The gauntlet!
pieman247
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Every time I go on gauntlet, it always does something to piss me off. Any time I find a character with weaker stats and I know I can beat them, they get a cheap critical chance and screw me over.
Not even changing opponents helps because it's always has that stupid Mirror Phlox, or Guinan, or any immortalized 5* character that you clearly can't beat because you need to waste more dilithium on portals.
<snip> ˜Shan
Not even changing opponents helps because it's always has that stupid Mirror Phlox, or Guinan, or any immortalized 5* character that you clearly can't beat because you need to waste more dilithium on portals.
<snip> ˜Shan
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I learned my lesson long ago, don’t use Merits to refresh opponents because you’ll still lose and be even angrier. When my crew is weakened I just toss them to the wolves to lose just to get closer to Achievement.
Same here. I stopped caring if I win every match. Just throw them in there and see what happens. It is called "the gauntlet" for a good reason. It's supposed to be ball-busting. Take what I get and carry on.
I’ve had hundreds, if not thousands, of rounds I should have lost but didn’t. But I don’t tend to remember them. I certainly don’t see Line group chats or forum threads with screenshots of unexpected gauntlet wins very often, but I believe they do happen.
Short of it is, gauntlets are frustrating but I don’t feel there are any unfair issues. And if there are, you’re late to the party.
Lately I've been playing solely for farming merits.
Same...but i still drudge the days i enter.
If anything could convince DB to make Gauntlet (more?) fair, this comment has an outstanding chance. 🖖🏻
Look, streaks happen. You can either take that fact in stride and keep cool about it all, or be like the infamous "poker brat" Phil Hellmuth who swears and steams whenever things don't go his way.
The former is a much more pleasant way to live your life, but if you prefer to court a heart attack, please continue fuming and blustering like a lunatic...
...just do it in the privacy of your own home and not here, if you'd be so kind.
Could you please continue the petty bickering? I find it most intriguing.
~ Data, ST:TNG "Haven"
gaunt·let2
ˈɡôntlət,ˈɡäntlət/
noun
noun: gauntlet; noun: gantlet
1.
go through an intimidating or dangerous crowd, place, or experience in order to reach a goal.
"they had to run the gauntlet of television cameras"
2.
historical
undergo the military punishment of receiving blows while running between two rows of men with sticks.
For Q, the gauntlet creator, it is fun. 😉
ACKCHUALLY, you don't need to immortalize your golds to max them in gauntlet, just fully equip them. Gauntlet is based solely on proficiency, so as long as they're fe'd you're getting the same benefit from a 1/5 as you would from an immortal.
Take it from somebody who has several of the major gauntlet beasts immortalized: there's no point at which what you're complaining about stops happening. I've been playing for over a year, have Guinan and Seven of Nine and Mirror Picard immortal and Locutus FE'd, and it still happens.
Oh, and be sure you're in a fleet with a high-powered starbase. You'll still lose every close match, but you will have more reason to complain since your stats will be higher.
1/5 to 5/5 offer exactly the same aptitude, so in this particular case using Dilithium to inmotalize a crew will not make the difference, but the Gauntlet is the most anoying/unfair thing on the game for sure!
I agree. I never pulled a Locutus or Guinan but I’ve gotten two Caretakers. It’s all RNG/pure crap luck. If for some like the OP it’s become something you hate then a break may be in order. It’s another reason I don’t spend a ton of $$ other than a monthly card and a few 10/10 here and there. It would just increase my level of angst.
Critical hits are displaying fine for you but there’s a bug with the Defender. Real percentages are:
5% = More like 25%
25% = More like 45%
45% = More like 65%
65% = Seriously, stay away
If there’s a remote mathematical chance of you losing and you feel there’s no chance you will, there’s a 25-30% you’ll blow a fuse
Oh contraire mon capitaine, unfairness is deeply built-in in Gauntlet mechanic. If it was fair you could choose your opponents freely. You can't ergo it's not fair...
Gauntlet is very poor game system but great dilithium and merit sink. This is its carefully designed and implemented function. I treat it as such and mostly avoid it. No refreshes whatever the situation is.
These are very good definitions. No fun, just punishment.
I disagree. If some topics are raised up regularly then these topics are important.
I have participated in 50 events.
I have been playing for 10 months.
I have picked up 3 golds from the Gauntlet.
The drop rates aren't worth it.
The frustration isn't worth it.
The achievement isn't worth it.
I thought I would get more from the effort put in. Maybe I'm expecting too much. But. Putting those figures up, the uncountable times I have nearly screamed out loud.
Nah. I just want to have fun. That ain't fun.
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My philosophy exactly. There are many days I don't do anything with the Gauntlet at all. When I do, I go for modest streaks (3 to 15 or so) and really try to invest the bare minimum in thought and resources. I don't get worked up about it because of all the game modes, it is BY FAR the easiest to skip.
Preach.
I spent some small amount of dilithium on the first day the gauntlet went live. Since then, I've never spent a drop. It is total madness to think of spending actual money on something so random and rewardless. Yes, for all that is holy, please stop.