Skirmish tactics
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I do think Db did do a good job of making the actual skirmish battles a bit more challenging.
That Tong on the first battle is pretty tanky! I kind of wonder what tactics people are using, I know that alot of people rely on Killy and Tkuma etc for the instant damage, but anyone have other suggestions for people who do not have those?
Also I have fleet-mates who are fairly new, and they do not have maxed ships yet, is it even possible to win these without that? Must be a difficult balancing act to make the battles challenging enough for vets, but even possible for newer players.
Figured Id bring up a subject that is a little less drama lol
That Tong on the first battle is pretty tanky! I kind of wonder what tactics people are using, I know that alot of people rely on Killy and Tkuma etc for the instant damage, but anyone have other suggestions for people who do not have those?
Also I have fleet-mates who are fairly new, and they do not have maxed ships yet, is it even possible to win these without that? Must be a difficult balancing act to make the battles challenging enough for vets, but even possible for newer players.
Figured Id bring up a subject that is a little less drama lol
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Same, but it also helps to have ff legendary crew, without them, id have no chance!
Not sure if that was what you were asking, but hopefully this post contributes positively to your thread
Who do you guys feel are good officers to use? that might help people out as well. Thanks for the feedback;)
The main tactic worth considering is how much damage your ship will take in the next battle. If a player is not going to win, even with a hull repair, it is not worth repairing the hull.
I have not run the numbers, but the bonus reward sometimes gives chrons and intel, meaning more skirmishes can be started. If a player can consistently beat battle 4, but normally fails battle 5, then take the bonus for 4 rather than the hull repair.
Goran'Agar for the boost to vp, FF muskateer la forge for his accuracy and shield boost, plus phlox and burnham for the dmg output, then i use the ship abilities for dmg and repairing my hull (not in this order)
This is mine, its cliche but I rely heavy on burst damage!
Thank you, yours is also a supurb setup! I guess since we are on better terms now (
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Event crew does not matter. I have used Yelgrun instead of Agar.
Keep in mind both accounts have fully leveled T'Ong.
Event crew does not matter have used Yelgrun and Agar too.
I have also observed more damage if I have a attack boost before T'Kuvma then just T'Kuvma attack by himself.
Notice my second account I wait until both T'Mir and Noah are ready to use. Then start with Noah followed by T'Mir, this gives T'Mir just an accuracy boost. But immediately when Killy is ready I hit her. She will get both Noah's and T'Mirs boost. If I delay using Noah and T'Mir I can also get their boost for T'Ongs instant damage. Only a few battles last long after that . But I have had the first battle knock down my hull to half. Nice to have the T'Ongs Hull repair ability too.
Never lost a battle either account any skirmish.
But my second account with Noah is the first time I used it. I was using a 1F Mirror Spock before.
Edit: the Noah crew setup seemed to be a better setup when I first started using it. Today it looks worse then my old one. Not sure if anything changed or if it just RNG.
Edit2: the Noah combo is blowing them up quickly. I just switched to activating as soon as they are ready. No playing around with delaying.
Still RNG can be against you in some battles go a little longer, first and 5th.
Also if Killy is blocked by cloak on the others might take longer.
But it looks like delaying activating was wrong. As soon as Noah is ready click on him, then T'Mir when she is ready, Killy, and then if necessary T'Ong accuracy instant attack. If battle is not over try to time hull repair ability before destroying other ship
-Borg cube
-2/5* Killy, 1/5* Locutus, 4/4* Valeris, event crew (this time it is a 4/4* Goran’Agar)
-activate Locutus immediately, wait to activate Valeris until Killy and the cutting beam are ready, activate all three; if necessary, activate Goran’Agar alongside the Borg Adaptation hull repair ship ability
Given that the first battle in this phase tends to run long even with Killy and the laser cutting beam, I start the next two battles by popping Locutus alongside Borg Adaptation to avoid having to make use of hull repair between battles.
Good point I have never used the in between hull repair. I always grab the loot.
HMS Bounty
T'Kuvma, Mirror Spock, Professor Scott, Mirror Phlox
(replace whoever needs replacing with an event character - in this case, Goran'agar's keeping T'Kuvma's seat warm)
Hit the red attack thingy (hey, I told you I'm not up on the fine details) on the far left right at the start, cloak when it becomes available, wait out the cloak (while the red thingy recharges, and everyone else becomes available), then fire everything all at once when the cloak drops. Repeat as needed - past events there have been a couple of enemies who've needed a second round of pummeling, but this event it's been five massacres in a row.
Level 10 HMS Bounty
4/4 tactical Michael Burnham
1/5 Chaotica
1/3 Mirror Smiley O’Brien
1/4 Waitress Ezri
You don’t need the strongest crew to win!
Also I think you can be just as successful with the ISS enterprise NCC-1701 no bloody oops.😉
Forgot to mention the video using the D'Kora Krayton he was highly successful too.
I gave all the original ships a try in my main account. The worst is the Prakesh I still won but I thought I might lose.
I tried NX-01 and ISS Enterprise with my same crew and they almost seem better than the T'Ong but occasionally some battles are tougher than the tough battles with T'Ong. Pain in th butt that i have to reselect crew when I change ship.
Ship: IKS T'Ong lvl 9/9
CMD: T'Mir 4/4 lvl 100
SEC: Mirror Phlox 4/4 lvl 100
DIP: Undercover O'Brien 4/4 lvl 100
ENG: Ru'afo 3/5 lvl 100
You will get two to three crew to give bonus each battle.
Tactic: Wait until you can activate cloak ability. After cloak deactivated, hit all abilities but hull repair from right to left. It may give you a KO hit on enemy ship if luck. If not, let your ship do rest until you able to do another hit again. Save the hull repair ability until it's needed or counter the enemy boarding ability. Sometime 1st and 5th ships will survive the assault but will have low hull left enough to finish off before they get to your hull.
With the loadout, it will fetch you 5,600 points per 1,200 tokens on Epic mode.
1st Battle: 1000 pts
2nd Battle: 1000 pts
3rd Battle: 1000 pts
4th Battle: 850 pts
5th Battle: 1750 pts
I hope this tactic may help lot.
Np JL;) I completely understand, and glad that we put our misunderstanding behind us, always good to learn and grow and move ever forward.
Quite right! Glad we are friends now
9/9 Romulan D'deridex Warbird
4/4 Diseased Founder (lvl 80)
4/4 Undercover O'Brien (lvl 40)
1/5 Rura Penthe Kirk (lvl 60)
I wait six seconds, do beep-beep-beep on my crew and then one more beep on the plasma torpedo and the battle is over. Works for all five stages for me, saves me a lot of time and I'm able to claim all the bonus rewards instead of forfeiting them to repair the hull.
I use Killy, Yar, Bell Riots Bashir and Goran'Agar. Job done. First skirmish i could start at epic and stay there.
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+Hull repair (use for free).
Tkuvma, Enemy lines Sisko, Suus Maana Sarek (375%, 400%, 400% bursts) + ship burst.
First Goran'agar (X2 VP).
Never lost a battle, never used the round-to-round heal, always got max VP
TKumquat, Goran Agar, Locutus, Suus Mahna Sarek.
It's a breeze.
Borg Cube
Polywater Yar
Captain Killy (only 2 stars)
Mirror Phlox
Yulgrun (or whatever the new corta name is)
Of those 4 only Polywater Yar is immortalsied
The order I use the crew is Killy, Yulgrun, Yar and only if needed Phlox
event crew in first slot for max bonus points, works better if he has an attack boost
Chaotica
Undercover O'Brien
Mirror Phlox