Sunday STFC Stream! | Was the Janeway SLB a good add? | Discussing why Scopely has brackets wonky



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24 thoughts on “Sunday STFC Stream! | Was the Janeway SLB a good add? | Discussing why Scopely has brackets wonky”

  1. There's plenty of events in the game that are only accessible based on ops level. Why don't they just make it so that from ops50+ it becomes a heroic sms and below that it's the typical standard sms with paired slb? They could do this until the number of players in the 50's/60's is enough to split the top bracket in two. Maybe 50-47 and 58+ or something like that at that point.

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  2. I'm F2P lvl 34 player, will park at lvl 35 until getting all faction and specialty ships, winning many SLB/SMS and doing all research possible. So, I donot spend money, but will do the most to get Tucker because he's the hottest, cuttest Officer in the Star Trek Universe and he even got pregnant!!! 😍🥰 LLAP 🖖

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  3. I’m level 39. I dreamed of getting here as fast as I could. Now I realize I haven’t met all my goals, apparently 40-41 are difficult levels, and I do t feel ready to pull the trigger and go to 40. Just keep playing. I used to be a light spender (battle passes). Now I seem to buy a battle pass every 3-4 months. I went from a light spender to a free player. I’m interested in new content, just don’t feel compelled to go there (I know that’s the definition of Scopley’s problem). I’ll eventually go to 40’s or game will die (hope not but could always happen). I’m just not motivated to keep pushing forward to more and more complicated grinds.

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  4. Level 53 here, and I can't compete in these slb's in our server, not even close. These lvl categories need to change to be even close to fair. They need to make more categories with a smaller range. Otherwise just call it what it is, "high level and whale event". 😮

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  5. My main issue is, at certain Ops, $400 wouldnt get you the unlock as there isnt enough to spend on. Went from 44 to 45, did every single building, and every single research that takes uncommon or rare, and still only 1/3rd of the way through the SMS

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  6. most easy solution for almost all issues is get rid scopelys monetization. A monthly fee would do it. Get rid of p2w. develope a balanced gameplay. More player would stay n play this game. Dont believe a game like this couldnt survive without whale spending…thats propaganda!

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  7. First time I hear a CC address the problem of veteran players of every spend bracket quitting or reducing spending to zero at an alarming pace.
    Scopely is so focused on the $ and so stingy(ie make it harder and harder to progress without spending) I do not see them course correct. They double down on their bad design of trying to frustrate players into spend.

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  8. Everytime I have leveled up I feel I get weaker. This is generally opposite of every other game I play. Other than new ship unlocks, I feel there is actually no incentive to level up in this game. I'm 43 right now, should get my 42 ship in 2-3 months(reputation issues). I enjoyed the game more when I was 39.

    Small comment on maintenance mode. There is also a middle ground there. I have never liked how this game needs to create brand new content month after month and then just lets old content die. Do a new feature one month and then do a small revamp and continue with that feature the next month.

    I don't even buy the battle pass anymore. I have no problem spending $100+ on other games during a month, but I truly don't feel I get anything of value by spending $100 in this game. I get enough rss for like 1 ship part. That is not my experience in other games. That is not a new issue for me though in this game, I felt that same way 3 years ago when I started playing. They seem to make this game much more difficult for the average player simply so they can get the whales to spend. That is an odd game design choice for me. Obviously it has worked for them, I'm curious if it will last.

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  9. 30-39 are like 50% alts. I have on my server spy 30-something alt account. I know ppl who had multiple (like 4 accounts) 39 accounts that they move from alliance to alliance. They see it as "active accounts" but they are not. There is no spend on those accounts, no real activity…

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  10. I prefer sms because even if I can't complete it, I still get something for taking part. There's no guarantee for that with slb, especially when they can only really be done by big spenders or higher lvl players. There's no incentive for f2p or light/mid spenders to spend. When the cheapest pack of any use is £20, you are pricing players out. And it's not really fair for the big spenders to be cash cows for scopely. Eventually, they'll stop spending.

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  11. So i was hoping to go from 40 to 42 the past two months and i got alnost there but ran out of rss. Got to the 14 shard unlock this week but again ran out rss. Not currently wanting to buy packs just to get me there. Ill wait.

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  12. As a new ops 25, i love that i unlocked Janeway for cheap. I can see this model being an issue as I move up. They need to kill the 2000 hostile loot limit. That should be unlimited. This is the only "war" game I have played that does not offer cheaper packs, $0.99, $1.99, $4.99 ……. Small packs that tempt F2P to spend a little. BP is awesome tho.

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