in STO only Betazed can get Empathy (why..shrugs) I plan to make my officer a healer but id planned to take the Alien type since shes a modified human. Is Empathy that big a deal?
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New Science officer STO question
by Hera » Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:52 am
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Re: New Science officer STO question
by Jureth » Mon Dec 17, 2012 9:06 am
I have two science officers and neither of them have empathy that I'm aware of...one is a Klingon and the other a liberated Borg. I would venture to say that it probably isn't. Your skill point allocation, kit, and bridge officer powers are probably more important.
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Re: New Science officer STO question
by Kheren » Mon Dec 17, 2012 9:38 am
You can most probably choose empathy for any custom alien you make... and use that template to make it look totally Human if you want to.
That's what I did with my own main character, to create an Andorian mutant with the look and attributes I had defined for it. So, he is listed as "alien" but definitely looks like an Andorian (although darker, with pupiless eyes and different antennae).
I have two science characters also and none of them has empathy or anything close to it... and I soloed them up to 50 with no problem at all.
So it,s just up to your personal preferences.
That's what I did with my own main character, to create an Andorian mutant with the look and attributes I had defined for it. So, he is listed as "alien" but definitely looks like an Andorian (although darker, with pupiless eyes and different antennae).
I have two science characters also and none of them has empathy or anything close to it... and I soloed them up to 50 with no problem at all.
So it,s just up to your personal preferences.
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Re: New Science officer STO question
by Hera » Mon Dec 17, 2012 9:57 am
Sadly no race has empathy as a trait save the Betazeds. Its a kind of odd choice because you can have Telepathy and they established they go hand in hand but...eh whatever.
Thank you so much for the advice. I wont worry about it at all then. I was just worried about being locked into a poor choice while I play the character. In several games I believe them when the rules say 'chose what you want it doesnt matter' just to have it matter anyway :/
Thank you so much for the advice. I wont worry about it at all then. I was just worried about being locked into a poor choice while I play the character. In several games I believe them when the rules say 'chose what you want it doesnt matter' just to have it matter anyway :/
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Re: New Science officer STO question
by Kheren » Mon Dec 17, 2012 7:20 pm
Which is quite odd from STO's part because Betazoids are NOT empaths; they are telepaths! Only Deanna Troi in ST TNG was an empath and not a telepath because she was only half-Betazoid!
Seems the game designers got quite confused on this issue.
Roddenberry was not, however; he did not want telepaths, precogs and other psionicists on his show because they simply were storybreakers, as shown in this hilarious but very on the spot fan-made episode of TAS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5w1q8Q06Fw
Seems the game designers got quite confused on this issue.
Roddenberry was not, however; he did not want telepaths, precogs and other psionicists on his show because they simply were storybreakers, as shown in this hilarious but very on the spot fan-made episode of TAS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5w1q8Q06Fw
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