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FINALLY got a Cardassian BOFF Recruiting Assignment...

pulpsmack#4226 pulpsmack Member Posts: 96 Arc User
...and it’s for my KDF ROM 😭😭😭

I have one FED Cardassian I have been making due with 2 Common Cardi BOFFs and this would have been huge, even if it turns out to be Rare/Blue quality. Sadly, I am 90 % Certain it’s not faction-transferrable even though it’s a neutral race.

Since I have seen a rare thread come up in the distant past on the issue, the recruiting assignment spawned in the KDF shipyard (I heard a report it’s maybe more likely/only likely on DS9) so I wanted to throw this out for the record.
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  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,690 Arc User
    edited September 2021
    What's worse is that the people who did get the one-in-a-million Cardassian recruitment on a Fed character probably just turned the result into a training manual because they don't realize how rare they are. Like Reman boffs on a Romulan character.

    I might have done it myself over the years since I have no Cardassian captains.

    Dil sink idea #2019 - offer some of these rarer, broken recruitment types in VR quality for a big pile of dil
  • redeyedravenredeyedraven Member Posts: 1,297 Arc User
    IMO, the best solution for getting a cardassian is actually playing one yourself. They have some of the way better captain-traits (not as good Vanguard-JH but at least they get scaling buffs).
  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,690 Arc User
    edited September 2021
    IMO, the best solution for getting a cardassian is actually playing one yourself. They have some of the way better captain-traits (not as good Vanguard-JH but at least they get scaling buffs).

    True, but the player would probably want a full Cardassian crew to go with that if they care more about Space Barbie than maximizing DPS.

    I never use a Diplomacy Nausican Pirate or the Voth defector in my crews because they mess with the themes.

  • pulpsmack#4226 pulpsmack Member Posts: 96 Arc User
    edited September 2021
    > @davefenestrator said:
    > True, but the player would probably want a full Cardassian crew to go with that if they care more about Space Barbie than maximizing DPS.
    > ...




    ^^^

    Pretty much this. It’s hard to resist the trait temptation of a diverse bridge, but then there’s the away team as well. One solid (purple) LtCom/Commander on the bridge and maybe 2 Ens/Lts (any rarity) at minimum on the away team, and the makeup looks right for say a Cardassian Captain.
  • qultuqqultuq Member Posts: 989 Arc User
    The common cardassians are cheap as free in the tailor and have photographic memory (15% dmg, defense and 10% accuracy).

    Even the common ones are like better than the pirate trait (There is no superior pirate). All my new toons use a full common Cardi space crew. Most bridge officers don’t even have space traits.

    Just get the common ones from the Boff vendor at ESD. They are severely under-rated.
  • pulpsmack#4226 pulpsmack Member Posts: 96 Arc User
    > @qultuq said:
    >
    > Just get the common ones from the Boff vendor at ESD. They are severely under-rated.

    I have had the commons already for years. That’s why this was great/sucked when it happened to land in my lap (on the wrong
  • darkbladejkdarkbladejk Member Posts: 3,816 Community Moderator
    I do wish we had more options for recruiting specific boffs we want
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  • captainkoltarcaptainkoltar Member Posts: 941 Arc User
    Agreed. I was lucky enough to get a Cardassian from the Exchange when prices were reasonable.

    I also really wish that all of the special BOFFs (Hierarchy, Voth, Jem'Hadar) could wear faction specific uniforms. I don't use any of these on my characters because they can't wear my ship's uniform, which really sucks.

    Actually that's not quite true. The Hierarchy BOFF was originally 'bugged' and I was able to put him in my ship's uniform. The others though, I just don't use.
  • pulpsmack#4226 pulpsmack Member Posts: 96 Arc User
    edited October 2021
    Just hatched a moment ago...

    Purple Tactical: Torp Spread 3; Mine Pattern Beta 3 😭

    NOT creating a KDF Card alt, though damned tempted. Debating whether she should go to my Vanguard or my main- KDF Naussican
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