Chef Pike OE questions
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Two questions really.
First off, why the Thunderchild? This is the second endurance OE with Pike as a reward and they've both required us to complete ship battles with a random ship. I mean, Pike's Enterprise is right there, why not use it?
Secondly, unlike with previous OEs there's no way to get the Thunderchild from the event rewards. I know it was a skirmish reward a couple of weeks ago, but if anybody missed that skirmish for any reason there's no way for them to complete this event. Is that intentional? Because if it is it seems really harsh.
First off, why the Thunderchild? This is the second endurance OE with Pike as a reward and they've both required us to complete ship battles with a random ship. I mean, Pike's Enterprise is right there, why not use it?
Secondly, unlike with previous OEs there's no way to get the Thunderchild from the event rewards. I know it was a skirmish reward a couple of weeks ago, but if anybody missed that skirmish for any reason there's no way for them to complete this event. Is that intentional? Because if it is it seems really harsh.
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If not an oversight, my only other thought is…possibly some ship schematics along with the initial pike in the portal,?????, possibly??
It makes no sense to give us an event that many wont complete.
The level of the ship does not matter. Just choose it as your main ship, and warp ten it when doing space battles.
I am a bit annoyed that it is only a three seat ship.
In my fleet some of us are putting our fleet boss battle attack crew in our main ship, so others in the fleet can see what we are using. With a three seat ship this is not possible.
I also came here to say the same thing about no schematics for the thunderchild as rewards. I have them, but nearly did not bother on the second account.
I can't remember, but do they normally include enough Schemes for level one if a Ship is needed for one of the Objectives? If not, maybe something to consider going forward.
I'm not sure I follow what you mean, but the Pike OE only gives you 3 additional Pikes, so you get a total of 4 as usual.
The "Level Chef Pike" & "Fuse Chef Pike" do not award a copy of him....so its no different from the past month long OE's iifrc
There are the same number of 5* crew available from this OE as from previous ones. So even with the Thunderchild you still only finish up at 4/5 for Pike. Compared to previous events, that 4th copy is definitely being withheld.
Every previous OE has included enough schematics to get the relevant ship at level 1, as a reward for completing shuttle missions.
This appears to be a mistake, and I think the solution would be to put a 450 schematic pack in the Time Portal for the next month.
They have also given us four athletes to level, which is great. Luckily I don't need them.
Chef Pike is not an athlete, which is another divergence from all previous OEs of this type.
If I recall correctly the past Endurance OE did include ship schems for the required ship. Therefore “going forward” it appears they have decided to remove that option.
Many will only get a 3/5 from this.
It would appear this one is different, as pointed out, with the athlete trait is not given to this pike. You have to lvl crew with athlete trait to get a copy of this new pike, then lvl him to get supplies/gear.
The choice to put a copy of pike as the top tier reward in the Thunderchild battle section could have been switched with the top tier of “fuse” or “lvl” pike witch offers gear that could be built or replicated. In the event a player does not have the ship.
The more that the requirements and rewards are examined it seems this was an attempt at something different.
As well, its been a bit now and we have no notice if mistake and/or oversight notification, this thread is running with questions and no official response. Silence.
It may be that this was the intended outcome. Those who did not have time or newer players who cant reach 450 schems at threshold 100,000 in skirmish to build a lvl 1 Thunderchild are out a copy and will only obtain a 3/5 new pike.
With that out of the way:
this event was intended to be a bit different, however we realize that not everyone may have had the option to participate enough in the event where USS Thunderchild was available as threshold rewards, so we will be sending schematics with this week's server release notes.
This is also a good reminder that things are subjected to change, objective event surrounding giveaways included
Thank you for the schematics. We have some people in our fleet that are still dealing with the impacts of 2 hurricanes and haven't been able to play on a regular basis for some time now.
As for things may change, everyone understands that. The lesson here should be: If TP is going to change the way OEs are run, a head's up to the players might be in order - i.e., "Hey players, next OE you won't get any ship schematics to help you complete the event, so you better participate this week!
Maybe as an idea, you can work the hints into the prior weeks event dialogue. "Capt so-so says, hey these ship schems look important, we haven't seen this design before. Maybe we better get as many copies as we can....." I for one do not read the dialogue with the events. I know the team puts a lot of effort into them and many people do enjoy reading them. But what if they actually said something that had to do with the gameplay such as the example with Capt so-n-so? If I knew there might be something in there, information that I will need for future events.....
Completing all Tasks gives him to 4*, unless you use a Cite, which I and others have done. {I would think others did, as well.}
Those who cannot do the Thunderchild Task cannot get the fourth copy.
They give out several Athlete Crew within the Event. I didn't even use all of the 3* Crew because I checked first and Leveled Athletes I had in progress.
Also, Shan is not a robot. She does have to sleep and other weird things. This thread was started during the night, IIRC
@*Nomad* {pof} has an interesting idea to add to the event stories. However maybe a single opportunity to get a ship is not enough for everyone.
@DScottHewitt yes i did the same leveling athletes already in progress. Those OE athletes are honor for me. As far as the timing for the thread i saw it a few hours before bed, and didnt return until 8:30am. Also, many that i know sent tickets when the in-game announcement was made. To which none have a reply. Yes, i did particularly reference the thread, but i also stated “official response” I meant various forms of communication.🖖🏻