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Why did the Fleet Event Ships idea fail?
sci321
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I remember that, during the 2019 summer event, Cryptic did a little experiment where unlocking the T6 Risian corvette also unlocked a fleet version that was a full pilot ship. However, I've noticed that none of the event ships we've had since then have gotten the same treatment. This has led me to believe the the full specialization fleet event ships idea was a big enough flop for the idea to be scrapped. If this is the case, here are a few reasons I can think of as to why.
1. the Tactical/Pilot combo is an over-saturated pool.
Basically, if you're going for a ship of the above combo, no matter what faction your character is, you have dozens of alternatives to the Risian Pilot Corvette.
2. Pilot maneuvers is simply the most boring of the full specialization abilities.
What is Pilot maneuvers? It's simply a quick dash that gives damage immunity. Sounds good, but compare that to the other full spec abilities.
Intel: Every few seconds, you can apply a powerful offensive, defensive, or hold Debuff to the target.
Command: Activating enough BOFF abilities allows you to give the team a powerful offensive, defensive, of BOFF CDR buff.
Miracle Worker: Activating 3 BOFF abilities of randomly chosen careers triggers one of 6 randomly chosen effects.
Temporal: Activate one of three buffs that also charges up a powerful single target beam.
Compared to those, a quick dash with damage immunity on the side doesn't sound that interesting, does it?
1. the Tactical/Pilot combo is an over-saturated pool.
Basically, if you're going for a ship of the above combo, no matter what faction your character is, you have dozens of alternatives to the Risian Pilot Corvette.
2. Pilot maneuvers is simply the most boring of the full specialization abilities.
What is Pilot maneuvers? It's simply a quick dash that gives damage immunity. Sounds good, but compare that to the other full spec abilities.
Intel: Every few seconds, you can apply a powerful offensive, defensive, or hold Debuff to the target.
Command: Activating enough BOFF abilities allows you to give the team a powerful offensive, defensive, of BOFF CDR buff.
Miracle Worker: Activating 3 BOFF abilities of randomly chosen careers triggers one of 6 randomly chosen effects.
Temporal: Activate one of three buffs that also charges up a powerful single target beam.
Compared to those, a quick dash with damage immunity on the side doesn't sound that interesting, does it?
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The devs, when they decided they were going to do the T6 version, knew that people out there would want the ship as a full spec Pilot ship with the maneuvers. However, since they don't usually do Event ships like that, they offered the whole fleet version as an addition.
Personally I think pilot is the best spec escorts/raiders can have. Sure the immunity is neat but you can also use the maneuvers for positioning which let's you evade some AoE garbage and makes DHCs a lot easier to use.
I believe Jette said that the decision not to add full specs to Events ships was "above her paygrade" (read: decided by Geko). Still, reasonably generous of Cryptic to at least supply some of the Pilot Spec.
And Pilot Maneuvres are not nothing. Nothing is what you have without them, and they simply add to whatever the ship came already with. Personally, I love 'em on my Fidget Spinner (Jellyfish): the scihax is being apllied, things start to explode in their faces, you back-pedal, Pilot Maneuvres stlyle, and they don't explode in YOUR face. Simple as that. And ever so useful for CCA.
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That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
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