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25% off the Specialty Pack is nice an all, but considering the 4* crew in there, it's like selling four-day old shrimp at a discount next to one-day old steak... Not even sure that makes sense to me...

Better 4* crew, who are widely useful, would be a better approach... Or, include 4* crew who were recent event crew who were 3/4 copies in threshold rewards... That'd goose pack spending more than old, non-event useful, crew.
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  • /SSR/ AHSOG/SSR/ AHSOG ✭✭✭
    Now that they have done this once, we are going to expect it on all Tuesday Packs, not just the garbage ones...
  • Sisko's Self-Sealing Stembolaya [FF]Sisko's Self-Sealing Stembolaya [FF] ✭✭✭✭✭
    They only seem to do this on packs with mostly meh offerings.
  • YateballYateball ✭✭✭✭✭
    I like the ENG and SEC stats, but damn, those 4* stink... can't risk it even at the discount
  • cmdrworfcmdrworf ✭✭✭✭✭
    All the 4* are FFE. Pass. :neutral:
    Sir, I protest! I am NOT a merry man!
  • True Trans Soul RebelTrue Trans Soul Rebel ✭✭✭
    Travis S McClain wrote: »
    It figures that the pack of all women would be the one sold at a discount. Take some time on Thursday to talk that over with Admiral Riker, DB.

    Yeah... Pretty much...

    Smooth DB...
  • AviTrekAviTrek ✭✭✭✭✭
    Travis S McClain wrote: »
    Also, I challenge the assertion that all three of the 4*s in this assortment are useless. Profitable Ishka and Victorian Pulaski are among the top base DIP 4*'s. Hell, I've got Pulaski out on a shuttle right now. For players whose crews are largely comprised of 1/5's and 4/4's, they're both worth considering. I wouldn't go so far as to call either of them must-haves, but I do balk at the characterization of them as four-day old shrimp.

    Agreed. Pulaski has kept her place on my crew. She's one of the best 4* in the game. I happen to have all 4* FF so the pack is a pass for me, but it's a solid mix.
  • Dirk GundersonDirk Gunderson ✭✭✭✭✭
    Travis S McClain wrote: »
    Also, I challenge the assertion that all three of the 4*s in this assortment are useless. Profitable Ishka and Victorian Pulaski are among the top base DIP 4*'s. Hell, I've got Pulaski out on a shuttle right now. For players whose crews are largely comprised of 1/5's and 4/4's, they're both worth considering. I wouldn't go so far as to call either of them must-haves, but I do balk at the characterization of them as four-day old shrimp.

    I have a lot of decent DIP crew, including legendaries above 1/5*, and Victorian Pulaski is still one of my #1 shuttle diplomats. I’d highly recommend this pack to anyone who doesn’t yet have the 4* crew immortalized.
  • EtienneEtienne ✭✭✭
    I did one draw on a whim and got a second star for my Maid Marian/Vash .... so it's all good :)
  • [10F] gobolts07 [10F] gobolts07 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I bit. Got my 4th star for Moogie so no complaints here. Even better that it was at a discount.
  • Bylo BandBylo Band ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm not sure what offer I'm waiting for ( ;) ) but this one was not it.
  • Jim SteeleJim Steele ✭✭✭✭✭
    I took a punt on this, both Pulaski and Moogie needed stars, I ended up with Irina go figure; RNDesus can be odd. Ah well another 5* to add to the leveling pile.

    Jim
    DB: Do Better
  • CloneClone ✭✭✭
    [GoT] Angry Shimoda wrote: »
    25% off the Specialty Pack is nice an all, but considering the 4* crew in there, it's like selling four-day old shrimp at a discount next to one-day old steak... Not even sure that makes sense to me...

    Better 4* crew, who are widely useful, would be a better approach... Or, include 4* crew who were recent event crew who were 3/4 copies in threshold rewards... That'd goose pack spending more than old, non-event useful, crew.

    Who would you consider a better 4* crew member than Victorian Pulaski?
  • (Doing Better) Captain Beck (Doing Better) Captain Beck ✭✭
    Get Ishka in mine who I already had FF, but lucked out and got a BeGold and picked up a Gangster Spock.
  • Dirk GundersonDirk Gunderson ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 2019
    Viscous wrote: »
    [GoT] Angry Shimoda wrote: »
    25% off the Specialty Pack is nice an all, but considering the 4* crew in there, it's like selling four-day old shrimp at a discount next to one-day old steak... Not even sure that makes sense to me...

    Better 4* crew, who are widely useful, would be a better approach... Or, include 4* crew who were recent event crew who were 3/4 copies in threshold rewards... That'd goose pack spending more than old, non-event useful, crew.

    Who would you consider a better 4* crew member than Victorian Pulaski?

    I know who I would recommend (Shras, Robin Hood, and Mirror Jadzia), but they’re not so much better as to make Victorian Pulaski look like four-day-old shrimp by comparison other than for people in the Two-Skilled Crew Are Awful By Default crowd. :)
  • NS111111NS111111 ✭✭✭
    Went for a couple after Ishka to FF, didn't get that but got a rare behold with TWO useful options (almost never get anything from a 4* behold) - chose Malik over Kurn to complete the Augment collection.
  • DScottHewittDScottHewitt ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dirk Gunderson wrote: »
    Viscous wrote: »
    [GoT] Angry Shimoda wrote: »
    25% off the Specialty Pack is nice an all, but considering the 4* crew in there, it's like selling four-day old shrimp at a discount next to one-day old steak... Not even sure that makes sense to me...

    Better 4* crew, who are widely useful, would be a better approach... Or, include 4* crew who were recent event crew who were 3/4 copies in threshold rewards... That'd goose pack spending more than old, non-event useful, crew.

    Who would you consider a better 4* crew member than Victorian Pulaski?

    I know who I would recommend (Shras, Robin Hood, and Mirror Jadzia), but they’re not so much better as to make Victorian Pulaski look like four-day-old shrimp by comparison other than for people in the Two-Skilled Crew Are Awful By Default crowd. :)

    Two of your three suggested replacements are "interesting" for an all-female pack.
    "The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."
  • Dirk GundersonDirk Gunderson ✭✭✭✭✭
    DScottHewitt wrote: »
    Dirk Gunderson wrote: »
    Viscous wrote: »
    [GoT] Angry Shimoda wrote: »
    25% off the Specialty Pack is nice an all, but considering the 4* crew in there, it's like selling four-day old shrimp at a discount next to one-day old steak... Not even sure that makes sense to me...

    Better 4* crew, who are widely useful, would be a better approach... Or, include 4* crew who were recent event crew who were 3/4 copies in threshold rewards... That'd goose pack spending more than old, non-event useful, crew.

    Who would you consider a better 4* crew member than Victorian Pulaski?

    I know who I would recommend (Shras, Robin Hood, and Mirror Jadzia), but they’re not so much better as to make Victorian Pulaski look like four-day-old shrimp by comparison other than for people in the Two-Skilled Crew Are Awful By Default crowd. :)

    Two of your three suggested replacements are "interesting" for an all-female pack.

    I was thinking only of 4* crew that would be universally considered as more powerful than Victorian Pulaski, regardless of gender. The fact that Mirror Jadzia is the only female 4* that is demonstrably more powerful than Victorian Pulaski (though upon further reflection I would give a nod to Wedding T’Pol as well) only further hammers home the silliness of the original argument that Victorian Pulaski is a weak 4*.
  • DScottHewittDScottHewitt ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 2019
    Dirk Gunderson wrote: »
    DScottHewitt wrote: »
    Dirk Gunderson wrote: »
    Viscous wrote: »
    [GoT] Angry Shimoda wrote: »
    25% off the Specialty Pack is nice an all, but considering the 4* crew in there, it's like selling four-day old shrimp at a discount next to one-day old steak... Not even sure that makes sense to me...

    Better 4* crew, who are widely useful, would be a better approach... Or, include 4* crew who were recent event crew who were 3/4 copies in threshold rewards... That'd goose pack spending more than old, non-event useful, crew.

    Who would you consider a better 4* crew member than Victorian Pulaski?

    I know who I would recommend (Shras, Robin Hood, and Mirror Jadzia), but they’re not so much better as to make Victorian Pulaski look like four-day-old shrimp by comparison other than for people in the Two-Skilled Crew Are Awful By Default crowd. :)

    Two of your three suggested replacements are "interesting" for an all-female pack.

    I was thinking only of 4* crew that would be universally considered as more powerful than Victorian Pulaski, regardless of gender. The fact that Mirror Jadzia is the only female 4* that is demonstrably more powerful than Victorian Pulaski (though upon further reflection I would give a nod to Wedding T’Pol as well) only further hammers home the silliness of the original argument that Victorian Pulaski is a weak 4*.

    I looked to see if I had her sitting at Level 20 with one star after we started discussing her. Mine is FF at 70, 2/4 equipped. Now I need to start leveling her, I guess.
    "The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."
  • Speckles the Destroyer of WorldsSpeckles the Destroyer of Worlds ✭✭✭✭
    I decided to bite the bullet and give this pack a try, even though all the 4's are already FF. I tend to let my optimism from other people's success get the better of me.

    I got one FF duplicate 4*, and two FF 4* beholds.

    Wasted my dilithium again.
  • Dirk GundersonDirk Gunderson ✭✭✭✭✭
    DScottHewitt wrote: »
    Dirk Gunderson wrote: »
    DScottHewitt wrote: »
    Dirk Gunderson wrote: »
    Viscous wrote: »
    [GoT] Angry Shimoda wrote: »
    25% off the Specialty Pack is nice an all, but considering the 4* crew in there, it's like selling four-day old shrimp at a discount next to one-day old steak... Not even sure that makes sense to me...

    Better 4* crew, who are widely useful, would be a better approach... Or, include 4* crew who were recent event crew who were 3/4 copies in threshold rewards... That'd goose pack spending more than old, non-event useful, crew.

    Who would you consider a better 4* crew member than Victorian Pulaski?

    I know who I would recommend (Shras, Robin Hood, and Mirror Jadzia), but they’re not so much better as to make Victorian Pulaski look like four-day-old shrimp by comparison other than for people in the Two-Skilled Crew Are Awful By Default crowd. :)

    Two of your three suggested replacements are "interesting" for an all-female pack.

    I was thinking only of 4* crew that would be universally considered as more powerful than Victorian Pulaski, regardless of gender. The fact that Mirror Jadzia is the only female 4* that is demonstrably more powerful than Victorian Pulaski (though upon further reflection I would give a nod to Wedding T’Pol as well) only further hammers home the silliness of the original argument that Victorian Pulaski is a weak 4*.

    I looked to see if I had her sitting at Level 20 with one star after we started discussing her. Mine is FF at 70, 2/4 equipped. Now I need to start leveling her, I guess.

    She really is great. There aren’t many DIP/MED shuttle slots out there but she handles DIP-only slots quite well. Mintakan Troi is another one, though her DIP isn’t quite as high.
  • DScottHewittDScottHewitt ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dirk Gunderson wrote: »
    DScottHewitt wrote: »
    Dirk Gunderson wrote: »
    DScottHewitt wrote: »
    Dirk Gunderson wrote: »
    Viscous wrote: »
    [GoT] Angry Shimoda wrote: »
    25% off the Specialty Pack is nice an all, but considering the 4* crew in there, it's like selling four-day old shrimp at a discount next to one-day old steak... Not even sure that makes sense to me...

    Better 4* crew, who are widely useful, would be a better approach... Or, include 4* crew who were recent event crew who were 3/4 copies in threshold rewards... That'd goose pack spending more than old, non-event useful, crew.

    Who would you consider a better 4* crew member than Victorian Pulaski?

    I know who I would recommend (Shras, Robin Hood, and Mirror Jadzia), but they’re not so much better as to make Victorian Pulaski look like four-day-old shrimp by comparison other than for people in the Two-Skilled Crew Are Awful By Default crowd. :)

    Two of your three suggested replacements are "interesting" for an all-female pack.

    I was thinking only of 4* crew that would be universally considered as more powerful than Victorian Pulaski, regardless of gender. The fact that Mirror Jadzia is the only female 4* that is demonstrably more powerful than Victorian Pulaski (though upon further reflection I would give a nod to Wedding T’Pol as well) only further hammers home the silliness of the original argument that Victorian Pulaski is a weak 4*.

    I looked to see if I had her sitting at Level 20 with one star after we started discussing her. Mine is FF at 70, 2/4 equipped. Now I need to start leveling her, I guess.

    She really is great. There aren’t many DIP/MED shuttle slots out there but she handles DIP-only slots quite well. Mintakan Troi is another one, though her DIP isn’t quite as high.

    I got her FF, too. Got a drop on Voyage yesterdy and she was already FF.
    "The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."
  • SoupKitchen RikerSoupKitchen Riker ✭✭✭✭✭
    [GoT] Angry Shimoda wrote: »
    25% off the Specialty Pack is nice an all, but considering the 4* crew in there, it's like selling four-day old shrimp at a discount next to one-day old steak... Not even sure that makes sense to me...

    Better 4* crew, who are widely useful, would be a better approach... Or, include 4* crew who were recent event crew who were 3/4 copies in threshold rewards... That'd goose pack spending more than old, non-event useful, crew.

    Are we talking 4 day old gas station shrimp? That is next level sadness. lol

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  • DScottHewittDScottHewitt ✭✭✭✭✭
    SoupKitchen Riker wrote: »
    [GoT] Angry Shimoda wrote: »
    25% off the Specialty Pack is nice an all, but considering the 4* crew in there, it's like selling four-day old shrimp at a discount next to one-day old steak... Not even sure that makes sense to me...

    Better 4* crew, who are widely useful, would be a better approach... Or, include 4* crew who were recent event crew who were 3/4 copies in threshold rewards... That'd goose pack spending more than old, non-event useful, crew.

    Are we talking 4 day old gas station shrimp? That is next level sadness. lol

    But, if you eat them, the worms that build an empire in your stomach might make you supersmart..........
    "The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."
  • (CSF) Jesus Is Lord [••••](CSF) Jesus Is Lord [••••] ✭✭✭✭✭
    DScottHewitt wrote: »
    SoupKitchen Riker wrote: »
    [GoT] Angry Shimoda wrote: »
    25% off the Specialty Pack is nice an all, but considering the 4* crew in there, it's like selling four-day old shrimp at a discount next to one-day old steak... Not even sure that makes sense to me...

    Better 4* crew, who are widely useful, would be a better approach... Or, include 4* crew who were recent event crew who were 3/4 copies in threshold rewards... That'd goose pack spending more than old, non-event useful, crew.

    Are we talking 4 day old gas station shrimp? That is next level sadness. lol

    But, if you eat them, the worms that build an empire in your stomach might make you supersmart..........

    I think we just crossed over into Stargate territory...
  • DScottHewittDScottHewitt ✭✭✭✭✭
    (CSF) Jesus Is Lord [••••] wrote: »
    DScottHewitt wrote: »
    SoupKitchen Riker wrote: »
    [GoT] Angry Shimoda wrote: »
    25% off the Specialty Pack is nice an all, but considering the 4* crew in there, it's like selling four-day old shrimp at a discount next to one-day old steak... Not even sure that makes sense to me...

    Better 4* crew, who are widely useful, would be a better approach... Or, include 4* crew who were recent event crew who were 3/4 copies in threshold rewards... That'd goose pack spending more than old, non-event useful, crew.

    Are we talking 4 day old gas station shrimp? That is next level sadness. lol

    But, if you eat them, the worms that build an empire in your stomach might make you supersmart..........

    I think we just crossed over into Stargate territory...

    Futurama, actually.
    "The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."
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