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R&D Research XP Boost!

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Federation News Service, Tue 03 Feb, 2015 8:00 PM
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    Greetings, Captains!

    We are pleased to announce that we are adding R&D Research XP Boosts to the Zen Store as of February 5th, 2015.

    The new R&D Research XP Boosts come in two sizes: A small boost which will grant 2,000 R&D Bonus Pool and a large boost which grants 10,000 R&D Bonus Pool. Each of these bonus pools, once applied, will increase the R&D Research XP earned in any R&D School by 20% until the pool is consumed.

    Purchasing a boost will place the item in your inventory. Activating the item will then add the points to your total R&D Research XP Bonus Pool, which can be viewed in the upper left corner of your HUD where other boost totals are located. Multiple boosts can be applied, each time increasing your total Bonus Pool.

    The small boost will cost 200 Zen while the large boost will be 800 Zen. These boosts may be traded or sold on the Exchange.

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    http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/sta...earch-xp-boost!

    Greetings, Captains!

    We are pleased to announce that we are adding R&D Research XP Boosts to the Zen Store as of February 5th, 2015.

    The new R&D Research XP Boosts come in two sizes:
    A small boost which will grant 2,000 R&D Bonus Pool and a large boost which grants 10,000 R&D Bonus Pool. Each of these bonus pools, once applied, will increase the R&D Research XP earned in any R&D School by 20% until the pool is consumed.

    Purchasing a boost will place the item in your inventory. Activating the item will then add the points to your total R&D Research XP Bonus Pool, which can be viewed in the upper left corner of your HUD where other boost totals are located. Multiple boosts can be applied, each time increasing your total Bonus Pool.

    The small boost will cost 200 Zen while the large boost will be 800 Zen. These boosts may be traded or sold on the Exchange.
    Anyone know where Cryptic's job page is? Its pretty clear their Director of Common Sense position is going unfilled.
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     –  Last edited by Daedalus; Tue 03 Feb, 2015 9:45 PM.
    James, your post just made my day. The Director of Common Sense was replaced in favor of the Director of Profit. Ferengi Wink

    Moderator Note: Please avoid duplicate threads when posting new news items. Duplicate threads items may form a temporal vortex in the forums, swallowing all achievements and popcorn. Suspicious Thanks!
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    #4
    Well, if anyone is looking to buy them, get them off the exchange when the price drops and settles on something, save them for an R&D weekend. These packs are already in the newest lockbox too, so yeah...
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    #5
    ONLY ever buy them from the exchange. DO NOT spend Zen on these.
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    #6
    ONLY ever buy them from the exchange. DO NOT spend Zen on these.
    I definitely concur with that. The 10K boosts (800 Zen) are going for about 2 Million EC at the moment, whereas a lock box key (125 Zen) is 2.1 Million EC. Suspicious

    Or how about this: The dilithium exchange is around 163 dil to Zen, which 800 Zen would require 130,400 dilithium. eek!

    So at this point, it would be better to just spend the 18,000 dilithium to finish a 6,000 XP research project if you're in that much of a hurry. Tongue Out

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