D'vak is but can't you just remake T'Vrell out of a purple vulcan science officer?
Yeah that sounds just like real life - all you need to know you learn from a manual
Why don't you just role play this? Decide that you can only promote your boff once per 25 missions. Problem solved.
remove tovan kev.. BOFF fixed.
humm if boffs should have a progression skill tree or something would be interesting "grindy", that could be done with the random generated tree for Boff traits?
Oh, okay I think I remember him now, but I thought it was D'vex or something like that. Anyways that is true with him as some of the Romulan Boffs have unique faces, but I am pretty sure all the Federation and Klingon tutorial boffs are 100% remakable (I don't think that is an actual word but going with it) in the character creator. I know for sure T'Vrell is as I've copied her appearance before.
I wouldn't mind having a slightly more involved ability training system. Like players training them themselves (in a minigame), having them take classes in Starfleet/Klingon Academy or having another boff with the ability train them "on the job." In any case, something more than just feed 'em a book and they instantly master the ability.
And for ground they should totally have kits instead anyway.
I would also really like boffs to gain experience and levels like players, instead of players just promoting them straight to commanders on a whim.
Face it, they're either burning the training manuals, or EATING them.