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[SUGGESTION] Ship sale when LoR launches

burstdragon323burstdragon323 Member Posts: 853 Arc User
edited March 2013 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Make lots of money if new Romulan ships are on discount, say 50%?
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  • qjuniorqjunior Member Posts: 2,023 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    50% is a bit high a discount. And having a ship sale at that time would be foolish. Not to mention announcing any sale before it actually happens. :P
  • sunfranckssunfrancks Member Posts: 3,925 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Even if they had a ship sale when the Romulans are released, it would never be 50% and any new ships just released would be not included like every other ship sale ;)
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  • voyagerfan9751voyagerfan9751 Member Posts: 1,120 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    burstdragon323 wrote: »
    Make lots of money if new Romulan ships are on discount, say 50%?

    Or you could not have a sale and make more money.

    Yes, I would love a ship sale, heck why stop at ships go with a whole zen store sale, I know my zen wallet would thank them.

    But there is the trap. From Cryptic's perspective, why reduce the cost on something if people are going to buy it anyways. More zen means more money for Cryptic.
  • tenkaritenkari Member Posts: 2,906 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    burstdragon323 wrote: »
    Make lots of money if new Romulan ships are on discount, say 50%?

    your avatar is very fitting for this post.
  • ryanevryanev Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    There won't be a sale (at least not on the Romulan ships that are released).
    The logic behind this is very simple: If I want to buy them and I have the money for it... I will buy them, otherwise I will either wait a promotion or not buy them at all.

    So why not take the money from the people that would buy them regardless, and then after say... 3 months release them on sale for some extra cash?
  • tenkaritenkari Member Posts: 2,906 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    ryanev wrote: »
    There won't be a sale (at least not on the Romulan ships that are released).
    The logic behind this is very simple: If I want to buy them and I have the money for it... I will buy them, otherwise I will either wait a promotion or not buy them at all.

    So why not take the money from the people that would buy them regardless, and then after say... 3 months release them on sale for some extra cash?

    look at the kumari for example. if i recall, a week or two after its release we saw a Zen sale.

    I dont think i've seen a single C-store sale aside from the Doff packs, since PWE took over.
  • jjumetleyjjumetley Member Posts: 281 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    There will probably be a sale just before the Romulan faction.
  • mimey2mimey2 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I actually had this same suggestion a couple days ago.
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  • ravinravin Member Posts: 509 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    sunfrancks wrote: »
    Even if they had a ship sale when the Romulans are released, it would never be 50% and any new ships just released would be not included like every other ship sale ;)

    I seem to remember a 50% off ship sale a while ago. I bought most of my ships then.
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  • cptvanorcptvanor Member Posts: 274 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Putting brand new items on sale is quite possibly the worse thing you can do. You're taking a huge cut in your profits and are unlikely to see any where near the increase in sales you need to make up for it.

    When the new Rom ships come out tons of people will gladly pay the $20-$25 for them, because they're new and for the new faction. There's no need to discount them, because they'll sell well at full price.
  • dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    ravin wrote: »
    I seem to remember a 50% off ship sale a while ago. I bought most of my ships then.

    Most they do is a 20% sale on ships. Still waiting for a sale to get the Vesta and some bank slots.
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  • voyagerfan9751voyagerfan9751 Member Posts: 1,120 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    cptvanor wrote: »
    Putting brand new items on sale is quite possibly the worse thing you can do. You're taking a huge cut in your profits and are unlikely to see any where near the increase in sales you need to make up for it.

    When the new Rom ships come out tons of people will gladly pay the $20-$25 for them, because they're new and for the new faction. There's no need to discount them, because they'll sell well at full price.

    This. There is no logic in cryptic putting on-sale something I was going to buy anyways. You are just cutting into your profits.

    You put on sale stuff I wasn't going to buy. that way I look at the whole new price and say "Hey you know, maybe it is time I got that Defiant I always wanted"
  • ravinravin Member Posts: 509 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    dracounguis wrote: »
    Most they do is a 20% sale on ships. Still waiting for a sale to get the Vesta and some bank slots.

    No, they did a 50% one about a year and a half or so a go.
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  • ravinravin Member Posts: 509 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Found the announcement for the 50% Ship Sale in April of 2011.

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    So, not outside the realm of possibility.
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  • adon333adon333 Member Posts: 304
    edited March 2013
    So wait, the new Romulan faction will not have free ships included? What are they gonna make us have to BUY the D'Deridex, Romulan BoP, etc?
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  • voyagerfan9751voyagerfan9751 Member Posts: 1,120 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    adon333 wrote: »
    So wait, the new Romulan faction will not have free ships included? What are they gonna make us have to BUY the D'Deridex, Romulan BoP, etc?

    Think like the Feds and Klingons now. There are free ships you can get with Dilithium. But there are also ships that you can get in the C-store.

    Some might be Retrofits of lower Tier ships. Some will be T5 ships in their own right, but my guess is any of the popular ships BoP, D'Deridex etc, will be C-store if you want them as a tier 5 ship.
  • captainbmoneycaptainbmoney Member Posts: 1,323 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I remember when Season 5 Launched they had 2 ships for free. I'd love that again. XD.
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