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D7 Temporal Battlecruiser, (Tier 6 K'tinga)
chastity1337
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Apparently the hull is made of pure Unobtainium
Only real way to get one is to buy the Special Requisition Pack - 23rd Century Tier 6 Ship from the Exchange, where it sells for (dramatic pause) 1.2 BILLION EC, and slowly rising. A few weeks ago it was 1.1 Billion, but the price just keeps slowly going up over time.
Would it really break the game completely to have these in the Zen store? I have wanted one for the longest time, but I have no real hope of ever getting one.
I have Zen to spend, but there's literally nothing in the Zen store that interests me. The last ship I bought was an MW cruiser, and dear LORD have mercy, what a...no, wait. Let's be polite and just say that "it did not suit my style of play". There, how was that for diplomatic?
Only real way to get one is to buy the Special Requisition Pack - 23rd Century Tier 6 Ship from the Exchange, where it sells for (dramatic pause) 1.2 BILLION EC, and slowly rising. A few weeks ago it was 1.1 Billion, but the price just keeps slowly going up over time.
Would it really break the game completely to have these in the Zen store? I have wanted one for the longest time, but I have no real hope of ever getting one.
I have Zen to spend, but there's literally nothing in the Zen store that interests me. The last ship I bought was an MW cruiser, and dear LORD have mercy, what a...no, wait. Let's be polite and just say that "it did not suit my style of play". There, how was that for diplomatic?
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There is no chance of it becoming a C-Store ship. Once it's in a lockbox or promobox, it's not going anywhere else.
I actually own it. It's really a good, powerful ship.
But, as a consolation: They didn't do anything at all about the ship model, unlike they did for the T6 Constitution. It's still launch level quality. So maybe it's better if you pick another canon ship that actually is in the C-Store and has a better model quality.
It's a wonderful ship, and if you can grab it for a billion (not 1.2 billion)- worth the EC. The model is acceptable although it needs to be updated. The worse item is that the markings are completely wrong, that however doesn't stop me from flying it.
That said, the price is relatively stable right now. At one point, it topped out at around 1.6-1.8 billion before changes were made to the ec caps. At another point, the price bottomed out at around 900 million and has been around 1.0-1.2 billion since.
The D7 model is newer IIRC and was made specifically for the T6 release along with the D7 skin. Granted it's a pretty basic smooth look like the D7 had in the show. The K'tinga isn't the greatest model and the skin options are fairly meh. Performance wise, it's really good though.
I assure you, they make a lot more off people buying boxes trying to win it.
If they stood to make more by selling it in the C-Store then that's exactly what they would do.
I have been playing STO since 2012, and I think I have at least a decent grasp of the mechanics of the game's economy, but I have never figured out how people accumulate the vast fortunes of 1B+ needed to afford something like this D7 Temporal Battlecruiser. It's not that I am unwilling to spend the EC, it is that I do not have anywhere near that much. My total "fortune" is only about 200 million EC at this point in time. There was a brief time when one could make some EC crafting things, but the changes in the game soon put an end to that. Partly, I suppose, this is the harsh reality of the F2P/P2W business model; the best gear must always come from the in-game store, or the model doesn't work.
ruinthefun, that's a useful suggestion, but let me ask - could you please be more specific about what exactly you mean by promo packs?
When for example an Infinity R&D Promotion is running, any R&D box you buy from the C-Store will be a special box. If you open the box, you get the usual R&D Box, and either 10 Lobi or a box with a choice of Promotion ship. If you don't open that special box, you can sell it on the Exchange.
The prices fluctuate, during a promotion when these boxes become available, they tend to go down, and a while after the promotion ran its course, they tend to go up. EIther way, at the typical prices you can get on the Exchange, you can get a decent amount of EC for the Zen. Better than if you bought Master Keys and sold the keys on the Exchange these days.