15 phones for crappy survivors

waylonwaylon Member Posts: 14
in General No Man's Land Discussion
Is anyone else tired of saving up 15 phones week after week only to get "rare" survivors. I mean I haven't had a good survivor for like 2 or 3 months. I'm getting really tired of this, the only reason I have any good survivors at all is because I got them when It only cost 1 phone.
DonCoquiLynz4tex

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 669
    I get best results with 5 radios
  • masmith93masmith93 Member Posts: 3,524
    @waylon We were told more than a month ago by @OldGoth that they are working on a change to the way the radio calls work. I've asked several times for a status update but the radio has been silent (see what I did there? :)

    @i8azmbe LOL you might be the only one :D
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 669
    @masmith93 works for me, both of my legendarys i have gotten from 5's, and the 6 epics all from 5's, ive rejected or retired everyone ive received from 15's
  • SantaSlasherSantaSlasher Member Posts: 9
    The last legendary I received for 15 phones was taken away from me along with another survivor and gold pieces when tech support said my game did not save. All I received back was a wayward bundle of crap!!! This Bites!!!
  • FRAQATTAQFRAQATTAQ Member Posts: 4
    I collected more than one hundred twenty phones. Made 7 or 8 calls and received only three star survivors. This was a huge disappointment. I'm still pissed
    Lynz4texggbats
  • RicKReaPerRicKReaPer Member Posts: 48
    The last 30 radio i saved, used them on the 15 call and got 1) 9-18 legendary hunter and 1) 11 - 18 legendary shooter which iam in the process of training up, so expect to see them in my outpost in 2023 :smiley:
    Lynz4texggbats
  • AmigaAmiga Member Posts: 3,770
    I used around 300 radios recently and no legendary survivor. Just 3 epic worth to keep but in overall nice crap.
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 47
    I have since November gotten 3 legendary. Since I've failed time & time again to have any luck, I just use 1 calls and reject them for XP. I average around 3-5k per call. It helps build up the survivors I do have.
    ggbats
  • jim_jamesjim_james Member Posts: 62
    I think the combination of level caps on survivors and difficulty in landing a legendary or even epic hurts.

    When i first started playing i immediately landed two epics who had a cap of level 9. Since then, ive gotten junk and the cost of upgrading a 1 or 2 star doesnt make sense when you start getting into the higher levels...being that theyll just be junked after the next few missions
  • ratonraton Member Posts: 164
    2 of 3 times i get a BRUISER!!! I hate them!!! Its really random the sistem? Mmmmm
    ggbats
  • jt41jt41 Member Posts: 116
    you think that's bad? I have been playing this game since just after it's release. I have NEVER gotten a single legendary survivor of any level. I almost always do 15x calls, although a few times I gave in to temptation and did a few 5x calls, because I am just desperate for a functional survivor. All the decent/rare survivors I keep getting are capped a couple levels below what is suggested for the story missions unless they are uncommons. I am tired of grinding away to upgrade upgrade upgrade when I don't even get to play a story mission or two despite having everything I can maxed out. I'd quit the game, but I'm bored at home sick and I haven't found anything to replace it yet.
    ggbatssmfs
  • jt41jt41 Member Posts: 116
    Oh, and, also, I thought I was going crazy or just mistaken when I got an uncommon out of a 15x call, but then I see other people say they have as well. It has happened to me 3 times now.
  • PapaSmurfPapaSmurf Member Posts: 92
    15x calls should always give 3 star or better. If you received anything less for real, you should report that.

    By the way, 3 star characters are not bad. I use a level 16 3 star assault quite a bit.

    Tip: Save your radios for the better chance events. I have received quite a few 4 star and 2 5 star during these events. Note that the 5 star should be very rare...that's why they are 5 star.
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  • jt41jt41 Member Posts: 116
    I have made reports. I have never received a ticket or any response.
  • jt41jt41 Member Posts: 116
    ...and even during the special events...the best I have done is a couple of epic warriors, which are maxed out and no longer effective enough to finish the game. They slaughter everything in the exploration missions, though, because I have upgraded their weapons to take wider swipes, mostly.
  • DCNatsDCNats Member Posts: 223
    It seems completely random. Last week I did 3-15 calls and got legendary assault, epic hunter, epic shooter all maxed at 16 or 17 (which is good for me now). I have had other times where I've done 10-15 calls and maybe gotten one epic bruiser or scout. The weekend events don't seem to make a difference for me but I understand that my sample size is small and just anecdotal.
  • jt41jt41 Member Posts: 116
    I don't think it's truly random. Yes, it appears random when looking at a handful of small samples, like you say, because there seems to be no real trend in anecdotal evidence such as yours. But when people come on and report several legendaries and epics being dropped on them as they cash in say, a dozen 15x, which has been posted several times along with screen shots, then it makes it appear as if the drops are being made in "chunks," and whoever happens to be calling at the time will benefit hugely, and everyone else is still in a drought. Technically, because they worded the event as an "increase in chance," NG are still doing what they claimed. It's just lousy from a player perspective, and I doubt they intend for a handful of players to get all the drops and everyone else to be left out.
  • SmittYSmittY Member Posts: 372
    I'd like to be able to call out for the class you need. I have retired 3 epic assaults and 3 epic bruisers, still have 3 epic bruisers and 2 legendary bruisers. Retired countless bruiser rare and assault rare. Have five shooters but cant get a hunter to save my life. Have only 1 maxed at 14 epic. All my legendarys came on weekend specials (4) of them.

  • DaleDale Member Posts: 1,122
    It would be interesting to see the algorithm. It can't be truly random. Computers can't do truly random. There are various ways of getting almost, kinda, looks like random but there is always an algorithm of some sort involved.

    I suspect it is different for us lower - middle level players. I seem to be having comparatively good "luck" with the radios but what looks good to me looks crappy to a lot of people. I don't have a Level 12 yet so I would be very happy to get one.
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  • DCNatsDCNats Member Posts: 223
    The max level is tied to your council I believe so I don't think the lower and mid levels do better.
  • DCNatsDCNats Member Posts: 223
    I.e., high level players aren't getting epic and legendary survivors who cap out at lvl 12 that they then discard. If they pull a epic or legendary, the max lvl will be appropriate.
  • DaleDale Member Posts: 1,122
    Oddly, most of mine have been epic. The last one I got wasn't but he was a shooter with a higher cap than the only shooter I had so I was happy to see him.
  • jt41jt41 Member Posts: 116
    Dale said:

    It would be interesting to see the algorithm. It can't be truly random. Computers can't do truly random. There are various ways of getting almost, kinda, looks like random but there is always an algorithm of some sort involved.

    I suspect it is different for us lower - middle level players. I seem to be having comparatively good "luck" with the radios but what looks good to me looks crappy to a lot of people. I don't have a Level 12 yet so I would be very happy to get one.



    That is an excellent explanation, and completely true about computer generated "randomness."
    Unfortunately, I am not a lower or mid level player. I've played since the game was released, and with the exception of this recent game update allowing me to upgrade again, I am maxed. I'm working on the recent council upgrade. My survivors can't handle the story missions in hard and nightmare modes at the end of the game. All I do is gather canned goods and xp. It's gotten really boring. Hoping for an epic/legendary weekend soon, so I can try out all the radios I've collected.
  • DaleDale Member Posts: 1,122
    Thank you. It was one of the first things I was taught in computer math class (which is what they called it back then).

    I can see how you can get maxed out although I'm nowhere close. I'm at the stage where I need to so this before I can do that. My survivors can't handle the story missions in hard and nightmare modes either (or regular mode, for that matter). So I need to upgrade them but I had to upgrade the council before I upgraded the training grounds but, after I upgrading the council I found out that I had to upgrade my storage so I could hold enough tomato cans to upgrade the training grounds. and so forth. Things are getting expensive.

    So you can't train your survivors and/or upgrade your equipment enough to get through hard and nightmare modes at the end of the game? That's no fun.
    ggbats
  • jt41jt41 Member Posts: 116
    I only have a couple epics that have any room for training left, and once I complete the next/final training camp upgrade, if it exists, they will be maxed out, too. Alone, they would not be enough to play the last few hard and nightmare levels. I have a few low leveI survivors I need to dump and replace, but all of my calls the last few weeks actually resulted in WORSE survivors, so I rejected them. I have a couple new survivors I picked up in my most recent missions, but they are uncommons, and I'm considering never upgrading them, because they may never be strong enough and it seems like a waste. They will end up being similar in strength to what I need to dump now. The only thing they would have going for them is that because they can be upgraded a little higher, they can holder higher weapons eventually, but not anytime soon. There would have to be at least one more council and training camp release by NG first. And, btw, just because you upgrade your council, doesn't mean your other buildings will be upgrade-able. Some buildings skip council levels for upgrade ability later in the game. I'm to the point where if they won't drop any upper level epic or legendaries on me, I'm dead in the water and going to quit. It really just isn't fun anymore. All I do is collect cans and xp playing the same exploration missions hundreds of times over for days. The game loses it's playability before you reach the end.
  • SgtSalamiSgtSalami Member Posts: 578
    I hoard my phones and wait for the survivor events. I usually have 300 plus when they hit. My squad is filled with 15 epic, 2 legendary, 1 rare and 2 uncommon I got on drops (plus the 3 losers I got for outposts). If I have a bad run during the event, I stop for a while. It has worked so far, but now I am turning away epic survivors and mostly need legendary if I want to really upgrade.
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