Its kind of frustrating when each reset displays a wall of Mirror Picards..locutus...ect. I admit I dont have the best crew & certainly not the worst (I have neither of the aforementioned 2 though)...But at least show variation a little more often. On another note...the proficiency rolls are a jip (i mean, come on...my 25%s against 5%s, and I'm double on stats..only to have mine roll the lowest possible while they roll the highest...& crit each one. And its not just one or 2 occassions..but I'd say 40% of the time ive played. Suggestion...have a reset every ..say 6 hours..instead of having to waste merits to see the same walls of crew pop up over & over.
I almost completely ignore featured skill. I use my spreadsheet (stickied in the ready room) to try to maximize my D across all skill pairs. I consider trait matches so far as they add to the average.
There is only one "strategy" to the Gauntlet - to have them all and by them I mean top Gauntlet crew members. You can plan and strategize whatever you want but if you don't have these about 10-15 crewmen all your plans are for nothing. That's why your original statement that "If that's the take, then no amount of planning and strategy can win and everyone's final placement is based on a blind folded throw at a dartboard." is true although under one additional condition - if it relates to players which have them all. And you konw what? Top ten players always have them all. :-) That's the only reason they can "usually finish in a similar place gauntlet-to-gauntlet".
Someone brainwashed you
It is not RNG fault, it is algorithm!
RNG is just an input to the algorithm, but algorithm gives a very small weight for this.
Oh, I am fully aware that we have to deal with something more than pure, straight RNG. That is why I call it (R)elentless and (N)otorious mirror (G)argantua. :-)
I almost completely ignore featured skill. I use my spreadsheet (stickied in the ready room) to try to maximize my D across all skill pairs. I consider trait matches so far as they add to the average.
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Agree, except for ignoring the traits.
1 Locutus of Borg 5% 1425
2 Surak 5% 1323
3 The Caretaker 5% 1323
4 Kahless the Unforgettable 5% 1305
5 Chancellor Gowron 5% 1294
6 Defensive Phlox 5% 1277
7 Bartender Guinan 5% 1261
8 Mirror Inquisitor Troi 5% 1222
9 Admiral Riker 5% 1177
10 Revolutionary Damar 5% 1141
11 Seven of Nine 5% 1128
12 Captain Beverly Picard 5% 1098
13 Sulan 5% 1098
14 Assimilated La Forge 5% 1088
15 Gangster Spock 5% 1086
16 Mademoiselle de Neuf 5% 1082
17 Kal-if-fee Kirk 5% 1063
18 Mirror T’Pol 5% 1053
19 Enabran Tain 5% 1050
20 Admiral Nechayev 5% 1050
With my traits today of: Klingon, Inspiring, Cultural Figure
1 Kahless the Unforgettable 65% 2051
2 Surak 45% 1828
3 Chancellor Gowron 45% 1788
4 Locutus of Borg 25% 1696
5 Revolutionary Damar 45% 1576
6 The Caretaker 25% 1575
7 Abraham Lincoln 45% 1325
8 Marshal of France Q 45% 1284
9 Defensive Phlox 5% 1277
10 Kal-if-fee Kirk 25% 1265
11 Bartender Guinan 5% 1261
12 Dr. Richard Daystrom 45% 1254
13 Kai Opaka 45% 1233
14 Torchbearer Rejac 65% 1230
15 Mirror Inquisitor Troi 5% 1222
16 Admiral Riker 5% 1177
17 Klingon Bride Jadzia 25% 1164
18 Leonardo da Vinci 45% 1161
19 Torchbearer Voq 65% 1160
20 23rd Century Martok 25% 1154
So, I went with
Kahless - CMD / SEC - 1000 / 684
Surak - SCI - 747
Gowron - DIP - 904
D - Plox - MED - 666
Seven of Nine ( I don't own Caretaker ) - ENG
Normal crew would have Locutus and Gangster Spock. But, hard to pass on Kahless and Gowron today.
Oh, I am fully aware that we have to deal with something more than pure, straight RNG. That is why I call it (R)elentless and (N)otorious mirror (G)argantua. :-)
I never said I ignored traits...