It's impossible to reach the Top 1000 in this event
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Well, obviously it's not - 1000 people will make it...
BUT it's impossible for "regular players", meaning non-VIP14 players who don't dump a gazillion DIL into early shuttle return.
* I have BOTH full-bonus 5* crew at L.100 (at 1/5 and 3/5), I have one full-bonus 4*'s FF, and 4 normal-bonus 4*'s FF
* I started off with the get-to-4000VP-immediatey scheme, and thus am at 3500/4000 VP since the beginning of the event
* I didn't waste too much time by keeping the time without active missions small
* I am a squad leader, so am receiving a certain VP bonus percentage
* I almost exclusively invested the legendary shuttle bonuses I collected over time, so 3 of 4 shuttles are almost always >80%, often >90%.
* AND I was relatively lucky with my return, getting sometimes 12000 or 16000 VP in one regular 3h run.
...and still...it's impossible for me to reach Top 1000 for another star for my 5*. heck, I won't even make 1500 for the 4/4 of the one bonus crew that's missing, as it seems, as I'm currently keeping level at around 1800-2200. :-(
Is there something I'm missing? I was hoping by collecting powerful shuttle boosts over months (since all other events weren't worth it for me, since I either had the rank 4* already FF, or did not have the 5*) to make a difference - but they only seem to be a "drop on a hot plate".
I AM high VIP-level, but I'm not VIP 14, and the one thing I will not do is pay for 1000's of DIL to get an early shuttle return. Is the only way to reach the Top 1000 exactly this, or what is the problem? :-/
BUT it's impossible for "regular players", meaning non-VIP14 players who don't dump a gazillion DIL into early shuttle return.
* I have BOTH full-bonus 5* crew at L.100 (at 1/5 and 3/5), I have one full-bonus 4*'s FF, and 4 normal-bonus 4*'s FF
* I started off with the get-to-4000VP-immediatey scheme, and thus am at 3500/4000 VP since the beginning of the event
* I didn't waste too much time by keeping the time without active missions small
* I am a squad leader, so am receiving a certain VP bonus percentage
* I almost exclusively invested the legendary shuttle bonuses I collected over time, so 3 of 4 shuttles are almost always >80%, often >90%.
* AND I was relatively lucky with my return, getting sometimes 12000 or 16000 VP in one regular 3h run.
...and still...it's impossible for me to reach Top 1000 for another star for my 5*. heck, I won't even make 1500 for the 4/4 of the one bonus crew that's missing, as it seems, as I'm currently keeping level at around 1800-2200. :-(
Is there something I'm missing? I was hoping by collecting powerful shuttle boosts over months (since all other events weren't worth it for me, since I either had the rank 4* already FF, or did not have the 5*) to make a difference - but they only seem to be a "drop on a hot plate".
I AM high VIP-level, but I'm not VIP 14, and the one thing I will not do is pay for 1000's of DIL to get an early shuttle return. Is the only way to reach the Top 1000 exactly this, or what is the problem? :-/
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Still around 300 in rank.
Crunch, what's the 4k VP scheme you're talking about?
The event "kickstart" that gets you to 4k VP shuttles inside 10 mins, rather than trawling through all the lower-prized shuttles.
Open 30 missions (10 available per faction).
Run the first 10
Open another 10 and speed boost (3*/90mins)
Run the remaining 20
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Is this like the first rule of fight club?
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Pretty sure he means the shuttle jump start to 4K...
And this is just me, not some VIP 0 in the fleet. I used only a semi-jump with 4 one min, 4 20 min, 3 one hour then 4 boosted 1.5 hour (instant) so 15 shuttles after 1 hour 20 min the 26 remaining one minute to 41 shuttles in an hour and a half using four time boosts... and one set of time boosts yesterday morning so I could send another set of shuttles before I got on the plane.
Thanks for that
Captain level 50, approaching 100 immortals
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Wait... I thought you were doing this already because you said you were 3500/4000VP since the beginning.
That's Crunch, not Knight Ranger
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Mea Culpa... or in modern parlance... my bad 🤗
RNG has decided it hates you this week
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SO, happy venting!
I only do a 30-shuttle kickstart, then I use time boosts to fit around my work schedule until I'm ready for skill boosts. I had a few bad luck streaks and fell down in the point tiers a few times so I didnt reach 4000 points until Friday afternoon.
Once I reach 4000 points, I open a few extra transmissions. I try to match event crew up with AND nodes whenever possible, but I dont just run the same 4 or allow transmissions to expire if I can help it. I also use the extra 4000 point missions as insurance if I drop down to 3500; this happened once so far this event and I was glad I had the extra missions standing by.
Had 1/5 FE disguised Kira, immortal Proton Paris and 2/4 FE Combat Medic Paris going into the event, immortalized Cardassian Kira and Rura Penthe Reed after the event started (had him at 2/4 before from previous run of event) Those are my only event crew; did not pull any 3* out of cyro.
I don't know if any of my tactics make that much of a difference over others or if RNG has been in my favor, but it's not impossible. All I know is that the longer I play the better I generally rank. Still not making sub-1000 all the time but I am more and more frequently.
I have been running FED missions. For each set of 4, I run the 2 3-slot missions and then whichever of the 4-slot missions are best suited for remaining crew.
Shuttle 1 (Penance)
1/5 Commander Kira
4/4 Rura Reed
5/5 Harvey Mudd
Shuttle 2 (The Unrepentant Okona)
5/5 Borg Queen
3/5 DF Paris (Shared from squad lead)
4/4 Anastasia
Shuttle 3 (Long-Distance Care -> Mission and exact crew rotates depending on which one I'm using)
4/5 Zek
2/5 Intendent Kira
4/4 Medic Paris
4/4 Prinecss Jadzia
Shuttle 4 (Looks Like Rain -> Same, flexible slot here)
2/5 Suliban Reed
1/5 DF Paris
4/4 Captain Proton Paris
4/5 Assimilated La Forge
I know I've also used Cardassian Kira a few times when I'm running different 4 slot missions. My three slotters have ~90% success rate. The four slotters are between 70 and 85. Using 3* Skill boosts on all missions.
Basically, be selective about which missions you run. If you don't have Medic Paris, avoid the MED one (for example). Don't use 9hr boosts. If you're that close to making it, you need to be hitting your 3 hr windows and overnight boosts are only good if you know you're going to be away for a while.
Let "bad" shuttle missions expire. Just don't run them.
Yeah I've got some VIP under my belt special offers and monthly card like described by at least one player above, but I've got every event and bonus crew other than Suliban Reed and Mikey B. I also have them all at FE, and the 4s FFed. (and Klingon Bride FF as she was my honor dumping project when it was first released.).
In many cases, I'm getting 4/4 back every time. No time rushes, no dilithium rushes, just some skill boosts. Medic Paris is my current target for MED boosts as I have gained a ton over the last year -- helping with the success rate.
I do have an advantage coming from a challenge. My daughter is going through night terrors, so after I calm her back down I resend shuttles again in the middle of the night getting even more turnaround all 24 hours....
So yeah, you're having it rough, but in some cases you're being out played. There are some rushing with DIL, but I can vouch for more than a few handfuls that aren't and are 400-700 right now.
Something isn't adding up here. If you are passing shuttles at an 80% clip and not missing a lot then you will easily be top 500. That's roughly 360,000 VP to this point.
I'm F2P and my bonus crew (all immortal) are:
RP Reed
Captain Proton
Medic Paris
Anastasia Komananov
Cardassian Kira
(shared) Commander Kira
That's a considerably worse crew than yours and I'm using 3* boosts. I passing at around 70-75% and not missing any shuttles. I'm ranked about 600th.
Quit missing shuttles and you will do better. It's not impossible.
I think impossible means "I can't do it."
I agree, something doesn’t add up. If all is going the way the OP explained, he shouldn’t be needing to have a tantrum here. Everything he explained will easily get into the top 1000.
I thought it was WAAAAAAHHH stop playing so I can catch up.
I have the exact same issue most faction events as well, so you’re not alone. Well, not exact same, in that I usually have 80 to 90 percent shuttles and mysteriously a bunch of them will fail throughout the event, but the same basic gist. Without spending money on speed-ups it often seems impossible to catch up to the 1000 mark. I usually languish in the 2 or 3 thousands without spending anything or too much effort either though, so at least there’s that.
Maybe, but I find these threads tiring, as well as misuse of words like, in this case, impossible.
Every faction event we're subjected to threads like this, saying what is impossible, or what must be done to rank high. And despite multiple examples of how these statements are at best, exaggerations, the threads continue.
Click bait title alone should be grounds for censure and exile.
You have to set alarms and wake up in the middle of the night. Anyone who does that and gets 70% passes will get top 1000. That's just the way it is.