Cryptic isn't known for having rockstar programmers, and STO was certainly built as a cash grab abusing the Star Trek franchise for purposes non-other than corporate greed. The fact that they allowed this to happen twice is just pure stupidity.
The mount that is a rare reward from the nightmare locked boxes is the Heavy Inferno Nightmare (red flame) and has the global announcement. The mount that you can purchase from the Trade Bar Merchant for 2,500 Tarmalune Bars is the Heavy Twilight Nightmare (blue flame). There's no announcement for the Heavy Twilight…
You should probably climb off the soap box. People who did purchase the Heroes of the North pack, including myself, are also having the issue. While I agree, they're wrong regarding VIP access and the Guardian of Neverwinter Pack, there's no reason to be an arrogant tool to people who either misunderstood or misread.
Yeah just look at the Nightmare Mount that comes from Tarmalune Trade Bars. 2500 Bars for the mount, with 10 bars coming from each box, so that's 250 boxes. At $1.12 per key, that's $280 for the mount, are you f'n kidding me? I spend money on games, it's my hobby, and I'll easily shell out $25-30 for a really <font…
Not sure how else you get Tarmalune Trade Bars or are the Nightmare lock boxes it? I believe you get 10 bars per box, so that's 250 boxes, with keys being $1.12 per (if you buy 10 at a time), thus $280 for enough bars to buy the mount. I don't mind paying for micro transactions when they're reasonable, and I've given other…
I have to agree the bag prices are absurd. I have no problem spending money on a F2P game, and have given other companies a fair amount of money (well over $1,000) over the last 2 years. Paying $10 for a bind on equip bag is ridiculous though.