Buff epics?

Ahhh. The real question is "who gets 1 epic a week of the duplicates they NEED?"
Yeah, miiika's maths works to a point, but this is an average based on RNG. So you MAY get one epic a week, but if it's an item you don't use, or already have maxed out, then it's useless and scrap. So as usual, the answer from the Devs is a blanket "but the numbers work in theory" which of course NEVER translates into practice, but hey, what do we, the players actually playing, know?

 

Lol will I ever see a post which hasn't run off from the topic

 

What does RAILGUN feel like at high level
And even that sometimes. But as long as we get back on track...

 

I guess I have been getting enough epics to cover up around 1 per week. Just haven't noticed cus they are usually ones I scrap right away

 

Epics don't need a performance buff, they desperately need a drop rare buff.

Rates are the way to go not cause lvling them up is easier.

Rares are the way to go cause it's easuer as fudge finding duplicates for them compared to epics.

We need more epic drop rates.

 

As you get more and more items you'll always get useful ones. Sure, if you only want this one item the chance to actually get it is low. But if you look at a full ship setup of 8 items, everyone will be able to replace some with good epics at some point. You just have to play long enough.

 

All good but that some pt is the prob we all face and its vague and too long

 

Going by my experience with big game developers they will rather nerf power/drop rate of rares to give indirect buff to epic.

 

I'm pretty sure that'll just make it impossible for free players to even go past 3000. I'll definitely quit as I'm already getting tired of all the legendary weapons past 2000 infamy. Only reason it feels fair because rares are well balanced and can put up a fight.

 

That depends on how you look at it. Personally, I'm happy with my rares. It's easy enough to get rare duplicates and you can get very far with rare items alone. Epics are, to me, a little extra. A slow, long term upgrade. Not something I must have now. I think this is the correct mindset for F2P.

 

You can definitely get past 3K with all rares, you can even get past 4K with it.

 

1 epic a week? I don't think that's realistic actually. I'm definitely getting a lot less than 1 per week even though opening 15 star crates everyday and opening the Weekly rewards etc. I'm getting maybe 2-3 Epic pieces a week. @Mr squiqqle So I think you're right, the devs definitely are exaggerating the "numbers work" and along with the random crates and the ability to get duplicate items that you don't need multiple times without limit.

 

15 star crates a day!?

 

The Green ones that limit you to opening 5 per day ?
"Star Crate" that require 15 Stars to purchase?

 

Ahaha, righto.

 

Of course you can. I was replying to comment about nerfing rares.

 

I personally get a bit more when counting those rarely popping "extra" epic items from boxes so with my calculation, I'd get 1,5 epics per season. Makes it 0,75 per week naturally, so yea, I do agree that 1 per week is a bit exaggerated but not that badly though. Maybe you have been quite unlucky then

This is the major issue in rng games. You never know what, when or how you're gonna get those items you need. Without luck, maybe in years (or never)

 

As a mostly F2P player, I prefer we not buff Epics, but that's only because I don't really use any, and I will likely only get enough useful matches after a year or so to actually equip it.

With that being said, if I wait a year and finally get an epic that I want to level 20, I'd expect it to be better than my level 40 rare. Too bad it won't be. It pretty much confirms I'll always be a rare player.