“ The STO "pity" system, if you can call it that even, is just a complete joke and should not be getting used as an example of how to play the gambling game
Realistically the cost of these lockbox ships is outrageous; when you consider 200+ keys on average for a single ship on a single character.... ”
“ Thanks Silek i was going for an individualistic look, hard to do with so many other players, the colour detailing on it is from a vanity shield, i love the look ”
“ I can't possibly imagine myself buying 306 lockboxes just to get a higher chance at a reward. I finally caved and opened 30 boxes during the key/lobi sale and got nothing useful, so I"ll stick to buying specific ships for zen for now. ”
“ I only open boxes when I want Lobi and that's always been the only reason I open them. The other side of the coin here is if everyone stopped opening said boxes a few things would happen they would rethink them and ship supply would dry up and prices would inflate further on those that are already... ”
“ The data scientist in me is fascinated at the amount of effort put in by the community to reverse engineer the mechanics of this system and provide the cost comparisons between selling keys vs. trying your luck yourself with keys. The consumer in me remains content to not waste my money chasing... ”