Command Officer BOFF Abilities

http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9052953-command-bridge-officers

Initial impression Tactical-Engineer Hybrid, Team based effects, *REDACTED*

Is there any reason to hurry to the training/vr ground mods in the intel tree, rather than work the command tree?

Interesting that they're dropping these on us before...

The question will be are we getting new ships with this specialisation or are current ships getting retrofitted.

We are one step closer to having a Captain BOff :)

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The question will be are we getting new ships with this specialisation or are current ships getting retrofitted.

To paraphrase, did they just screw over everyone who shelled out for Tier 6 ships or Tier 6 upgrades just three months ago?

Also are we getting a larger spec point pool.

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The question will be are we getting new ships with this specialisation or are current ships getting retrofitted.

To paraphrase, did they just screw over everyone who shelled out for Tier 6 ships or Tier 6 upgrades just three months ago?

i'm so confused with all these new fancy wotsits....i'm just going to party pop around ESD again!

It seems likely to me there will be a new set of T6 ships released which are command specialised to drain all of our cash away.

Though who knows really but its the most financially profitable thing to do and lets face it that is cryptics forte

Yes it as and as a PWE Shareholder. ME GUSTA!

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It seems likely to me there will be a new set of T6 ships released which are command specialised to drain all of our cash away.

Though who knows really but its the most financially profitable thing to do and lets face it that is cryptics forte

Well, I suppose they have to recoup their profit margins somehow since I stopped buying Lock Box keys! :lol:

But even a ship-phile like me is fast approaching my satiation point. If they started creating micro transactions for additional ship upgrades/customization/skins for what we already have, that might tempt me.

Aww, who am I kidding. If the new Starfleet ships are purty & have a saucer, they'll get my money.

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It seems likely to me there will be a new set of T6 ships released which are command specialised to drain all of our cash away.

With only one (and a half) of the Tier 6 ships really representing canonical hero ships, it might be their one winning opportunity to get us to buy T6 ships.

I'm just not seeing them around the game in numbers I would have expected going into DR. Leading me to suspect that what players have Ops Pack or buy T6 a la carte, do so for the Traits, and return to T5U ships for the long haul by virtue of gear investments, sentimentality, or the Boff/console ratios.

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It seems likely to me there will be a new set of T6 ships released which are command specialised to drain all of our cash away.

With only one (and a half) of the Tier 6 ships really representing canonical hero ships, it might be their one winning opportunity to get us to buy T6 ships.

I'm just not seeing them around the game in numbers I would have expected going into DR. Leading me to suspect that what players have Ops Pack or buy T6 a la carte, do so for the Traits, and return to T5U ships for the long haul by virtue of gear investments, sentimentality, or the Boff/console ratios.

I had a feeling that Cryptic would be concerned about the ratio of how many people are using the T6 to T5-U ships to be honest but that said, there possibly a way to get people involved with these T6 ships.

But i personally would love to see a different means or way of ship building which i personally think could be a sight worth seeing , but than again not everyone would love that idea, but hey what can one do.

Mind you, i do have other thoughts of what i think has happened as such... but thats a different things all together.

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But i personally would love to see a different means or way of ship building which i personally think could be a sight worth seeing , but than again not everyone would love that idea, but hey what can one do.

So, like - a rebuild of the ship build system?

I mean, they've overhauled some game systems, crafting, reputation gear - and we're still seeing balance aftershocks from at least a few of those. I don't think any of those would be as fundamental to the operation of the game.

I've never liked STO's build system as much as I preferred Bridge Commander or Starfleet Command's. But that's one ship, I expect, has sailed.

True, it would be a bit much of an overhaul of a ship build system.

But that said, nothing ventured nothing gained is what i say.

The idea i had was essentially you start off in the miranda class or career specific class ship and you build upon that, with each level. Once you have obtained the next rank, the ship design would open up to further customization of the look of the ship and access to other things (consoles, weapon armaments and so on).

This essentially would be like mixing R&D with the upgrade system for parts and commodities and maybe specialized slots for special items as such, the tempest rail gun weapon or console specific to that ships like cloaking or the other gold consoles.

Again this is just an idea. Whether or not its valuable or not is a completely different question all together.

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Again this is just an idea. Whether or not its feasible or not at this stage of the game is a completely different question all together.

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Aww, who am I kidding. the new Starfleet ships will look like the prolapsed genitals of a syphilitic Gorn

Edited, based on precedent

thanks sej LOL

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Aww, who am I kidding. the new Starfleet ships will look like the prolapsed genitals of a syphilitic Gorn

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:lol:

Sorry 'bout the presumptive pedantry, j00 guys.

Been thesis reviewing the kind of student that you'd rather just hand the stupid degree, to get 'er out of your hair and onto someone else's problem, y'know?

tl;dr: I'm a little edit-happy.

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