CAPTAIN'S BLOG

I am certainly looking forward to being able to properly train the BOFFS that we can't 'trade' to others for training, like getting EPTS 3 on the Liberated Borg, training some of the unique Romulan Boffs, etc.

[I'm not too excited to pay a good amount of Dilithium though....]

We will certainly be able to get by with less Boffs, as we can train our primary Boffs to do everything our alt Boffs do. (Aka, I don't need 4 tactical Boffs to be able to have the configs I run for different ships....

I presume in the future we can also upgrade the rarity of Boffs, for Dilithium.... (Maybe they will even make the rarity do something in space, as right now it just effects ground combat, unless that has changed....)

Chris

You know that somewhere in this new system we will have to spend even more dilithium somewhere, maybe even on the training books themselves. I haven't seen anything in any of the Dev posts concerning the currency necessary to purchase them yet. Look for the hook heading for your wallet because its going to be in there somewheres. They didn't revamp the system out of the kindness of their hearts. Somehow, someway it will be geared towards some kind of micro-transaction.

you will need dilithium and cedits ( not zen) to make the highter books that are open to you ( unlocked to you). dont know much dill .

Another dilithium sink that doesn't add much to actual gameplay, just more micromanagement with little reward. But, I guess it depends on how one plays the game or something. I really like how SWTOR did the crew thing, I feel connected to them. In STO, I add/delete Boffs like they're nothing because it's just another mechanism in the game.

Hi,

Since I am playing STO a bit like RP, on the other hand a bit like a Sci captain that wants to do DPS, but can't (heh heh), I have trouble with any change that comes up in the game because it changes most of the time the way I look at things in the manner of how do you experience the whole thing. I still have my first Boff. And even that isn't true becuase I had to buy another one because of the inherent traits. It hurt to get rid of my first Andorian Boff. So being kind of a Sheldon, I will have to grow familiar with the new thing, and when I have acustomed myself to the new thingies, something else is gonna change. The good thing about the new Boff training is, for me, that I dont have to go retraining them constantly to try out what works best, or just to adjust the skills to another build/ship.

I do see coming that it 'll be a new Dil Drain, (DD, is this e new abbreviation?), and with the dill required to craft and update things, it will defintely become a way to STO-heaven wich I will never reach.

I keep on hoping that with every new game mechaninc they add, there is a chance that the code will get an update, i.e., will need less maintenance. Keep hoping that weekly downtime comes obsolete one time in the future. Guess this will never happen.

I think it's a good idea. My only suggestion would be to increase the amount of dil you can refine/day so that we can afford this stuff without having to put real bucks into it.