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How good has a second copy of a 4/4 to be?
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Do you keep second copies of super rares? Which ones? Does it ever pay off?
Along with Spock I won a 4/4 Drone Seven of Nine while I already have her immortalized and wonder what to do with the little twin - have her block 1 of currently 170 crew slots probably for months or airlock her right away?
Along with Spock I won a 4/4 Drone Seven of Nine while I already have her immortalized and wonder what to do with the little twin - have her block 1 of currently 170 crew slots probably for months or airlock her right away?
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I have a duplicate armed Philippa Georgiou unlevelled at 4/4 and like Romulan Kirk has a decent enough base for Disco Events.
I also have kept my 3/4 Section 31 Phillipa Georgiou because she too has a strong base in Security and could qualify for a Disco / Mirror or a Section 31 event.
The only other 4/4 dupe I have is Commando Shran possibly for another andorian event. But I might space him for freeing up space before another andorian event comes up.
I have a dupe of Timeloop Mudd 3/4 for his ENG and Disco qualification
and a 1/4 Gabriel Bell - decent enough Dip base and one can never have too much Sisko.
I did have a second copy of Prospect Burnham, but found I hardly used the first one in a shuttle event and I now have MIrror Stamets. So the need to keep a Duplicate for an underrepresented skill is less so I tossed her out the airlock for honor.
Drone Seven I probably could have kept as her base doubled beats my benchmark score of Ru'Afo. But I can't keep them all. Upshot is, if you have space and resource to do so yes keep hold of useful ones. Drone Seven has been event/bonus crew quite a bit. Also it depends how the Cheesecake 7 is deployed - if it's in an event you'll probably be glad you kept hold of the duplicate of drone 7.
Before this event I already had 2 copies of Drone Seven, and now I will keep 3rd. She was very efficient for shuttles.
And she was helpfull in several different events before.
I also found my second Drone Seven to be useful, but I decided against a third copy. We're getting another Robin Hood from sign-in that I plan to keep for a second copy. I've got a few criteria for deciding whether or not to keep.
- Main cast
- Base stats
- Equipping difficulty
- Stat combination
I also consider how hard they are to level. I'm really on the fence about the upcoming Combat Medic Paris. He was painful to level. The first copy has been very helpful. But using the resources for a second copy is making the decision tougher.
If you reach a point where you are almost done all the 4*, duplicates give you something to do to finish dailies. The downside is the resource cost of the duplicates so pick and choose wisely. If you come across a 4/4 it's one thing, but to save crew slots to try and get a second copy when you have lots of crew to level, it can be a waste of space, time and resource.
Combat medic Paris I think could be useful so I would consider fusing a second copy. Proton Paris on the other hand, would be a long shot unless I was prepared to use 2 million credits and 100 x 5* replicator rations to get from level 80 to FE.
Current SR Duplicates:
• Drone 7 of 9 x3
• 1701 Jadzia x2
• Bridge Officer Troi x3
• Sherriff Worf x2
• Detective Dixon Hill x2
• Time Loop Mudd x2
• Commander Ellen Landry x2
• Princess Jadzia x2
• Mirror Empress Sato x2
• Tactical Michael Burnham x2
• Captain T'Pol x2
• Sec 31 Georgiou x2
• Armed Phillipa Georgiou x2
• Temporal Agent Seven x2
• Blood Oath Jadzia x2
• Waitress Ezri x2
I feel duplicates are a must, and likely built into the design of the game on purpose when you get to a certain level in the game that you require those duplicates to have something useful to do. And yes, I have started duplicating Gold crew now as well.
Admiral Ross
B-4
Captive Bashir
Combat Medic Paris
Incognito Kirk
K'mtar Alexandar
Keyla Detmer
Sec 31 Georgiou
Sheriff Worf
I'm probably going to make a second copy of Robin Hood.
I have completed duplicates of Proto Barclay and am at various stages of other golds.
In terms of deciding whether to do a second copy, my decision is usually based on whether they are a strong card, and likely to be event crew. Also, I need to have all 4 copies ready to go so I don't have to use up slots for very long.
I usually dont but there are some 4* that have special traits or high skills. Romulan kirk is essential for voyages, and mirror dax is very high in skill numbers for instance.
As mentioned in the quote, i have been “holding” at lvl 2 all versions of seven and the dr since we have no idea how cheescake seven will appear. I will be glad to airlock all 7 extra crew cards i am holding once she finally is released. After the last lizard janeway debacle, i wont airlock any frequent duplicate crew drops that seem random. There has been so much speculation on her arrival we dont how it will be presented.
If you can get your hands on a second copy of someone that is at or near the top of your super-rare base scores, go for it.
Don't keep it assuming it might come in handy as bonus crew someday. It should be more useful.
However, now that 4* Captain Janeway can be combined with 4* Mutated Paris to form 5* Evolved Janeway, I am holding on to extra copies of both of them (and will continue to do so, space permitting, until Evolved Janeway is fully fused).
Captain Level: 95
VIP Level: 12
Unique Crew Immortalized: 525
Collections Completed: Vulcan, Ferengi, Borg, Romulan, Cardassian, Uncommon, Rare, Veteran, Common, Engineered, Physician, Innovator, Inspiring, Diplomat, Jury Rigger, Gauntlet Legends
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So long and thanks for all the fish.
This.
It helps to have four copies at the start so you can quickly freeze them.
Ardra - 2 immortals. thought that I might have use for two in the arena, but ever since Ardra teamed up with Killy arena battles are so fast it hasn't been nessessary.
The Clown - 1 immortal, 1 3/4. Cited up my first copy before voyages dropped them more than once. Good SEC/ENG and makes shuttles when powerhouses are on voyages; remains to be seen if a dupe will be useful.
Sec 31 Phillipa - 1 immortal, 1 FF but unleveled (from last campaign). Not sure if I will level her, probably won't be useful.
Mirror Jadzia - 1 immortal, 1 at 3/4. Started the dupe before power creep passed her by. (This will be a pattern). At least she'll be useful in Dax events.
Ambassador Shras - 2 immortal Very Useful Both copies frequently make shuttles when my 5* COM/DIP options are on voyages.
Princess Jadzia - 2 immortal. Power creept out of relevence before second copy was finished, but glad to have for Dax events.
Victorian Pulaski - 1 immortal, 1 at 3/4. Still makes a shuttle from time to time, dont know if the second ever will.
Ambassador K'Ehleyr - 2 immortals. Power creept away long before second copy finished.
Combat Medic Paris - 2 immortals Very Useful Both used to frequently make shuttles and voyages. I have more 5* MED options now, so I don't see them as much, and I don't see a third copy helping me, but for players heading into this next event should definately consider it.
Robin Hood - 2 immortals. Actually finished the second copy with the daily login today. Like other former SEC 4* powerhouses I doubt I'll see much use outside of Picard events.
Tierran Posessed Kes - 2 immortals. COM/MED combo. Was briefly useful to have two copies before overtaken by 5* options
Alan-A-Dale - 2 immortals. Had so many extra copies while chasing the last star for Friar Tuck data I leveled him out of spite. Has not been useful at all, but maybe theres some bridge crew art in there.
Mintaken Tori - 2 immortals, 3rd copy at 2/4. Anouther 4* DIP powerhouse that hasn't seen as much use as she used to.
Since the gauntlet started dropping copies of older gauntlet crew I started work on a second copy of Locutus and Guinan.
One comes to mind that I would dupe without a second thought: The Caretaker. Not even necessarily for his gauntlet usefulness, just that ENG/MED combo for voyages.
2 Gary Sevens he has the highest possible science voyage score,
2 Braxtons highest CMD score and rarish skill set,
2 Earharts highest Engineering voyage score,
2 Dahar Master Koloths
2 Warship EMAs highest MED for a 3 skill crew.
It's not too much to ask honest guv.
Locutus wears all the hats. Strong on Voyages and Gauntlet. Decent on events and ship battles.
There are virtually no 4*'s I would consider even if I had the crew space. They're all replaceable. DB would need to do something interesting with duplicate crew for me to consider it.
The one thing about Locutus is his relatively poor base skills. His usefulness in Galaxy events is very limited even at 5/5* and only becomes useful in Faction events at 4/5* or 5/5*. I’m not saying I would turn down having two of him myself, just that it would require a lot of gauntlet luck to get there.
CM Paris is threshold. We'll get 4 copies, plus some gear. I shall finish a second copy.
They're not poor when he's an event crew. There are better Picards (and Borg) but he's the only readily available one. Caretaker is unlikely to have any use during an event.
Luck is a factor. I've yet to see another Locutus since he left the Gauntlet. Meanwhile I would be up to 9 Caretakers (if I kept the extras).
Me too, he is very good MED addition
I got one star for Locutus during his run and then the one from the achievement versus three Caretakers...somehow, I’ve already gotten four Armii, though. RNGesus is fickle, for sure.