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Re: Key information about next week’s event: The Game's Afoot (flashback) - 01/30
OK!
So this expedition flashback will follow the same rules that applied the last time we ran an expedition event (hybrid event Auld Lang Syne) - meaning no timer on a ticket and no RNG when criting a VP node.
As for the rewards structure, this flashback was adapted to be in line with what has been done in events recently.
Detective Data will not be part of the rewards however.
So this expedition flashback will follow the same rules that applied the last time we ran an expedition event (hybrid event Auld Lang Syne) - meaning no timer on a ticket and no RNG when criting a VP node.
As for the rewards structure, this flashback was adapted to be in line with what has been done in events recently.
Detective Data will not be part of the rewards however.
Shan
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Re: Did Skirmish Loot Rewards Change?
DScottHewitt wrote: »Can we get confirmation from DB that this thing about post-Battle Loot Drops is accurate, and not that observer bias thing?
I have been using Augment Riker from the start, and drops are totally random for me.......
Yeah, sorry if I wasn’t clear earlier - I’ve taken some screenshots of the lowest-possible credits reward with different crew for clarity’s sake. My other slots didn’t change - Garth, Killy, and RPC round out my current Skirmish Setup.
Shelby:
Judge Q (Q Continuum event trait):
Tactical Officer Neelix (Resourceful battle trait):
Still Neelix but no battle trait matches:
Now, the drop between those last two compared to the others makes me wonder if I didn’t completely miss out on matching two battle traits instead of one, since Garth’s Desperate trait was also coming up on occasion. Still - end-of-battle VP rewards aren’t the only thing that are affected by crew bonuses.
Re: Premium track EV Seven
If I look at the numbers (not including Indulgent Seven, because she's not someone most players will own and is difficult to currently obtain - will be different once Indignant Seven hits the portal).
- #2 SCI base (950)
- #3 SEC base (800)
I mention these because for faction events when hit with bonuses are better than most non-bonus crew ... SEC is decent to have an okay score on because there are more SEC seats on shuttles in general.
Keeping her as a 4/5 at the end is ... well, as a 4/5 she really drops in value. Not like High Roller Sisko or Professor Sato who as a 4/5 still have stellar base stats in SEC and DIP. So, ideally, you want to immortalise her because events are really all she's good for.
As far as her general stats fare ...
- Her SCI/SEC combo is great for voyages and not the most common combo ... but her final voyage totals are very lacklustre;
- Her proficiency rolls are okay for an early roster, but will quickly be outdone for Gauntlet work by others ... even though she will get the occasional bonus for sure.
- Her base stats are sub-par ... to be kind.
--> so, she's good for the early roster looking to quickly boost some difficult areas to do well in (events and voyages) ... but will quickly be outdone for daily duty.
A prime candidate to be seen as an expensive 4* on more developed rosters ... i.e. frozen and brought out for events.
Will I get the campaign?
I usually get a campaign once 2-3 stars are available, as a 1/5 won't make a dent on my crew. I'll wait it out and see what the info is on the upcoming mega event. In no rush.
In the end, I'll probably purchase it ... as the other things that come with the 5* are really quite good.
- #2 SCI base (950)
- #3 SEC base (800)
I mention these because for faction events when hit with bonuses are better than most non-bonus crew ... SEC is decent to have an okay score on because there are more SEC seats on shuttles in general.
Keeping her as a 4/5 at the end is ... well, as a 4/5 she really drops in value. Not like High Roller Sisko or Professor Sato who as a 4/5 still have stellar base stats in SEC and DIP. So, ideally, you want to immortalise her because events are really all she's good for.
As far as her general stats fare ...
- Her SCI/SEC combo is great for voyages and not the most common combo ... but her final voyage totals are very lacklustre;
- Her proficiency rolls are okay for an early roster, but will quickly be outdone for Gauntlet work by others ... even though she will get the occasional bonus for sure.
- Her base stats are sub-par ... to be kind.
--> so, she's good for the early roster looking to quickly boost some difficult areas to do well in (events and voyages) ... but will quickly be outdone for daily duty.
A prime candidate to be seen as an expensive 4* on more developed rosters ... i.e. frozen and brought out for events.
Will I get the campaign?
I usually get a campaign once 2-3 stars are available, as a 1/5 won't make a dent on my crew. I'll wait it out and see what the info is on the upcoming mega event. In no rush.
In the end, I'll probably purchase it ... as the other things that come with the 5* are really quite good.
Re: Key information about next week’s event: The Game's Afoot (flashback) - 01/30
It occurs to me that with The Professor involved, this is technically "The Game's Afoot 2" Flashback. It also occurs to me to offer a quick primer for players who have never done an Expedition.
Expeditions are basically Skirmishes for crew instead of ships. (Or, rather, Skirmishes are Expeditions for ships instead of crew.) The most notable difference is that you cannot use a crew member in the event if they are assigned to a shuttle or a Voyage, so plan accordingly. My personal strategy is to complete a ticket, then send out shuttles. Leave the game alone until the shuttles return, then complete another ticket. This helps me stave off event burnout, too.
Your crew will fatigue after each use, as they do in the Gauntlet. Featured and Bonus crew (The Professor, Data & La Forge variants) will fatigue ten percent per node. Everyone else will fatigue at twice that pace. Ergo, you can use Featured & Bonus crew twenty times per ticket and everyone else just ten times.
As they fatigue, their stats will decrease, both base and proficiency. So too will the value of trait bonuses per node.
You have to complete the first mission to unlock the next, and on each difficulty to unlock the next highest. Once you have unlocked a mission/difficulty, it will remain unlocked for the duration of the event, so you only have to start from the bottom once. The best approach is to unlock everything with your first ticket, and on subsequent tickets, start with Mission 5 on Epic and work your way backward. That way as your crew fatigues, they're facing less difficult node skill levels.
You must crit a node in order to earn VP; just clearing it is insufficient. During the original run of this event, only Featured Crew were guaranteed VP for crits. Bonus crew had a higher chance of earning VP. In subsequent Expeditions, all crits were guaranteed VP. It remains to be seen which rules will be in place for this Flashback.
Just going through each ticket once for the max VP was usually sufficient to clear thresholds. However, that was before threshold rewards were expanded. It remains to be seen what the rewards table will look like. If the current schema is used, you will almost certainly have to grind it out for additional VP per ticket, or purchase additional tickets.
Most importantly, you will fatigue along with your crew! Pace yourself! Expeditions are the most accessible events for players to chase rank because a lot of players hate the format and will bail early. The key to competing is to repeat missions once you've claimed the maximum VP and grind it out to earn lesser VP per node. Most players are unwilling to do that, giving the advantage to those who will.
Expeditions are basically Skirmishes for crew instead of ships. (Or, rather, Skirmishes are Expeditions for ships instead of crew.) The most notable difference is that you cannot use a crew member in the event if they are assigned to a shuttle or a Voyage, so plan accordingly. My personal strategy is to complete a ticket, then send out shuttles. Leave the game alone until the shuttles return, then complete another ticket. This helps me stave off event burnout, too.
Your crew will fatigue after each use, as they do in the Gauntlet. Featured and Bonus crew (The Professor, Data & La Forge variants) will fatigue ten percent per node. Everyone else will fatigue at twice that pace. Ergo, you can use Featured & Bonus crew twenty times per ticket and everyone else just ten times.
As they fatigue, their stats will decrease, both base and proficiency. So too will the value of trait bonuses per node.
You have to complete the first mission to unlock the next, and on each difficulty to unlock the next highest. Once you have unlocked a mission/difficulty, it will remain unlocked for the duration of the event, so you only have to start from the bottom once. The best approach is to unlock everything with your first ticket, and on subsequent tickets, start with Mission 5 on Epic and work your way backward. That way as your crew fatigues, they're facing less difficult node skill levels.
You must crit a node in order to earn VP; just clearing it is insufficient. During the original run of this event, only Featured Crew were guaranteed VP for crits. Bonus crew had a higher chance of earning VP. In subsequent Expeditions, all crits were guaranteed VP. It remains to be seen which rules will be in place for this Flashback.
Just going through each ticket once for the max VP was usually sufficient to clear thresholds. However, that was before threshold rewards were expanded. It remains to be seen what the rewards table will look like. If the current schema is used, you will almost certainly have to grind it out for additional VP per ticket, or purchase additional tickets.
Most importantly, you will fatigue along with your crew! Pace yourself! Expeditions are the most accessible events for players to chase rank because a lot of players hate the format and will bail early. The key to competing is to repeat missions once you've claimed the maximum VP and grind it out to earn lesser VP per node. Most players are unwilling to do that, giving the advantage to those who will.
Re: Key information about next week’s event: The Game's Afoot (flashback) - 01/30
For the rewards you will have to wait until the event is announced.
Thanks for bringing up the VP nodes as well, I will inquire.
Thanks for bringing up the VP nodes as well, I will inquire.
Shan
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Re: Key information about next week’s event: The Game's Afoot (flashback) - 01/30
If there is something that goes wrong with the expedition event, please do not give us extra tickets.
(HGH)Apollo
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Key information about next week’s event: The Game's Afoot (flashback) - 01/30
Event Name: The Game's Afoot
Event Type: Expedition Event
Event Crew: The Professor 5* (Existing), Detective Data 5* (Existing), and Doctor La Forge 4* (Existing)
Event Dates: Thursday 01/30 until Monday 02/03 at noon (17.00 UTC)
Ranked Reward 5*: Twilight T'Pol (New) - this crew will be featured event crew in the event starting on 02/06.
Event Factions:
n/a
Bonus crew:
• high bonus: event crew
• small bonus: variants of Data, and La Forge
PS: I know this is an old event - and I am currently waiting to confirm how the tickets will work.
I will update you once I know more.
Event Type: Expedition Event
Event Crew: The Professor 5* (Existing), Detective Data 5* (Existing), and Doctor La Forge 4* (Existing)
Event Dates: Thursday 01/30 until Monday 02/03 at noon (17.00 UTC)
Ranked Reward 5*: Twilight T'Pol (New) - this crew will be featured event crew in the event starting on 02/06.
Event Factions:
n/a
Bonus crew:
• high bonus: event crew
• small bonus: variants of Data, and La Forge
PS: I know this is an old event - and I am currently waiting to confirm how the tickets will work.
I will update you once I know more.
Shan
8
Re: Key information about next week’s event: The Game's Afoot (flashback) - 01/30
Climate change is so severe Hell has frozen over.
Re: Glad I’m not in the gauntlet with this guy on the regular! Makes me wonder, what is your biggest ...
HAHAHA, I officially hand off the Gauntlet Sledgehammer to @Prime Lorca of Izar!
@JiveDutch, it went like this. Got copy #1 from a lucky 3 streak box yesterday while I was mounting my final charge to 20K. Second copy was the DYC that triggered. Third star occured when I woke up and saw the $10 LTO came with a citation so I grabbed that just for the citation. Copy #4 came from the 20K achievement early this morning, and copy #5 came from a citation I bought with Honor I won from a combination of skirmishing all night and MANY merit/basic reward packs (started the night with 35K Honor). I went from 0 Locutus to immortalized Locutus in like 19 hours
@JiveDutch, it went like this. Got copy #1 from a lucky 3 streak box yesterday while I was mounting my final charge to 20K. Second copy was the DYC that triggered. Third star occured when I woke up and saw the $10 LTO came with a citation so I grabbed that just for the citation. Copy #4 came from the 20K achievement early this morning, and copy #5 came from a citation I bought with Honor I won from a combination of skirmishing all night and MANY merit/basic reward packs (started the night with 35K Honor). I went from 0 Locutus to immortalized Locutus in like 19 hours
