if AU has brought us anything, it is that we finally got a few interesting missions:
Let's compare the other missions where you need 3 or more of something:
DNA Hunt: Archaeology x3, available 6 Fed, 4 Klingon, 3 Rommie, 3 Non, 55 pts.
Wormhole: Diplo x5, available 15 Fed, 7 Klingon, 6 Rom, 5 Non... or Honor x4, having 12, 15, 3 or 2 respectively,... or even Treachery x4 with the figures being 5, 6, 11 and 7, 45 pts.
Investigate Disappearance: Astrophysics x3, but there is another possibility that does not need a triple skill
Dyson Sphere and Repair mission: You don't expect me to count the ENGINEERS?
Khitomer Research: Honor x3, see above, but it's Romulan only...
Investigate Sighting: Empathy x3, again with an alternative
Secret Salvage: Treachery x4, we had that already
Expose Covert Supply and Strategic Diversion: Yet more Treachery yawn
Fever Emergency: MEDICAL x3: 9, 2, 2, 2, but again an easier alternative.
So except for the really lousy Khitomer research, this one seems to be the worst mission with a three-of-something requirement. Nearly unsolvable for anyone but the Feds, unless you are willing to use even the crappiest characters in your teams. And to make things worse, I even need four cards for the minimum team, as no AU icon personnel has Physics. (You can do with three personnel + Mask of Korgano, using the latter on Kurak or Einstein, but which player in full mental health does that?)
Heck, four cards can solve me the DNA hunt (the infamous riddle I posted
way back then...) and that thing gives me twenty more points! Nah, never
ever...
.. even if a Cryosatellite can make getting my crew a lot easier. But
solving a mission to be able to then solve a 35-er? I'd rather put Rakal
+ Gov. Worf on that satellite and go for Diplomatic Conference.
- C'mon... you expect something here after that article?
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