Gauntlet - please explain if I'm missing something
Daivahataka
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I know there's a element of RNG to it but the fact that it keeps happening means I think I must be missing something in understanding how gauntlet works.
Command and Engineering, maxed out Mirror Picard (~243–753 CMD) versus maxed out The Caretaker(~335–817 ENG).
Now The Caretaker has both a higher min and max (median of 576 versus Picard's 498 median, so should average about 15% higher scores), yet every time I've run this I've lost, even without Picard scoring a critical. Is there some other element I'm missing in terms of projecting how it should play out or is it just a run of bad luck? Thought I understood the mechanics of Gauntlet but this repeatedly happening is making me have my doubts. *headscratch*
Command and Engineering, maxed out Mirror Picard (~243–753 CMD) versus maxed out The Caretaker(~335–817 ENG).
Now The Caretaker has both a higher min and max (median of 576 versus Picard's 498 median, so should average about 15% higher scores), yet every time I've run this I've lost, even without Picard scoring a critical. Is there some other element I'm missing in terms of projecting how it should play out or is it just a run of bad luck? Thought I understood the mechanics of Gauntlet but this repeatedly happening is making me have my doubts. *headscratch*
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Oh man, bad lack has very little with this situation. :-)
jeez, one more time...
Bad luck has very little in common with this situation.
You can either be a sheep and not care about it (better for your blood pressure) or you can remind DB at every opportunity that they have turned into a bunch of money grubbing traitors to Gene Roddenberry's vision. DB can kiss my sweet cakes when it comes to the Gauntlet.
If the Gauntlet causes you to lose then how come I can win the Gauntlet? I have a 4/5 Guinan. Not bad for a free feature. Yesterday it gave me Rasmussen's 5* Ring. Is that losing?
Look at the trends, not the isolated incidents.
The trend of finishing in the top 10 every Gauntlet for the past nine or so months? I play the Gauntlet to get Chrons, 3* pulls, 3* components and 4/5* equipment. It gives me those things pretty regularly. Its also given me a 2/5 Locutus and a 4/5 Guinan. I haven't gotten the Caretaker yet but it probably will if I keep at it.
Oh man, I got my Caretaker though I'm only f2p player who's playing little over than 2 months. My longest streak was consisted of six wins for the moment. I think this makes Gauntlet a very faulty system. Don't you agree? And this is only the top of the mountain of Gauntlet issues .
But, I still win, by avoiding same crew vs same crew and not using dils. I average around 3000-3200 points for the duration.
Trista
I wouldn't be so sure about it but I wish you well. Comparing to me you should have him fully fused already.
There's no such thing as good luck either.
Exactly. What has left then?
Very good question.... I like my little kid honest answer is who knows. Lol
you'll be ur caretaker. if we are to follow the "trend" then the big picture is that the "trend" is that more people with unhappy experiences post then ones with happy experiences. if you have a horrible experience at a resturant, you are more likely to post about it then if you had a wonderful experience. so if you only looked at the posts, you may be mislead into thinking it represents an accurate average. look at this forum. most of the people that post here have negative things to say, and yet they only make up miniscule amount of the total player base. if you never played this game and just judged it on what you read in this forum, you would wonder how the game even still is alive. but in reality, it's a pretty cool game that most of the player base really enjoy playing.
It is the higher power messing up with you...
I'm messed up already. I don't need any higher power to do it for me.
Have I nearly thrown my phone across the room? Yes! (But then I remember it's a pricey phone, and DB won't reimburse me for it.) Just close your eyes, count to 10, and click the button to continue.
Definitely something in their algorithm to piss ppl more because DB doesn’t want you to open the crate (event at 30+ streak ppl reporting blue trainers anyway)
in general ppl know something fishy going on
if they could just have option to bypass that stupid animation and see the result, I think most ppl will feel 90% better, just like the shuttle failure