Can we trade our bad polestars for other ones/Quantum?
PavelH
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So stuff like human, 1/2/3* rarity polestars are clogging the inventory and they are less than useless because each time I'd have crafted one of such crew, I'd have wasted Quantum on better crew. So how about we trade them in for like 100-200 Quantum each or something like 5 polestars into any trait you want?
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Species 8472 on its own leaves you with two choices including the 2 skill alien card. Add in human and you guarantee Boothby Replicant.
I forget the full combination I used, but I used a Starfleet polestar to get Mycelial Culber.
But I still believe that the 1*, 2* and 3* polestars shouldn't exist and if there was a way to recycle them that would be great.
- e.g. Human + Constable = Durango Troi.
- Human + Trill = Riker Odan
etc. etc.
You could "easily" immortalise these crew just through crew retrieval ... where, for example, Human and Trill is one of the more common combinations you can run into.
The most useless Polestar I own is Hirogen (and the 1-3* variety).
The cost of using it is way too high for a 3* or 4* crew to even think about converting it to Honor ... say I just use a 2* Polestar ... it costs 80k credits and 300 Quantum to get 50 Honor ... doing 1 90k regular portal pull is more efficient.
I'd love to be able to convert Polestars to Quantum ... but personally, I'd only ever convert the 1-3* ones, because even the Hirogen one might have use if they ever add a 5* Hirogen and I could do with 18 Human Polestars at least to immortalise a number of specific crew.
@Arnie it will give you Kira once she's added to the portal. I would definitely save it until then
I was assuming that'd be the case. Funnily enough, I have no Starfleet polestars yet, as that would be a good common second one to use once she is available. I do have 2x Bajoran though.
That was my second Breen disguise Dukat constellation too.
Best thing I've read this week. Blue trainers. 😅
You are exactly right. If it easier to get the polestars we want, then we do not need as much ISM. The reason to put it in campaigns and event rewards, is to give many opportunities to get the polestars we need.
I think TP should honor that reward for the first one to get 32767 Federation Polestars. 32767 Blue Trainers😂
It is insulting. But, I am not sure if newbies would make use of this or not. But, it would be far better for them to save it for superrare or better crew. Though it might be useful for the merge crew. So rare could be useful to newbies.
The drop rate of rarity constellations is the question. If they drop at a higher rate then this is not insulting. You will acquire a mass of Common, Uncommon, rare, and even superrare polestars. If their drop rate is low then it is insulting.
Their drop rate is extremely low. Something like 1 in 870.
I agree that 3* polestars could maybe be of some use for new players, but no one will ever use a 1* or 2* polestar if not by mistake (or to clear an achievement, if they do those again).
If the rarity constellations only contained 3*, 4* and 5* polestars, it would already be a huge improvement.
I think the problem is the drop rate. It needs to be more like 1 in 8 constellations will be rarity. I was thinking higher but then those rare polestars would be come even rarer. Maybe 1 in 5 would be okay. It would make the drop rate of one specific constellation, 1 in 4350/4=1087.5 Actually the skill drop rate is not figured in this. That may need to be higher too. Probably the skill drop rate should be half the rarity since it does not include as much waste as the rarity constellation.
Rarity constellations only drop from event rewards. You don't even get them via scans.
The problem is you fight for a rank to get the rarity drop or maybe two rarity constellations, and then you get 1-3*. So why did you bother fighting for the rank anyway? It'll take on average 5 rarity constellations to get one 5*.
Well... It wasn't Common...
THey should drop from scans. However, they need to cost 200 ISM to open. Who wants to open one with a 1in 5 chance of being useful. 200 ISM would reflect the odds of getting something useful.