@shan, when will we get the announcement telling us what changes were made to Skirmishes, or will we need to wait 'till after the Event starts to find out?
I’d be shocked to see major changes. If I ain’t broken, dont fix it. With all the “work” they have right now, last thing they want is introduce new bugs. Plus, a lot of their staff might on vacation in July. Only thing I could see change are the drop rates (SHOULD be easy the change without any issues)
It’s going to be very competitive. 38k crons and counting 😎
I'm just hoping La Forge = ENG, but after seeing O'Brien = SEC and not ENG gotta wait and see.
That O'Brien is non-canon though. This Geordi is from a TNG episode. I'm guessing he will be eng primary and sci secondary, with hopefully cmd or dip as a 3rd skil.
However, I think it's likely they'll be better about diversifying the traits that get bonuses, so you can't use a single crew across the matches.
I hope not crew selection was a PITA for the last skirmish so if they didn't fix selection I hope they leave it so you can set and forget with a featured crew.
They could ignore the crew selection issues in Arena as most folks didn't change crew that often and many just didn't even do that game mode. If skirmishes are a real thing now they need to really REALLY fix that interface.
However, I think it's likely they'll be better about diversifying the traits that get bonuses, so you can't use a single crew across the matches.
Except traits were meaningless, that's the issue. Once you get the first threshold event crew, that crew supersedes all traits. I never even looked at traits once I confirmed the mechanics of skirmishes. They need to fundamentally change the gameplay to make traits significant. Given the short turnaround, I doubt they did anything besides possibly nerfing the drop rates.
I don't get the appeal of skirmish events. I hated the last one. It got sick of it very quickly and stopped playing the event the first day. It's bad enough finishing all the Arena missions each day.
I was really hoping the next skirmish would be part of a hybrid event. I hope they don't make too many tweaks to the event. If I'm going to trudge through 4 days of this, I want some good rewards like last time.
I don't get the appeal of skirmish events. I hated the last one. It got sick of it very quickly and stopped playing the event the first day. It's bad enough finishing all the Arena missions each day.
It was a great way to farm honor among other things. I found it much more enjoyable than the arena.
I don't get the appeal of skirmish events. I hated the last one. It got sick of it very quickly and stopped playing the event the first day. It's bad enough finishing all the Arena missions each day.
Although the mechanics of ship battles are the same, it’s all about the rewards. Tons of honor and holoemitters make up for any drudgery I may have experienced.
I don't get the appeal of skirmish events. I hated the last one. It got sick of it very quickly and stopped playing the event the first day. It's bad enough finishing all the Arena missions each day.
I really like the fact that I get rewarded for leveling up my people during the event. Run some ship missions, get stuff to level my crew, get intel to participate in the event. Event gives me honor and other rewards. Repeat. I leveled several crew last time, it was great!
Definitely my favorite (hopefully) regular basis event.. still love the expeditions but with then bring relegated to mega event only, this has hands down become my favorite.
I truely hope they've made no changes since the first one. Other then crew selector, they got this Bang on right, right out the gate.
Definitely my favorite (hopefully) regular basis event.. still love the expeditions but with then bring relegated to mega event only, this has hands down become my favorite.
I truely hope they've made no changes since the first one. Other then crew selector, they got this Bang on right, right out the gate.
Of course Weyoun comes up in a Voyage now, making my copy FF, and therefore causing me to be less likely to risk buying event packs.
Sounds like a win to me. You only needed 1 unleveled for the event anyways.
I've had Weyoun at 3/4 for at least 6 months. I was going to buy packs, because either I get Weyoun or Dukat, to FF either of them, or get lucky and get La Forge. Either way, it was less risky.
Now it's about 48% more likely to be straight honor. Yea?
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I’d be shocked to see major changes. If I ain’t broken, dont fix it. With all the “work” they have right now, last thing they want is introduce new bugs. Plus, a lot of their staff might on vacation in July. Only thing I could see change are the drop rates (SHOULD be easy the change without any issues)
Borg Cube was great for me in the first skirmish.
And its not like we have to pull a ship out of the freezer.
Why????
Because there is a small percentage of us who actually like galaxy events 😉
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I'm just hoping La Forge = ENG, but after seeing O'Brien = SEC and not ENG gotta wait and see.
That O'Brien is non-canon though. This Geordi is from a TNG episode. I'm guessing he will be eng primary and sci secondary, with hopefully cmd or dip as a 3rd skil.
Matters not, it does, if 10/10 ship you have.
However, I think it's likely they'll be better about diversifying the traits that get bonuses, so you can't use a single crew across the matches.
I hope not crew selection was a PITA for the last skirmish so if they didn't fix selection I hope they leave it so you can set and forget with a featured crew.
Except traits were meaningless, that's the issue. Once you get the first threshold event crew, that crew supersedes all traits. I never even looked at traits once I confirmed the mechanics of skirmishes. They need to fundamentally change the gameplay to make traits significant. Given the short turnaround, I doubt they did anything besides possibly nerfing the drop rates.
It was a great way to farm honor among other things. I found it much more enjoyable than the arena.
Although the mechanics of ship battles are the same, it’s all about the rewards. Tons of honor and holoemitters make up for any drudgery I may have experienced.
I really like the fact that I get rewarded for leveling up my people during the event. Run some ship missions, get stuff to level my crew, get intel to participate in the event. Event gives me honor and other rewards. Repeat. I leveled several crew last time, it was great!
I truely hope they've made no changes since the first one. Other then crew selector, they got this Bang on right, right out the gate.
....and “Commander” O’Brien had no COM...it all makes some sort of twisted nonsense...
That's a big other.
Sounds like a win to me. You only needed 1 unleveled for the event anyways.
I've had Weyoun at 3/4 for at least 6 months. I was going to buy packs, because either I get Weyoun or Dukat, to FF either of them, or get lucky and get La Forge. Either way, it was less risky.
Now it's about 48% more likely to be straight honor. Yea?
Bonus crew:
• high bonus: event crew
• small bonus: variants of La Forge, and variants of Dukat.
Bonus ships:
• Jem'Hadar Fighter 2* (Existing)
• Breen Warship 3* (New)
• Breen Command Warship 5* (New)