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Science BOFF space skills not working

zepharynthezepharynthe Member Posts: 169 Arc User
edited August 2023 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
LVL 15 Science Officer, Fed, Delta. Her Science BOFF's space skills show on the bars, but when in space combat they stay greyed out.
Tyson Rift
Hazard Emitters
Transfer Shield Strength

None of them are working.
Any ideas what I can do to fix this?
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Post edited by baddmoonrizin on

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  • leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,343 Arc User
    You're not a high enough level to use them yet. It's the same with all Boff's (with exception to where a ship bug allows higher level skills use).
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  • zepharynthezepharynthe Member Posts: 169 Arc User
    edited April 2021
    leemwatson wrote: »
    You're not a high enough level to use them yet. It's the same with all Boff's (with exception to where a ship bug allows higher level skills use).

    The captain is a Lt Commander. The BOFFS are all lieutenants. The skills are either Ensign or Lieutenant level (T1 & 2). There should be no reason they shouldn't be operational.

    Remember the captains start as Lieutenants with ensign BOFFS, T2 is Lt Commander with Lieutenant BOFFS. And yes, these BOFFS have all been promoted.


    I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
    Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories. Thomas Jefferson (et al)
  • thehnthehn Member Posts: 83 Arc User
    Your level is not high enough to unlock the slots the abilities fall into on the ship.
    A display bug is letting you see abilities that are not active yet.
    Has nothing to do with your Boffs skill levels but your characters level allowing unlocks on the ship.
  • fleetcaptain5#1134 fleetcaptain5
    fleetcaptain5#1134
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    Ehm, guys. The OP obviously has been around for a while (since his name doesn't have the #with random numbers).

    There is an issue that causes Boff powers not to be selectable. Been reported, some people have also presented their findings there:

    https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline#/discussion/1258783/boff-stations-abilities-missing
    [4:46] [Combat {self}] Your Haymaker deals 23337 (9049) Physical Damage(Critical) to Spawnmother

    [3/25 10:41][Combat (Self)]Your Haymaker deals 26187 (10692) Physical Damage(Critical) to Orinoco.
  • jennycolvinjennycolvin Member Posts: 1,100 Arc User
    fleetcaptain5#1134 wrote: »
    Ehm, guys. The OP obviously has been around for a while (since his name doesn't have the #with random numbers).

    There is an issue that causes Boff powers not to be selectable. Been reported, some people have also presented their findings there:

    https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline#/discussion/1258783/boff-stations-abilities-missing

    I've been experiencing this on and off, too, but usually a game reboot would fix it - though from what I can see many others have not been so lucky.

    Also, ensign abilities are always unlocked, so to claim that the toon is not high level enough to be using them is entirely false.
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    Agli appartenenti al terzo tipo, invece, dico grazie. Anche se non sempre si riesce a mantenere la calma, siete quelli per cui vale la pena incazzarsi.
  • jennycolvinjennycolvin Member Posts: 1,100 Arc User
    westmetals wrote: »
    jennycolvin wrote: »
    Also, ensign abilities are always unlocked, so to claim that the toon is not high level enough to be using them is entirely false.

    Except the OP did not explicitly say that these WERE ensign level abilities.

    Except that they did:
    zepharynthe wrote: »
    The captain is a Lt Commander. The BOFFS are all lieutenants. The skills are either Ensign or Lieutenant level (T1 & 2). There should be no reason they shouldn't be operational.

    So, while the lieutenant ones could prove problematic, the ensign ones certainly aren't.
    kv1Ohsx.png
    Not agreeing with someone doesn't give you the right to be an TRIBBLE.

    Ci sono tre tipi di giocatori:
    - quelli a cui non va mai bene niente... e vanno sul forum a trollare;
    - quelli che sono talmente imbesuiti da credere a qualunque cosa i dev dicano, perfino che la luna è fatta di formaggio... e vanno sul forum a trollare;
    - quelli che credono a quello a cui è giusto credere, sono d'accordo con quello con cui è giusto essere d'accordo e sono critici con quello che non va;

    Ai giocatori dei primi due tipi, gratis in omaggio un bello specchio lucente su cui arrampicarsi. E una mazzata in testa per la loro poca intelligenza e compassione verso gli altri giocatori che non la pensano come loro.
    Agli appartenenti al terzo tipo, invece, dico grazie. Anche se non sempre si riesce a mantenere la calma, siete quelli per cui vale la pena incazzarsi.
  • zepharynthezepharynthe Member Posts: 169 Arc User
    edited April 2021
    It's a T2 Rhode Island Class Science refit ship. It has 2 science BOFF slots each with 2 slottable science skills. Now, I just noticed that NEITHER of the skills in the left position even show in the available skill list when in space. You can't load either into a space on any bar. So looks like the ship itself is bugged, and it's a crown store ship. But you KNOW you'll never get any kind of response from the devs about it.
    Post edited by zepharynthe on
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    Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories. Thomas Jefferson (et al)
  • jennycolvinjennycolvin Member Posts: 1,100 Arc User
    edited April 2021
    zepharynthe wrote: »
    It's a T2 Science refit ship. It has 2 science BOFF slots each with 2 slottable science skills. Now, I just noticed that NEITHER of the skills in the left position even show in the available skill list when in space. You can't load either into a space on any bar. So looks like the ship itself is bugged, and it's a crown store ship. Buy you KNOW you'll never get any kind of response fron the devs about it.

    Try changing ship if you can then, and see if that fixes it - though be prepared to have difficulties assigning skills anyway. It's been months and every time I change ship, there's at least one BOFF that's problematic.

    Also, keep an eye on your traybars: skills have a nasty habit of reappearing out of thin air even if you remove them - my latest delta recruit was plagued by the damned rift of the event set: I would unslot the ability and it would reappear at *every* map change from ground to space. The only work around I've found is to slot it on a bar that I never use, so it doesn't pop up where it shouldn't.
    Things have gotten progressively worse since they "revamped" how loadout works... because of course, instead of fixing the problem they change how the system work and the bugs just multiply.
    kv1Ohsx.png
    Not agreeing with someone doesn't give you the right to be an TRIBBLE.

    Ci sono tre tipi di giocatori:
    - quelli a cui non va mai bene niente... e vanno sul forum a trollare;
    - quelli che sono talmente imbesuiti da credere a qualunque cosa i dev dicano, perfino che la luna è fatta di formaggio... e vanno sul forum a trollare;
    - quelli che credono a quello a cui è giusto credere, sono d'accordo con quello con cui è giusto essere d'accordo e sono critici con quello che non va;

    Ai giocatori dei primi due tipi, gratis in omaggio un bello specchio lucente su cui arrampicarsi. E una mazzata in testa per la loro poca intelligenza e compassione verso gli altri giocatori che non la pensano come loro.
    Agli appartenenti al terzo tipo, invece, dico grazie. Anche se non sempre si riesce a mantenere la calma, siete quelli per cui vale la pena incazzarsi.
  • legendarylycan#5411 legendarylycan
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    Just a random thought but...do you have a deflector equipped? If so, try unequipping and re-equipping it - much like how not having an impulse engine equipped prohibits use of full impulse, not having a deflector equipped will disable most if not all science powers - a legacy thing from the very first iteration of the skill system that Cryptic never fully removed (unless they did so fairly recently as a stealth change).

    And sometimes the game can glitch to where it doesn't think you have one equipped even though you do.​​
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  • thehnthehn Member Posts: 83 Arc User
    You could try swapping to a different ship and going into space.
    Docking and swapping back to that ship and going into space.
    It is a pita but it has fixed things for me before.
    I hope it gets sorted for ya either way
  • zepharynthezepharynthe Member Posts: 169 Arc User
    Actually, I put her in her Advanced Cardassian Intel Science vessel and everything's working fine. It was the other ship that was bugged. Not like CBS or Cryptic cares though.
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    Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories. Thomas Jefferson (et al)
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