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Schematic Beholds
AviTrek
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I just opened 11 10x packs and 14 1x packs. I didn't get a single Artifact Schematic. With all the new ships being added to the pool, the odds of getting that one ship you need continue to get lower and lower. And there is no ship retrieval or citations available to complete a ship. So how about ship beholds? Make every schematic drop a behold of 3 schematics of the same level. It won't fully solve the issue, but it will at least make the odds of getting the ship you need a little better.
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It doesn't really matter, though. Your idea is a good one. I can't really think of a good reason not to have beholds.
The problem is that (aside from the Artifact) (and after you get your first 5*ship as a new player) the ships don't matter. The ships are like the points on Whose Line is it, Anyway? or like the excuses my kids give for not doing their jobs: they are pointless.
What they need (in ADDITION to a ship behold) is a reward for getting ships. Why fight hard in the arena when the rewards are almost always just vanity rewards? The Gorn Rader is a 4* ship and so automatically worthless. I fight for it because I don't have it completed, but my reasons are needless. I get nothing from it except vanity. Perhaps a sense of accomplishment, though I get more from real life tasks.
AND:
No more ship specific schematics. Make them a little like trainers. 1* schematics can only upgrade 1* ship, 2* schematics for 2* ships and so on.
I have always thought that a Collection for ships would be cool. I don't know how much extra work that would require to be incorporated into the current collection system, but I think it would help the desire to get all the ships FF.
Not completely pointless. The 5* ships are useful for voyages, so long as they've got a trait you need. If you've already got all their traits on other ships then you're right, they're pointless. And even if they've got a trait you need, new ships are still pointless since you won't be able to get enough schematics together to max them out for a couple of years (at least).
We need something, whether that's collections or something else, to give us a reason to care. We also need a better way to get schematics other than hoping they show up in arena (I've said it before, Jem'hadar Flagship please) or drop in random packs.
So let's solve ship acquisition now before it becomes an even bigger issue for the next boss.
Ouch. That really is a drop kick in the kneecap. Maybe the Arty will show up in the Picard S3 hoopla. One can hope.
I bet they would see a huge surge in ship pack sales.
That, or being able to trade in say 10 Schemes for a "Scheme Shard" of the same 🌟 level. Which could be used to convert into a Scheme for a Ship of that Shard 🌟 level.
But I'm sure once I finally max it out, it'll be no big deal. They'll release something better and it won't matter. It's the collector's obsession in me I guess.
(Why do those Ferengi only have schematics for 5 ships or so? Quark et al surely have access to the schematics black market.)