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SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited April 2011 in C-Store, ZEN, and Promotions
Just finished watching the vancouver and chicago game.. vancouver won!! woot.. anyways getting onto my post..

So I came and logged in and seen the new months list of activities (zzzzzzzzz)

You guys are actually putting the fed/kdf fighters in the cstore... wow really... WHY not put them in game for free... I mean... your not really offering much as per the game.. so how about some freebies.. it would be the.. smart move?

Month after month and cstore gets bigger and bigger and the game remains the same....

Iam just... yeah carry on i guess..

thoughts...
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    We definitely need more ingame items Cryptic, don't put EVERY new extra you create into the C-Store. I know you need to make money to create the content, but you seem to be forgetting that not everyone can afford extras like this, or just plain doesn't want to spend the money.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    I have a sneaking suspiscion that we will also soon be able to craft fighters like we can with the Delta flyer. I'm still going to trust Dstahl on his words that everything in the c-store will eventually be obtainable in game somehow.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Stupid C-store :P

    Though, the next month or two is a vast space of empty as far as i see it. We really get nothing worthwhile new. It seems it'll ALL be in S4
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Forgotten-Nemesis wrote: »
    I have a sneaking suspiscion that we will also soon be able to craft fighters like we can with the Delta flyer.

    I hope this is the case.

    Or as a wise furry blue alien once said:
    Cookie Monster wrote:
    C is for C-Store, and that's a little too much for me.


    Z
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    cavilier210 wrote: »
    Though, the next month or two is a vast space of empty as far as i see it. We really get nothing worthwhile new. It seems it'll ALL be in S4

    Not too bad for me, I'm levelling an alt, with room to level another 2
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    cavilier210 wrote: »
    Stupid C-store :P

    Though, the next month or two is a vast space of empty as far as i see it. We really get nothing worthwhile new. It seems it'll ALL be in S4

    maybe you should take a look at the calendar. theres even a thread about it
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Phibrizzo wrote: »
    maybe you should take a look at the calendar. theres even a thread about it

    I quite like the Ep reruns, Abadon could use a Breen Officer and an Ophidian Cane :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Tricksterbro wrote: »
    I quite like the Ep reruns, Abadon could use a Breen Officer and an Ophidian Cane :)

    just checkin
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Phibrizzo wrote: »
    maybe you should take a look at the calendar. theres even a thread about it

    I did look at the calender. Do you see anything that isn't already in the game and isn't a costume?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Here's an idea, how about Cryptic check what isn't selling well in the C-Store any more and just add it to the game. What do you think?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Tricksterbro wrote: »
    Here's an idea, how about Cryptic check what isn't selling well in the C-Store any more and just add it to the game. What do you think?

    I'd rather they got rid of it altogether, but since that won't happen, sure. your idea sounds good.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    cavilier210 wrote: »
    I did look at the calender. Do you see anything that isn't already in the game and isn't a costume?

    Skip ahead to the next month, they actually updated it ahead of time for the first time in forever.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    cavilier210 wrote: »
    I did look at the calender. Do you see anything that isn't already in the game and isn't a costume?

    actually that Section 31 costume is allready ingame too, we just can't use it, but the work is obviously done.

    The Fed / KDF Fighters are NEW though.

    My bets are on either Maquis Raider or Peregrine Falcon... probalby Peregrine Falcon because that art asset is in the game for forever now.

    and i will not buy, i allready have enough Shuttles cluttering my Ship Slots and still do not have a friggen Shuttlebay to switch to them.


    ...for the reruns... hmm yeah i might have missed one or two rewards on one or two of my 7 chars, i might tell a friend that he should resub now to get them though but i guess he wont care.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    A few items now and then in the C-Store would pass ok , but what goes into it now is beyond a complete joke.
    STO has a FTP model more than some FTP games allready so remove the SUBS!

    STO is improving but not content wise , its still the shallowist game online yet C-Store is all they seem to worry about even for every little thing im now in two minds what to do, there comes a time when you have to say enough is enough stop it and stand up however much you love something, few do but the discontent is growing and growing and soon Cryptic will see a rebellion and they cant see it, the C-Store has showed what there about andf all they care about now it seems.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Forgotten-Nemesis wrote: »
    I have a sneaking suspiscion that we will also soon be able to craft fighters like we can with the Delta flyer. I'm still going to trust Dstahl on his words that everything in the c-store will eventually be obtainable in game somehow.

    Another thing to remember, is that, like the delta flyer, there were in-game "free" alternatives available. The Runabout had been available for ages, purchasable with EC, and the mission that introduced shuttle-play came with a free token for a Type-8 Shuttle.

    Will playable fighters just be a "Tac" version of a Type8/Delta Flyer, or will they be something else entirely? For all we know, it could just a different looking skin for a shuttle. We won't know til they get here. But I think it's a bit soon to start complaining that it's only available in the C-Store.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    WHY not put them in game for free

    This is the only MMO I've ever played where what your monthly fee gets you is described as "free".

    I pay $15 a month and feel like a "froob".
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    artic1337 wrote:
    This is the only MMO I've ever played where what your monthly fee gets you is described as "free".

    I pay $15 a month and feel like a "froob".

    This is why STO will never go f2p. They already have the cake of both models and eat it too.

    Once they put the XP boosts in, it stopped even being subtle.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Its Economy 101 ya see,

    The dollar is falling in value as base metals commodities are rising through the roof.........Inflation is a shoo in here really really soon. Everything WILL cost more....so

    I am in agreement with most of the players.......put something out there for free at least.....maybe as a recurring vet reward/ lifers perk...........does it ALL have to be in the C-Store?

    I mean we're coming to a point where affording much of anything in this country will be a joke. Not everyone can afford to pay ALL the time for the things they want to help them better enjoy the game. It may not need be the fighters.....maybe it could be a ship skin or something.

    But everything?......granted the series rewards are unique and pretty pimp, yet they are limited time only rewards.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    squidheadjax wrote: »
    This is why STO will never go f2p. They already have the cake of both models and eat it too.

    Once they put the XP boosts in, it stopped even being subtle.

    I can slightly agree with this.........I think subtlty is important on a first date...its how you get to first base....your not supposed to get all grabby grabby.


    Ok bad analogy...but you get the idea.......I agree with the statement
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Forgotten-Nemesis wrote: »
    I have a sneaking suspiscion that we will also soon be able to craft fighters like we can with the Delta flyer. I'm still going to trust Dstahl on his words that everything in the c-store will eventually be obtainable in game somehow.

    Yeah ... I'm not gonna run out and buy this fighters too quickly.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    So I looked at the calendar. At least it was updated ahead of time, other than that there isn't anything new save for the disturbing trend of C-Store items. Sure I can get the limited mission rewards from the reruns (I'm guessing that what that means), but so what, sure their cool and all but their really no better than anything else.

    Yeah, I'm being a little hyper critical and I know that different people work on different things for the game but the C-Store seems to be slowly getting more and more focus while bug fixes and new (read:not reruns or remasters) content seems to be coming out slower.

    I really hope S4 is spectacular I've got a lot of people on my F-list and in my fleet that are taking a "break" until S4. I'm not crying DOOOOOOOMMM or anything it would just be nice to see something to attract these folks back and I can assure you reruns and c-store wont do it.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    I've got high hopes for season 4 myself, that's when the fleet I'm in will be whole again, looking forward to it very much
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Tricksterbro wrote: »
    I've got high hopes for season 4 myself, that's when the fleet I'm in will be whole again, looking forward to it very much

    That's how I felt about Season One...and Season Two...and Season Three. I've been burned enough times where I've gotten to the point of "believing it when I see it" becomes a motto with me.

    As for the fighters, unfortunately, I'm not surprised. Even if Cryptic DOES go the same route as with the Delta Flyer and introducing it later on as craftable, it still will be put up on the C-Store FIRST. There probably will not even be any mention of this until after they milk the masses of their hard-earned money.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    I am sure in will go in the game but the C-Store may get for 30 days first. Much Like the Delta Flyer. Odds are there going to be just pumped up shuttles anyway. Would love to see a VA take one in to PVP and count the seconds it is around.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    moonseye wrote: »
    Yeah ... I'm not gonna run out and buy this fighters too quickly.

    I am going to buy it when it hits the c-store. The c-store for things like ships and stuff unlocks account wide where as the means of obtaining the items in game are per toon.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    The ability to acquire these ships in game needs to be available the day they come out on the C-store. I.e. if you have to do a ridiculous 10 day crafting mission the patch with that mission needs to come out ten days before the item hits the C-store.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Alastor_Forthright wrote: »
    The ability to acquire these ships in game needs to be available the day they come out on the C-store. I.e. if you have to do a ridiculous 10 day crafting mission the patch with that mission needs to come out ten days before the item hits the C-store.

    In an ideal world, but a business is running it so they are going to maximize their profits.
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