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95%+ Shuttles Failing Way Too Often
Jhamel
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During this new event with Spiderman Barclay, I have meowticed that my very well stocked shuttles (all with 2x or 3x Legendary or Super-Rare 3x Event Bonus Crew), all in the 96-99% range, fail very often, and not only in one run, but in every run since event start.
Have your shuttles also failed ridiculously often above 95% during this event, as in 50%-75% only coming through and not a single 100% run of four shuttles?
During this new event with Spiderman Barclay, I have meowticed that my very well stocked shuttles (all with 2x or 3x Legendary or Super-Rare 3x Event Bonus Crew), all in the 96-99% range, fail very often, and not only in one run, but in every run since event start.
Have your shuttles also failed ridiculously often above 95% during this event, as in 50%-75% only coming through and not a single 100% run of four shuttles?
"Everything about the Jem'Hadar is lethal!" - Eris (ST-DS9 Episode 2x26 "The Jem'Hadar")
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First of all, it's crazy that the MORE honour you have with a faction, the less of a chance of success you have. That defies reason.
But really Shan. If you continue to strip away any purpose for having immortal Legendaries, then what is the point of this game? Your game continues to PUNISH the people who play it for extended periods and/or high VIP players. What kind of business plan is that except the most cynical ploy.
Also chance of success does not correlate with your reputation.
Also having immortal legendaries doesn't mean you get higher chance. It means you get more difficult shuttle missions - the game is set to reach an equilibrium, or a stable state, around ~60% success chance.
Maybe. Or maybe it's the improvement in your crew that makes your shuttles much stronger, so that a couple of runs are relatively easier.
Currently I have piled up a bunch of equipment that needs those incredibly rare 0* components. You know, the ones that cost more resources than the 4* components.
ya i find that the 0* and 1* seem harder to get then the 3/4/* which just seems really off
ran ten missoins tonight on augment now just trying to get a 1* med ticket thing to finish last lvl 90 item on barclay , and still havnt hit one lol
and dont forget to spit thrice over your left shoulder before sending the shuttle. it's just as effective as C6pilot's advice. in reality, the only thing that makes a faction easier is failing some shuttles.
Anecdotally, this is what I've experiences as well. I ran Augment missions for a while because I needed 2* Science Experiments...I was failing 3 our of 4 missions each run. Stepped away for a week or two. In that time I picked up a few crew members who needed the 2* Science Experiments and the missions were coming back 3/4 and 4/4 successfully. Unfortunately, I need over 30 of these damn things, so it is going to take quite some time....
The stronger your crew gets, the harder this game is to play. That makes sense.
Want to know a secret? When you have considerably bad luck for a several shuttle events in a row, submit a complaint, they will tell you nothing is wrong, and magically your luck will change in the next event. Fix something they will. Tell you, they will not. (my personal experience with this game, I’ve done this twice)
I guess you don't do it for every event because they'll catch on and stop flipping your luck switch?
Quite the opposite. There has been two periods of time in this game where I have had absolutely crap luck 4-5 events in a row. From day one in this game when the first event rolled out I was able to pick and choose when I wanted to break that 1000 mark to get that 5* character. Reason being is because I’m no whale and knew I would have a crew slot problem. So I had the ability and strategy to win. And it worked every time I needed it to. Twice I had a run of 4 or 5 events where the chance was impossibly bad. Nothing dropped, shuttles came in with all hands lost, and when the shuttles did come in, they would not increase my points per shuttle like usual. Both times I sent in a ticket showing piss poor rng. Both times I was told nothing was wrong. And both times my “luck” did a 180 and all the sudden my strategies worked again the following event. Coincidence? Sure, believe what you want to believe.
I'm just wondering why if you've found a secret luck switch you don't use it every event.
Cause I like to test support and see if magical things happen like this. I'm playing the game. I'm not paying to win. Gonna be playing for a long time. No need to rush cause the end result is the same for all of us. When DB shuts down, we all get nothing.
Cannot be emphasized enough how truly STUPID that dynamic is........
Hahaha, yeah i completely agree.
Shuttle difficulty increases with more shuttle success. Reputation is also awarded from shuttle successes, but does not influence the difficulty.
If that was the case, failing missions would not decrease shuttle difficulty.
Correlation != causation
My shuttle percentages range from the upper 90s at the top, to occasionally one in the mid 80s (since I'm not really cherry-picking transmissions this weekend). I guess I'm probably getting 3 out of 4 coming back successful most of the time, and a few times 4 for 4. (Plus, if it helps, no skill boosts on any of them, and I also ran out of speed-up boosts, so right now they're just running au naturel, if you will.)
Could you please continue the petty bickering? I find it most intriguing.
~ Data, ST:TNG "Haven"
Yes it would be stupid if it was true. IT IS NOT TRUE.
Why is this difficult to understand?