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RicterDarkfog
8 years ago

Zeta Mats (Fleet Shipments vs Ability Challenges)

So, like many of you, I've been wondering if it's better to get zeta mats from fleet shipments or to upgrade my ships faster. Unlike many of you, I'm an obsessive math nerd, so here goes. (this line ...
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RicterDarkfog
8 years ago
"Tannjam;781131" wrote:
I have a Fleet Power of 85,065 using 2x 4-star ships (Biggs, Ahsoka), 3x 3* ships (JC, GSo, Poe), and 2x 2* ships (RP, Wedge). That's letting me sit in the top 100 (barely) at payout, and overnight I drop into the 140-160's. And I have an 80% (or higher) win rate. Like I said, you're going to be incredibly fortunate to stay in the #21-50 range without keeping up on ship upgrades.


You seem to have 2 factors going on here that I don't think are typical:

  • You're in an exceptionally competitive shard. I'm sitting at similar Fleet Power (82k) and I get into the top 50 with 4/5 wins (5/5 gets me to around rank 40). I don't even drop out of the top 100 overnight.
  • You have significantly more blueprints than me, which means you spent a significant amount of crystals on ship packs (I've bought 2 of the big ones and am no where near you on blueprints, and I'm betting most players haven't bought that many). Alternatively you had a large stockpile of GW currency saved to spend on blueprints.


    It seems to be that you're a bigger spender than most players or you saved up a bunch of crystals for the release of ships. No judgement - that just means you're not typical. Ditto with the shard competitiveness - I do quite well in arena and was higher level when the ship update landed, which means you must have been even higher - meaning that you're even more of an outlier.

    Also, again, a drop in tier prizes isn't that big of a deal. I've shown the math. Even a pretty significant drop for me (and let's be honest, most players for whom this is relevant aren't in the top 50 regularly) shows that this strategy still makes sense.

    "Tannjam;781131" wrote:
    You're also assuming that the currently released Zeta abilities are going to be the only ones released ever, and you only need to chase one or two to be set. I'm betting that's just a taste.


    Not true at all. I'm trading a significant short term gain (a month with 1 Zeta upgrade vs no Zeta upgrade and a month with 2 Zeta upgrades vs 1 Zeta upgrade) for a small amount less of Zeta materials overall (5ish, obviously the math is really volatile). In the end, we'll end up with almost the exact same results - 7* fleets and lots of Zeta mats. You're implying that somehow I'd stop getting Zeta mats or would never upgrade my ships and make up the difference in fleet power, both of which are false.

    Also, have you seen Acrofales's post? You're not even going to be able to complete zeta ability challenges - you have the wrong ships.

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