How to fix your Chimera event bug

I have a much, much, much better idea. None of that "everybody gets a boost except for the people who completed the event legitimately." If fake Chimaeras aren't going to be removed, then add a hardware slot to Chimaera and add a bonus tier to the event. The bonus tier is exactly the same as the current final tier.

Run the event again immediately. Actually enforce the requirements. This is the key. Double check it and triple check it before sending the update out to the players. Enforce the requirements, enforce the requirements, enforce the requirements.

The reward for completing the bonus tier? A piece of ship hardware that enables a 7* Chimaera's fleet to absolutely, instantaneously obliterate any other Chimaera-led fleet that doesn't have that piece of ship hardware. The Chimaera without the hardware doesn't stand a chance. The hardware is designed to 100% ensure this under all circumstances (attacking, defending, whatever).

What does the hardware do, exactly? How about this. Whenever any ship uses any ability, the hardware inflicts Fracture on the enemy Chimaera's entire fleet for 1000 turns. At the same time, the hardware provides all allies with total immunity to Fracture. This special version of Fracture also incorporates the features of Deathmark.

The hardware only works against other Chimaera fleets and has no effect against non-Chimaera fleets.

Now the fake Chimaeras are sorted from the real Chimaeras without removing anybody's ships. People who evaded the requirements get to keep their fake Chimaeras unlocked at their current star ratings, but they are reduced to garbage whenever they battle a real 7* Chimaera.

And it remains that way until the users of the fake Chimaeras qualify to complete the event legitimately. If they don't like automatic losses, they can complete the requirements. Or they can switch back to their other capital ships and permanently retire their fake Chimaeras to digital paperweight status.

Here is an example of an unnamed player who has long been able to sit among the top ranks of my Fleet Arena leaderboard while pouring his resources into completely different items for Squad Arena.

https://i.imgur.com/CO8dDai.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/JM4pc7m.jpg

The line about it being unlikely that a player can complete the event without a fleet of strong ships is a farce. G9 Ackbar. G11 Biggs. G8 Phoenix. The rest of his ship slots sat empty when he defeated the 6* tier.

It's all well and good that we have a promise the event will run correctly in subsequent repeats. But at one moment on the 2nd day of the current event, I counted 6 unearned Chimaeras in the top 50. That did not include others which may be unlocked in the remaining days, or others which might have been ranked outside of the top 50. More than 10% of the ranks that matter enough to be displayed like an honor roll. Maybe 10% qualifies as unlikely to some people, but it's not small enough for me to ignore it.

That's damage already done. Damage that needs undoing. An ongoing competition widely tainted with significant unearned advantages. Those are people whom I may be playing against for months to come, since the arena ladders are persistent.

To dismiss this as a matter of choice. Oh, they can choose to play the event without all of the recommended ships. Truly outrageous.

It's supposed to be a requirement. A gate that prevents people from playing if they don't qualify. Not just a helpful suggestion. Those of us who fulfilled the requirements labored for months under the belief that it was a requirement because the game and its developers told us all along that it was a requirement. If I am going to fulfill announced requirements in order to make progress, and my adversaries are going to be gifted the same long term progress by accident at the very same time without fulfilling the requirements, and they're allowed to retain that progress after the error is discovered... why am I even bothering to log in and patronize this game? That's pretty much the definition of a game which lacks the integrity to protect its own basic premise and lacks respect for the players who abide by the rules & pursue the goals within the prescribed boundaries.

I understand that CG_Kozispoon may only be relaying the reply to us that she has been instructed to give us. But it is a terribly conceived and deeply unsatisfying reply, no matter who conceived it.

CG_Kozispoon,
Based on your response that the event was tuned for 5 ships, I strongly disagree. So strongly that it makes me wonder if you even play.

"I'm still in favor of removing Chimaeras gained by bug-using."

Of course. If the fake Chimaeras went away, so too would the complaints about them.

The non-action by EA to fix this issue by removing chimaera gained from exploiting the bug is UNBELIEVABLE & UNACCEPTABLE. Turning a blind eye leaves a bad taste on everyones mouth. Definitely not buying any more EA games across all platforms or spending money in these games!