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born2bwild1born2bwild1 Member Posts: 1,329 Arc User
Ok if you have not started you are in for a costly adventure.

Lets say you wake up and start New Years day. If you set your alarm every 20 hours you should be able to get 15 runs min before the 14th - that's assuming they are not extra kind and extend it to the 17th patch day.

15 x 40 = 600 pics

So you need 400 pic's - how much will that cost.

Ok you get about 5 lobi per box and 4 pics per ?Q?s Appreciation Package?(5 lobi each)

so you will need to open approx 100 keys to get the Lobi required

going rate for keys on the exchange is about $1.2 million for a total of $120 million EC

Or from the Zen store it will cost 11,250 Zen

Of course every day you miss the cost will go up!!

Full cost of the ship would be 250 Q packs or 1250 lobi

1250 lobi/5 per box = 250 boxes

250 boxes = approx $300 million EC

250 keys from the Zen store will cost over 28,000 Zen

Yikes

My advice would be to buy 10+ C-store ships instead or A Jem Bug - or a Galor+D'kora+Temporal ship + a few other things

Good luck

Edit: I should note that the odds of getting the grand prize from any lock box are about 1/180 plus you get a lot of other stuff you can sell - that will reduce your overall EC cost.

P.S. If you have over $250 U.S dollars to blow on a ship we need you in our fleet!! :)
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  • thay8472thay8472 Member Posts: 6,376 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    will be 600 tops :P

    unless the breen ship is heading over the lobi store.
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  • corbinwolf#9797 corbinwolf Member Posts: 565 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Hi,

    If you stick to Ferengi Lock Boxes (up to twenty lobi cyrstals at times) it is plausible. However, at this point, it would be costly.

    Sorry.
    "The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward." - Rocky Balboa (2006)
  • stark2kstark2k Member Posts: 1,467 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I did the math on another thread using only the minimum gain from both Q's appreciation Boxes and Lockboxes that give a lobi return.

    On average it should cost you $115 dollars US to obtain the Breen vessel from scratch, using only minimum figures.

    That is only 2 Q pic per Appreciation Box & 4 Lobi Crystals per Lockbox.

    The $115 dollar US price tag stems from the premise that you'll be purchasing Zen with real money.

    The amount will differ in a player's favor because it is more than likely that upon opening a Q appreciation box and lockboxes, you'll probably get some 6 pic figures in there, while Lobi returns anywhere from 4 to 10 Crystals.
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  • kingdoxykingdoxy Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    yeah, the price of photos for lobi is what made me think folks who paid for the ship early are bonkers. Who has that much Lobi lying around? I know being the first on the kid with a new shiny is cool and all but really just have some patience and earn is by running races. Its not like the ship is really all that great.
  • neoakiraiineoakiraii Member Posts: 7,468 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    kingdoxy wrote: »
    yeah, the price of photos for lobi is what made me think folks who paid for the ship early are bonkers. Who has that much Lobi lying around? I know being the first on the kid with a new shiny is cool and all but really just have some patience and earn is by running races. Its not like the ship is really all that great.

    At least they got to feel special for 3 weeks before most people get their ships this week. That's how they will justify the cost in their heads. :eek:
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  • theofficialmip#7339 theofficialmip Member Posts: 93 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Looks like you should of run the races! :D
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  • sekritagentsekritagent Member Posts: 510 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Yeah if you missed out on the free version, there's no way the stats of this ship are worth the price of more than both the Odyssey and Vesta 3-packs combined.
    Delta Rising is the best expansion ever and the players love it! No, seriously! ...Why are you laughing so hard? :(
  • born2bwild1born2bwild1 Member Posts: 1,329 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I just put this up for info purposes in case there are any people wondering the cost. I get my first of 9 Breen ships tommorrow and all alts will be done within 4 days.

    The madman here I wonder about is Stark2k - running this thing on 45 toons?? That would drive me to drink!!! :)

    how he does this thing every day straight for 2+hrs is a mystery!
  • diogene0diogene0 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    The madman here I wonder about is Stark2k - running this thing on 45 toons?? That would drive me to drink!!! :)

    how he does this thing every day straight for 2+hrs is a mystery!

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    :D
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    God, lvl 60 CW. 17k.
  • born2bwild1born2bwild1 Member Posts: 1,329 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    diogene0 wrote: »

    Assuming no failures that is 1145 runs!! - and I would say running it 2hrs+ a day on 45 toons your going to slip up at least once per day just from bordom or tired fingers - so i would put it at 1200+ runs

    Just the thought is Mind Numbing!!!:eek::P
  • corbinwolf#9797 corbinwolf Member Posts: 565 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    This is why STO will always be alive and well!! ;)
    "The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward." - Rocky Balboa (2006)
  • pfunk49pfunk49 Member Posts: 15 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Reading this thread just reminds me of the folk tale of a few well known guitar players hearing about a new guy called Hendrix, going to see his show, then considering quitting after seeing how good he was.
  • stark2kstark2k Member Posts: 1,467 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I just put this up for info purposes in case there are any people wondering the cost. I get my first of 9 Breen ships tommorrow and all alts will be done within 4 days.

    The madman here I wonder about is Stark2k - running this thing on 45 toons?? That would drive me to drink!!! :)

    how he does this thing every day straight for 2+hrs is a mystery!

    All too often I quit playing after the races.

    By the way all my Fed toons -1 got their Breen vessel on Sunday (12/30/2012

    All my KDF toons -2 got theirs on Monday (12/31/2012)

    The +2 toons on my sec account will get theirs within the week.

    The 3alts on my Main that need the races, by next week.

    Trust me half way through the races I thought of giving up many times - but now that the bulk of my toons have it, its a huge sigh of relief.

    My last 5 alts should be a walk in the park. :D
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  • synkr0nizedsynkr0nized Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Lets say you wake up and start New Years day. If you set your alarm every 20 hours you should be able to get 15 runs min before the 14th - that's assuming they are not extra kind and extend it to the 17th patch day.

    ha

    A friend messaged me to get me back into the game, dropping the news that I could get one of the ships I've always thought looked pretty cool. Unfortunately for me, after I logged in and did the race a couple of days, I realized that doing it once a day would be 24 days only on the characters with which I chose to go for it.

    My alarm will be attempting to help me pick up that extra day thanks to the 4 hours I might be able to gain between now and the 14th. :P


    I definitely don't want to spend any real money.
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