This is looking like it could be worse than the infamous Christmas expedition event. Between the fixed vp everyone is earning and the chrons earned becoming Intel and being used for another round, this will be an endless grind to rank
This is looking like it could be worse than the infamous Christmas expedition event. Between the fixed vp everyone is earning and the chrons earned becoming Intel and being used for another round, this will be an endless grind to rank
People sure do complain a lot, we all wanted a new event, is it perfect? no, but at least its different, and theres actual benefits and rewards to running it even past the threshold, that's more then we can say compared to galaxy events. Besides this game is always about grinding in one way or another, plus if you dont like the event, then dont play it;) problem solved.
"This would be my last run, I'm out of Intel. Finally."
*finishes* *looks on somehow 86 chrons*
"But I didn't got chrons? WHEN? OK, LAST last run."
*gets 3 chron drops in order* *farms 3600 Intel*
"AAAAARRRRRGH!"
PS. Well, not as funny as going from 12k Intel to 20k Intel just on chron drops, but, oh, well... still perpetum mobile. *Remembers about new chrons in just 2 hours... and voyage returning in around 5-6* *neeeeervous laughter*
Any ship battle from the episodes/distress calls. The more chrons you use, the more intel you get. The rate is constant, so it doesn't matter if you run high or low chron cost missions.
Well, new round of Perpetum-Mobile. Got 6k Intel from Voyage chrons. Spent said 6k. And much more. And currently at 18k Intel. *Neeeeeeervous laughter* I'm sooooo reminded about last expedition. I'm pretty ready to cry THIS IS SPARTA!!! and sing silly songs and it's just a first day.
*looks at guy at the first place with 2mil VP* And some people are just plain insane. Or biological robots.
I would like to see a poll posted after this phase of the event. I found it a bit grindy at first, but then I sat down and changed things up. It got a little more fun. Then it went back to a grind.
If there is a way to do this, I would like to do the battles until I think I've maxed the VP, then warp through the rest of my Intel. I like the challenge of optimizing event crew and ships, but the grind is a killer.
(FYI, two-month player with no maxed out ships other than 1-2 stars. I can't just jump in a Bounty or Scout Ship and obliterate everything.)
I would like to see a poll posted after this phase of the event. I found it a bit grindy at first, but then I sat down and changed things up. It got a little more fun. Then it went back to a grind.
If there is a way to do this, I would like to do the battles until I think I've maxed the VP, then warp through the rest of my Intel. I like the challenge of optimizing event crew and ships, but the grind is a killer.
(FYI, two-month player with no maxed out ships other than 1-2 stars. I can't just jump in a Bounty or Scout Ship and obliterate everything.)
Its just as much of a grind with the 5 star ships, just better rewards. Though I see a lot more insta-kill.
I kinda feel like George Jetson going to work.
(FYI, two-month player with no maxed out ships other than 1-2 stars. I can't just jump in a Bounty or Scout Ship and obliterate everything.)
You don't need maxed out 5* ship. You need lv5-6 and good crew for it (though it would be a bit longer than lv10). Though Darth Bashir is one of said good crew for this event - repair AND only one bonus crew you need.
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Just at 2 month you are unlikely to have said good crew.
This is fun. The question is, how can DB possibly be making money from this event? I'm stopping because I'm tired, not because I've run out of supplies.
Basically what I'm saying is Skirmish events are doomed because they aren't profitable.
Thank you for the tip about only needing one event crew. That will totally change the way I approach the event. I'm sure it will become grindy again in 15 minutes.
This is fun. The question is, how can DB possibly be making money from this event? I'm stopping because I'm tired, not because I've run out of supplies.
Basically what I'm saying is Skirmish events are doomed because they aren't profitable.
this is a first run, they will figure it out, nerf it to hell... change it around and then find ways to make more money, its what they do.
This is fun. The question is, how can DB possibly be making money from this event? I'm stopping because I'm tired, not because I've run out of supplies.
Basically what I'm saying is Skirmish events are doomed because they aren't profitable.
Selling chronitons (they have not been dropping for me as much as reported by others) and ship schematics.
This is fun. The question is, how can DB possibly be making money from this event? I'm stopping because I'm tired, not because I've run out of supplies.
Basically what I'm saying is Skirmish events are doomed because they aren't profitable.
this is a first run, they will figure it out, nerf it to hell... change it around and then find ways to make more money, its what they do.
I think it’s easy to fix. Just keep adding 200 intel to each iteration past 1200 to kill the perpetual Chron/intel link (maybe max at 5000 or something) while those who wanna grind to the end of time will have to spend money on Chron to keep going.
So far, I'd rather give up some grind time during a Skirmish event than the loss of tons of equipment, chronitons, voyage time, faction mission time and the opportunity to level and equip crew during other event types.
Agreed! I am really liking Skirmishes as an event. I can knock out either several cycles at a time or, if I have only a handful of minutes to spare during the day, just complete one and then return. For me, this is working out great. And it comes without the cost of losing equipment or needing to invest time in acquiring the equipment. That's a HUGE plus for me.
When they come up (all have inits at 6 seconds) fire: O'Brien, Killy, Borg Laser Cutting Beam
With 1/5 Killy and 4/5 Locutus, this will result in instant death ~70% of the time and frequently dead within the next shot or two.
Why:
My battle time is usually 7-10 seconds long. While there might be more powerful or consistent compositions, this one has finished matches the fastest for me. If I'm focused on it, I can clear a set of 5 matches in 2:30-3:00.
I feel like someone could play this event as little or as much as they wanted, and that's what I love about it. It rewards more active playing than any other aspect of the game, and I've been having a great time. Like, how much game play time is too much?
I couldn't keep up with my current pace every weekend or really every time this type of event occurred if it sticks around, but I am enjoying it this time.
I am very happy with this event type! The only dfference I see, and perhaps this is mildly antagonistic, between the “grind” of skirmishes, and the “grind” of galaxies and even factions, is that casuals are not financially prohibited from letting the same 1000 people get the top rewards every event. Rather than needing a deep reserve of chrons that you get to save up since you’ve leveled most everyone in the game and have free 10 hour voyages; or pools of dilithium from spending hundreds of dollars to insta-finish shuttles full of pre-FFFE event crew and rocket ahead to a point of untouchability, in a skirmish everyone can earn chrons and intel all event long. I like this, and it will hopefully open the door to more folks getting some golds on their game they can use to level the playing field. Skirmishes are still tilted toward “player power”, you just can’t buy-out winning this event, or go in knowing you’re untouchable in Top 50. If you don’t want to grind, then the little guy gets a chance to rank without saving chrons for 4 months. If you’re dead set on being Top X place every week, then you get to grind to stay ahead, but since Mirror Troi took me 20+ hours of only event clicking to just barely rank in the high 900’s for, that isn’t really new either.
When they come up (all have inits at 6 seconds) fire: O'Brien, Killy, Borg Laser Cutting Beam
With 1/5 Killy and 4/5 Locutus, this will result in instant death ~70% of the time and frequently dead within the next shot or two.
Why:
My battle time is usually 7-10 seconds long. While there might be more powerful or consistent compositions, this one has finished matches the fastest for me. If I'm focused on it, I can clear a set of 5 matches in 2:30-3:00.
This does work so much faster than using a Bounty. One minor change I made was to use Smiley instead of Klingon O’Brien...my Klingon is at 2/4* level 1 and Smiley has shield regeneration. I may look for someone else that has an accuracy boost with shield regen but for now this is still a great combo even with Locutus at 1/5*.
not every event is everyone's cup of tea. lots of people hated expeditions, i liked them
lots of people don't like this style, i kind of like it. separates people in the rankings from those who don't want to sit there and tap tap tap tap tap.
When they come up (all have inits at 6 seconds) fire: O'Brien, Killy, Borg Laser Cutting Beam
With 1/5 Killy and 4/5 Locutus, this will result in instant death ~70% of the time and frequently dead within the next shot or two.
Why:
My battle time is usually 7-10 seconds long. While there might be more powerful or consistent compositions, this one has finished matches the fastest for me. If I'm focused on it, I can clear a set of 5 matches in 2:30-3:00.
This does work so much faster than using a Bounty. One minor change I made was to use Smiley instead of Klingon O’Brien...my Klingon is at 2/4* level 1 and Smiley has shield regeneration. I may look for someone else that has an accuracy boost with shield regen but for now this is still a great combo even with Locutus at 1/5*.
Yea, the key players are really:
1) Locutus is irreplaceable. I don't think there are any 1 second inits in the game.
2) 6 second init +Accuracy. If there's a Burst or Haste version of this, I'd run it over O'Brien. Noah is only 100% burst and only +5. Da Vinci is another option, but is only +6 if FFed. Pel has a higher +Accuracy, but the Crit Bonus is probably superfluous. Probably will test out Pel now that I'm thinking about it.
3) 6 second Burst. Killy was recently released and sounded good. There are probably a bunch of others that can fill this role.
4) Khan and Bashir are the only event characters I have currently. Khan gets the nod because Bashir's abilities just aren't useful to bring the match to a close quickly.
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15-second battles. Find a setup with an event crew (Young Khan for me) and you don't change your crew each battle.
People sure do complain a lot, we all wanted a new event, is it perfect? no, but at least its different, and theres actual benefits and rewards to running it even past the threshold, that's more then we can say compared to galaxy events. Besides this game is always about grinding in one way or another, plus if you dont like the event, then dont play it;) problem solved.
I picked up 3000 once.
Wait. Where can I get intel for chronitons?
Thought I had imagined that, because I couldn't find a screenshot.
Any ship battle from the episodes/distress calls. The more chrons you use, the more intel you get. The rate is constant, so it doesn't matter if you run high or low chron cost missions.
*looks at guy at the first place with 2mil VP* And some people are just plain insane. Or biological robots.
If there is a way to do this, I would like to do the battles until I think I've maxed the VP, then warp through the rest of my Intel. I like the challenge of optimizing event crew and ships, but the grind is a killer.
(FYI, two-month player with no maxed out ships other than 1-2 stars. I can't just jump in a Bounty or Scout Ship and obliterate everything.)
Its just as much of a grind with the 5 star ships, just better rewards. Though I see a lot more insta-kill.
I kinda feel like George Jetson going to work.
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Just at 2 month you are unlikely to have said good crew.
Exactly.
score really is based more on self sacrifice than anything else.
in future, skirmishes will hopefully be part of *hybrid* events, not 4-day endless ship battles. (And yes, bring back expeditions for hybrids too!)
Lol do you normally not try to rank in an event?
Basically what I'm saying is Skirmish events are doomed because they aren't profitable.
this is a first run, they will figure it out, nerf it to hell... change it around and then find ways to make more money, its what they do.
Selling chronitons (they have not been dropping for me as much as reported by others) and ship schematics.
I think it’s easy to fix. Just keep adding 200 intel to each iteration past 1200 to kill the perpetual Chron/intel link (maybe max at 5000 or something) while those who wanna grind to the end of time will have to spend money on Chron to keep going.
I like skirmishes so far too, although i'm not at all surprised by the level complaining.
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Agreed! I am really liking Skirmishes as an event. I can knock out either several cycles at a time or, if I have only a handful of minutes to spare during the day, just complete one and then return. For me, this is working out great. And it comes without the cost of losing equipment or needing to invest time in acquiring the equipment. That's a HUGE plus for me.
Crew:
Strategy:
Pop Locutus as soon as he comes up.
When they come up (all have inits at 6 seconds) fire: O'Brien, Killy, Borg Laser Cutting Beam
With 1/5 Killy and 4/5 Locutus, this will result in instant death ~70% of the time and frequently dead within the next shot or two.
Why:
My battle time is usually 7-10 seconds long. While there might be more powerful or consistent compositions, this one has finished matches the fastest for me. If I'm focused on it, I can clear a set of 5 matches in 2:30-3:00.
I couldn't keep up with my current pace every weekend or really every time this type of event occurred if it sticks around, but I am enjoying it this time.
This does work so much faster than using a Bounty. One minor change I made was to use Smiley instead of Klingon O’Brien...my Klingon is at 2/4* level 1 and Smiley has shield regeneration. I may look for someone else that has an accuracy boost with shield regen but for now this is still a great combo even with Locutus at 1/5*.
lots of people don't like this style, i kind of like it. separates people in the rankings from those who don't want to sit there and tap tap tap tap tap.
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Yea, the key players are really:
1) Locutus is irreplaceable. I don't think there are any 1 second inits in the game.
2) 6 second init +Accuracy. If there's a Burst or Haste version of this, I'd run it over O'Brien. Noah is only 100% burst and only +5. Da Vinci is another option, but is only +6 if FFed. Pel has a higher +Accuracy, but the Crit Bonus is probably superfluous. Probably will test out Pel now that I'm thinking about it.
3) 6 second Burst. Killy was recently released and sounded good. There are probably a bunch of others that can fill this role.
4) Khan and Bashir are the only event characters I have currently. Khan gets the nod because Bashir's abilities just aren't useful to bring the match to a close quickly.