Who to choose?
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I both got it and concur with the choice......
A terrible card but good for a collection at least ... also, his event is up next for a rerun so you'd have 2 stars by the end of the month probably.
Also, he's the go-to for Q-event CMD.
All three are freezer material once immortalised that's for sure, bring them out for events like 4*s.
Both Q and Picard might be of use if we have a Convergence Day event ... Picard is probably the better choice, but yeah, Q all the way for me.
I am going to have to feign surprise if the next Mega is centered around the new Picard show, or Picard himself in some way. I think Akimbo Seven of Nine would make a great, awesome Recurring for the Mega, if it is to tie into the new show.......
So, Picard would probably get some play there, too. But, Behold/BeGold selection is often a personal thing for many of us.
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All that said, I would pick Picard for the upcoming event potential.
Pick Hard? Choose thoughtfully? Picard? Ah you’re just busting my chops aren’t you?
Actually looking at my own roster, maybe he could be of use in SEC. but I do have a few Robin Hood's
Edit: Choose Musketeer Picard if you do not have a lot of high SEC Picard's. But also if there is a Picard Mega there will be some new Picard's too.
Option 2: go with either of the others and take the 550 Honor.
Now, at the risk of being "that guy"... since the OP is a relatively new poster to the forum, I'll just point out that behold questions/advice are usually dealt with in the "Ready Room". Granted you'll get less reply traffic there, but it's what that sub-section is for.
How about Pikachu? Is that worse pun?
PikaQu?
(FWIW...that is not an endorsement of choosing Q. I'd go for Picard considering the guaranteed abundance of events coming up, and he has a decent SEC proficiency, especially for a newer player)
If you want to send them on voyages, Picard is the only one who might get some use, unless you're a very new player and have almost no decent ENG crew at all, in that case Torres could be a temporary option for ENG-SEC voyages.
Picard and Torres also have some limited gauntlet use, if you have no better options. Picard is decent for SEC-DIP, but there should be many other options for that skill combination. I'm not sure, but I think that Torres does get a 45% crit on some gauntlets.
If you already have a good crew with some decent legendaries, I would just pick whichever one you like the best. You will soon have better options for all of them anyway.
Picard has 15 events, Torres has 12, Q has 6.
The collection Q is in does not give you crew stats, so is only really useful if you like collecting crew for the sake of collecting them. It takes some significant money investment if you'd want to complete both stat-boosting and vanity collections that give no stats benefit, though this could be tilted if you particularly enjoy those crew of course.
Did they go for the logic/smart choice (Picard) or heart (the others)?
- As far as Q events go ... more than 6 100% sure, the Big Book is incorrect. Already 4 mega-event events, Triskellion Tournament, Convergence Day, Infinite Contentions, Empire Reforged! - Shall I Compare to Thee?, Ready to Rumble, Endgame ... any others?
Granted, still not many, but at least 50% more than 6.
Also, I think that there needs to be a differentiation between "potential" and "actual" use, so;
- As a 1/5, that Q has the highest CMD base of any Q as is (EDIT: Well, unless Q Junior is included through the Q Continuum trait bonus - not sure how they will incorporate this in Q event re-runs).
- Whereas the Picard is reliant on "potential" (i.e. additional stars) to get to his numbers ... a 4/4 Robin Hood has a better SEC base until 4/5.
I have a bunch of crew in this second category, they'd be great for events, but require more stars, which is quite expensive for a 5*. In the end, I never really use them during the event (e.g. I didn't use 1/5 EV Suit Archer outside of the ramp-up this past event) ... so, if I'm choosing crew for events they either need to be unique (e.g. Survivalist Kirk or Benny Russell) or best in class potential (e.g. High Roller Sisko, Falcon O'Brien) or the only viable option in a behold (based on my personal criteria).
Yes, it is good to have a broad base for events, but I feel this factor is sometimes overlooked. Granted, as I aid in my first post, Picard is still the best choice ... but I'd go heart here.
Having a crew that's got unique variant skills gives a lot more flexibility and will make them less susceptible to stat creep. For example even though this week we got a new Sisko with ENG, that does not mean the only other sisko with ENG (Solar Sails) is dramatically worse, because until now he was the only other ENG sisko variant in the game.
Taken a step further, it can be useful to examine those actual events they are variants in and see if they'd be rerun crew you want. In the example of Q, just about every variant has horrible stats not useful for anything but Q events, which will win you.. more terrible Q crew?
I find that Field Marshall Q can compete with the Sheriff for gauntlet and a fully fused Marshall Q against a 1/5 Sheriff Q has similar bases for events, so the only thing different would be collection material but unless collections is one of your main goals then he'd be too low on the citation list imo.