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....I knew it was gonna be r&d but dang the ship is intriguing.
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I really wish they'd ***** off with these promo box ships.
They've just insulted a large number of players with their "love letter to the players" legends bundle crap and now they are back are putting stuff in ridiculous gamble boxes again.
This game is becoming little more than a mobile game with a fancy UI these days. Barely any content but endless attempts to bleed the players for their cash....
Not impressed with this 10th year tbh.....
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I find the timing of this to be rather suspect, we've just had the legendary bundle and now there's an R&D promo on the back of that. It's starting to smack of a cash grab at this point. While I freely admit that I have the legendary bundle as I was able to get the cost down to a sensible level, I believe I'm done at this point. I've got all the ships I need account wide now and I have no reason to chase another on a gamble whim.
While I dont think STO has reached the heights of being a glorified mobile game yet, it does seem to be leaning in that direction.
Beyond money, there's little reason why this couldn't have been an event ship to get a bit of advertising and incentive towards players to tie in with Discovery Season 3.
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The swarmers and animation of the ship looks nice but it looks like it is like the latest Promotion Ships not worth the money.
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ill probably just buy one off the exchange..at some point... because, 5,000 zen (or however much) doesn't buy very many r&d packs (even on sale) at least with keys & boxes there are better chances of winning a ship..
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Not sure what Cryptic is thinking there are three possible builds for this ship the normal DPS build with Beams or Cannons, a Torp Boat or a Tank and for all three roles there are better ships in the C-Store, Lobi Store and Promotion Pack.
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Someone in zone chat made a joke about cryptic milking the whales to pay all the trek cast who appear in game, kinda wonder if there's some validity to that statement now.
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Nope, I will never jump on the gambling bandwagon.
However, I might stock up on some EC by buying the promo packs to sell on the Exchange. I still have some Zen left anyway.
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Unless you're chasing the DPS-dragon then i'm sure someone can find a use for it.
But tbh if the only reason for most ships to exist is to give players more variety then they absolutely should not be getting stuffed into promo boxes like this.
The DPS crowd will ignore it as there's better options like you said that are far cheaper!
The RP or "it looks cool" crowd will ignore it because.......its a promo box ship and too expensive.
In short, it'll go the same way the Franklin and the Jellyfish did.....nobody pays attention to them.
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Well, I thought it was a damn silly idea when I saw the ship on TV and it isn't any less silly now. When your drone swarm is released it reveals the skeletal structure of your ship? Yeah, that's a giant torpedo volley target right there. Poor starship design aside, I'm going to get a soda because Reddit is about to get extra salty.
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I suppose the idea is defense in depth. An attacker would have to make it through the swarm to get to the actual mothership. Not a good idea, mind
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These small drones look like dust particles xD