I don't put much effort into gauntlet, it's more to kill time between other aspects of the game. Thus, it was a bit disappointing that Minuet's 5/5 stats are close if not worse than my 4/5 Vreenak.
Still, pretty artwork.
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All of the new crew are underwhelming. Stats are as mediocre as can be. As far as artwork, Nog & Gloria are very good, Minuet is I think a little cartoonish, and Bev is just "okay", imo. But even ignoring the stats and the art, none of them are particularly appealing to me as characters, anyway. This mega is starting out as a total snoozefest.
Usually I can find *something* to get excited in a Mega. This one, its just not happening.
I will participate, but it will feel like a chore (which saddens me)
I was very excited about the new Guinan, one of my favorite characters, but with that stats.. meh, another week of deliberately staying out of top 1000 and a confirmation of my decision to keep Tux Nog in my inbox. Neither of them is worth a crew slot.
And about Minuet, almost 3 years into the game any new 2-skills legendary should have at least one, if not both skills at 1100+ when FFFE so she will serve me better as 2200 honor.
On the plus side, for collectors the artwork is very, very good, and there's practically a free card for the Physician Collection, and an excellent repeat crew who also belongs in a collection or two.
Plus, they are all well-loved characters and quite honestly while the stats aren't stellar, particularly Minuet (who is a 4/5 for free) it's actually not a bad crew, especially for newer players.
I'm still pretty excited, the promise of fun holodeck characters for the next month with great art doesn't have me down in the dumps like for some!
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combining form
1. denoting 10^6: megawatt Symbol: M
2. (in computer technology) denoting 2^20 (1 048 576): megabyte
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Victorian Pulaski: MED 614 (138-321), DIP 986 (46-111)
This is a Barkley Dream Beverly. Her job is to look pretty, not cure people. Not the real Beverly = not physician.
If she's got Medicine as a skill then she's enough "Beverly" to be a physician.
As much as I'd like another Physician -- I've almost finished that collection -- I have to agree with DB that this version clearly isn't one. She does seem to be good at soothing "Master Barclay," though, so maybe that's her medical skill.
wow... DB... doubling down on making this event/mega as player unfriendly as possible? Not a single 3 seater...
Definitely unfriendly to new players or those without a lot of crew slots...for the rest of us with a mountain of Holograms, Worfs, and Beverly Crushers to choose from, it should be no problem at all.
wow... DB... doubling down on making this event/mega as player unfriendly as possible? Not a single 3 seater...
Shuttle missions are the same for everyone, plus it's a mega so the 2x event crew pool is pretty huge.
"New player unfriendly" at best, but this seems like such a tiny quibble.
just because the are the same for everyone doesn't mean they aren't screwed up for everyone.
The amount of creativity/effort they put into making faction events vary in seat count, etc could be put to much more productive use.
I believe they put every ounce of that into use they could here. Their goal was difficult shuttles, lowering expectations, increasing frustration, and minimizing options. In that, it is a wild success.
wow... DB... doubling down on making this event/mega as player unfriendly as possible? Not a single 3 seater...
Shuttle missions are the same for everyone, plus it's a mega so the 2x event crew pool is pretty huge.
"New player unfriendly" at best, but this seems like such a tiny quibble.
just because the are the same for everyone doesn't mean they aren't screwed up for everyone.
The amount of creativity/effort they put into making faction events vary in seat count, etc could be put to much more productive use.
I believe they put every ounce of that into use they could here. Their goal was difficult shuttles, lowering expectations, increasing frustration, and minimizing options. In that, it is a wild success.
I think there goal is score distribution. If shuttles are too easy, then too many people have similar scores and it's hard to say who the top 1k are. By scaling difficulty by the number of bonus crew, they are keeping the player distribution so they can "curve" to the best 1k players.
wow... DB... doubling down on making this event/mega as player unfriendly as possible? Not a single 3 seater...
Shuttle missions are the same for everyone, plus it's a mega so the 2x event crew pool is pretty huge.
"New player unfriendly" at best, but this seems like such a tiny quibble.
just because the are the same for everyone doesn't mean they aren't screwed up for everyone.
The amount of creativity/effort they put into making faction events vary in seat count, etc could be put to much more productive use.
I believe they put every ounce of that into use they could here. Their goal was difficult shuttles, lowering expectations, increasing frustration, and minimizing options. In that, it is a wild success.
I think there goal is score distribution. If shuttles are too easy, then too many people have similar scores and it's hard to say who the top 1k are. By scaling difficulty by the number of bonus crew, they are keeping the player distribution so they can "curve" to the best 1k players.
It's much simpler than that, they're basically sending the low spenders and F2P community a big middle finger. No you can't get free **tsk tsk** anymore.
It's much simpler than that, they're basically sending the low spenders and F2P community a big middle finger. No you can't get free shite anymore.
Incredibly terrible idea if so. Whales and big spenders need people to feel superior to. Frustrating new players and lower spenders and your broadest base just leads to very low retention of newcomers, faster exodus of existing players, and faster burnout of veterans.
Great way to drive down revenues, but not much else.
wow... DB... doubling down on making this event/mega as player unfriendly as possible? Not a single 3 seater...
Shuttle missions are the same for everyone, plus it's a mega so the 2x event crew pool is pretty huge.
"New player unfriendly" at best, but this seems like such a tiny quibble.
just because the are the same for everyone doesn't mean they aren't screwed up for everyone.
The amount of creativity/effort they put into making faction events vary in seat count, etc could be put to much more productive use.
I believe they put every ounce of that into use they could here. Their goal was difficult shuttles, lowering expectations, increasing frustration, and minimizing options. In that, it is a wild success.
I think there goal is score distribution. If shuttles are too easy, then too many people have similar scores and it's hard to say who the top 1k are. By scaling difficulty by the number of bonus crew, they are keeping the player distribution so they can "curve" to the best 1k players.
It's much simpler than that, they're basically sending the low spenders and F2P community a big middle finger. No you can't get free **tsk tsk** anymore.
Hi, VIP3 and $0 spent in 2018 so far. These changes will have 0 impact on what I get from the event. I still clear thresholds well before the end. These changes effect everyone so everyone's score will be a touch lower and therefore it will have no impact on rank. As others have said, these changes are rough for new players, but for anyone else, it doesn't make a difference.
Sometimes I feel like they are shooting darts when they are selecting stats.
Not literally but it seems to me that they are using some sort of their RNG program for skills and stats.
You could say that about the base stats.
I think the math is in the Equipment. While I've not started building any of the event crew yet, the stat boost from the equipment builds are what make or break a power character from a "meh" character.
Some(myself included) might disagree.....she needs 4 legendary items and 38 „faction only“ items as well.
I stocked up as best I could and all I have left is the free 5* uniform to equip on Beverly. That being said, my 0* holoprogram stack is getting really low already and I have Minuet yet to come
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Still, pretty artwork.
1. Voyage.
2. Have fun. If something isn't fun, don't do it.
3. Only pursue characters I care about.
4. Contribute to the fleet.
5. No more spending beyond monthly cards.
6. Have fun.
7. Voyage.
8. Have fun!
Usually I can find *something* to get excited in a Mega. This one, its just not happening.
I will participate, but it will feel like a chore (which saddens me)
And about Minuet, almost 3 years into the game any new 2-skills legendary should have at least one, if not both skills at 1100+ when FFFE so she will serve me better as 2200 honor.
Plus, they are all well-loved characters and quite honestly while the stats aren't stellar, particularly Minuet (who is a 4/5 for free) it's actually not a bad crew, especially for newer players.
I'm still pretty excited, the promise of fun holodeck characters for the next month with great art doesn't have me down in the dumps like for some!
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Because she's a fantasy hologram wearing Bev's skin and not actually Bev maybe?
This is a Barkley Dream Beverly. Her job is to look pretty, not cure people. Not the real Beverly = not physician.
Mandela Effect. She was a Physician when I updated my spreadsheet less than 2 hours ago
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1. denoting 10^6: megawatt Symbol: M
2. (in computer technology) denoting 2^20 (1 048 576): megabyte
3. large or great: megalith
4. informal great in importance or amount: megastar
Victorian Pulaski: MED 614 (138-321), DIP 986 (46-111)
Tieran Possessed Kes: CMD 943 (34-109), SEC 416 (54-130), MED 525 (83-238)
Minuet: CMD 911 (162-353), DIP 952 (292-766)
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If she's got Medicine as a skill then she's enough "Beverly" to be a physician.
Not literally but it seems to me that they are using some sort of their RNG program for skills and stats.
As much as I'd like another Physician -- I've almost finished that collection -- I have to agree with DB that this version clearly isn't one. She does seem to be good at soothing "Master Barclay," though, so maybe that's her medical skill.
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Shuttle missions are the same for everyone, plus it's a mega so the 2x event crew pool is pretty huge.
"New player unfriendly" at best, but this seems like such a tiny quibble.
Looks like the theory of DB doubling down on the crapper is to lower expectations is spot on.
Definitely unfriendly to new players or those without a lot of crew slots...for the rest of us with a mountain of Holograms, Worfs, and Beverly Crushers to choose from, it should be no problem at all.
That's awful. And the maximum of 5 missions per faction in the queue also managed to get on my nerves.
just because the are the same for everyone doesn't mean they aren't screwed up for everyone.
The amount of creativity/effort they put into making faction events vary in seat count, etc could be put to much more productive use.
I believe they put every ounce of that into use they could here. Their goal was difficult shuttles, lowering expectations, increasing frustration, and minimizing options. In that, it is a wild success.
I think there goal is score distribution. If shuttles are too easy, then too many people have similar scores and it's hard to say who the top 1k are. By scaling difficulty by the number of bonus crew, they are keeping the player distribution so they can "curve" to the best 1k players.
It's much simpler than that, they're basically sending the low spenders and F2P community a big middle finger. No you can't get free **tsk tsk** anymore.
Incredibly terrible idea if so. Whales and big spenders need people to feel superior to. Frustrating new players and lower spenders and your broadest base just leads to very low retention of newcomers, faster exodus of existing players, and faster burnout of veterans.
Great way to drive down revenues, but not much else.
Hi, VIP3 and $0 spent in 2018 so far. These changes will have 0 impact on what I get from the event. I still clear thresholds well before the end. These changes effect everyone so everyone's score will be a touch lower and therefore it will have no impact on rank. As others have said, these changes are rough for new players, but for anyone else, it doesn't make a difference.
Not Darts – just using the Dabo:
You could say that about the base stats.
I think the math is in the Equipment. While I've not started building any of the event crew yet, the stat boost from the equipment builds are what make or break a power character from a "meh" character.
Some(myself included) might disagree.....she needs 4 legendary items and 38 „faction only“ items as well.
I stocked up as best I could and all I have left is the free 5* uniform to equip on Beverly. That being said, my 0* holoprogram stack is getting really low already and I have Minuet yet to come