Fleet. GK vs GK! A senseless random.
Hello everyone. We all play the game, and it belongs to the genre of strategy, where the outcome of the battle should depend on the player. But most of all, the battles in the GK vs GK fleet, with ...
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I will agree with OP that fleet arena is more RNG dependent than squad arena.
However, in my opinion, it is primarily due to the reduced variables available - both in the lack of mods meaning that many matchups are ‘coin flips’ due to identical statistics, and that there are far fewer overall choices available.
But, as several others have already pointed out, either changing out a ship or two to change turn order, or completely changing the fleet can remove a great deal of the randomness.
Also, even in close or true mirror matches, I find that much more than which ship goes first, the battles outcome hinges much more on crucial debuffs landing in the first few turns - I’ve always felt that Ships 2.0 was far too ‘swingy’ with only 3 ships in the starting line up...
Maybe things will get better if we see a major expansion (that may or may not have been teased with Crumb’s statement of a ‘shipload of new content’) soon...
However, in my opinion, it is primarily due to the reduced variables available - both in the lack of mods meaning that many matchups are ‘coin flips’ due to identical statistics, and that there are far fewer overall choices available.
But, as several others have already pointed out, either changing out a ship or two to change turn order, or completely changing the fleet can remove a great deal of the randomness.
Also, even in close or true mirror matches, I find that much more than which ship goes first, the battles outcome hinges much more on crucial debuffs landing in the first few turns - I’ve always felt that Ships 2.0 was far too ‘swingy’ with only 3 ships in the starting line up...
Maybe things will get better if we see a major expansion (that may or may not have been teased with Crumb’s statement of a ‘shipload of new content’) soon...
