Race only matters for the Federation; Ferengi offer a marginal benefit in reducing the cost of purchased commodities that may be required for missions. Every bridge officer has their very own special expertise, which are displayed in daring text. Well Traveled: This trait, obtainable by doing well in Tour the Galaxy, cuts transwarp cooldown by 20%. Also of note are Aegis doffs, which function similarly to R&D school doffs. Open the Foundry. Any more of an in-depth look than that is somewhat outside the scope of this guide; however, do note that R&D doffs are valuable even at lower rarities. It is given as a reward for playing through Story Missions, Task Force Operations (group PVE content), Duty Officer Assignments and other aspects of the game. Thank you to @spacewitch3 for compiling this list and @masterskittle for passing it on to me.You can find the list used in the video here: https://www.dropbo. Thus, in many ways the rarity of a doff is the most important factor when grinding Commendation XP. Cultural Exchange assignments: Available only to the Federation, there are ten of these (one is linked as an example). This is one of the factors that determines which doffs can go on which missions. A variety of changes to the system, however, have made it not more difficult but less intuitive. Those are the traits that your DOFFS or Duty officers have specifically listed to them. By playing a Foundry mission once every day, a player can amass a few hundred thousand EC in less than 20 minutes. Fleet doffs can be recruited at many fleet holdings by spending an absolutely outrageous number of fleddits for each doff purchased. If you Crit it, you get one of 14 Very Rare Duty officers. Tellarites with Stubborn and Resolve fetch around a million EC on the Exchange. Efficient is also almost always helpful when it appears. This is the unofficial community subreddit for Star Trek Online, the licensed Star Trek MMO, available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. This is an optional role some duty officers may have, allowing them to be used in crafting of special items unlocked with level 15 in. Note that certain DOffs like the Emergency Medical Hologram do not return any dilithium or XP upon dismissal. cool-down, 28% disaster rate, and 1000 dil (2500 dil for a crit) payout. In the extremely unlikely event that this mission is available in not a single sector, and not on offer from your operations officer, you will have to wait for a sector update. On that note, please add comments and ideas that will life easier for all of us and especially the new players. Lets think about these crits, assuming you crit all 5 of to Colonists to , you will receive 5000 dil. This is one of the factors that determines which doffs can go on which missions. Both mission uses a nebula around a portal to make a bunch of battleships coming in one by one easier to kill by stripping their shields be sure to stay outside the nebula area so you can keep yours! Pick up all the loot the ships drop. Starbase 24 and Gorn Minefield both have a good reward system: first place awards 2 purple mk xi items, second place awards 1 purple mk xi item, and 3rd place awards 1 blue mk xi item. More doff = $$$ advice: buy/get junior officer cadres. For duty officer discussion, visit /r/STODOff/. Below are methods commonly used to farm EC (Energy Credits). I hope this guide makes sense to get your 6 commendation categories up to Tier IV the fastest. The Borg in this area will Adapt to your Energy weapons, so grab a Remodulator from your Replicator (for 0EC) and remember to use it. Particle Traces and other bridge missions, colonial chains, analyzing Gamma commodity properties, Undine BZ, Dyson allied/contested when available, one at K-13, one at the Research Lab, and two at the Dilithium Mine. check with your operations officer in the Department heads tab or on your ships engineering deck. [1] There are at least 54,587 duty officers available since the system was introduced in Season 5. Since there is no guarantee that the mission will succeed I would only consider this option as a alternative. This is the most common source of Very Rare Technicians. Do note that "downgrinding" assignments can be useful for fleet contributions. You should be a KDF-aligned Romulan, however, as Romulans have access to a third set of doffs the other two factions cannot use. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Note that missions found under "Department heads" are exclusive to the player's console but can be shared with others via bridge invitations. There are quite a few who get frustrated with, and ultimately abandon the DOff system. Ya i see that, but its still nice having it maxed out. Both have a disaster rate of 4% with no fail rate, you crit, succeed, or there is a disaster. They go for about 10M a pop, to they're not too bad. The same goes for development assignments. Higher quality duty officers have a higher chance to complete assignments successfully, and will provide better assignment rewards than standard (common) quality officers. Look for the Mission called 'One and Done' via the 'Browse All' Tab on the Sidebar, and pressing the downwards triangle at the top to open the search dialogue. Transwarp Computer: Obtained with the T3 Excelsior but usable by any ship, this console drastically reduces transwarp cooldown time. "Upgrinding," or converting lower-rarity doffs into higher-ranking doffs through the assignments available at a faction academy, is absolutely never worth the time, dilithium, or doff investment. Special Deal on Entertainment Provisions: Awards an entertainer of the same rarity as the assignment on a crit. farshore Member Posts: 353 Arc User. For some reason, I often find regular Federation/Klingon Junior Officer Cadres for the same price or cheaper than a mini-pack (around 200k). Officers can be sent on missions and slotted for bonuses. Players can make use of duty officers in four ways: Duty officers have the following characteristics: But what if I told you that you're leaving dilithium on the ground, and that Cryptic laughs at your foolishness, dishonorable toHpaH that they are? https://discord.. Start out by either going to the exchange and buy some VR or Rare doffs. The mechanics of the duty officer system are rather similar to those of many collectible card games, in that officers can be acquired from random booster packs from assignments or the Zen Store. Each cluster has a series of 7 DOFF missions which follow on from eachother. Deep Space Nine Pack: The DS9 bundle includes three doffs. The same odds apply to all Cultural Exchange missions. Doffs can be attached to messages at mail terminals just like items. Go to Drozana Station (for all factions.). Along with that, there's the Children's Toys chain, which lets you craft Uncommon/Rare/Very Rare Mk XII consoles. Additional Duty Officers can be obtained in various ways and in many map locations: If you wish to get rid of one or more of duty officers (DOFFs), you can select "dismiss" and get an amount of Dilithium Ore and Recruitment CXP based upon their rarity. This is this is genius! Engineering - There are tons of these assignments both in the Undine Space Battlezone and pretty much everywhere. Tour the Universe is an hour-long, galaxy-wide event in which the player is awarded 50,000 EC for visiting all sectors of a sector block. Currently, there are duty officers of white, green, blue, purple, dark purple and gold quality. *On a side note, all the information that I found on links was just for the type of Doffs you can get and not anything up to date for commendations. October 2015 in Star Trek Online General Discussion. If you crit all 4 of Colonists to , you will receive 6000 dil. C. This option is probably the easiest and makes the most sense. Generally speaking, it isn't as profitable to dismiss a Duty Officer as it is to donate one or more to your fleet projects. This will take you through 6 Duty Officer Jurisdictions, where new assignments will automatically populate as you fly. Either that or grab a Melee weapon as they don't adapt to them. This is meant to bring the newbies up to speed and why Doffs matter. At endgame, however, almost anything worth crafting is available on the exchange at a price far lower than what you spend on Memory Alpha. Klingon High Council Awards. I often hear that KDF is better for DOffing for dilithium then FED, and it very much seems the case. Celebrate 13 years of Star Trek Online with Season Twenty-eight: Refractions, now live on PC! Share your glorious (or hilarious) in-game adventures through stories and screencaps, ask your game related questions, and organize events with your fellow Captains. So, what we have here is an unlimited supply of redundant Very Rare duty officers that can be obtained relatively quickly and in large quantity, while also awarding Refugees that can be exchanged via Asylum missions for more DOFFs of varying quality. This system was eventually removed for many reasons--one of them being that the missions it gave felt like something lower-ranking officers should be doing. I am releasing it now because of the recruitment event in progress, but I do intend to expand on all points which are simply outlined below. A nonrepeatable mission is available at both academies during junior officer weekends that rewards a very rare doff. For example CXP 10,000 or 25,000. Weigh carefully what you want more: Do you want fast dilithium, or more dilithium at less risk of disaster? Promotions: Several doffs have been given away for free in the past. With the no fail rate and higher max payout, Colonists to is clearly the better bet. Duty officers will be in one of the seven following departments: There are also 2 more departments that have their own roster separated from the main roster: Passengers (usually colonists) and the Brig. Doff missions. Read the 2.99 mil EC Race Route for instructions on how to earn millions of EC in one hour. True, you won't have the chance for that sweet crit, but you also don't risk that devastating disaster, and as has been said, Consign Prisoners isn't very sustainable. Refugees can be acquired as rewards from "Support Colonization Efforts" and can be purchased on the exchange. Finally, many Marauding assignments have a chance of awarding prisoners. Departmental recruitment (awards 2 duty officers from a specific department), Each rank achieved awards one free duty officer and unlocks the remaining officers in that category for purchase with dilithium (available from, Special Items (e.g., from lock boxes et al. For Diplomacy the smaller points assignments make more sense, yes you have to check them more often, but you get more bang for your CXP bonus pool buck by doing it this way. Introduction The crafting system in STO (unlocked when your character is at level 15) is a great way to get some useful equipment to use as you work your way towards even better equipment. If you choose Development, run the crap out of the Dabo and game assignments. This section deals with accumulating Energy Credits by: Seller beware: this is a guide on acquisition, not selling. Tal Shiar Awards. Note that your results will vary from others. They end by rewarding a rare doff and unlocking a repeatable chance at a very rare via critting on an assignment. The higher the Doff rarity the more points you will receive. This will help you make a decent amount of EC so you can survive your needs. Therefore it may be subjective as to which is easier or harder and what to order to complete them. I do not like to think about the Nagus.) For some reason it wont take bound greens from me. 1 Astrometric Probe, 10000 EC, 1 tactical, 2 other duty officers (doffs return to your roster). Resettle Colonists: Awards five colonists on success. That's the same idea I'm working with, except for a DOFF with specific traits. Also some doff missions like Scan for genetic anomaly or scan for re sequencers show up in sector and department head tabs sometimes. UPDATE: So far I've made about 10 million EC posting Tellarites with Stubborn and Resolve at a million EC a pop on the Exchange. Check out the new Event Grand Prize - the Tier 6 Compiler Science Dreadnought inspired by V'ger, or check out some of the new prizes available from the Picard: "A Safe Galaxy Lock Box"! You can confirm that the pool has been added in the upper corner of your screen. Also, I believe you can exchange your bound doffs, right? For example, you might 350 Eng points /350 colonial points. I will have to try it out. These are low-rarity, but free. Use the Personnel Officer and your faction's main Hub or at the Fleet Starbase to convert it into 3 rare. These include A Fistful of Gorn, Facility 4028, All That Glitters, A New Warfare, Time In A Bottle, and the Halloween/Friday the 13th special mission Hearts and Minds. At first, fleet projects require common (white) DOFFs, which are removed from your ship's roster and placed on permanent assignment in the fleet structures. Always check the dossier for affiliation before buying! Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, RetiredAdmiral Enzo Aquarius@enzoaquarius - U.S.S. For a long time, doffing was one of the easiest of these. The 2/27 changes to Admiralty pushed me over the edge. All players receive bonus packs at levels 18, 23, 31, and 41. Press J to jump to the feed. In Star Trek Online, there is a particular function for players who need so as to add bridge crew members to their ship. Do note, however, that for the purposes of the doffing mission system abilities do not matter at all. This limit can be exceeded by purchasing 1 additional slot for ground and space through the. Best way I've found to get rare traces is dilithium mining. Before you waste time and credits, however, always check to make sure you do not have free doffs waiting. Same applies to colonial. You should make anywhere between 300,000 to 500,000 EC, depending how lucky you were. The set itself can work in a torpboat setup. I also has to be reinstated in the fleet but I dont see much activity in the forums, Locations for Doff Recruitment and Trade CXP. Duty Officers on your ship can build components and will offer assignments some of these are new and some of these are additional chances to focus your efforts on a specific commendation category (e.g. Cryptic Studios, Inc. or its licensees and used with permission. For similar reasons, the academy recruitment assignments which cost dilithium (general and R&D) are also not worthwhile. The mechanics of the duty officer system are rather similar to those of many collectible card games, in that officers can be acquired from random booster packs from assignments or the Zen Store. Klingons will find however that this option, while it does offer the chance of a crit for 2500 dil, is in the long run less optimal with regard to use of prisoners and risk, but more optimal with regard to time with a 2 hr duration. They cannot be renamed or upgraded. Just a thought. One "good" place to boost your Crafting XP is in Defera invasion zone, you only need three types of Materials, and you gain Experience and often Omega Marks while you do so. Some assignments award Very Rare or purple doffs only on a critical outcome. You can buy them off the exchange, from opening lockboxes or even from completing some DOFF assignments. Holodeck Performance of Hamlet: This assignment always awards a very rare doff on a crit. behind the building with Lt. Ferrera and the DOFF combiner, talking to the Andorian personnel officer. Note: This is for already established players whom already have enough EC and do not wish to go through the levelling process again and just want another max. Get yourself an escort of some sort. Romulan Republic Awards. I found the alpha quadrant, and in particular the area around DS9, to offer the most trade assignments with good payoffs. Up to 5 can apply their specializations to Space operations, while another 5 can can be used to improve Ground operations. Check the community-updated DOFFJOBS spreadsheet (http://bit.ly/DOFFS) to see what missions are currently active. With the help of a variety of resources and advice, I was able to complete this work in a far shorter amount of time than I expected. One of the items you can craft on Defera is a fractal remodulator. Do the mission. While a critical success with common duty officers is possible, it is not as probable and not recommended. Investigate Temporal Anomaly: A non-repeatable assignment which awards a purple-quality bartender. KDF, admit it, you have it easy. You will receive a few more as you level up. ULTRA RARE ITEM CRAFTING DOFFS While these duty officers technically fall in the civilian category, they have some differences with it, like in example you will not be able to use them for many assignments that would normally allow any character in them. They have loads of other wee missions too for recruitment and trade. All ranks unlock titles, a free doff, the ability to purchase more doffs with dilithium (or EC, in three cases), and in two cases transwarp points and an enemy-faction boff. Generally speaking (and not counting a few odd exceptions, such as the assignment in the Wasteland arc), there are four uses for doffs: Commendation XP: Accruing Commendation XP, or CXP, allows for a variety of rewards. Finally completed most of the chains except for what's left in KDF space, and was excited that I was able to get 4 support missions before I went to bed last night. It's really awesome and there's rich PVPers/Children's Toys dudes running around buying. This is the other major sorting mechanism for which doffs can go on what missions. Frequently, those who own these will offer bridge invites to players who do not in order to allow them access to these assignments. What and how do I get CXP bonus pool packs? Personal: location varies; Engineering under Department Heads, Duty officers. Upon acquiring at least four or up to the maximum 20 colonists, you must find a place to drop them off. Try to match the race of the refugee to the Asylum's planet. There is little to say here beyond that civilians are generally worse than the other types, as they qualify for fewer missions. (A possible exception is doing it to get common doffs for fleet projects, but even that is highly questionable.). Quality depends on duty officer qualities and crit traits. Many of you are already aware that you need to get your AOY or Gamma recruits commendation levels up in order to unlock your rewards. Make sure you buy the additional 3 slots from your fleet embassy. Use the mission list below as a guide and plot your route. Otherwise, all that flying around is annoying. Very Rare Mk XII Consoles net between 3 and 50 million EC, depending on the console. Get a Federation, or Klingon character to Level 50. If you are buying doffs from the Exchange, always check to ensure that the doff you are buying is usable by your faction. Before embarking on doffing for EC, it is recommended that the player amass a sizable amount of purple and blue doffs to send on doff missions. It should say Battlezone Assignments. You will notice that there are several categories for each commendation and they all max out at Tier IV. Try it if you're feeling lucky. Specialist Fleet Awards. That is useful for assignment-gathering. #6. (I am aware that the Nagus technically works as well. You will see this more on the instigate deflection or cluster assignments throughout the maps. It is your friend. Amarie Smuggler's Heavy Escort: This ship also has a bridge with a trader contact. Free is never bad. If you check the in-game calendar, there is a "multiphasic" event that improves the drops from scanning anomalies. However, some may provide more than others. I imagine you can do this earlier than 50, but being level 50 insures you get the highest mark of loot. C. Science. Buying slaves! Upon finishing the . Targeted areas for improvement besides incomplete sections include a more comprehensive guide to marauding (once I experiment with it a little more), a more accurate ranking of commendation difficulties (where exactly do Diplomacy, Exploration, Marauding, and Development rank compared to the rest? You have the mission of Consign Prisoners to Colonial Labor Battalion, it has a smoking 2 hr. Resettle Colonists is available fairly often for FEDs and has an 8hr cool-down. In order to get Tier IV you must earn 100,000 points in that commendation to get to the point. 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