🏆-event-chat

[finite cypress]

I have used the officers that he used to destroy filibuster ships. The first time I entered it worked for me, I destroyed four ships. The second time, I was only able to destroy one.I have a battleship, so I only destroy explorers

What person with two neurons has thought of putting this event with tickets?

This already happened when they put in the filibuster. While the event was going on, I could only kill 3. When the event ended, without changing crew or making any changes or adding anything. I could kill between 6 and 7. Coincidence, I don't think.

[winged cove]

Severus. The first two are maxed the third is tier 3

[old tartan]

So what happens to the new parts if u punch down a level?

Totally unusable? If I am a level 49 and I go to the system with lvl 44 and 41 hostiles I just waisted my token cause can’t use the loot for artifacts?

[lilac musk]

Hitting down is this entire games design odd for Scopely to be trying to change that after 5+ years 😂

[old tartan]

Am I missing something?

[timid plinth]

Nope. That’s right.

[old tartan]

Well that is f’d

[lilac musk]

I dunno I haven't unlocked the actual refinery but all I can see is in the artifact shop it is limited to what you should be at so for me G4* parts

[old tartan]

I get more rewards from a 44 then I do from a 46 and can’t kill a bunch of 49s so this arc is pointless

[timid plinth]

I can only exchange 5* But I can’t kill the 5* hostiles.

[lilac musk]

I got a T7 pilum and I can kill lots of 46's the problem is there are more 49's than 46's in the system...

[old tartan]

☝️

[lilac musk]

With Pike, Moreau and t2 tucker I'm currently at 11 kills with a T7 pilum on 1 hull on level 46 hostiles

and I'm still going

[old tartan]

Get on the right page with your players scopely u just started a new mechanic that makes no sense for anyone

[lilac musk]

but it's literally me waiting on the system for the level 59 whales to clear out 49's waiting for 46's to spawn

[old tartan]

Same here was using korinar with Severus Decius char

[lilac musk]

How many kills you get per hull? Trying to decide if I should switch crews

The fights go for like 10+ rounds with the crew im using now but tucker is reducing their damage by a lot but decius should limit the fight to 5 rounds

[old tartan]

48 mil ship but saw I got better rewards killing the 44s so went there for a trip and realized I can’t use the broken artifact things

[lilac musk]

I got 13 kills t7 pilum 43m power targeting nothing but 46 hostiles

[old tartan]

Yeah I go about 5 rounds each battle

[fiery compass]

i had better luck with PM Tucker than severus

[old tartan]

Pm tucker my tucker is tier 2 so will try that and get the couple extra kills

[dreamy patio]

all my guys doing it are having better luck with pm tucker too

and every person i see come in the system

the severus crews get blown up on their first try

[fiery compass]

at t2 there's almost no way that isn't the case

[dreamy patio]

tucker chugs along

[lilac musk]

Pike should be pumping tucker up so at t2 it's like what 180% crit reduction stacking?

[old tartan]

Below deck any better with mariner or tendi?

[lilac musk]

I use Tendi and hugh

[fiery compass]

176%, but basically yeah. and that's per weapon

my bda right now is hugh, torres, doc, mariner

[lilac musk]

Oh right I forgot doc

[random bough]

Cannot kill the required hostile for my level with any of the recommended crews, scopley, you've dropped the ball on this arc hard-core.

[solid badger]

Used serv crew setup. got 6 but was combo of 41/44 (ops 42) think i would of got more loot if stayed with 41s

[old tartan]

Paris? Or not needed because of pike Moreau

[fiery compass]

don't need paris w/ pike moreau vs normal hostiles

[lilac musk]

most the damage comes from burning I think?

[fiery compass]

and by "normal' i mean "any hostile that doesn't have a piercing increasing ability"

[lilac musk]

Once tucker starts doing his thing youa re only taking like 1-3k hull damage

[fiery compass]

eh - hitting level appropriate ones, i'm taking more damage from shots still than burning, but i'm only t1 tucker

[lilac musk]

When I first ran in to the system I tried to hit a 49. The fight went 22 rounds and I only just lost so 🤷

[fiery compass]

the 49 dropped my shields, so i try to avoid them.

[lilac musk]

I'm certainly avoiding them but unfortauntely 99% of the system is 49's so if you are after the 46's it's a slow grind

[placid scroll]

Same here. Have to kill at least level 51 and my strongest ship is 44m t8 pilum.
Yes, my researches are not the best, but there was no problem with events ect. at all. Will there be any possibility to exchange g4 stuff, even I reached the g5 area.
Most players doesn’t have a g5 ship on level 51/52, so it would be nice to exchange it, too or at least to changing between it

[fiery compass]

it's day 1. i can't speak to the future; if there's changes coming they're likely to not even be decided on for a few more days of feedback. that's a bit of a concerning size for a t8 pilum at that ops; i'd really try to make sure you're keeping up with your research and buildings.

[forest kelp]

so these are what i gotta kill to do a daily pull? your game is trash

and on TOP of that,, the systems are token locked so i cant even experiment till tomorrow where i will prolly blow up and get nothing...

[lilac musk]

yeah the token requirement is the worst part to be fair. Not being able to experiment while event currency is on the line is so dumb

[forest kelp]

ya i finished my event killing 49.. but bottom line i need to kill these for the refinary pull

[placid scroll]

Yes, there are a lot of researches missing and also it has no components upgraded yet.

[forest kelp]

and i have a 200 B ship exo and a 50 damage exo on as well, Go eat it scoply

[dreamy patio]

Doubt they're going to change anything, waves had plenty of feedback that was promptly ignored.

[lilac musk]

It's going to take me 3 tokens to complete the SMS, thankfully you get 2 from the daily faction pull and 3 from the reward chest but if you miss any of those you are kinda screwed

[forest kelp]

the event isint the problem.. the problem is NObody can kill the ships of their level for thier daily pull.. so the entire loop is NULL

can ANY 55 post me a SS of u killing 1 of these? cuz these are what we gotta kill everyday for our loop, im out of tokens to keep trying crews, ty

[old tartan]

If they think that a level 49 can kill the number of 49s needed to complete the event they are wrong

Was able to complete by killing 46s and I am anew lvl 49 but I don’t think I am week I have tier 7 g4 rares ant 44 mil and 48 mil

So my research is sound

[finite cypress]

The first ship destroyed it. The second ship destroys me. It doesn't make sense.

[placid scroll]

Critical Hit probably?

[cobalt dew]

also l41 vs l44

[placid scroll]

Yes, there are different levels in the systems.

[violet thistle]

The power difference in all the systems between the two hostile levels is basically doubled, ie dont hit the big ones. Have fun finding an unfarmed system with small ones left

[placid scroll]

Alsonit doesn’t make sense giving out only g5 parts on level 51 at temporary uncommon exchange, if the first g5 ships are on level 52/53 and you can’t do anything with it 🙈

[finite cypress]

The problem is that those are the smallest there are.

[violet thistle]

Yeah without a 40m g4 rare good luck. But scopely decided to make this an ops 38 and and up, for some ungodly reason. Id love to see a picture of any g3 epic (anyone under ops 42) killing a single one

[spice brook]

First one was almost dead before you got to it. Second was full health.

[cobalt dew]

didnt' even notice that part either... it was completely dead

[finite cypress]

They were both in perfect health.

[placid scroll]

Yes, seems they don’t testet it before or.
Even with a high Valdore for example it would be hard to kill the lower ones, with epic g3 ship, I don’t believe it is possible.
But would need to be, because a level 38 hasn’t a higher ship than augur/ent/d4

[cobalt dew]

that was dead @finite cypress

[delicate palm]

Wasted 4 of the 5 tokens I acquired today trying to kill a 55 I need for the refinery pull. Different ships and different crews including 1 of their "suggested crews" got hosed every time. If they want their loop mechanic to work they are gonna have to fix this. Ops 55 player can't kill the 55 hostile he needs to for the pull???? Wtfh Scopely!!!! 😡😡😡

[cobalt dew]

it had a 2 pixels of hull health and full shields

[finite cypress]

It is a moving image when I crop and I get the end of the image, therefore it appears that it is It is dead

[cobalt dew]

it would be a full RED bar if it had full hull that you killed

[stable crow]

unless it's deducted health, but that would require an officer like tal or severus.

[cobalt dew]

Yes which neither are there

[finite cypress]

He did the same thing to me again.

[cobalt dew]

you hit a full one... then you must have hit a bunch of more (maybe 4-5) and died on the last one

[finite cypress]

As far as I know the smallest level, 41, which are these. Unless I'm wrong and other levels.

[cobalt dew]

You're not wrong... for folks wihtout a g4 rare and tiered up quite a bit the whole grind is super difficult and absurdly hard to complete

[finite cypress]

So it is clear that the event they have done is for the people who pay or for the Whales.

[sage mango]

So why does new artifacts have to be ops locked? Would of loved a g4 chest option. Followed by g5 and g6 ones. As of now it's only a g5 option. Not great for just starting out.

[finite cypress]

For the rest of us, the event is over before it begins.

[violet thistle]

Even the whales are having it rough, plenty of pictures of mid 50s having a rough time getting any kills on usable mat hostiles. Just a very very poorly designed grind with zero actual testing

[violet thistle]

Nicely done but even then one kill per token is ridonkulous

[sage mango]

Only shiny lining is the silent drop more parts. So can stay relevant in my parts grind at least.

[violet thistle]

And was that thing already dead? (no hull drop indicator, had full shields)

[sage mango]

Severus and tal stripping dat hull %

[violet thistle]

Ah, see it now. For example one of my hits earlier on a full health one

Geo tal stripped about a third off of that bar

[heady mica]

Not easy. Buffs and below decks are very important imho

[pine tartan]

Most of my alliance members are having issues, but Im OPS 49 and my Pilum took out 90 on one token with abt 60 lvl 46s and 30 lvl 49s.

My Pilum is also 87 million. We had another lvl 49 that finished in 3 trips and a 3rd that barely got halfway.

[pine tartan]

There's my points from my 1st trip

[dreamy patio]

when posting screenshots with other player names, you need to censor them.

[arctic knoll]

Count the g5s!

[finite cypress]

With this crew I have already destroyed four level 41 ships. And if everything continues well, I will be able to destroy up to 9. In total.

The problem is that level 41 ships take a long time to leave.

[grim kestrel]

May I ask if you have any below deck officers and what is the ship you're using?

[worthy leaf]

Just throwing this out there for todays SMS hit the lowest ones first and complete the sms before going to hit refine level ones , I'm hit my level from the start and came up short of finishing , now I'm out of finishing the 3 day chain event

[finite cypress]

uso la k't'inga

[worthy leaf]

unless I buy 10 more for only $99.99

[finite cypress]

I use the k't'inga

[ebon wigeon]

1 maybe, UC g5s are unlocked at 53

[arctic knoll]

Yes, but they'll be refinery locked anyways, cause too far below their targets and they won't be able to use the drops

[pine tartan]

Thanks for the advice, i wasn't even thinking about this being the Scopely Discord as opposed to my alliance.

[ebon wigeon]

True but since the kill silents event isn't lvl specific they're probs farming event pts

[finite cypress]

In the end I managed to do what I said, I destroyed 9 level 41 ships in a row

[dreamy patio]

nice

[finite cypress]

The bad thing is that I only have 1 entry left, so I won't be able to complete the Event.

[coarse pier]

Anyone seen the new event calendar

[arctic knoll]

There is that, but still...

[polar fiber]

Hey scopely thanks for giving us a new grind that can't be done properly. Ops 46 can not refine 4* uc temporal parts and most of them can't kill the hostiles that drop the rare parts. So thanks for a grind that I'm probably going to just ignore

[lament rapids]

I'd rather have a free to enter system with a cooldown on the refine than a pay to enter system (that is covered by dark space) with no cooldown.
Xindi was bad enough.

[boreal hinge]

Why is 55 the bottom of the rare bracket? Does scopely not know you don't get the rare ship till 56? Terrbile event 5 tokens can't finish the sms

https://tenor.com/view/thumbs-down-you-adam-sandler-gif-14612875

[unkempt linden]

This event is terrible

[dark anvil]

Oh here’s 5 tokens to finish an event that is needed for another event. So you can’t complete both events. How terrible. Why are you adding more instead of just expanding on what there is and I don’t know give us what you actually promised us

[lone ember]

Is wave defense broken?

[fiery compass]

it seems you need to switch systems after each one?

[median vigil]

People have been complaining about all day, even before the arc started. It's kind of puzzling since there isn't an event for them and there's so much other crap to do. Lol

[leaden geyser]

Yup. Level 50s are hogging all the ships, took me 4 tries to find a crew that worked. Fun

[leaden geyser]

This crew finally worked for me, thank you

[golden wing]

Are they going to do more wave battle passes?

[neat echo]

They will do all to make fast money

Perhaps adding a new grind loop soon 🤣

[golden wing]

Alright it hasn’t reset yet is why I’m asking

[median vigil]

It's noted in the IGN.

[arctic knoll]

Cause re-running the WD battlepass is too hard to to with the main battle pass...🤷🏻‍♂️

[keen mist]

Good luck with them waves 👀

[arctic knoll]

Maybe this is what folks mean about waves...

[keen mist]

We managed to 10/10 a wave, but 2 of the 5 participants could only see 3 players total at any given time.

[arctic knoll]

10/10? That's epic! I've seen in ten, but I'm still at the point where I'm mostly hitting surveys. My Talios can help with up to the Borg 30s or so...but I can rig my Realta to zip across the map and I can cover all the surveys with one fast ship and prepositioning the other

[keen mist]

Run with the mid 50 crowd if you can.

[arctic knoll]

Misread that for a second and thought you were suggesting the WD50s. I usually try to go with g5s. I also try not to overload a run with too many other low players. It works well, at least in my alliance folks know I can get the surveys so the bigger players don't have to let those distract them

[charred sky]

Do we already have an event calendar?

[icy elk]

in game news 🙂

[warm vessel]

Totally convinced the Scopely team passes the meth/crack pipe around when they come up with these things thinking it makes them get better ideas.

[twin karma]

That’s a great explanation as any. Like now there are no lv 41 tangoes in the first quiet system !!!! Great programing there just great 💩💩💩

[haughty wharf]

OPs 47 here, that event is a joke... IMO, worst event I have seen so far

[pale finch]

Did you ever get an answer to this? I'm also in that level range and don't have missions either.

[bitter moat]

Silent Enemy goal jumps from 120 at ops 43 to 900 for ops 44.. Can someone from Scopely explain the logic of this? 😄

[coral niche]

The whole event is woefully unbalanced.

[bitter moat]

Whoever set these goals is clueless / incompetent. Might as well asked a 5 year old to write some random numbers.

[tawdry minnow]

@pseudo rune @cosmic steeple how am I supposed to compleet events when no crew works on 51’s …. I need g5 parts I can’t get … g4 is easy , why not give us the option to refine G4 or G5 ? This is just bad design. Also what’s with the tokkens !!!’ Just open up the systems , I’ve blown threw all my tokens and can’t complete the sms 👍🏻 this is just another reason players are leaving the game .. another loop and another crappy design showing scopely knows nothing about there own game and player base .. and don’t get me started on the officers you release 😂 cause it seems the design team has not seen many episodes of Star Trek at all …
How is scopely gonna fix the new reds ? Clearly something has gone wrong and you all are working hard to fix this ?

[pine glen]

It's a choice, complete sms or kill the level you need for refines.

[rare violet]

I cant do either

[ashen finch]

@pseudo rune the 51s either stop spawning or just 1 or 2 show up …

[pallid jungle]

If they are not going to change the hostiles. They need to at least give us an alternative to complete the sms ie hostiles at 1 point like in other arcs

[ashen finch]

I’m done with the event ….but kinda sucks when you can’t hit the smaller hostiles to gain more loot

Janeway crew does a lot better (Janeway/Doc/Torres)

[naive meteor]

One point per Ship is really naff, that's a time Grinder 🤦🏼‍♂️

[naive meteor]

I'm L33 the doc is on my the lower deck , I'm dreading those ship's when I get there.😮‍💨

[still crag]

This event is.....

[serene helm]

So glad I’m still a lower lvl player and don’t have to worry about these events

[silent bridge]

Bowser

?

[keen pilot]

this my best test against lev 46, hugh tendi mariner lowerdeck + health for the doc. i could kill 15 hostiles

[worldly dune]

That is where I am around with the newton with that same bridge crew.

[keen pilot]

also pm trip is ok but slightly more hull damage for me

[worldly dune]

Picard/Bev/Trip might be better?

[keen pilot]

maybe have no more tokens to test 🙂

[worldly dune]

IDK. I still need to experiment more.

[faint wind]

I’m ops 46 with a 31m Kelvin and just started on my 30mNewton. If I use Kelvin I can kill 1 46 of the new hostile with Severus crew then 60% of hull gone. Tried all crews out suggested. As I see it I need a 50m ship to get enough kills for the event. This event is not for the average player.

[keen pilot]

with data E and torres , i had to put paris as lower deck

still havent tried the romulans

[worldly dune]

I only tried the rommys... once...

https://i.gyazo.com/733fc12115ca30ac6d90f85d0e152bf2.jpg

[keen pilot]

sorry this is the right one against 46

[keen pilot]

49 too big ... max 46 i would say

are u in the 46-49 bracket right?

[worldly dune]

I was expecting to lose the fight tbh

Yea.

[keen pilot]

lol i have similar results against a 49

[worldly dune]

I am better off doing the loot crew.

[keen pilot]

here i didnt have paris as lowerdeck

wonder if paris could boost this crew

i had hugh tendi mariner

[worldly dune]

Just need to check the % of mitigation and that will answer that quickly.

[keen pilot]

true

let me see

[worldly dune]

I had trouble maintaining full mitigation.

[worldly dune]

71.1% mitigation. You are good.

[keen pilot]

yes its 71,1999%

paris would make no difference

[proud wing]

Yea, there seems to be a trend lately where the average are badly outclassed. There’s obviously an expected level of research and items that people just don’t have.

[worldly dune]

The forbidden tech and artifacts are a livesaver for me.

Not at t3 cascade yet, but things will get better once I do.

stuck in tier-up catalyst limbo.

Event store is pretty bare for me so I might spend it all on catalysts.

My only other option is to spend it all in tiering up trip. But that is mathmatically... difficult

[keen pilot]

what do u mean by catalysts?

artifacts?

[worldly dune]

These: https://i.gyazo.com/3e5a495699195c5a4abf2410c5ad1fed.png

[keen pilot]

oh right! too many thingies to remember lol

thanks for the chat!

[naive meteor]

The new event is a Nail in the coffin For L34 Epic ship's

[foggy igloo]

Silent Hostiles no longer appear in Q's Trials hahaha Taken at 11:35 on 06/03 uk time

[faint wind]

I give up…7 tokens 7 different crews and 1 kill. My conclusion if ur underpowered… Severus crew is best option by far. If I buff enough I probably can get 2 kills 46 hostile a hull with a 30m Kelvin. Have a great one guys!

[sleek stream]

Anyone having any sucess at Ops 39? I have maxed out Ent that is 12M with all the officers they have sugested and Im getting blasted straight away.

[bitter snow]

saw someone running Janeway, Doc, Kirk on a max ent and doing some work

[frozen lodge]

Big spender there

[bitter snow]

how so?

[split plover]

Suggested silent crew is the opposite of useful

[heady mica]

Why do you say that?

[bitter snow]

Pike, Mor, Trip seems to have worked best for me so far. 6-7x 55 per hull, not great still 😦

[heady mica]

Don’t think the advice from higher levels playing easy madden mode/punching down will help the 39s. lol

[sleek stream]

My Silent Enemies SLB is empty, not a single person has scored a kill

[heady mica]

Here, you are welcome. Just say jar jar is the best. Buffs, below decks, watch rev deuce video

You just have to deal with the higher levels chasing your targets when they should be in a higher level system. lol

[languid nova]

how do i see my mitigation

[desert rivet]

Im ops55 and i tried like everything,, even talios with a lot below Deck officers at t11 talios, no chance to kill 55 still hostile

[sleek stream]

Have done all that but thats the problem u cant stay buffed long enough with all the high levels in there. What buffs were you running?

[worldly dune]

you divide the enemy damage to the damage mitigated from your ship.

[dusky dome]

Its worst event ever since 2019 can kill 5 hostile/token and need 900points its 45 hostile so even if I had token I cant even make it now I only reach to 1 Milestone before crew was settle

[past leaf]

I'm ops 57, a light spender and I have a t4 sanctus which I think is quite respectable. But my sanctus can't reach the lvl 57 system due to warp range. It's darn annoying when I've playing to the best of my ability and I cant complete the sms cuz the devs think my ships are not strong enough

[sleek stream]

Lately it seems Scopleys content is about forcing players higher and faster

[livid pulsar]

This seems the opposite. Why go up a bracket where you won't be able to kill the relevant ops level hostile. This seems like encouraging camping at the top of every bracket.

[flat hatch]

Terrible event Scopely. Huge FAIL.

[brittle oriole]

mess of the month bracket ?

[pine cedar]

I’ve been holding at ops49. Glad I have been. Was able to do the SMS. STFC actively punishes ops upgrades, so in general you’re better off not leveling up until you’ve done EVERYTHING you can at your current level.

[dull pagoda]

I feel like there was a way to get artifacts already implemented that there was no need to add new hostiles to kill

[deft willow]

I can’t kill a thing in this new Silent Enemies loop. Needing tokens makes it hard to test crews. I had the same problem with Xindi. It makes me wonder why I still play this damn game.

[quick spindle]

@pseudo rune - we need an extension on that "Into the Unknown" SMS - given only 7 tokens within the 24 hour period (2x 2 pulls within 22hours and 3 from the coupon code) - and most of it spent experimenting on crews for a completely new hostile.. 24hours SMS to hit such a high number is mostly unachievable

[worldly island]

Only reason I got it done is because of the 3 bonus tokens from the code. But I killed level 41 and 44 ships which have me uncommon parts. And at ops 47, I can't use them - I have to get rare parts.

[deep steeple]

Think everyone same issue I completed it hitting 46s and at ops 52 I should be hitting the 51s but can't kill 1. The 46-49 system was full of players in the 50s so I know it's not just me!

[torn crescent]

Exactly. Uncommon parts are useless at my level.

[deep steeple]

This different currency per lvl hostile is stupid should be like xindi where bigger just drop more

[summer wagon]

Event does not align with OPs level. Me an a lot of players cannot do the Silent Hostiles. Why activate for players if you know they cannot do it? Hide it and give us events that we actually can do ? You are downgrading our game experience.

[proud wing]

Carrot and stick, at least thats the theory, the reality is much more like the tale of Tantalus

[wispy pike]

I didn't have a lot of issue with the SMS, but generic hostile scoring should be added so that it's completable no matter what if it's not a heroic event.

[floral python]

Event one of a 3 day combi event unfinishable for many by looks of it, so not only missing out on this event rewards but the follow on from it can't be completed so those rewards missed too. Not great for day 1 of new arc.

[heady mica]

Cerritos, and whatever exocomps I had available. You could also use cloak, I did once but that is all I had at the time. Yes,frustrating getting buff and wearing off. Happened to me with all the higher levels hitting down

[mental yoke]

If I have to do all that to simply kill hostiles then this is def broken. And if this is the way forward with hostiles like these and event stores like this, then my 5+ year journey is over.

[shrewd knot]

Jam a carrot up us and then beat us with a stick?

[ionic grove]

Use the crews suggested in the site release......Serverus as Captain and full sinergy works well. At least for 1 or 2 histiles !

[heady mica]

Below deck stuff was really important. Ones I saw rev deuce mention below deck were good and obviously helps if you are using ship that give you a lot of slots below

[fallen coral]

Hello everyone. Is there a place to find the schedule of this arc other than "News" on game? Thanks

[bitter snow]

that's it currently, waiting on text versions of calendar etc at the moment

[fallen coral]

Thank you

[worthy plaza]

half of my server feels like its crowded into the lvl 41 system. i have ops 59 people killing 41 hostiles for SLB points, crowding out everyone else. great job guys

[deft willow]

Thanks for thinking I complain before researching. 🙄🙄 I tried that and what will 1-2 hostiles on 2 tokens a day do? Tokens are limiting.

[ionic grove]

For me its qorking better with Enterprize, Roms full sinergy and lower deck that triggers morale.

[tough forge]

Unfortunately I’m one of the mid 50s in lvl 41 system as I can’t kill my level

[worthy plaza]

its a waste of time for everyone. 40-45 people can't get kills, high level people don't get rewards, all f up

[tough forge]

All the kill brackets should be a group lower with the incentive to get stronger is to kill higher levels for higher loot. No fun making events impossible without throwing down a few hundred $ and still maybe not able to kill them.

[void venture]

Problem is even high levels are hitting the 41 system to complete the event so it's a bottleneck and basically no one is getting anything they can actually refine

[pallid locust]

waste of tokens

[lavish knoll]

L60s killing all the L41 hostiles... I guess there is no incentive to hit higher??

[hollow bear]

not for the SLB. Just a stupid, stupid event

[rain root]

Easier to do the sms and slb hitting the 41#

But a waste imo

[jolly sun]

I’m not spending 40+bn trit on this new five min lol, I’m sorry folks 🖖🏻

[fossil hawk]

janeway as captain/emh(aka voyager doctor)/ e-data or torres on the bridge, hugh, mariner,paris and tendi below decks on a 29 mil valdore, ceritos buff and titan buff, killed 9 lvl 46 per hull with either e data or torres. severus crew is good for toilet paper

[hollow bear]

emh?

[fossil hawk]

voyager doctor ,

sorry put emh as theres a new crew called doc flox

crew worked for me and i managed to finish sms just about

[worthy plaza]

i see level 64s in our lvl 41 systems. super fail from scopely

[void venture]

There is.. The loot you get in the 41 system is useless at 46 to 50 I think but, for me at 46, to complete the event I need to hit something I can kill

[icy panther]

Waves are broken. Big time.

And it’s worse if you’re typing when it happens. It requires a hard restart

[celest relic]

High lvls here, whole server here. 50s hitting 41s for the slb, only one sector so I can’t hide my strategy, my crew, we’re all just in the same spot, completely exposed. As a mod would put it, scopely made an event that is STRATEGICALLY WEAK

[fiery fulcrum]

I tried a wave last night and it was horrible. Between that message and not being able to see who's in a wave prior to strting it no matter how many restarts I did, it was pretty bad.

[fiery fulcrum]

Well, the only way to complete the SMS is burning all the tokens and hitting 41s because of horrible design.

[celest relic]

Waves were reeeeeel bad yesterday. Several of us confirmed in chat that hostiles were cloaking and hitting the base. I’d take off from one side for a hostile and it’d be missing before I got there. We stopped running waves as an alliance

[celest relic]

I ain’t blamin players. It’s scopelys design. I literally called out to eco yesterday that we needed redundant sectors, and we’d have half the server there. I was wrong. Because of scopelys difficulty curve, we had the whole server

[void hound]

Hi devs, mods, if see dis message, pls consider to release a code for players under lvl 38. #freeCodeUnder38AsWell
Thanks in advance! 😊

[fiery fulcrum]

We'd be better off with a sector per hostile level because the diff between hitting a 41 vs 44, etc is huge

[celest relic]

I’d be ok with two difficulties. It’s token (despite my feedback) so two gives leeway to experiment in one sector to test if jumping up makes sense

Like, I have 1 hp left, I’ll yolo that higher lvl and see what damage looks like

[cobalt flare]

I'm Ops 55 and completed all the missions I could get from the Holodeck. How am I supposed to complete all the missions if I can't get the missions in the first place?

[desert laurel]

You've finished the entire 1-5 & 6-10 series of the main missions and the Legacies side mission?

[vivid scarab]

Unless 1 of them didn’t score, you’re missing 1.

[desert laurel]

Pts might be delayed if you have. I'd wait a bit, then reboot.

[idle bobcat]

Won’t finish silent event because of limited tokens and wasting one token going into a system to attempt a kill but died…ridiculous

[hollow bear]

I managed to finish burning all 5 tokens, though had to compete with the level 60s also hitting the 41s, only to realize that the loot is useless. Awesome.

[cobalt flare]

I just checked the holodeck, and now see a Blood and Cosmic Dust parts 6-10, so I guess not. Will complete and see what happens.

[sacred phoenix]

ah we have same nonsense, brain-afk people just punching down without realizing they are screwing themselves for events

[urban tide]

Silent enemies are a waste of rss and repairs, not to mention I can't beat even a 41... smh... useless all around... just a terrible arc

[ashen wharf]

so just like xindi

[steady hedge]

We had that issue last night. Just wait till we can see 5/5 and everyone is ready. It started and finished without too much issue ... well, they didn't display the prize won but we think we got credited.

[sacred phoenix]

Xindi at least go the ExBorg stuff attached for some reason and that got value🙈

[astral sedge]

Spawn rates are horrible. You have 15 players trying to hit 1 lvl 46 ship when it spawns

[fervent kestrel]

Last arc was paywall for the right ship and this arc is paywall for the right crew, but you still don't get to use the parts...LOL!!!

[astral sedge]

Yep. Poorly executed

[severe sedge]

👎👎👎

[lucid sinew]

why the hell do you have only .5 of a system for each level its insane that even if you want to engage with the loop it takes so damn long because everyone is fighting over so few hostiles, everyone is ignoring the higher levels of a system. make more damn systems

[autumn quarry]

This has to be THE worst update this game has ever seen. Screamingly obvious scopley has run out of ideas. The silent ones are beyond a joke. All their suggestions for crew fail if you don’t have trip! 6 attempts with different crew, used exocomps, titan ad Derry buffs and my Sanctos failed to kill a single silent ship n 6 tries. Out of tokens, out of buffs, out of patience with this arc. Game has become literally unplayable for me 😡

[light elm]

The spawn rates on the silent hostiles are terrible. Multiple 44s spawn for each single 41 that does, even if bigger ships are trying to help clear out the 44s in the 41 system.
A system that should have 6 different hostile types was full of only 44 interceptors this morning.
2 hours to complete a single SMS is way too freaking long.

[fiery fulcrum]

I'll give them kudos for the idea because the Xindi and Silent hostiles show innovation, BUT, both have been horribly executed in terms of daily expectations and events. Quality control is nowhere to be seen.

[autumn quarry]

If you don’t spend big to get all the officers/primes then the you can’t play. It’s as simple as that

[spice brook]

And it’s only gonna get worse once everyone starts trying to kill the appropriate level hostiles. Every system will get filled with the higher level hostile with no one to kill them.

[autumn quarry]

I’m level 56, I’ve a 200k ship, I spend approximately £200 a month on this game and I can’t kill a feking single hostile at my tier…well fek this game 😡

[desert laurel]

With Cerri buff.

Also have had success with the full Severus team + Paris.

[fiery fulcrum]

And here lies the crux of hos this arc. The hostiles were set way too strong accross the board with some assumptions about what a regular player can do.

[autumn quarry]

With Yrip, you’re useless without him. And the cost for a single shard in the lame event store is ludicrous

[fiery fulcrum]

https://tenor.com/view/word-right-truth-true-facts-gif-18582068

[rocky perch]

This event sure has brought out the selfishness in people because of the desperation to kill one hostile. For sure.

[scarlet rose]

This is a tragically bad arc already, lol.

[autumn quarry]

No they were probably set deliberately high to force you to buy the bloody primes…

[fiery fulcrum]

I've never spent cent on a prime, and I'm sure as hell not starting now.

[desert laurel]

They gave the hostiles burning, and that made them vulnerable to a Severus attack. It's a f2p entry-level crew that almost everyone has access to.

[fiery fulcrum]

The Severus crew just limits the rounds involved to 5. They still pack quite a punch for those 5 rounds.

[autumn quarry]

Nor I, c you hear that Scopely…NEVER!

[violet thistle]

Used this crew on 46s this morning and got a 10.1k rare temporal parts single token run (full cargo displayed on bottom left). This was last good hit before going boom. For those without trip its a good setup as all my bridge is low tier. Gorkon, khan, mariner, and Hugh below decks. No boost whole run (titan, exo, or cheeto)

[autumn quarry]

The Severus crew was worse for me
Didn’t even penetrate their shields

[violet thistle]

Severus only got 3.1k tokens on a similar run

[fiery fulcrum]

If I had my Korinar that strong, it sure would be easier.

[desert laurel]

Severus isn't supposed to penetrate the shields, it burns the hull from underneath it.

[autumn quarry]

Yeah, it’s a good crew…did the first round at level 51, a fair number of kills. Then someone pointed out thar I was hitting too low for the drops I needed 😡

[violet thistle]

Its about killing them quickly not mitigation. E data and janeway to double up on iso damage. And the 5 round severus just allows them to hit you too much

[autumn quarry]

Isn’t working though, still die

[fiery fulcrum]

If they put up E data and the Voy BD rare officers in the end of arc store, I'd sink a ton of currency there just to pile up more ISO damage. I have to just grind the NX-01 the slow way to hve a chance one day months from now to upgrade the rare Voy crew.

[violet thistle]

About to hit lvl 5 on holodeck hoping to tier e data through there and improve these runs

[autumn quarry]

By that time something new comes along to make all the effort a waste

[mental yoke]

I’ve used 3 tokens and gotten a grand total of 4 kills. I’m ops 46 with a pilum. Been playing 5+ years. Slow advancing and staying up on my research. I’m done with this “feature”. If it requires me to waste all these hulls or use all these support ships boosts and exocomps to simply kill a red then I’m not wasting my time, my rss for repairs and speed ups for this trash.

[hollow bear]

And it performed worse than PMC for me

[violet thistle]

How does janeway work on the lower level hostiles in that system? That second screen is a higher hostile. I can't kill the 49s in the 46 system with janeway

[autumn quarry]

Seriously where do I get a refund on this arc?

[autumn quarry]

Badly

[pine glen]

Sms completed on 44s with a 70m Ent-A using Janeway, Doc, Trip and Paris, Torres, Hugh below.

[violet thistle]

Overall this whole arc has been poorly designed and waaay too strong of hostiles that's perturbing ftp (which other than elite path BP I am) and whales alike

[desert laurel]

Doesn't look like you have Severus there.
The second crew needs Cerri buffs. Max fortify should help too.

[warm vessel]

My favorite part of this arc is how I don't have Tucker or E-Picard and as a result cannot kill a level 41 silent enemy with my tier 8 Auger. This arc is completely useless to me and not worth even trying.

[desert laurel]

I wouldn't use ePic if you're struggling. Loot officers are for people punching down in the level ranges.

As a suggested crew, I think it was suggested for whale players.

[heady gorge]

6 kills per hull, w/cerritos +titan buffs, 4 rnds ea battle, will try janeway today

[cedar moat]

Thanks for nothing, with my 2 tokens I can kill 2 41s per day in a system crowded with ops49 players (going for 41s too). Whenever I am thinking Scopely can't get lower they prove me wrong 🤣😂

[neat garden]

I think i understand the quality over quantity mantra now. The last few arcs have been such low quality, the quantity of people participating has become much less.

[cobalt totem]

The only reason for 49s to be there is a poorly paying out SLB. They can’t even use the loot. They won’t come back after today

[cobalt flare]

After finding the side mission 6-10 in the Holodeck this morning, I was able to complete the SMS event. Not sure why I didn't see it last night after finishing 1-5.

[warped ginkgo]

If you lose with this crew, does it regain the lost health ? I wanted to try and double / triple dip to get a hostile, I get it "down" 40% from the ability but then it's full hp after :/ just 1 hostile would get me the top score in the slb 🥲

[faint wind]

I don’t think u would be able to kill a hostile anyway. If u can’t kill a hostile with Severus crew u wouldn’t be able to kill anyone wt Tucker. Trust me, I have all of them but a little weak ship and can kill 1.5 hostile with Severus. Janeway, Tucker… e-crew I could dmg 50% highest. @warm vessel

[whole sequoia]

Tucker needs to be T3+ to have desired effect (or paired with PM, but you lose other potential crew benefits that way)

below ops 40 you can try Ent with Janeway Doc and Kirk (Hugh below), above ops 40 with G4 ship Janeway Doc and Lorca/Gorkon can work (Hugh below), for me only with cerritos buff on top

[molten glade]

well cant finish event , no more tokens

screwed up and took wrong ship on one, didnt know it could be any ship thought it needed to be the titan

[errant kayak]

I lost one token for hitting a 49 in 46 system (really? Make the system 46 and fill it to the brim with only 49 hostiles?).
I lost one token trying the Severus crew which gave me only one, ONE, 46 interceptor for a ops 46 Korinar T4 at 29m power.
I've lost one token to two 46s with Janeway Torres Doc.
And spent 4 tokens to gain about 5-6 46s with SNW Spock, Gigi, Tal.
That brought me to 85 points short of the last milestone. If they would have given people 8 tokens instead of the 3, we could had a bit of room to play and experiment.
This? This is a bad arc start. Just like this whole IP this year.

[languid scarab]

Scopely pushes us to progress and at the same time punishes us to progress.

[burnt girder]

Not even enough tokens to do the sms. Garbage arc. Listen to your players....rework the damn overpowered hostiles and cancel that stupid event.

[rare verge]

These days they cater only for the whales so not much point stressing about it

[arctic knoll]

Even the whales aren't digging this

[worthy leaf]

https://tenor.com/view/shame-go-t-game-of-thrones-walk-of-shame-shameful-gif-4949558

[rare verge]

They getting hit too then?

It does seem as the more you grow the more they punish you?

[arctic knoll]

You think the g5s enjoy hitting the lowest system?

[serene forum]

I should be hitting 51s but i die after the second kill

[burnt girder]

Like these things are more ridiculous than the xindi...and that is saying something...

[wind fog]

I went to lowest system. Way more 44’s spawning than 41’s. And the bigs (ops 45+) were chasing the 41 instead of hitting the 44

[rare verge]

Yeah it’s totally un balanced I thought Xindi was bad but this bears that hands down

[burnt girder]

What is the point of putting a level on the hostiles? The levels don't matter if they have ridiculous power. Like the 41s might as well be level 53 hostiles and the 46s are like level 55 hostiles

[stone tundra]

Back to the drawing board with the Slient Enemies SLB, $$$$copely

[wind fog]

They clearly don’t understand the phrase “quality over quantity”

[acoustic bear]

What a let down.

[burnt girder]

Yeah that event is stupid

[rare verge]

This that phrase came out it’s been nothing but quantity quality nowhere to be seen 🤣🤣

[burnt girder]

Scopely doesn't listen to players though, they listen to the sound of money being deposited....they could care less about our concerns

[inner cave]

Not doable on 2 tokens

[serene forum]

I'm ops 53 and i had to kill 46s to finish the sms

[rare verge]

Not a lot of point to this arc now

[serene forum]

This is a cash grab arc pure and simple

[gentle pulsar]

no, they just want your credit card, leave the code when you leave

[inner cave]

This event is way not doable on the 2 daily tokens. Used all the tokens I had (5) on the testing and the area 2 today. Stlll missed out

[stone tundra]

The lack of participation in this SLB is a total failure for $$copely. Look at it carefully. A lot of players won't finish the corresponding SMS either.

[rare verge]

I’m one of them

[shrewd knot]

don't get me wrong, I'm sure a lot of the devs care, but the project managers and execs only care about proffit.

[inner cave]

So hopefully a couple of days between these events to get tokens for the systems. This is me hitting my appropriate lvl hostiles.
Then the 46-49 system is empty of the 46’s as that’s all that anyone can hit

[twin karma]

Thanks scopely is really fun to fail an event because of your greed. 5 tokens! Wasted 3 figuring out the needed crew to fight your “new” enemy. Then get 2 wins only to have the same set up get one win!!!! And to get some more it’s a 100$. Your greed going kill it

[idle bobcat]

I only got four tokens….lucky you

[burnt girder]

Scopely has investors from Dubai and Saudi Arabia.... countries known for money and getting rich. They could care less.

[fiery fulcrum]

The code gets you 3 more

[idle bobcat]

What code?

[inner cave]

On another note why are they mining systems ? Don’t see any increase in speed between these and normal mining systems

[worthy leaf]

code ENT3

[gentle pulsar]

exhaust the franchise, break everything and shut down, this is the future of ST

[fiery fulcrum]

ENT3 at the scopely web store redeem tab

[stone tundra]

It's not the devs, it's $$copely upper management who should feel the players frustration. There's plenty to go around.

[rare verge]

As normal though Scopely are silent

[burnt girder]

That's why this game is losing 5% of it's player base every month

[rare verge]

We’ve had a few of the top whales leave they had enough

Finally saw the light

[lapis drift]

Scopely probably reading all this and counting their money and laughing right now.

https://tenor.com/view/counting-money-curtis-james-jackson-iii-50cent-21questions-tons-of-money-gif-17901364

[spice radish]

This is an embarrassing event. Broken waves, broken gameplay, broken events, sad event store

[desert laurel]

Never tested, but wouldn't surprise me at all if it recovers the lost health during combat after it's over. Tal has a similar effect, and that's how he works.

[worthy leaf]

https://tenor.com/view/scopely-money-gif-14124393094162907114

[lapis drift]

Exactly 😂

[lapis drift]

One can only hope they get a paper cut😒

[haughty wharf]

here is the issue, most events have an out, where if you cannot do it there is a alternate means to complete on some of them, but this event, if you burn the few tokens given, all the events get shut down... no means to do any

[stone tundra]

I do feel some sympathy towards, the community managers, devs, customer service for what they go through when dealing with the constant frustration. They don't deserve it. $$$copely executives do deserve the bashing.

[haughty wharf]

once you shut down the the very first event that needs a chain to do it them all, you basiclly make the whole thing worthless to continue

[worthy leaf]

unless you buy the 100 dollar pack , it has 10 more travel tokens

[haughty wharf]

and if you fail to do it then?

[serene forum]

Buy another

[haughty wharf]

so sorry, sol

[rare verge]

Can’t remember ever in 5 years not being able to finish an event?

This is a first

[haughty wharf]

I have always had some means to do it

not this time

[worthy leaf]

and a chain event that can't finish now

[rare verge]

Yeah exactly

[dreamy laurel]

I barely scraped by. like I finished it and died on the next one with no tokens left.

[haughty wharf]

yep, which means I get to take a week offf the game events and just do dailies

[rare verge]

Yeah the arcs done now

[haughty wharf]

did you see what lower guys had to do? lol Kill a few easy Reds LOL

[rare verge]

Yeah all or lower levels had no problem finishing

[worthy leaf]

https://tenor.com/view/pointless-button-no-point-push-gif-11358539

[haughty wharf]

they failed to include a Alt kill in the event

usually ther eis a means to kill something that even gives 1 point a kill, even if it needs 1000

[arctic knoll]

They've been skipping alt scoring rather often

[shrewd knot]

@pseudo rune does the crit damage from the new hostiles stack each round? the damage goes from 200k first round to 800+k the 4th round.

[haughty wharf]

well, gives me more time to go play something else I guess

[hollow bear]

So they admitted the artifacts sucked, and then just doubled down on the whole thing.

[wet plover]

The silent hostile tokens needs to be increased 2 is simply not enough if this event runs around again, what a real pain in the preverbal @pseudo rune

[glossy crypt]

Lots of player can’t kill the level of hostiles required for there level also very small amount of hostiles in the systems to kill lots of players already not bothering with events now

[inner cave]

The event store this time is really poor imho

[molten glade]

i should not have to spend 100 to finish an event, would not pay that even if i did have it to spend

[rain ginkgo]

@pseudo rune For those of us not powerful to consistently kill higher level silent hostiles, what are we supposed to do with the uncommon loot dropped by 41s? I only see a way to use the rare in the artifacts store.

Also will artifacts we purchase show up in the regular gallery?

[wet plover]

I think the loot drop is useless to you, you have to kill hostiles in your braket to refine from what I have gathered

[hollow bear]

I think once you realize this entire arc is a pay to play event it makes it easier to ignore.

[fair valley]

"Shard Hunter - SMS" - Spend Artifact Tokens and Artifact Shards - March 6-7
Anyone actually see this event that's mentioned in the IGN?

[warm vessel]

Note that E-Picard wasn't the only one I mentioned. Since I don't have him, I didn't even know he was strictly a greed officer. I still don't have Tucker, so I had to try good old PMC. With a Cerritos boost and cloaking, I managed two kills. TWO...totally not worth the effort. WORST ARC EVER!

[fiery compass]

yes, it's in the Artifact Hunt folder for me

[fair valley]

I've got Artifact Hunt ALB, Temporal Artifact Restoration Pt. 1, and Temporal Artifact Shard Hunter SMS, but no the plain Shard Hunter for tokens

[elfin jewel]

it says to collect temporal disruptors to get points but its not scoring

[celest relic]

What does earn mean? Is it just pulls or does the daily claim work? Any other source to score?

[hollow bear]

Not possible for 99% of players to complete this without buying packs.

[elfin jewel]

ohh its to refine, cool so half the playerbase cant do the event

[fiery compass]

i for sure scored off of the daily claim

[lunar badge]

They hated the new event and hostiles we gave them, but they are still playing? What should we do? Increase the laaaaaggggg!

[fiery compass]

if you can do the daily claim 2x and the min pull 2x you should be good to complete it

[arctic knoll]

And they created an artifact to make it better but it caps out at 25% improvement which means only a 0.8 modifier at max

[arctic knoll]

When most folks are punching down on the loot hostile with token systems, how are people getting that loot?

[fair valley]

They were punching down for the SLB points since they all scored the same

[arctic knoll]

Sure, now consider the cash in...

[fair valley]

So what? People bought the Whip to win Mining Monday. Its not just about the event loot, its about placing on the podium for some people

Also lots of people that didn't look at the chest costs, and are now finding out their punch down loot is useless

[arctic knoll]

Yes, but if they were punching down they aren't going to be able to turn the loot in... So you're missing the part about the turn in

[fair valley]

I'm not missing it, I am saying some compeditive people don't care about it

And some people rushed in without looking at it

[arctic knoll]

They didn't care yesterday, today they'll find out

[celest relic]

Is there a cooldown on these? Based off value of bigger pull I’d think no?

[fiery compass]

not that i've hit yet or heard of

[rain ginkgo]

No, I had 200 this AM and did two pulls in a row

[void venture]

Sadly I punched down because I had to. I'm ops 46 and haven't been able to kill a lvl 46 silent yet so I'm stuck.

[rain ginkgo]

So if I'mn a level 46 player, does this mean I collected uncommon loot for no reason and can only use rare in the artifact exchange? bummer...

[arctic knoll]

The cool down is on the refine to the tokens for those

[arctic knoll]

Yep

[void venture]

Yeah it's level locked. 46 requires rare

[celest relic]

Sadly yes

[rain ginkgo]

I interpreted that just as hostile level rewards, not as what ops level can use which loot. that suxx

[void venture]

I may try PMC but I don't have Tucker yet so I may just be unable to do a lot of this arc

[celest relic]

They made it so you can only use/refine one type at a time. If you ops up you’ll have a different one and won’t be able to use previous loot. It’s…unbueno

[noble dove]

@void venture what crew are you using if you don't have tucker?

[void venture]

My highest ship is a 22 mill Kelvin and my thought was maybe to skip faction ships until the 50+ ones. This arc kind of punishes that philosophy I think

[rain ginkgo]

So far my best results by a good margin have been janeway crew (janeway - doctor - torres)

I did try the pike-ticker-t'lann crew they suggested but above was much, much better

[void venture]

I tried Ent-e picard, Ent-e data, and Gorkon (my Torres is too low to reliably proc). Below decks I have Hugh, Tendi, Mariner, and then whoever I want to try for my 4th slot. I can kill 2 or 3 lvl 44 and decent number of 41 but not even a single 46

[noble dove]

I did great with Janeway e-data lorca with hugh and Paris below. When i say great, i mean i finished SMS. Can't kill the hostile i need to refine tho

[void venture]

I also tried the Severus crew but it didn't help on 46 and not sure it outperformed on the lower ones

[void venture]

I didn't even finish sms. Trying to kill 46 wasted some of my tokens. This event didn't really favor experimentation unless you are high enough to brute force it

[noble dove]

I'm ops 55. Can do a number on 53s. But blow up spectacularly on 55s that i need

Crew however shows results on lower levels in my alliance. Flying with 42 ships

[stable crow]

it's about being strong in your bracket, not actually level.
this is a bit of an issue.

for me it was relatively easy because I'm strong for an ops44, but the moment i go to ops46 i likely lose the ability to do the silent enemy grind for a while as I'd need to build up strength in the new bracket.

[proven pendant]

Severus, decius, charvanek with def stack below deck has worked best for me on 20mil Kelvin. Can do 4-5 level 44s per run or 7-8 lvl41s

[hollow bear]

I just don't understand making the hostiles very difficult to kill and then token limit the systems? Why do both? Oh wait, I know....

[rain ginkgo]

I'm pretty strong for ops 46 but useless against the silent hostiles I actually need

[hollow bear]

https://tenor.com/view/kim-kardashian-reality-show-keep-up-with-the-kardashians-argent-depenser-argent-gif-16128931

I am decent for ops 46 (no primes) I can kill one level 46 ship

[void venture]

Just waiting for the "$99 for two extra tokens" pack 😂

[arctic knoll]

Which will be fun as people upgrade out of brackets

[main ore]

Is everyone else thinking what a sack of turd this arc looks like

[idle scarab]

I see this @lament rapids and 100% agree #🏆-event-chat message

[hollow bear]

LOL scroll up

[modern estuary]

yeah im not really bothered with this arc so far, even event store is a bit turd

[arctic knoll]

But we already get a cool down on the refine! Worst of both worlds!

[distant sigil]

Worst arc ever with even worse hostiles to kill. I would rather mine data then this ! I can see we gona lose even more players

[rocky perch]

I have a root canal I'm looking forward to more. 😋

[rare rune]

Is most of the event store currency going to be tied to the new hostile/new loot? At 39, without maxed Enterprise, I can’t even score in the events. Going then be a poor showing in the event store this time seems

[unkempt linden]

I know what's wrong with this event....EVERYTHING!

[indigo haven]

So Scopely is purposely alienating their main player base to appease the whales.

[violet thistle]

Whales aren't happy either, whole nx01 arc has pretty much been a "choke on it" to whole player base

[lyric vapor]

Yep this who 3 part arc is terrible

Probably the worst release for the past 2 years and that is saying something

[rare verge]

Is there somewhere that shows the levels of new artifacts and how much each lvl increase is worth? Cos there’s no info in artifacts?

[normal bane]

<@&509690795536941056> this start of arc is beyond bad. Limited token locked systems with hostiles way way harder than we were led to believe. (I’ve seen 50+ players in the lowest system because that’s all they can hit. ) I went through 5 travel tokens (trying to find a good ship/crew combo) to only be able to achieve 2 milestones of the day one SMS. Oh and I can barely take out even 2 level 44’s per run and I’m a decent power ops 45. So I’ll miss out on the 4500 coin of the top 2 milestones and the 1500 coin of the last of the meta event milestones.

Drop the travel tokens at bare, bare minimum. And never ever put a single day event on day one of a new mechanic when there is any artificial constraint like travel tokens again.

[rare verge]

All,it says is x amount at lvl 12?

[acoustic bear]

There is an entry system why not put some silents in there for half points or something sheesh

[autumn girder]

This is the worst arc ever. I am a strong 55 and can only kill 1 55 ship. That makes my 1 chest pull take 10 days to get. This blows.

And todays event expects a pull

Ridiculous. Then even worse thing is I can’t refine the lower level stuff where I can kill!!!!!

[livid pulsar]

Yeah makes the 34/35 xindi look a genius idea

[safe river]

From my server and the wife's server we have had 7 people leave and all money spenders. Scopely you now have really gone way too far. There are even more people thinking of leaving.

[dull dove]

New content for stfc is never worth pursuing, especially this new content. I'll be sticking to my goals instead of wasting time on this garbage.

[burnt girder]

Lol, this arc is going to be as bad as the acting in Star Trek: Enterprise...

Guess it matches the theme

[undone kestrel]

Worse than the acting, and as bad as the theme song.

https://tenor.com/view/war-games-joshua-woppr-strange-game-doctor-only-winning-move-is-not-to-play-gif-16198386

[misty ruin]

This arc sucks so bad and probably the worst yet

[heady mica]

Some will just blame the enterprise series. But that is not the problem.!

[misty ruin]

Like you all sat in a room and decided yea this loop of crazy with no real definition that is essentially unachievable is a good idea to roll out

[vague fog]

https://tenor.com/view/scott-bakula-jonathan-archer-captain-archer-star-trek-enterprise-enterprise-gif-24503820

[misty ruin]

Like you reallly thought this was a good idea

[abstract gate]

What on earth makes scopeley think, i can kill reds on a power level matching x100000 of my normal ones on my ops level? 🥸

[undone kestrel]

Hold on, now, let's not let Enterprise off without at least a warning

[languid perch]

The worst thing is that killing them suppose to give us tokens for blueprints event store not some crystal or ship parts 🥺😭

https://tenor.com/view/baby-food-cute-baby-cleaning-wiping-gif-14949146

[undone kestrel]

How dare you imply that you're supposed to get something from killing these hostiles

Every day, you are to accept your travel tokens and use them to deliver your ship sacrifices to the silent enemies, who are called that because the design team wants you to learn to be quiet and stop complaining.

[languid perch]

Not even a parstil 😆

[heady mica]

Did players rush too quickly to higher levels from scopely Fomo, thought they were good when dominating much lower level players, and now finding out otherwise ?

[languid perch]

I am mining there and watching how others are crashing. Doing research and having collection of screenshots before and after hits 😆😂

[ornate geyser]

No.

[undone kestrel]

Remember to sacrifice your miners at the end of your labor shift so the Silent Enemies can level up and continue to destroy incoming player ships

failure to show deference to the Silent Nebula may result in further arcs being released

[languid perch]

https://tenor.com/view/coda-cult-cultist-apathy-divineapathy-gif-26415946

[undone kestrel]

https://tenor.com/view/elmo-sesame-street-fire-flame-hands-up-gif-17968103

I have to say that I'm surprised there isn't a new ship being released alongside this new enemy type.
Who knows? Maybe it would have been a better experience if we all had a shiny new USS Intangible Benefit.

[neat echo]

They want you to buy the nx and the new Officiers atm

[twin karma]

Armada limit reached???? On an open formation armada and can’t start it!!!!! What other programing issues are there?

[languid perch]

New will be probably released in 19 days and 19 hours when this will finish so in despair because we couldn’t get what we wanted ( reason new hostiles) we will take whatever is new and “fly” 😅

[opal mantle]

How do you earn Temporal Disruptors?

[dreamy patio]

daily claim

and refining

[opal mantle]

Okay and the exchange requires mats you get from killing the silent hostiles correct?

[spice brook]

Yes. But it has to be the RIGHT LEVEL hostiles. Hit too low and the loot is useless.

You can check like this.

[paper herald]

Really put out a event for only high level players the rest of us can't even scratch them good job 👏 👍 👌

[opal mantle]

Yah this whole event does not seem to be for me at ops39

[fair bone]

Neither for me at ops51

[limber saffron]

waves dont work again

[abstract gate]

The SLB let 50+ players hit the 41 silents leaving nothing for those under 44 - great plan!

[cobalt totem]

They can’t use the currency though, joke’s on them and they’ll be gone today

[dreamy patio]

For now, they're looking into it

[next veldt]

New event sucks...

[proud wing]

It’s flipped the other way now. Before reset the system was full of 44s, and everyone killing the 41s. Now after the SLB has ended, 44s are barely spawning for me.

[dreamy patio]

went through the 55 zone again for mydaily pull, forgot to put hugh on, no 55s were spawning

the loot and power difference between the two is dumb

57s give like 40 more rares, but twice the repair bill

[ripe jungle]

Yeah same for 46 vs 49. 50% more loot but 2x dpr, 2x health

[proud wing]

I was being kind, or trying to at least lol, i can kill the 46s, but only require the 41/44 loot

[misty ruin]

All that effort for that? A max pull of temporal whatever’s of 300. A whole lot of a effort for next to nothing

[dreamy patio]

those prime materials are the draw for me

[fiery compass]

max pull is 450

if you can do that every day, 18.000 temporal disruptors a month is 180 uncommon shards, 120 rare shards, or 90 epic shards.

I imagine a lot of g5 players in about 25-30 ish days are going to be quite happy to have unlocked the Iconian Gateway

also a number are going to be behind that pace and be less happy

[prisma acorn]

How did you find out about this code? I'm looking online for 'more' 😉

[dreamy patio]

was in the patch notes for the update

[fiery compass]

it was in this month's patch notes
#⭐-official-announcements message

[dreamy patio]

ops 38+ only though

[prisma acorn]

Thank you

[echo otter]

Severus, Decius and Charvanek are working for people on my server. Just wish I would have tried this combo before I ran out of tokens yesterday. So screwed on completing all of the arc sms for coins for the store. 🤬

[marble wolf]

This new event is yet another scope fail. Please hire new developers

[cunning radish]

if u go longer than 5 rounds normally, its good

[brisk tinsel]

The new arc blows. <@&509691205798592532>. Less grinding should be the goal. I have noticed the decline of the big spenders jumping on your money grab. Less is more. Quality over quantity was a lie. The game play is awful. I am an admiral of an alliance and the word is the game is no longer fun. End of life soon. RIP STFC.

[dreamy mortar]

Yep. Pinging a couple volunteer discord admins should be able to fix all of your issues 👍

[snow vessel]

what is this terrible attitude towards f2p players??? I'm level 55. They tell me to kill 55+ ships. but I can't even kill normally 53. will work out. I can't get chests or process resources. a slap in the face from the developers. they want more and more money. Apparently I need to leave.😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

[desert laurel]

What crews and buffs have you tried? What kind of ship do you use?

[modern estuary]

i must admit im really not bothered at all by this new arc, to me its just way more grind for what it is worth, the arc events are beyond ridiculus, so ill spend no money as it just isnt something i like or enjoy, truth is i think many players are looking at the last 2 arcs and thinking why do i still play this game if this is the crap we get offered

[sleek stream]

How ridiculous my leaderboard was (me Level 39).

[acoustic bear]

https://tenor.com/view/well-done-golden-trophy-gif-12033437

[echo otter]

I went 9 rounds on some yesterday and still blew up so that's not always correct.

[cunning radish]

severus shud remove 20% hull per round i thought

maybe ur enemy wasnt burning

[full egret]

i did 11 rounds Severus crew and died, lower deck makes allthe difference

though i also thin a 60m Monaveen may not have been my best choice against a 51

[echo otter]

That was with the other crews people recommended to me yesterday. Ran out of tokens before I was advised to try this crew. I still don't see how they expect an ops 38 to be able to complete these.

[desert laurel]

Severus + double synergy will kill any silent hostile in 5 rounds. Improvements to the crew are Paris BDA for mitigation, and damage boosters like Hugh to potentially reduce that 5r to 4r. You should also be using Cerri buffs for this loop with maxed Shield Overcharge research.

More advanced crewing options are available for 38s if you have some of the newer officers.
Janeway + Doc + Kirk on Ent, + Paris BDA will shift a lot of the damage to the shields, which are going to regenerate due to the ship ability.
If your ship development is strong enough, you can try Janeway + double synergy with Paris BDA, and a Cerri buff.

[oak matrix]

question, so the redeem code only for those who meet the requirements? lower ops can't redeem?

[fallen coral]

38+

[errant blade]

Where is the borg cube in the event store?

[frozen lodge]

We don’t get cube shards in the event store this time.

[errant blade]

Totally makes sense, just like excluding it from the Borg event store

[stark dagger]

I'd just love to know why enterprise shards are so ridiculously overpriced compared to other ship shards. 10X the cost of voyager shards? Really?

[lilac musk]

Because you get more with the voyager? An entirely refinery targeted at multiple loops

Also is that a base ent or an ent-a? Not that it matters since voyager is still has more value than both of them 😂

[dreamy patio]

he's referring to this.

and now that i look at it, a g3 epic costing more currency than g5 rares kind of makes me laugh

in fact it looks like all the g3 ships are much more expensive

regular ent is more expensive than an ent a

[lilac musk]

Oh really? Haha wow

Skip both and get the voyager 😂

[void nest]

I wonder if people struggling has anything to do with the tendency to push ops before research etc? I'm ops46 and can get the amount required for double pull with 1 token. But I've done all my research and buildings. I've bought no primes either. Just a thought.

[cunning radish]

I’d be dead before I completed all the research I could do at my level

Or poor

[warped stag]

Total cost of ownership is less for the g3 due to total bp quantity. 1.5m store credits for the g3, 4.6m credits for the g4.

[cunning radish]

I prefer neither

[void nest]

That's my point though. Balanced levelling makes things easier. But ppl seem to want to rush to g5 with poor research then complain that g5 is hard. Thats based on my observations anyway.

[lilac musk]

It is but that’s also scopely design. They’ve been pushing people up with raw rss but not giving them everything they need for the research etc

Your average person in ops 49 nowadays is like 20-30m profile power lower then the average like a year ago

[cunning radish]

I mean hard is one thing

Impossible is another 😆

[void nest]

Maybe I just play the game wrong 😅 4 years in and ops 46, 94m power. I don't let scopely rush me.

[lilac musk]

There is drastically less buildings then there are researches and scopely ideas of game balance is “add more research” so we can sell people the fix (because of research time and limited research slots) so it just compounds the problem. You can probably could on one hand the number of times scopely has done actual game balance

[sleek stream]

Id agree but I am struggling and I have the stongest Level 39 account on our server and top 50 strongest across all servers

[bitter snow]

Is that a relatively new server? What's crew like?

[desert laurel]

The cube's in the event store. There's a restriction on it that limits availability to only some players though. How many cubes/bps do you have?

[forest yoke]

How do others see the odds for getting a surprise fleet commander event this month? Has been quite a while since the last one. Or maybe it has been out to legacy event archive :/

[bitter snow]

usually tied to when we get a new FC

and if it's a surprise, then we have no idea at all

[errant blade]

Interesting, I just checked again and it appears to be there now but I’m almost certain it was not there yesterday and on arcfall

Thanks!

[desert laurel]

An issue prevented the cube from being in the store for some earlier, it has been fixed. Some will still not be able to see it due to the previously mentioned restrictions.

[desert laurel]

F2p should be unlocking sloan about now. Makes sense to run an event to drain their stuff before the next release if you think you can capture unlock/mat sales from them. Or maybe they want to make the next one more competitive for whales by holding off on an event so those f2p/dolphins are in the mix.

[forest yoke]

Was unlocking commander Center 40 end of year and haven’t upgraded neither Spock Kirk and Sloan. Stockpiled quite a lot by now but really wanna benefit from bringing up all 3 commanders. Third month no event and I wonder if I just should continue and disregard any planning and expectation. Seems they bombard us with that c r ap of WD instead so other events won’t be picked up :/ given all new loops and content there’s already too much to cover in events so kinda logical that it won’t show.
It’s not on schedule but there might be the option of any surprise event pop up. Filed in a ticket to cs and as expected useless as they don’t know anything.
Maybe in the next arc/quarter they will release a new FC and then run the events. But I’m not gonna wait that long anymore

[vestal jackal]

but it only scored when I redeemed it at the faction store

[cunning radish]

i just spent 1.2 mil commander exp

idc

lmao...rewards arent life changing regardless

[tropic forge]

Yesterday this crew worked AMAZING, today it gets me killed in 4 rounds?! What is going on Scopely???

[forest yoke]

That’s on top of all, could be next level frustration if there is an event and it pays out just a bit standard resources 😅 so yeah given how scopely runs things atm I don’t rely on anything. Might just go all in with the next ops push 👍

[vestal jackal]

these don't score why??? they are not disruptors

[bitter snow]

at 55, you need to be hitting the 55-59 hostiles 😦

which give 5* rare loot

think you're looking at an event that requires you to spend them, not loot them?

[vestal jackal]

This is ridiculous I'm 55 but I don't have a ship to kill 1 level 55 and I'm sure many are in the same situation 😂😂😂

[bitter snow]

https://tenor.com/view/indeed-tealc-stargate-gif-4496552

[vestal jackal]

It's not really obtainable because when I redeemed it at the faction store it scored

[bitter snow]

I think its fragments of temporal disruptor, so you need to be able to exchange them for the actual artifact currency to score

[cunning radish]

forgot the cerritos boost. not sure it wud have helped anyway 🤣

[bitter snow]

might have lived? 😐

[cunning radish]

hahahahaha

not worried. ill do it in 4 months when im 56.....

🤣

[vestal jackal]

I've already spent all my tokens trying even with the support of CERRITOS and TITAN but exocomp etc etc etc impossible my CORVUS has 130 M it won't 😂😂😂😂

[cunning radish]

its ok. makes it easy not to worrya bout it til i get a 56 ship

i aint wasting mats on the northcut for it

[vestal jackal]

These are events for those who spend a lot of money on this game

🌳💩🌳

[desert laurel]

Think that NC is losing even with cerri buffs. Titan + cerri should be enough for 55s, though I'd use a janeway crew.

[vestal jackal]

no use

😂😂😂

[desert laurel]

That's double buffed? is your Shield Overcharge maxed? and how is your titan shield regen research?

[vestal jackal]

Where can I see this research?

[bitter snow]

patch is amazing, shame it only works on max fortify 😄

(if understandable)

[desert laurel]

Yeah, coupled with Janeway makes it incredible.

[neat echo]

But Scopeley doesnt care 😄

[vestal jackal]

even more with us Brazilians 😂😂😂

[sick valve]

Base Shield? Or 30% actual shield health?

[desert laurel]

Shield overcharge will double your ship's total SHP.
Max fortify will regenerate total shields by 24% a round.
It's very hard to kill a ship that has both buffs if you're going against level appropriate content.

[cunning radish]

too much effort

🤣

https://tenor.com/view/nobody-got-time-for-that-a-intnobody-got-time-for-that-no-time-for-that-nope-no-gif-10243842

[brittle oriole]

wrong crew. You dont need to inflict burning. Silent Hostiles inflict Burning on you and this is where Severus triggers his ability.
Try Severus, Decious, Charvanek and Put Paris below Deck with Defense for more Mitigation.

Full Synergy should remove 20% Hull of the opponent per Round.

[desert rivet]

After 9 try i found a crew to kill 55 still hostile

With cerritos i can kill 2 now lol 🙈😆

[brittle oriole]

you can exchange Hugh, Torres, Mariner with Defense Officers. Severus will take the enemy down in 5 Rounds so you can focus on Mitigation.

[desert rivet]

Ok thx for the tip @brittle oriole will try it tomorrow then. Out of Token now

[late vessel]

any word about them adjust the silent hostile scale slightly? At ops 55 having to kill level 55 silent hostiles without the ability to have a rare 5* ship feel off kilter.

Perhaps just an adjust for what hostiles we have to kill would solve most peoples issues?

[naive meteor]

The Xindi event/Arc should be renamed Skingy..

[thin pike]

@pseudo rune why do we get same message from multiple people in scopely. Eco and Sierra uniform. So far. Let’s see if anymore

[bitter snow]

What do you mean?

[merry wasp]

Do you know more about how Phlox affects the technical features (accelerated charging cutting beam) if it should be changed? Thanks

[bitter snow]

everything we know is in #⭐-official-announcements so far

[merry wasp]

Thx

[thin pike]

I mean both people sent same message to us 3 minutes apart

[bitter snow]

but sounds like it'll be a 20% (t1) to 100% (t5) efficiency on the beam charging process

[bitter snow]

But... they didn't?

Where are you seeing that? 👀

[merry wasp]

Scopely will probably change it, effects on research, are there any?

[bitter snow]

so, assuming no other reductions (I think there's a research or prime?), t5 phlox will mean half the number of hostiles to charge to 100% beam

[merry wasp]

We'll see what effects it has

[bitter snow]

honestly I think the fact that I can load up, E-Picard, E-Data and 5/11, with Doc below decks, and get 1005 loot from a 44 hostile that normally gives 335 is a big bonus 😄

now if phlox below means I can hit a single 52 hostile for a full charge rather than that 52 and a 45ish one in Kurril... bonus

very much doubt I'd get him above t1

would like, but doubt I'll get 😄

[upper atlas]

This will indeed help a ton. Throw laan underneath because steel/trit/dil and whatever other loot will take up cargo space from all the loot crew boosts

[celest relic]

Do you see a lot of value in Phlox? I’m still debating whether he’s gonna be much use other than as base defense

[bitter snow]

grind reductions are always nice 🤷‍♂️

[thin pike]

Sorry it wasn’t eco it was star trek fleet command

[bitter snow]

... that's when it gets published to other discords 😂

[bitter snow]

yes, that's a published post...

[upper atlas]

yea that's then other discord servers plug into that webhook to push those notifications over

[bitter snow]

which is why its in different discords

[static mica]

I mean there is a research that does what Phlox's new below deck ability will be (Charge Optimization) which gives 10%-50% efficiency.

[abstract gate]

I'd really love if any rep for this game can explain how 2024 has focused on quality when all I see is three new grinds and a new specialty ship? Am I missing something here?

[real idol]

no you are not missing anything here mate. they have been full of 💩 and have lied constantly. the only good thing is that they have improved communication by x50, and it still lags behind even the smallest indie game

[abstract gate]

@real idol #truth. see you in 24 hours again...lol

[misty ridge]

Eclipse armadas don't appear to be respawning on server 12

got a bunch of empty systems now in Eclipse space

[forest knoll]

@scopley If you don't want us to do the apex event then turn the event off. Drastically reducing the spawn times is not quality or quantity. So I guess you're being consistently inconsistent. Good job.

[fiery fulcrum]

They had improved things once already, but now that people speed armadas, they're gone way too fast.

[celest relic]

I’m not a rep but I can say that two of the three launches this year have gone off without locking android players from the game

[misty ridge]

no one's speeding up eclipse armadas. They're just not respawning

[echo fractal]

@pseudo rune any way you can get them to change this event to score with the new mining officers lower deck instead of on the bridge??

you know, make proper use of the officer while mining

[pine glen]

Just complete apex with officer shards, no need to do armadas. 🤷‍♀️

[keen mist]

Just ignore apex 🤷‍♂️

[rare verge]

Apex is pointless now

[haughty summit]

1* iso isn't counting towards master surveyor. Anyone else having this issue?

Nevermind, extreme delay lag

[pine glen]

Rss, research medals and officer badges are hardly pointless.

[keen mist]

Pickle, done with it, got lots. ymmv

[marble garden]

I think they meant the SLB is pointless. Maybe they should add some refits or projectiles to the apex store 🤷‍♂️

[pine glen]

Yep, slb is once you have anything useful from store.

[fiery fulcrum]

As soon as you get the skin, the SLB is pointless.

[jolly sun]

I do it to help the smaller players in the alliance to build up ..to pull those oh so lucky G5 chests with week timer 😆 and oh so generous 4* ship parts 😑

Thank god didn’t buy the Assimilated Stella

[pine tartan]

Thry definitely need to add some additional items to the Apex store. I'm just accumulating those credits with nothing to use them on. I even got the refits for ships I never use.

But I'll keep doing the other 2 events for more useful items and hope that one day all my credits will be useful.

[shrewd egret]

Tbh I think with the silent enemy nonsense you have broken the last straw for me, instead of upgrading original content you only over complicate stuff and introduce new crap with the end result in Scopely trying to gain more cash without proper consideration of actual players/gameplay

We don't need more......we need better!!!!!!!

[barren girder]

I just completed the are we alone event is there going to be another are we alone event? Later maybe...

I do like the fact they put the Voyager shards in the event store, that's going to help me greatly

[faint wind]

@spiral current I’m an early ops 46 player. Just got my Newton to 30m, holding one tier back for the upcoming spending event. I’m light spender, buying two bp a month and maybe two 99 euro pack a year. I think my research is were my Ops say it should.
I can kill one silent hostile then 60% of hull gone. That means 1 kill 1 token. Tried all suggested crews. I can just imagine how it feels for a Ops 45. To kill enough silent hostiles 46 u need a 50m ship. And I am 2 month minimum away from that. Do u want me to just ignore all the events I can’t participate in? This new bp just make me hesitate to open up the game.
I do like ur innovation but this was to much. Don’t u have beta tester before every bp? If u do then maybe u need to change them.
Please do something about it and do it quickly.

[marble garden]

Are Ultra recruit events over with?

[proud wing]

Ops 45 has it slightly easier, we only need to kill the 41 and 44 Silents

[dim light]

Anyone else disappointed that the NX-01 Bps were left out of the event store

[pine glen]

Dissapointed maybe, but new ££ ships are usually 3 months before ftp or event store.

[severe bridge]

Voyager shards in the event store? I don’t see that

[winged agate]

When you are using their suggested crews, what below decks are you using? If you are using the full Sev crew, you want your below decks stacked for survival (mitigation, Hull Health, Shield Health, Health, Defense) a lower tier Rare likely doesn't have enough seats to be effective. How are your 42 uncommons? If they are 35 or higher you MAY have an easier time with something like a Tinga with Paris, Boimler, Tendi, Rutherford under the Sev crew.

[acoustic bear]

@faint wind you won't need 50m a single daily chest pull is only 3000 rare. That's only like 2 or 3 46,s so at 39m newton I'm pulling 3 chest each time. That's 12k rare so don't despair.

[main spindle]

So now i get this code during wave defense and if u refresh ur game all parties that joined the wave vanish from view after u refresh

[acoustic bear]

The orinthus prime system doesn't respawn 46 explorers fast enough to get full use of Cerrito buff lol then u sit watching the buff tick off waiting for spawns lol

Well it seems the battleships are basically the same lol

[fiery compass]

in the 46 silent enemy system I just ignored the triangle and it worked well enough

[vestal jackal]

Does anyone know what new systems they added besides the mufflers?

[desert laurel]

Seeing some new ones in newbie space, between rogue/augment.

[fiery compass]

my list of new ones (other than silent enemy ones) is this; it's possible it's not a complete list

• Tarkalean Crest (mission to pick up)
• Vintaak (mission to pick up)
• Verex (mission to pick up)
• Xindus Prime (has housing, little else of note right now)
• Xyrillia (has housing, little else of note right now)
• Valakis (has "Pyrithian Bat" mining)
• Dekendi (has "Immunocytic Gel Worm" mining)
• Xantoras (has "Lyssarian Desert Larvae" mining)

[vestal jackal]

Tks

[heady mica]

When are they going to fix waves. No waves for like last 3 days

[stray wadi]

New Artifacts chat: I want eye of Zara for shard efficiency but I’m not convinced it’s worth it yet. My second and actually likely first is the Memory one for syndicate xp. Just looking at the Ara and the memory one though, t1 ara is 2%, which means I’d only need 54 instead of 55 shards for memory. The cost per shard is the same. So I’m burning 30 shards to save 1 on the memory and up to 1 on the others. So right now I’m actually leaning more towards Memory artifact. Only problem is my building is not lvl 38 and it will be awhile to get there.
Thoughts?

[desert laurel]

Going for efficiency will slow down the first good one for a very long time if you're maxing it. Not sure if I want to do that either. Some of these artifacts are very strong on unlock

[fiery compass]

my inclination has been that it's worth unlocking some first before maxing the eye as well

maxing the eye is the long-term play, but the benefits of having the t1 bonuses of several of those may outweigh waiting a bit longer to finish the loop overall

a max eye, if i have the math right, starts to net you progress after you spend 5 times the temporal disruptors on things other than it.

[vapid wharf]

getting the same issue. wave defense is broken and unplayable

[finite cypress]

Why put a map at level 41 If it later turns out that there are only level 44 silent ships, a level 41 ship comes out every hour. Why put an event that you don't want us to complete?

[distant canopy]

It’s the respawn. Everyone hits the 41’s but only 44’s spawn. It’s the same in xindi space with three ship types. I’ve gone in several times and only seen system full of 1 ship type and tons of people waiting around for respawns 😂

[finite cypress]

I've been in the same Waiting sector for 1 hour, and only a level 41 silent ship has appeared, an hour of being alone.

[teal iris]

OPS 15 to start seeing NS, jelly and Franklin BPs in event stores, or before?

[cunning radish]

shud from 14 i think

[acoustic bear]

@finite cypress ask in galaxy chat for a biggie to come kill the 44,s.

Someone might come stir the pot for ya.

[teal iris]

Thanks, Simpy!

[icy panther]

Day 3 of Waves Broken. That’s a lot of stuff I’ve given up over the past three days after paying to get ahead on reputation early on so that I could be collecting it.

Reputation packs, E Resource bundles, Dolamide particles…

[hearty monolith]

@eco Please add pve/hostile to phlox officer ability

[pale finch]

Wait, so because I have 80/100 cube BPs entering the event, I can't get enough to finish it? Please help me understand the logic in that.

[dreamy patio]

The logic was you could only get 75 from the store, and 25 from the free path.

Or 25 from the free path and 75 from the elite path

[pale finch]

I wasn't eligible when they were first released. So I'll never be able to get it on a free path now, then?

[dreamy patio]

Not until it's changed, but it has been brought up.

[pale finch]

That's discouraging.

Thank you for the response, though.

[acoustic bear]

@pale finch my guess is it will turn up for you in a store some time this year! Glass half full!

[dreamy patio]

Might turn up later in this event store, depending on how much pull obsidian has and how many hamsters he's sends at them.

[pale finch]

Oh, my glass is more than half full, for sure. There are other things I can do. Just bummed because I rushed levels to get the cube, then couldn't last event month, and now it's not an option at all this time around. I'll do other things, and it'll be fine.

[acoustic bear]

https://tenor.com/view/release-hamsters-gif-4767769

[pale finch]

If I turn up with rabies as a result of this, I'm gonna be upset.

[dreamy patio]

Jesus....

[pale finch]

I'd rather Jesus take the wheel than those hamsters.

[dreamy patio]

'Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the hamsters of war

I was saying jesus because the bot blocked a word that shouldn't be blocked, but because of another word.

[pale finch]

Of course it did. 🤣

[dreamy patio]

It does not like the plural of Canis lupus familiaris

[stray wadi]

Does anyone even want a cube? I mean, other than to collect it, which sure it would be fun to see in dry dock, but is it even that nice to have? All I’ve seen about it are complaints.

[dreamy patio]

The research it opens up is nice.

and it gets really strong

but requires a lot of investment

[fiery compass]

given the option, it feels worth having it for the research and events

it's not a fantastic ship, at least not before g6 range
but the opportunity cost of it has mostly been low compared to other specialty ships i feel, and certainly it's the second lowest amount of grinding i've had to do for anything new

[arctic knoll]

Although supposedly it'll provide efficiency not just to the temporal but all artifacts...making it easier to improve the epics could do a lot, especially if the still in the g3/g4 realm

[dreamy patio]

My main thought is it helping with the other ones I haven't finished yet

[fiery compass]

there is indeed that aspect too

feels like i'm mostly doing well on the uncommon and artifacts from formations and voyager, but ease of unlocking/tiering the rares and epics would be great

[dreamy patio]

just hope they add other methods to get the newer ones

this trickle is probably the worst we've seen

[fiery compass]

6/4/3 shards a day is not fast

based on rarity

picking the one you get is nice and all but wow it's slow

[dreamy patio]

yeah

[fiery compass]

and it's only that fast if you can max pull which it seems a lot of people can't

[dreamy patio]

What they should do is have each tier refinery open regardless of ops.

so you go in, farm each type

and pull each type

won't speed it up too much, but it'll give all the previous loot some merit

how much i gathered during the slb

to get 1st

[arctic knoll]

Crazy math...when the eye is maxed not only does that mean that unlocking an epic is now 80 instead of a 100, instead of it being 50 for the first upgrade it is 40...in other words instead of being 100 for unlocking an epic, it'd be 120 to unlock it and upgrade it the first time...granted maxing the eye will take a while, but every bit moves things faster...

[arctic knoll]

My guess has been the tiering was cause they've actually noticed that folks had to punch down with the Xindi (significantly) and hence trying to get the loot to ops brackets. Granted not having a way to upgrade is nuts, cause what happens when folks upgrade out of a loot/hostile bracket...?

[arctic knoll]

One thing I wonder is how much some of the recent favors with the Xindi expansion might end up helping, for example having max mending. Maybe a big part of the pain isn't just the multiple loops, but the multiple loops one after the other...when some of the loops actually build upon things from the recently release parts...

Another thing I'll put out there. Someone pointed out one of the end of year notes was about a realization that the artifact hall could have been better (or something like that). The Xindi expansion included a path to speed up getting artifacts (tokens for arts, premium arts, and isolytic arts [the first consistent option for that path...outside of the isolytics from Voyager]) and now we have an artifact to speed up unlocking/upgrading artifacts...

[slate lotus]

Mending repairs are barely noticeable.

[arctic knoll]

It really seems like Scopely prefers to avoid refining things they've added to the game, but prefers to add other things to attempt to fix things that don't quite work...

[cunning radish]

becuz they can monetise new things

[arctic knoll]

Makes sense, max is 20% of the damage...so it'd still hurt

[arctic knoll]

True, but even in ways that aren't direct monetization.

[fiery compass]

t1 mending favor was healing about 70k hull on a ship with 45m fighting xindi. at max, that's about 500k a round which genuinely i'll notice, but it's no game-changer even then.

[slate lotus]

If scopely could find a way to monetize keystrokes, they would.

[cunning radish]

theyd monetise blinking if they could

[arctic knoll]

Sometimes they try to milk things too much before they make it better. Like they really pushed hard on making people work for Carol Freeman, then with S31 "oh, here's a path to her..."

[fiery compass]

I'm still a rep tier and a half away from freeman shards I think

[arctic knoll]

Scopely seems to enjoy putting in crazy amounts of prime particles for different things, but it seems like they also eventually realize "oh, maybe we need to provide a path to these..."

[fiery compass]

it's about monitizing day 1 without entirely alienating everyone else

[cunning radish]

and sometimes, alienating them anyway

[arctic knoll]

One more rep to go, but the refits seem a great overall value, so I've slowed down my rep progress and been going on those...now if Scopely could just fix WDs, get the pass out for WDs (and do it from the start with all of them), and just start repeating those weekend events for WDs

[arctic knoll]

But Scopely goes the other way around. Alienate everyone and eventually provide a path to it

[dreamy patio]

while still managing to alienate everyone else

lol

[arctic knoll]

Like the early primes are mostly "these are a higher material that you can buy, even at your ops level, but eventually you'll be able to get this"...and then there are the primes that are "prime goof particle", "prime silly particle"...

[fiery compass]

i mean 3 of you said that and yet we're all still here so I guess they threaded the needle well enough for us still

[fiery compass]

the earliest prime is just dilithum

like 25k dilithum or something

[dreamy patio]

i was married once, so i'm a glutton for punishment

[fiery compass]

can you imagine if that's how it worked, like "primes in g4 space cost a trillion trit or a hundred billion dil or whatever"

[cunning radish]

it was very fun in early 50s

[arctic knoll]

Like look at this block for example...

[cunning radish]

when u unlock like ten primes free

[dreamy patio]

so i grabbed the 6th tier in the parts prime with the dolamide i got

shaved off like 200 parts

haha

nearly double the percentage, only like 200-300 parts

[arctic knoll]

This is a prime thing that there is a whole bunch of, so watch that eventually have a drip...

[cunning radish]

some have never had a drip

[arctic knoll]

Like this...

[cunning radish]

ya

[dreamy patio]

when

[arctic knoll]

That too...

Even this...oops

[fiery compass]

those aren't even good I don't get why they can't be free

[dreamy patio]

how much i got left to claim for the last territory prime

from the free treasury drip

[arctic knoll]

Just like why forever lock some refits away...

[dreamy patio]

got the protected cargo and pvp damage primes already from the drip

just need the last one

not that it's useful anymore

[fiery compass]

that 150% will save me when someone throws a Minerva at my pilum dude

[dreamy patio]

Minerva pilot: "What was that sound?"
Minerva engineer: "Uh.... space dust?"

Minerva windshield operator: "Guys, stop running into gnats"

[fiery compass]

on my server the Minerva bridge crew is probably like quark 10 stonn or something anyway

[arctic knoll]

Like I'm not amazing at crewing, but yeah...some folks are just like...this is good for everything, right?

[fiery compass]

that whale doesn't care

[arctic knoll]

Hint, the Mantis probably actually should be cargo crewed...that might actually make it more useful during it's loop

[fiery compass]

either his ships are the biggest and his crew doesn't matter or they're not and he doesn't wanna play

and lately they're the biggest

[arctic knoll]

Well, when they've purchased a g6...

[fiery compass]

i believe we have 16 players with g6 uncommons and at least one, maybe two with g6 rares

[cunning radish]

I’ve heard once it’s tiered and research done it becomes better again for the loop

[arctic knoll]

It really does, but the cargo tends to need to be bigger...I throw all my cargo crew at it. Right now I've got a couple upgrades for my tier left and it just still makes it a pain. There is research that'd definitely further help, but it is just out of research, so I've been leaning into the Ex-Borg store to cover it.

I can get the cargo up to 168.48k currently. Double pull for the ship material is 135k, double for Syndicate (and research) is 200k, and SNW tokens are 40k

Granted getting 4 would both provide Synergy to cargo and a better cargo capacity...Also, the importance of impulse is the faster you're moving the more Actian Apex you can hit before the buffs wear off...The FC is from FC Kirk...Also, the cargo component is upgraded which means my Mantis could be tiered up...

[fiery compass]

i have a t7 mantis. it's good to know what i could get the cargo to; mine's like 120k without officers and i've no idea with.

currently i throw a monaveen at the 48 system and get about 850k cargo/trip

so it's kind of laughable how large that difference is and that's why i haven't flown my mantis into acatian space in months

[sour shore]

It doesn't let me see what's inside even though I use ripper's mod. What is inside?

[grizzled mulch]

Cube is absolutely worth it. Since loot crew effects Tech Distinctiveness, it’s also easier to tier now. Once it’s at an appropriate level for your Ops, it’s an excellent ship. People complaining abt it haven’t tiered it

[icy panther]

Day 4 of being locked out of Section 31 rewards due to waves being down. I’m missing out on Faction Rep, Dolamide Particles, and Sigma Resources. I paid to accelerate my progress with Section 31 so that I would have access to those items daily. The fix needs to come quickly. The compensation needs to reflect the loss.

[tropic glen]

The idea the the Actian Hunt ALB set for completion today is going to basically determine the winner for the Career Advancement Part 1 SLB is absurd and shows either total lack of planning or complete disregard for all except the top 1-3 alliances on each server and honestly, the top alliance should essentially sweep the podium on every single SLB bracket in this event.

🤬😡🤬😡🤬 ... 🤬🤬🤬

[keen mist]

Usually the top alliance wins, no?

[warped ginkgo]

Bro. Top prize is 10 ghalenar shards, it's not that deep lol

[tropic glen]

It's not the reward (for me too), it's just the principle. I have over 200 shards to tier up so the result isn't going to matter to me personally either.

[celest relic]

Majority of slbs so far are p2w. Sometimes ya just gotta ignore others and do as best you can

[echo pier]

Yep. Worry less. Occasionally a few slbs will work out for butt in seat time. Otherwise don’t worry or save up to win

[paper venture]

I have tiered my cube to the max I can and it still sucks and sits in the dock most days.

[grizzled mulch]

What tier? And what’s your Ops? For a lot of folks, those two don’t match

[tulip ether]

does anyone know if the "stone of memory" temporal artifact will score in the SLB?

some of those mentioned are not even available in the store

[ornate geyser]

It doesn’t really start getting good until G5.

[coral niche]

I am stuck at T8 with my ops53. Ship ain’t convincing at T8.

[empty stratus]

Ticket events aren’t paying event store loot?

[paper venture]

So no event store credits from ticketed events? This might be the worst event store yet!

[vagrant anvil]

Q1 D
Q2 A

Q3 A

[mellow cairn]

Q5 B

[dense cliff]

Got #4 ?

[carmine sand]

Q4 D

[dense cliff]

Thanks!

[pearl bluff]

@carmine sand Thanks

[twin solstice]

No event currency with the ticketed events like usual?

[exotic glade]

D - Destroy 1 hostile in Tellun
A - Mine 1 ore
A - Destroy 1 hostile in yridia
D - 1 hostile risa
B - mine 1 para

[golden forge]

Are the ticketed events going to stick with the normal mat format? Its definitely better than just getting event store currency

[rotund pine]

better just for you maybe, not for most of players

[raw owl]

based on the quality of the offerings in this store? its better this way

[rotund pine]

yet, not everyone have all the stuff that the event offer so they need the currency to get what they need

[desert laurel]

Eco was just talking about it in GC. I'd check there for details.

From what I understand, he's looking into future runs with event store currency. This run was intended as mats/rss.

[rotund pine]

same as always, gona talk coz they didn’t had time before they launched this 💩

[tulip ether]

@pseudo rune , no news about the loot exo?

waiting and waiting for it...

[pastel nymph]

what about this doing new missions event should run from 5th it says 10+ but no end and im ops 25 and dont have that event

[high bolt]

@pseudo rune are y'all actively trying to see how much you can screw up in a matter of just a few days, or is this just pure incompetence?

[frigid citrus]

Where does Scopley get their answers? The most i can find that Hoshi spoke is "over 40 languages" that is a long way from 86

[pastel nymph]

@desert laurel so this full event ticket weekend stays with mats/rss instead of event currency ?

[desert laurel]

Oh I don't know about the full weekend, but these 3 are.

[icy panther]

Fixing Wave Defense by early next week. I will have lost a full week’s worth of daily Dolamide bundles, daily rep bundles, and daily Sigma resource pulls. I PAID MONEY to get ahead with Section 31 to access those bundles. I expect to be compensated accordingly.

[pastel nymph]

@desert laurel thx

[hidden star]

And what is it?

[spice brook]

Players- “Scopely’s incompetence cannot get any worse.” Scopely- “Hold my beer.”

[high bolt]

In "In a Mirror Darkly", mirror Hoshi looks up her bio from the prime universe Defiant... her bio indicates she got up to 86 by the end of her career. Scopely may be wrong a lot this week, but that one I'll defend them on lol

[high bolt]

I fear your expectation will not be met...

[teal jungle]

am i reading this wrong or being cheated out of my winnings

pleae advise

[dreamy patio]

The refinery is ops gated, you killed the wrong hostiles. Click the currency in the corner and it tells you which ones you need to kill. Previous tiers of currency are currently useless to you (it is being looked at)

[teal jungle]

they are the same things why cant i spend them

same exact things

and nowhere else to spend them so i win them for nothing

[dreamy patio]

I told you, they ops gated it.

If you want to use the refinery, kill the right level hostiles.

[teal jungle]

doesn't know what that means

[dreamy patio]

It means the refinery is based on your ops level.

Previous ops levels used a lower tier item which is useless to you now.

[teal jungle]

right 46 is start im 46

earned as 46

and they did not have them three days ago

on any level

new currency

[wind vapor]

Aren't the ticket events suppose to be event store currency?

[dreamy patio]

not this one

[teal jungle]

said fix later

for tickets

[rotund pine]

they will send a compensation chest, with some flowers inside

[teal jungle]

i only want what i earned

[dreamy patio]

you have what you earned

[proud wing]

Uncommon are the Ops 45 and lower items, Ops 46 needs rare from the 46+ Silents

[dreamy patio]

If you want to use the refinery, kill the right hostiles.

[proud wing]

On the left, Uncommon, from the 41 and 44 hostiles, can be used up to Ops 45. On the tight, Rare, from the 46 and 49 hostiles, used by Ops 46.

[light elm]

They’re not the same things. The ones you have in your inventory have a green background/border because they’re uncommon. The ones your refinery needs have a blue background/border because they’re rare.

[normal oar]

So, I finished all of the Phlox/Hoshi trivia questions. All 5 complete. Only have 4 points for the aggregate SMS mission. WTH?

[dreamy patio]

Lag in scoring, wait to see if it finishes

[normal oar]

Thanks - and it did

[main spindle]

@pseudo rune what happened to event store currency in ticket events. Did scopely decide to screw F2P players over who like to save tickets for the event store currency?

[echo dune]

Eco is looking into it. Stay tuned.

[high bolt]

That's not the reassurance you intended it to be, thanks to recent happenings.

[alpine snow]

I just think it's scopelys way of saying, there isn't much in the event store 😜.

[dreamy patio]

they said it was intended to be rss

[alpine snow]

To be fair... they have a tendency to say things were intentional when it seems a mistake was made.

[echo dune]

I offer no reassurance other than he is aware. Place your bets whether we get comped, an extra ticket event with end arc stuff for those holding out, or a new prime that gives you what events should give - buy now from pc store!

Inventing game mechanics which are aggravating and offering primes to make playable … we see you scopely.

[ashen wharf]

not really since people are paying

prescription glasses needed

[keen mist]

Lol they got my pity 20, no more.

[polar thicket]

No Event calender available this month?

[median jacinth]

The ticketed events not give ship store credits? Do I see right? and why not? last arcs always included the ship store credits

[wary salmon]

can someone explain me the rankings in the event? I reached X-Points first but everyone who reached the same amount of points later is in front of me 😖

[desert laurel]

The game will determine how to break ties. It is not determined by last-to-score or first-to-score. Beyond that, the exact method isn't publicly known. If you don't want the game to set your rewards, do a little bit more and break the tie yourself.

[wary salmon]

so it's rng 🙈. Thanks Cand1e

[dusty sable]

pRNG ... hardly believe scopely has true entropy for actual RNG

[wary salmon]

honestly i pictured some guy with a coin 😉

[dreamy patio]

https://tenor.com/view/toss-coin-flip-gif-26540302

[long osprey]

Tone-deaf Scopely’s International Women’s Day

And yet, still Women for Sale… any chains, chastity belt or burka as accessories?

The lack of sensibility on the subject is cringing

[ornate geyser]

That means they’re checking the engagement metrics to see if they got away with it.

[long osprey]

Yeah famous word uttered by all slaver, slave traders, clerics in the dark age, 20th century democracies about women’s rights, and on and on and on

Still a missive blunder

[cobalt dew]

They use anything to promote another pack and don't bother to fix stuff they released a month ago

[long osprey]

I wonder what would Beck answer if Scopely were to put a Price tag on Her for International’s Women’s day in the name of the "good of her employer"

[long osprey]

I hope she’s well paid to have "seen nothing wrong" with this publicity stunt [HER job]

Scopely be like :

— International Women’s day? — No problem. Women for sale ‼️ 100 bucks for an arm or a leg, chastity belt in option…

[heady mica]

Did they fix anything with 🌊 I am still getting errors and invisible others

[desert laurel]

Relax, it's a video game. They're selling pixel pack officers. There are no parallels to the real world, and certainly not selling people.

[long osprey]

As of 21h ago, nope

[heady mica]

It is like crypto? Digital air

[desert laurel]

Crypto could at least be traded and sold. This is even less than that.

[long osprey]

No, not at all, not like Star Trek has ever made social commentary on real world events or state of affairs… oh wait, #Nevermind

[desert laurel]

I simply think you're stretching far too much. It is a video game still. We're flying space ships destroying countless others and bombarding planets to wipe out millions of people. We partake in sleazy mission runs, thefts, revolutions, and assassinations for bits of rock and space gas.

It doesn't have to be serious, and it doesn't have to be compared to real people.

[long osprey]

With that same logic with a tiny little bit of decency a game shouldn’t CoOpt International Women’s Day to make money
That just in very poor taste, if not a blunder..

Christmas, St. Patrick's day, Labor's day, Valentine's Day, all very Real World and Yet = Packs
— There is Hope yet, Didn't see a Pack for MLK day… yet… 😳

[sonic aurora]

5 is a good officer, but not sure it is the best representative of women empowerment.

[long osprey]

Wel #BroCulture, what are you gonna do… paycheck dictates right and wrong… so…

[acoustic bear]

Mbenga for ever!

[paper venture]

We want to celebrate women by taking your cash!

[pallid vortex]

Any fleet commander upgrade events on the horizon?

[steady scaffold]

Looks like wave is still damaged

[autumn girder]

Best crew for silent hostiles?

Is there a consensus yet?

@desert laurel