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Special Lock Box Promotion

pwebranflakespwebranflakes Member Posts: 7,741
edited September 2012 in Galactic News Network [PC]
Starting tomorrow around 10AM PDT, for a limited time only, we'll be running a special Lock Box promotion. You won't want to miss out! Read more for full details.


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  • raud1raud1 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    pwebranflakes wrote: »
    Starting tomorrow around 10AM PDT, for a limited time only, we'll be running a special Lock Box promotion. You won't want to miss out! Read more for full details.


    Click here to read more.

    As an additional feature of this week-long Lock Box Promo, the Lobi Crystal Store is being completely refilled with all of your old favorite items from the Ferengi Lock Box, while still maintaining the prizes that were added alongside the Tholian Lock Box. We'll be keeping all of these items in the Lobi store for the foreseeable future, and plan to add even more items for you to choose from.


    Will the prices for the old Ferengi Lobi items be adjusted or their original prices?



    Thanks for any info!
  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,556 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Was hoping for a new lockbox, but some people will get use out of this.
  • drkfrontiersdrkfrontiers Member Posts: 2,477 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Yip nothing new here :(

    Oh wait I have the Jemmy and the Recluse :)
  • jexsamxjexsamx Member Posts: 2,803 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Interesting. Quite glad to see the Tholian box's lessons have been applied to the older ones. And restoring the old Ferengi Lobi stuff plus the Tholian stuff is definitely a bright move.

    I just...

    ...two at once? Really? Seriously? You couldn't reissue one for two weeks and the other for the next two weeks or something? You're going to blow this load all at once instead of milking it by drawing it out?

    That's really my only complaint. Both at once is too much of an okay but ultimately annoying thing.
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  • amayakitsuneamayakitsune Member Posts: 977 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    We'll be keeping all of these items in the Lobi store for the foreseeable future, and plan to add even more items for you to choose from.

    So does this mean the Lobi items wont be disappearing again like after the ferengi box?
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  • direphoenixdirephoenix Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    I applaud what appears to be a solid effort to improve these lockboxes. Bravo!
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  • wilvwilv Member Posts: 390 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    I'm confused. If the point of putting ships in a lockbox was to keep them available and yet rare, why bring them up again. I mean if you guys are just going to keep giving people more chances to get them, why not just put them up on the C-store in the FIRST place...
  • gamerjoshgamerjosh Member Posts: 158 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    amayakitsune wrote: »
    So does this mean the Lobi items wont be disappearing again like after the ferengi box?

    So it would appear to be. This makes me very happy as I do not yet have the recluse carrier and it'll take a little while I get one.
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  • robdmcrobdmc Member Posts: 1,619 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    I still have about 300 of each. I don't need more.
  • macricanmacrican Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    This makes me happy. Now I can get that Ferengi missile pack for one of my shuttles :D
  • dariusmajeredariusmajere Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    wilv wrote: »
    I'm confused. If the point of putting ships in a lockbox was to keep them available and yet rare, why bring them up again. I mean if you guys are just going to keep giving people more chances to get them, why not just put them up on the C-store in the FIRST place...

    Z-store = typically Account bound for ships Plus your guaranteed to get it
    Lock box = character bound and Random chance to get it, Random chance means more Zen being spent on the boxes, More zen spent is more in there pockets, Remember Even if you trade Dilithium in for Zen, That Zen is coming out of a players wallet and onto that market.

    character bound = more money coming in if you say have 12 characters and want it on all 12.
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  • webdeathwebdeath Member Posts: 1,570 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    http://sto.perfectworld.com/news/?p=678911

    Yay no new Lockbox yet.. but a return of the two older ones.. but.. Revamped supposedly.. lol.
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  • darkstarkiriandarkstarkirian Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    macrican wrote: »
    This makes me happy. Now I can get that Ferengi missile pack for one of my shuttles :D

    I hear that! I thought about getting one for my To'Duj fighter + a single Cannon to have the look of a proper fighter! :D
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  • diogene0diogene0 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Hopefully we'll get new stuff for the lobi store with the next lockboxes and you'll get rid off the current ones, since it's supposed to be a limited time offer. :D

    I want new stuff to buy, not old goodies to buy again and again. :D
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  • darkstarkiriandarkstarkirian Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    dariusmajere wrote: »
    Z-store = typically Account bound for ships Plus your guaranteed to get it
    Lock box = character bound and Random chance to get it, Random chance means more Zen being spent on the boxes, More zen spent is more in there pockets, Remember Even if you trade Dilithium in for Zen, That Zen is coming out of a players wallet and onto that market.

    character bound = more money coming in if you say have 12 characters and want it on all 12.

    Plus the Lobi store items that are more character bound items.

    Sure hope the price of the Ferengi set comes down from the 200 per piece it was, but I doubt it.
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  • kingdoxykingdoxy Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Wow no new lockbox.

    I guess we know what the 1000 day Vet reward is then.
  • buddha1369buddha1369 Member Posts: 386 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    I had a sinking feeling the next box would be the cardassian and then we would cycle through them all over again, but this seems not so bad. Im guessing in a week we will see the new box, but for now we get the chance to get one of the older ships.

    And retroactively fixing the old boxes shows that you are really listening to feedback, and now those who missed the chance to open these old boxes can with the added improvements. Bravo

    I have a sort of twisted hope that the exchange is flooded with galors so they get cheap and i can buy one :P
  • bluegeekbluegeek Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    kingdoxy wrote: »
    Wow no new lockbox.

    I guess we know what the 1000 day Vet reward is then.

    Not quite... this promotion runs to the 27th... after which I assume we'll get another kind of lockbox. That new one could still have the timeship rewards that people are speculating about.

    Also, it sounds like the Lobi store is being changed so that previously-offered items will remain in stock indefinitely? So we'll basically get access to new stuff occasionally and have the opportunity to buy the stuff we missed before.

    I think I'm going to be opening quite a few Ferengi lockboxes I saved up, based on the changes to that lockbox. :) I still want that D'Kora! But having better quality drops and more Lobi rewards is what makes me want to buy keys for 'em.
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  • redrickyredricky Member Posts: 1,004 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Dammit, I thought it was time for another Fek'Ihri story arc. Guess I'll have to wait for my K'Norr.
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  • darkenzedddarkenzedd Member Posts: 881
    edited September 2012
    Why am I so not surprised.....
  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,556 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    bluegeek wrote: »
    Not quite... this promotion runs to the 27th... after which I assume we'll get another kind of lockbox. That new one could still have the timeship rewards that people are speculating about.

    Exactly. The timeship lockbox could start appearing on Sept. 30 and still would be the latter part of the month. Although, why any company would release content on a Sunday is beyond me.
  • bluegeekbluegeek Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    I've got a question...

    Have the loot tables already been adjusted for the Cardassian and Ferengi lock boxes in-game, or will that only happen after the promotion starts?
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  • wilvwilv Member Posts: 390 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    darkstarkirian wrote: »
    I hear that! I thought about getting one for my To'Duj fighter + a single Cannon to have the look of a proper fighter! :D

    If the point of re hatching these boxes is to give everyone a chance, which from this conversation seems to be the point.

    "Brandon Felczer ‏@PWE_BranFlakes:
    There are players that may have joined the game recently who were not around when they were first introduced. Or, those who couldn't purchase Master Keys at the time, couldn't play, we're AFK, etc."

    https://twitter.com/PWE_BranFlakes/status/248502051733135360

    Why not make them a per character unlock like they did w/ the stupid EV suits and place them on the c-store for 700 zen each?
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    edited September 2012
    bluegeek wrote: »
    I've got a question...

    Have the loot tables already been adjusted for the Cardassian and Ferengi lock boxes in-game, or will that only happen after the promotion starts?

    More than likely post patch tomorrow.
  • kingdoxykingdoxy Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    bluegeek wrote: »
    Not quite... this promotion runs to the 27th... after which I assume we'll get another kind of lockbox. That new one could still have the timeship rewards that people are speculating about.

    Also, it sounds like the Lobi store is being changed so that previously-offered items will remain in stock indefinitely? So we'll basically get access to new stuff occasionally and have the opportunity to buy the stuff we missed before.

    I think I'm going to be opening quite a few Ferengi lockboxes I saved up, based on the changes to that lockbox. :) I still want that D'Kora! But having better quality drops and more Lobi rewards is what makes me want to buy keys for 'em.

    Ok, so what's "limited" about this promo? That the boxes are dropping again from killing mobs or is the updated loot table the limited part?
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  • zeuxidemus001zeuxidemus001 Member Posts: 3,357 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Still nothing in that lobi store or lockbox worth blowing any dilithium over or actually paying for...
  • corgatagcorgatag Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    I think you mean "they're" :)
  • synthscanner#2101 synthscanner
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    edited September 2012
    starkaos wrote: »
    bluegeek wrote: »
    Not quite... this promotion runs to the 27th... after which I assume we'll get another kind of lockbox. That new one could still have the timeship rewards that people are speculating about.

    Exactly. The timeship lockbox could start appearing on Sept. 30 and still would be the latter part of the month. Although, why any company would release content on a Sunday is beyond me.

    I believe those two timeship's will be the new 1000 day veteran rewards, but wont be long before we find out for sure.

    kingdoxy wrote: »
    Ok, so what's "limited" about this promo? That the boxes are dropping again from killing mobs or is the updated loot table the limited part?

    That the old lockboxes are dropping again, they'll stop dropping after the 27th.
  • darkenzedddarkenzedd Member Posts: 881
    edited September 2012
    wilv wrote: »
    If the point of re hatching these boxes is to give everyone a chance, which from this conversation seems to be the point.

    "Brandon Felczer ‏@PWE_BranFlakes:
    There are players that may have joined the game recently who were not around when they were first introduced. Or, those who couldn't purchase Master Keys at the time, couldn't play, we're AFK, etc."

    https://twitter.com/PWE_BranFlakes/status/248502051733135360

    Why not make them a per character unlock like they did w/ the stupid EV suits and place them on the c-store for 700 zen each?

    Exactly, the old tired excuse of CBS not letting them put these on for general sale is looking more and more like the bs we thought it was from the beginning.

    If it was to just make more money fine, but do not try to cover up the shady business you have become and at least just tell the truth...
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