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AQ Comp Crystals

DrZolaDrZola Posts: 8,559 ★★★★★
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Are these the current versions of each map crystal?

Just a simple question.

Thanks in advance.

Dr. Zola

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    danielmathdanielmath Posts: 4,047 ★★★★★
    My alt got a fully formed t2a and multiple fully formed t4cc so maybe they’re some sort of supercrystals
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    DrZolaDrZola Posts: 8,559 ★★★★★
    edited November 2021
    danielmath said:

    My alt got a fully formed t2a and multiple fully formed t4cc so maybe they’re some sort of supercrystals

    Hmm. Three full formed class T4 from all of the crystals we’ve gotten this entire time. Hard to avoid feeling like I’ve gotten even more of a rock after reading your post.

    Dr. Zola
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    danielmathdanielmath Posts: 4,047 ★★★★★
    DrZola said:

    danielmath said:

    My alt got a fully formed t2a and multiple fully formed t4cc so maybe they’re some sort of supercrystals

    Hmm. Three full formed class T4 from all of the crystals we’ve gotten this entire time. Hard to avoid feeling like I’ve gotten even more of a rock after reading your post.

    Dr. Zola
    On my main I don’t pay attention but my alt is like a week old so i notice these things
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    DrZolaDrZola Posts: 8,559 ★★★★★
    Ted_n00bgent said:



    I assumed they were different because they showed up in a separate way.

    Right. I always wonder why that happens. If they are all the same, why the different access screens?

    Would be nice if someone could clear it up…

    Dr. Zola
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    DrZolaDrZola Posts: 8,559 ★★★★★
    DrZola said:

    Ted_n00bgent said:



    I assumed they were different because they showed up in a separate way.

    Right. I always wonder why that happens. If they are all the same, why the different access screens?

    Would be nice if someone could clear it up…

    Dr. Zola
    No answer on this, which is to be expected…after a single full T4c out of 108 popped across three different accounts, I can confidently say I feel no urgency to run an AQ that gets me more of these anytime soon. The word paltry comes to mind.

    Dr. Zola
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    TheBoogyManTheBoogyMan Posts: 2,094 ★★★★★
    Ted_n00bgent said:



    I assumed they were different because they showed up in a separate way.


    I did not notice this until now. That's strange. If the drop rates are same then these should show together.
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    DrZolaDrZola Posts: 8,559 ★★★★★
    TheBoogyMan said:

    Ted_n00bgent said:



    I assumed they were different because they showed up in a separate way.


    I did not notice this until now. That's strange. If the drop rates are same then these should show together.
    Perhaps a different vintage?

    Dr. Zola
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    TheBoogyManTheBoogyMan Posts: 2,094 ★★★★★
    DrZola said:

    TheBoogyMan said:

    Ted_n00bgent said:



    I assumed they were different because they showed up in a separate way.


    I did not notice this until now. That's strange. If the drop rates are same then these should show together.
    Perhaps a different vintage?

    Dr. Zola

    Haha...yea could be.
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    DrZolaDrZola Posts: 8,559 ★★★★★
    I’ve forgotten so much about this game…I’m going to invoke the guy with encyclopedic knowledge ( @DNA3000 ) about everything and see if he recalls the explanation for why there are different batches of AQ map crystals.

    In the dark recesses of my recollection it seems like a mod provided an answer to this a while back…

    Dr. Zola
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    DNA3000DNA3000 Posts: 18,699 Guardian
    DrZola said:

    I’ve forgotten so much about this game…I’m going to invoke the guy with encyclopedic knowledge ( @DNA3000 ) about everything and see if he recalls the explanation for why there are different batches of AQ map crystals.

    In the dark recesses of my recollection it seems like a mod provided an answer to this a while back…

    Dr. Zola

    The short answer to why they show up differently is that they are different: meaning they have different identifiers, so the game treats them as completely different crystals. The question of course is why are they different at all.

    It doesn’t necessarily mean the actual contents are different. They could be: the crystals have been improved over time and when they do that they have to make a whole map crystal - so that they don’t retroactively change the odds of crystals already awarded.

    But there’s another possibility. Perhaps the devs are handing out AQ crystals that are different so that they can filter them out of the game metrics. They certainly monitor the amount of stuff alliances are earning from AQ. So much crystals are being handed out in the compensation packages that it could completely skew the AQ reward metrics. Giving crystals that look like the map crystals but the game thinks are totally different allows them to more easily tell the difference between map crystals earned in AQ and map crystals given in compensation in their data dashboards.

    It could also be an error. Wouldn’t be the first time.
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    DrZolaDrZola Posts: 8,559 ★★★★★
    DNA3000 said:

    DrZola said:

    I’ve forgotten so much about this game…I’m going to invoke the guy with encyclopedic knowledge ( @DNA3000 ) about everything and see if he recalls the explanation for why there are different batches of AQ map crystals.

    In the dark recesses of my recollection it seems like a mod provided an answer to this a while back…

    Dr. Zola

    The short answer to why they show up differently is that they are different: meaning they have different identifiers, so the game treats them as completely different crystals. The question of course is why are they different at all.

    It doesn’t necessarily mean the actual contents are different. They could be: the crystals have been improved over time and when they do that they have to make a whole map crystal - so that they don’t retroactively change the odds of crystals already awarded.

    But there’s another possibility. Perhaps the devs are handing out AQ crystals that are different so that they can filter them out of the game metrics. They certainly monitor the amount of stuff alliances are earning from AQ. So much crystals are being handed out in the compensation packages that it could completely skew the AQ reward metrics. Giving crystals that look like the map crystals but the game thinks are totally different allows them to more easily tell the difference between map crystals earned in AQ and map crystals given in compensation in their data dashboards.

    It could also be an error. Wouldn’t be the first time.
    This is the kind of quality analysis that brings people to the forums. Thank you.

    Dr. Zola
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