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Scoring high points in Omega Mini Game

snipey47asnipey47a Member Posts: 485 Media Corps
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Hi All,

I was surprised to see how many players use the keyboard for the mini game and are having trouble scoring above 1000 points.

Hopefully this video will show you that the keyboard isn't the answer. It was a perfect run for me but I still managed to score 2500 points. You need 2300 for the max rewards.

Enjoy.

Regards,

Snipey47a


https://youtu.be/CECA_vep2kI

Comments

  • jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    Well, usually the mini-games are best played using the keyboard. The Omega mini-game is really the only one where using a mouse is far superior to using the keyboard. A perfect score in the mini-game is 2,700; however, you don't get anything special if you get it.

    A score of 2,300 to 2,700 will reward players with the best guaranteed outcome which are 3 Omega Traces and 1 Omega Sliver.

    There is an extremely small chance for players to also get either an Omega Shard or better yet an Omega Fragment. I do not believe the chance for this to happen is based on the score though. Last night I had a coughing fit (slightly sick) and I only managed to get a score of 1,650. That is enough to get 3 Omega Traces, but I also received an Omega Shard as well.

  • starcruiser#3423 starcruiser
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    snipey47a wrote: »
    Hi All,

    I was surprised to see how many players use the keyboard for the mini game and are having trouble scoring above 1000 points.

    Hopefully this video will show you that the keyboard isn't the answer. It was a perfect run for me but I still managed to score 2500 points. You need 2300 for the max rewards.

    Enjoy.

    Regards,

    Snipey47a


    https://youtu.be/CECA_vep2kI

    Congrats...how refreshing to actually SEE someone actually performing well in an event rather than just stating empty words. I applaud your accomplishment giphy.gif
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  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    I think they either massively nerfed the drop rates of Fragments or removed them completely. I farmed over 100 of each color last night, got at least 2000 every time, usually 2300+ and didn't get a single one. I did get quite a few of the blue shards, so it's all good, but I'm pretty sure they nerfed the rate for Fragments.

    More on topic, mouse is the only way to play the Omega game, you will never get anywhere using the keyboard.
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  • where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
    Hmm....interesting. I shall have to try the mouse thing. I am so bad at this game....I been bad at similar games for as long as I can remember (early 1980's Tapper on the hubby's Atari comes to mind...ia bartender sliding mugs of beers...was supposed to catch before them fell off the end of the bar LOL!).

    On my computer the game animation skips....especially, when it switches to the next speed. It is especially bad this year.
    Are there locations where the minigame runs more smoothly?
    Or, maybe it is the time...I should try it when there is less "traffic".
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  • jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    edited January 2017
    seaofsorrows wrote: »
    I think they either massively nerfed the drop rates of Fragments or removed them completely. I farmed over 100 of each color last night, got at least 2000 every time, usually 2300+ and didn't get a single one. I did get quite a few of the blue shards, so it's all good, but I'm pretty sure they nerfed the rate for Fragments.

    I have not noticed a change from last year. I got a quite a few Fragments and Shards last night. I was actually able to snag one Fragment and one Shard this morning before heading out to work. I played for about 40 minutes. Hopefully that luck will continue tonight.
  • where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
    I frickin' can't believe it.

    I got 1300 and 3 "fragment" (or whatever they are called) on my first try with the mouse.
    Granted, my hand-eye coordination is still low and lost "sync" a couple of times and the animation skipping around on me .... but HEY! this is definitely much better. LOL!
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  • leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,507 Arc User
    snipey47a wrote: »
    Hi All,

    I was surprised to see how many players use the keyboard for the mini game and are having trouble scoring above 1000 points.

    Hopefully this video will show you that the keyboard isn't the answer. It was a perfect run for me but I still managed to score 2500 points. You need 2300 for the max rewards.

    Enjoy.

    Regards,

    Snipey47a


    https://youtu.be/CECA_vep2kI

    Whilst I know it's better to use a mouse, as I use a laptop and have not got sufficient work space to use a mouse the keyboard is the only option, so please bear that in mind when others do the same :smiley:
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  • wendysue53wendysue53 Member Posts: 1,569 Arc User
    leemwatson wrote: »
    snipey47a wrote: »
    Hi All,

    I was surprised to see how many players use the keyboard for the mini game and are having trouble scoring above 1000 points.

    Hopefully this video will show you that the keyboard isn't the answer. It was a perfect run for me but I still managed to score 2500 points. You need 2300 for the max rewards.

    Enjoy.

    Regards,

    Snipey47a


    https://youtu.be/CECA_vep2kI

    Whilst I know it's better to use a mouse, as I use a laptop and have not got sufficient work space to use a mouse the keyboard is the only option, so please bear that in mind when others do the same :smiley:

    Quick fix: hard mouse pad + wireless mouse + tiny work space = put pad on keyboard and use mouse. :)
  • gjohnny1990gjohnny1990 Member Posts: 116 Arc User
    edited January 2017
    I didn't realise so many people have problems with this mini game, I very rarely get lower than 2000, I'm generally hitting for 2400-2700 per go, always have, but then again I am an avid PC gamer, I guess I just have the reflexes built up.

    When this event rolls around I usually spare a few hours a day stacking the molecules up so I can sell them for big money and get some nice ships off the exchange, very time consuming though, it helps to play music or something in the background.

    Edit: Also wanted to confirm that you still get Omega Fragments and Omega Shards as rewards but it's not often, I get around two Omega Fragments every 100 or so runs.
  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    gjohnny1990 wrote: »
    Edit: Also wanted to confirm that you still get Omega Fragments and Omega Shards as rewards but it's not often, I get around two Omega Fragments every 100 or so runs.

    Yeah, I finally ended up getting a couple. I'm getting about the same drop rate as you, they definitely nerfed the drop rate of Fragments, I got a lot more of them in previous years.
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  • wendysue53wendysue53 Member Posts: 1,569 Arc User
    edited January 2017
    It's because most people get 1 or maybe 2 Omega per game that you can sell them on the exchange for as much as they go for. People who figure out a workable system to play the game, don't need to get them from others as they quickly get quite a bit of them in storage. If you use the arrow keys, you're not likely to get very many. All Mouse. and coordination. and the ability to resist that after image illusion of movement it causes after a while (like riding in the back of a truck and looking rearward for a while - when you stop, everything comes at you). and being able to handle the bright light coloring of the particles as they move on the screen for a long period of time, burning your eyes out.

    Shrinking the screen really will help for those who can't keep up with a large surface area to move the mouse across. Instead of a 2 inch line to move along, they could easily turn into a 1/2 inch space or whatever as it would reduce their time getting from point to point. Hardest issue though is that the faster they move, the further to the right your point of focus will drift, and you'll be chasing those that have already been missed instead of those you can get. Can throw the whole pattern out of whack.

    Why not make it bigger? No one can be that stupid...
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    1 omega is worth 1 omega
    1 Silver is worth 3 omega
    1 shard is worth 3 silver

    then you have to craft the next level which costs 3 Shard.
    and to get the upgrade it costs 3 again of that last level.

    _________________________________

    Tier 0: 1 Omega
    Tier 1: 3 Omega (Silver)
    Tier 2: 9 Omega (Shard)
    Tier 3: 27 Omega (Fragment)
    Tier 4: 81 Omega Particles required (Omega Particle Upgrade Kit)
    (or) 27 Omega particles of each of the three colors: Blue, Red, and Yellow.

    http://sto.gamepedia.com/Omega_Particle_Tech_Upgrade

    For some locations:
    http://sto.gamepedia.com/Mission:_Omega_Molecule_Stabilization#Federation
  • snipey47asnipey47a Member Posts: 485 Media Corps
    Thanks for your feedback everyone
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  • nikephorusnikephorus Member Posts: 2,744 Arc User
    I suck at omega farming. Generally in the 1500-2000 range.
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  • xyquarzexyquarze Member Posts: 2,120 Arc User
    While I applaud and appreciate every help you give to people, and especially show that there are other ways, so they can find one, I am of the rare breed for which it is the other way round: I can't get 1000 with mouse but will score around 2000 (so yeah, less, and given that it doesn't bug out on me in the middle of a perfect run) with the keyboard. In the end the triple up triple down is not manageable to me, but doubles I can go. Biggest problem is a double press or a not registered press which will throw me off for a couple molecules.
    wendysue53 wrote: »
    Quick fix: hard mouse pad + wireless mouse + tiny work space = put pad on keyboard and use mouse. :)

    Ouch, would be the totally wrong position for me, if I am looking at a laptop screen. Too high and too far to the left ;)
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  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,689 Arc User
    seaofsorrows wrote: »
    I think they either massively nerfed the drop rates of Fragments or removed them completely. I farmed over 100 of each color last night, got at least 2000 every time, usually 2300+ and didn't get a single one. I did get quite a few of the blue shards, so it's all good, but I'm pretty sure they nerfed the rate for Fragments.

    More on topic, mouse is the only way to play the Omega game, you will never get anywhere using the keyboard.

    It seems about the same to me too. I've gotten one or two purples so far and I've been grinding a lot less this year than last year. I usually get 1-3 blues each day.
  • postagepaidpostagepaid Member Posts: 2,899 Arc User
    You would think that for a guitar hero ripoff using keyboard would be best but they didn't bother copying the entire concept and went with up and down keys which is mind boggling that game designers can't see how bad their design ends up being when they clone something.

    It's worse on console as its thumbstick flicking so more travel time between each command.

    Does it work?

    Yes

    Does it work well?

    Well, it works...
  • iamviperswhipiamviperswhip Member Posts: 62 Arc User
    Lol, I didn't know you could use the mouse...dang lol, that's great.
  • jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    davefenestrator wrote: »
    It seems about the same to me too. I've gotten one or two purples so far and I've been grinding a lot less this year than last year. I usually get 1-3 blues each day.

    I mostly do my farming on two characters I created back in early 2017 and late 2017. This is the first time I have done the Anniversary Event on these two character. Off the top of my head and with regards to shards and fragment drop rates one character has a drop rate of between 9% - 10% while the other character has a drop rate of about 11%.

    I arrived at those percentage simply by dividing the total number of Shards and Fragments divided by the total number of Slivers I got from the game. I have not done any Omega crafting on these two characters so whatever they have are simply rewards from doing the mini-game. Shards and Fragments are typically only rewards with a score of at least 2,000. However, in one instance last week I got a Fragment with only a score of 1,900 which meant my reward was 3 Traces and 1 Fragment.
  • tigerariestigeraries Member Posts: 3,492 Arc User
    2700 is max... they should have it tracked online... how many 2700 can you get consecutively? course this depends on luck... a number of times they game just ends abruptly.
  • jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    ethereal#4956 wrote: »
    Its a shame that due to extreme lag, i cant even go past 2000-2200 most of the times. In any case i realized that it really doesnt matter. I got more shards and fragments reaching 2000 that going up to 2700 LOL!.

    I recommend you play in Windowed mode.

    I play my secondary F2P STO account on my 2013 Dell Latitude 3540 laptop. While it has a Radeon HD 8850m dedicated GPU (basically similar to the nVidia 940mx), I used the Intel HD 4400 in the past to play the Omega mini-game without any issues at 1080p resolution. I don't really need to set graphics settings on high if all I am doing is focusing on the mini-game. This year is different there is definitely a lot of lag (and ghosting) when playing the mini-game using the Intel HD 4400.

    I found this year that if I play in Windowed mode there is no lag in the mini-game while using the Intel HD 4400. I switch back to the Radeon HD 8850m when I decide to do something else other than play the mini-game when eye-candy is "important".
  • darkbladejkdarkbladejk Member Posts: 3,815 Community Moderator
    guys please refrain from necroposting. while there's nothing wrong with discussion, this thread is over a year old now. /closed
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