Key information about the event: The Heart of the Empire - 07/20

Posted: 12 July 2017 01:39 PM Event Name: The Heart of the Empire

Event Type: Hybrid Event Faction(Klingon) then Expedition

Event Crew: Klingon B’Elanna Torres 4* (New), Dahar Master Kang 5* (New), and General Martok 4* (Existing)

Event Dates: Thursday 2017-07-20 until Monday 2017-07-24

Bonus crew: These exact event crew + Kortar will provide the best bonuses, but all versions of event crew, and all crew with the Klingon trait will provide some. Adding some information about the gameplay change here, so it will be more easily accessible.

Expedition event will now also include a ship battle mission providing VP.

This ship battle mission, for balance purposes, will have a cost of 4 chronitons regardless of the difficulty level.

Here are some 1/x stats: Dahar Master Kang

FE 1/5 level 100

DIP 835 +(216-436)

SEC 558 +(106-285) Klingon Torres

FE 1/4 level 100

ENG 397 +(75-208)

SEC 664 +(81-230) Signature Shan

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Posted: 12 July 2017 01:44 PM cool. but kinda surprised the Dahar Masters aren’t the same star level Signature This week Frank and Roonis talk about extra long shuttles, the concept of F2P pain to convert to spending customers, discuss how Odo is not a Dax, and discuss the worst Starfleet Department to work in, HR.

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Posted: 12 July 2017 01:53 PM Holding out hope that Klingon Torres is from Barge of the dead and not the Sulan version. Also kinda weird for an expedition to have no known characters who can get event bonus on science, engineering or medical nodes + TBD on epic diplomacy. Signature “Seize the time - live now! Make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again.” ~ Jean Luc Picard / Kamin

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Posted: 12 July 2017 02:05 PM back to back Torres.. blah Signature Profile

Posted: 12 July 2017 03:12 PM Papinka - 12 July 2017 01:53 PM Also kinda weird for an expedition to have no known characters who can get event bonus on science, engineering or medical nodes + TBD on epic diplomacy. If DB has any foresight at all, they’ll have designed the expedition in such a way that there are no reward nodes on the unused stats. Considering what happened with DIP/MED last time, I hold no breath. Profile

Posted: 12 July 2017 03:16 PM Dang it. I was hoping for Hybrid Faction/Galaxy, not Hybrid Faction/Expedition. Rats. Signature Task Force April, Fleet Founder Emeritus Newfie Central, Squad Founder, In Memoriam Profile

Posted: 12 July 2017 03:19 PM Female Vulcan Q - 12 July 2017 03:16 PM Dang it. I was hoping for Hybrid Faction/Galaxy, not Hybrid Faction/Expedition. Rats. There is still mega event finale week that is unannounced. I think a hybrid galaxy is quite likely. So keep stocking up in preparation. I’m about to begin to restock my empty shelves at least until they release what the event crew is. Signature “Seize the time - live now! Make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again.” ~ Jean Luc Picard / Kamin

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Posted: 12 July 2017 03:20 PM Roonis - 12 July 2017 01:44 PM cool. but kinda surprised the Dahar Masters aren’t the same star level Indeed. However, I guess the precedent was set for the Borg mega event (The Assimilated Crew were not all of the same rarity). In a somewhat unrelated topic, I wonder if DB is going to make any changes to Expedition rules? I did appreciate DB getting rid of the RNG for node critical success in expeditions (and later, for all away missions), as well as providing additional incentive (via VP multiplier on critical node success) to further using featured or bonus crew. I wonder if this expedition is using the same ruleset as the last expedition, or some other rule set? Signature Task Force April, Fleet Founder Emeritus Newfie Central, Squad Founder, In Memoriam Profile

Posted: 12 July 2017 03:51 PM Great, Klingon faction : / My KCA transmissions are starting to take a real hit here, and unfortunately the Distress Call isn’t really doing much to alleviate the pain. I prefer 3 faction shuttle events too, but that everybody has the same pain point on 1 vs 3. Profile

Posted: 12 July 2017 04:16 PM Papinka - 12 July 2017 01:53 PM Also kinda weird for an expedition to have no known characters who can get event bonus on science, engineering or medical nodes + TBD on epic diplomacy. If they do like they did last time, and have RNG removed from nodes, that will not really be much of an issue. Signature = EXODUS = Profile

Posted: 12 July 2017 04:29 PM Hopefully the expedition will use the same mroe relaxed rules as the last one. But it is disappointing that there isn’t a bit more spread on the featured Klingon that are very stacked for SEC & CMD. I would have preferred faction event to feature KCA or at least remove the daily limit on buying KCA transmissions. I about to be tapped out after running them hard for the week since this month was announced. Profile

Posted: 12 July 2017 05:28 PM I used to enjoy expedition events. Now I dread slogging through the same monotonous mission over and over and over and over. Everyone gets the same number of points. No randomness, no progress, no fun. Profile

Posted: 12 July 2017 05:53 PM I’m glad B’Elanna is a 4* and I’m looking forward to FFing Martok. Don’t mind the expedition part, last time it was a breeze. Profile

Posted: 12 July 2017 07:22 PM You think Torres or Martok will be the threshold? Profile

Posted: 12 July 2017 07:31 PM GhostStalker - 12 July 2017 07:22 PM You think Torres or Martok will be the threshold? I’m hoping for Martok so that pretty much guarantees it will be Torres. Signature This is NOT spam! Profile