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Don\u2019t Roll the Gatcha Until You Finish the Story<\/strong><\/h3>\nLike many similar mobile titles there is a gatcha system in Star Trek: Legends<\/em> where you are able to summon Star Trek<\/em>\u2019s greatest heroes and villains (and a fair amount of no-name nobodies) to join your crew thanks to the Nexus (as seen in Star Trek: Generations<\/em>). You may be tempted to summon a character every time you have enough \u201corbs\u201d to do so. However, this would be a huge mistake.<\/p>\nWhen the game begins, there is almost no one to summon in the gatcha other than random useless crew members and the three officers you get as part of the tutorial\u2014Burnham, Bones, and Worf. As you play through the story, more and more characters will be unlocked in the gatcha\u2014with the full spread available once you finish the sixth chapter. Simply put, save your orbs until the character(s) you want are available. And don\u2019t worry about filling out your roster, there are more than a few ways to get characters that don\u2019t involve the gatcha.<\/p>\n
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Your Best Team for Completing the Story<\/strong><\/h3>\nWhen it comes to completing the story, the trick is building the best team you can from the crewmembers you A) unlock naturally as part of the plot, B) unlock from completing achievements, and C) unlock from completing limited-time \u201cOperation\u201d events that you can only try five times per day. Here\u2019s the team that got me through the game at launch (the first six episodes).<\/p>\n
Leonard McCoy – Healer<\/strong><\/p>\nThe game really throws you a bone (pun intended) by giving you McCoy right out of the gate. While he may be the second most common when it comes to rarity, he\u2019s the best doctor in the game. Period. He can heal one character for most of their HP and give a massive defense boost to the entire party. But the best item in his kit is the \u201cTri-Ox Hypospray\u201d which can be used first turn and boosts both attack and morale\u2014which is ungodly powerful when paired with…<\/p>\n
William Riker – DPS<\/strong><\/p>\nRiker is a character you get early on (in the first episode or two) just by going through the story. Now, I don\u2019t know if he is the best DPS in the game but until I find someone else who can attack all enemies turn one, he\u2019s not leaving my party. And as he is a bit slower in the turn order than McCoy he can be buffed before his first turn so that he wipes out the entire enemy side in one shot. Even after that his normal attack can one-shot any individual target that isn\u2019t a boss. And with the McCoy morale boost, he will often attack alongside the other characters when they attack.<\/p>\n
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Worf – Tank<\/strong><\/p>\nLike McCoy, you get Worf within your first few minutes of the game. And while there are better tanks you can get in the gatcha\u2014Captain Pike and Odo are arguably better and the Borg Queen certainly is\u2014he got me through the whole story mode no trouble. He has a taunt skill which is incredibly useful given that McCoy can only heal one person at a time. He also has a counterattack skill (though I never unlocked it due to the fact I felt he was more useful spending his turns attacking). His ultimate skill (which can only be used from the third turn on), \u201cKlingon Fury,\u201d is a boss-killer of epic proportions\u2014though you\u2019d be surprised how few times battle lasted long enough for me to use it.<\/p>\n
Geordi La Forge – Support<\/strong><\/p>\nWhile you don\u2019t get him in the story, Geordi can be unlocked by completing the \u201cEvent: Welcome Event\u201d Operation series. (If the welcome event no longer exists by the time you pick up the game, then it might be time to break the \u201cdon\u2019t use the gatcha\u201d rule once Geordi appears in it. The good news is that the odds are you\u2019ll get him within the first 10 pulls from the Engineer gatcha.)<\/p>\n
Geordi is a beast. He can create cover for party members to hide behind\u2014like, say, a taunting Worf. More than that, on the second turn he can create a shield that doubles or triples the entire party\u2019s HP while also increasing morale (which in turn increases the likelihood of random team-up attacks occurring).<\/p>\n
Of the four character\u2019s I\u2019ve recommended here, Geordi will likely be the last you unlock. While you\u2019re working to unlock him, any other character can take his slot\u2014the McCoy, Worf, Riker, trinity is solid all on its own. I personally kept Burnham and Data in that slot till I got Geordi\u2014though feel free to experiment with any of the dozens of other characters you\u2019ll get for free.<\/p>\n
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Equip Your Main Team with Gear<\/strong><\/h3>\nEach character can equip a phaser, padd, tricorder, and communicator\u2014along with two nexus particles. These boost the characters\u2019 various stats. They can be bought from the in-game shop (for a nominal fee). Make sure your main party has them equipped.<\/p>\n
Level Up the Gear That Boosts the Abilities of Each Person<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe equipment and nexus particles you obtain can be leveled up with items you gather from story missions and shuttle missions. However, don\u2019t just upgrade at random. Each boosts different stats and not all characters use the same stats. For example, Riker attacks with the attack stat. Thus, leveling up his phaser is the most important as it boosts attack. Geordi, on the other hand, attacks with the tech stat. So for him, leveling up the tricorder is most important. The same basic rule of thumb holds true for Nexus particles\u2014but hold off on upgrading these until epic or legendary ones appear in Quark\u2019s shop.<\/p>\n
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Assign Your Bridge Crew<\/strong><\/h3>\nAs you progress through the game, you will be able to assign people to various stations on the bridge. Each person on the bridge has some skill that buffs the entire away team when you do missions. Some of these will only work on certain types of characters (Klingons or Borg) while others work on all away team members. Mix and match to find the best support for your party. (Oh and don\u2019t worry. Even if a character has a job on the bridge, they can still go on away missions without any loss in the overall stat bonuses.)<\/p>\n
Send People on Shuttle Missions Whenever You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNot only does this level them up, it gets you rare items to level up skills and equipment.<\/p>\n
Save Your Bio-gels For New Characters<\/strong><\/h3>\nBio-gels are largely useless on your main party\u2014they will level up quickly on their own. Save the gels for when you want to quickly level up a new character to put into your main party.<\/p>\n
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Character Rarity Doesn\u2019t Matter, Skills Do<\/strong><\/h3>\nKahn is the highest level of rarity. Riker is two levels of rarity lower. Can Kahn wipe out an entire opposing force on the first turn? Nope. I rest my case.<\/p>\n
Getting Morale Up is Better than Giving Morale Down<\/strong><\/h3>\nWhile giving four morale downs causes and enemy to retreat from battle, it\u2019s faster to just kill them. And as giving your landing party morale makes it so that they randomly do team up attacks, enemies drop even faster.<\/p>\n
There Are Glitches, Tons of Glitches<\/strong><\/h3>\nWhile fun, this game is a buggy one\u2014at least on the iPad I bought brand new last year. Sometimes I haven\u2019t been able to select locations on the landing party map (I needed to sync a controller to select my next location). Other times, some of the graphics didn\u2019t show up leaving me with white boxes instead of icons. My daily PVP rewards haven\u2019t been awarded to me for the past several days\u2014with the game acting like I\u2019ve already gotten them. More than once, two menus have opened at once requiring me to restart the game to make them go away. And I can\u2019t count the number of times I\u2019ve wanted to equip an item and the game simply won\u2019t bring up the menu to let me do so. The good news is that in battle, things have been glitch free. But I won\u2019t pretend I haven\u2019t been getting more and more frustrated with the bugs.<\/p>\n
Star Trek: Legends<\/em> was released for Apple Arcade on April 2, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When the game begins, there is almost no one to summon in the gatcha other than random useless crew members and the three officers you get as part of the tutorial\u2014Burnham, Bones, and Worf. As you play through the story, more and more characters will be unlocked in the gatcha\u2014with the full spread available once you finish the sixth chapter. Simply put, save your orbs until the character(s) you want are available. And don\u2019t worry about filling out your roster, there are more than a few ways to get characters that don\u2019t involve the gatcha.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Your Best Team for Completing the Story<\/strong><\/h3>\nWhen it comes to completing the story, the trick is building the best team you can from the crewmembers you A) unlock naturally as part of the plot, B) unlock from completing achievements, and C) unlock from completing limited-time \u201cOperation\u201d events that you can only try five times per day. Here\u2019s the team that got me through the game at launch (the first six episodes).<\/p>\n
Leonard McCoy – Healer<\/strong><\/p>\nThe game really throws you a bone (pun intended) by giving you McCoy right out of the gate. While he may be the second most common when it comes to rarity, he\u2019s the best doctor in the game. Period. He can heal one character for most of their HP and give a massive defense boost to the entire party. But the best item in his kit is the \u201cTri-Ox Hypospray\u201d which can be used first turn and boosts both attack and morale\u2014which is ungodly powerful when paired with…<\/p>\n
William Riker – DPS<\/strong><\/p>\nRiker is a character you get early on (in the first episode or two) just by going through the story. Now, I don\u2019t know if he is the best DPS in the game but until I find someone else who can attack all enemies turn one, he\u2019s not leaving my party. And as he is a bit slower in the turn order than McCoy he can be buffed before his first turn so that he wipes out the entire enemy side in one shot. Even after that his normal attack can one-shot any individual target that isn\u2019t a boss. And with the McCoy morale boost, he will often attack alongside the other characters when they attack.<\/p>\n
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Worf – Tank<\/strong><\/p>\nLike McCoy, you get Worf within your first few minutes of the game. And while there are better tanks you can get in the gatcha\u2014Captain Pike and Odo are arguably better and the Borg Queen certainly is\u2014he got me through the whole story mode no trouble. He has a taunt skill which is incredibly useful given that McCoy can only heal one person at a time. He also has a counterattack skill (though I never unlocked it due to the fact I felt he was more useful spending his turns attacking). His ultimate skill (which can only be used from the third turn on), \u201cKlingon Fury,\u201d is a boss-killer of epic proportions\u2014though you\u2019d be surprised how few times battle lasted long enough for me to use it.<\/p>\n
Geordi La Forge – Support<\/strong><\/p>\nWhile you don\u2019t get him in the story, Geordi can be unlocked by completing the \u201cEvent: Welcome Event\u201d Operation series. (If the welcome event no longer exists by the time you pick up the game, then it might be time to break the \u201cdon\u2019t use the gatcha\u201d rule once Geordi appears in it. The good news is that the odds are you\u2019ll get him within the first 10 pulls from the Engineer gatcha.)<\/p>\n
Geordi is a beast. He can create cover for party members to hide behind\u2014like, say, a taunting Worf. More than that, on the second turn he can create a shield that doubles or triples the entire party\u2019s HP while also increasing morale (which in turn increases the likelihood of random team-up attacks occurring).<\/p>\n
Of the four character\u2019s I\u2019ve recommended here, Geordi will likely be the last you unlock. While you\u2019re working to unlock him, any other character can take his slot\u2014the McCoy, Worf, Riker, trinity is solid all on its own. I personally kept Burnham and Data in that slot till I got Geordi\u2014though feel free to experiment with any of the dozens of other characters you\u2019ll get for free.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Equip Your Main Team with Gear<\/strong><\/h3>\nEach character can equip a phaser, padd, tricorder, and communicator\u2014along with two nexus particles. These boost the characters\u2019 various stats. They can be bought from the in-game shop (for a nominal fee). Make sure your main party has them equipped.<\/p>\n
Level Up the Gear That Boosts the Abilities of Each Person<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe equipment and nexus particles you obtain can be leveled up with items you gather from story missions and shuttle missions. However, don\u2019t just upgrade at random. Each boosts different stats and not all characters use the same stats. For example, Riker attacks with the attack stat. Thus, leveling up his phaser is the most important as it boosts attack. Geordi, on the other hand, attacks with the tech stat. So for him, leveling up the tricorder is most important. The same basic rule of thumb holds true for Nexus particles\u2014but hold off on upgrading these until epic or legendary ones appear in Quark\u2019s shop.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Assign Your Bridge Crew<\/strong><\/h3>\nAs you progress through the game, you will be able to assign people to various stations on the bridge. Each person on the bridge has some skill that buffs the entire away team when you do missions. Some of these will only work on certain types of characters (Klingons or Borg) while others work on all away team members. Mix and match to find the best support for your party. (Oh and don\u2019t worry. Even if a character has a job on the bridge, they can still go on away missions without any loss in the overall stat bonuses.)<\/p>\n
Send People on Shuttle Missions Whenever You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNot only does this level them up, it gets you rare items to level up skills and equipment.<\/p>\n
Save Your Bio-gels For New Characters<\/strong><\/h3>\nBio-gels are largely useless on your main party\u2014they will level up quickly on their own. Save the gels for when you want to quickly level up a new character to put into your main party.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Character Rarity Doesn\u2019t Matter, Skills Do<\/strong><\/h3>\nKahn is the highest level of rarity. Riker is two levels of rarity lower. Can Kahn wipe out an entire opposing force on the first turn? Nope. I rest my case.<\/p>\n
Getting Morale Up is Better than Giving Morale Down<\/strong><\/h3>\nWhile giving four morale downs causes and enemy to retreat from battle, it\u2019s faster to just kill them. And as giving your landing party morale makes it so that they randomly do team up attacks, enemies drop even faster.<\/p>\n
There Are Glitches, Tons of Glitches<\/strong><\/h3>\nWhile fun, this game is a buggy one\u2014at least on the iPad I bought brand new last year. Sometimes I haven\u2019t been able to select locations on the landing party map (I needed to sync a controller to select my next location). Other times, some of the graphics didn\u2019t show up leaving me with white boxes instead of icons. My daily PVP rewards haven\u2019t been awarded to me for the past several days\u2014with the game acting like I\u2019ve already gotten them. More than once, two menus have opened at once requiring me to restart the game to make them go away. And I can\u2019t count the number of times I\u2019ve wanted to equip an item and the game simply won\u2019t bring up the menu to let me do so. The good news is that in battle, things have been glitch free. But I won\u2019t pretend I haven\u2019t been getting more and more frustrated with the bugs.<\/p>\n
Star Trek: Legends<\/em> was released for Apple Arcade on April 2, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The game really throws you a bone (pun intended) by giving you McCoy right out of the gate. While he may be the second most common when it comes to rarity, he\u2019s the best doctor in the game. Period. He can heal one character for most of their HP and give a massive defense boost to the entire party. But the best item in his kit is the \u201cTri-Ox Hypospray\u201d which can be used first turn and boosts both attack and morale\u2014which is ungodly powerful when paired with…<\/p>\n
William Riker – DPS<\/strong><\/p>\n Riker is a character you get early on (in the first episode or two) just by going through the story. Now, I don\u2019t know if he is the best DPS in the game but until I find someone else who can attack all enemies turn one, he\u2019s not leaving my party. And as he is a bit slower in the turn order than McCoy he can be buffed before his first turn so that he wipes out the entire enemy side in one shot. Even after that his normal attack can one-shot any individual target that isn\u2019t a boss. And with the McCoy morale boost, he will often attack alongside the other characters when they attack.<\/p>\n Worf – Tank<\/strong><\/p>\n Like McCoy, you get Worf within your first few minutes of the game. And while there are better tanks you can get in the gatcha\u2014Captain Pike and Odo are arguably better and the Borg Queen certainly is\u2014he got me through the whole story mode no trouble. He has a taunt skill which is incredibly useful given that McCoy can only heal one person at a time. He also has a counterattack skill (though I never unlocked it due to the fact I felt he was more useful spending his turns attacking). His ultimate skill (which can only be used from the third turn on), \u201cKlingon Fury,\u201d is a boss-killer of epic proportions\u2014though you\u2019d be surprised how few times battle lasted long enough for me to use it.<\/p>\n Geordi La Forge – Support<\/strong><\/p>\n While you don\u2019t get him in the story, Geordi can be unlocked by completing the \u201cEvent: Welcome Event\u201d Operation series. (If the welcome event no longer exists by the time you pick up the game, then it might be time to break the \u201cdon\u2019t use the gatcha\u201d rule once Geordi appears in it. The good news is that the odds are you\u2019ll get him within the first 10 pulls from the Engineer gatcha.)<\/p>\n Geordi is a beast. He can create cover for party members to hide behind\u2014like, say, a taunting Worf. More than that, on the second turn he can create a shield that doubles or triples the entire party\u2019s HP while also increasing morale (which in turn increases the likelihood of random team-up attacks occurring).<\/p>\n Of the four character\u2019s I\u2019ve recommended here, Geordi will likely be the last you unlock. While you\u2019re working to unlock him, any other character can take his slot\u2014the McCoy, Worf, Riker, trinity is solid all on its own. I personally kept Burnham and Data in that slot till I got Geordi\u2014though feel free to experiment with any of the dozens of other characters you\u2019ll get for free.<\/p>\n Each character can equip a phaser, padd, tricorder, and communicator\u2014along with two nexus particles. These boost the characters\u2019 various stats. They can be bought from the in-game shop (for a nominal fee). Make sure your main party has them equipped.<\/p>\n The equipment and nexus particles you obtain can be leveled up with items you gather from story missions and shuttle missions. However, don\u2019t just upgrade at random. Each boosts different stats and not all characters use the same stats. For example, Riker attacks with the attack stat. Thus, leveling up his phaser is the most important as it boosts attack. Geordi, on the other hand, attacks with the tech stat. So for him, leveling up the tricorder is most important. The same basic rule of thumb holds true for Nexus particles\u2014but hold off on upgrading these until epic or legendary ones appear in Quark\u2019s shop.<\/p>\n As you progress through the game, you will be able to assign people to various stations on the bridge. Each person on the bridge has some skill that buffs the entire away team when you do missions. Some of these will only work on certain types of characters (Klingons or Borg) while others work on all away team members. Mix and match to find the best support for your party. (Oh and don\u2019t worry. Even if a character has a job on the bridge, they can still go on away missions without any loss in the overall stat bonuses.)<\/p>\n Not only does this level them up, it gets you rare items to level up skills and equipment.<\/p>\n Bio-gels are largely useless on your main party\u2014they will level up quickly on their own. Save the gels for when you want to quickly level up a new character to put into your main party.<\/p>\n Kahn is the highest level of rarity. Riker is two levels of rarity lower. Can Kahn wipe out an entire opposing force on the first turn? Nope. I rest my case.<\/p>\n While giving four morale downs causes and enemy to retreat from battle, it\u2019s faster to just kill them. And as giving your landing party morale makes it so that they randomly do team up attacks, enemies drop even faster.<\/p>\n While fun, this game is a buggy one\u2014at least on the iPad I bought brand new last year. Sometimes I haven\u2019t been able to select locations on the landing party map (I needed to sync a controller to select my next location). Other times, some of the graphics didn\u2019t show up leaving me with white boxes instead of icons. My daily PVP rewards haven\u2019t been awarded to me for the past several days\u2014with the game acting like I\u2019ve already gotten them. More than once, two menus have opened at once requiring me to restart the game to make them go away. And I can\u2019t count the number of times I\u2019ve wanted to equip an item and the game simply won\u2019t bring up the menu to let me do so. The good news is that in battle, things have been glitch free. But I won\u2019t pretend I haven\u2019t been getting more and more frustrated with the bugs.<\/p>\n Star Trek: Legends<\/em> was released for Apple Arcade on April 2, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<\/p>\nEquip Your Main Team with Gear<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Level Up the Gear That Boosts the Abilities of Each Person<\/strong><\/h3>\n
<\/p>\nAssign Your Bridge Crew<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Send People on Shuttle Missions Whenever You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Save Your Bio-gels For New Characters<\/strong><\/h3>\n
<\/p>\nCharacter Rarity Doesn\u2019t Matter, Skills Do<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Getting Morale Up is Better than Giving Morale Down<\/strong><\/h3>\n
There Are Glitches, Tons of Glitches<\/strong><\/h3>\n