Ship battles are less enjoyable now
pieman247
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I was happy with the ship battles and powers before DB decided they needed to be changed and now ship and skirmish battles are just frustrating and unenjoyable.
I can't collect all threshold rewards in Skirmish thanks to changing powers so now they have a backlash effect on the player's ship too, this is just stupid and puts off new players from getting good at the game.
Thanks a lot for Skirmish unnecessarily difficult than it already is now. For shame.
Title edited. ˜Shan
I can't collect all threshold rewards in Skirmish thanks to changing powers so now they have a backlash effect on the player's ship too, this is just stupid and puts off new players from getting good at the game.
Thanks a lot for Skirmish unnecessarily difficult than it already is now. For shame.
Title edited. ˜Shan
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In spite of this wretched change, I was able to lazily collect all the thresholds and I can now stare at my highly useful 3/4 Donatra.
But yeah, I like the idea of more variation and more abilities .. I really hate how they distributed them ... some just simply make no sense ...
*shrug*
same my Cube is actually better now and it dominated any match skirmish or arena i have had bar when i get instanuked in arena
Same, and over the weekend, I saw less overnight drop in rank when I was away. (Though that might be due to people being tired of ship battles during a Skirmish Weekend)
But if you have a level 10 Bounty or Borg Cube, and at least one event crew, you'll get tol 2000 or higher.
If you are new to the game and don’t have a few 10/10 ships or decent crew, then yeah, skirmishes can be somewhat time consuming. But any moderately established player would have no problem clearing top threshold in a few hours at the absolute greatest.
I used the T’Ong, Ardra, and Killy to end every battle in under 10 secs. If anything, my load seemed lighter this time around.
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I'm still throwing Rock. Paper seems to be on backorder.
But what of the situation for newer, more casual, and/or non-spending players? I would like to hear more about @pieman247 's situation. Were you playing the Skirmish on Normal, Epic, or Elite? Which ship did you use? Which crew?
I would also like to add some encouragement. Before I spent money, I realized the value of the dabo wheel. That is your ticket to 5* ships. Captain's division can be your ticket to a 4* ship. I had the best luck with a 4* ship in skirmishes until I had a 10/10 5* ship, which took about 5 months of dabo spins. The prospect may look daunting, but there is a path to improving your game without spending money. I hope you stick with it and I wish you luck.
There is also some good help on the forum if you ask questions. Folks on here are mostly friendly and willing to share information.
I'm an...how to describe it, moderate spender? I've never failed to buy my monthly card, and I've probably bought 5-7 special offers ranging from $5-10 (if this is not actually moderate spending, please forgive me). I've also only been playing for 3.5 months, so my crew is varied and non-optimized, plus I do not think I have any ship above rank 7 except that ship they start you with.
I just ranked...umm...I was in the tier that missed the legendary but got 4 Spocks, so something like 1,450? I started the event with a fully-equipped event Spock (got lucky on a premium pack rip two weeks ago!) and slotted him in my U.S.S. Defiant (rank 7?) along with Tuvix and Talos IV Spock (honestly I had other options here, but I liked the idea of rolling with 2.5 Vulcans) and I ran Elite level exclusively. I chose the U.S.S. Defiant because of the cloak and because it hits hard.
I burned, I want to say 5,000 or so chronitons throughout the weekend and used a supply kit first, and then I went HAM last night skirmishing for 6 hours straight. I ended most fights quickly, and always took the bonus roll instead of fixing my ship. I hit threshold using this strategy in before phase 1 was over, but since we are trying to build our new fleet from scratch I went for it hard last night.
Not sure if that answers your question, lol
Surely you mean Rock,Paper,Scissors, Lizard, Spock ?
I, for one, would love to see a "sensor log" or "black box" feature that would let you examine a battle in detail, after it has ended.
Often, currently, I am just left with questions when I am unexpectedly obliterated.
(Not saying that I can't hit #1 in Admiral; I can and do, but I always feel I could optimise more, if only I had more info.)
That does answer some questions. That sounds a lot like how I did in the first two skirmishes. There are two things that really helped me advance beyond that point.
1) Join a good, active fleet. There will likely be someone there who can help you with the "why" certain crew and ships work. Along with other helpful tips. This is a good community, so take advantage of that. :-)
2) Save up some of that money that you spend and get Killy or whatever crew comes along next who is helpful in ship battles (if skirmishes and arena are your passions). I spent $25 on her because I like the character. It really helped in this past skirmish.
You're probably on a good path to keep building. Glad to see you active on the forum. This is just as good a place for info as a good fleet.