🏆-event-chat

[cobalt chasm]

Would be amazing if an update came out and it didn’t have issues. I’d be floored

[scarlet moss]

Same here..put my ticker in at 12:44PM ET and still waiting

[craggy sentinel]

Ran the update this morning after new version release, seeing the changes, but not Legends of the Cosmos..... Did a STFC repair install, still nothing. I guess Command Center won't work for me then.....

[chrome grotto]

Can someone tell me how slb rankings work if multiple players have the same score?

[iron lynx]

I can only see command stuff on my pic and not on my iPad

[plush folio]

It would be nice if they at least would make an announcement 📣 or an update at the least

[median vigil]

RNGeezus

[chrome grotto]

Great stuff thanks. 🤣 From 5th on scoreboard to 20th with 12 players with the identical scores

[lusty junco]

Crunch

[fringe pumice]

This 149/150 shards is awesome

Thank you scopley for another well done release

I’m so beyond impressed with the new scopley help ticket system

So easy….not

Do you need to be hammered to deal with scopley customer support?

[ancient ridge]

You'd think they'd have metrics, know who was affected, and roll out a fix quickly. But no, file a ticket and wait 72hrs.

[fringe pumice]

It’s called refunds

[misty osprey]

72 hours if you're lucky

[vague tapir]

Does anyone know what IMS is? I've been thinking individual, but there are already solo (SMS) events, so I'm not sure what else it could be. (Sorry if it's been asked before.)

[median vigil]

There might be a better answer, but that's all I know. 😂🤣

[south berry]

I dont know what the I stands for but It's server wide. Everything the server does gets added up and the whole server gets the rewards

[unkempt lava]

So why the .... scopely just doesn't release a 5 shard claimable gift for each officer and get on with it?

It would solve all the 1-2 missing shards cases without the need of CS

Cmon scopely, resource optimization 101

[barren shale]

Got Spock, couldn't use him, and now Scopely took back the 150 Spock shards? What the ????

[barren hemlock]

Instance Milestone - Mostly server-wide but iirc during the Klingon/Rom arc they used it for the randomly decided "teams" that each contained half the server

[burnt urchin]

Command center built - yes
Fleet Commander Spock set - yes
Mine 3* gas for event - yes
Getting 2x points for Spock - Nope

What am I missing???

[vague tapir]

Oh, thank you!

[elder comet]

Well the early events you could pick the side you are on. Only the latest they did they somehow randomly assigned you while some people somehow ended up being participating on both sides and getting double rewards 😂

[pale kestrel]

is he still seated as FC? only last 6 hours then you have to reassign him

[barren hemlock]

Maybe I'm misremembering, thought the first one you were randomly assigned and then later ones the was a way to betray one side, do their event, and then do the betrayal again. Been a while

[burnt urchin]

Yes. He has about 2 hrs left

[elder comet]

Oh ye the very first one was random as well I think. People complained a lot about it. Overall it was just badly designed as always 😂

[barren hemlock]

Did you have him seated before you sent your miner out? Do you have an on-duty skill that boosts the mining rate?

[burnt urchin]

I did have him seated and redocked again to be sure
I have the mining speed upgraded to T4

[barren hemlock]

That's the first level in the tree? It needs to be an on-duty skill specifically, and that is an Always On one

[pale kestrel]

but for the mining event he is referring to, only have to have FC Spock slotted in

[long sparrow]

any one else got bugged unlocking kirk/spock commanders? got 148 pieces from mission, instead of 150

[pale kestrel]

submit a ticket.

[barren hemlock]

"Must have an On Duty skill unlocked that affects scoring ship"

[burnt urchin]

Thanks all

[barren hemlock]

Not sure if the Hostile damage would work, since it's specific the battle and doesn't impact the ship directly(-ish, but who knows with Scopely)

[pale kestrel]

oddly the killing exlporers with battleship event scored the bonus for me and i hadn't added any of his skills at the time.

[barren hemlock]

Fortified Hulls should work for the mining

[burnt urchin]

Looks like this is the minimum needed to get 2x scoring for miners

Just another Scopley money grab

[barren hemlock]

Who knows with them tbh

[pale kestrel]

jsut think, in two days FC Kirk gives bonuses on his events and next week, Locutus

[haughty summit]

So after the 6 hour cooldown for the command center is up, the fleet commander is vacated. Does that mean the buffs for the ships that are out are also vacated and need to be recalled in order to be reapplied once the fc timer is reinitialized?

The Needs of the Many says Always On, so that solves that question.

[ornate geyser]

Ugh. That’s not cool.

[ornate geyser]

Same for me. Advice was “contact support”…sigh…

[uneven dove]

What a nonsense from scopely. “It is only a minor issue.” If so why is my ticket already open for over 10 hours for a missing shard.

In that time you could have :

1. gave everyone 5 of each
2. create a query to proactively fix the problem

But hell no, we insist of doing it reactively on a ticker by ticket base by an understaffed support

But for the refinery issue threatening their wallet they had a software fix in hours AND removed all gained stuff.

[topaz wyvern]

I made the same suggestion but was told it affected only 1% of the player base so that approach was not needed. I asked how many players that 1% represented and how long in terms of times it would take to resolve each player (in terms of x minutes x Y players). bearing in mind the slb is only a 3 day event. Issue still not resolved for me

[uneven dove]

In my work this would be an incident with resolution time of max 4 hours. The whole reactive approach is nonsense. Why overload support if 2 engineers can detect and fix issues with much less effort. But probably incompetent spreadsheet management

[elder comet]

Engineers/Developers do not make that decision 😉
Also we have no clue about their competence

[topaz wyvern]

At this stage I am sceptical of a resolution within the SLB timescale frankly. Feels like you are in a statistical minority so we don't really care. Shame I only need 2 shards for ST Tlaan.

[unreal beacon]

yeah, i know "submit a ticket". 😡

[topaz wyvern]

Welcome to the 1%...

[prime carbon]

Yup, only way... few of us in same boat 😅

[vague seal]

What the f went to event store before time out and nothing?

This is bs had credits now showing nothing

[neon hawk]

Hard pass on the new borg stuff, which, by default, also means i won't be engaging with fleet commanders.

I am not spending 30k probes to unlock one aramada.

Thank you for saving me the $500-1,000 I would have spent on creds, skill points, etc.

I have way too many other things that require probes, like independent creds to waste them on armadas.

[dry glacier]

so.... should I pick Spok or Kirk?

[scenic kernel]

your choice 😉 Neither are better. Kirk might be better quicker, as you need to get a l20 command center to really benefit from spock.

and by the time you reach l20, you will probably have unlocked both

[compact egret]

Anyone seen a event calendar for this month yet?

[earnest hornet]

the events are listed in game,
But heres one that has been made so far

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/656542930693128257/1062565956934709298/January_2023.png

[compact egret]

Thank you so much

[distant cargo]

Is it so that the Tourists mission of just two parts? I was expecting the usual give five parts but it finished after part 2.

[real idol]

Trevor sorted me out

[prime carbon]

Lucky you but check if he actually did - my 1st ticket had same response but still at 147/150... 2nd ticket already in 😅

[iron pawn]

good news for you, me I'm always blocked at 149 on my spock commander...

[silver pike]

Did you contact CS?

[silver pike]

Has someone asked you for your ticket number yet?

[iron pawn]

yes my ticket 8766412

[prime carbon]

yes, had a request from Old Man who promised to push it to CS lead 😍

[silver pike]

Yh I thought I saw that scrolling through. If Old Man’s got it then you should have that corrected soon 🖖

[serene pollen]

And the others are waiting ...

[near helm]

Blocked at 145, ticket submitted last night

Great event rollout!

That green loading bar seems to work perfectly though! My ticket number is 8767235

No response yet

[solar ferry]

Mine is stuck at 149/150, you'd think when they build in these errors they'd make them consistant. 🤣🤣 My ticket is #8766719

[abstract gate]

148...... no comment.....

[solar ferry]

Needs to be sorted PDQ as I can't progress in the events without that shard.

[abstract gate]

Yeah.... thats the problem....

[dry glacier]

where do you get these?

[wind turret]

Any idea what the countdown timer above the skill tree is for?

[hard oxide]

the countdown to swap them

[silver pike]

I’m still not 100% sure but it seems like a cool down timer till you can switch FC’s

[unreal hemlock]

When you switch commanders, you have to wait 6 hours to switch back.

[hard oxide]

can only swap every 6 hours

I pressed it by mistake last night hah

[wind turret]

Ah ok. Thanks much. 🍺🚬🖖

I only have Spock so far so won't be swapping anytime soon 🤣

[hard oxide]

on the note of that, there was no confirmation of do you want to swap. So if you do accidentally press the button you are then stuck with a single choice

probably something that should have a 'are you sure' confirmation

especially as its a timer

[unreal hemlock]

@pseudo rune 👆

[near helm]

They can’t even give enough shards to all players and you want a confirm button?

It’s a good idea, like all the other bugs they haven’t fixed yet

[hard oxide]

haha! you know its the hope that gets you everytime

[wind turret]

Then they pull the rug from under your feet 😂

[unreal hemlock]

#💭-suggestions

[near helm]

Next you’ll want clear explanations of new content without having to watch hours of videos on YouTube

[worthy plaza]

You can only get one right? Can't get both Kirk and Spock? Is there any concensus on which is better to pick?

[wind turret]

I chose spock because mining is life. But apparently can swap also

[unreal hemlock]

You get 1 free with the mission. You eventually can get all 3. It depends on the buffs you want.

[near helm]

Only one and you’ll get full unlock only if you’re lucky. Do the mission first, building the new building is part of it

[worthy plaza]

How do you get the other 2? Pay? Event? Undetermined future?

[unreal hemlock]

Thank @nova valley

[near helm]

Locutus pay, Kirk probably when building is lvl 40. You get shards through new refinery

[unreal hemlock]

Spock and Kirk are both in the store. I assume Locutus will be available in store next month.

This will be a 2 month arc.

[static wigeon]

Indicated how? I've no idea which event scored for this

[unreal hemlock]

Ya got Scopley'd m8! 😂

[scenic kernel]

you will see this in some SMS description, like the one in FC Spock:

[static wigeon]

Ah, so not an actual Borg event. Figures 😂

[unreal hemlock]

You had me at "SickOfScopely"

We are the borg...
We will assimilate you.
We are the ones who will make your day so go on and give in.
There's no choice to make,
You're giving up your life.
It's true there is no other way, you will become we.

[woeful vortex]

@pseudo rune. While the command centre idea is nice the sourcing through more solo armadas is suspect.

I can grind 1 Hull on my vidar a day.that 500k inert nanoprobes That will take time away from other grind though. I can then open 2 chests. That gives me enough for 1 solo armada. However doing these means I won't be getting indy or faction credits which is do need formofficer advamcment. Grush t5 won't tier itself.

So a bit of a miss really as those borg officer shard we get from the loot once we get enough to advance a tier still need indy credits.

So we actually have an indy credit sourcing problem. Won't be engaging in these till the indy credits issue is sorted

[scarlet moss]

It has been 17 hours since I submitted my ticket for same issue.

[woeful vortex]

@pseudo rune there's too many armada choices and game mechanics now

Time to start killing some off.

[serene pollen]

Found my missing shards 😂

[woeful vortex]

@pseudo rune BTW I see the exos just it's going to slow indy credits sourcing

[cyan cape]

So....where exactly do you source CC parts?

Borgmadas give uncommon, rare, epic coin.

The coins give Commander experience and upgrade stuff and rare and epic directives.

Grinding borg probes give uncommon directives. You can pick either faction credits or a single borg directive. And if you have a t8 or lower vidar, you get 6 directives, not 100, so 17 days to run a single borgmada.

There is no daily like the treasury and armory and away teams and iso pulls. So where is the CC stuff?

[silver pike]

There is a daily chest in the refinery

[cyan cape]

Oh, under command center. Found it. Thanks. I am working on a guide for our alliance

[unreal beacon]

15 hours and still no response from support 😡

[serene pollen]

yep .. we know where shards go ,. Scoply still looking ..

[cyan cape]

The indy credit thing is a real problem. Yet another month, 2 more indy credit crew, and now the piddly 315 credits a day has to be stretched farther between upgrading crew and choosing solo directives. As it is, a single pink t5 crew takes 22,500 indy credits at about 2k credits per week, so 11 weeks to upgrade one guy. So... ghrush, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, Quark, Rom, Khan, Eurydice, Lorca, Mudd, skinny Mudd, Dukat, Weyoun. 16 guys that will all need 6 weeks each to get t4 and 12 weeks each to get to t5.

This doesn't even consider all the rare and uncommon ones.

[tribal turret]

Agree. This is the first release that feels more like work than fun to me.

[unkempt lava]

@modest frost @pseudo rune why don't you propose to the dev team to just send a claimable gift with 5 shards of both spock and kirk, instead to sending everyone to an endless wait at CS with thousands of requests. It would get rid of all the 1-2 shard missing tickets u got queued and filter only the "all shards missing" ones.

[silver pike]

Only some people are affected. It’s not many.

[unkempt lava]

Only in my alliance we are 15 out of 85 players affected. Maybe you meant only some people have spoken here, which is very different from the support tickets they are receiving. You are here to moderate, not to misslead us with partial information.

17% is not "only some players"

[silver pike]

They have already investigated and figured out roughly how many are affected. It’s not many. I’m not misleading, by stating you know more than me on this topic is misleading.

[silver pike]

17% of your alliance. Remember this game is huge.

[unkempt lava]

Yes, remember this game is huge

[silver pike]

👍🏻 have a nice day 🖖

[unkempt lava]

If not many were affected, why they havent responded to my ticket yet

Yeah, discussion not leading anywhere at all, dunno why you had to answer what you answered.

[scenic kernel]

because they have a lot of such tickets to handle

[unkempt lava]

But nightbrawler said its only some players

[formal lichen]

Some is more than 1, less then 50%

[scenic kernel]

yeah, but if it is 1% of the player base, that is still going to generate massive amount of tickets

[unkempt lava]

My point exactly, why did he just contaminate chat with an answer like that.

[silver pike]

🤦‍♂️

[silver pike]

That’s fairly accurate

[unkempt lava]

My proposal was to lighten the weight of those tickets

[formal lichen]

Wind your neck in, they are volunteers trying to help

[unkempt lava]

Im trying to help too

[silver pike]

Your proposal was already heard 4 times yesterday from others. Scopley chose the CS option. 🤷‍♂️

Nothing I can do to change that

[unkempt lava]

Now, thats an answer!

Thank you for finally saying what I needed to read

Have a nice day

[tame timber]

Any seen the arc calendar and/or can post it here , appreciate

[scarlet moss]

Same..18 hours here

[torn zephyr]

Have they fix the fleet commanders?

[crisp current]

Nope. Mines still broken

[torn zephyr]

@crisp current Yep mine is too 😩

[ripe grail]

Where do you get the materials to build the command center?

[formal birch]

first from mission then daily rewar

[silver pike]

Free mission then refinery

[plush folio]

Still waiting for my Kirk Shards. No email, no hey we are on it. Just the automated bot message that says can take 72 hours

This has been since 2:30 yesterday afternoon cst

[versed osprey]

do you know how long 72h is?

[plush folio]

Yes I’m aware, it’s not the timing, it’s the lack of communication. So…..

[versed osprey]

the 72h means that it can take up to 72h till they respond

that is no lack of communication

[steel citrus]

15 hours later still missing 1 kirk shard...pffft!

Another money grab to force you to buy the shards....?

[pale kestrel]

no, a bug. suppose to submit tickets and forward the ticket numbers to bek or someone so they can get them prioritized.

although simpler fix would've been to send a chest of 5 shards of both to everyone, espeically seeing as the CC refinery chest pull has some extremely low odds of getting shards. 2 pulls and I haven't got a single shard of either officer from the refinery.

[steel citrus]

Ticker submitted 15 hours ago....is my point!

[versed osprey]

#🏆-event-chat message

[pale kestrel]

could be worse, during the dominion truce events last month, my tickets went an entire week with no response whatsoever then closed. took a 2nd ticket via email to get a response within a day or two.

the bot cs ticket system on the website sucks.

[drifting briar]

did scopely announce when the treasury event is happening this month?

[alpine jetty]

Some clan members got the FC shards already from support. I’m still waiting. And yes the support bot sux

[maiden flint]

Once you do the mission and select which officer, how do you actually u lock him?

[unkempt lava]

Scopely just unlocked my 149shards kirk, if you contacted CS about it start checking your chat!

[dense maple]

I wish I wouldn’t have chose Kirk - ship xp buff - that is ridiculous….what a waste.

[empty stratus]

Ops 37, T9 vidar, 449,500 cargo
The uncommon chest is garbage and not worth the time investment required to pull 2 cube chest per day to run 1 sphere armada per day, 2 days in a row.

Borg officers 1,2,8 &. 9… and a small amount of FC XP…

Not to mention, the FC concept is really just looking meh now that it’s in front of me. Who’s sole purpose is meant to slow down ship officer power creep and ability dilution. Assuming we can expect to see 2-4 new ship officers and 1-3 new FC per 2-3 month arc going forward, instead of the 3-5 new ship officers per month.

[long seal]

i need scopelys customer support email to contact them about not getting a fleet commander unlocked please.

[warm quest]

#👽-how-to-contact-support

[finite leaf]

FC Champions - IMS. . . I've figured out that the "I" stands for Instance, but what the heck does that mean? What is an Instance Milestone event? It obviously is a group activity because even if you unlock all 3 fleet commanders you can't score enough points to reach the first milestone.

[versed osprey]

server MS

[pale kestrel]

i thought it was Income or Impulse purchase 😉

[finite leaf]

Well, our "Instance" is doing terrible at it, lol! We must not have many spenders going for this one.

[pale kestrel]

and it doesn't say per shard is 100pts, just says recruit which to me means unlock. that means to score the 300k last milestone, you'd have to have 3000 unlocks on your server for spock or kirk.

our server is like 1700 from the first milestone and with the chances of shard pulls in the CC chest so far, it's looking super slim.

[karmic vault]

Your milestone is 300k on that? I see 90k.

Is it ops level dependent?

[pale kestrel]

might be because of server age?

[silver pike]

Yes

[karmic vault]

I don't see how that would even be possible if you have an old server.

[pale kestrel]

ikr

[karmic vault]

Unless you've got 1500+ active players unlocking both Kirk and Spock...

[pale kestrel]

exactly. seems unrealistic

[karmic vault]

Maybe they expect everyone to unlock all three officers...

[silver pike]

It’s a 10 day event

😬

Idk how they intend to do it

[karmic vault]

10 days of getting to look at an event your server will never be able to attain...

[barren shale]

Any word if Scopely is giving back FC Spock to those who had him and then they took him away?

[silver pike]

Write a ticket to CS

[pale kestrel]

just rough guesstimate of top 100 alliances in power averaging maybe 80% activity of their roster and not being able to count for ops levels, we probably have around 1400 players in those alliances

[karmic vault]

Are they giving you more than 100 points per unlock in that?

[barren shale]

I did file a ticket. This is my 4th issue of missing rewards since the SNW arc. They don't even read the tickets. None of the issues were ever fixed.

[pale kestrel]

100 per unlock.

[silver pike]

Locustus is more than Spock and Kirk

[karmic vault]

You're at 99k in that screenshot, so that's a lot more unlocked than my server.

[silver pike]

150 for Locustus

[pale kestrel]

150 for locutus but i guarantee he will he p2unlock

[karmic vault]

My server is at 31.5k points.

[pale kestrel]

there's no way scopely would give us 2 free FC officer unlocks, especially within 10 days

[silver pike]

They aren’t. It’s 1 free unlock for the month

[karmic vault]

Yeah, P2W Whalecutus .

[silver pike]

That concerns me

[winged tulip]

Does look a lot like locutus will be a surprise £ store after everyone's done with primes, command center etc

[pale kestrel]

that's what worries me too. such high milestones for servers that are older and may not have as much activity over the past 4-6 months of scopely mishaps chasing players off and for such little rewards.

[split wren]

Avatar as top tier prize also?

[karmic vault]

and 1000 syndicate xp

[silver pike]

It worries me that my server is no longer in the top bracket. We normally complete them in excess. Idk what a lower bracket may suggest

[winged tulip]

seems pretty odd scoring - most people will unlock the freebie in the first day or two, and then unless they're expecting everyone to also get locutus or the other free one, it doesn't look completeable..

[drifting bridge]

I’d say we’re pretty screwed too

[pale kestrel]

so far , my two pulls of the CC refinery chest have yielded not one single FC Officer shard either.

the odds of even pulling one must be worse than other chest pulls for officers.

[brave scarab]

We haven't even hit the first tier of the FC Champions.

[agile bear]

Anyone know if the Vi'dar weapon bonus works on solo borg armadas?

[pale kestrel]

it's supposed to and that is why there are researches for faction ships and iss jelly in the Combat tree for making them similar to vidar on borg armadas

wondering if those that were gifted 200 uncommon borg loot are going to get the 200 directives instead like other players for tday's event

[agile bear]

I see, thank you for clarifying that NajaKhan

[wraith parcel]

How do the rewards break down in the event of a 9 way tie? Would be a sucky way to lose out on those rewards due to some arbitrary stupidity.

[pale kestrel]

those that score later win

[wraith parcel]

That I do not like.

[ornate geyser]

We’re at 46k points on my IMS…don’t see how it completes, lol.

Maybe we’re not a Heroic server…

[pale kestrel]

no one does and scopely wont' change it. we've been discussing it for years now

[cunning atlas]

So basically those lucky to have many whales in their server get free stuff? 2nd commander unlock withing 10 days I frankly don't believe. Boo boo $¢opely

[novel hare]

You know it’s only 2 shards

[inland mica]

Is there any information on the missing Kirk and Spock shards?

[silver pike]

Have you sent a ticket to CS?

[inland mica]

Yep, around this time yesterday. No reply

[barren shale]

They'll close the ticket in a few days

[tribal lance]

Just sent one, shouldn't have to, but I did, complete with screenshot

[unreal vortex]

is there a 44 zone for borgs?

[spring comet]

@pseudo rune Is the Borg refinery for armada tokens supposed to be only 6 per day when its a 100 per armada ?

[formal birch]

yes joock for players undr lvl 40

[spring comet]

ye im 42 though

[silver pike]

Yes. You need a T9 Vidar

[silver pike]

No it’s by Vidar tier

[formal birch]

ah ok

[spring comet]

gotcha thats why my vidar is t8 i was lazy lol

[hollow bear]

Anyone else not yet receive the matrix diodes for the Borg missions?

[silver pike]

They are in the BP rewards

They gave 100 yesterday in a gift I think

The rest is BP

[ember zealot]

@pseudo rune Any plans on providing borgmada directive sourcing other than a C$140 store pack?

[abstract gate]

I didnt get 100 diodes as a gift

[hollow bear]

me neither

[ornate geyser]

Anybody else experiencing a dearth of targets in Worm 42+…? I’ve got deserted systems…

[silver pike]

Hmm maybe I’m dreaming it then. I think I had 160 left over from previous months

[knotty birch]

So the solo borg armadas SMS is 3k to complete at lvl44 and 15k and lvl45. Is this correct and as intended? A 5x jump in points needed for a 1 lvl jump?

[silver pike]

Level 45 expects you to do level 45 Borg spheres

[silver pike]

It’s always 3 solo armadas per your ops level

[abstract gate]

second time I had the chance of taking the Fleet Commander Material from the refinery, second time I got no officer shards ... great 💩

[knotty birch]

So a lvl44 is only expected to do 3xlvl41 armadas?

[waxen charm]

Is it worth using the Vidar on the borg armadas or should I use faction ships?

[tall palm]

Why is there a jump from 35 to 41 solo borg aramdas? I’m level 37 so it sounds like I wouldn’t be able to take on the 41. Only got enough directives for two unc which will leave me short on sms. Don’t have a maxed vi dar so chest is not an option for directives

[novel hare]

We got free directives in a chest

[tall palm]

I just watched a guy do it easily with a enterprise augur and vi dar with cherrios support

[tall palm]

Yeah but only 200. That’s only two aramdas. I’d only get 1000 points for beating two. Short 500 points

[ebon glen]

Does the Vidar buff work on the solo armadas? The buff says hostiles but doesn't specify armadas

[eager kiln]

45 solo borg seems broken

[woeful escarp]

Anyone know if Dax and Bashir works as a crew for the Borg solo?

[woeful escarp]

How?

[vagrant shell]

Did anyone else do their daily command center refinery pull and not get rewarded for it?

[desert mirage]

i got mine...

[rare verge]

M why did I have 200 uc Borg armada credits yesterday I’ve had 200 today yet I’ve only got 200?/

[broken dust]

@pseudo rune @silver pike ï submitted a ticket to CS 24 hours ago about getting 0 FC shards after completing mission. 0 responses. If you got power to get em to take action please use it. I promise to spend money after if you fix it😋😂

[odd karma]

How are sub 35s expected to complete this event? Without buying directives… I don’t have 13 borgmadas directives left over from the mega cube event… @pseudo rune

[desert mirage]

"I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for 150 FC shards today!" (adapted from a very old cartoon)

[keen citrus]

Level 46 has to do 15 lvl 41 solos to do the event. Where are the directives coming from?

[ember zealot]

^^^THIS^^^

[warm quest]

Money Shop 🤑🤑🤑

[ornate geyser]

Yesterday was credits, today was directives (ie, they messed up yesterday).

[eager kiln]

fix the event

[prime carbon]

Or do 3 45s which is clearly what they want us to do nevermind the 45s are ridiculous unless you have a G4 rare ship...
So ops 45s are screwed, thanks Scopely 🙄

[jolly sun]

@pseudo rune All these SLBs and no shards of the new officers, instead officers from different sets bundled together 😫

[eager kiln]

can do the normal jem hadar solo uc 46 easily...barely scratched the 45 uc borg

where is the riot people

[keen citrus]

Just watched 2 ops 46 guys get trounced by lvl 45 madas.

[eager kiln]

47's died too with 2 20 mill ships

[prime carbon]

I managed to do a half hull on a 45 😂
I'm clearly not going to buy directives for 15 41s so the event can go in the bin
New suggestion! Please add hide/ignore button for events 😂

[jolly sun]

This is where people with great fleets shine

[pale kestrel]

probably didn't do the translink disruptor researches for their faction ships 😛

[eager kiln]

they dealt good dmg, still died

my fleet is not great but also not terrible imo

so even if i fail i shouldn't fail this badly

or are we supposed to max ktinga at ops 45?

[jolly sun]

Using standard solo set officers?

[eager kiln]

yes with hull breach from lorca

[ornate geyser]

Well that’s not promising…another event to skip…and that kills the meta. Sigh.

[jolly sun]

Usually if not on thousands of pages, the report will show you

[keen citrus]

It doesn’t matter what we say. Scopely don’t give a toss.

[ancient ridge]

Complete new missions SMS - where do I find the missions??

[eager kiln]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/966688852750250085/1062800687538372688/IMG_1638.png?width=1004&height=565

[prime carbon]

Oh please ever so kindly explain to me how to crew a Valdore, Ent and Augur to beat a 45 when even Pilums fail
Since you seem to know it all

[eager kiln]

friend on our server

[jolly sun]

From Ecos podcast, this was launch and get feedback and then make changes based on us Beta testing

[pale kestrel]

should've been beta tested before release to public

[eager kiln]

grats scopely

[jolly sun]

Sure supply report and all your stats

[ornate geyser]

That’s just another way of saying “we didn’t play test any of this”.

[prime carbon]

It's like operating without anaesthetic or surgical knowlege innit? 😂

[jolly sun]

Listen to his podcast

Well DJs sorry

[prime carbon]

Sorry some of us work full time and play this to relax not spend hours listening to a podcast with 5 minutes relevant info

[jolly sun]

I’ve spent all day becoming chartered, think you need to go chill out somewhere

[prime carbon]

DJ just drones on for hours 🤷‍♀️

[jolly sun]

You can skip forward

[prime carbon]

Through hours of irrelevant stuff

[jolly sun]

Well if you want to hear it from the figure heads mouth so to speak

[prime carbon]

"Go listen to a podcast" should not be an answer to a badly scaled sms that is unachievable by most

[jolly sun]

This won’t be final version, especially this shocking Exo comps

[prime carbon]

And this also shouldn't be the answer to a badly scaled and not tested content

[jolly sun]

We want Borg half way to Amalgam Exo pretty please 😂

[knotty birch]

Exactly this

[plush folio]

@pseudo rune does the recent announcement also include those that got full unlocks and then had them disappear entirely?

[uneven dove]

Don’t forget the research before armadas

[abstract gate]

Will the vidar skin be part of the arc?

[prime carbon]

Done it

Still the TLDR is at ops 45 I have to do 3 45s that I can't beat or 15 41s I can't afford
That's not a reasonable event scaling

[silver pike]

Did you do the new research?

3 45’s at Ops 45 should be fairly straightforward

[prime carbon]

Yes

[prime carbon]

Managed to damage one half with Val/Ent/Aug and that was still better than some efforts I saw with sploding Pilums 🤣

[silver pike]

Are you using the DS9 solo armada crews?

[prime carbon]

Only the ones that work against armadas in general like Sisko
Didn't use Dax as assumed she wouldn't work, would she?

[novel hare]

@prime carbon

[prime carbon]

Oooh lemme try again, then!

[mental tulip]

If you do the combat research you already have a 35k% damage boost. You're just making it (35,000% * dmg) + (450% * Health).

[ornate geyser]

Only have directives for two. So it’s 48s or nothing, unfortunately.

[silver pike]

Did you get unlucky? Gift from today + 1 refine should be ok

[silver pike]

All the solo armada crew work

[opal sandal]

Thanks scopley for giving enough directives for one armada when three are needed to complete

[native furnace]

please tell me how to increase my ship to go further is there any way to add like maybe channging the personnel on the ship or the capt

[acoustic cloud]

i really screwed myself in the solo borg event

i tried punching up a bit too much and wasted directive

[ornate geyser]

Can’t get the refine one - it takes same currency as the research and all the other Borg stuff. It’s not available to me.

[prime carbon]

They do!!! Check this out!

[silver pike]

😊 what did you use?

[gentle cobalt]

@acoustic cloud are use cerritos support for lvl52?

[prime carbon]

Dax Bashir obrien - Val
Bev, nero, Tyler- Aug
5, Kirk, lorca - Ent
I did ritos boost Val and Aug though 😅

[strong zephyr]

Did anyone try out 8/11 with full synergy if it works against these armada's?

[acoustic cloud]

I did use cerritos boost on 1 ship

And I ran eurydice to try and keep shield up on ktinga

[gentle cobalt]

do you have ent?

[novel hare]

Need warp 160 🤷‍♂️

[acoustic cloud]

Yes I used a lot of discoing

[gentle cobalt]

with disco it is not a problem

[acoustic cloud]

I do only have the research done for klingons though

[karmic imp]

⁉️ ⁉️ ⁉️ ⁉️
Resistance is NOT Futile (Level 25-34 with Vi’dar Solo Milestone)

How do people start normal Borg Armadas for this Event?
Can we get the directives from somewhere if we did not accumulate a surplus of directives from some borg events before?
Or is it a pay2play only Event which then also means it breaks the count towards the "We Are the Borg" Event...

⁉️ ⁉️ ⁉️

[gentle cobalt]

I think you need put dax with sisko and bashir, 3rd ship must have lorca (with kirk and spock if no ent)

[acoustic cloud]

I ran sisko miles and lorca

Dax Bashir and eurydices

56khan

[drifting briar]

im 44 and i did one 45 to complete the event

[gentle cobalt]

nope lorca not with sisko, better use dax and beshir (miles is problem sometimes very rare is active), also you need for all 3 ship research

my ent sometimes fire over 40m hits, newton and kelvin go close 90m

[drifting briar]

there are new directives lol, if you actually looked at the borg refinery you'd know that

[gentle cobalt]

lorca must be protected with shild crew

[acoustic cloud]

Hmm I'll change around my crews and try again tomorrow

[karmic imp]

it is NOT about borg solo armada, but normal borg armada... where are the directives in the refinery - i cannot see those

[acoustic cloud]

Thx

[drifting briar]

you have a screenshot of the event that you complete using solo borg armada directives

[karmic imp]

where do you read this ???

[drifting briar]

what ops are you

[lofty ore]

Question... does vdar get boost bonus 35000% on solo armadas?

[karmic imp]

34

[versed osprey]

yes

[drifting briar]

maybe its an ops thing because i finished it with one solo borg armada

[karmic imp]

lol... ok, so you did not read what i have written / did not look at the screenshot...

[lofty ore]

@versed osprey...cheers

[jolly bronze]

where are the borg solo armada locations?

[pale kestrel]

irradiated neon green clouds around the systems

[jolly bronze]

right right. Thanks @pale kestrel

[young pike]

How do I unlock this. I accidentally unlocked the other one

[sacred phoenix]

Yeah sourcing for the normal Borg armadas will be interesting, the event also returns 18.-19. and 25.-26.

[versed osprey]

not

[warped walrus]

How do you get the quantum key? I accidentally used it on Kirk warp speed instead of impulse

[warped walrus]

I have the same prob

[lime eagle]

Lol free gift, only got spock shards

[versed osprey]

but there was talk about you being able to switch idk if it counts for that one too tho

[young pike]

😡

I was pretty sure I tapped on impulse

[jolly bronze]

ooo FC dust...

[young pike]

Sure would have been nice if we were told you can only do one

Now I’m locked out from actual game changing stuff

[silver pike]

For now. You can’t

[exotic bone]

Is it easy to have your own server? Seems you need one.

[versed osprey]

own server?

[exotic bone]

To collect some rewards or something it asked to send them to my server?

[versed osprey]

what is it?

[kindred granite]

Were we supposed to get borg armada tokens?

[abstract gate]

Based on what I have been reading and doing with others, will just have to spot pick what can be done and not worry about "keeping up with the Jones" so to speak. Alot of use are finding out the hard way that we've went one direction based on what we thought we needed to level up,l for this event, only to find that those same resources are actually needed to run well in these borg events...

[silver pike]

That is correct. You own Spock so you got FC Dust instead

[lunar relic]

Should have named the events “Resistance is only $100” and The We are borg SMS “We are $copely, resistance IS futile”

[zinc sun]

Oh ok... I can step outside the front door and get Dust and call it FC Dust. 🤪

Thx @silver pike

[misty burrow]

Well, I've played this game awhile now.... and this event sure does suck more than the average bear huh?

We aren't going to have a month of borg trash are we?

[ornate geyser]

Dude….this is Pt 1…🤣

[misty burrow]

I just don't see how they can take arguably the coolest part of star trek and make it so awful.

[dry tinsel]

btw, Any spending event scheduled?

[silver pike]

#💫-event-information

[misty burrow]

Spend directives event right now

[dry tinsel]

cheers, need to clean my glasses

[misty burrow]

There are a bunch of spend events atm

[slim crow]

If you’re going to have an event for a new version of an existing mechanic which requires you to do certain things, like research, before you undertake attempting to complete the event it would be really nice to tell players in the event language that they need to do XYZ FIRST.

I love wasting borg solo armada directives. It’s what I live for. 😕

[misty burrow]

lol, i learned awhile ago to let others go first

I prefer to let the giant whales do the testing

[sacred phoenix]

I don't know, it was in the patch news and people in our ally talked about it as well

[inland mica]

Anyone under 39 take out a borg sphere yet?

[misty burrow]

yes

T4 Ent, T4 D4 and max saladin were hardly scratched

i also tested with a vi'dar

it did less damage than the Saladin.. (I am ops 36)

Note: I also have nearly 100% of all available research done for my ops level. If you are rushing and ops 36.. it might not be so easy.

[inland mica]

Really I used a T8 d4 T5 auger and T4 ent and barley scratched a sphere

[misty burrow]

Vidar run

Did you do the research and do you have decent crews?

These researches must be completed.

[inland mica]

Crap yea I just saw those

[misty burrow]

They are located in the combat tree.

[inland mica]

Thanks

[misty burrow]

Np

[inland mica]

I looked right at them three times and only saw the locked one

[misty burrow]

Also, the DS-9 solo armada crew works

[topaz wyvern]

Got a limited time gift but received only Tourists Part 1 mission! No FC shards? Still only got 147 shards!

[versed osprey]

different gift

[vagrant crystal]

I raised a support call last month about wrong scoring in the Second Contact Elite:Swarm . The ticket got closed but they still havent fixed it

[rare verge]

So if your vidar isn’t t9 you get 6 uc armada credits? What’s the point 😞😞

[misty burrow]

Pay up sucker

lol

[rare verge]

Yeah that won’t happen

[misty burrow]

I'm with you.

It wouldn't be hard to fix this mess... just make the reward for borg 'madas worthwhile

A pittance of charged nano's is bs

[rare verge]

So over 2 weeks to get enough credits to do 1 uc Borg 😞😞

[ornate geyser]

Yikes. Sphere Research done, and battlelog confirms it. T4 Val, T4 Jelly, T5 Aug…full armada crews on all…Cheerio buff on Val…only took 30% of a Borg Sphere 45 (smallest that can clear event on 3 kills).

[misty burrow]

That seems about in line with what ive seen here as well

[ornate geyser]

I really wish they’d test this stuff internally before shipping…

[misty burrow]

lol, the idea is to get folks to buy directives

I can tell you100% the whales are buying directives

once they have milked them enough, they will make it more accessable

[ornate geyser]

Yeah, that’s not happening. Want my money? Work for it. I’m not paying for broken nonsense.

My whale cleared the event with 1 kill - he ain’t buying anything for this event.

[viral yarrow]

@pseudo rune swarm armadas for cereitos event is bugged level 40 gives 4200 points level 44 1600 points

Level 48 is 28200 points
I think a dev left a 0 out of the level 44 scores

[rare verge]

If your vidar is t9 you get 100 directives daily anything below that you get 6??

[silver pike]

The level 40 and 44 actually have flipped scoring

[cursive tapir]

Seems it's been mentioned already, but nice of them to require research to kill spheres... when I have three researches each with 42 days left...

[viral yarrow]

Yeah we done level 44 and got the lowest points @silver pike

[silver pike]

Rush one.

[cursive tapir]

Would take almost half my remaining lat and I'm trying to conserve for a fast 40 to 41 jump in Feb. And now I can only win 2 so not sure it's worth it to probably not even complete the SMS. I dunno... SMS's should be really realistic completes, SMS is another story.

[keen citrus]

Hey mate you got a ss of crew and ship please?

[silver pike]

🤷‍♂️ up to you honestly. I have a personal rule. 1 queue takes a short research. 1 takes an average length research and 1 queue takes a long research

[keen citrus]

Thanks buddy 😘

[mental tulip]

Here's a fun question. For the sake of the Translink Disruptor research, does the Defiant have a Federation faction or is it neutral and just fodder in the armada?

[silver pike]

No it’s neutral

[sage basin]

Hey peeps, can you help me real quick…think, I Havnt understood the quantum key thing 😄
I tiered up Kirk to Commander 5, in my refinery I got Key 2 and Key 3.
I just see tho 1 Key and where do I spend them?
When I look at the warp skill, those keys do not show up. I’m a bit confused…
Why 2 keys? Why just 1 show? And where do I put them? 😄

[mental tulip]

Kaboom. Got it.

[chrome holly]

I don’t know where to bring this up but every time s84 gets an arc specific IMS, it’s not scaled to be achievable based on our server population.

362 people is going to make up the bulk of our active players 😂

[versed osprey]

same for us

[brave scarab]

You're doing better than S89.

[cunning atlas]

looks like they are actually... we need almost double the points... not like we'll ever reach it...

[south wraith]

So you're saying it's made to be not achievable on any server? That's fantastic.

[austere stirrup]

Yes. Maxed Bortas brel Gladius.

[silver pike]

Don’t cross post please

[loud bramble]

Did others not receive the 10 and 10 fleet commander shards yet? All I got was tourist part 1 😦

[brave scarab]

Plenty of people. It takes time to propagate out.

[cunning atlas]

Looks like its made to be only achievable if you have a giant number of whales on your server...

[loud bramble]

Okay Cewl glad it’s not just me. Patience I must have like when grinding actian.

[dense seal]

How many quantum communicators would it take to complete the heroic fleet command center event for those Dukat shards?

[versed osprey]

not possible f2p

[dense seal]

Ofc, I was actually wondering what the price point would be? 1 single $100 pack of quantum comms or more? Total # is 2500 pts (was 2800 init.).

[south wraith]

Yeah, it looks like if every single active player on our server bought their second FC and then got Locutus (probably pay as well), we would complete, but that's about the only way.

[simple prairie]

I got 10 spock. Not 10 Kirk. Scopely at its best. Nothing works,…

[brave scarab]

If you already have Kirk you get FC Dust instead of shards. It's working properly.

[silver pike]

You get dust if you own one of them

[loud bramble]

Yeah I’m the only one in my alliance who hasn’t got the gift yet 😦

[brave scarab]

Are you at/over Ops level 15?

[loud bramble]

35

[brave scarab]

Hrm. Odd.

[loud bramble]

Ticket and ship it?

[brave scarab]

I would give it time. Some servers are still waiting.

[sage hollow]

I didn’t get ten shards. I got ten directives. Wtf

[brave scarab]

Different chests.

[silent torrent]

Did anyone else get the tourists mission again for no reason

As that doesn’t give anything relevent to fleet commanders

[silver pike]

It’s because you purchased the Part 2 yesterday so you got Part 1 today

[silent torrent]

Nope its literally identical to the one i got yesterday

[silver pike]

Yep. It should be identical

It’s the same chain. Just a slightly different start point

[silent torrent]

That’s kind of dumb

How do we get the shards to recruit kirk without paying for him

[brave scarab]

Very lucky pulls from the refinery. Plus some shards from the battle pass.

[woeful vortex]

Each borg solo directive cost 28k charged nanos. Well that cost 150k inert nanaos opening 2 500k chest s over three days.

That's three days of no indy or faction credits and in the chest yiu might get a helpful exo.

I just don't get how we are supposed to engage in the loop

[idle oar]

was there a borg cube directives gift? i didn't recieve, was it cause of the faa comps going down? or just devs failing again?

[silver pike]

Only solo directives for ops 35+

[blazing owl]

already spent so I could finish the event

[cunning atlas]

What about one of our 34 players that got rare dirs?

[silver pike]

Rare? Only 200 uc was given out

[cunning atlas]

That what he said. Can ask for a screenshot, will be tomorrow he's to bed already and to be frank I should too lol

[warped walrus]

Any news on how to get admiral Kirks quantum key, I used mine on warp speed instead of impulse by mistake

[silver pike]

You don’t get another one

[warped walrus]

Can’t we switch or undo or something?

[hexed gorge]

No

[rapid orbit]

Could I get some actual support please

[silver pike]

Restart your device and game. The 10 shard gift should appear. Then see how many shard’s you have

[rapid orbit]

I’ve relaunched my app and cleared localizations like 4 or 5 times today and nothing. Now I open the app and the gift is there… thank you whoever fixed it

[silent torrent]

I have 11 kirk shards no idea how ill get the rest

Thats for fleet commander kirk even the bp wont give me enough

[brave scarab]

There's a chance to getting FC shards in the daily refinery pull.

[silver pike]

Did you do the free mission to unlock 1 of the FC’s

[silent torrent]

Yup

[silver pike]

And now there is an issue?

[silent torrent]

No i chose the wrong commander

[mystic eagle]

How many solo Borg armada directives were sent in gifts so far?

[next sparrow]

200 (so 2 madas worth)

[silver pike]

200

[mystic eagle]

So none were given day 1 of arc? Some players seem to have 400

[silver pike]

Those that have 400. Did 1 refine yesterday and 1 today and gift

No one can have over 400 f2p

[mystic eagle]

No worries, miscommunication

[real idol]

Any help for the location of Borg uc45s? Thanking you x

[silver pike]

I believe they are in a level 46 system in the middle of DS near Rom space

[real idol]

Ty

I'll look

[next sparrow]

There's some green goey substance demarking them as well. Similar to swarm/worm space

[thin pagoda]

Advice please. How do you beat 113m borg sphere when your top 3 ships total 9m. Thx

[silver pike]

What level is 113mil Borg sphere

[thin pagoda]

41

Just saw a 35

[hexed gorge]

Have you done the ship research?

[thin pagoda]

No. Just found it

Thx

[covert heart]

News stated borgmada events starting Jan 11th. What happened

[silver pike]

They are running

[covert heart]

I see error... Embedded in the Borg section of events.

So it's level 35+ event but the solo borgmadas are in DS?

[granite maple]

the level 35 ones are in Romulan space near the romulan token borg zones

[glacial kernel]

This makes sense...

[half flax]

@modest frost any idea when the treasury event will be? It's not listed

[covert heart]

i see thanks

[silver pike]

Usually end of second week or start of 3rd week of the arc.

That’s normally when it happens

[covert heart]

with my t4 augur, maxed saladin and brel barely a scratch.... so unless i push to buy enty and the klingon one.... not winnable

[next sparrow]

Did u do the new research in the combat tree?

[covert heart]

oh i see now... well that really eats into my faction progression lol.. i thought scopely was gonna work on asking less from us as players in spending ingame?

[next sparrow]

Eats into your faction progression?? Huh

[covert heart]

using nanoprobe parts for points/credits

[next sparrow]

Oh yeah it sucks they need to lower cost. I'm guessing there might be vidar A next month that makes it easy to grind more probes tho

[covert heart]

i hope so too, im maxed and its boring af to grind with it lol

[next sparrow]

For now they want us to buy the directives lol

[twin karma]

So the Tourists mission is hosed up do you give it back? What a joke

[dull pagoda]

Make that borg exocomp 100% and we have a deal. Otherwise you just made an impossible grind

[covert heart]

thanks for the guidance, blew up a sphere using all romulan ships 😋

[cedar laurel]

So they added more daily grinding????????????????

[covert heart]

if you wanna keep up with ur faction progression... yup buff that dust off ur vidar

[dull pagoda]

If they don’t make a bigger probe system this is the final chapter of the game. Or make the probe loot exo way bigger. Cannot ask for an hour grinding time a day for a chest

[cedar laurel]

where is the excom for probes?

[silver pike]

Combat or Galaxy

[cedar laurel]

The Whales keep on eating it up so that is not going to stop!

[cedar laurel]

where do I get one?

[silver pike]

Borg solo armada chests

[cedar laurel]

Thanks, I haven't done any solo yet. Do I use the Vidar in the solo?

[silver pike]

No. Do the new research in the combat tree then use your normal ships

[cedar laurel]

Thank You! 👍

[dull pagoda]

I work in an industry that the customer is always wrong, and it’s acceptable, most employees rail on them and they keep coming back because they have to. I’d like to hear here and now that this will be transferred to “not hours a day grind”

Because this is a true death knell. Mantis before was never like this

[cedar laurel]

Whales don't grind they just buy it.

[dull pagoda]

That’s true. Complaints about getting smashed by whales is limited, complaints about grinding just to stay viable are far more

Disallowing people to have starbases out was a big mistake but like.. meh.. people might make an ROE not to attack during non events. But again, actively slowing player progress

To solo armadas. Actively splitting player bases

To. Hey you have to grind at least 1 hour a day on borg probes for a daily chest. Don’t play if you don’t want to, loser

I am hoping they mantis this and I’d hope they make an announcement soon

[covert heart]

i see upcoming new crew thatsg onna boost drops

[dull pagoda]

The exo is fine. Just can’t be 25%, I’ve got a 1 mil cargo on vidar, has to be 100% if not more. I haven’t had to do borg in years and I’m glad. I have plenty else to do. I will take scopelys advice and not do this part of the game after having to try to fill cargo

[weary vapor]

Such different outcomes when all circs are the same - v weird

[warm quest]

There's a few other variables to take into account other then just power numbers.

[lost abyss]

I’d be taking a 9 captain full synergy crew along when possible. No more crit shots from the mada

[warm quest]

Deanna with no Synergy would also work.

[dull pagoda]

The research turns every ship into 9 as captain. The arms aren’t hard. The hour of grinding probes if you want arm starts is hard. This is untenable

We were promised less grinding. The mantis reform was great proof of this. There needs to be bigger probe systems, bigger exos for vidar loot, or this is scopleys final bow that they just don’t care

[lost abyss]

9 removes crits, researches add vidar-like damage buff.
I figured the madas had a high crit rate than they do since people kept sending me battlelogs of them taking a ton of crit shots against their ships.

[lost abyss]

From what I understand there is a way to buy your way out of half of the grind the just tripled on people. That’s the lesson people should learn, they’ll only lower the grind by monetizing it.

[static wigeon]

They'll make it worse first...THEN monetize it

[void mirage]

What power ships do you need to kill those 35 borg armadas? I'm not wasting my directives on failed attempts lol.

[covert heart]

do ur research in the combat tree for those borg armadas

[pastel dust]

…. How do I get a fleet commander? I also don’t have a command refinery to get the quantum communicators

[covert heart]

do the new missions, youll get the needed parts then

[plush folio]

Any one else that had all 150 shards of Kirk/Spock disappear right after being awarded for mission completion get a response or resolve from support yet? Just curious cause I find this new chat bot of their’s is not very helpful

[slim crow]

Read how many others commented since your comment who had issues too.

It’s not that hard to add a line of text saying (Do the new research HERE first). Or better yet make the event walk people through doing the research before unlocking the solo armada event.

[meager musk]

FC Champion IMS event going to be reduced? 300k is a wee high.

[pastel dust]

I see. How do I get the quantum communicators? I don’t have a spot for the refinery

[dense seal]

Have you completed the new mission yet? It's a multi-part one but be careful since it'll (at some point) ask you which admiral you want to crew for the CC.

[split flame]

Has anyone figured out what effect Fleet Commander xp level and “strength” have? All I know for certain right now is that you get some skill points for spending xp to upgrade levels.

[half orbit]

Does pmg work on the borg solo’s?

[abstract gate]

Yes but it’s only 10% chance at 150% damage.

Crits aren’t the big factor here, it’s which ship takes the shots.

This one picked on Pilum

[half orbit]

Ok good to know

[abstract gate]

This one picked on Augur

This one battered everything

[half orbit]

3 best crews?

[abstract gate]

Ça dépends

[rare verge]

@abstract gate what buffs were you running?

[abstract gate]

https://tenor.com/view/thanos-infinity-war-everything-avengers-gif-14066494

[rare verge]

Double Cerritos buff?

[abstract gate]

All three ships had Cerritos, Pilum and Valdore had Defiant support and everything was cloaked

[rare verge]

Ouch 🤣🤣

[abstract gate]

I really meant everything 😂

[warped stag]

https://tenor.com/view/the-big-bang-theory-jim-parsons-sheldon-cooper-what-a-noob-noob-gif-5408039

[rare verge]

I’ve got to wait 16 days before I can do my next one 🫤

[abstract gate]

You playing that card?

https://tenor.com/view/oh-really-gif-24755231

[warped stag]

No buffs 😎

[abstract gate]

😂

[cyan finch]

anyone else finding it hard to finish BORG ARMADA SMS?

[scenic kernel]

not me

[silver pike]

No why?

[bleak idol]

So the nee researches in combat tree

[silver pike]

Yes

[cyan finch]

Unable to kill 45s which are required to complete sms 😂

[sweet bough]

Is it me, or is the Borg Solo Armada event almost impossible on lvl45. You need 15k point which is 3* lvl45 solo sphere. Without a lvl46 boat that seems almost impossible while on lvl44 you can do the entire event with 3* a lvl41 solo sphere?

I'm sure this has been noticed, right?

[cyan finch]

Yes same issue... No matter what 20/30m hull health remains on 45

[cyan finch]

If we are unable to complete this... Then THAT BORG SMS with FC skill points will be incomplete

[sweet bough]

I have a 14+m val, 7m aug and a 5.3m jf... full buffs-exos and failed

<@&509690795536941056> has this been adressed as far as you know?

[scenic kernel]

what crew? did you use buff? With correct crews and buff, it should be doable with those ships

[cyan finch]

I'm using sisko Dax khan (valdore).. 5/6/k (ent) and bev/picard/Lorca on d4 with 200% explorer damage and 100% health and defense exos

Still unable to do it 😭😭

[sweet bough]

Crews were not bad lets say 😉

[dull pagoda]

Changeling appears to be fixed, if you aren’t using her on arms then you are losing half the power you could have against an arm

[sweet bough]

56k, pic bev ggi, sico dax, changeling

[dull pagoda]

This does not solve the hours and hours grind needed for probes to get arm starts

[silver pike]

Have you tried using DS9 Solo armada officers? Cerritos? Defiant?

[cyan finch]

2 cerritos buffed

[silver pike]

🤔

[cyan finch]

few of my team mates at 44/45 struggling too with almost similar setups ...and their research is better than mine

[silver pike]

Depends how big their ships are and what crews they are using

[sharp bane]

Why are the borg in Death Stars? Will we be getting an X-Wing later in the arc?

[cyan finch]

similar crew over all power difference will be 1-2m max....people at 44/45 are struggling abit

[silver pike]

I think it’s a graphics error. If you check the system view they look normal 😅🤣

[silver pike]

Need an example. I don’t do 44/45 but I have an idea what to use for them

[cyan finch]

lemme me grab the borg ss

@silver pike suggestions

if miles 30% works then i would have won this

[silver pike]

Do you have Dax?

[cyan finch]

yes

[silver pike]

Stick Dax as cap on your Valadore with Bashir on the side

Does he not have an Augur or Ent?

Jelly is rubbish

[cyan finch]

lol 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 but still 45 are hard for 44/45 OPS

[abstract gate]

is this confirmed in patch notes or somewhere else?

[silver pike]

Bek confirmed it here a month ago

[silver pike]

Yh she’s been fixed for about a month? 🤔

[abstract gate]

If so I missed it, where is the post? official-announcement?

[sweet bough]

I can switch armada crews a bit but i seriously doubt that it will make enough difference ...

[silver pike]

#⭐-official-announcements

[sweet bough]

This crew setup should do above average i would say

[sharp bane]

Assuming you have done the researches in the combat tree for 35k damage boost??

[sweet bough]

Ofc

[cyan finch]

Yes obviously

[sharp bane]

OK, we had a few folks miss them.. 😆

[sweet bough]

I know, had the 300% armada buff, 200% explorer and an officer exo on as well

[cyan finch]

We will miss the milestones in we are borg... Only 55k fc xp and 900 fc credit something

The power jump is just too high

[sweet bough]

Looks like it... stupid unbalance. Forgot to look at the different lvl... so it seems

49 is struggeling as well i hear

[cyan finch]

Na my 49 is killing it with pilum/valdore/augur... My alliance 43-45 are struggling

[sweet bough]

45 doesn't have access to rare boats... you need them or have invested so massively in your jf-unc4*

43 and 44 only need to do 3* lvl41

[cyan finch]

Maybe scoply way of telling f2p sucks

[sharp bane]

Found the 49s easy enough to go full on loot crew including Frank A

[sweet bough]

45 needs 3*45

[cyan finch]

Oh so it's 45 only I see

[sweet bough]

Yep

[cyan finch]

Frak us 😂😂😂

[sweet bough]

Thats why it is not getting any attention

[sweet bough]

Maybe ask the lords of Cobal 🤣

[cyan finch]

Maybe we all just have to live with it

It's just faith of f2p and dolphins... Not enough strong ships

[sweet bough]

Crazy ....

[cyan finch]

@silver pike if u find people at 45 able to do 45 please do share the crews and buffs and ship tiers 🙏🙏🙏

[silver pike]

Will do 👍🏻

[unreal vortex]

Chetto bugged valdore and augur cloaked but first one I did double chetto buff @cyan finch

[cyan finch]

Miles proc?

Maybe i just need to tier up my ships... But that takes rss... Which I can spend to get to 46 and get pilum... Better option I'll just ignore this feature 🤣🤣🤣

[unreal vortex]

3 times in 9 rounds

[simple prairie]

But im only 44 😅

[cyan finch]

Stronger shops than mine

[simple prairie]

5,6,Kahn/ Sisco, Obrian, Lorca/ dax, bev, Kirk

[sweet bough]

Its the Ent that does it. Strongest 3* ship still... way better then the jf

But @simple prairie an @unreal vortex , you are the first below 46 that i see that made it 👍

300% armada exos are all gone so i cannot try anymore...

[versed osprey]

They are useless anyway

[dull pagoda]

Sisko changeling Dax, 567, Bev blue worf khan. You MAY have to ritos but I doubt it

[dull pagoda]

I used her on my arms for that month but everyone was scared to break a rare or epic with her

[simple prairie]

Without any exos or boost. Someone in my Allianz managed a 48. with the Same stenght over the ships

[silver pike]

😅

[sweet bough]

The point i was trying to make is not that it cannot be done but rather that for almost all lvl45 the event is not achivable while for most other lvl it is... ofc you can have a lvl45 valdore at lvl45 or even 60 only few people have

[scenic kernel]

you don't even need a 42 ship:

[silver pike]

Get rid of the Defiant it’s useless

[dim juniper]

Are they gona be giving out more directives to get borg armada event done? Only gave 200 directives. Need extra 100 to complete event. Refinery won't give enough before end of event so unless pay 89.99 won't complete

[silver pike]

At Ops 35+ you need a T9 Vidar

[delicate verge]

Question if you unlocked Kirk and Spock why did it say need to unlock l them to get quantum keys

[scenic kernel]

not me 😉 I don't even have the defiant

[silver pike]

You need to go to the refinery

[delicate verge]

No keys there

[silver pike]

You get 1 key in the refinery. Do you have a screenshot?

Have you already unlocked 1?

[silver pike]

I see you already have 1 unlocked. You only get 1 not multiple

[delicate verge]

so how do we do Spock then

[silver pike]

You get 1 for Spock also

[delicate verge]

Strange

[silver pike]

It’s 1 each

[delicate verge]

I unlocked both not got his key for skill tree

[silver pike]

Show me your Spock skill tree

1 screenshot just the tree

[silver pike]

You already used your key. Same as Kirk

[delicate verge]

So can’t do middle row then

[silver pike]

No you can’t get keys for all the options

[delicate verge]

ok thanks for the help bummer oh well

[rare verge]

So Borg Armadas are pointless unless you have t9 Vidar thanks Scopely 👍👍👍

So the whole Arc is ruined cos of Scopelys lack of thought

[dapper drum]

wonder if my solomada setup will work with solo borg madas

they are 4x stronger than the solo madas I kill though

can kill 46 rare/uc solomadas with 26m power at ops 42

[dapper drum]

also cost 28k charged probes for 100

[rare verge]

@dapper drum yeah I know but I can’t get any as I need the rss to try and max my vidar once that is done I don’t need the rss for anything else

[abstract gate]

Yesterday it was announced that 10 FC for Kirk and 10 FC for Spock was being sent out to all. I got the 10 FC for Kirk, but not the 10 FC for Spock. Since I had already unlocked Spock, is that why I didn't get the extra 10 for Spock?

[rare verge]

I got the same

[versed osprey]

those extra shards got turned to dust

which you can use in the refinery

like TP

[grim sand]

Still waiting for them to fix the missing 100 Kirk shards. So having neither Kirk or Spock makes this event underwhelming

[abstract gate]

Have you submitted a ticket?

[terse summit]

As long as you got all the new ship research for your respective ship setup, you will be doing fine. Across different players and feedback, the same level Borg Solo Armadas seem way easier than the normal Solo Armadas

[grim sand]

Yes on day 1

[scenic kernel]

I have the opposite experience 😅

[terse summit]

That's Borg vs normal, slightly less damage when doing the Borg one. No buff, no exo whatsoever

[dapper drum]

haven't bothered too look into any new techs or officers, haven't bothered with anything since ToS

crap piled upon crap

[meager galleon]

https://tenor.com/view/then-why-are-you-here-ian-mcshane-mr-wednesday-american-gods-why-are-you-here-gif-18699203

[dapper drum]

somebody has to remain sane in this discord

[desert laurel]

You might struggle if you rely on PEM on this set. The research outclasses mudd so I'd go a different route.

Same flaw as Riker, which I've seen people use for some reason.

[iron mica]

Any clues on when Treasury will happen this month?

[silver pike]

Usually it’s around end of 2nd week or start of 3rd week in the arc

[worthy plaza]

Hm, just realize I'm gonna end 2500/3000 points for solo armada event. I missed the cooldown for the charged probe to directives... Any alternatives to get more charged probes or directives?

[cyan finch]

https://tenor.com/view/hasbulla-money-gif-25191018

[worthy plaza]

💩

[desert laurel]

Aim higher?

[crystal stream]

@pseudo rune , @modest frost are you going to fix the We are the Borg sms so that most players can finish it without having to do the Resistance is NOT futile sms? Most players can't kill what is needed to finish the Futile SMS, most won't even get to t2 on it. It is a HEROIC in all but name. Without these, what is the point of playing this month? We can't compete in all the others because of this. You are hamstringing and driving players away and the lack of communication is not helping. I know several players that have already decided to take the month off and I know they are not all going to return.

[abstract gate]

What armadas are you trying, what are your milestones, what ships do you have?

I scored all necessary points in a single easy armada then for fun did one that scored six times the final milestone in a single armada; now, I don’t think that’s reasonable to expect everyone to be able to do that, but the milestones and armadas are designed such that you can hit down and still be successful?

[hexed gorge]

I can't currently kill a 45, at ops 45

[worthy plaza]

its extremely hard to finish even the sms.

[hexed gorge]

So my sms is stuffed

[worthy plaza]

if you miss a couple of timers, or failed once or so, you're done unless you spend cash

its too unforgiving.

[abstract gate]

Shouldn’t two 41s be easy though?

[hexed gorge]

Yup, but the sms is 15k

[abstract gate]

I started small knowing I can always go bigger.

[abstract gate]

Ok wow yeah, 45 needing a 45 seems dependent on having pretty good G4U.

What I would ask, is are you trying to skip the 42 ships?

I know it’s a game choice, but choices have trade offs and solo armadas are very much shifting the landscape on old views of skipping ships.

Apols if that’s not the case here

The other issue of course is crew availability.

[hexed gorge]

No I have a 12.5m kelvin, I ss the bl when I get home

[crystal stream]

First of all, you can not set a standard of a player needing x, y, z to accomplish the goal in a FTP setting unless you have said this is what WILL be needed first. There is a default power needed to do dailies, normal events, etc. The solo armadas have completely IGNORED that. THEY ARE FAILING at the game.

I am glad for you. At 45, I have to kill 3 45+ borg armadas. I have a t3 valdore, t4 jelly and t5 Aug. It is perfectly fine for dailies and any other grinds. I have pushed hard for shipyard 46 and need 1k more rare ore for ops 46. I am being penalized for not having maxed out 3* epics and not having multiple 42 ships and them being mid tier. Solo armadas have changed how and what is needed for ships but they have not given players no time, or the rss, needed to compensate for it. And this is ONLY making the problem worse. And the power difference between a 41 and 45 is unacceptable. Whomever designed this failed at players experience and how to make players feel a challenge or even a chance. THIS IS NOT FUN. The step up from a 41 to a 45 is like going from a 41 uncommon armada to a 49. Good luck there.

[bitter snow]

Similar situation here, t4 valdore, t4 jelly and ent - was a perfectly reasonable choice until solo armadas hit.
I've done about three of those total, and the probe grind they've brought in for these is the final nail in my coffin, at least for this month

[crystal stream]

What is BROKEN is that a 42 ship can SOLO a borg solo armada but 3 of those same ships can't kill a 45, can't even come close. YOU KNOW it is broken at that point.

[abstract gate]

With those ships 45 shouldn’t be a challenge.

Not with good crews.

The probe grind is awful, I hate that, and I’m happy to take away that 45 having the same milestone not just as 46 but also as 47 suggests someone has overlooked when people can get G4R ships

But it should be doable; for reference:

[crystal stream]

STFC is losing a lot of players fast right now. We wanted less grinds and they doubled an old one that most people did 1 or twice a week to a DAILY. And the exo and officers are an INSULT honestly. They won't realistically change the times. And the vidar cargo increase is still behind a paywall and there is NO FTP way for it. They are doing a horrible job.

[bitter snow]

doubled... ah, closer to 10x for me if I wanted to keep pulling credits 😂

5x if we take into account the exos I suppose

donated a few bn trit to a friend yesterday 😂

[abstract gate]

Yeah that’s nasty.

[bitter snow]

I don't mind some things being out of reach, haven't looked at events so far this week, solo armadas was annoying at first (41s not doing a decent loot return, 43s too hard for ships) but I can ignore it for now, because I know I rushed the account crazily 😂
Similar with the borg solos, if I could be donkeyed to get the directives in the first place, I'd probably do a few and see if I could pull a chest every 1-2 armadas... but, just not worth the time anymore

Plus side - got a huge amount of work done this week 😂

[crystal stream]

You have a 46 ship. The 46 ship is like the 42 ship compared to 3* epics. NIGHT AND DAY. try replacing your pilum with a jelly and see how badly it kicks your butt! IT IS NOT doable unless a player has 3 mid+ 42 ships.

And damage EXO's and Armada exo's are USELESS for the borg. What is 300% and 200% when you have +35,000% already. That is like doing 21,000,000 vs 21,005,000. It will change nothing in the overall game. IT WILL NOT affect the outcome of 99.99999% of borg solo's. Officer stats will have a bigger impact. If the cheto shield recycling worked correctly, that would be a game changer and would allow smaller ships to win.

Scopley does not know or understand the core gamers anymore.

[abstract gate]

That’s a 52.

You wrote an essay explaining how I couldn’t do that without my Pilum ignoring that I was hitting obscenely high.

[bitter snow]

the bigger g3 epic also makes a huge difference

[crystal stream]

It will take 4 41's to get a chest. And that is with me using 5 on one ship and FULL synergy Gerodi on another.

[bitter snow]

which is why I've not bothered 😂

is that Dom or Borg solos?

[crystal stream]

Borg

[bitter snow]

What crew did you try on the 45s?

Did all the relevant research, I assume?

[abstract gate]

Is the usual gap.

Isn’t it @warped stag

[warped stag]

https://tenor.com/view/shhh-shush-quiet-gif-8316632

[crystal stream]

You have much bigger ships. Swap the pilum for your jelly. You may stand a chance if your jelly is pushing 10 mil. get your power to under 25 mil and see if you can still kill a 45.

[bitter snow]

the +35k% damage is important I think...

probably as much as /more than other research for borg

might have to try one when I'm feeling less apathetic 😂

[warped stag]

https://tenor.com/view/maybe-mayyybbee-may-be-gif-18311064

[bitter snow]

you forgot to do it?

[warped stag]

https://tenor.com/view/who-me-tom-gif-18470704

[bitter snow]

😂

[crystal stream]

https://tenor.com/view/star-trek-patrick-stewart-captain-jean-luc-picard-face-palm-disappointed-gif-4780258

[abstract gate]

Gimme sec then, how does this look?

As close as I can get to your ships, happy enough?

[crystal stream]

too poweful, under 25 mil

[abstract gate]

Your research is your bad 😬 that’s as close as I can get. Gimme a second…

[crystal stream]

you will probable win with that. Go for it and see. Most players don't have 25 mil+ between 42 and 45 in 3 ships

[bitter snow]

what about this one?

that defiant doesn't even benefit from the +35k

[crystal stream]

I bet if you used your jelly, ent and aug, that is what most of us would be feeling

[abstract gate]

Well, I’m on my way to a 48 with that lot. I’ll let you know in 8 minutes how I get on.

https://tenor.com/view/challenge-accepted-let-the-challenge-commence-elmo-on-fire-flaming-gif-17013941

[crystal stream]

on a 48...you will fail. That is how we are feeling

[abstract gate]

https://tenor.com/view/starwarsday-gif-5413758

[bitter snow]

for science!

[crystal stream]

good luck

[abstract gate]

I’ve put my big boy pants on especially

https://tenor.com/view/pants-dance-funny-bounce-bouncing-gif-15206271

[hexed gorge]

This was my 45 attempt this morning

[abstract gate]

Riker added nothing.

[hexed gorge]

I know that now 😅

[abstract gate]

😂

[remote crypt]

Riker is useless for these. Battles don't last long enough

[crystal stream]

I can punch up higher on the Jem's using Riker Miles Khan and cerritos

[bitter snow]

For Pony!

[abstract gate]

And what use is 100% damage on 35000%?

That’s the big one

It’s not the duration so much as just… it’s like adding a thimble of water to a swimming pool.

[hexed gorge]

The problem is I don't have enough directives to experiment enough initially, that's where my announce with the sms target is

[crystal stream]

Bev is better for Borg than Riker. Data is good for crits. And you need a Hull breacher

[abstract gate]

That’s why I’d say punch down, and I’m going to raise the 45 milestone (although 46 is more difficult an argument)

[winged tulip]

i'm going to try a comedy crew on a 52 just out of interest

[hexed gorge]

Which I did

[crystal stream]

pre 46 should not have 15k. 5k is hard

I could kill a dozen 41's and not lose any ships

[grim sand]

What crew would you add to Bev for Borg

[crystal stream]

Bev, data, worf is good

[grim sand]

Thanks for advice. Needed a Riker alternative

[crystal stream]

picard and wes are the only other options

[remote crypt]

Here's what I tried yesterday. First attempt 2 cheerio boosts on pilum and ktinga(plus cloak) second attempt no buffs

8 rounds for buffed and 9 rounds for no buffs

[crystal stream]

Honestly, I would say Kirk spock and Lorca on your smallest. 56k on your mid and sisko miles kira on your biggest

[hexed gorge]

Not enough directives to play around with on a time limited event is the real issue here

[abstract gate]

If I can do that to a 48… 😜

[crystal stream]

that is what we all feel

[abstract gate]

That’s a 48

[bitter snow]

timings off 😂

[abstract gate]

With give or take the same ships 😅

It took me a minute longer, gimme a break 😂

I had to go home to do the research so I didn’t do a HarLiii

[crystal stream]

but that is how most 45's are doing against 45's unless they have 2 42 ships that are t5+ or a maxed out epic and a really big jelly + mid 42

[bitter snow]

new things are tricky 🤷‍♂️

[abstract gate]

Then they have room to improve on crewing

[bitter snow]

if they were less grindy I'd be upset about the power of the things along with you maybe 😂

[abstract gate]

I made a point of capitalising on all those trying to get a million nanoprobes and sent my Kvort to go get 8M nanoprobes a run 🤣

[crystal stream]

Dax is ahhh. Full synergy for capt is ok but you need more survivability

[abstract gate]

Indeed, if I’d Leslie’d my Ent I may even have won that.

[crystal stream]

What were you killing to get 8m nanoprobes with a kvort?

[crystal stream]

You are NOT winning that fight with those ships.

[bitter snow]

Vidars 😂

[abstract gate]

That sounds like a challenge 🤣

[hexed gorge]

With Leslie he might

Ship power not everything

[abstract gate]

Enterprise turned it into a two ship fight in Round 3. Leslie could and probably would have made the difference.

[raw owl]

The Ent didnt even hold shields up. I would fix that first.

[prime carbon]

I am 45, only have 1 G4 ship no maxed G3 epic or a good jelly... I do 45s with T6 Val and rather shameful T6 Ent and T6 Aug
Plus an exo and bit of ritos juice 😂

[crystal stream]

Good luck. By the time you can. Your ships will have to gain a couple mil power and some more research. But not at their current levels and not even within 10% power

[abstract gate]

I’m not going to bother, I’ll stick to killing 52s with an Augur 😂

[bitter snow]

you've maxed the kvort then?

[abstract gate]

Oh yes.

[bitter snow]

those poor, poor war ships 😂

[crystal stream]

You had a really good mid tier 42. T6 Ent and Aug are good ships. That is doable. Most players don't have that.

[abstract gate]

2.1M power “miner” roaming around systems 🤣

[abstract gate]

Again though, there’s a balance between choices

My Valdore was T5 by the time I hit 44.

My Augur T6

[crystal stream]

great, I had no need to max mine or take them higher before solo armadas last month

[abstract gate]

My Jelly always has been T3 because I upgraded it a tier too far 🤣

[prime carbon]

I think my ships are rather weak for my ops level, most would have same-ish G4 uc ship and better G3 epics than my puny T6s 😂

[bitter snow]

Much as I hate to admit it, the "checklist for ops" videos that Rev has done actually make more sense than they ever did pre-solomardas 😂

[abstract gate]

*two months ago.

The sympathy I have is that solo armadas have shifted the goalposts.

[bitter snow]

yep 😂

[abstract gate]

This is something that’s felt all the way from minnows up to porpoises

[crystal stream]

yes, but there has been NO TIME for players to adjust

[abstract gate]

The event rewards aren’t worth losing sleep over.

[bitter snow]

what would you expect them to do? "We're bringing this out in 6 months time... get ready"

[abstract gate]

You made a game choice, and that game choice has served you very well for months/years.

All while we mocked ColdRogue for maxing his Intrepid

[bitter snow]

people would still be complaining that they weren't strong enough 😂

[bitter snow]

IKR 🤣

[abstract gate]

Now the tables are turned. Campers are loving this; look at this!

[crystal stream]

last month was an event store so next to NOTHING for unc+ mats. And there was not a big dump of ship BP. Heck, I couldn't event get the ship BP I needed for my other factions in the event store. Scopley has failed all along the path. They are punished players for not maxing ships and done nothing to help

[bitter snow]

2 days of refines away from maxing my discovery!

[abstract gate]

Campers are loving this 😂

[abstract gate]

Last month’s event store was bonkers good.

[crystal stream]

I have 2 maxed Vidars and they are useless post 35 borgs. HUGE failure. Unless they do a Vidar 2.0

[bitter snow]

it's currently a toss up between whether I get a pilum or a second 42 ship first, faction and credit wise 😂

[abstract gate]

I think F2Ps got 900+k loot

[bitter snow]

yeah, around that, I think I notched up about 20k of spore drive parts

and half a feesha and some of those parts

it was mental in comparison to the usual 3-400k

[crystal stream]

Yes, it was VERY good. Especially for officers with those packs. Again, They FAILED on communication and did not tell players about the limited run packs taking a ton of credits. What I said was there was no unc+ rss in the events for the BP (there were a couple of events with mats but they always have them). That is true. And there was NO SHIP bp's unless you could normally buy them in your store. So unless someone has 3 factions at 1b locked, they can't buy uncommon or rare ships bp's. I only have Rom's locked at a bil and working fed and klingon now. Fed and Klingon 42 and 46 ships were not in the event store. That is a failure on their part to get players the needed other ships for solo's. Or do you dispute that as a failure?

[abstract gate]

You’ve always only been able to buy BPs for ships you have access to.

[bitter snow]

was that a failure or a marketing ploy? 😂

[crystal stream]

I agree

[bitter snow]

faction ships in the event store are usually extortionate anyway

[abstract gate]

I smell an inability to do no wrong here; you’ve two Vidars (a reknowned crystal pit), you’re possibly a touch ahead on Ops for your ships and it’s all Scopely’s fault you can’t do level appropriate armadas.

[crystal stream]

but the new meta is for players to have 2 or 3 ships for their levels for solo armadas. IF they wanted this, they should have allowed players to BUY the other NEEDED ships from the event store. How else can they get them. You are not expecting players to play several months of faction grinding to get the ships open for a second 42/46. BROKEN

[abstract gate]

But that’s not the case.

[bitter snow]

nah, incentive to go slower or spend more

[abstract gate]

I beat a 52.

Using a ship that I got at Ops 34

[crystal stream]

It is not about doing no wrong. If they want to change the game and meta, that is good for them. They are punishing players for their change and making NO effort to help adjust to their new styles

[abstract gate]

There is absolutely a shift in what you can get away with, I get it.

[bitter snow]

to be fair, the scaling seems weird when you get the 46 ships, things suddenly jump to being easier than just the 42(s) 🙂

[neat barn]

gonna have to spend those nanoprobes on faction credits to help get those ships - oh wait

[abstract gate]

They have helped, 900k event store loot, how much did you spend on mats to improve your ships vs on stuff to increase Ops?

[crystal stream]

0 spent on mats

[bitter snow]

out of curiosity - how long were you playing to get those ships/ops?

and I'm guessing low/no spend?

[abstract gate]

So where did it go, knowing that two months ago now solo armadas changed how you needed to play?

I’m not saying here I’m not taking stuff away, I will be asking how it’s reasonable for someone two levels lower to have my milestones when I’ve got access to ships they don’t have.

[crystal stream]

I took over a year and a half off and came back and have been playing catch up. I am low spender. I only got the battlepass elite starting at the beginning of last year. I only have the extra build and 2 research queues.

I am a smart saver and spender. I didn't use my loyalty chests until I was 40 and I won a lot of leaderboards

[abstract gate]

But this is a two way street; you’ve gotta be ready to adapt your play too.

[crystal stream]

I have tiered up my aug. 6k 3* ore is not something you can get in a single month

[abstract gate]

And with the last two months, especially with the oopsie chest, a Valdore upgrade wouldn’t have been unreasonable to go to.

[neat barn]

before 40, it was easy to progress without multiple high level ships - since they have constantly released "event" ships that help with the grind
after these armadas released - it's expected to have multiple high level ships before 40 to do these

said it yourself, vidar sunk in crystal needed elsewhere - can't blame us for using the vidar when they used the mats

[crystal stream]

I am 1k 4* ore from 46. I have the gas and crystal for 46 shipyard and almost the credits for a newton. There is NO point in upgrading my valdore/jelly over making 46 ships. It would delay way too long for an extra easier half a month

[neat barn]

now i'm adjusting my play to push to get more faction ships

[bitter snow]

There was a definite bait and switch from "Just get a ship to t4/5, and PVE works" to "Aaaacctually"

But to be fair, it was a choice I made to not have 'competitive' ships, because I knew PMC could carry my ass 😂

[neat barn]

which will in turn greatly reduce the rss/mats needed elswhere

[abstract gate]

Why? You’ll want a better Valdore.

[neat barn]

yeah, it's a f2p vs p2w aspect of the playstyle that has been shot

[bitter snow]

'm really surprised that didn't get carl-botted, just noticing what I typed 😂

[abstract gate]

This is it, you’re saying they’ve changed things, but it’s been months now, and you’re suffering now and will suffer into the future if you continue to push towards harder events to avoid upgrading your ships.

[bitter snow]

though, actually, the newton would make it easier to complete events etc, and might make life easier overall

even if milestones increase

[neat barn]

yep, it's been months and i haven't been able to catch up to push aheard on solo armadas - not a new problem really

[abstract gate]

But it needs a good second ship.

[bitter snow]

depends what it comes off the line looking like in comparison to the ship (ISS) that it's replacing 🙂

[hexed gorge]

Apparently the milestones are the same 😅

[neat barn]

and then i ops up and the reqs change without the rewards adjusting

[bitter snow]

not all events tho 🙂