I gave the 2nd zeta to Thrawn and Chimaera's speed DID NOT INCREASE!?

AleSahnDroh_1979

Too bad...! I had no other reason to spend this Z on Thrawn....
Very angry... a whole Z gone right to the garbage... :-(

Stud3099

Does anyone know if there is a speed cap on ships? I.e. They don't continually increase with changes in crew GP?

Otherwise OP, is it the case that your Chimaera is only 5*?

UdalCuain

I thought it only increased with one zeta? Then it's g12+ and six 6* mods to eek out the last of the speed.

Trystan_Spyder

There's not a universal cap - each ship has its own max which is only reach when everything else is maxed.

Things like zetas are NOT worth it for fleet alone, as the increases are minimal at best (as OP just found out).

Here: http://apps.crouchingrancor.com/Calculators/Shipspeed

That will tell you what any changes will do to your ship's speed BEFORE you do it.

AleSahnDroh_1979

No no, these are more details:
Thrawn 7 stars, ZZ, g12 plus the three left pieces, one 6* mod and five 5* mods.
Chimaera 7 stars, all maxed.
Speed was 153 before the second Z and remained 153.
If there is a cap, it is above 155, yet seen in my shard and also in my guild.

UdalCuain

So the 155 has the remaining two g12+ pieces and maybe better mods. Check that link posted above.

UdalCuain

It does add one speed when combined with a completely maxed Thrawn (gear and mods)

crzydroid

In addition to the calculator above, more info on crew rating is here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SWGalaxyOfHeroes/comments/5f433c/explanation_of_how_ship_stats_work_and_data_tables/

There appears to be no distinction between whether an ability is a zeta; just moving up a level, so +140. The formula is crew rating*ship multiplier*stat rating. For 7* ships, the multiplier is usually 1.5. For Thrawn, crew contribution to speed is 0.00299401: https://swgoh.gg/ships/chimaera/

So 140*1.5*0.00299401 = 0.6287 increase in speed. Since the speed multiplier is so low, you sometimes will need to upgrade gear/abilities/mods in pairs before you see a manifest increase in speed, since it can only be an integer.

Huatimus

Zetas add a lot of GP but doesn’t add much Crew Rating which is the actual stat that affects Ship speed in the end. Should have researched before you invested, and it seems to be pretty common knowledge here, along with simple online tools to help calculate Ship Speed.

Val_Galahadred

If you get another one of Thrawn's mods to 6*, it'll likely increase the speed by another point.

thewhitegift

Im at 155 with 6 six dot mods and 2 zetas and 3 g12+ pieces. Fyi.

chionophile

On average, every two ability upgrades, G12 pieces, or six dot mods increases Chimaera's speed by one. Get another six dot mod or another G12 piece and it'll go up again.

medatho

@AleSahnDroh_1979 I had the same scare when I did the second zeta. Turned out I had one 4* mod. When I changed that to 5* I got the speed.

In your case it appears that the 1x 6* mod got you the extra speed where most people are saying it takes two of those to get one speed. I suspect you’ll get one more speed after you add another 6* mod.

Waqui

AleSahnDroh_1979 wrote: »

Too bad...! I had no other reason to spend this Z on Thrawn....
Very angry... a whole Z gone right to the garbage... :-(

You DO know, that zetas are not theonly thing that affect crew power (and hence ship stats), right?

AleSahnDroh_1979

medatho wrote: »

@AleSahnDroh_1979 I had the same scare when I did the second zeta. Turned out I had one 4* mod. When I changed that to 5* I got the speed.

In your case it appears that the 1x 6* mod got you the extra speed where most people are saying it takes two of those to get one speed. I suspect you’ll get one more speed after you add another 6* mod.

Yes, I get my +1 speed (now 154) switching a 6* mod from BB-8 to Thrawn.
More happy now :-)