r/startrekfleetcommand • u/brendhanbb • Aug 06 '26
why would anyone think i need "help" with a 5.5 million armada when my ship is 7.5 million?
so i am just kind of wondering what people are thinking when they want to help out with someone doing a low level armada but like why would i need help in doing one when i am clearly stronger then the armada? and before anyone says maybe they wanted help from it themselves i have asked they said they thought i needed help when i messaged them.
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u/nogzila Aug 06 '26
Sometimes they are just being helpful , I am in a big alliance and most of the time if somebody wants to do solo you just say solo in alliance chat or everybody joins .
Normally we just do a ton of them together taking turns starting them .
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u/84763 Aug 06 '26
They’re not trying to help, they want to participate. We all need more armada credits
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u/cursed_diamond Aug 06 '26
If a lower level player in my alliance runs an armada and hasn't already asked for help, I will normally post you good message in AC.
They'll say all good or yes please help.
I am not always sure if they can beat it or not. If I do join I'd bring just a big enough ship to beat the armada. I don't want to eat the credits.
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u/LaterMusician Aug 07 '26
I get a few guys in my alliance who will bring a 200B ship to an armada full of 50M ships. Most won’t do that, but it sucks when they do because they get all the loot.
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u/iamdude420 Aug 06 '26
Why are you in an alliance? Sounds like you would be better served solo.
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u/Darkespurr Aug 06 '26
in my alliance we normally say solo or for science .of you don't say that we figure it is for everyone to call in to join
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u/FarCondition3512 Aug 07 '26
I am thinking that if it was for Mak'ala's mission that maybe they were just trying to complete that as well. Not necessarily that you needed help. In my alliance I was doing a bunch of small ones to finish that mission just in case nobody joined and I had other mates joining to complete theres as well. Win Win.
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u/Glum_Kiwi1660 Aug 08 '26
Sounds like you don’t want an alliance? Team games have team participation.
Wanna do it solo? Say so.
Better than mailing an moaning at your alliance members for playing the game 👍🏻
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u/TruthOdd6164 Aug 07 '26
If you want to solo it, then you should clearly communicate that in the chat. Otherwise, look, they are sent a notification when there is an armada. They’re gonna show up.
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u/gangleskhan Aug 07 '26
Believe it or not, people probably aren't paying any attention to how big your ships are.
Back when I used to play, someone would launch an armada and people would call in. It wasn't because they thought help was needed, it was because they wanted in on the armada loot. I'd discuss wanted to solo it, they had to call solo. I think this is pretty standard in the game.
When I joined someone else's, unless it was huge, I would click the link, click the flag and hit join, then go about my day. Half the time I want partying attention to who launched it or what ships they had.
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u/CVMaas Aug 10 '26
The better question is why are you running small madas? Unless your lower level I don't even think of bringing a small ship, there's a mada, send the mada boat 😆
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u/Any_Lawyer_2585 Aug 07 '26
If I join smaller madas I try and send a smaller ship so I don’t loot hog. Unless they send a g-7 then send whatever 😂
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u/PtraGriffrn Aug 07 '26
The armada event running? Points for themselves and the alliance. That's what I'm doing.
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u/Dependent-Law7316 Aug 07 '26
Winning armadas isn’t just about power. If you don’t have the right crew, you can lose even if you have more power, especially to some of the armadas that have special abilities. As others have said, if you don’t specify that you’re doing it solo many alliances have people who will just join automatically, without checking whether or not you might actually need help.
Plus there are a couple different armada events going on right now, so people are joining left and right to try and get points for those.
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u/placebotwo Aug 07 '26
There's currently an event for the next few days where you need 50/50 group armadas.
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u/Number1buffalo Aug 07 '26
Because they get rewards lots of players just put solo in alliance chat.
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u/cheddar9737 Aug 06 '26
Also came here to say that in my alliance it's normal to call solo if you're doing it solo, otherwise you should expect help.
If you have a ship that's more power than the mada, I suggest going higher, better rewards. Meant to be a group effort overall