Are ships worth it?

Yes.

"Tbirds01;d-196694" wrote:
Hey everyone,
I’m not a new player, but I feel like this is a new player question. Are ships worth working on? I hear you can get good crystals in the top 20. I’ve never really worked hard on my ships. I can get zetas from the ship challenge, and besides doing one fleet battle a day to get my daily activities done, I’ve not done much with them.
So are they worth it?

Absolutely. Fleet arena is where you obtain Fleet currency. This is actually the fastest way that you can obtain zetas (although I recommend you farm the ships and characters out of the store first).

Let's assume that all fleet currency goes towards zeta purchases. 2000 currency = 1 zeta material, so 40,000 currency = one full zeta.

You get a fleet arena payout 365 days a year.

A player who gets first place 365 days a year will earn 16 full zetas over the course of a year:
(1800 x 365 = 657,000. 657,000 / 40,000 = 16.425)

A player who places between 6-10th place every day will earn 12 full zetas over the course of a year.
(1400 x 365 = 511k 511k / 40k = 12.775)

A player who places below rank 500 will earn 7 full zetas over the course of a year.
(800 x 365 = 292k 292k / 40k = 7.3)

Please note, these calculations are purely based on the fleet arena payouts. Players will still be able to accumulate zeta materials from challenges, Wicket/Talzin bonus events, achievements, TWs, etc. However, there's a potential 10 full zeta per year difference between someone at the top of their fleet shard versus someone at the bottom.

Eh, do whatever is fun. I stopped once I got in the top 500 because ships weren't fun for me. I play the game to have fun. Some people enjoy doing the ships and that's fine too.

"jkray622;c-1788055" wrote:

"Tbirds01;d-196694" wrote:
Hey everyone,
I’m not a new player, but I feel like this is a new player question. Are ships worth working on? I hear you can get good crystals in the top 20. I’ve never really worked hard on my ships. I can get zetas from the ship challenge, and besides doing one fleet battle a day to get my daily activities done, I’ve not done much with them.
So are they worth it?

Absolutely. Fleet arena is where you obtain Fleet currency. This is actually the fastest way that you can obtain zetas (although I recommend you farm the ships and characters out of the store first).

Let's assume that all fleet currency goes towards zeta purchases. 2000 currency = 1 zeta material, so 40,000 currency = one full zeta.

You get a fleet arena payout 365 days a year.

A player who gets first place 365 days a year will earn 16 full zetas over the course of a year:
(1800 x 365 = 657,000. 657,000 / 40,000 = 16.425)

A player who places between 6-10th place every day will earn 12 full zetas over the course of a year.
(1400 x 365 = 511k 511k / 40k = 12.775)

A player who places below rank 500 will earn 7 full zetas over the course of a year.
(800 x 365 = 292k 292k / 40k = 7.3)

Please note, these calculations are purely based on the fleet arena payouts. Players will still be able to accumulate zeta materials from challenges, Wicket/Talzin bonus events, achievements, TWs, etc. However, there's a potential 10 full zeta per year difference between someone at the top of their fleet shard versus someone at the bottom.

Wow, thanks for the good explanatory explanation. ? They definitely seem worth it then.

Yes. As a FTP the arenas should be priority as the crystal income fuels development for toons in all other areas of the game.

Fleet arena is difficult because there is a relatively small selection of ships and no way to mod stats. This leads to there being 1 or 2 "best teams" and it is difficult to get creative and find unique ways to beat them.

That said, Fleet arena is generally less active than squad arena. So if you can invest the gear into 4-5 ships plus a capital ship, it is not too difficult to maintain top 20/10 payouts daily (if you have HMF). The ship meta also hasn't shifted nearly as often as the squad meta, so you usually get more return on your investment.

"theatomicpun;c-1788148" wrote:
Yes. As a FTP the arenas should be priority as the crystal income fuels development for toons in all other areas of the game.

Fleet arena is difficult because there is a relatively small selection of ships and no way to mod stats. This leads to there being 1 or 2 "best teams" and it is difficult to get creative and find unique ways to beat them.

That said, Fleet arena is generally less active than squad arena. So if you can invest the gear into 4-5 ships plus a capital ship, it is not too difficult to maintain top 20/10 payouts daily (if you have HMF). The ship meta also hasn't shifted nearly as often as the squad meta, so you usually get more return on your investment.

Cool, thanks man. I’ll start working on them then.

Definitely much less of a headache to maintain top spots in ship arena than squad.

Top 50 is pretty easy to maintain = 1300 currency/day
vs.
Top 10 giving only 100 more...

So if you don’t like ships —> do enough to reach the top 50.
I say this rather than Top 100 (1250 Currency/day) because you will also pick up 50 crystals/day. Which adds up to 18,250 free crystals/year.

Although Fleet Arena is nowhere near as fun, I realized early if I continue to invest everything into ship arena, ship arena payout fuels everything else. It becomes a very symbiotic relationship.
It’s not unlike owning rental properties. If you make wise decisions and put in the time and effort (including many other factors that are outside of your control), the rental properties end up paying for themselves AND your home mortgage . ?
Keep in mind it’s a long term investment. I did not truly realize how further ahead I am than others until GA matchups started.

It worth noting that the easier your shard the less you need to invest and the more fleet is worth it.

I started 13 months ago. I managed to skate through with tl fleet until hmf. Geos and hounds tooth were very beatable and I didn't see anyone with the mace timeout fleet.