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Can we trade our bad polestars for other ones/Quantum?

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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  • ThurthoradThurthorad ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think if you are in an active fleet, scan multiple times and use your adwarps on more scanning and you rank in events that you will be swimming in polestars in short order. Quantum seems to be the only real hurdle to overcome and that is purchasable with Dil so don't expect anymore freebies on that front.
  • ChaosChildChaosChild ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd love to be able to trade my Risian polestar for something useful. No way they're going to give us quantum though, that's how they're hoping to make money out of this.
  • I agree with AviTrek that even the most common polestars can be useful to narrow down crew.

    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.
  • RaraRacingRaraRacing ✭✭✭✭✭
    Human, Starfleet and Federation can be quite helpful for a unique crew.

    - 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.
  • AldudeAldude ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm a bit worried that I'm going work really hard to rank high enough and get this rarity constellation... Only to be rewarded with a Common polestar.
    Fleet Admiral of NCC UK Midlands."Leave any bigotry in your quarters. There's no room for it on the bridge." - J.T. Kirk, 2266
  • Yeah, they need a way to cycle useless polestars... I suggest that they will make it not TOO useful, like quantum, but exchanging them for a constellation. Like 5 polestars can get you a random constellation. You might lose out (another bad one), but it’s probably worth the shot...
  • (HGH)Apollo(HGH)Apollo ✭✭✭✭✭
    Or take human, Federation and Starfleet traits and weight them less so they are less likely to drop. I got an awesome constellation with many cool choices but instead my ninth Federation polestar fell and it really bummed me out.
    Let’s fly!
  • ArnieArnie ✭✭✭✭
    I was delighted to get a Breen polestar, until I realised it only gets me Dukat, and not Kira.
  • ArnieArnie ✭✭✭✭
    Arnie wrote: »
    I was delighted to get a Breen polestar, until I realised it only gets me Dukat, and not Kira.

    @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.
  • DavideBooksDavideBooks ✭✭✭✭✭
    Anybody have 25000+ of Item X because they happen to drop from an inexpensive mission that also drops a needed-every-galaxy-event recipe item? Of course you do. Do you ever use Item X? Yes, but only once in a blue moon. This will be no different. Nothing you can do about it, so don’t worry about it. First player to 32,767 Federation polestars wins a prize - naturally, the prize is blue trainers. 😉😂

    Best thing I've read this week. Blue trainers. 😅
  • WaldoMagWaldoMag ✭✭✭✭✭
    Anybody have 25000+ of Item X because they happen to drop from an inexpensive mission that also drops a needed-every-galaxy-event recipe item? Of course you do. Do you ever use Item X? Yes, but only once in a blue moon. This will be no different. Nothing you can do about it, so don’t worry about it. First player to 32,767 Federation polestars wins a prize - naturally, the prize is 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😂
  • WaldoMagWaldoMag ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2021
    The rarity polestar absolutely shouldn’t give anything less than super rare. I turned in my rarity polestar from event end and got common. That’s just insulting

    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.
  • WaldoMag wrote: »
    The rarity polestar absolutely shouldn’t give anything less than super rare. I turned in my rarity polestar from event end and got common. That’s just insulting

    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.
  • WaldoMagWaldoMag ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2021
    WaldoMag wrote: »
    The rarity polestar absolutely shouldn’t give anything less than super rare. I turned in my rarity polestar from event end and got common. That’s just insulting

    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.
  • AviTrekAviTrek ✭✭✭✭✭
    WaldoMag wrote: »
    WaldoMag wrote: »
    The rarity polestar absolutely shouldn’t give anything less than super rare. I turned in my rarity polestar from event end and got common. That’s just insulting

    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*.
  • AldudeAldude ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Well... It wasn't Common...
    Fleet Admiral of NCC UK Midlands."Leave any bigotry in your quarters. There's no room for it on the bridge." - J.T. Kirk, 2266
  • WaldoMagWaldoMag ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2021
    AviTrek wrote: »
    WaldoMag wrote: »
    WaldoMag wrote: »
    The rarity polestar absolutely shouldn’t give anything less than super rare. I turned in my rarity polestar from event end and got common. That’s just insulting

    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*.

    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.
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