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Crew leveling ‘surprises’
Torias327
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Not a complaint thread, and not looking to start anymore screaming or DB hate, let me state that up front.
I finished Klingon Quark a few weeks ago, around 125 immortals for me. I finished the infamous Captain Proton for this current event. I sat back and said, well self, those are the two you always hear about, and so the rest should be all down hill. I picked up Rogue Harry Kim for next week. And hit a brick wall of 7 more legendaries to build... Yes the wiki could have avoided the shock had I gone there first and not when I hit level 80. But I am curious who other people found to be shocking to level, or a challenge. I’m at 174 immortal crew (all greys and greens except Chapel who just won’t drop, 18 legends and a spattering of blues and purples) and clearly Harry won’t be earning me 750 Dilithium this week (or next), but I have heard 3* Troi can be a grind and we all know Quark and Proton. But who snuck up you and hit you with a challenge? If nothing else, this can be a fun story share and maybe help some newbies order their leveling. Please no DB hate or vitriol, the builds are made, they won’t change, and there are hundreds of other threads to pour that into. Let’s keep this one light, please
I finished Klingon Quark a few weeks ago, around 125 immortals for me. I finished the infamous Captain Proton for this current event. I sat back and said, well self, those are the two you always hear about, and so the rest should be all down hill. I picked up Rogue Harry Kim for next week. And hit a brick wall of 7 more legendaries to build... Yes the wiki could have avoided the shock had I gone there first and not when I hit level 80. But I am curious who other people found to be shocking to level, or a challenge. I’m at 174 immortal crew (all greys and greens except Chapel who just won’t drop, 18 legends and a spattering of blues and purples) and clearly Harry won’t be earning me 750 Dilithium this week (or next), but I have heard 3* Troi can be a grind and we all know Quark and Proton. But who snuck up you and hit you with a challenge? If nothing else, this can be a fun story share and maybe help some newbies order their leveling. Please no DB hate or vitriol, the builds are made, they won’t change, and there are hundreds of other threads to pour that into. Let’s keep this one light, please
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The, 1*, 2*, and 4* Chakotay are all difficult (3* Boxer Chakotay wasn't that bad)
1*s - Botanist Keiko - wasn't really difficult since I leveled her recently and keep a small supply of science experiments on hand, but she used more than a 1* deserves (20 basic and 3 2*)
2*s - Persis was noticably harder than the other 2* crew I was leveling for cadets at the beginning
3*s - most of these seemed in line with the crew cost comparison, and nothing stands out, though I haven't leveled deanna troi yet
4*s - I'll reiterate Klingon Quark and Proton Paris as being difficult, along with GI Chakotay. I haven't leveled Rogue Harry Kim yet and probably will put him off even longer after seeing this thread.
Mirror Phlox has been almost equally frustrating. Got him to 100 a few weeks ago, but still trying to find the 1500 chrons or 1Mil credits to FE him.
And then there are the Klingons...
After the month long Klingon Event, I ended with almost a dozen 4* and 5* Klingons. ALL requiring the SAME items to level, so that has taken...5 months? Most are 100 with a couple at 80 & 90. Still need a bunch of 3* & 4* items to FE a handful of them. General Martok, Kortar, Miral & Klaa all need the same items, and I will get to them one at a time.
And then there's Crell Moset... All those bloody 0* Science Experiments. Dozens of them! If it weren't for the fact he has such high Med stat, I would have airlocked him. Many weeks/months spend trying to level him as well.
Squadron Leader - [TFA] Bateson’s Bulldogs
The 3* version, too. I call this the 'Sirtis Effect.'
Squadron Leader - [TFA] Bateson’s Bulldogs
I wish the crew cost finder would treat these faction items as both if you have them or if you do not.
When you are out of the particular faction item a crew needs and that crew has a lot of items that need that faction item, that crew is going to be hard to level.
Right now chronitons are fairly easy to get. Chronitons heavy crew are not going to be as difficult as they once were. Crew that have a few items that are fairly difficult to build can now easily be replicated around. However, some of these items might require 3-5 replicates to build the one item.
I just recently did Colonel Karr, he is another one where almost every item needs a few base ancient film. And I was having a terrible time getting base ancient film during a faction event that had the Federation as one of the factions.
My goodness...i remember...what was going through db's head when they made his 5 star recipe?!!
Also, my feeling is that Ferengi are usually quite difficult to level up.
And yes, Captain Proton is a pain, which is all the more surprising since he is a pretty worthless crew member...sure he is descent as ship's crew, but for everything else he is not very good.
It all got a bit better since we find an ample supply of replicator rations during voyages. I have two replications per day and can easily do two 4* equipable items per day, sometimes I can even pull off a 5*...with two replications, credits are not a problem for me...
http://ssr.izausomecreations.com/crewcost.html
Yes but some of these guys have a literal crap ton of those items. And replicating it at the 4 and 5 star level is pricey.
I've never seen it cost more than 250,000 to replicate the whole item for levels 90 and 100 that's what I've done for a good number of my crew.
Finished proton for this event too and he wasn’t that bad. Everything is easier for me now. I have 4 replicators and a years worth of inventory.
Oh blast - I don't even want him, I've just ended up with him 4/4 because I try to never throw away a purple unless I have to, and since I could cryo him I kind of feel like I have to... I mean, I don't have to, but I'm that kind of person, I have to.
That is the definition of pricey.
Oh and Chief engineer torres. Yeah, that would be a 1*...
But sometimes, as I just found out with Niners Kira and Mirror Phlox, it's just cheaper to replicate the single 4* item at 250K, than the 3 individual 4* items required to build that item at 90K each + 25K build cost.
Saturday cadet is great - gets me over 1Mil credits every time with just 1 dil purchase of cadet tix. (plus the daily rewards of course.) Much needed just to get through the week anymore.