Top 5 Mistakes Most Players Are Making In Star Trek Fleet Command | Focusing On Efficiency (Fun!)!

The first mistake was playing Star Trek Fleet Command! Ha, just joking, I actually love this game (truly), which is why I've spent the past week talking to hundreds of players. You know what I've learned? So many are making basic mistakes they don't realize they are whether due to outdated or just bad information that's been passed on to them. Well, I'm calling on @everyone to not only watch this video for 5 Big ones I've seen a lot lately but to provide your own advice in the comments for all players!

Topics covered:
1. Rev's Top 5 Mistakes, what are yours?
2. The VALUE of Ultra Recruits, is there any?
3. The POWER of a top tier alliance
4. If you have any game mechanic questions, feel free to drop those questions in the comments!

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[riverstone]

I agree with all these suggestions EXCEPT needing to be in the best alliance you can find. Let's say you're 40 and you join the #2 alliance on the server whose average level is 48. You won't be able to join their armadas, you won't be mining where they're mining and if they PvP you'll be an afterthought. You'll end up getting frustrated by not being able to take part in much of what they're doing and might start feeling pressure to level up faster or start buying packs to catch up. That's just not fun.

Rather, you want to find an alliance where you're like 10th best to around the middle of their average power. That way you'll always have people to armada with and you'll be sharing the same progression with many of your alliance mates, which makes the game far more fun than just getting some extra loot as a hanger on in a top guild.

[daleziner]

My biggest mistake starting out was leveling up too quick. Wanted the boost of the higher levels but ended up underpowered.
I now wait to level up until all research, upgrades n buildings are maxed.

[peterpound]

Nice tips, appreciate you pointing out there are a lot of "money wasting " deals in the Shop

[DemetriDawn]

I think another pitfall newer players fall into is not working on the specialty/event ships: slack on Stella you miss out on important efficiency researches; don’t dust off your Vi’dar lose independent credits which are such a pain to source; and etc.

[AuroraPhoenixx]

I'm a new player. My brother has been playing for years and I finally caved and started as well. I am completely addicted now lol. Glad to have found this channel!

[danielbrown]

I just recently learned that your opc cargo, if killed by a hostile, is kept and still put into inventory...for years ive been trying to grind borg/swarms/etc to the last possible one before popping and then flying the return trip home so my cargo would count...so much wasted time on return trips🤦

[churl]

really appreciate you taking the time to go over simple things like this.. I am a slow to lvl guy who is actually having a great time playing at a low level with no sense of urgency to level up as I am enjoying enjoying playing and doing great because i follow your advise

[mattpetch]

Great advice Rev, as a leisure player I'm happy in my rank12 alliance, I dual factioned up to the first lock then I've been camping in the mid 30s doing as many dailies as I can stay awake for!

[Lloydson]

Creating a plan and sticking to it is one of the best things you can do in this game. Want that Pilum make a plan to get to it, that will help keep you focused on the goal and not bouncing for this new feature to this feature.

[NathanielMiller]

Another exception to Dual-Faction Grinding: Once you get to 10M on all three, you need to TRIPLE-grind and stall until you get to Ops38; the next tier up (30M) jumps you to 4* mining, which you can't get to until Ops38. So take advantage of the time and triple-faction it to scoop up all the faction credits you can.

[jerseydewd]

rotate your grinds, don't try to take on the world in one day. as for me at lvl 35 there is so much to grind you have to focus on one or two per day to max out production so you don't need to hit it again anytime soon. kind of like working out when you have leg day, push day, pull day. do your dailys and then focus on 2 grinds and do them thoroughly then do 1 or 2 different ones the next day. make time to opc hunt especially in territory space. there is nothing like free rss @RevDeuce loves it and so do I. keep up with your research and don't "outkick your coverage". some people level up too quickly and either bottleneck on rss or fall behind on research. there is nothing wrong with camping at certain levels to catch your breath. remember not only research but your buildings and ships also need rss. try to plan ahead accordingly. don't be afraid to mine in token space. of course try to time it for an event like mining monday but its so ez to get a crap ton of a resource in one long trip which frees up your dock space and time to do other things.

[RobertoBonilla-zwcu]

I really appreciate your channel. As a pretty new player in a small guild your videos have been very helpful.

[rickmarr]

Dual faction is worth it!!! It's slow and tedious but it is so worth it. It also helps in dailies, making it so much easier to finish. Just mine for both or just one, swarms, help alliance and the open gift chest and you are practically done. A lot of the times they count towards the event also. Events have 24 hours before reset so if doing swarms and there's a event do your swarms until you finish them stop and wait till dailies reset to do it again and hopefully this finishes off the event if not just keep going since dailies can be done along events only twice. This helps make dailies not seem like a chore. Another thing is not collect on away missions so quickly, save some of them for events. Most away mission rewards aren't that great so saving them isn't hurting much plus the officers you're using are ones I don't really use. Refinery, you have to stay on top of it, make sure you are doing them religiously, especially the material one. You get to pull every 9 hours or so, every little bit helps. Try to get 5of11 as soon as possible, she helps tremendously, I add her to the bridge with Jaylah to grind on swarms and within 2 months I got my Franklin fully tiered and ready to be exchanged for the 'A'. She helps so much in getting them other currencies also, like them nanoprobes, actian venoms, and others. Quick sure fire way is to get them transporter patterns and the fastest way is to max rep your augment faction then pull constantly from the augment chest. quickest way to get maxed out officers in rares and epics but the second chest contains only rares and I maxed it out pretty quick. It's how I unlock 5of11.

[mliddell]

Thank you for the video. Just started playing about 2 weeks ago and have been looking for information to get me up to speed. This has helped, I have subscribed. Been loving the game so far.

[loonypath]

If you are low level or new, buy the Chen Tlann 20$ pack if it shows up in your store. Those characters have lasting value.

[Thebluedevils]

I have been enjoying the game. trying to get the 5th Spock is holding me back. I can't level up without him. currently doing tasks for levels, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17-20 are untouchable. I'm around 8500 limping around. Started smashing dailies.

[derwynowen]

I think another mistake is trying to do too much, there are so many avenues to the game.
I concentrate most on Dominion, i bought the Defiant as i was ops 38 and didn`t have a 34 ship. It has helped me so much, I`m ops 44 now and use Dominion to get 4*uc ship parts and materials(2k-4k per day), not to mention all the boosts from Dominion research.
For context, i went from 0-44 in less than a year thanks to my bro getting me into the number 2 alliance in our server, but I do suffer from poor officer levels due to too many officers available in ultra recruit, so maybe time to double the shards or halve the cost, or ideally both lol

[jamescopeland]

On my server usually to stay in the top 2 alliances you need to participate in the alliance events at the very least and get a score that shows you made an effort.

[LMayhemMama]

Thank you for this list. It’s satisfying to hear that I’m doing the right things to progress well.

[twmijjit]

I definitely agree on all points. I play in the same manner. I've especially noticed moving from the second highest alliance to a 6-7 ranked alliance that my former teammates are progressing significantly quicker. Winning alliance events pays out a lot in the long run.