Yesterday I bought a pair of Elite Tellarite Adamant Fighters, at the Fleet store, on my Fed-aligned Romulan toon (after having bought and unpacked the Fleet Tellarite Pralim ship). I keep getting a message, though, that I don't meet the requiments to slot these pets. Say wut?! And no, I don't have the C-store version, but that shouldn't matter: I was able to buy them, and they come with no restrictions listed on them.
If it were truly the case of me not meeting the requiments to use these pets (which is stupid to begin with, as I own the Tellarite ship), then the Fleet store should NOT have allowed me to buy them (aka, they should have stayed greyed out). So, obviously a bug of some sort?!
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I tried them on the Fleet Tellarite Pralim ship, clearly. But they won't fit on anything else, either. Like I said, there's no restrictions on them (in the usual red). Even bought the blue ones; can't slot those either.
Why?! That's never been a requirement. Besides, the way it usually works, is that the Fleet store will keep the pets greyed out that you don't qualify for.
Edit: It's also possible that being Romulan may be preventing it as well, since Romulans were more recently given access to FED ships, again something in coding may be preventing your Romulan from using them.
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Looks like you need the C-store version.
But I did buy the Tellarite Pralim Flight-Deck Assault Cruiser, only the Fleet version.
https://sto.gamepedia.com/Hangar_-_Elite_Tellarite_Adamant_Fighters
Thanks for the feedback. But a wiki is not an official STO document, of course. If it's really true, then the Fleet store shouldn't have sold them to me (clearly a bug then).** When the Fleet store lets you buy pets, that's the green light for you, signifying there are no restrictions on you to use them.
**In fact, they shouldn't have sold me the Fleet Tellarite Pralim Flight-Deck Assault Cruiser itself then, even, knowing I could never fit its pets.
Unless i am mistaken, aren't those Elite Tellerite pets locked out in the SB if you do not have the C-store version.
So if @meimeitoo purchased the elite pets, does that not mean he also has the c-store ship?
Not truly a he, LOL, but essentially so, yes: normally, if the Fleet Store decides there's a reason you can't use the pets, you can't buy them. So, now they let me spend 38K Dilithium + 100K Fleet Credits, and then effectively tell me "Haha, you can't use em, after all!"
And the C-store thing is silly. It's not like I'm cheating with the Fleet ship: 5x Fleet Ship Modules = 2,500 Zen (yes, that's 500 less than the C-Store ship, but you don't get a console and Trait).
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I can see how a not-truly-Fed character might be an issue. The thing just is, those pets don't come with any restrictions at all.
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> I can see how a not-truly-Fed character might be an issue. The thing just is, those pets don't come with any restrictions at all.
Yes, I'm sure it's not intentional and a bug. But the people describing not being able to use the shuttles always do so on Roms and Jems, thus mybsuspicion that is the issue. Have you tried on a vanilla fed?
Edit: I just remembered you don't have the account unlock. It'd be difficult to test on another char then 😜
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What account unlock?!
Also, just heard back from the ticket I filed. The answer was basically, "Looks like a bug to us, but we don't handle bugs; best go to the forums. In fact, someone just posted a topic there about the same issue." LOL.
They don't come with a restriction because at the time they were put into the game, that wasn't needed.
At the time the pets were put in, they were usable on a ship that can only be purchased and used by a Federation Character. At the time, there was no way a Romulan could purchase those pets so there was no need to state that they were restricted, obtaining them was not possible. But then, Romulans were given access to allied ships and now all the sudden a scenario like the one you find yourself in was now possible.
Obviously, I can't say for sure because I don't code for this game, but I am almost positive that the issue is with your character being Romulan. The fact that you have the ship unlocked the pets for purchase, but they aren't expressly coded to work for Romulans so they can't actually be equipped.
While the Wiki points to the C-Store version, if you look at it.. it tells you that the C-Store version is required to purchase them. The Fleet Version also fulfills this requirement, that's apparent from the fact that you have indeed purchased them. You have met the purchasing requirement, but because of the fact that you're Romulan, I am sure that's where the problem is.
Hopefully, someone from the development team sees fit to look into this and confirm for sure.
I hope it gets fixed for you.
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The c-store version. You could use that on another character, but the fleet version is character bound.
@seaofsorrows summarized what I also suspect. Let's hope your report gets recognized by the bug hunter or dev team.
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^^ That was a very lucid analysis. Thank you! I think it's clear now that it is, in fact, a Romulan issue, and not a C-store matter.
Oh, I see what you mean now.
Yeah. If this bug is indeed an old one, I say it's about time they fixed it. It's annoying not being able to buy pets that you think you quality for, but worse when they actually let you buy them, only to find out you apparently don't qualify, after all.
Thank you kindly!