Need Citation Advice (two choices)
Dingbat1
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I'd appreciate some advice on who to cite next. Q as God has thrown a wrench in my cite plans, in a good way, but has made it imperative for me to rethink my plans.
At the end of this Mega, I'll have 11 crew at 5/5. If I place all 11 on a voyage, my two weakest skills are Med and Sci. I have a 1/5 Dr. Katherine Pulaski and a 2/5 Defensive Phlox. If I choose to cite either one of them, then using all 12 crew on a voyage, the skill scores are fairly flat, all of them ranging between 6500 (DIP) and 7065 (ENG).
Aside (reason why it matters) - that means dropping a few crew whose skills I don't need and replacing them with a 1/5 who match the gold/silver skills for the voyage will guarantee that I last 8 hrs no matter the skill set
Dr. Katherine Pulaski is the better crew - her voyage total is exactly 100 points greater than Defensive Phlox (all numbers in this post assume no bonuses). BUT, and here's the dilemma, I already have Defensive Phlox at 2/5. So, the question is, should I work on citing Dr. Katherine Pulaski from 1/5 to 5/5, or should I work on Defensive Phlox, which requires one less cite and will be finished 2-3 weeks earlier (how long it takes to get enough honor)?
Is the extra 100 points worth taking 2-3 weeks longer and paying an extra 50k honor? or does it make more sense to finish faster, albeit slightly weaker, so that I can start on the next crew sooner?
Please don't take any other factors into consideration. Citations are irrelevant for gauntlet, my shuttles are doing fine, and I barely care about the arena. My only concern is for voyages
At the end of this Mega, I'll have 11 crew at 5/5. If I place all 11 on a voyage, my two weakest skills are Med and Sci. I have a 1/5 Dr. Katherine Pulaski and a 2/5 Defensive Phlox. If I choose to cite either one of them, then using all 12 crew on a voyage, the skill scores are fairly flat, all of them ranging between 6500 (DIP) and 7065 (ENG).
Aside (reason why it matters) - that means dropping a few crew whose skills I don't need and replacing them with a 1/5 who match the gold/silver skills for the voyage will guarantee that I last 8 hrs no matter the skill set
Dr. Katherine Pulaski is the better crew - her voyage total is exactly 100 points greater than Defensive Phlox (all numbers in this post assume no bonuses). BUT, and here's the dilemma, I already have Defensive Phlox at 2/5. So, the question is, should I work on citing Dr. Katherine Pulaski from 1/5 to 5/5, or should I work on Defensive Phlox, which requires one less cite and will be finished 2-3 weeks earlier (how long it takes to get enough honor)?
Is the extra 100 points worth taking 2-3 weeks longer and paying an extra 50k honor? or does it make more sense to finish faster, albeit slightly weaker, so that I can start on the next crew sooner?
Please don't take any other factors into consideration. Citations are irrelevant for gauntlet, my shuttles are doing fine, and I barely care about the arena. My only concern is for voyages
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Ahdar Ru'Afo CMD 1074 ENG 1510 SCI 670
Bell Riots Bashir DIP 1212 SEC 744 MED 1444
Captain Braxton CMD 1656 ENG 1262 SEC 744
Determined Janeway CMD 637 ENG 1592 SEC 1179
Etana Jol DIP 1199 ENG 1542 SCI 622
Kol of House Kor CMD 1245 DIP 634 SEC 1457
Mirror Paul Stamets ENG 1160 SCI 1554 MED 616
Prisoner Katrina Cornwell DIP 1257 SEC 679 MED 1508
Surak CMD 713 DIP 1097 SCI 1686
Thrax CMD 1246 DIP 493 SEC 1570
Add Q as God DIP 609 SCI 1230 MED 1575
that gives a total of CMD 6569 DIP 6500 ENG 7065 SEC 6226 SCI 5762 MED 5143
at 5/5 Defensive Phlox is SEC 625 SCI 1083 and MED 1521
at 5/5 Dr. Katherine Pulaski is SEC 648 SCI 1151 and MED 1530
Total scores with Phlox:
CMD 6569 DIP 6500 ENG 7065 SEC 6851 SCI 6844 MED 6664 (Total = 40493)
Total scores with Pulaski:
CMD 6569 DIP 6500 ENG 7065 SEC 6874 SCI 6913 MED 6673 (Total = 30593)
If you are doing this as a longer process, and only citing one, keep this chart in mind, then do the math from where you are at now.
Citing from 1/5 to 2/5 = +8 or 9% gain on primary skill
Citing from 2/5 to 3/5 = +8 or 9% gain on primary skill
Citing from 3/5 to 4/5 = +12 to 14% gain on primary skill
Citing from 4/5 to 5/5 = +12 to 14% gain on primary skill
Now, bumping crew from 1/5 to 2/5 doesn't usually give you much instant gratification, and sometimes makes you wonder why you did it because the skill barely moves. In the case of Qod, you are gaining the added benefit of 3 weeks of being ahead of the curve each step of the way when you add a * to him every week. (Starting this week at 2/5 of course)
If you think Qod will be sufficiently beasty at 4/5, then by all means select Phlox, as he will move up to the next higher bracket and be more useful. If you are doing the Premium Rewards on the Campaigns, remember you have another Cite to follow up with at the end of the Mega too.
Personally, I was struggling over 3 different crew, then decided to wait until the portal update to see if I got any of them to drop then, and if they did, I didn't want to have wasted the Citation I had sitting here. The thought occurred to me this morning when I got my copy of Qod to 100, that he would be better served next week starting him out at 2/5, so I cited him on the spot.
Good luck with your decision!
65 x 5* immortal
If events aren't even a small consideration, then go with Phlox, I guess. Save the citation for the next thing that comes along.
If you can’t pull that off with your crop of super-rare and partially-fused legendary crew, then by all means just fill a voyage with 5/5*s. If that’s the case, I’d recommend using a citation for Qod, as that is going to really help for the Faction event in two weeks and the Faction half of the hybrid in three weeks. Not to mention that Qod at 5/5* should be much better yet than Pulaski or Phlox.
Q as "God", Dr Katharine Pulaski, and Defensive Phlox have the same top two skill combo in the same order: MED-SCI. If you're feeling short of those two skills, I suggest going after a SCI-MED crew instead, like the Keeper, Juliana Tainer, or Phlox, Au Naturel. If you don't have one yet, just give it a little time. Patient building up of your crew is a big part of this game.
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
As far as considering voyage only he is the best way to go. But he is also very strong in other portions of the game. That bonus will give you an advantage in other areas if you decide to become concerned with those areas a a later time you will already have the advantage.
I’m in much the same boat - she’d clearly have the highest base skill of anyone on my crew and until very recently still had the highest base DIP on my crew (Bridge Officer #1 got her fourth star via citation earlier this week and a pleasant surprise on a single attempt on her Friday pack today will add a fifth once my current voyage returns). However, every time I look at where my crew needs improvement, I find someone else to work on instead. My to-do list after Number One has Dr. Pollard, Gary Seven, Rev Phlox, Juliana Tainer, Captain Braxton, and many more crew to fill legitimate holes in my voyage crew before I get down to Professor Sato.
I am also willing to bet that she gets pushed even further down after I unload my premium pack stash and turn up more crew that take priority over Sato...as much as I would like to see a base skill over 1600, I’d rather have a fourth solid ENG/MED crew or a third MED/COM ace instead.
In your case, i'd cite up Phlox to 4/5 and THEN start working on Pulaski, because getting them both to 4/5 will give you more flexibility than having one at 5/5 and one at 3/5, even if the stats are slightly lower.
Believe it or not, i've gotten 5th stars for Borg Queen, Cornwell, Darth Bashir AND NS Tucker out of begolds, so it DOES happen...once the ones you want are in the portal of course!
I am doing same thing.
I know that. I usually trade a few skills down to max out the silver/gold, (7k/9k minimum)
I'm F2P
I'm actually doing fine in other areas - I can get top 1000 in events whenever I like the legendary, and have broken top 100. My concern right now is my voyage crew
This. Although, I'm already at the point of reaching 8 hrs with any skillset - and I've got 8 Med primary legendaries. But overall, Med is my weakest skill, followed by Sci (and surprisingly, I don't have a lot of DIP primaries, but I don't need them)
I cited Cornwell and Darth Bashir to 5/5 and have gotten both in begolds afterwards. I appreciate the advice, but the odds are low enough. Please don't mention NS Tucker, his not being part of my roster is a sore spot for me (misclicked on a behold, while I was short on crew slots. Crew slots were given out free the very next week)
that's my philosophy
yeah, when I got Braxton I figured I'd cite him, but he kept being bumped. Just finished him off the other week. Tactical Neelix was next on my list, but Q-god made me rethink my priorities.
(and i've been bumping Dr. Pulaski down ever since I got her - and it might become permanent)
I love my 5/5 Tactical Neelix. He is great! He allowed me to finally get to 10 hrs on med-sec voyage.
I do something very similar at letting some 5* sit at 4/5, but typically only those that aren't going to really add a lot to my crew (although away team saru is nagging me at 4/5 and has found a seat even a star shy a few times). I focused hard on my voyage deficiencies and now they are my strengths (med, eng, and sci) and frequently go 10hrs as a primary. Like has been said, running nearly even up total scores doesn't produce--trying to get the top pairs of skill sets (that are available to you) immortalized will be of more benefit.
Away Team Saru is great even at 1/5. For me when citing crew for voyages I focus on skill combos that I am close to getting to a dilemma on. For example, I was getting about nine hours fifty minutes on med-sec voyages so I cited up Tactical Neelix because one crewmember could get me to ten hours. I waited on citing any dip-sci person because I am getting about nine hours on that skill combo and one more dip-sci person is not going to be enough to get me to ten hours.
Tactic Neelix is excellent. He often finds a seat--even when his skills are neither primary nor secondary. He is one of the best investments in crew I have made.
Shame we cannot trade legendaries. I would trade you my north star tucker for a second star on my resilient tuvok or a fifth star on my Arachnia.
I agree with this. You’re shortchanging your roster by not going 5/5. I will also add to that I won’t base a decision on something that might not ever happen