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Event Crew hasn't been good...
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I see it in our fleet chat all the time. "Underwhelming rewards", "unremarkable crew", "not a must have", and that's exactly how I feel. I've been skipping events month after month for this reason. Pack-only-crew, however, is breaking all boundaries of a steady power creep.
The new Phlox and a few more recent pack only crew are excellent gauntlet fighters. 1/5's from new packs get beast base stats, while most event 1/5's and 4/4's are meh.
I still play the game moderately, but not events. Went for Honey Bare on one of my accounts for no other reason than why not. The last decent gauntlet crew that I recall being an event reward was fake Geordie. Voyages turned out to be a rip off with the 4* rewards nerf shortly after launch. No reason to compete for mediocre crew other than for voyage variety, so I keep on passing.
Can you give me a reason to play your annoying events, DB?
The new Phlox and a few more recent pack only crew are excellent gauntlet fighters. 1/5's from new packs get beast base stats, while most event 1/5's and 4/4's are meh.
I still play the game moderately, but not events. Went for Honey Bare on one of my accounts for no other reason than why not. The last decent gauntlet crew that I recall being an event reward was fake Geordie. Voyages turned out to be a rip off with the 4* rewards nerf shortly after launch. No reason to compete for mediocre crew other than for voyage variety, so I keep on passing.
Can you give me a reason to play your annoying events, DB?
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As for desirability, that's always subjective, but I don't blame DB for pushing Discovery crew. As much as the series has received mixed reviews, it's current and those characters aren't in the game yet. I was pretty happy to get my Mudd and Lorca, and even if I weren't I would be understanding of people who were fans of the new series and wanted those characters. Outside of Discovery events/reruns, both Honey Bare Jadzia and Leonardo da Vinci are crew that have been requested time and again on the forums and I expect demand is decent.
As for whether events are desirable or not, I've long had issues with Galaxy events (since they steal resources you use to level crew) but I've made my piece with playing for the thresholds and then sitting out the rest and working on leveling crew. At this point, I actually kind of look forward to the week off. There's absolutely no reason not to play Faction events - you're running shuttles anyway, so why not collect some gravy?
I guess what I'm trying to say is that OP's view on this subject is substantially different than my own and wanted to add a counterbalance to his complaint.
You did notice my post mentioning 1/5's and not 5/5's, didn't you, Nairne? For thousands of people playing the game 1 of 5 stars is as far as it goes with legendary event rewards.
It's simple. The event crew is weak. The for sale crew is strong. Hence the event crew is not worth the effort as far stats comparison. Requests and favorites are a different story. I'm not talking about sentimental desirability. Pure stats.
And Dralix, I have practically quit. To me the most attractive part of the game was always thecrew progress, as in strengthening each skill with each event, whether it's base for shuttles or proficiency for the gauntlet. I cannot do that anymore without buying dozens of new packs offering an average of 3.3% success per 10x pull. No, thanks. I still have fun using my crew in parts of the game, but I don't feel like I'm achieving any goals, and that's why sometimes I don't log in for days.
Why get Leo, if there's a dozen crew with stronger SCI + ENG combo, most of them super rare? His MED can be ignored. Not a must have. And temporal 7 is original release crew, I believe, with rock bottom stats. It's like they're trying to get us not to play.
And yes, top 1000 in a faction event still requires dedication. With a job and a family it can be tough log into the game once a day.
Or if the 1/5 is 1000+ with the starbase bonus. Or 700+ in one stat with 3 stats in proficiency.
Leonardo is not a must have for me for the fun factor nor for the stats factor. I would do it for galaxy or expedition.
My 1/5 Lorca, 2/5 Mudd and 4/4 Stamets are all among my best characters by their primary stats, to say nothing of the 5/5 T'Kuvma I topped up with honour after the DIS mega-event. I'm VIP 10, so it's not like I'm shelling out for the $25, $50 or $100 offers.
And while Culber has a massive base and Defensive Phlox a massive proficiency, paid packs have a lot of lesser stats characters too. Niners Sisko, Smitten Picard and Ambassador Soval are all in the range (or in some cases worse) than recent event rewards.
Moreover, I don't begrudge players that spend lots of money the occasional advantage; they subsidize the game for everyone else. I also don't begrudge people who are fed up with the game and view it as work and are near their end point.
I didn't see my view of the game in your original post and still don't, so I wanted to chime in to offer another viewpoint on the subject.
After that event with Mirror Phlox as a threshold reward we had constant walls of Phlox’s...
The people complaining the least are the people paying up the most. Since gaming underwent a dramatic change in recent years from having skill and showing enthusiasm to benefiting those who simply have the deepest pockets, it's quite natural that events are a drag.
I play the game because I like ST and I like my fleetmates. Unnecessary comment removed, please refer to the Community Guidelines before posting. ˜Shan I don't try to take it too seriously, although shuttle events are pretty frustrating with their too high failing rate. Galaxy at least are planable...I play until the last threshold and then quit.
501-1000=1/5
251-500=2/5
26-250=3/5
11-25=4/5
1-10=5/5
Why not percentages as in the arena? But whatever the suggestion, nothing is ever going to happen. To even get 2/5 (which isn't even that good usually) you have to be a millionaire already and DB likes it that way. Really strong 5* will always be in buy-only packs anyway. If you want them get out your CC and dish out 300+ bucks.
Does anybody remember the days when you paid $40-50 for a game and then owned it and there were no follow-up costs?
I think that is a bit too generous, I would probably take extra Premium Pulls or even honour. Most of the top 10 crew are probably using FFFE 5* characters anyway so another 5/5* would probably just be a duplicate.
There is a massive discrepancy between finishing between 25th and 1000 as the rewards are essentially the same and do not match the outlay.
Jim
I remember the days of paying £3-4 for a game. Going down Underwood's on a Friday afternoon after school, sitting on the floor and going through the tape racks to see what he had new in. Then back in time for tea and Knightmare on the telly. Good times.
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Duchamps, Klingon O'Brien - Off stat DIP characters that will be used in later events.
Honey Bare - My best SCI voyager.
DaVinci - SCIMEDENGeer!
Tactical Burnham - Solid voyager.
Ruk, Buster Kim - Good but unfortunately not quite good enough.
AnboRiker - Ok, he **tsk tsk** but at least he's good enough to get me a better character at a later date.
Prisoner O'Brien - Solid for Gauntlet and Voyages.
ZOdo - An Odo that counts as a Dax and an Odo with really good DIP? I'll take that.
Barak - Really good CMD for a 4*.
T'Mir, Arex, Miral - Nothing great here but they gave me dilithium so no real complaints.
Discovery month was sort of good. Unfortunately too many of them have two stats which reduces their flexability. Lorca I still use a fair bit at 1/5.
You can go back 6 month without finding one solid (attainable) MED crew.
You can go back and watch 6 series of Star Trek and not see many MED characters. Its almost like the original material has an effect on games derived from that license.
Also Katra McCoy and President of Earth. Author Doctor isn't so great but he's still a main cast character that's still ok for DIP/MED voyages.
I am probably in the minority but I don’t buy event crew I try to win them. I finished 8th in the Captain Lorca event and I did not have a Captain Lorca until I collected my winnings.
Its a little different with Galaxies or Hybrids. I got my Lorca largely on the strength of solid shuttle placement but its quite possible to farm your way to victory even as VIP0.
This game can be played in so many ways - you just need to find your own and stick with it. The fact that you want to play the game in a certain way, doesn't mean that everyone should conform to your guidelines or do the same as you do. The best thing you can do, if you enjoy the game, is find your place in it and keep doing what makes you happy. If you can't, or you feel like you're burned out, that's usually the time to quit your fleet, and take a break from the game.
Let's not forget that DB is also forced to cater to those multiple playstyles as best they can.
It is as simple as that, in my opinion.
Looks about right to me, especially with the influx of players. It takes a lot of endeavour to get to those ranks. Currently there is no incentive to be rank 200 or so instead of rank 1000. After significant effort over the past several months to be in the mid to low hundreds in rank, there is essentially no more reward than finishing top 900 or so.
Would even go farther; I've been thinking top 2000 should get 1/5, top 750 2/5, top 250 3/5 etc.
The reason I opt for more stars on the featured crew instead of more premium pulls, is because the stars are something concrete to work towards. Premium pulls are sketchy at best, and often lead to player frustration and disappointment from duplicates.
If a player has bought (or has from other previous means) immortalized legendary event crew beforehand, it's up to them whether to push for top ranks towards second copies of those crew or not.
But for many, effort towards ranking in the event is our only opportunity to obtain those crew; they should be the main feature in the loot table for those who are playing for them.
You can get event crew to go for a certain rank, knowing that it will result in copies
- or - go for a certain rank to get the event crew.
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