I think the bottleneck is getting the rarity constellation and getting a legendary from it.
If you have the right Polestars, it is theoretically possible to narrow your pool down to Legendary only. Even a single specific Legendary with the right four {or less} Polestars. Theoretically.
EDIT: Three Polestars to lock-in Gangster Spock.....
"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."
I think the bottleneck is getting the rarity constellation and getting a legendary from it.
If you have the right Polestars, it is theoretically possible to narrow your pool down to Legendary only. Even a single specific Legendary with the right four {or less} Polestars. Theoretically.
EDIT: Three Polestars to lock-in Gangster Spock.....
Save the Costumed polestar, wait for the common Starfleet and Civilian polestars and then snipe Gangster Spock. He also has a bunch of other easy combos that guarantee him. I'd suggest saving Telepath and Jury Rigger for harder to snipe crew.
I hope we can eventually burn Polestars for Quantum.
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I think the bottleneck is getting the rarity constellation and getting a legendary from it.
If you have the right Polestars, it is theoretically possible to narrow your pool down to Legendary only. Even a single specific Legendary with the right four {or less} Polestars. Theoretically.
EDIT: Three Polestars to lock-in Gangster Spock.....
Save the Costumed polestar, wait for the common Starfleet and Civilian polestars and then snipe Gangster Spock. He also has a bunch of other easy combos that guarantee him. I'd suggest saving Telepath and Jury Rigger for harder to snipe crew.
Was just an example I randomly hit on, clicking what I had. I didn't pull him from the combo.
"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."
I just paid 4900 dilithium to get 5* Klingon Janeway and was given 2* L'Rell instead. To say I'm enraged is an understatement
Ouch! That much Dilithium and couldn't get it narrowed to exclude 2⭐s? That is bad!
I did narrow it, I selected purely Klingon Janeway, entered her by name, chose only her traits
Selecting her name in the Cryo list on the left does not affect the pool. That is narrowed down only by the combo of Polestars on the bottom right.....
Which Polestars did you use?
"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."
My fleet, Steeler Nation, is a very casual, low key fleet. Only level 73 or so, under 20 regularly active members. So the ISM Daily Targets are out of reach for us. Just letting anyone in charge know.
I just paid 4900 dilithium to get 5* Klingon Janeway and was given 2* L'Rell instead. To say I'm enraged is an understatement
Ouch! That much Dilithium and couldn't get it narrowed to exclude 2⭐s? That is bad!
I did narrow it, I selected purely Klingon Janeway, entered her by name, chose only her traits
There are a few options that will guarantee Klingon Janeway. Human+Survivalist+Duelist or Veteran+Survivalist+Duelist both work. But you have to narrow the pool down to a single option, and there are plenty of combos based on Janeway's traits that don't do that. Which polestars did you use?
I just paid 4900 dilithium to get 5* Klingon Janeway and was given 2* L'Rell instead. To say I'm enraged is an understatement
Ouch! That much Dilithium and couldn't get it narrowed to exclude 2⭐s? That is bad!
I did narrow it, I selected purely Klingon Janeway, entered her by name, chose only her traits
There are a few options that will guarantee Klingon Janeway. Human+Survivalist+Duelist or Veteran+Survivalist+Duelist both work. But you have to narrow the pool down to a single option, and there are plenty of combos based on Janeway's traits that don't do that. Which polestars did you use?
I just paid 4900 dilithium to get 5* Klingon Janeway and was given 2* L'Rell instead. To say I'm enraged is an understatement
Ouch! That much Dilithium and couldn't get it narrowed to exclude 2⭐s? That is bad!
I did narrow it, I selected purely Klingon Janeway, entered her by name, chose only her traits
Selecting her name in the Cryo list on the left does not affect the pool. That is narrowed down only by the combo of Polestars on the bottom right.....
Which Polestars did you use?
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"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."
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I got a few possible combinations down to 4 or 5 good possibilities without the 5*, but the guaranteed Keiko before two weeks where she gets bonus was too good to pass up.
And now that all of our 1st day Crew Retrieval excitement is over, we all wait 17 days for our Quantum to recharge...
I agree, Quantum is going to take way to long to recharge for any useful benefits. I know they probably want us to spend dilithium, but they could have had Quantum recharge a little faster than 18 days for full charge.
I think a targeted gold crew for 5m credits every two and a half weeks qualifies as a useful benefit. Should they be available every week? Then players wouldn't be able to get to 5m credits and complain about WRG being money grubbing cash grabbers for offering to sell credits.
I think a targeted gold crew for 5m credits every two and a half weeks qualifies as a useful benefit. Should they be available every week? Then players wouldn't be able to get to 5m credits and complain about WRG being money grubbing cash grabbers for offering to sell credits.
Well, the Achievement should not expire before people can get the third one done.
"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."
I Snagged a Captain Braxton from the portal and a Sinister Picard from retrieval yesterday. Both great cards. Both immortalised within five minutes. So I'm again left bored, completing nothing but dailies for fourteen days until the quantum refills. I guess I only have to login twice now as opposed to three (I know I could have done it in two with an adwarp scan before...)
This is not the 'great feature that was requested by the players'.
I think a targeted gold crew for 5m credits every two and a half weeks qualifies as a useful benefit. Should they be available every week? Then players wouldn't be able to get to 5m credits and complain about WRG being money grubbing cash grabbers for offering to sell credits.
Well, the Achievement should not expire before people can get the third one done.
Many players got it done yesterday. There are other paths to completion than only two legendary retrievals.
I think a targeted gold crew for 5m credits every two and a half weeks qualifies as a useful benefit. Should they be available every week? Then players wouldn't be able to get to 5m credits and complain about WRG being money grubbing cash grabbers for offering to sell credits.
Well, the Achievement should not expire before people can get the third one done.
Many players got it done yesterday. There are other paths to completion than only two legendary retrievals.
I wish I had done the math, because now I'm going to be stuck waiting around for enough quantum to accumulate to waste on an uncommon polestar. No one's fault but mine, though.
I actually think I might just let that one go, since the skill constellations seem to be pretty common.
I think a targeted gold crew for 5m credits every two and a half weeks qualifies as a useful benefit. Should they be available every week? Then players wouldn't be able to get to 5m credits and complain about WRG being money grubbing cash grabbers for offering to sell credits.
Well, the Achievement should not expire before people can get the third one done.
Many players got it done yesterday. There are other paths to completion than only two legendary retrievals.
I wish I had done the math, because now I'm going to be stuck waiting around for enough quantum to accumulate to waste on an uncommon polestar. No one's fault but mine, though.
I actually think I might just let that one go, since the skill constellations seem to be pretty common.
I did the 2* craft for 300Q yesterday mostly to give me time to collect a few more polestars and plan my gold pull, but really missing out on one achievement constellation isn't the end of the world.
Including the average number of scans, we should have 28+ constellations (and enough ISM to open them) by Feb 25th plus whatever's leftover from the tutorial. Skipping that last achievement and just crafting gold after gold right from the start is a distinct possibility.
Ad scans are 30 minutes apart from my testing this morning. It's a combination of normal scan behavior (must scan to trigger an ad-scan) and dabo behavior (each ad-scan is free, but escalates the cost of the next scan).
If you scan 3 times (30+ minutes apart) and ad-warp each one, it will cost 400 ISM and save you 800 ISM daily.
Below is the cost for consecutive scans (resets daily) and bold would be the ones that you ad-warp
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At first glance, that would mean that it is more economical to add-scan after the even numbered scans, depending on the number of scans you want to do. Since then 5 scans would cost 300 ISM, or 60 ISM per scan. Whereas ad-scanning after the odd numbered scans would cost 400 ISM for 6 scans or 67 ISM per scan.
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So it depends how many scans you want to do that day. If you warp them all, you're looking at either 400 ISM for 6 scans (66.6 ISM/scan) or 1200 ISM for 8 (150 ISM/scan).
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Ad-warping starting on the second scan costs 300 ISM for 5 scans (60 ISM/scan) or 800 ISM for 7 scans (114 ISM/scan).
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So warping starting with the second scan is more ISM efficient, but if you're not opening constellations there comes a point where it's better to get the extra scans in if you have more ISM than you're spending. 1050 ISM daily + more from campaigns (Ben said event rewards too, but not sure)...it will probably be better to go for the [800 ISM for 7 scans (114 ISM/scan)] sweet spot and save the leftover for opening constellations.
Great catch! Another layer of strategy into how we're going to juggle the currency.
Is it just me, but I'm not getting any AD warp possibilities anymore ... I did do 2 yesterday ... was plñanning to do the 6-scan strategy today and from now on.
I should note that I did get a constellation at 11% possibility this morning, but I don't think that should affect the chance of an ad scan popping up ...
Also, I don't do ad-anything normally. Once in a blue moon the Dabo if I like the 5*, but nothing else.
Ad scans are 30 minutes apart from my testing this morning. It's a combination of normal scan behavior (must scan to trigger an ad-scan) and dabo behavior (each ad-scan is free, but escalates the cost of the next scan).
If you scan 3 times (30+ minutes apart) and ad-warp each one, it will cost 400 ISM and save you 800 ISM daily.
Below is the cost for consecutive scans (resets daily) and bold would be the ones that you ad-warp
free 100
100 200
300 500
800
At first glance, that would mean that it is more economical to add-scan after the even numbered scans, depending on the number of scans you want to do. Since then 5 scans would cost 300 ISM, or 60 ISM per scan. Whereas ad-scanning after the odd numbered scans would cost 400 ISM for 6 scans or 67 ISM per scan.
free
100 100
200 300
So it depends how many scans you want to do that day. If you warp them all, you're looking at either 400 ISM for 6 scans (66.6 ISM/scan) or 1200 ISM for 8 (150 ISM/scan).
free 100
100 200
300 500
800 1300
2100
3400
Ad-warping starting on the second scan costs 300 ISM for 5 scans (60 ISM/scan) or 800 ISM for 7 scans (114 ISM/scan).
free
100 100
200 300
500 800
1300
2100
3400
So warping starting with the second scan is more ISM efficient, but if you're not opening constellations there comes a point where it's better to get the extra scans in if you have more ISM than you're spending. 1050 ISM daily + more from campaigns (Ben said event rewards too, but not sure)...it will probably be better to go for the [800 ISM for 7 scans (114 ISM/scan)] sweet spot and save the leftover for opening constellations.
Great catch! Another layer of strategy into how we're going to juggle the currency.
Is it just me, but I'm not getting any AD warp possibilities anymore ... I did do 2 yesterday ... was plñanning to do the 6-scan strategy today and from now on.
I should note that I did get a constellation at 11% possibility this morning, but I don't think that should affect the chance of an ad scan popping up ...
Also, I don't do ad-anything normally. Once in a blue moon the Dabo if I like the 5*, but nothing else.
There's an annoying bug that's been happening for a while now whereby the ad warps randomly stop appearing unless you restart the game.
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If you have the right Polestars, it is theoretically possible to narrow your pool down to Legendary only. Even a single specific Legendary with the right four {or less} Polestars. Theoretically.
EDIT: Three Polestars to lock-in Gangster Spock.....
Save the Costumed polestar, wait for the common Starfleet and Civilian polestars and then snipe Gangster Spock. He also has a bunch of other easy combos that guarantee him. I'd suggest saving Telepath and Jury Rigger for harder to snipe crew.
Playing since June 14th, 2019
Captain Level 80 / VIP 12
Crew Quarters: 241/270
Immortalized [436]: 5* x30, 4* x239, 3* x89, 2* x53, and 1* x27
Most recent Immortal: Deral (4/4)
Current Project: Waiting for sale with 680k Honor
Completed Collections: Eugenics, Daystrom, Romulan, Ferengi, Do No Harm, Veteran, EV Suit, Rare, Uncommon and Common
Delete that post now, don't give them ideas.
Was just an example I randomly hit on, clicking what I had. I didn't pull him from the combo.
Ouch! That much Dilithium and couldn't get it narrowed to exclude 2⭐s? That is bad!
I did narrow it, I selected purely Klingon Janeway, entered her by name, chose only her traits
Selecting her name in the Cryo list on the left does not affect the pool. That is narrowed down only by the combo of Polestars on the bottom right.....
Which Polestars did you use?
...did you pay attention to the tutorial?
There are a few options that will guarantee Klingon Janeway. Human+Survivalist+Duelist or Veteran+Survivalist+Duelist both work. But you have to narrow the pool down to a single option, and there are plenty of combos based on Janeway's traits that don't do that. Which polestars did you use?
Good question!!!!!
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So it is actually not as bad as it sounds...
I was hoping someone would work this out. Thank you!
Great pull. I am trying to finish another campaign legendary, Talas. Gonna see if I can do it without using the legendary polestar though.
I agree, Quantum is going to take way to long to recharge for any useful benefits. I know they probably want us to spend dilithium, but they could have had Quantum recharge a little faster than 18 days for full charge.
Well, the Achievement should not expire before people can get the third one done.
This is not the 'great feature that was requested by the players'.
Many players got it done yesterday. There are other paths to completion than only two legendary retrievals.
I wish I had done the math, because now I'm going to be stuck waiting around for enough quantum to accumulate to waste on an uncommon polestar. No one's fault but mine, though.
I actually think I might just let that one go, since the skill constellations seem to be pretty common.
I did the 2* craft for 300Q yesterday mostly to give me time to collect a few more polestars and plan my gold pull, but really missing out on one achievement constellation isn't the end of the world.
Including the average number of scans, we should have 28+ constellations (and enough ISM to open them) by Feb 25th plus whatever's leftover from the tutorial. Skipping that last achievement and just crafting gold after gold right from the start is a distinct possibility.
Is it just me, but I'm not getting any AD warp possibilities anymore ... I did do 2 yesterday ... was plñanning to do the 6-scan strategy today and from now on.
I should note that I did get a constellation at 11% possibility this morning, but I don't think that should affect the chance of an ad scan popping up ...
Also, I don't do ad-anything normally. Once in a blue moon the Dabo if I like the 5*, but nothing else.
There's an annoying bug that's been happening for a while now whereby the ad warps randomly stop appearing unless you restart the game.