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The Tholian Lockbox

pwebranflakespwebranflakes Member Posts: 7,741
edited August 2012 in Galactic News Network [PC]
The Tholian Lockbox is our best Lockbox yet! Read more to see images of all the items that you have the possibility of winning or buying from the Lobi store.


Click here to read more.
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  • tobar26thtobar26th Member Posts: 799 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    I do agree on best yet. It's making me open boxes just for Lobi ;-)

    Anyone used the sword? Any good?
  • captain4mericacaptain4merica Member Posts: 55 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    No thanks; its still a gamble.
  • palpha2clearancepalpha2clearance Member Posts: 432 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Calling any lock box a good lock box is not a correct statement, more like the lesser of lock box evils.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • dontdrunkimshootdontdrunkimshoot Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    good presentation of whats in the box, pictures are always good
  • aegon1iceaegon1ice Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Can you please publish the blogs next time with such details.
  • switchngcswitchngc Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Really? Another rehash of old content as news? I guess next week we are going to hear about how great the Tribbles and Targs are and how we need to spend all our Dilithium on it before it goes away...

    I'm still waiting for the Ask Cryptic answers, or are you going to wait until they are asked in the Q&A in Vegas so you can just reuse those answers and pass them off as new?
  • ferdzso0ferdzso0 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    switchngc wrote: »
    Really? Another rehash of old content as news? I guess next week we are going to hear about how great the Tribbles and Targs are and how we need to spend all our Dilithium on it before it goes away...

    well I would love to hear some News about the Gorn Minefield, and the Mirror Events

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  • diogene0diogene0 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Having trouble selling master keys? :D
    Lenny Barre, lvl 60 DC. 18k.
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  • venetar90venetar90 Member Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    diogene0 wrote: »
    Having trouble selling master keys? :D

    That's what I was thinking!
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  • blitzy4blitzy4 Member Posts: 839 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    I'm sorry I've tried with my spare dilithium, but the orb weaver I want is ellusive, and I keep getting doff packs.
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  • mkilczewskimkilczewski Member Posts: 284
    edited August 2012
    Calling any lock box a good lock box is not a correct statement, more like the lesser of lock box evils.

    The only good lockbox, is a dead lockbox. Or one that has a stripper that jumps out, with the payoff to my morgage, when I open it.
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  • argent007argent007 Member Posts: 220 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    please reassure us that the Ask Cryptic answers are going to be released sometime in the next couple days....
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  • sumghaisumghai Member Posts: 1,072 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    The cracks are beginning to show in PWE's shenanigans...
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  • futurepastnowfuturepastnow Member Posts: 3,660 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    I admit that it is much better than the previous lockboxes. The worst prize is a mini-doff pack.

    I've spent a lot of Energy Credits on keys for them.
  • pwebranflakespwebranflakes Member Posts: 7,741
    edited August 2012
    argent007 wrote: »
    please reassure us that the Ask Cryptic answers are going to be released sometime in the next couple days....

    They'll be released tomorrow afternoon :)

    Also, this was posted because I thought it would be nice for everyone to be able to see the actual images of the items/ descriptions of items that can't really be shown.

    Cheers,

    Brandon =/\=
  • sunfranckssunfrancks Member Posts: 3,925 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    PWE says Sell Sell Sell, buying keys make people happy!

    The real world = must keep pushing these things because people are catching on to our shady business!
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  • zeuxidemus001zeuxidemus001 Member Posts: 3,357 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    sunfrancks wrote: »
    PWE says Sell Sell Sell, buying keys make people happy!

    The real world = must keep pushing these things because people are catching on to our shady business!

    You must know that this is what is called going green... lockboxes + trees(shade) = win for the worlds enviroment.
  • foundrelicfoundrelic Member Posts: 1,380 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Best yet?


    It's like getting knifed.



    After being shot twice and recovering. Sure it's not as bad as the bullets but it's still not great.
  • futurepastnowfuturepastnow Member Posts: 3,660 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    As a guess- and this is just speculation- I bet the Lobi store items are selling pretty poorly this time around, and that's why we're getting what amounts to an ad for them.

    Think about it: people with 800 Lobi are probably buying the carrier, but the number of people who reach that amount is very low. Likewise, the number of people with all three Tholian pieces to upgrade is low. The robe doesn't show any skin on female characters, so no one wants it. And no one wants to spend a scarce currency on batteries or other consumables.

    That leaves the sword and the pets. I've seen a fair number of people running around with the swords. Can't quantify the pets.

    -End Speculation-
  • entnx01entnx01 Member Posts: 549 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    As a guess- and this is just speculation- I bet the Lobi store items are selling pretty poorly this time around, and that's why we're getting what amounts to an ad for them.

    Think about it: people with 800 Lobi are probably buying the carrier, but the number of people who reach that amount is very low. Likewise, the number of people with all three Tholian pieces to upgrade is low. The robe doesn't show any skin on female characters, so no one wants it. And no one wants to spend a scarce currency on batteries or other consumables.

    That leaves the sword and the pets. I've seen a fair number of people running around with the swords. Can't quantify the pets.

    -End Speculation-

    I'd open these Lockboxes if the Ferengi items were still there. At a minimum 4 Lobi per box, the Ferengi items are actually obtainable if they keep their original price.

    Don't take stuff out of the Lobi store and perhaps more people will open Lockboxes and spend those Lobi. :)
  • kingdoxykingdoxy Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    They'll be released tomorrow afternoon :)

    Also, this was posted because I thought it would be nice for everyone to be able to see the actual images of the items/ descriptions of items that can't really be shown.

    Cheers,

    Brandon =/\=

    Don't let the lockbox haters get you down. It was a really good post. I had to hunt all this info down myself when the box was released.

    I try to buy the lockbox stuff off the exchange so I usually do ok at hunting it all down but this would be nice to have with future lockbox releases.
  • reximuzreximuz Member Posts: 1,172 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Considering the frequency of Tholian Ship announcements, I would say these lockboxes were doing just fine before the post, but I guess haters gotta hate.
  • switchngcswitchngc Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    As a guess- and this is just speculation- I bet the Lobi store items are selling pretty poorly this time around, and that's why we're getting what amounts to an ad for them.

    I guess so, I just got an e-mail promoting the Tholian Lockbox. I don't think I got one for any of the others...
  • realuniqueonerealuniqueone Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    reximuz wrote: »
    Considering the frequency of Tholian Ship announcements, I would say these lockboxes were doing just fine before the post, but I guess haters gotta hate.

    I suspect many announcements are cryptic *cough* "testing that they still work"... at least this is the only reasonable conclusion I can find from my personal statistics.


    I purchased over 80 keys and didn't get a tholian ship, nor enough lobi to buy one from the store. If these are "so much better" then previous boxes, then I feel so sorry for those that wasted time and money on the old ones.

    At those odds and prices, never again. Very disappointed.

    -1 key customer.


    One day cryptic will realise that schemes like this will turn and bite you in the ___. They may look good in the short term, but each customer hits a limit and will never buy again. Each customer wonders what's the catch with every other move you make in the future...

    Long term player happiness > short term profits.
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