Amalgam | New Raid Ship in Star Trek Fleet Command | Is it any good? | Behind the Pakled Math!

[@umbertocellupica5077]

Rev, although u have a point about the Amalgam being cheaper to tier up, many of us already have faction miners that we have invested in to tier them up. My best faction miner scoops about 4 mil per hit. So the prospect of the Amalgam being more efficient for raiding on my server is minimal - not enough bases will have enough resources to trigger the Amalgam advantage to where it will beat out my faction miner. Not going to help me raid.

[@drewhyperdrive2258]

Who wants to raid? Its boring. Just make ship drops real. UC, Epic Shards. Creates active play. Whomever runs this division for Scopely is an idiot. They are beggong for ideas from fools

[@David-vk7tv]

Hit a base with 3 trillion plus rss and your haul is over 1 billion. Big boy in my alliance is taking 4 billion + rss per hit on a base with amalgam. It's a must have for big base raids. Small rss, around 15 billion or so, unless it's tiered up highly, your maxed fac miners are equal or better

[@nutznchocolates56]

you're tripping.

[@runekingthor9409]

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[@chrismorley2232]

Scopely should release a ship called the USS refinery. For every 10k raw mats mined, it automatically converts the raw to 10 uc and 1 rare. Stick it behind a pay wall but allow f2p to get it through cosmic cleanup and events store

[@JustinGladden]

Love the video. Very informative and great strategy with the EXOCOMP. It'd be nice to see Scopely give us more ships like the Meridian and the Amalgam. Being able to use a ship for G3, then G4 beyond Tier 5 to extend the life would've been nice after I dumped all those resources into my Kumari many moons ago. Makes me think the Andorians never made another ships for 150 years. LOL. I agree with you on the value over a faction miner, which is why I'm glad the Amal doesn't take too much 3* mats. Also, I still think there is a need for an H-Class freighter that mines TRIT, PAR, and DIL just as fast as the D'vor mines Lat. Otherwise the parsteel nodes in WR150 zones are USELESS.

[@PapaSmurf41697]

I was thinking of trying the exocomp trick when I first built the ship this afternoon. Glad to see you show me that my understanding was correct.

[@Androly_San]

Great tip with the exocomp, that grind was daunting!

[@altonashworth8501]

Just got mine out the dock and ready to get it on...thx Rev

[@adityak600]

The impulse speed grows as you upgrade it and tier it up, like the stella

[@stake1976]

Rev, Amalgam is great - don’t forget the Honour Guard Worf drops in the recruitment store. Big bonus, you can get 2 shards every 3 days. Really excited to have something to raid with again.

[@Hermes2Trimegistus]

Good video ! And for me, the BEST 0 pounds I've ever spent in this game in nearly 3 years, finally I can honestly say "Thank you, Scopely ! ":D

[@geeemm135]

i only went for one exocomp and still managed to grab 15m plunder cargo in that 1hr. so grabbing the 500k exocomp chest is not really needed since both - the exocomp and the refinery are on a 3 day cooldown. keep that in mind

[@richb1404]

This is a good idea but the mechanics are way too small, the chances of finding a 50B base and getting in are next to impossible on my server. A normal raid is between 1-2B (if you’re lucky) and this simply won’t be worth it as a raiding ship. The refinery store is a great addition though and will look forward to using that when the ship becomes free

[@vinportobg]

what do you want to totally make the other miners worthless? If you ask me the mining rate should be at botany bay level not horizen

[@maxbklyn1]

@@vinportobg have guys on sever 33 with trillions but still cant crack them with an entire alliance or even 5 lol

[@IknowImNotCrazyYoumightbe]

using the Exocomp, along with Stonn, and 2/11, i was able to amass 21M in just 1 hour. I warped to ther system, and summoned back with Disco....very good results. 1.9M per trip

[@jackhayes6020]

Can you tell me what crew you are using. my ship is at 173K , need to increase the ship attack so I can hit one trader ship

[@insanedesert8978]

Just got my. Thank you for the video’s Great work to everyone

[@RevDeuce]

Welcome!

[@robertmartin1254]

Great info as usual!!!

[@joel7949]

They need to add an armada mechanic for attacking larger bases so we can actually crack the whales

[@beng7845]

God no!! At least not with the current armada design, much like combat, it's not real time and is really badly implemented..

[@IANF126]

i've seen up over a trillion parsteel in the big bases, the amount of resources you could loot there is crazy

[@jasonlaverty9532]

Amalgam officer recruit wasn't covered in the video. Warning. Check refinery to see if you can do a chest pull before tiering up the ship. It resets the refinery so you can time it right and get 2 quick pulls.

[@David-vk7tv]

This ☝

[@PJ112575]

We have a raid going right now on S27, 18 hours on a 677 billion base... Over 500 billion taken so far. I can send you screenshots

[@karlwatson75]

I Just got the last bp's I needed from the current event, got excited thinking I could use the plunder exocomp with the Amalgam for Eclipse hostile and swarm ship loot, so so sad this is not the case at time of posting this.

[@markmadman2]

Great video. Question... if you say hit a tougher ship to suicide on after youve killed the miner with the exocomp active. ... do you keep the entire plunder? If hitting a much higher hostile is faster on the way home then getting home by warping

[@CX500C]

Yes

[@SecretAgentE]

This ship is A kit-bash nightmare, it's literally made from parts from the Bortas, Valdore, and Brel along with the Nebulon-B frigate from Star wars

[@BrettDay580]

Nebulon-B! You took me back to playing X-Wing / TIE Fighter 25 years ago! .... Dang I got old?

[@The_Gaming_Hamster]

I'm interested in seeing B'Etor's OA and how it affects the amalgam

[@DavidinDetroit8157]

Great video, as always. I'm curious, do you know if the Amalgam upgrade pack is ops level locked? I'm ops32 and it's not being offered to me, but higher level players in my alliance do have the offer...

[@Loremaster69]

@Rev Deuce where do you farm the materials for the Plunder and where do you farm Amagalm parts?

[@mgp4235]

ohhhh nice I look forward for the Romulan CERAMIC and the Klingon GOL´D-cha-TOOTH....besides the new AMALGAM....

[@markoconnor7163]

Although I love the idea of this ship and the refnery looks awesome, this ship seems designed to punish loot hoarders. Previously if you had hundreds of billions you had security in that any raid happening against you will take a long time to complete... The Amalgam could negate that.

[@vlinderslagmarc]

So.... Great then? :D I love this!

[@MohamedAhmed-bl7sq]

How you can get the tokens for the other ships refits, you didn't show how to refine them

[@donytherat]

Hi Rev. Still no way for free to play yet. I would not be surprised that Scopely has forgotten it. 🤣🤣

[@mysticasmith2356]

I’m a free player and I have an amalgam. I didn’t even want it. It’s so freaking ugly I can’t stand it. It was a bonus in a long ago event. What’s it good for? I want my ships to shoot rainbows and purple crystals but it takes forever to get anything accomplished with this ship,

[@beng7845]

I am guessing you got one for free from the overloads, 100$ seems way to much though I would probably have bought the battlepass if it was in the premium track..

[@ryanshih9805]

Amalgam is only really worth it if you start raiding bases with over 20 billion of resources because at higher levels, your faction miners with the right officers can pull in over 5 million per scoop, which is still greater than your Amalgam.

[@tonyhannon20]

Rev, can you offer advice on refits for the amalgam? Where to get the trackers for example. Thanks

[@nwchun]

Question: How well does jellyfish pilot recognition ability works on pike?

[@vinom7909]

When does the f2p bps Arc or events or whatever for this ship come out? 2 months? 3 or more?

[@Temho1]

Have you done a follow up vid on B'Etor yet?

[@vatarion2683]

The Problem is the big big Ressources are in Whale Bases and this ones have big defense.... without help low or medium players cannot get in so they will only with help from other big ones be able to raid theese big ones..... So most of the Players will never get this big raid hits with the new Ship Amalgam ^^ it will make only the big Raiders mightier than before :D I am very excited to raid with this Beauty

[@jasonlaverty9532]

Find a big base already being raided by another alliance. Sneak in. Amalgam can cloak.

[@wolfblade7511]

You didn't take into account B'Etor's ability that increases the amalgam's ability by 10% (tier 1 B'Etor)(it goes up to 50% at tier 5).

[@zacharylocks]

I really wish this update would've moved the syndicate rep and store to be grouped with all the other factions.

[@OdinMagnus]

The best part of this ship is the ability to refine ship refits. Seems like the only reason to get it for me. Everyone worth hitting is shielded or way out of attack range. Either under or over. But 2 hits a day to be able to work towards refits seems like a deal

[@bobbyduke777]

It is my favorite ship because it is an amalgam of so many

[@claytonparris432]

You did the math as how it works while raiding but my question is in ship on ship combat does the same concept still apply?

[@TheFatmer]

Seems like a ship to focus on much much later in the game, never needed to go raiding for rss and at lvl 39 with 80 bill steel tokens etc so can’t see a need to raid until at least lvl 41/42 and even then I should earn plenty of res by then anyway… and I’m F2P

[@Bleachguy2023]

the amalgam is a 3 ship thing first the uber and an amalgam and a combat ship to clear out other hostiles

[@Argis01]

The amount of bases I have seen in territory are closer to 11- 14 billion very rarely do I see 20 billion+, it’s just not worth it even at 41.

[@vatarion2683]

i am Ops 41 and have 240 Billion Ressources in my Base :P This big Bases are out there ;)

[@admdave]

When you get 24 hrs of shields from your dailies, it is increasingly difficult to find a place worth raiding. Do we know approx when it'll be free?

[@alvarollamas146]

Hi Rev, greetings from México, can we talk about ferengi traders, I think borg stuff needs to be refitted or updated, what do you think?

[@xxstarlordxx7257]

Rev did you do the missions yet. In the missions it says you get more loot if cloaked. I was wondering if there is another multiplier added when cloaked?

[@foonus406]

Thanks Rev.

[@lachlannichol2315]

Scopley: "Lets get players interested in raiding again. By making a $100 ship". Cant see this working, people who are not interested in raiding are not going to pay for it. Should have made a ship like this free to get people interested in raiding again.

[@vlinderslagmarc]

they will next month

[@glenhamilton8146]

Hey Rev, I'm on server 24 and they are trying to make the Amalgam as a 'warship' in our Accords. I use mine daily to mine in Deep Space. In our Accords DS is protected unless you hit 0. How can I get these guys to realize the Amalgam is much more than just a raiding ship?

[@glenhamilton8146]

I can agree that it is definitely the best 100 I've spent in this game ever

[@mnkpatrick]

When and how will it be available for F2P?

[@nurgle5533]

Funny to see my server in the screenshot lol

[@garygauthier5907]

Hey Rev. Love the videos. I have an unrelated question. I am wondering if, after getting the triple faction lock, anyone has gone on to level up dual factions beyond Respected reputation. Is it feasible? If it was tried, did they persevere or give up eventually for the normal single faction?

[@danielmorrison1389]

Rev - great video, but what is the breakout on the "bonus loot?" Does it bypass the "steel wall" or just take as normal?

[@therkyn]

What are amalgam refinery tokens used for? They dont seem to be applicable to the items for purchase (which all use ship skin shard trackers).

[@zulawolfbane4405]

Great video.... thank you...

[@gxxlee123]

Yeah but those kitbashes isn't a single beam connecting 3-4 different sections. Seen one earlier looks like a kumari mated with a mosquito and a breen ship. Can of disappointing that it isn't a Borg or even a Augment ship since the Augments have the whole weaking of base defenses or whatever their skills directly say.

[@jackalcrimson]

I mean I’ll take the ship but I don’t see myself even using at 33, I don’t have the time to sit around and scan system after system looking for a base to hit, I haven’t actually raided in over a year because of the time investment. Not working 40+ hours a week in healthcare and going back to school.

[@popasham1]

what is the name of the song at the beginning of this video ?

[@stevenmueller2519]

found it, TheFatRat and Maisy Kay - The Storm.

[@ZinnNasty]

So I've tried that trick with the Plunder buff but it's not working for me, not sure what I'm doing wrong!

[@EliteGeeks]

i am in the middle os looting a base as i type, my first pull was 1.62 Bill - base i hit has 1.3 trill

[@Finey_S_K]

There's no way the Pakled named their own ship Amalgam, they don't know the word.

[@WouterVerbruggen]

Every ship mechanic should know their alloys. When jury-riggin parts together from all around you need to make sure it doesn't fall apart too easily XD

[@TheRealXandes]

the other stuff was in the recruit tab lol

[@RevDeuce]

Yea video was running extremely long, and since I have to do a new "officer values" video, was gonna combine it with that.

[@eddiemalonebigbaded5039]

Well a Thief dont want lights the dark is his friend so trying to sneak in is a positive!

[@TimmyTonk]

So, if you don't have an Amalgam, do you really have enough time to hit 50 of the traders on top of everything else? I play casually when I have a bit of downtime and it's starting to feel like unpaid work to "play" this game. Not a fan

[@jed13]

Did they ever add keyboard shortcuts?

[@justQthx]

The crew uses transporter to go to different parts of the ship lol

[@robertlaughlin8817]

Refinery 3 day wait times and having to have 2mil parts for just a single pull is my biggest issue

[@jeffw6894]

Arc event store breakdown please!

[@Bleachguy2023]

i know this is an old video but you will need the uber disco cause no hub city close by would like to see them make the system near them made a hub system for home base it be so much easier Cillers and Phelan and less time consuming

[@NuckyThompson119]

So this thing is only useful if it’s raiding a HUGE base, we all know how often we get to drain those. again I wish I never bought this waste of money. Scopley burns me again, and of course what you need to level this pos ship is behind a huge pay wall. Such buyers remorse, I wish I never heard you and dj talk this thing up last night. That’s the only reason I bought it.

[@RevDeuce]

So you don't like the extra options at sourcing HGWorf + ship skins? (seriously question, not a jab). Yes, raiding levels will depend on individual player/server, but the sourcing addition is great IMO.

[@NuckyThompson119]

@@RevDeuce nope never said anything about honor guard worf in my comments, that’s cool. But the ship is awful. Yes I see the potential, but the opportunities to meaningfully use this ship are going to be few and far in between. Unless scopley decides to Flood all their servers with trillions of rss. It’s only for those rare bases that are huge. I’m annoyed because I spent 100 bucks and wish I would’ve grinded it out for free. Because it just isn’t worth spending on unless scopley tweaks the numbers. Making it an actual game changer for raiding not this cash grab one trick pony of a ship. Where it only becomes useful if you pay a bunch or wait a long time. Even then in only limited circumstances it’s becomes worth it. I don’t want to sound like there was nothing good in this arc or that this has zero potential. But just like everything scopley does, they bring something good into the game but there is always a catch. It’s like they bring in good things to the game then stick it to you some other way.

[@fabiodiiorio6430]

I wouldn't exclude the possibility that scopely is planning to introduce researches later on to make it more effective. So you spend more to get those reserches done quickly or slower as f2p. But eventually you get a useful ship. We shall see ;)

[@Ilovetosing21985]

Okay but how do I get the ship because I'm free to play? You did mention we can get it free to play but I don't remember you saying where to grind for it.

[@RevDeuce]

Cosmic Cleanup on Saturdays

[@Laura-rt2zu]

I want supplies for all the ship BP I do not use I hope a Tracker Beams comes out!!!

[@jasonlaverty9532]

If you see a whale base being raided. Get sneaky sneaky and cloak the Amalgam to get your hits in unnoticed.

[@uncletom7877]

You thought of a best crew option ?

[@bobbyduke777]

Amalgam can get to deep space the soonest. It collects my t4 rss when nothing else can, i will build another amalgam, they can sit over night and collect 4 star

[@nicholasanthony9005]

I tried the new EXOcomp and didn't get extra plunder... 😫

[@derekdoyle9133]

was your ship in base before you activated it?

[@nicholasanthony9005]

@@derekdoyle9133 did not realize that was a requirement if it is. And I don't think my ship was to be honest.

[@cx5hobo24]

Will this help me get more Eclipse loot?

[@stevenmueller2519]

What song is that in the beginning of this video?

[@soulhunt5]

I don't care about the raiding aspect. At 39, I've yet to need rss and not going to 40 this year I expect. The refit tokens are nice and really the only reason I'll get the ship. 1 exocomp means I can get enough loot for 2 weeks of refines in an hour. That isn't an awful grind to add to the game.

[@Ouwak]

amalgam is best ship for raiding

[@coltonviltzke1861]

How do you refine for the refits?

[@marcoscasias9354]

So tomorrow we can get the ship free to play Rev

[@davidwald2898]

It looks like she's carrying a bunch of portapots

[@MKtrain]

How to build it? Only for a cash?

[@Budhaball]

So there is no current way to 'earn' this ship? you can only buy it?

[@damianococcato5832]

Is the ship able free to play or is only for spender ?

[@Thegreatresetoflife]

Woohoo rev it's s ship made for you

[@HugoBolzer]

thank you very much, excatly what i wanted to know

[@RevDeuce]

You are welcome!

[@rumpeltv1080]

why not use the exocomp and than kill the traders with a maxed faction miner + cargo officers?

[@cadotteinator]

how do you get from one end of the ship to the other you ask...transporters my boy transporters!

[@thomasbranch3826]

Has anyone gotten asimulated refit for this ship? If so, is it worth the price especially for a 30s level player

[@JummyKnapp1]

Does the exocomp work on bases as well?

[@David-vk7tv]

No. The description says "plunder" which is only from the traders.

[@k92th54]

Hey Rev. Do we know what happens to the loot if this ship gets blown up before getting back to base?

[@RevDeuce]

goes into space... lost forever

[@k92th54]

@@RevDeuce yikes. I could imagine millions and billions just being lost in the future.

[@russellwild8329]

I use the disco and get 30m per hour so only need to do monthly

[@TheCastellan]

Did lower decks inspire this ship? :)

[@davidgonzales82]

How about that, a new currency:). 😂

[@WouterVerbruggen]

That plunder grind is gonna be horrendous. Only a few of those spawn at a time and once the ships is available for free everyone will be hunting them. Upgrading it will take ages and the chances of finding a base that's juicy enough AND breakable are next to nothing. Could image the value if your sever is full of 45+ players and/or for no-lives that play 24/7, but for the rest it will probably be the lowest priority to work on. Nice mechanic don't get me wrong and the ability seems balanced, but very overhyped IMO.

[@rumpeltv1080]

your carge wasnt full, you should have hit another trader :O

[@edwardsoto7046]

Can barely get uncommon now. I have a enterprise auger and a D4 that need upgrading. Why would I waste my limited uncommons on a miner right now? I have all the faction miners & they’re at tier 5. Don’t need another miner. If I could solo raid then it would be worth it. This game is already time consuming. I literally don’t have the time to get a raiding group together.

[@EKHunter69]

Jealous that there are servers with these big juicy bases. Our server is basically dead. Scopley is doing a poor job at archiving the dead bases so it looks like it’s thriving more than it is. With the exception of the whales who most of us couldn’t crack on our best day, you’d be lucky to find a handful of bases over 2b. In perspective, my best raider is 2.98m crewed, so in order to see any positive dividends in raiding at lvl 5, I would need to find a base of a minimum of 7.8b unprotected to see even one positive hit. Factor in vaults compared to what kind of players are sitting on that much loot (maybe 10 players on the whole server) and the target is likely closer to 9-10b showing. Those bases are pretty much out of the range of 95% of the rest of us. At least on S54, if you bought this, you basically purchased a refinery tab.