🏆-event-chat

[dire veldt]

i would only exchange whats needed for first tier upgrades then check back, just in case

[rain whale]

Is there any possibility to check total pay out of battle pass in summary view?

[alpine niche]

I am sure one of these CC's has a list compiled, waiting for the arc to drop so they can release their videos.

And hoard information until then, when they can refer you to their video.

I will wait til one of the sheep watch it, and then ask them.

lol.

Kidding, I will just go into the arc itself and look at it, and do some simple math in a few minutes. Less time than it would take to watch their intros.

[tired cliff]

Hey scopley how about you give people a heads up on things like “hey you will need a free scrapyard for the next arc so don’t start scraping a ship”. So what are people supposed to do that have 7 days remaining on a ship being scraped? Way to go.

[alpine niche]

No way man.

[sinful vine]

Boy..... That second builder was the first time I ever spent money on the game. At $5 I felt it added tremendous value and I've been excited for the second researcher but.....$20?! That was a cheap shot to the players.

Please drop the cost to be inline with the builder. That will get so many more players to buy in.

[alpine niche]

How else do people get a leg up on leaderboards except at someone else's misfortune?

[alpine niche]

If they had introduced a bulk pack with both for $25, before the $5 builder, would you have bought it then? At $25 to get both, a second builder and a second research queue, would it have been worth it?

To me, the answer is absolutely yes.

[near sequoia]

ridicilous PR strategies

u will loose most fans over long period of time

comment deleted 🤣🤣🤣

nice service

[mossy jacinth]

Merci thx 🖖🏻

[alpine niche]

All a matter of perspective, I suppose.

[uncut garden]

Wait a second they’re charging 4x the amount for a second research as a second builder????

[sinful vine]

Perhaps I would. If they kept the $20 price but included the battlepass I could live with that too.

It's just a cheap shot but to scopley if they can get 1 million people to spend $5 or 250,000 people to spend $20 it's the same money to them.

I'd love to see the statistics on it but I suspect they got a lot more people like me who have never spent before to actually invest in their game. They should have done that again.

[distant barn]

Anyone else pissed off that there's going to be a scrapping related event, with no warning, and it's impossible to speed up ships already scrapping?

Wtf scopely?!?!

[near sequoia]

hahahahahahahahahahaah

hahahahhaahhahhaha

which ops needed for that event?

[abstract gate]

@distant barn I've been griping about it myself. But the trolls are out in force, not the people who actually inflicted this on us.

[modern estuary]

what makes it worse is you cannot hop alliances for helps anymore

[dapper halo]

You guys at Scopely are totally nuts. With one hand you give kinda awesome things but with your other hand you even take away much more. The second builder was 5€, now the second research are 20€, I mean really? Did you realize that you could have gotten even more money so it makes sense to increase the cost??

Also, I know that Franklin on higher ops was kinda useless, but instead of rebalancing an existing content, you decided to make a new one, sell it for tons of money instead, I know, you also need money, developing, employees etc. are not free, but this is very bad PR strategy. And on OPS 32 I should really get Franklin bps from the battlepass instead of the new Franklin A? Really? I should really get on ops 32 a ship which requires a level 17 shipyard? That's just ridiculous.

I feel like more and more that even if you make few good events, arc whatever, you make tons of bad things, making poor little players feeling horrible. Thank you, I think at this point I should really consider that I have to stop spending money on the game, supporting the developers and just walk away.

[abstract gate]

Really!?!? God damn Idiots!!!

[modern estuary]

you are supposed to scrap your maxed old franklin for new franklin-a its free, the second franklin is so you can have both

[long slate]

💩

[dapper drum]

just get the elite its bundled with a ultra research pack and its only 10 extra

[near sequoia]

why they dont explain it like normal human beings and just add stuff

so franklin a bp u get from scrapping maxed franklin?

but why do i need a second franklin?????? makes no sense

[modern estuary]

if less than ops 35 dont scrap your franklin

[dapper drum]

🔥

[modern estuary]

if ops35+ and maxed scrap your franklin and build new one

[abstract gate]

@modern estuary If your scrapyard isn't busy. Like some of us who actually use the scrapyard.

[dapper halo]

Seems fair, but this was not in the patch notes. Did not they think that this is a major thing and should have given information about it for lower players or newer server players?

[modern estuary]

yes it is

been busy for last 5 days

[abstract gate]

@modern estuary Try this.

[modern estuary]

unfortunate timing

[abstract gate]

@modern estuary Scopely's, not mine. And I'm not the only one. If the intent was to irk people more, they're winning prizes.

[modern estuary]

curious though you got epic g4?

[worthy gull]

so if we're under ops 35, this Battle Pass event is useless?

[abstract gate]

@modern estuary Not gonna dilute what I'm trying to get across to feed your curiosity.

[worthy gull]

we need to be ops 35 to get Frank-A to do the events?

[abstract gate]

@worthy gull Looks that way.

[modern estuary]

im curious to see how an epic g4 fairs agains these new swarms

[worthy gull]

way to make the whole arc useless for the big majority of your players

[modern estuary]

i wouldnt say arc is useless you still can get the officers

but i see your point

[abstract gate]

@worthy gull Well, even the ones it would be useful for, who actually PLAY the game, are getting penalized, so it's not as if anyone is happy except the people who just throw their wallets at Scopely and don't actually play the game.

[worthy gull]

that's my point. i'm f2p and i've played every single arc/BP event/overflow

[modern estuary]

2/10 is gonna be very useful for raiding

[worthy gull]

now i'm being shut out b/c i'm still ops 33

[modern estuary]

the ship is not event locked though when you can max your franklin and have shipyard at 35 you will still be able to get the bp for new ship

[worthy gull]

yeah, but it sounds like you can't do some of the events until you have a frank-a

[modern estuary]

you can it will just take longer using the original franklin

[worthy gull]

(let alone a max franklin)

so all that talk about reducing grinding was just hogwash?

[drifting vector]

Okay I can deal with longer and still get it done. The Franklin is a cheap repair ship

[uneven dove]

Not even maxed the Franklin -0 still one gun away

1.5 million of modulators to go with all reducing research done

[plucky kraken]

Really $20. U can keep the 2nd researcher

And BPs to build another franklin ...... WTF how about FMs to upgrade the one I have thats stuck at T5??????

[uneven dove]

With 22k per run

[abstract gate]

My official review of the new arc?
🐮 💩

[orchid shell]

I don’t understand the Franklin BPs in the battle pass. This will be the third event where you earn a free one. I didn’t want the second and really don’t want a third. Does anyone not have one yet? Even if you did earn one here, it will still take forever to grind the FMs needed to max. Even with the research completed.

[uneven dove]

I need about 700 runs for that last gun alone

[onyx terrace]

Do you need franklin A for new dailies? Killed some 35s and 39s and no score registered. Daily says you get a bonus for Frank A.

[uneven dove]

Probably Lag, just like everything else

Same as with the incorrect BpS in battle pass

[onyx terrace]

You are probably right.

Doing 180 level 35s swarms for the solo is depressing to.

[fluid bloom]

Hi - does anyone know if I should i upgrade my ops before starting the new arc? will the battlepass update the rewards or am i locked already (i'm lvl39 and could go 40 before starting the events but will use up most of my speedups) thanks 🙂

[abstract gate]

locked already

[worthy gull]

arc started at 11am EST - 1 hr earlier than normal

[earnest hornet]

If you havent scored points its supposed to adjust, but not 100% sure

[pale cobalt]

I'm ops 35 and did the Swarm event in 2 and half hulls of my T4 B'Rel against lvl 32 swarms because my Franklin is scrapping so the events are easily doable without the new Franklin

[dapper raft]

Is anyone able to explain the Franklin A’s t1 warp core? I’m ops 37 but can’t seem to find its access 😂

[pale cobalt]

No idea how you get those at the moment, I'm guessing it may be the same as the original where you get those from missions

[cerulean rose]

Do the Franklin researches (swarm weakpoints etc) also count for the Franklin-A?

[earnest hornet]

Yes

[pale cobalt]

They all do except the cost reduction research that only works on the Franklin 1.0 not the A

[cerulean rose]

Thanks 🖖

[soft gazelle]

Can we talk about how there are events planed that ops 35+ without a Franklin already maxed cannot participate in?

This event is not possible (at all) for any ops 35+ player without a maxed franklin

[alpine snow]

Compliment incoming:
These dont come a ton from me 🤣
I do like the new ticketed events. Its less sophies choice than last time. Where it was either help your alliance or help yourself. So good job scopley!
Now i gotta take a shower...

[rich atlas]

Sooo i bought second research for 19.99... goto start a research after and can only do the one i have currently running.. is this a bug?

[errant kettle]

Sorry if this was already asked but does anyone know if you'll be able to get the Franklin-A without buying it? I don't see bps as rewards in any of the battle pass milestones

[pale cobalt]

Scrap a maxed Franklin 1.0 to get the Franklin A BPs

Ops 35+ to get the Franklin A

[errant kettle]

Excellent, thanks!

[gaunt nymph]

If anyone's listening.... Borgmada rewards are complete crap. 1200 probes for a 35 epic is laughable

Also needing new FM modulator sucks

[abstract gate]

That's not new, they always sucked

[pale cobalt]

We were all hoping we had seen the last of those Borgmadas

[plucky kraken]

If they fix the rewards like to 200k probes ot wouldn't be bad

[abstract gate]

Or that they would be improved before they made us revist them

[pale cobalt]

No rewards aren't changing

[plucky kraken]

The app requires an update

[soft gazelle]

There is literally an event coming that retroactively requires a max ship

How is this a thing

[fierce beacon]

$copely: You're a bunch of greedy, opportunistic dickheads for bumping the cost of the second research slot 400% over the second builder. Shameful.

[wicked arrow]

American company chooses profits. More at 11.

[ashen wharf]

funny though its not an american company

[wicked arrow]

FINE!

Company chooses profits. More at 11!

[ashen wharf]

oh apparently it is now forgive me

[wicked arrow]

So I can go back to what it was?

[ashen wharf]

they used to be main headquatered but they found out americans are dumb

[abstract gate]

The joke is dead, stop beating it

[drifting wigeon]

@rough mulch will the research items for Franklin that were added to the galaxy tree still work with the Franklin-A?

[pale cobalt]

Yes all of them except the cost reduction research

[dusky tinsel]

Earning the event ticket feels awful. Like it makes me regret spending my time playing this game

[pale steppe]

This isn’t about profits over time. This is about squeezing out all the money they can before an investor exit, probably in the next quarter.

[ornate dove]

So, I have ship skin shards (76) from the last event. Will I get to use them to unlock these new ship skins?

[red trench]

What are we supposed to do with all the 'old' frequency modulators? Now that the MK2 is needed for Franky2.0?

[pale steppe]

Until ship skins let me make my Vi’Dar hot pink, I will not be satisfied.

[dapper drum]

shouldn't be skins, should be color palettes and you customize how you use them

[woeful seal]

Why does lvl 39 swarm count for the lvl39+ swarm daily?

[next lion]

So we will get the BPs for a “new” old Franklin in battlepass, but what about the special warp pieces to tier it up. In the store maybe later???

[long slate]

How do you get this?

[ionic fjord]

You get the new Franklin in battlepass? I only get BP for the old one on level 35

[abstract gate]

Everyone gets bp for the old one

[solid quail]

Anyone figured out if there is a way to unlock new Franklin without paying up?

[hasty crystal]

should have the normal franklin for free at the end of battlepass

if you do all the events

[wicked arrow]

Whats the build time on Frank A

[full charm]

I'm putting this here because #🌌-galaxy-chat is a mess where actual questions get lost in the ranting.: Am I missing something on how to acquire the Plasma Blast projectile refit? Does it require multiple currencies or is the converter just not there yet?

[lunar chasm]

@solid quail you can scrap a maxed out 'old' franklin!

[full charm]

Doesn't even have to be max. Just Tier 9. Or, if you have a few somehow, you can do several at lower tiers. But, that's kind of rough.

[drowsy roost]

I don't understand the fixation with the Franklin, my Vahklas does just fine with Swarms

[full charm]

Swarms quickly outpace the Vahklas. You're still on the lower level ones, I imagine.

[novel hollow]

Not spending 5x the trit and speed ups

[drowsy roost]

Level 26, hoping to go higher soon

[novel hollow]

Go hit a 30 swarm w your Vahklas

[drowsy roost]

I CAN do the 28s and 30s, but not as many before repairs

Lucky to hit one, lol

Regardless, I probably won't bother with the Franklin much at all🤷‍♀️

[manic grove]

What's up with the warp range for the new swarm systems?? 75 warp is pretty steep

[woeful seal]

Any good swarm crews with 5 to increase those new modulators?

[solid quail]

Well, more and more events for high levels to get higher?

[dapper raft]

There is a refinery to change them into the new ones

[solid quail]

@drowsy roost I had the same opinion, until I had to deal with 50 lvl 32 swarm a day. Franklin pays off in the end

[dapper raft]

The non borg jaylah increases rewards

[drowsy roost]

Probably wait until I get enough Blueprints for it then

[full charm]

this arc

[solid quail]

@lunar chasm I’m kind of less than thrilled by a prospect of scrapping a ship that just started paying off, to start a new grind 😂

[gilded berry]

Franklin is much cheaper to repair in speedups and rss than valkhas or any other ship. Invest in it when you get it is my advice. Easy source of daily points

[novel hollow]

Your loss

[drowsy roost]

I haven't needed to do Swarms to finish my Dailies yet, but I'm sure that's coming

[wispy cloud]

Are the new daily swarm broken or just me ?

[novel hollow]

Just you

[silver solstice]

I love it when people say I can do my swarms without a franklin. They just don't know whats coming 🙂

[dapper raft]

I had a ball buster of a laugh at the swarmada power 😂

[silver solstice]

Then when they get there they are like CRAP I need a Franklin. Why didn't someone tell me it takes a year's worth of grinding to get the mods to tier it?

[full charm]

still blows my mind to see folks running around in swarm 32/35 with a saladin or somesuchthing. Actually, you should talk to your guys about that. I see them in there pretty often

[silver solstice]

Trust me, I tried, they don't listen. They will when they have to start hitting 35s and higher.

[drowsy roost]

So I guess I'll just finish Swarms Daily now, should have the Franklin by the end of this Arc

[modern estuary]

@fresh peak will there be a way for people to get the warp drive components so they can upgrade the original franklin as well as new franklin?

[silver solstice]

Those are found in the swarm missions and by upgrading your station

[modern estuary]

thats all good if you maxed your first franklin but to upgrade a second one?

[silver solstice]

Ummm, I never really thought to do that, so good question.

[drowsy roost]

Might spring for the $100 BP too, get more shards for Jaylah...could get her unlocked by the end as well

[full charm]

Last repost, really hoping for an answer. But, maybe there just isn't one, yet.: Am I missing something on how to acquire the Plasma Blast projectile refit? Does it require multiple currencies or is the converter just not there yet?

[modern estuary]

you can win them from events

event just not yet available but its coming in this arc

[silver solstice]

Pretty sure PB shards aren't out yet

[full charm]

if you look at the refit, though, it appears to take Rare Projectile Shards (which I have 144 of), maybe in addition to the Plasma ones?

[silver solstice]

Its takes both Mox. 50 rare projectile, and 50 PB shards

[full charm]

The main reason I'm even curious is that on his video, DJ seemed to say we may already have enough shards to get it at arc drop

[silver solstice]

Wouldn't be a new scopley arc without intoducing a new type of currency.

[drowsy roost]

Lol

[marsh kernel]

49.99 IN STORE. only seen it once in six months Frankin Warp pack

[silver solstice]

Frankly (no pun intended) I'm a little amazed they didn't bring in a new type of grind again. Got worms last time, was expecting something else equally dumb this time around.

[full charm]

swarms 😉

[modern estuary]

there need to be a free way too i only need 1 rare warp core component

[obtuse shoal]

I ran 7-5(c)-Tlaan for a long time to max modulators. Killed less swarm than PMT but gained more modulators.

[silver solstice]

I wouldn't bet on that, you know they love to nickle and dime folks. Explains why you had to buy 2 separate packs to get the Franklin at times, if you didn't go the free route in Arc stores.

[modern estuary]

it makes the second franklin useless without being able to upgrade it for free

[edgy yacht]

Does that mean you get 150 blueprints

[silver solstice]

You need to max your franklin to get the full BPS for the Fanky A

[modern estuary]

yes lady but you need 200 so max your franklin BEFORE you scrap it

[full charm]

no need to max. Level 41 is enough

[modern estuary]

you get 200 if franklin is maxed at t9 lvl 45

[edgy yacht]

So I would have to only paid $20 more to get it

If I scrap now

I have to think about that

Lol thank you

[modern estuary]

dont do it wait til you max it

[full charm]

That $20 may save a lot of grinding FMs

[silver solstice]

If you start a new Franklin from Tier 1 you are going to have to Tier it to say T6/7 to get the extra 50 bps you need. I wouldn't do that. That would suck

[modern estuary]

after this grind is done you might have enuff lol

[viral sail]

Not to mention you cannot get the special items needed to tier the Franklin without paying

I have a second Franklin and the FMs but cannot upgrade it

[modern estuary]

@abstract gate @fresh peak you need to give us a way to get the warp drive components for franklins for free for those who have a 2nd franklin

[silver solstice]

I can wait on the A, I got the sarco for free, a lot of players are still waiting for that, although it doesn't do much since TC has all but stopped on my server.

[modern estuary]

i need just 1 rare warp drive component then i can max out my 2nd franklin so i can scrap one and keep the other

[drowsy roost]

So if I get the Franklin from this Event, I would have to max Tier it to get the Franklin-A? Or am I missing something?

[silver solstice]

Pretty much CB

[drowsy roost]

Lame

[full charm]

and be ops/scrapyard/shipyard 35

[silver solstice]

I'm sure there will be a pack with the BPs at some point, but it will likely be a $100 thing.

[urban dagger]

Where do you get tickets 4 ticket events?

[modern estuary]

that mod @abstract gate @fresh peak maybe add them to the battlepass rewards

[silver solstice]

You are gifted 10 each day wake

[full charm]

in your SMS

[drowsy roost]

Oh I'm sure

[upper edge]

Ticketed event Separatisit Attack... why are level 26 bosses only awarding 390 points instead of 520? And am I the only one who thinks these point requirements for each MS are ungodly?

[urban dagger]

Thx @full charm

Don’t think they r gifted @silver solstice

[full charm]

They made a Sep event where Seps are a terrible way to do it. Go kill 40s and get 10x the points that the bosses are worth.

[obtuse shoal]

I found it easier to just hunt my usual hostiles at 2k a pop.. the worms and separatists are a McGuffin. but it is a steep milestone series

[silver solstice]

They are. Look in your gifts section.

If you don't see them, restart your game. If you still don't, update your client. If you still don't see them, uninstall and find a different game 🙂

[obtuse shoal]

get thee gone. troll 😛

[silver solstice]

Why do you have to mess with the fun?

[novel spruce]

So at 390 per L29 boss I have to kill 598 Seperatists to finish the hostile ticket or if it just that the bonus isn’t working it’s 150

[worn kestrel]

Is there or will there be a trade-in for FMs to take the overstock players have been unhappy with, exchange them for the F-A FMs, in this arc?

[full charm]

just go kill 40s. 10x the points.

[novel spruce]

I would if I had the power what is your highest ship power?

[full charm]

You can probably succeed in Wolf or Mempa/Yadalla (38s). Ignore the ship power numbers, they are not that strong in either system.

[novel spruce]

Ah the special hostile go me looking going whaaaaat the hell.............

I crew and send the pid out there now

That make 38 L40’s

[lethal quarry]

My Franklin is Tier 8 lvl 40, should I wait to scrap it?

[agile pecan]

yes

[lethal quarry]

👍🏼

[timid cave]

Somehow for the ticketed event for killing hostiles the separatist bosses only yield 3 x the point score for the hostile lvl 26 rather than 4 x, as it says they should in the description... 130 x 4 is 520... not 390... 130 x 3 is 390... so unless math has changed significantly since I was in school, the scoring for this event is screwed up...

[novel spruce]

Or 100 L38’s

[upper edge]

Thanks for the tip. Why they call it a Separatist Hunt when they suck as a method to completion is beyond me... Scopely logic at its best.

[pseudo kindle]

I'm done with all the events

[sonic cloud]

It sounds obvious but did anyone confirm if you need 4* ship research to build Franklin A?

[rough frost]

Hum yes, wait 😂 you need to scrap it only at lvl 45 or you won't have enough to build the new Franklin 😅

[full charm]

level 41 is enough

[rough frost]

@lethal quarry ⬆️

[lethal quarry]

Thanks

[rough frost]

I haven't checked yet, cool 41 is enough then 👍

45 give that

[timid cave]

Where do you find 29 bosses?

[novel spruce]

Constantine

Parleon and urthal

[wide mural]

@sonic cloud you can build it at ops 35 so won't need 4 ship research for it, same as jelly

[alpine snow]

I got 520 for a boss kill. However hitting them is pointless since you can score more pts by killing a lvl 32. Not sure why they call it a separatist event without making the pts worth even hitting one

[timid cave]

Our server is getting 390... but agree it’s pointless

[pseudo bison]

The New Lvl 39 swap systems dont count towards the dailies?
Took the Black Jelly into the lvl 39 swarm systems and did not get credit for Defeating at L39+ Swarm for the New dailies

[alpine snow]

I think that may be lag. The 390 is the "bonus" amount. You'll prob get the 130 eventually

[viral forge]

They cant give more points for separatist cause they know they broke them when they took burning away, they just want a different graphic

[clever wasp]

I'm on server 51 and I'm getting the full 520 points. the banner is only displaying 390 but when I check the event tab the points are adding up correctly.

Their banners are always jackedup

[rotund plume]

If I’m not mistaken we should be able to get some Jallayah shards but from where? Anyone knows?

[languid jolt]

Why the hell didn't they include Freq mods in the rewards for battle pass?

Wish I never built the first franklin - it takes for ever to upgrade and likely will never be better at killing swarms than my max Sally

[drifting briar]

1.5 hr repair time vs 7.5

[languid jolt]

Don't really care about repair time - I get more speed ups everyday from dailies than I need

same with repair costs - I have enough available rss and don't worry about ship repairs

[drifting briar]

yup but at lower levels you dont have access to a saladin

[olive cypress]

Anyone have he event detalis for Mining mayem/apex outlaw/prelude?

[viral forge]

@languid jolt yep like instead blueprint

[inland hamlet]

@languid jolt try swarm 37 lol then ask again. Also try a swarmada

Oh yes ofc can't get warp 75 in a sally

6 iss jelly got wrecked by a swRmafa so you think your Sally will cut it

[trim pumice]

Event This Scopely. You SCREWED me on today's Ticketed event. I decided to do Combat Prep for the recruit tokens only to find out that upgrading Defense Platforms DOESN'T count.

[abstract gate]

Feeling a little cheated here. I have a Frank, why would I ever want to build a second one. At least give me bps for the new one. I can't build it yet, but at least they'd be useful.

[inland hamlet]

@trim pumice never has counted since says officer xp and ship xp

@abstract gate max old one scrap it get free bps for new one it's not difficult to read

[quiet cloud]

Ideas on where the new interlock can be found?

[viral forge]

Dopely and killing of the battlepass

[inland hamlet]

@abstract gate plus old one can't kill 37s us

[abstract gate]

Read that where? I must have missed it.

[inland hamlet]

@quiet cloud probably from upgrade missions after completing new swarm chain

[quiet cloud]

ty

[inland hamlet]

@abstract gate got to your resources tab where swarm biomaterials are. Lvl 35 plus can scrap old franklin max tier and xp lvl and get all bp for franklin a to build it

[abstract gate]

I have no need to kill 37s yet, but that just leans into my point though. I have a Frank, as many do, why give me the bps for one in the Battle Pass?

[inland hamlet]

Also find new bio resources after ops 35

@abstract gate because some haven't got 1

Last event store you got half this bp you get other half

=franklin unlock

Once you max franklin scrap at lvl 35, get bps to build franklin a

[abstract gate]

Unless I did my math wrong, there are 90 in this month's Battle Pass. I'm gonna look again.

[inland hamlet]

Then it's full unlock, maybe some people started new like new servers

And those that collect ships can build a t1 one for their collection

Cos ofc some people don't want to scrap a t9 ship or pay 100 for new franklin a

Keeps everyone happy

[abstract gate]

Confirmed, 90 bps on the free track.

[inland hamlet]

Doubt you will be able to upgrade a 2nd old one though, since interlocks were mission based

But dare say will be a pay option for those that must

Same as b4

[quiet patio]

How does one get the Franklin A warp interlock?

Or warp core or something like that

[abstract gate]

I don't see where you can scrap it. Must be level related. I'm only 28 and you have to be 35 to even build the Frank A.

[shy fulcrum]

Youre scrapyard must be lv 35

[acoustic lantern]

"Fixed an exploit that allowed players to gain unlimited help requests by leaving and joining different alliances."
Thx for fixing something which was one of the very few things, which helped player. But old bugs like pike-bug not synch'ing properly with all officers (like stonn, Culber, and for sure many more) stay since years...

[alpine snow]

I like the Franklin A. As a lvl 30 player it is something I know i can get eventually as i contine to work on my franklin. It doesnt require bp accumulation that may be lvl locked or hoping to get months later thru an event store (like previous ships). Also it doesn't bring in a new mechanic that i have to wait and catch up on months later. I like this idea as a way to add ships.

[uneven dove]

Arc gives normal franklin bps

[alpine snow]

Yes for the small group of players that dont have a franklin, thats nice they finally made the bps easy to get (shouldve happened awhile ago). For the majority of us, its a waste of a battlepass prize.

[trim pumice]

@inland hamlet , where in Combat Prep does it say Officer XP?

The event SPECIFICALLY says gain power by building. It doesn't say by building a ship or anything relating to officers

[lean stone]

Ship xp or building

Anyone know where to get this?

[pseudo rover]

Should become available via missions

[lean stone]

Running the new missions now so we will see

[pseudo rover]

I'm not very definitive as my reference material isn't very good on the topic. Do let me know if you definitively know whether they do or don't if you would be so kind 😅

[lean stone]

I will. Makes me wonder if it's the top cost mission return to the death place or whatever it is that will give em

[pseudo rover]

Reading #🌌-galaxy-chat , I see @pale wind mentioning a chain that hasn't been released. He might know more.

[gilded nebula]

Again the highest levels are the most advantaged and those of us below will be stuck for years now, and leave the game out of abject boredom. The high levels will have even fewer to play with and you will lose your whales too.

[pseudo rover]

I summon who I please. Now speak, demon!

😂

please

[jaunty copper]

@pseudo rover did you get us the good rewards back? Lol

[rustic spear]

Just reading up. So built a second Franklin. Had the bp sitting there. You can get to tier 2. Then stuck as you need part only given through mission you already have done a long time ago

So hoping to keep your main Franklin you worked so hard to max out. Wont happen unless you buy the ship

[teal vine]

You can - of course - buy a pack for the warp components on swarm Sunday

[alpine snow]

Unless your collecting maxed ships. Once you get a Franklin A, youll prob never use a regular anyway

[dusky relic]

Im bored

[unkempt pecan]

Anybody know how you get the Franklin warp interlock Mk11 part? I’m ops37 but have no option to receive the part to enable its tiering to T2. . . .

[unkempt pecan]

Cheers Zod. Not had the mission, so i’ll raise a ticket. 👍

[quasi token]

I think it will be given out later.

[viscid sinew]

Why can't we get more arc related stuff in the BP milestone rewards? Old Franklin BPs? Few officer shards that means nothing a it will take a year to grind out the rest, if I'm lucky? New skin parts, where the rest i will need to unlock will be available never?

At least in the last arc we got the green beam...

EVERYTHING in LB events is heavily paywall locked, so is totally irrelevant for 99% of the players. Did nobody in scopely understand how demotivating that is?

Seriously considering not buying the extra BP this arc

[edgy gull]

which are new Swarm systems?

[hollow walrus]

Anyone having the same issue?

[keen ledge]

The parts will be available through a mission chain being sent as a gift chest. We are checking on the ETA for that chest now.

[hollow walrus]

Ok

[keen ledge]

@maiden helm Mind the language - no cussing allowed here.

[sick salmon]

"...above level 35" soooooo, level 36?

[alpine snow]

I think so. Weird wording

[edgy gull]

swarm systems for new daily where?

[maiden helm]

This makes is horse 💩

[fast drift]

Since when did scoplay make the ferengi traders raidable from another player

[keen ledge]

They have always been that way. If you are over-protected limits, that is one of the OP items.

[fast drift]

No when they first launched you could not steal them from another player

[keen ledge]

Yes, you could.

[fast drift]

Panic said so himself

[keen ledge]

It's been that way since the beginning. We disproved his statement almost right away.

[fast drift]

I was here when they launched and no they was not

Cause anytime I tried it just gave me the probes

Not the trinket

[onyx terrace]

Are they going to sort out the daily bug? I have completed one of the new swarm but no kill have been registered.

[fast drift]

Mine has in the new 35 system but not the original 35 system

[cosmic sage]

Yes they were if you went over protected you could loose them.

[young rose]

What systems are the level 25 and 26 ferengi traders in?

[onyx terrace]

I even killed some 39s but still not registered

[fast drift]

Not on server 17 I tried taking them from someone opc with a trinket and only got the probes no trinket

[smoky flax]

Will there be an event or new mission line that awards a set of original Franklin Warp Drive components?

[rotund plume]

Hey, don’t forget that there is always a player who’s better than you and the very same player was once the same level you are now. And no you don’t need to spend any money to get any of the pre lvl 40 rare or epic ships. All you need to do is play.

[restive inlet]

Really more then 8 hours repair time? My maxed franklin only needed 1,5 hours now 8?

[glossy jungle]

And now the friendly alliance hopping lvl 43+ players are unable to hop and now gonna be bored because their builds are taking Months Now and instead of red triangles they hunting Blue triangles trying to grind to getting better. Yay.

[restive inlet]

And don’t forget the nearly 1 m tri for repair the franklin a! I‘m not sure if this is really 2.0 or only 0.9

[glossy jungle]

Their research that decreases the time dont remove much off base. Almost like it is just a material pit to waste your material

[restive inlet]

It’s like level up in reputation at the rogue faction, „ohh you are better with me: pay more and get less!“

And I’m like: „sure I like you so much I give you all my money“

[narrow crypt]

Scopely's motto is 'More for Less'

[earnest hornet]

Sorry, but @keen ledge is correct it’s been that way since day 1. Yes we were told they weren’t, but that was incorrect

[drifting vector]

I think you meant less for more...

[narrow crypt]

No no - you do/pay/grind More for Less...

[rotund plume]

Hopefully they’ll send more speed ups as rewards. Buying them with latinium will help also. I agree that them removing what they call bug is bad decision. My msg was aimed for people who are upset that they don’t have Franklin A but lvl 35+ does. Up until level 36 everything is relatively quick to build

[abstract gate]

I've already said it in my alliance chat and discord. If this sort of BS keeps up, I will be turning griefer until I run out of resources, then I will uninstall the game and say so long. I've only stuck around this long because I've got a great group that's fun to play with (and gripe with).

Oh, and I'm lvl 41 with a Jelly, so people are definitely going to feel it

[abstract gate]

only req is ops 35 & shipyard 35

@abstract gate "only"

[abstract gate]

it's an expansion on 18months of gaming. Maxing the orginal frank was a serious grind. why shouldn't it be for others?

[rough frost]

The first few tiers need only g3, the g4 is needed later. Francky 2 is op locked like the 1rst

[tawny olive]

Disabling helps is not silly.. Getting that advantage going through 3 alliances is the silly part

You know the real reason people are jumping alliances are territory particles not helps

[abstract gate]

How was that silly. When you reach high levels it's the only way to allow you to advance without spending metric tonnes of lat or money

I've got all the particles on my server, I don't need to jump for that. I need more help on the 300+ day builds I've got or the 60+ day researches

[tawny olive]

Never seen it allowed in anyyyyyy other game ...

[abstract gate]

I've also never seen a game that charges $99 as the base for all packs

[tawny olive]

and yes there are long builds in that game too just like this one

[abstract gate]

What's your point?

[ember walrus]

When your happy a pack is only $20 there is an issue

[tawny olive]

They don't make ya buy it 🤣 which is why I don't .. Not spending $100 on a pack that does literally nothing to help you advance with one pack..

I wasn't happy the builder was $5 and the researcher was $20 400% increase is the scopely way tho

[abstract gate]

Just because you didn't take advantage of the alliance hoping to get additional help, doesn't mean it wasn't a major advantage for those of us who did

It also encouraged us to treat the other alliances as people, and let us get to know each other

Although, I understand having servers constantly at war is of benefit to $copely

[ember walrus]

If they dropped random $20 packs with decent stuff like the shakedown crew. They would make more because players would jump on the "discounted" pack

[viral forge]

No, they just need to cut the crap by 4

[viscid sinew]

So maybe they can fix the hundreds of days build times?

[abstract gate]

Parebelum event gives tons of latinum. How much? 25k per event. That's 80 days worth of speedups.

[heavy edge]

Perhaps in your server. Not mine. We have an agreement between alliances for exchanging territories regularly. So particules are not a problem. 60, 90, 150, ... days of construction / research are a problem. That’s why we jump between alliances.

[abstract gate]

There is so few items that you can get fair exchange on latinum. Speedups are one of few things that is worth spending latinum

[tawny olive]

Y'all are funny getting mad cause you can't exploit the system anymore. Makes me laugh

[heavy edge]

Laugh, you are free ...

[abstract gate]

Won't laugh so hard when scopely decides to pull the plug on this game because those of us who see this as a big problem decide to walk away. I've spent way more than I should have on this game, and I am currently debating it's even worth my time anymore

[cunning radish]

What are you mad about?

[tawny olive]

Y'all are too funny

[abstract gate]

Lots of things with this game, but currently the biggest frustration was the removal of the ability to hop to other alliances for helps

[tawny olive]

I am 1000% sure that was a never an intended mechanic ... I have never seen another game allow it either, so quit.. Go play a new game that doesn't let you do it either and start all over.. Spend double what you invested in here .. No one makes you spend that money

[cunning radish]

fair enough i guess

but yeah i dont think it was ever intended

i mean its that kinda game after all. they increase time needed rapidly

but its never fun having something taken away

[tawny olive]

Yeah, but they probably weren't aware it was going on till it was being mass exploited

[abstract gate]

Honestly, if it had been fixed a year ago, or even back when I was in my early 30's, I'd probably have never noticed or cared.

[cunning radish]

yeah im still 29 so

[tawny olive]

It should have been addressed in the bug fixes tho

To me that means they fixed it without even knowing they did it 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Once they seen it was fixed then said oh that was intentional 🤣🤣

[scenic vessel]

They knew about is cause they added the 8 hour cool down to discourage it and did a survey on it as well, think people are just angry that they took something that has been in the game for years, especially cause we know that whales, having exploited it themselves, asked them to remove it

[tawny olive]

I am glad it gone.. Now they need to fix the territory rss sharing by locking it to the people in the alliance during the takeover period. Strong alliance who have the zones shouldn't be exploiting for extra shiz the small fry can't even touch..

[scenic vessel]

Why are you happy it is gone?

[tawny olive]

Because it was people exploiting a known bug/glitch..

you all bish all day bout bug need fixing and when you get one to work for you the pitch forks come out.. It's funny as hell

when it taken away

[vestal heron]

Not sure about the whale part😆
Truth is the game is imbalanced you do all this research build your base and time and cost scale exponentially but the resources and materials don’t.
The Refinery has been a joke from the beginning and although they brag about increase in event payouts it’s nothing close to what’s needed.

[tawny olive]

I agree 100%, but exploting bugs is only compounding the problems

[vestal heron]

Then they add new content and pass over minor details and major bugs

[scenic vessel]

How when everyone can do so?

[tawny olive]

https://tenor.com/view/aduh-alamak-adumak-ya-ampun-oh-my-god-gif-14782333

[vestal heron]

Hopping allowed players to progress without some of the cost but they miss out on alliance rewards

[scenic vessel]

We just did it when there wasn’t an alliance event

Most of our server did that

The only people on our server who disliked help jumping were the few who no one would invite

That I know about

[tawny olive]

Cause that isn't the definition of exploiting a bug, right? ...

[scenic vessel]

But faction lock was a bug, how is this different?

[summer gull]

Hey, if we are exploiting one bug then how much are Scopley exploiting us when the game has itself hundreds of bugs?

[tawny olive]

Faction lock not a bug. They have fully announced it

[vestal heron]

It’s the small details that leave us feeling screwed.
Like scraping your second Franklin which was a hard slog despite spending the money for warp core etc. THEN all you get are prints for a NEW FRANKLIN but none of the parts or even upgraded materials you’ll need for NEW AND IMPROVED.

[soft gazelle]

Alliance hopping helped players and hurt Scopley that's why it was stopped

[tawny olive]

I play bug free 99% of the time..

[scenic vessel]

Faction lock was a bug, but when they removed it people complained so they put it back

[raw sleet]

I'm having an issue with the new swarm Dailies, I'm 43 it say 20 43+ and 25 35+, However the 35, 37, 39 and 41s don't count only 43s

[vestal heron]

Pew pew must never play 😜

[soft gazelle]

Helps hopping didn't hurt any players, since it was even for everyone. Well I guess if no one would invite you to their Alliance it hurt you. It basically gave everyone equal opportunity to free speed ups. Scopley wants us to pay for those speed ups so they shut it down (two years later)

[novel venture]

No you don't, a lot of the officers are bugged vs their descriptions, you play with bugs 100% of the time

[feral spoke]

You never had to pay to get the cores it was obtainable in missions; Frankie A will also have missions to get the parts + Level locked

[vestal heron]

Not for a second wasn’t

[pale cobalt]

Faction lock wasn't a bug, max faction rep was 10m and factions lock at max rep so we worked towards maxing the rep and scopely moved the goal post and removed the locks we work so hard to get, that's why the locks were put back, Scopely even admitted that they didn't know players were actually locking all 3 factions and even planning towards maxing 3 factions

[vestal heron]

I got both free they ran the event twice loved my second cut my swarm times in half. AND THE REWARDS WERE GREAT

[soft gazelle]

Scopely not understanding the player base is their trademark

[pale cobalt]

They apologised and the locks were only gone for a week so building the rep we lost in a week wasn't that difficult to be fair though

[summer gull]

Fact is you’re being screwed by all the bugs in the game. Loads of dead ships all over the place, excessive lag means you hit more than you might need to. A banner system that stops and blocks the screen...just for starters.

[pale cobalt]

But without those features/bugs we wouldn't have anything to complain about, wheres the fun in that 😂🤣

[summer gull]

Enough is enough though. It’s gone too far.

[tawny olive]

There are other games out there. If you're not happy.. No ones stopping you from playing something else

[serene ridge]

Rip ally jumping about time

[rigid solar]

Anyone point me in the direction of info on scrapping the Franklin, building the Franklin-A etc? Performance v L32s and L35s for Frank-A etc etc

[tawny olive]

Scrapping the franklin is 24 hrs without helps

That is with scrapyyard 35 and one hit on apex chop shop

[heavy cradle]

they knew about going on helps holidays for 2 years. They implemented the 8 hour lockout to "fix" the original exploit (which was chain leaving/joining your own alliance to reset it). It took them 2 years to actually create a fix that didn't break other things worse.

[summer gull]

I played this game for the social element @tawny olive Scopley have ruined it due to greed.

[tawny olive]

Heard building it is 60days. I really hope they fix/address that @fresh peak

[pale cobalt]

Scrap Franklin 1.0 at T9 level 41 or higher will get you the BPs needed to build the Franklin A, Franklin A build time 56 days, scrapyard level 35 is required

[tawny olive]

Lmao social elements are free bro

[heavy cradle]

it's 60 days build base. with helps you get down to around 50 days.

[scenic vessel]

Still think it will kill the game, was lucky had just finished a help tour to do my 70days for ops 39 but unless there is a serious reduction in build and research times likely quit when I hit the next big build

[rigid solar]

Ugh 56 days! 🤮

[heavy cradle]

about 11k latinum to rush finishing it

[tawny olive]

I have enough, but dang

[pale cobalt]

Franklin A is needed on the 8th if you are Ops 35+

[rigid solar]

Thanks @tawny olive @heavy cradle @pale cobalt 💚

[summer gull]

Never mind @tawny olive

[pale cobalt]

So FTP ops 35+ can ignore this arc

How they expect FTP to build a 56 day build ship in just over 24 hours is a joke

[heavy cradle]

not really

I'm not quite FTP, but I have consistently had at least 11k latinum around for over a year.

[tawny olive]

That goes bye bye fast with epic ships

[heavy cradle]

with the changes to the dvor, I have even more. Just have to make a choice on if you are willing to spend that 11k to rush it.

[pale cobalt]

Ops 35+ have to do swarm armadas located in warp 75 systems need the Franklin A unless you are the only ops 35 with a maxed Epic ship

[summer gull]

@tawny olive I enjoyed hopping to other Alliances for helps and meeting other players. It was kinda fun. Spoiled it now for me. There were other things that have been stopped...but never mind. It doesn’t matter.

[scenic vessel]

But you can still go to get particles and help fill out alliances for takeovers

[serene ridge]

If u play right u don't need to ally jump I had over 500hrs just from events

[tawny olive]

🤣 I so happy it was taken out. Exploiting bugs are bannable in other games, so thank your lucky stars they aren't handing those out

[heavy cradle]

the fact they "fixed" helps, but didn't fix the whale stacking and hijacking TC is beyond me.

[rigid solar]

Have any of you seen Franklin-A upgrade costs?

[heavy cradle]

like, it's okay for your high paying players to extort a server, but helps?!? we gotta put a stop to that stomps foot

[robust vapor]

Actually faction lock was described as an "unintended bug" by panic 🤷‍♂️

[tawny olive]

Territories are a joke to begin with. p2w controls everything and you should know that as your alliance has plenty of them

[scenic vessel]

You answered your own question “whales”

[heavy cradle]

good luck in not using that for scrapping your franklin. Oh, and remember that you'll have 400 DAY upgrades soon.

[summer gull]

@tawny olive forget it mate.

[heavy cradle]

so 500 hours is 1/24th of what you need

[heavy cradle]

pointing out the hypocrisy more than actually asking a real question, lol

and faction lock at 10m was removed for a hot minute last year.

and was QUICKLY reversed. like within days.

[serene ridge]

Your missing the point the game isn't a race to see who can get bigger the fastest and you wonder why there's so many bugs ya trying to race a game that's intended to take time geek logic

[scenic vessel]

But again, the whales asked them to put them back, and here the whales asked them to remove them

[summer gull]

Exploiting a bug is not a one way street. We are also being exploited.

[heavy cradle]

it's not intended to take a long time, it's intended that you pay. It's a pay 2 win game, period.

every other mechanic is to punish you for not paying

[novel venture]

One of the main problems is that nobody believes they fixed this bug to give players a better experience, they fixed it to make more sales only

[rigid solar]

Doubt whales asked to remove help tours - had one with us the other day with a build or research over 300 days...

[serene ridge]

Well pay or stop moaning I don't pay I'm happy to just plod along

[tawny olive]

100% Any game you play will want that $$$$$$$$$$

[twin karma]

So there a ticket event but no tickets?

[tawny olive]

https://tenor.com/view/breaking-bread-food-carbs-bread-baguette-gif-14037631

[tawny olive]

Swarm war has 10 tickets for the sms

[cunning radish]

@twin karma tickets come from battlepass

[robust vapor]

Finish the swarm SMS event?

[cunning radish]

or sms event yeah

[scenic vessel]

One of our alliance who is on the whale discord said they were asking for it and voted on it

[rigid solar]

Tickets can be bought for cash and earned via Battle Pass milestones

[cunning radish]

mind you, if they cared about profit that much, you'd think theyd have done it quicker rather than wait 2 years

[swift sage]

there's a whale discord?

[heavy cradle]

strangely clash of clans doesn't do it, and is consistently higher in the category than STFC. Yes you can pay to get more rss/unlocks.... but most of their money is on their monthly pass and consumables that you don't need to be a max level player.

[serene ridge]

So much hate this game needs more of this

[rigid solar]

Jesus, that's some strange thinking... wow

[tawny olive]

Gear and rss is their gimmick I am sure

Or heroes

[heavy cradle]

@twin karma - do the swarm event, the top milestone is 10 tickets today

it's not in the battlepass

[tawny olive]

Lordmobile is gear. Like ships here.. Only they are all rng and cost wayyyyyy more moniesssss

[heavy cradle]

all my heroes are max. all my gear is at near top tier. I have purchased their $5 monthly pass pretty regularly for cosmetics and extra mats, but it's $5.

[rigid solar]

Have you seen any Franklin-A upgrade costs?

[pale cobalt]

Not yet no

[tawny olive]

This game should be 5-20 packs.. They would make so much more money with a broader scope of clients and still have that $99 pack hanging there, but they are dumb with it

[heavy cradle]

1000% this. QFT

[serene ridge]

On the plus side they will run out of letters to add to ships eventually

[heavy cradle]

voyager-J was in disco season 3...

[rigid solar]

Thanks, will keep a look out tomorrow so. Only one in my alliance that might bother scrapping thusfar so will hang on to see how much of a hole I'll dig myself if I scrap 🤪

[pale cobalt]

My Franklin 1.0 is still in the scrapyard and won't get the Franklin A until the arc ends I can't afford to rush a 56 day build

[rigid solar]

Sounds like many won't bother rushing it tbh

[tired cliff]

I’m sure someone mentioned this but the dam new L35 swarm daily is Broken. You need to kill level 43 swarms to score points.

[pale cobalt]

I was really looking forward to playing this arc it had so much promise but that 56 day build has ruled me out of the entire arc now

[rigid solar]

Maybe there's hope on the Vi'Dar side of things

[ember walrus]

Maybe but those borgmadas scare the crap out of me was not here for first run

[pale cobalt]

I did today's events using my T4 B'Rel expensive yeah but thought it's only one day it's fine but using a B'Rel to kill swarm for a month is too expensive and time consuming and not being able to do the swarm armadas has killed the arc for me

[tired cliff]

And scopley why can’t we turn in frequency modulators for something or even the modulators mkII. I’ve got 50 million of them. With the Grandiose stability their game has I’m going to crash the friggin thing with a truncation error soon.

[rigid solar]

Useless rewards if I remember. Just token armadas to damage and destroy for event points. Most just spent directives on the top level armadas to get the points for having spent the directives

[pale cobalt]

Old mods can be converted in to the new mods in the refinery when you have the Franklin A

So those mods do have a use now they help with upgrading the Franklin A

[tired cliff]

I guess I’ll find out in 5 days since I had a ship already recycling. 😕

[rigid solar]

Would love a stock of them to work through, sounds like you'll be in good shape @tired cliff 👍

[pale cobalt]

Some players have billions of the old mods 😂

[rigid solar]

@pale cobalt thanks for your advice and insights Cap, gnight!

[pale cobalt]

I have around 4m of the old ones

Not in great shape for converting

Conversion rate is ops based I have seen one 200k old for 340 new I think it was and saw another from an ops 47 2m old for around 800 new

When I do finally have the A I will be doing both sets of dailies just to convert the old ones

[ember walrus]

If they let you do both and dont just replace your old swarm daily

[glad coral]

New swarm daily events not working?

[pale cobalt]

You're right they aren't for the 39's to count in daily goals you have to kill 41's, the 39's aren't counting for some reason

[tawny olive]

There is no new 35's can only hit 37's for the new modulators and I am guessing a lvl 35 hitting 37's won't go smoothly

[pale cobalt]

I only had one Franklin so can't do any swarms now until the A is built

The Franklin A out of the box can kill 37's

[trail barn]

Is a lvl 5 Franklin-A significantly better than a maxed Franklin?

[pale cobalt]

It is better than a maxed Franklin yes by how much though I don't know

[robust vapor]

It'll really come down to the swarm weakpoints research, which I believe will apply to the A.
At level 5 with 10k weakpoints research bonus it'll probably be pretty close, below this the OG would likely be better, at max 30k the A probably about 80% more damage output overall. Will need to see how health stacks up though too.

[pale cobalt]

All swarm research except the modulator cost reduction is applied to the Franklin A

[robust vapor]

Then my assessment stands as is.

[tawny marsh]

Any info if they are offering any frank-a bps during the events?

[heavy cradle]

only if you count scrapping your existing franklin

would be nice with all the swarm related events, and having the conversion tool, if they'd have events that gave out a bunch of modulators as a catch up mechanism.

[tawny marsh]

Yeah, its n ot like it would take someone 6 months past the bp to finish a franklin...

[heavy cradle]

I should finish mine about a month later. I just need 4mil modulators to finish t8.

[muted basin]

will jelly be available in the event store this event?

[unreal blade]

If I scrap maxed Franklin, how do I get the cores again to upgrade it again?

[willow pine]

😕

[desert laurel]

store, but why do you want to upgrade franklin? you'll have enough bps for a franklin A

[unreal blade]

Good question, i was mostly just wondering since I have a lot of freq mods

Hate to give up a maxed ship

[split mortar]

A comparison of a lvl 5 Franklin A and a Lvl 45 Franklin against a 37 swarm

[split mortar]

You can convert them in refinery once you have a Franklin A

[unreal blade]

Cool, ty!

Just scrapped it

[split mortar]

👍🏻

[abstract gate]

So, I still think this is dumb, but we confirmed that the swarmadas can be beat. On a surprising note, defeating one satisfied the conditions for all the swarm dailies. We had 2 jellies, an augur, and 3 franklin a's

[split mortar]

Yes, we managed by using big ships. Possibly the most stupid armadas yet and as you noticed, only useful for finishing daily task as reward looks pathetic

[abstract gate]

Agreed, but definitely time saving. Maybe this was what scopely meant by giving us a better balance so we don't have to spend as much time grinding 🤦‍♂️

[split mortar]

Could be. Refining biotics gives a reasonable reward and doing an armada for it is nice. Seems like a convoluted way of doing things

[frigid cipher]

I scrapped a Max to Franklin and got nothing where do I find the tokens in order to turn them in for a Franklin a

[split mortar]

In the refinery

[frigid cipher]

No there's nothing there I'm not amused at all

Yes and just like that they're red there's nothing to turn in

[split mortar]

Hmmm. That’s a pain in the ....

Game reset?

[abstract gate]

Now you got me scared for when mine finishes in 3 hours

Or the most likely issue... did you update your game client?

And do you have shipyard 35?

[split mortar]

you need shipyard 35 for scrapyard 35

So game update or Scopelyed

[spare perch]

hi all ... ask .. if i build fränklin-A now. Do I have disadvantages then? or will that be credited to the event ... later?

[robust vapor]

Silly question time, but: did you complete scrapping and have you actually collected the rewards? Might be sitting in your station interior waiting for you or something silly 😬

[split mortar]

If the ship has been scrapped he should see 200 advance data cores at top of refinery screen. If not then he needs to raise a ticket

Would be a pain if the wrong shop was scrapped by accident

[tawny marsh]

This build time is absurd though

And why no way to earn BPs

Every battle pass is getting more asinine

[split mortar]

Worse still, at ops 44 it took me 8 hours to repair the lvl 5 Franklin A

[dapper drum]

yeah G4 ship won't be cheap on repair costs and speedups

swarms will be a waste of time again

[quick sand]

Biotics conversion to Trit more than covers the cost

[mortal geode]

My new swarm dailies aren’t working I need lvl 35+ and 43+. I have killed 35s no points nor for 37s nor for 39s. I tried 43 with my jelly and that worked but almost killed jelly so no way is it worth it. I just hope when my scrapping finishes and I build Franklin A I can get it to warp 100 quickly!

Anyone else have the problem with new dailies?

[robust vapor]

Or he hasn't collected the scrap rewards. Which is doubly possible if he didn't do the update.

[split mortar]

Cost was cheap, speed ups not so much

[split mortar]

Dailies are bugged. No surprise there

[robust vapor]

People care about repair speedups? 😬

[split mortar]

I don’t have any, so yes

[hollow herald]

Do the swarm research work for franklin A?

[robust vapor]

What do you do with all of yours?! 😮

[split mortar]

Depends which research you mean, there’s a few different ones

The new ship is slow, but is more powerful than the old one

[split mortar]

I grind for faction rep

[hollow herald]

The galaxy once. I never payed attention when the maxed franklin didall jobs

[split mortar]

Yes, they must be working

[robust vapor]

Must be a looot of grinding. I get 103 hours of repairs a day if I do all my dailies 😬

[unique hearth]

Sorry if this has already been asked, does anyone know where the warp component for the new franky is earned?

[split mortar]

I kill 1000s of level 47s with augur, on my days off

[split mortar]

Mission, events

[vocal swan]

anyone knows how to get warpcore for Frank A ... I am already lvl39

[split mortar]

Lol, just asked

Missions, events, maybe store too

[hollow herald]

Surely Store too 😂

[split mortar]

They are waiting for event today or tomorrow no doubt. Nice of them to do that

[fresh peak]

There will be a set of missions that give them out as you level up. The first mission will go out in the next few days.

[earnest hornet]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/575986594620768266/829087768738529390/unknown.png

[quick sand]

Daily events pay out repair speedups by the truckload

[earnest hornet]

yup but even then i still find myself getting very low, especially when grinding xp or rep

[split mortar]

Not when your grinding for drops at Dohrmas for 4 hours a day

[split mortar]

Not much point now though because the G4 ship drops are non existent. From 400 chests I get 1 bchor blueprint

[quick sand]

drop rates are better from the home systems

[split mortar]

I did notice a small improvement but not much tbh

I used to get 6bp a day, bchor and ktinga. Now just 2 a week

[strange karma]

repair cost of the Franklin-A is a mistake ? 2 months !!!

[split mortar]

Mine is 8 hours with whatever research and building buffs I have and I am ops 44

Lvl 5 Franklin

[torpid light]

Any details of which Franklin, mods and swarm research works for the new Franklin A and which doesn’t. Guessing general swarm research works for both, but not so sure about the Franklin and mod research that is further along in the galaxy tab.

[quick sand]

what OPs level are you?

[dapper drum]

active PvP for a few weeks will also drain 10k+ 30 mins in repair speedups per week

[abstract gate]

Well I know of building it takes like 50-60 days, but for repairing? o,O

[earnest hornet]

repair? or you mean to build it??

[dapper drum]

no tier 1 is like 8 hours on a good dock

[earnest hornet]

yea you dock level also helps alot with repairs time, and research

[true ocean]

2 months to build a ship......Scopely you are really taking the piss now!😡😡

[sterile violet]

Hi! Anyone knows where I can get Missions for new Franklin?

[quick sand]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/828902642914164776/829227648558432276/unknown.png

[sterile violet]

thx - so i need wait for battlepass mission keys as i understood correct

[robust vapor]

Sounds like it's not related to the battlepass missions, unless something changed. Patch notes indicated that it will be given out in the gift tab.

[worthy condor]

Help me understand this....Scrap my max Frankie, then get a 62 day build for the A while events started for swarms? Where is the logic in that?

[sterile violet]

Next difficult to get to 39 swarm system which requires 80 warp

[worthy condor]

Not feeling the motivation for this anymore. Scopely is taking a brilliant game abd stuffing it up. Then it seems they just dont give 2 hoots about the players. Was it so difficult in getting players to build the A that it is finished by the time you wanted to start this arc and events?

Might be time to look elsewhere to spend my time and effort

[earnest hornet]

https://tenor.com/view/i-bid-you-farewell-good-luck-peace-out-hunger-games-katniss-everdeen-gif-16309785

😄

[quick sand]

https://tenor.com/view/see-ralph-thesimpsons-gif-4390318

[loud drum]

Is it really ment that a low lvl needs to kill 1200 lvl 18 swarms to finish solo event?

nevermind previous comment. He rebooted game and it dropped down to 40 kills 🤣

[trail barn]

Is it worth it for a lvl 35 to get Franklin-a since I can’t upgrade it till ops 37?

[desert laurel]

it's stronger than a maxed franklin

[wet peak]

I don't know where the 22 days come from, I built my Franklin A in a few minutes with minimal speed ups.

[wise sparrow]

Define minimal))

[quasi token]

Are you Ops 60 😜

[wet peak]

well how much lat equal 22 days and minus any 1 day speed ups you have.

[wise sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/6m-rain-wallstreet-make-it-rain-gif-8203989

[quasi token]

At Ops 35 it took me 52 days after helps.

[wet peak]

lvl 40 and I actually get 1000 lat a day so if you spend it on something else kind of your fault

and Doom if you are implying I drop cash you are wrong. I have just played for 2.5 yrs and don't play stupid.

[desert laurel]

are you sure? you just spent 50 days worth in speedups/lat without considering the cost

[silver minnow]

Anyone manage to defeat a swarm armada yet?

[trail barn]

But how much better than a maxed Franklin

[wet peak]

I still have plenty where that comes from, Like I said I save it and use on certain things.

[silver minnow]

Nice, anyone know the best crew for swarm armada?

[wet peak]

so if you want info. My new Franklin A destroys around 20 lvl37 swams by using the it you get 3x bonus on kills so it cuts down the amount of ships you need to destroy for dailies.

[quasi token]

My Franklin A can kill 32s in 1 round 35s 3 rounds. At level 5. So much stronger.

[wet peak]

you can complete all dailies with one ship now.

[wise sparrow]

No info about it but I assume it is kirk spock + khan, gorkon, nero , also pike moreau gaila... As usualy

[silver minnow]

Ok thx DoomYT👍

[wet peak]

Load out being the usual officers to destroy hostile swarms. seems to still work the best. The armadas I tested give around 2M damage on lvl 40 Armada before you get destroyed and that is with Kirk load out

You definitely have to have several Franklin-A's to take down the armadas in lvl37 systems

[teal vine]

We failed badly on the 40 armada ...xD

[wise sparrow]

Unfortunately there are no many variations of armada crews... All that 100 other oficers are just to dilute the pool

[late thicket]

Has there been confirmation whether normal Franklin research works on the Franklin-A?

[wise sparrow]

Sup, buddy 👋

[wet peak]

I would think once they release the mk II warp core and ppl can upgrade past the first tier it will be a much stronger ship

[wise sparrow]

Q. Is the Franklin-A free?
A. Scrap a maxed Franklin 1.0 to get all the BPs needed

Q. I started recently/didn't bother with Franklin
A. Battlepass contains BPs for Franklin 1.0

Q. Does the Swarm research work for the new ship?
A. Swarm Targeting/Weakpoints/Jammer/Fortification works, Frequency Modulator Cost Efficiency doesn't as Franklin-A uses different modulators

Q. What do I do with all my old Frequency Modulators?
A. There'll be a converter

Q. How will I kill lvl 35 Swarms if I scrap my maxed Franklin?
A. Tier 1 Franklin-A should be as strong as a maxed Franklin

[wet peak]

Doom, Not to sure on Nowons cut and paste actually happening. I don't know one alliance taking out a Swarm armada including his. Unless he has inside info from being a content guy

[wise sparrow]

Sure ))

[ashen wharf]

take this advice with a grain of salt due to not mentioning that scrapping would leave you unable to do events / build time for frank-a is more then 50 days

[wise sparrow]

It is true... Yoy should be aware of 50 days

[ashen wharf]

i know how trigger finger people are so they may not read lol

[tawny hinge]

Better use old Fraklin its cheaper in repairs

[wet peak]

9hrs repair time is excessive for a tier 1 ship

[ionic wren]

When the converter for old mods will be active?

[teal vine]

It is already

[teal vine]

Scroll all the way to the right on the resource refine tab

[ionic wren]

Thanks,find it

[teal vine]

Gerne 😉

[frigid cipher]

Such trust issues I talked to alliance about it before I started the scrap no other requisites right? Just scrap it right here I am now no franklin no new franklin no event......scrapped no rewards and 6 hours

[spiral edge]

This will kill you in round 15 of swarm armada

[glacial sail]

@frigid cipher you scrapped franklin lower than level 41?

[wise sparrow]

If franklin is lower than tier 5 you will recieve nothing

[urban dagger]

So 4 ticket event it says extra points 4 separatist elites/bosses...where do I find those now, pareleon seems 2 have only normal separatists now 😆

[earnest hornet]

they are the Boss ones,

just not the name on them

[urban dagger]

Oh - seem 2 get only 390 points 4 each...well - guess it’s back 2 searching 49 traders 😆😉

[earnest hornet]

is that based on the Pop up banner? or calculating the points in the event?

[hexed gorge]

It's because the bosses are lvl26

So should be giving 520per kill

Which is why your better off killing normal hostiles at higher lvls

[floral trail]

Guess I can't do any swarm dailies for 2 months

[earnest hornet]

alliance helps knock it down a few days, and then yea just have to use speedups and lat to get it donw faster

[unkempt pecan]

@keen ledge any news on when the new Franklin-A based mission chain will land? 👍

[dire veldt]

in the next few days

sorry can't be more specific

[floral trail]

Yeah I don't have enough lat or speedups would have not scrapped my frankilin if I knew about this bull shit

I am now completely stuck for two months

[unkempt pecan]

Cheers @dire veldt . . . Patience. . . Ahh, i’ve heard of that, thpugh i don’t subscribe to it myself. 😂

[earnest hornet]

https://tenor.com/view/i-dont-have-patience-not-patient-impatient-frozen2-anna-gif-16488142

[scenic cloud]

On my A, it costs 540k trit to fully repair. A whale ship.

[abstract gate]

Way to go scopley.. you neutered helps bug when players rotate around alliances to get helps speed up their buildings and researches . But YOU NEVER fix issue when we get kumari blueprints in w50 for killing hostiles .. wow REALLY USEFUL KUMARI in w50

[teal vine]

They don’t seem to have any interest in scaling and optimizing...
.... 2k dil in my 4 hour chest ..totally worth it for an ops 41 player

[true zealot]

62 days for Franklin A, 52 with help’s team ... a Franklin T9 scrapp and an event where u must fight swarms ... what is the target ? Burning all the speed and go to the store and buy new one ? 🤬

[abstract gate]

.... and they call it “rare gift” in gifts section. I was referring to a most common issue just like you referred to this useless gift they give as rare. But they never seem to do right things to players.

But coming back on helps bug, many players try alliance hopping jumping alliances to reduce the time it takes to build and research . For example a 9 day build and 8 alliance hops will reduce it to 1d 20h .. same goes with researches ..

They never give out enough speed ups to pull through the building or research or ship build (in this case Franklin A takes 62 days .. ya kidding scopo?)..

[eager hill]

yes 😂

[teal vine]

I usually started help tours on anything 50d+ ...
Now I’m stuck with 100d researches I probably won’t touch until they rebalance

[indigo perch]

Any intel on if there will be bio collection events?

[floral trail]

They 'fixed' the jumping fleet hopping

[floral trail]

probably, I assume they are waiting for everyone to start building the 2 month long Franklin A before releasing a pack so everyone can play the game

[abstract gate]

Please fix the kumari bps also then .. thank you very much 🙏

[earnest hornet]

yes, in your news centre

[floral trail]

Great, so I cant do any of them since I cant rush my 50 day FrankA build

[earnest hornet]

um yea you can just use another ship

[worthy shell]

Dear scopley, this event looked super cool... really cool. But the build time of the -a sucks hardcore. I’m getting real close to leaving. $99 for a ship or 2 months of speed ups isn’t a good choice either way.

[floral trail]

Ha ha good one. Even my best ship cant kill a single 35 swarm

[earnest hornet]

well dont need to kill the 35 swarm for normal Biominerals, just 32

[kindred warren]

Dear Scopely, that’s totally unfair, that I become the old plans of the Franklin with level 34 in the battle pass! I do the the same quest and I demand equality in A-Plans. I must compete with higher Alliances and Levels > 35 in mostly every event. And therefore I am disadvantaged. Now you cheat for my profit again! No one will build 2 old Franklin’s! That’s stupid. Change the reward in the battle pass

[viral coral]

As far as not having enough speedups, you can easily get enough Raw Latinum to refine in minutes, and should've been refining Latinum often since they released the update months ago for the D'Vor.

And by now, should have a D'Vor at least since there's been enough event stores to get the D'Vor for free, along with a Franklin.

[viral coral]

as far as repairs go, the cost of repairing a g4 ship is tremendously better than repairing any other g4 ship when it comes to a Franklin-A repair.

[gritty tulip]

But 1k lat per day is not much

[viral coral]

I maxed out my D'Vor using event stores, get 1.5K Latinum a day from it

1k Latinum a day takes off 3 days in speedups equivalent.

you'd be able to speedup your Franklin-A in just a couple weeks instead of 2 months

also there's other ways to get speedups, such as dailies

[desert laurel]

couple weeks? too bad the events you need it in are sooner than that

[viral coral]

Well, they already started it, so they've gotta deal with what they've got

everyone should have plenty of Latinum by now considering it's become way easier to obtain for months now.

[desert laurel]

people use lat all the time, just one bad timing and you could have drained your lat stockpile as well

[viral coral]

and level 35+ should already know how the game works and that you should save until events you really want

Yeah, gotta be careful with how you spend, it's a strategy when it comes to events

[desert laurel]

it's a good ship, but it can be a trap if the circumstances had played out differently

[viral coral]

Yeah, people can definitely trap themselves I reckon

[worthy shell]

Must have prime then. I’m not getting 1k a day of refined lat. but I have like 7.5m of unrefined.

[rustic spear]

Anyone know what a tier 8 franklin scrap will net me on new A bp?

[agile pecan]

150 or 3/4 of what you need

[rustic spear]

I now see a $20 pack for 50bp. Might be worth it rather than grind 5 mil mods

They must of been smoking something when they picked the build time on it🤣

[agile pecan]

smoking 100$ bills thinking about all the money they will make selling speed up packs

[floral trail]

Well that assumed you were maxed.. Mine is only T7 I think

Either way I burned my lat and speedups still 35 days left for the a

[viral coral]

@floral trail you scrapped your Franklin at tier 7?

[floral trail]

No I meant my dvor

[viral coral]

oh no, why would you scrap your D'Vor?

oh wait, nvm lol

sorry, early in the morning still xD

[floral trail]

I haven't scrapped my dvor I just mean I get less lat daily assuming that I bother to mine it

[viral coral]

Yeah, mine was tier 7 and i used the event store to get it to tier 9

then they had the change in mining speed and also the double refinery which I also got for free

I don't buy the prime research, except the level 42+ prime research which gives g5 materials that you can't get in game anywhere else.

although i will say, this arc is much better than the TOS arc so far, although we'll see what happens and if they continue to make it more auction events or not. I absolutely hate how many auction events there are. The TOS arc was just one auction event after another, I absolutely hated it.

i almost quit the game completely because of the TOS arc

[tired cliff]

@viral coral Wait til you find out that the new Franklin needs coils and interlocks mkIIs which can be yours for the low low price of 100 bucks or first born child.

[viral coral]

@tired cliff i already see that they require mk2 warp drive cores, which you get from the missions which will drop soon.

[tired cliff]

The way they have been gouging lately I won’t count On them being free.

[earnest hornet]

they will be free in the Mission chain just like we did for the original Franklin

[viral coral]

They're free, just the same as they were with the Franklin

[tired cliff]

Guess we will find out when the missions are out.

[pale cobalt]

Don't forgot the $100 they are expecting free to players to spend in order to build it in time for the events

[viral coral]

we already know they're free

[earnest hornet]

we already know the missions are coming, there isnt a cost, cos we already had the Same style from the original Franklin

[ashen wharf]

you really trusting scopely to keep things the same

[viral coral]

lol it's literally in the game how to obtain them and they're from the missions which are free

[tired cliff]

I’m still waiting on a response about the skin tracking shards that seem to be useless now.

[ashen wharf]

they wont answer

[earnest hornet]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/575986594620768266/829087768738529390/unknown.png

thats the mission chain thats coming

[ashen wharf]

you should know scopely needs to make as much money as possible now

those will be usuable next year

[abstract gate]

@pale cobalt Ain't nobody with a brain falling for the "oh noes I better buy it for this craptastic event"

[earnest hornet]

each one give the warp coil you need for each tier

[pale cobalt]

I mean the the 62 days to build it and it's needed tomorrow for events no free to play has that amount of speed ups or lat to build it in time

[ashen wharf]

oh thats cool but its based on level and it says need to be 36 to start so 35's cant get it

🤔

[viral coral]

...

[abstract gate]

I'm thinking we should come up with the worst idea for the next arc and events so that Scopely doesn't have to work so hard.

[viral coral]

Your tier 1 Franklin-A can kill level 39's

[ashen wharf]

botany bay 2.0 arc

[viral coral]

you'll be fine

[earnest hornet]

Like we said, its the Same as the original Franklin, it was the exact same, level locked for the tier for the warp cores

[tired cliff]

Panic left because he grew a Conscience? Right???

[quiet patio]

How many?

[abstract gate]

@ashen wharf I'm thinking you called it.

[ashen wharf]

its bound to happen

people asked for skins/frames/ avatars

yall did this to yourselves

lol

[tired cliff]

They will reduce the data nodes to 50. But don’t worry the mining speed will double.

[pale pasture]

Is that why he hasn’t responded to my email?

[tired cliff]

@pale pasture he mentioned Something in the boardroom about giving back to the community so they took him out back and shot him

[pale pasture]

That make sense

[urban dagger]

Pop up banner...

[earnest hornet]

well yea you can't base that point just on the banner, because they have NEVER shown the bonus points, so you can't say the points dont work unless you calcualte your point in the event,

look at the points of your milestone, then do your kill then, then look at your total

[urban dagger]

Kk, will do next time...49 traders in Kronos worked like a charm 😉

[earnest hornet]

😉

[viral coral]

killed 13 at least

[ashen briar]

Are there auctions coming up that I'm missing? Or can I spend for the next month...

[solid quail]

Seriously Scopely?! Over 61 days to build FA?! For the current event?

[abstract gate]

https://tenor.com/view/waiting-taking-so-long-retro-many-years-later-one-billion-years-later-gif-15954150

https://tenor.com/view/we-have-finally-made-it-corey-vidal-apprenticeeh-we-made-it-were-here-gif-18193022

[novel hollow]

Or because no matter what people just bished incessantly

[scarlet root]

Unbelievable that the Platforms don’t count towards the Combat Prep event....having had them ready to upgrade was the only reason why i spent my extra paid for tickets on that ticketed event as well. Such total bull!

[bleak sable]

Send message to support. They know and will help you out.

[pearl epoch]

Will this become available again for people's "new" old Franklins?

[floral trail]

Probably will be a pack for that

[winged tulip]

This solo swarm event is pretty damn stupid.
I've build my franky-A, and i can't tier it till you release the warp engines. Till then, i get 25 lvl37 kills per hull and that's all i can reach.
My solo event requires 9320 points, which is 105 kills.
5 trips at 500k trit per repair and a 13 minute warp time. Fun, this isn't..

[wicked arrow]

They should have started with Apex or Borg so people could prepare their Franklin A

[gloomy current]

Or at least already give us the Stella A and Vi'Dar A to prepare them now 🙈

[wicked arrow]

Vi'dar A will probably be next Interlude arc

😆

Although its a Romulan ship so do Romulan ships recycle names like Starfleet?

[worn hill]

Bigger ships means bigger repair bills. If you didn’t want that, shouldn’t have upgraded.

[winged tulip]

I want to upgrade. But these muppets are gating the warp engine behind who knows what..

[worn hill]

Then don’t bitch about the bigger repair bill

[abstract gate]

Thoughts on the hostiles drops for the new frank? 😆

[rotund plume]

<@&509690795536941056> <@&509691205798592532> You’ve asked all lvl35+ to scrap a ship which for many took at least a year to max out and okay that’s fine as I’ve heard great things about Franklin A. Now that I have unlocked it the game says it will be finished in 53 days. You want us - loyal players to wait 53 days to build it? Not even an epic ship takes that long to build. Can you explain how should I complete the new events you have designed and what shall I use to kill swarms for next two months? What you call alliance “jump help bug” is now fixed so there no way of asking friends to help and speed it up. Have you thought of people who are actually using speed ups and latinium weekly for research events and building events you are also creating? I don’t have a big wallet but like others who play this game I am supporting you on monthly basis and spend more when I can (pandemic is not easy on people’s wallets) I’m sorry I’m not trying to be rude but have you lost your minds?

[floral belfry]

Well summarized 👍

[floral trail]

I agree 100%, would never have scrapped the old one if I knew the build time was so long...

[clever wasp]

LCARS FTW!!!

[ember harness]

tbh I think scopely is waning to make a game for only the people who pay, a few hundred at that.

If they do not change courses, the game will probably just die

look at team fortress. its literally the same damn game for, idk 10 years? and they made much more than this, without hiding anything behind paywalls.

Do companys not learn?

[floral trail]

To be fair LCARS wasnt updated when I started scrapping mine

[ember harness]

Its very bad when a teenager can figure out a better way to update and change a game to have good income and a happy playerbase

[clever wasp]

understandable but I've made it habit to check those baseline stats before doing anything new with this game. Scopely math is truly unqiue.

[ember harness]

Scopely math is time=money and our players have a lot more money than time 😂

[rotund plume]

If there would be a pack for reasonable price (£20)with enough speed ups to build it I maybe would consider it. They make it so difficult at times but we all still support the game and the company - if you buy 12 battle passes that’s £240 each of gives away. It would be nice to say thanks once in a while. Build time for this ship is low blow for everyone who loves this game.

[ember harness]

Im probably just gonna make a pause from this game, to see if their brains take a step further into a happy player base

[floral trail]

I agree and 60 days is totally un-nessasary, at least at a hidden cost when you start scrapping the og Frankie. Would be better to have this on the tier up time as at least you could plan for that

Now I am totally buggered

[ember harness]

isnt that literally longer than a g3 epic ship?

[floral trail]

longer than a JF or Valladore

[ember harness]

what the hell

are they out of their mind? This april update must surely have a bad impact on sales and such?!

The jumping helps deletion anger me even more

But we probably should all just go outside and go take a jog or something. Its much healthier for body, mind and wallet.

[lavish crow]

It’s funny that the ship they’re touting for the event won’t be built before it’s over.

[viral forge]

Ok heres decemebers free battlepass vs this month
490 emulsion, 1800 alloy, 750 drives, 4500 faction cred, 1000 duranium, 14 sarco bp, 7 lorca, 13 tilly

vs

5 jayla, 750 faction cred, 6 borg directives, 75 franklin. Doesnt appear equal to me if you pull the franklin bps

[novel hollow]

It’s not a monthly battle pass

Which means why did I pay the same for it hmmm

[final prism]

the alliance help counter should be reset every day

[gentle elbow]

There is 90 franklin BPs, milestone 8 doesn't show them unless you open the rewards box.

[south rose]

As a cheap2play level 40+ player i already never had enough latinum, let alone those nasty Parsteel and trit requirements for base upgrades etc.

Now these Scopely idiots remove alliance help hopping, which was an integral part of inter alliance relationships.

Bunch of us 40s already playing way less due to resource requirements. Now we are going to quit.

Lets see how long the level 48+ whales stick around when they don't have us around to bully anymore.

[viral forge]

So doesnt 90 bps make the battlepass better for us who have it. 4 days of rewards wiped out

[daring edge]

So iv got the 24hr ticket mission. But the Absolution mission don't have enough credit to get a ticket pack. What's the logic here?

[agile pecan]

it's in swarm hunt SMS event

[daring edge]

Oh ty. It was missing before.

[indigo perch]

Ok folks, especially devs, there is no excuse for not providing information. Where/when are the warp interlock acquired for FrankieA?

And further, where/when are the warp interlocks acquired for legacy frankie?

[abstract gate]

Anyone tried a lvl40 armarda yet?? 😆

[pseudo rover]

There will be a mission chain available in the gifts tab that'll reward components. No solid ETA on that yet but should be in the coming days.

[south rose]

those level 40 swarmada smack u hard lol

[abstract gate]

Yesh

[indigo perch]

That is a great response. Thank you.

[wary grove]

Anyone else’s point calculation broken for hostile hunt ticket event?

Event states that Separatist Bosses are worth 4x points.
At lvl 26, point value is 130. So we should get 520 point per.
I’m only getting 390 or 3x per kill.

[urban dagger]

Do we know of upcoming events that’ll ask u 2 spend the new swarm bio stuff?

[urban dagger]

I had the same question

Been told 2 check score in event tab...

That’ll show the correct amount of points gathered

[urban dagger]

Oh yes - read and 4got 🙈thx @foggy hatch

[wary grove]

Just checked... points total is accurately accounting for kills

[indigo perch]

@foggy hatch that is refine, not spend. Earlier I asked if a bio collection event was going to happen. This is also not a bio collection event.

[foggy hatch]

I don't see one listed in the newsstand.

[urban dagger]

So collecting ur swarm dailies would b a prerequisite in order 2 refine 4 event...think we had collect biominerals as events in the past...which sucked if u collected ur dailies b4 event reset 🙈

Seems like there is not gonna b one of those events - at least not listed...

@indigo perch @foggy hatch

[full nimbus]

Do we get event combat prep points for initiating building upgrade or completing a building upgrade?

[abstract gate]

I'm still waiting on the idiot, who thought running events before people who actively use their scrapyards have a chance to build the new FranklinA since they have to scrap their old ones, to be dipped in molten lead and then drawn and quartered with video posted by a content creator (tm). Penalizing active players like that should be a punishable offense.

Could have just done a skin on the Franklin, right? But NOoooOOooOOoooOooooOOOooo... let's really screw things up.

[dapper drum]

good time to open up a pitchfork and torch stand

side hustle a lawnchair and popcorn stand as well

[alpine snow]

Sounds like a 2nd scrapper is what you need!!!
Scopley announcement: coming soon a 2nd scrapper to buy. P.S. its $50. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[tawny olive]

Question ... Where is the mission for the new Franklin-A warp drives?

Is it in the battlepass or is it on a mission planet?

[indigo perch]

@urban dagger yes, I remember well. It's the reason I wait until mid day reset to collect swarm dailies

[abstract gate]

Where can I get a Franklin-a warp interlock mk2?

[rough frost]

Not released yet

[granite zenith]

it will be released in a gift chest...
my assumption is that they are waiting for the event that tiering up a frank a will score points in... so that no one can say...
why did you let me do that earlier...

[rough frost]

In a mission not released yet. See ⬆️

[tawny olive]

Gotcha. I am only a 35, but was scared it would be behind a paywall

[rough frost]

Then you can wait a few more, t2 is op locked at 37

[tawny olive]

by the way the conversion for 35 refinery is garbage

[granite zenith]

to my knowledge no...
should be sourced through missions that...
it appears that it will be tied to the upgrade ops mission
aka... upgrade ops to 38... and then the subsequent mission will unlock upon that completions

[rough frost]

Warp lock for under 37 say "available op 37" in the ship

[tawny olive]

Well my ops is 35 refinery is 33. Should I upgrade it more for better conversion or is it tied to ops lvl

[rough frost]

Scopely usual tooltip bug?

[abstract gate]

a little heavy for armada, with tier 1 ships ... 🙂

[granite zenith]

lcars has it tied to the ops gate...
so if their information is correct... that should be the unlock after the initial one that will be gifted

[sick salmon]

stupid

[rough frost]

Same mechanic than francky 1

[tawny olive]

So the refinery won't increase payout off levels? only ops as well I am guessing

[granite zenith]

meaning the frankie refinery... if i had to guess thats gonna be tied to ship tier... which is ops locked so... yes?

knee bone's connected to the ... thigh bone
thigh bones connected to the... you get the drift... 😝

[rough frost]

I m 41 and t1, don't have the same cost for refinery. 200k for one chest from memory. So probably op not tier

[granite zenith]

🤷‍♂️

[rough frost]

Also had 350 blue stuff

[granite zenith]

like i said it was a guess

[tawny olive]

ummm ,... @fresh peak Can we get the cargobay on the Franklin-A boosted ?

[graceful crane]

Franklin

[languid herald]

@jaunty copper

[dense ocean]

COMMUNICATION IS THE KEY !!!! SCOPELY FAILED THAT ONE AGAIN

[granite zenith]

pardon?

[rough frost]

Snake is not scopely cc 🤣 why blame him exactly?

[granite zenith]

i failed what?

[eager hill]

you just failed! this arc sucks. give me back my money 😂😂

[abstract gate]

You failed at scopely communication @granite zenith

[granite zenith]

well... i will give you back every cent you have given me... where did you send my checks?

[abstract gate]

Its all your fault

[rough frost]

Someone eat my blue m&ms 😢 I m sure it' s snake...

[granite zenith]

blue are the tastiest

[dense ocean]

Ah apologies, Buglagely (Scopely) was to be targeted, couldn't stop the guns as the message was already launched

[tawny olive]

I got to say the Franklin-A is not a oldschool franklin continued on cause the repair cost and time are way higher for a tier 1 than a tier 9 oldschool.. That is with no upgrades..

[tidal sedge]

This needs stated again and again. The failure isn't that the part isn't out yet (although that's incredibly annoying), it's in their complete failure to communicate the expectations / availability. "Later/Coming Soon' is so annoying to hear time and again, and is utterly disrespectful to the playerbase that has been strung along and extorted so continuously.

Maybe at some point someone who 'knows' cough CMs cough might deign grace us with their presence to resolve this question.

Imagine the poor idiot whales who bought the Franklin-A, thinking they would be able to upgrade it immediately. I can only imagine how betrayed I'd feel if I bought this ship and found out I can't actually tier it up at all 😂

[pale cobalt]

How would you feel if you were able to upgrade it straight and didn't look to see when the upgrade event was, the mission will be gifted at the same time as the upgrade event

[rough frost]

Why buy something you have free in 16h 🤷

[tidal sedge]

Cause whales gonna whale lol.

If there was an event upcoming, and Scopely yet again failed to communicate that then that proves my first point, that they are utterly failing at their jobs of maintaining channels of communication.

[wheat nymph]

Hello,

To upgrade franklinA, you need standard freq modulator or special ones ?

[pale cobalt]

Read the in game notification it tells you the events and dates they will run

[tidal sedge]

But also - know your playerbases expectation. People wanna roll out and play with their shiny new toys. Don't time-lock those events just to time lock them.

[sand pivot]

Any news about warp cores?

[sand pivot]

Special one

[rough frost]

How they fail? The event are explained in detail in game news.

A whale more than anyone should know anyway to NEVER do anything between the update and the event reset. Scopely rule #123

[sand pivot]

But can covert some 1.5m old to 350 new daily

[pale cobalt]

Conversion rate depends on ops level

[rough frost]

Better do the cheap chest conversion, the others are not worth it

[pale cobalt]

At ops 35 it's 75k old for 74 new

[glossy fog]

New ones

[tidal sedge]

Cause it's stupid to lock a shiny new toy away behind a paywall and a timewall. And again - the fact that you're speculating this, because we haven't heard anything, shows the failure to communicate.

And again - for the whales that can't complete events or dailies it seems like this is intentionally a malicious decision.

[rough frost]

I speculate nothing..... I know. Like EVERY arc, like EVERY month. The update is for the new arc. So you should always do NOTHING till the arc start 🤷 it s only pure logic

[tidal sedge]

Just because Scopely abuses us every month so regularly that you learn to expect it don't mean that's a good model

[wheat nymph]

So for franklinA, you have to restart all from the beginning... what a great scopely idea.... I don't see any advantage to do this

[rough frost]

Abuse. Waiting a few hours because an update and the event start is abuse? As you wish. 😊👍

[rough frost]

⬇️⬇️⬇️

[dense ocean]

But that has NOT been communicated and lot of ppl have already scrapped faklin and got stuck now... why not to tell in beforehand? what are the patch notes for?

[pale cobalt]

Yeas it has try reading notifications in game

[dense ocean]

and the ARC has already started so where is the gift ?

[pale cobalt]

Upgrade event hasn't started yet, so would you prefer to upgrade it now and miss out on an event???

[tidal sedge]

I'd prefer they run the upgrade event on day one and allow us to upgrade it, so we can play with our shiny new toys

But apparently that's too much to ask

[wheat nymph]

Just more basic ressources... I am not a whales so I think I wil keep my maxed franklin 🙂

[rough frost]

Don't bother. Seems 1.new ship + 2.new arc involving that ship don't egal to wait arc to touch that ship 😅. I don't have logic for that 🙈

[pale cobalt]

They have to give everyone time to scrap and build the ship before they run an upgrade event

[dense ocean]

For that they would need to wait 2 months then 😄

[rough frost]

Basic resources. 8.7 billion steel month at op 41 is not basic resources. It s the f2p wall being badly damaged....

[pale cobalt]

I am FTP ops 35 and I have managed to get mine down to 18 days so far, I do admit the build is ridiculous I'm having to completely destroy my Klingon re to get the speed ups to build the ship which I am not happy about

[uneven dove]

Not to mention not everybody maxed their franklin to tier 9 which is a prerequisite to start in first place

So 7 days to grind

1 day to scrap

60 days to build

So ar start of 3rd swarm arc i can be there

[dense ocean]

Can I buy the FIX ALL BUGS Chest in the store? 👀

[rough frost]

You can wait until you max it. Not all server have the same age. You won't miss much. But when you are ready, you can move to big boys swarms and the new refinery

[abstract gate]

So glad i don't have a Franklin

[tidal sedge]

Event/Arc Communication failures:

1. Upcoming patches and prerequisites / prep are kept in the dark, so noone knows what to prepare (i.e. Max Franklin) prior to arc start (and these requirements are a vast divergence from TOS arc and it's focuses);
2. Patch notes and communications around launch don't list times/ETAs for key activities despite having the ship available to purchase;
3. Despite the community continually asking when due to the failures of the above, the Scopely team continues to ignore this question.

[pale cobalt]

What I would say to anyone who is ops 34 is don't rush to 35 because a lot of the events for 35+ require the Franklin A

[dense ocean]

but then it is a planned slowdown of leveling up?

[pale cobalt]

If the events where all solo events I would have ruled myself out of this arc completely but most are alliance events so I am rushing to complete it just to help the alliance get their rewards

Level up when the arc ends so you can do the events and get rewards no point rushing to 35 and not be able to take part in events

[dense ocean]

thanks

[oblique bolt]

Just terrible planing that the warp cores are not available right now... lvl35 to 37 can do dailys and get alot of rss each day, but 38+ cant do dailys because of warprange... worst implementationof new content...

[knotty birch]

I am doing 41’s for dailies using Jelly with a decent repair bill. Kinda screwed up for sure

[tidal sedge]

If the whale on my server was doing his dailies, he'd have to kill L50s with a T7 Ent A. That's completely stupid 😂