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Why all the new 5* Crew adds OUTSIDE of the weekly Events?

Captain TJCaptain TJ ✭✭
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Can anyone explain why all the new 5* crew additions OTHER THAN the new 5* crew additions from our weekly events?!?

Since January 30th we’ve had:
- Captain Lorian
- Tora Ziyal
- Surgeon Pulaski
- Xindi Insectoid Counselor

This is in addition to the 3 or 4 OTHER new 5* Crew we have had from the weekly events (other than Obsidian Order Garak)! It waters down their value and is quiet frankly, annoying!

DB, if you want to incorporate new crew (like you do every week), just like you do every week!

As for 4* crew . . . STOP MAKING THOSE TOO! I currently have 45 x 4* Crew with only a single star bc you keep making new ones. Uuugh.

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  • The Great GornholioThe Great Gornholio ✭✭✭✭✭
    Money. That is the reason a bunch of REALLY good characters are released outside of events and we get trash like the last 2 event 5*s
  • Captain TJCaptain TJ ✭✭
    I’m actually spending LESS with this game than I used too. I’ve gotten tired of it. Didn’t spend much to begin with but now it seems like you can’t keep up so why try? 🤷🏼‍♂️
  • Captain TJCaptain TJ ✭✭
    I’m actually spending LESS with this game than I used too. I’ve gotten tired of it. Didn’t spend much to begin with but now it seems like you can’t keep up so why try? 🤷🏼‍♂️
  • <TGE> Clifford<TGE> Clifford ✭✭✭✭✭
    The Great Gornholio wrote: »
    Money. That is the reason a bunch of REALLY good characters are released outside of events and we get trash like the last 2 event 5*s

    To clarify, you mean Resistance Neelix and Martian Quark, right?
  • JhamelJhamel ✭✭✭✭✭
    The problem is ... most people can't use 3* any more because they have so many 4* outpurrforming them in any way. However, now with collections, we need more of the easier cards (2* and 3* mainly) to level for those collections. We need more Augments for example on lower star levels, because more than half of the Augments in the collection are 5* and therefore almost impossible to immortalize for the large player base.
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  • The Great GornholioThe Great Gornholio ✭✭✭✭✭
    [QH] WhiteClifford wrote: »
    The Great Gornholio wrote: »
    Money. That is the reason a bunch of REALLY good characters are released outside of events and we get trash like the last 2 event 5*s

    To clarify, you mean Resistance Neelix and Martian Quark, right?

    Correct. They give us 2-skill characters like these for events and then release things like Mirror Shukar and Defensive Phlox in weekly packs.
  • DralixDralix ✭✭✭✭✭
    Captain TJ wrote: »
    I’m actually spending LESS with this game than I used too. I’ve gotten tired of it. Didn’t spend much to begin with but now it seems like you can’t keep up so why try? 🤷🏼‍♂️

    So they've decided losing your few bucks a month to get other people to chase multiple packs trying to catch them all makes good business sense.
  • <TGE> Clifford<TGE> Clifford ✭✭✭✭✭
    The Great Gornholio wrote: »
    [QH] WhiteClifford wrote: »
    The Great Gornholio wrote: »
    Money. That is the reason a bunch of REALLY good characters are released outside of events and we get trash like the last 2 event 5*s

    To clarify, you mean Resistance Neelix and Martian Quark, right?

    Correct. They give us 2-skill characters like these for events and then release things like Mirror Shukar and Defensive Phlox in weekly packs.

    I would probably have done event packs until I got a Captain Lorian.

    Unfortunately, with three legendaries in one pack, the chances go down to approximately 3.3%, and I can’t really justify that to myself.

    Also, I think there was a Wesley in the pack...
  • Captain TJCaptain TJ ✭✭
    ErisTheVorta wrote: »
    The problem is ... most people can't use 3* any more because they have so many 4* outpurrforming them in any way. However, now with collections, we need more of the easier cards (2* and 3* mainly) to level for those collections. We need more Augments for example on lower star levels, because more than half of the Augments in the collection are 5* and therefore almost impossible to immortalize for the large player base.

    I have so few 3* Crew anymore bc I’ve eotuer had to immortalize them or space them. I have a few I’m trying to level up but FIRST I’m trying to immortalize all the 1* and 2* crew I never cared about before bc I though they were a waste of resources. 🙄
  • The Great GornholioThe Great Gornholio ✭✭✭✭✭
    [QH] WhiteClifford wrote: »
    The Great Gornholio wrote: »
    [QH] WhiteClifford wrote: »
    The Great Gornholio wrote: »
    Money. That is the reason a bunch of REALLY good characters are released outside of events and we get trash like the last 2 event 5*s

    To clarify, you mean Resistance Neelix and Martian Quark, right?

    Correct. They give us 2-skill characters like these for events and then release things like Mirror Shukar and Defensive Phlox in weekly packs.

    I would probably have done event packs until I got a Captain Lorian.

    Unfortunately, with three legendaries in one pack, the chances go down to approximately 3.3%, and I can’t really justify that to myself.

    Also, I think there was a Wesley in the pack...

    Exactly! I have chased several event 5*s down in event packs, but I don't try to pull them from 3 Legend Packs. This model had me spending a LOT less.

    I opened:

    14 Packs for Leonardo Da Vinci
    16 Packs for Laborer Spock
    12 Packs for Mirror Beverly
    1 Pack for EV Suit Tucker *** All 4* FF
    2 Packs for Mirror Shukar *** All 4* FF
    0 Packs for Captain Lorian *** All 4* FF

    Not worth the risk when the ONLY thing you can use is the 5*
  • IvanstoneIvanstone ✭✭✭✭✭
    There's no sin in waiting to get stuff. I played Marvel Puzzle Quest for 2-3 yrs before I started STT. One thing I almost immediately noticed with MPQ was there was no chance of me getting everything soon. So I waited and eventually I got everything up to date. That style of play I kept with me in STT.

    About the only thing I try to prioritize in STT are limited characters like Mega's. Almost everything else you can wait for. Is it great that I have Mirror Shukar? Yes but I bought the Shukar pack to get Shakaar. If I didn't get him, I'd be content to wait for several months.

    Just today I got Mademoiselle de Neuf, a character I've wanted for awhile. I've passed on her in beholds before due to crew space limitations but now I have space and two other characters in the pack I could probably live without for the time being.
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  • Ricard Daystrom Ricard Daystrom ✭✭✭
    What DB needs to do is add these pack only characters to events later down the line, say a few months after their pack is gone.
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  • Dirk GundersonDirk Gunderson ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don’t usually go for the special packs - especially when I have one or more of the 4* crew FF’ed - but I did buy one or two of the Resistance packs to try and beef up my Mirror Bashir. I ended up getting the first three stars on Resistance Shakaar, an extra star or two on Maquis Ro Laren, and, because I bought one pack within the oops window where Mirror Shukar wasn’t dropping, I got a Mirror Shukar in the mail.

    That’s really pressing my luck on those packs, which usually make me feel like I threw a bunch of dil into a black hole.
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