Leviathan requirements contradiction: Game vs Announcement

Well since it clearly states you need them at 7 stars to unlock, getting them to 5 stars and stopping serves 0 purpose.

Pretty clear that it’s just like the other cap ships. 5* will let you try the first battle, but you need 7* if you want to clear the last.

Well, no offense, but communication or no I have no idea why anyone would expect to unlock the new shiny with only 5* ships. It’s been 7 every time. The minimum reqs have always only gotten you access to the battles.

They said it in this forum:
"Unlocking the event will require ships at 5*, but in order earn enough shards to unlock Leviathan you will need the ships at 7*"

Yes, that was included in the OP. Even the wording in the OP doesn’t have a contradiction either; there’s a difference between accessing the event and unlocking the ship.

"BubbaFett;c-2427556" wrote:
I don't see the communication failure here.... 5 stars will let you unlock the event, 7 stars required to complete the event... What am I missing?

"Notthatguyfrombefore;c-2427551" wrote:

If you wanted to unlock early then you could buy packs for inflated amounts of crystals if you so chose.

Not sure how it works, but OP might have a point.

Ahh, now I see it. My bad, you are right. The journey guide does say 7*

"BubbaFett;c-2427572" wrote:

"Piatz1019;c-2427570" wrote:

"BubbaFett;c-2427567" wrote:
I mean, yeah... Their comms should have been better (or accurate), but t's not really that big of a deal ... Not like it's keeping anyone from an unlock or something..

But it may...my guildmate unlocked Exec with a 6* Razor Crest because he bought the capital ship shard packs after doing all the tiers he could do. However, you can't even buy the pack unless you have access to the event (which he had since he had RC unlocked). IT actually may hurt a small number of people who couldn't finish the galactic chases or didn't finish Ebon Hawk in time (as OP said). If they were willing to buy the packs to finish unlocking, they may be hosed.

**edited for spelling**

Yeah, I read that elsewhere.... That being said, those packs are wicked expensive and I would question why they wouldn't have used all of those stashed crystals just to farm the requirements in the first place....

It may not be the same for Leviathan, but for Exe and Prof it was 1250 for 10 shards. If you were one ship short of the last tier it could be beneficial in the short term to skip the 7* tier to have a 4* CS. 5000 crystals versus 100 crystals per shard of a ship can make sense if it’ll guarantee you 1st place in fleet arena and you are, say, 80 or 90 shards from the last ship hitting 7*

I needed 70-odd shards for IG2000 when all the rest were at 7* as my last exe req and made a similar choice. Don’t regret it as I had at least a month of extra guaranteed 1st in my shard without needing to use any refreshes.

Issue resolved and sorted out?

Thread good to close?

"Ultra;c-2427583" wrote:
Issue resolved and sorted out?

Thread good to close?

@Ultra not really. The question still stands, will it be 5* or 7* ships to access the event? Which was correct, kit reveal or in-game journey guide?

PS - I’m not making some demand that they stick by what they said in the kit reveal. If they’ve changed their minds and are going with 7* to access the event that’s disappointing but I’ll roll with it. It just needs someone official to confirm this is what’s intended going forward.