Would it be possible to make the Gauntlet crew reward a "Gauntlet-exclusives" behold?
DimeDrl
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As the title says, would it be possible to update the gauntlet exclusive drops to beholds that present three of the gauntlet exclusive characters to choose from? I only ask because I've started to see a pattern of players saying things like, "I haven't been able to get 1 Archer yet, but I've airlocked two extra [other exclusive] already."
Personally, I've released three extra Caretakers over the past two years. Since my first gauntlet drop, I've gotten about 18ish exclusive crew and Caretaker has made up nearly 45% of those drops. It's getting really frustrating. Switching it to guaranteed beholds, like portals were a few years ago, would go a long way to address this issue for the RNG throwing a lot of the same card at a player well after they've completed it.
Edit: April 19 - Two more drops this month, another Caretaker. Still making up nearly 45% of drops. 😢
Edit2: May 10 - Another Caretaker sent to space. Few more and my punchcard for 400 free Borg Cube schematics will be done.
Personally, I've released three extra Caretakers over the past two years. Since my first gauntlet drop, I've gotten about 18ish exclusive crew and Caretaker has made up nearly 45% of those drops. It's getting really frustrating. Switching it to guaranteed beholds, like portals were a few years ago, would go a long way to address this issue for the RNG throwing a lot of the same card at a player well after they've completed it.
Edit: April 19 - Two more drops this month, another Caretaker. Still making up nearly 45% of drops. 😢
Edit2: May 10 - Another Caretaker sent to space. Few more and my punchcard for 400 free Borg Cube schematics will be done.
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That’s brilliant! And I haven’t seen that idea here 632 times either
Eh, I don't mind the redundancy, particularly coming from a forum member whose screen name I don't recognize. That suggests to me they aren't a regular in these parts. Besides, maybe there's a magic number of threads we're supposed to post it that will unlock it and @DimeDrl just got us one more thread closer to that behold. Maybe the new change-happy owners will be more responsive to newer posts than the hundreds that were made before they took ownership.
Anyway, @Maximus Demerus Meridius is right; this has been suggested/requested pretty much since Armus was added. And to answer the question of the title of the thread, it's entirely possible to do. It just hasn't been done.
Yet.
That is correct. And both of us are Schmallen
Clearly it did not or the avatar would not still be present and the name would have been removed
I left out of boredom. I came back for the train wreck
No matter who the current choice is, it's down to pure pure luck. Anyone can get one, noon or veteran
The best option IMO if there had to be one introduced would be blind beholds - you pick from 3 but don't know what anyone will be
I’m not getting the difference between gauntlet beholds and your idea. Are you proposing to have the pool be beyond the gauntlet pool?
I don’t see how this would be any different than the current state of affairs
Regular beholds you get to choose what card you want out of the 3. Blind beholds it will just be random but at least there will be 3 choices & not just the latest release
So 3 from the gauntlet pool then? I’d be fine with that.
It still seems random though if you don’t know what you’re looking at
That is the whole point.
At least you have a chance of getting an older gauntlet crew & doesn't make it as easy to complete collections
I am still not in favour of any type of gauntlet beholds but this may be a compromise
2) So ####ing what if it helps players complete collections? If you're at a level still sweating every little "advantage" and "disadvantage" between players, you're not at the top level anyway. If you begrudge other players getting something gratifying out of the game, you're frankly a ####.
Yes. Point number one is what I was trying to say
I am not sure why you thought that.
I do not ever remember him getting banned.
I thought he was always very respectful in his comments.
Which I still think as Maximus.
Thanks WaldoMag. Funny, I was just re-reading our conversation from The Holodeck during the COVID panic. And how we live like super close to each other. Also funny that we talked about fishing and I just told my wife today that we should take my daughter fishing.
Sounds like a good choice to take your daughter fishing👍
I remember that conversation. I will have to go back and read it though.
Because I do remember talking about fishing but I do not remember exactly what we said.
I also remember you getting COVID from voting
Yep, if our state (Illinois) had really been prepared, after each use of the touch screen they would have sanitized the screen. BTW, they did do that in the elections that followed. That was in March of 2020, when they still were not that concerned with Covid but the concern was just starting. The governor of Ohio did cancel their primary which was the same day as ours. I am sure legally he did not have that power to do it. But, I do not remember hearing of any legal law suit against that governor.
Every day now it seems there’s lawsuit this against this government and lawsuit that against this government and I never hear anything about any of them again. We are in the age of all talk and no action
Hm.
1 - I guess I see implementing this as the bare minimum of what they should do for the gauntlet. I also suggested they should make these gauntlet beholds available via other means if they want more gauntlet engagement.
WRG said this is intentional - cross feature promotion was the phrase I think they used.
At first, I was "cold" to the idea of a "blind" BeGold, but it would keep it randomized, so might actually be workable.
Yes. People might be skeptical because this is exactly the kind of thing communications is for. Posting that it was intentional before people asked would have had better "optics" than saying it after it was called out as a possible mistake. Just saying for future reference. More info up front is better. Meant totally as positive feedback.
Now here is a solution that if implemented would get me back on board and get me back into Gauntlet: instead of the current model where it just gives you a random old card if RNGesus allocates it or the proposed model where a behold of 3 random old cards are presented for player choice if RNGesus permits it, I propose that players be given a voucher in place of a random card in this scenario, that a special Gauntlet Archive be created in the Time Portal under the "Honor Hall"/above "Boosts & Kits", and inside the Gauntlet Archive copies of every retired Gauntlet feature card can be purchased with a Gauntlet Voucher.
There are way too many retired cards at this point for the current model to provide a reliable path toward ownership as the Gauntlet currently functions but this voucher system and corresponding Gauntlet Archive would give players real hope that their effort has a realistic chance at success.
And if this is too much work then the LEAST you can do WRG is to open up retired Gauntlet cards to be retrieved in Crew Retrieval, I'm no coder but since the cards and Crew Retrieval already exist that seems like a decent solution with the least amount of development effort required.