When the Tholian Lock Box arrives the inventory of the Lobi Store will change. The items currently offered will be taken down and a completely new offering will take their place.
There's a chance that the items that are taken away will return in the future at some point, but there's no solid plan in place as to how or when.
In regards to the Ferengi set, will they remain bind on pickup? If they do, that means we won't be able to open up a D'Kora and stock it on a toon with the Ferengi set after the contents of the lobi store changes.
I don't mind lock boxes but I don't see how Tholian ships can be flown by humanoids.
Their interiors are designed for extreme environmental conditions in order to accommodate the needs of Tholian physiology.
Redesigning those ships for humanoids would be a task so huge that I can't help but wonder why anyone would even bother doing that when there are so many ships for humanoids around.
The only way you can stop lock boxes is not to buy the keys to unlock them, Remember lock boxes are insult to everyone intellgence. ONLY YOU CAN STOP LOCK BOX ADDICTION.
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Honestly it could be much worse about the boxes. They have at least made a real effort here to give something tangible back. Bought the reinforcement pack yesterday cause I figured "Why not?" I didn't get anything impressive or substantial. But the opening of it gave me a cheap thrill that was cheap. Right now I feel like the new lock box will be better cause it's more value for a dollar+, and that is important. It nice to feel like my cheap thrills will be a little better rewarded. At least they're trying and no one is holding a gun to your head to open one. Just accept the nice little gesture and stop screaming that you didn't get the OMG porwz for free.
True but Tholians are totally different to most of the species, they don?t even breath oxygen, and I'm sure they lots of limbs as well, so I would guess the ships would be designed to accommodate this, captured ships would explain but at the stretch of the imagination, we're at the point now there are hundreds of captured ships flying about this must be there confusing for Starfleet and the bad guys.
I just wish they'd add more orginal federation ships variety is the spice of life
You don't buy the boxes, you buy the KEYS! The boxes drop like rain for free. You don't have to do anything but blow up some npc objects to get boxes. Boxes are everywhere. Boxes by themselves are WORTHLESS. No one (at least no one with any sense) is buying boxes.
It's the KEYS, people! The KEYS! The KEYS are what people are buying, the KEYS are what matter. The KEYS are the tokens we use for these lockbox gumball machines! The only thing the lockbox does is define the contents of the gumball machine.
Caught. I rephrase it:
"If Lobi store items are only available for a specific time period (set by the current offered Lock Box), people may feel the need to buy more Master Keys, to open a Lock Box, to get more Lobi, to get a specific desired item in time = more $ income."
Disclaimer: Master Keys can be obtained for free (as in: no real money needed). You can buy them directly from the exchange. Or you can use the Dilithium exchange to acquire the needed Zen.
True but Tholians are totally different to most of the species, they don?t even breath oxygen, and I'm sure they lots of limbs as well, so I would guess the ships would be designed to accommodate this, captured ships would explain but at the stretch of the imagination, we're at the point now there are hundreds of captured ships flying about this must be there confusing for Starfleet and the bad guys.
I just wish they'd add more orginal federation ships variety is the spice of life
I can understand your point, but don't forget that, for the most part, Star Trek is all about the suspension of disbelief. Enjoy!!
Does anyone take STO seriously anymore? Because I'm having a hard time doing it...
Lets just allow every type of ship to everyone at this rate. And...that sword....that looks like it was taken from an Eastern MMO or WoW...just /Picardfacepalm on this one.
In Star Trek they are always flying completely alien ships or using their devices without any real difficulty. Which is crazly, lol. In real life it would be difficult for a member of one Navy to use equipment on a ship from another Earth navy.
I've pondered this as well. Aside from obvious TV reasons I assume that it would be part and parcel of 25th century life though. The gel of species would have to necessitate a base foundation of logical operations. I've always imagined the reason why the Away Team can tap away increasingly quickly at alien consoles is through having trained in the recognition of mathematical and logical similarities. Such things being constant throughout this universe.
I'm sure there would be plenty of classes covering such topics at the Academy. Especially with the rich and diverse information on hand in the ST universe. A red warning button means pretty much the same on both side of Earth for us to even question what its intended function may be.
I've read about the plaque that Carl Sagan et al designed for the Voyager probes (iirc). There was some controversy apparently over the line and arrowhead used to represent which of the planets the satellite originated from (well there was a lot of controversy of that plaque, not just that ^^).
The point being that the Arrowhead may not have the same meaning of object or intended meaning (direction) in alien cultures as it does in our own. But the mathematics(read:science) underpinning the location to Earth were logically based on distances between pulsar stars as determined by the wavelength of a common interaction of Helium (if I recall correctly). They may not be able to determine which planet we inhabit, but they could at least narrow things down to our solar system. It makes for interesting reading. */stops off-topic rambling*
FYI - Lock Boxes should no longer trigger a need/greed roll pop-up. This should make things go more smoothly in STFs for instance.
Thanks to Priority One for bringing this to our attention.
you did not see this being mentioned on the forums like 100 bazillion times in every thread about lock boxes?
ok!
i'll make a note to channel all my feedback through Priority One and STOked Radio from now on... *shrug*
nothing new that you have to stalk and hunt down the dev's in the right place at the right time to make your suggestions / feedback / bug reports heard. *shrug*
thanks for removing them from the need or greed process anyway,
sadly the 3D lockboxes in space and on ground are just as much of an eyesore.
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In regards to the Ferengi set, will they remain bind on pickup? If they do, that means we won't be able to open up a D'Kora and stock it on a toon with the Ferengi set after the contents of the lobi store changes.
Their interiors are designed for extreme environmental conditions in order to accommodate the needs of Tholian physiology.
Redesigning those ships for humanoids would be a task so huge that I can't help but wonder why anyone would even bother doing that when there are so many ships for humanoids around.
Thanks for reading
True but Tholians are totally different to most of the species, they don?t even breath oxygen, and I'm sure they lots of limbs as well, so I would guess the ships would be designed to accommodate this, captured ships would explain but at the stretch of the imagination, we're at the point now there are hundreds of captured ships flying about this must be there confusing for Starfleet and the bad guys.
I just wish they'd add more orginal federation ships variety is the spice of life
"If Lobi store items are only available for a specific time period (set by the current offered Lock Box), people may feel the need to buy more Master Keys, to open a Lock Box, to get more Lobi, to get a specific desired item in time = more $ income."
Disclaimer: Master Keys can be obtained for free (as in: no real money needed). You can buy them directly from the exchange. Or you can use the Dilithium exchange to acquire the needed Zen.
I can understand your point, but don't forget that, for the most part, Star Trek is all about the suspension of disbelief. Enjoy!!
Lets just allow every type of ship to everyone at this rate. And...that sword....that looks like it was taken from an Eastern MMO or WoW...just /Picardfacepalm on this one.
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A nice offering, with great items. I look forward to grabbing a few on the exchange or opening boxes via dilithium.
I've pondered this as well. Aside from obvious TV reasons I assume that it would be part and parcel of 25th century life though. The gel of species would have to necessitate a base foundation of logical operations. I've always imagined the reason why the Away Team can tap away increasingly quickly at alien consoles is through having trained in the recognition of mathematical and logical similarities. Such things being constant throughout this universe.
I'm sure there would be plenty of classes covering such topics at the Academy. Especially with the rich and diverse information on hand in the ST universe. A red warning button means pretty much the same on both side of Earth for us to even question what its intended function may be.
I've read about the plaque that Carl Sagan et al designed for the Voyager probes (iirc). There was some controversy apparently over the line and arrowhead used to represent which of the planets the satellite originated from (well there was a lot of controversy of that plaque, not just that ^^).
The point being that the Arrowhead may not have the same meaning of object or intended meaning (direction) in alien cultures as it does in our own. But the mathematics(read:science) underpinning the location to Earth were logically based on distances between pulsar stars as determined by the wavelength of a common interaction of Helium (if I recall correctly). They may not be able to determine which planet we inhabit, but they could at least narrow things down to our solar system.
you did not see this being mentioned on the forums like 100 bazillion times in every thread about lock boxes?
ok!
i'll make a note to channel all my feedback through Priority One and STOked Radio from now on... *shrug*
nothing new that you have to stalk and hunt down the dev's in the right place at the right time to make your suggestions / feedback / bug reports heard. *shrug*
thanks for removing them from the need or greed process anyway,
sadly the 3D lockboxes in space and on ground are just as much of an eyesore.
no we didnt there is a new race in the game but not a faction