On a good side not going for the ranked stuff allowed me to clear almost 100% of the galaxy maps.
Now I need detective Data and some Ferengi with a high Dip score and I'm done.
Right around 450k-460k for top 1000, don’t have the exact number. A lot higher than I would have thought given the lack of interest.
Holy buckets, that is still insanely low. Could have easily hit that. Oh, well, I don't need RSI or another lamed Martok, his other poor 5* version is waste of slot enough.
I gave up after hitting thresholds (which leaked into Saturday because of work on Thursday and Friday as well as not consuming a single time boost) and finished inside the top 10,000, whereas I usually end up between 13,000 and 15,000 during a normal galaxy or hybrid event when I only go for thresholds.
I think you will find the yield curve on 1/5s vs crew slots is a problem that is starting to have a real impact. There are so many cards now that I think more and more players will balk at 1/5's that are effectively dead space in crew slots. That will drive more and more "threshold and out." And, as many have noted, the Dukat as the raked super rare for the second time in a month on top of being the daily reward this month was another detractor. As for Yar, I am still annoyed by it but it did not impact my participation.
Right around 450k-460k for top 1000, don’t have the exact number. A lot higher than I would have thought given the lack of interest.
Holy buckets, that is still insanely low. Could have easily hit that. Oh, well, I don't need RSI or another lamed Martok, his other poor 5* version is waste of slot enough.
That really isn’t that low for a hybrid, I have seen hybrids where I get 350k-400k mainly from shuttles and it is enough for top 1000. I didn’t really try for this one, but several others in my fleet did and we were all surprised by how much things moved the last 12 hours.
I think you will find the yield curve on 1/5s vs crew slots is a problem that is starting to have a real impact. There are so many cards now that I think more and more players will balk at 1/5's that are effectively dead space in crew slots. That will drive more and more "threshold and out." And, as many have noted, the Dukat as the raked super rare for the second time in a month on top of being the daily reward this month was another detractor. As for Yar, I am still annoyed by it but it did not impact my participation.
why do people keep saying that... dominion dukat was not the ranked crew recently. BREEN dukat was the recent event crew. of course, the daily reward crew part is true and made ranking in this event irrelevant for far more people than usual.
I think you will find the yield curve on 1/5s vs crew slots is a problem that is starting to have a real impact. There are so many cards now that I think more and more players will balk at 1/5's that are effectively dead space in crew slots. That will drive more and more "threshold and out." And, as many have noted, the Dukat as the raked super rare for the second time in a month on top of being the daily reward this month was another detractor. As for Yar, I am still annoyed by it but it did not impact my participation.
I think DB needs to take a second look at the idea of being able to freeze FE legendary crew regardless of the fusion level. I imagine it is a technical hurdle they don’t have the time, inclination, or ability to cross, of course. If they could physically do it and choose not to, however, it’s not like a frozen 1/5* crew member counts for collections or the immortalization achievement. Such a move would also be a nice gesture to those who can’t or won’t pay for crew slots and would like to participate in events.
I think you will find the yield curve on 1/5s vs crew slots is a problem that is starting to have a real impact. There are so many cards now that I think more and more players will balk at 1/5's that are effectively dead space in crew slots. That will drive more and more "threshold and out." And, as many have noted, the Dukat as the raked super rare for the second time in a month on top of being the daily reward this month was another detractor. As for Yar, I am still annoyed by it but it did not impact my participation.
I think DB needs to take a second look at the idea of being able to freeze FE legendary crew regardless of the fusion level. I imagine it is a technical hurdle they don’t have the time, inclination, or ability to cross, of course. If they could physically do it and choose not to, however, it’s not like a frozen 1/5* crew member counts for collections or the immortalization achievement. Such a move would also be a nice gesture to those who can’t or won’t pay for crew slots and would like to participate in events.
It's an idea as old as the vault itself.
I doubt it's a technical hurdle at all. In terms of DB infrastructure, the only thing they'd need to add for freezing partial fusions is a column to indicate the current fusion level. The "problem" is that they've made the leveling process so trivial that it would almost completely remove any incentive to buy crew slots beyond the several dozen you need for your day-to-day activities.
I totally agree, it would be nice for players, I just don't see it happening from a business perspective.
I think you will find the yield curve on 1/5s vs crew slots is a problem that is starting to have a real impact. There are so many cards now that I think more and more players will balk at 1/5's that are effectively dead space in crew slots. That will drive more and more "threshold and out." And, as many have noted, the Dukat as the raked super rare for the second time in a month on top of being the daily reward this month was another detractor. As for Yar, I am still annoyed by it but it did not impact my participation.
I think DB needs to take a second look at the idea of being able to freeze FE legendary crew regardless of the fusion level. I imagine it is a technical hurdle they don’t have the time, inclination, or ability to cross, of course. If they could physically do it and choose not to, however, it’s not like a frozen 1/5* crew member counts for collections or the immortalization achievement. Such a move would also be a nice gesture to those who can’t or won’t pay for crew slots and would like to participate in events.
It's an idea as old as the vault itself.
I doubt it's a technical hurdle at all. In terms of DB infrastructure, the only thing they'd need to add for freezing partial fusions is a column to indicate the current fusion level. The "problem" is that they've made the leveling process so trivial that it would almost completely remove any incentive to buy crew slots beyond the several dozen you need for your day-to-day activities.
I totally agree, it would be nice for players, I just don't see it happening from a business perspective.
There are plenty of technical solutions that have been talked about since before the vault was created. The vault was not a solution to a technical problem, it was a solution to a business problem. How do you give players slightly more flexibility so they buy packs without impacting how many crew slots they buy.
There are plenty of technical solutions that have been talked about since before the vault was created. The vault was not a solution to a technical problem, it was a solution to a business problem. How do you give players slightly more flexibility so they buy packs without impacting how many crew slots they buy.
This. Crew slots was never a technical limitation, it as a political business decision that pride prevents them for re-evaluating. For some strange reason DB decided selling crew slots should be a primary source of revenue. And I suspect it actually costs them money by limiting far more frequent pack purchases, nevermind the softer cost of player frustration and lack of participation (why should I compete to waste a slot on a 5* that will never be used?).
On a side not, interesting to hear some think that 450k is standard on a hybrid for sub-1000 rank. Still not worth it to be, but my impression was it was higher. Either way, anything with a galaxy is just unbalanced clicking and supremely boring to me so I don't participate in them now that it's gone up to at least 6-10 hours of painful clicking and throwing away resources for what amounts to a crewman I seldom find value in.
I will be honest - I have the resources and the power to finish top 1K... I just don't have any space for another 1/5 with meh stats... And I'd rather stockpile my resources for a future galaxy event with a 1/5 worth fighting for.
I have no issue with everything that has happened over the last 3 weeks because I haven't spent any money, therefore (IMO) I have no reason to complain!
what would be the resources needed for lets say 500-1000 rank? in chrons...
I will be honest - I have the resources and the power to finish top 1K... I just don't have any space for another 1/5 with meh stats... And I'd rather stockpile my resources for a future galaxy event with a 1/5 worth fighting for.
I have no issue with everything that has happened over the last 3 weeks because I haven't spent any money, therefore (IMO) I have no reason to complain!
what would be the resources needed for lets say 500-1000 rank? in chrons...
There is no universal answer.
Since it’s a hybrid, It’s going going to be vastly different for someone with 300k from shuttles versus 150k.
Also significantly different for someone with a lot of prefarming done, or even just excess of 2/3 of the galaxy items versus someone with a relatively new account and no item excesses.
I think you will find the yield curve on 1/5s vs crew slots is a problem that is starting to have a real impact. There are so many cards now that I think more and more players will balk at 1/5's that are effectively dead space in crew slots. That will drive more and more "threshold and out." And, as many have noted, the Dukat as the raked super rare for the second time in a month on top of being the daily reward this month was another detractor. As for Yar, I am still annoyed by it but it did not impact my participation.
I think DB needs to take a second look at the idea of being able to freeze FE legendary crew regardless of the fusion level. I imagine it is a technical hurdle they don’t have the time, inclination, or ability to cross, of course. If they could physically do it and choose not to, however, it’s not like a frozen 1/5* crew member counts for collections or the immortalization achievement. Such a move would also be a nice gesture to those who can’t or won’t pay for crew slots and would like to participate in events.
It's an idea as old as the vault itself.
I doubt it's a technical hurdle at all. In terms of DB infrastructure, the only thing they'd need to add for freezing partial fusions is a column to indicate the current fusion level. The "problem" is that they've made the leveling process so trivial that it would almost completely remove any incentive to buy crew slots beyond the several dozen you need for your day-to-day activities.
I totally agree, it would be nice for players, I just don't see it happening from a business perspective.
I wouldn’t suggest any unfused crew can be frozen, just legendaries. If they opened such a mechanic to all rarity levels I think you would be absolutely right that the bottom would drop out of the crew slot market...but if they keep it to only 5* crew we’ll still have to have plenty of slots to hold onto a plethora of partially fused 3* and (mostly) 4* crew.
For example, I am using 41 slots on partially-fused 4* crew. Some are FE and some are still at level 1 with only one layer of clothes to keep them warm while they lay about the crew quarters waiting to do something.
This is one of the few events I've had no real interest in.
Had Dukat and Gilora immortalized already.
Martok isn't regular series crew so probably of limited usefulness. Combined with the fact I have a bunch of other Klingons with the exact same skill set.
No need to bother with this one.
Strong incentives for established players to avoid going past top threshold on this one, so it’s not a huge surprise if participation was somewhat below average.
For what it’s worth, this mega event wasn’t my favorite. Ru’afo was good, though a bit of a strange fit, and diseased founder was also a nice pickup, but not tons else for me to get excited about. I didn’t want to buy packs to get Yelgrun FF, so he’s likely going to sit at 3/4 for months, possibly forever.
Also, if you actually read the story text, you are probably disappointed and perplexed by the galaxy class sized hole they flippantly blew into the identities of the Dominion and the Jem’Hadar. So just one more poke in the ol’ eye.
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Squadron Leader - [TFA] Bateson’s Bulldogs
Strong incentives for established players to avoid going past top threshold on this one, so it’s not a huge surprise if participation was somewhat below average.
For what it’s worth, this mega event wasn’t my favorite. Ru’afo was good, though a bit of a strange fit, and diseased founder was also a nice pickup, but not tons else for me to get excited about. I didn’t want to buy packs to get Yelgrun FF, so he’s likely going to sit at 3/4 for months, possibly forever.
Also, if you actually read the story text, you are probably disappointed and perplexed by the galaxy class sized hole they flippantly blew into the identities of the Dominion and the Jem’Hadar. So just one more poke in the ol’ eye.
This. What I read of the event, I was just disappointed, the event really felt very Meh. The finale was a complete let down, I thought. Though I do like having an nice engineer with 500 points over my next high base eng.
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Now I need detective Data and some Ferengi with a high Dip score and I'm done.
Holy buckets, that is still insanely low. Could have easily hit that. Oh, well, I don't need RSI or another lamed Martok, his other poor 5* version is waste of slot enough.
That really isn’t that low for a hybrid, I have seen hybrids where I get 350k-400k mainly from shuttles and it is enough for top 1000. I didn’t really try for this one, but several others in my fleet did and we were all surprised by how much things moved the last 12 hours.
why do people keep saying that... dominion dukat was not the ranked crew recently. BREEN dukat was the recent event crew. of course, the daily reward crew part is true and made ranking in this event irrelevant for far more people than usual.
I think DB needs to take a second look at the idea of being able to freeze FE legendary crew regardless of the fusion level. I imagine it is a technical hurdle they don’t have the time, inclination, or ability to cross, of course. If they could physically do it and choose not to, however, it’s not like a frozen 1/5* crew member counts for collections or the immortalization achievement. Such a move would also be a nice gesture to those who can’t or won’t pay for crew slots and would like to participate in events.
It's an idea as old as the vault itself.
I doubt it's a technical hurdle at all. In terms of DB infrastructure, the only thing they'd need to add for freezing partial fusions is a column to indicate the current fusion level. The "problem" is that they've made the leveling process so trivial that it would almost completely remove any incentive to buy crew slots beyond the several dozen you need for your day-to-day activities.
I totally agree, it would be nice for players, I just don't see it happening from a business perspective.
There are plenty of technical solutions that have been talked about since before the vault was created. The vault was not a solution to a technical problem, it was a solution to a business problem. How do you give players slightly more flexibility so they buy packs without impacting how many crew slots they buy.
This. Crew slots was never a technical limitation, it as a political business decision that pride prevents them for re-evaluating. For some strange reason DB decided selling crew slots should be a primary source of revenue. And I suspect it actually costs them money by limiting far more frequent pack purchases, nevermind the softer cost of player frustration and lack of participation (why should I compete to waste a slot on a 5* that will never be used?).
On a side not, interesting to hear some think that 450k is standard on a hybrid for sub-1000 rank. Still not worth it to be, but my impression was it was higher. Either way, anything with a galaxy is just unbalanced clicking and supremely boring to me so I don't participate in them now that it's gone up to at least 6-10 hours of painful clicking and throwing away resources for what amounts to a crewman I seldom find value in.
what would be the resources needed for lets say 500-1000 rank? in chrons...
There is no universal answer.
Since it’s a hybrid, It’s going going to be vastly different for someone with 300k from shuttles versus 150k.
Also significantly different for someone with a lot of prefarming done, or even just excess of 2/3 of the galaxy items versus someone with a relatively new account and no item excesses.
I wouldn’t suggest any unfused crew can be frozen, just legendaries. If they opened such a mechanic to all rarity levels I think you would be absolutely right that the bottom would drop out of the crew slot market...but if they keep it to only 5* crew we’ll still have to have plenty of slots to hold onto a plethora of partially fused 3* and (mostly) 4* crew.
For example, I am using 41 slots on partially-fused 4* crew. Some are FE and some are still at level 1 with only one layer of clothes to keep them warm while they lay about the crew quarters waiting to do something.
I got all the threshold rewards from shuttles without time boosts, and without sending out new ones as soon as the old returned.
Had Dukat and Gilora immortalized already.
Martok isn't regular series crew so probably of limited usefulness. Combined with the fact I have a bunch of other Klingons with the exact same skill set.
No need to bother with this one.
But, as you say, there is no universal answer
For what it’s worth, this mega event wasn’t my favorite. Ru’afo was good, though a bit of a strange fit, and diseased founder was also a nice pickup, but not tons else for me to get excited about. I didn’t want to buy packs to get Yelgrun FF, so he’s likely going to sit at 3/4 for months, possibly forever.
Also, if you actually read the story text, you are probably disappointed and perplexed by the galaxy class sized hole they flippantly blew into the identities of the Dominion and the Jem’Hadar. So just one more poke in the ol’ eye.
Squadron Leader - [TFA] Bateson’s Bulldogs
This. What I read of the event, I was just disappointed, the event really felt very Meh. The finale was a complete let down, I thought. Though I do like having an nice engineer with 500 points over my next high base eng.
So, you are saying that you scored over 1,000,000 VP in this event and you are F2P?
I was a way off top 25 which was the next worthwhile reward so I leveled two legendary crews with the spare chronos.
Jim