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Posted Sun 24 Nov, 2019 11:34 PM
I do not think they could seriously charge 100 dollars for a T6 “lockbox “ ship compared to standard ones. Those ships are hardly standout compared to normal store craft we can buy so not many people would pay premiums for them.
If they were going to market them as premium ships then I imagine bundling them with a full set of epic themed weapons would make them appeal to people, or something of similar value to set them above the standard T6 stuff.
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But aren't people already paying $100-$200 for the Lockbox ships?
Then there's getting a Lobi ship. Minimum of 4 Lobi Crystals per Lockbox, 900 Lobi for a ship, that's a maximum of 225 lockboxes. 23 10-key keyrings at 1,125 Zen each, that's 25,875 Zen or $260 in normal-rate dollars-to-Zen purchases. That's a worst-case scenario, but there you go.
If someone did it right now it would be: 225 keys, 23 keyrings at 787 Zen each, 18,101 Zen total, and can be had for only $140. So right now, a Vengeance can be had for less than $150. Probably MUCH less.
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Posted Mon 25 Nov, 2019 2:53 AM
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If it's a regular, straight-up, T6, everybody can get one, C-Store ship, I don't think they could justify a massive price hike. The same goes for Lobi ships. Those are straight transactions. It's the gamblebox ships; the lockbox or R&D ships, the special offer ships that can be the $100 - $200 ships because that's what a person can expect to pay to get them. The thing is... If they're going to do that - go ahead and just have the gamblebox ships cost 5, 6, or 10 times more - they're going to have to add in all of the other stuff that comes with the gambleboxes. We get weapons, consoles, DOffs and BOffs, Lobi... You know, the other stuff. Do they take the ships out of the gambleboxes, prorate them, and then drop the price of keys and R&D packs and Phoenix Packs? Would anyone buy packs or keys if there weren't a chance to get ships?
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I never got the T6 Command Assault Cruiser anyway... now was as good as any... so it was a bit of a sacrifice. But if it was a onetime special promotional from a bygone time, then I was gonna hop on it. I like the blue tinted color too and it unlocks for all of the ships of the line.
To clarify, it is a standard T6 CAC but with a Fleet CAC Boff layout. Just one less tactical console slot, which is the standard T6 layout for consoles, so it is a mix of both. I just now modified my disco toon for the ship now too. ![Big Grin Big Grin](./images/smilies/big_smile.png)
I put the gas canister console in the bank. I need the extra room, lol...
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Posted Mon 25 Nov, 2019 4:15 PM
The thing is, could they really justify a ship for £120approx which probably took as much or less time to make than one of the current 3000zen tier 6 ships?
Does anyone else remember the EVE Online travesty when they decided that they would charge over 50 pounds sterling for a cosmetic item? A monacle that you could only see when your toon was in your private hangar. Not a shiny ship that everyone could see, a monacle!
The thing is, people bought it. Sure, most of us at the time thought, 'oh hell no', but people bought it. The same will go for Cryptic if they hike the ship prices. As Ari has already said, people fork out hundreds of dollars for lockboxes in the hope of getting a ship or buy and sell keys to buy it from the exchange, so if Cryptic sell directly for $200 it's somewhat of a saving and people will pay for the ships.
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Posted Tue 26 Nov, 2019 3:56 AM
If they hike ship prices, I can't afford any more ships, nor will I try. I can barely justify prices right now.
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Just to make everyone aware, there is a new item in the shop now which is a once per account purchase of 3x T6 tokens for a current price of 4500. That works out at 1500z per T6 token, so is actually a pretty massive discount on top end ships if you fancy it.
Can only be bought once per account though.
It may be an attempt by Cryptic to make the store more appealing, who knows with that lot! But it's worth having a look at that single item at least I say based on the value you get from it.
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Posted Wed 27 Nov, 2019 9:38 PM
Just to make everyone aware, there is a new item in the shop now which is a once per account purchase of 3x T6 tokens for a current price of 4500. That works out at 1500z per T6 token, so is actually a pretty massive discount on top end ships if you fancy it.
Can only be bought once per account though.
It may be an attempt by Cryptic to make the store more appealing, who knows with that lot! But it's worth having a look at that single item at least I say based on the value you get from it.
Think that I've got all the ships I'd ever need (I mean, I only ever reliably use about three or four). I have the T6 token and I'm waiting for a future ship release to be so amazing that it's worth waiting for.
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Posted Wed 27 Nov, 2019 10:15 PM
Kinda makes me wonder what other goodies they'll add to make the store more appealing.
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Mudd's Market presently has a new item, one-time account (3) T6 coupons at 3.5k zen, cannot be sold on exchange but can be traded to players before being opened. That is roughly 1.7k zen per ship of choice. Could be worth checking out if so. I scooped it up and got 3 new T6 ships and the leftover zen I added some drydock space for my old T5s and T5-U's.
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Posted Fri 29 Nov, 2019 1:34 PM
Mudd's Market presently has a new item, one-time account (3) T6 coupons at 3.5k zen, cannot be sold on exchange but can be traded to players before being opened. That is roughly 1.7k zen per ship of choice. Could be worth checking out if so. I scooped it up and got 3 new T6 ships and the leftover zen I added some drydock space for my old T5s and T5-U's.
I stumbled on this by accident today and I'm seriously considering getting this to shop single ships for starship traits.
I think on a pure zen basis this is about the best deal you can get on single ships.
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Posted Fri 29 Nov, 2019 1:37 PM
I stumbled on this by accident today and I'm seriously considering getting this to shop single ships for starship traits.
I think on a pure zen basis this is about the best deal you can get on single ships.
I got it the other day and got the T6 Galaxy Dread, T6 Excelsior and T6 Buran and maxed them to get the traits... they were fun to fly. Good deal considering some of the ships on the shop typically are more than the price of 3 coupons for just one of them... But it is a one time account buy. Wouldn't pass it up while there are discounts going right now.
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Posted Fri 29 Nov, 2019 1:40 PM
I got it the other day and got the T6 Galaxy Dread, T6 Excelsior and T6 Buran and maxed them to get the traits... they were fun to fly. Good deal considering some of the ships on the shop typically are more than the price of 3 coupons for just one of them... But it is a one time account buy. Wouldn't pass it up while there are discounts going right now.
Right, especially since you can save up the coupons for a rainy day and just use them whenever you want, need or balance shifts to a new meta
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Posted Fri 29 Nov, 2019 1:45 PM
Right, especially since you can save up the coupons for a rainy day and just use them whenever you want, need or balance shifts to a new meta
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Right, and they've added the temporal ships to the mix for grabs if you wanted those... one ship alone is almost the amount for 3 coupons at discount... But anyway... Whatever I have been getting off of Mudd's or the zenstore I turn the leftover zen into dilithium to buy the phoenix 10 box packs so I can have all those upgrades. So I am maxing all my goodies in STO this week. :-D
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Posted Thu 05 Dec, 2019 9:58 AM
They've fixed the Fleet Command Assault Cruiser thingie. If you bought the Vizier now it appropriately asks for 1 FM, instead of 5.
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They've fixed the Fleet Command Assault Cruiser thingie. If you bought the Vizier now it appropriately asks for 1 FM, instead of 5.
That was part of the latest patch.
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