Thank you, great surprise. I wonder how many complain threads there will be about missing a certain day's reward...
At least five. And another five to complain about items having already been bought.
But this is awesome even though I already have most of the Fed uniforms. I also doubt any of the t5 ships will be freebies unless there are some that simply don't get bought.
Seeing as the melee pack isn't account-wide, and neither are the tribbles currently available from the C-Store, and there aren't any emotes in the C-Store in the first place...
DS9 uniform, TMP uniform, and unpopular ships are the only viable options here.
Still, seeing as the DS9 uniform and the T5 Defiant are the only non-Romulan C-Store stuff I have... I'm perfectly fine with "unpopular ships". :P
Since Cryptic is notorious fior CopyPasta and/or re-using existing assets, perhaps some of the Tribble test tribbles?
Please give us an Oberth, please give us an Oberth, please give us an Oberth.
You all can kiss my pitch black butt :P . I would LOVE an Oberth and would fly it in Borg Red Alerts all day (probably still do better than the rainbow-whales I've seen of late ).
Please give us an Oberth.
:P
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At least five. And another five to complain about items having already been bought.
But this is awesome even though I already have most of the Fed uniforms. I also doubt any of the t5 ships will be freebies unless there are some that simply don't get bought.
naw somehow i see friday being t5 ships though i don't see bundle packs being free and i'm gonna say this the outfits well more then likely be merc or formal wear cause rommys can't wear fed or klingon outfits if klingons have any? lol
Looks good in principle! Will be interested in seeing what the eligibility criteria are.
The cynic in me has a fear that 'must have downloaded Arc' may be one of the criteria...
Unfortunately, when I went to install STO on this new laptop, I had no choice but to install Arc. It's not really that bad, far less clunky than Steam, no crashes so far, and it did install both STO and Neverwinter faster. The only real downside is the not knowing if the Chinese are combing through my files looking for information worth stealing.
They make a wondrous mess of things. Brave amateurs, they do their part.
naw somehow i see friday being t5 ships though i don't see bundle packs being free and i'm gonna say this the outfits well more then likely be merc or formal wear cause rommys can't wear fed or klingon outfits if klingons have any?
I can't see it being Tier #5 ships to be honest. That's some 2000zen (or more) per ship, and a fair number of them seem to be used as it is. That's when people aren't flying around in lock box ships.
As per outfits, I'd wager that they're going to release a new one for the KDF and make it free.
Please give us an Oberth, please give us an Oberth, please give us an Oberth.
You all can kiss my pitch black butt :P . I would LOVE an Oberth and would fly it in Borg Red Alerts all day (probably still do better than the rainbow-whales I've seen of late ).
Please give us an Oberth.
:P
I love my Oberth. Regardless of class, it is always my T1 ship of choice. Tiny, great shields and sensor analysis.
I used it as my T-5 Doff ship for a long time just for grins.
A new KDF outfit for free would be excellent! But more than likely it will be a...
...Dilithium Tribble!
This tribble has adapted to use Dilithium for its nutritional needs. It consumes Unrefined Dilithium at the rate of aproximately 100 Crystals per hour. Every two hours, it has a 2.5% chance of depositing approximately 2500 EC into your Assets. Limit one per Account. Once Discarded, traded or sold, you may not reacquire a Dilithium Tribble. Not even if you ask nicely.
There, wonder how long it will be before the 'tards start a rumor thread about pwe/cryptic finding a new way to nerf Dilithium? I'll wager about five minutes at 2-1. Any takers?
A six year old boy and his starship. Living the dream.
Just for the record guys, Brandon said Monday is a costume. Friday is a ship. Nothing being given away is Romulan themed. Everything will have Fed and KDF versions. And each day is more expensive than the day before.
That likely means Monday is a 320 or 480 ZEN item. And no reward is below that in value.
And at least two days are ships.
I think it's unlikely many of these are things like Tribbles. BOs and EV suits are unlikely because they could be endlessly claimed once the price is zero. Tribbles are unlikely because they wouldn't be more expensive than the costume on Monday. Unless it's a ship costume.
I'd guess something like:
Monday - Formal Wear
Tuesday - Caitians/Ferasan unlock
Wednesday - T2 Ship
Thursday - Enterprise Bundle
Friday - 1 Odyssey/Bortas' (as a nudge to buy the other two)
I've just had a terrible thought; what are the chances that these free Tier #5 ships are the ones rewarded to Lifetime Subscribers? The Defiant, Galaxy and Intrepid Retrofit for Federation Players, and those others for the Klingon Players.
Whey to TRIBBLE over Lifetime Subs if this terrible thought comes to pass.
Why is it that as soon as I heard the word 'requirements' I immediately became suspicious that these requirements are something to the effect of 'must have max tier in 1 or more reputation systems' or 'must have x number of fleet projects done' or something along those lines
I can't think of any other reason to have 'requirements' stated at this point unless something like that is going to be the catch. If it was just a matter of being level 50 there would be no need to wait to announce requirements.
Except, of course, for the hordes of people complaining because the ship released requires you to be a VA, and their highest-level toon is a Captain, and nobody said anything about level requirements or they'd have been grinding to get there!
You know, like the folks who were told repeatedly how much time they had to garner the Pearls to get a Risian corvette, yet were still taken totally by surprise when that ended...
Looks like i'll be holding off purchases a while, been grinding out stuff for a while, glad i can give myself a rest
Thanks for rewarding active players for our patronage, you know we have a choice in MMO and i'm glad you appreciate our activity
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Oh, and the items get progressively higher in value throughout the week (Example: Monday, costume; Friday, ship)
Just to ensure it's clear, "throughout the week" doesn't mean "each day" and I sincerely apologize if I caused any confusion or set different expectations. To give more info, Monday-Wednesday are around the same value*, Thursday is higher and Friday is even higher. If my calculations are correct, it's over 7500 ZEN worth of free items if you have eligible** characters to claim them all -- some days (3, Wed-Fri) there will be a Fed and KDF ship that can be claimed for a total of 8 items.
*I just realized that Wednesday's items are actually just slightly less in value ZEN wise than Monday/ Tuesday's, but you may find more value in it depending on what you're hoping for (small craft vs. costume, *hint hint*)
**Example: To be eligible to claim a T3 KDF ship, you'd need a Klingon that is at least at level 20 with an available ship slot.
Just to ensure it's clear, "throughout the week" doesn't mean "each day" and I sincerely apologize if I caused any confusion or set different expectations. To give more info, Monday-Wednesday are around the same value*, Thursday is higher and Friday is even higher. If my calculations are correct, it's over 7500 ZEN worth of free items if you have eligible** characters to claim them all -- some days (3, Wed-Fri) there will be a Fed and KDF ship that can be claimed for a total of 8 items.
*I just realized that Wednesday's items are actually just slightly less in value ZEN wise than Monday/ Tuesday's, but you may find more value in it depending on what you're hoping for (small craft vs. costume, *hint hint*)
**Example: To be eligible to claim a T3 KDF ship, you'd need a Klingon that is at least at level 20 with an available ship slot.
Cheers,
Brandon =/\=
I just wanna say "Thank you" in advance
Incidentally friday is my birthday and with that being the "big" free giveaway day it will be a very good present for my 30th birthday
I love my Oberth. Regardless of class, it is always my T1 ship of choice. Tiny, great shields and sensor analysis.
I used it as my T-5 Doff ship for a long time just for grins.
Indeed, still use my Oberth for my daily (single player) missions and foundry some days.
Rommie Hyper Plasma Torp, Omega Plasma Torp, from the Rep. stores (or strip one torp out for the Experimental Romulan Plasma beam, turret in back, set weapon power to min, shield to max and ride the bumper til BOOM!
Definitely one of the funnest ships in the game IMO.
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There are no account-wide pets currently in the C-Store. :cool:
Infinite possibilities have implications that could not be completely understood if you turned this entire universe into a giant supercomputer.
At least five. And another five to complain about items having already been bought.
But this is awesome even though I already have most of the Fed uniforms. I also doubt any of the t5 ships will be freebies unless there are some that simply don't get bought.
Then again, Bran said ships, and a Shuttle is a form of ship. They might be giving everyone Delta Flyers and Peregrine Fighter. :P
Since Cryptic is notorious fior CopyPasta and/or re-using existing assets, perhaps some of the Tribble test tribbles?
You all can kiss my pitch black butt :P . I would LOVE an Oberth and would fly it in Borg Red Alerts all day (probably still do better than the rainbow-whales I've seen of late
Please give us an Oberth.
:P
Jo Cox 22.6.1974 - 16.6.2016
naw somehow i see friday being t5 ships though i don't see bundle packs being free and i'm gonna say this the outfits well more then likely be merc or formal wear cause rommys can't wear fed or klingon outfits if klingons have any? lol
Unfortunately, when I went to install STO on this new laptop, I had no choice but to install Arc. It's not really that bad, far less clunky than Steam, no crashes so far, and it did install both STO and Neverwinter faster. The only real downside is the not knowing if the Chinese are combing through my files looking for information worth stealing.
They make a wondrous mess of things. Brave amateurs, they do their part.
As per outfits, I'd wager that they're going to release a new one for the KDF and make it free.
Then your guts are bad at reading
so pets and tribbles are excluded.
I love my Oberth. Regardless of class, it is always my T1 ship of choice. Tiny, great shields and sensor analysis.
I used it as my T-5 Doff ship for a long time just for grins.
...Dilithium Tribble!
This tribble has adapted to use Dilithium for its nutritional needs. It consumes Unrefined Dilithium at the rate of aproximately 100 Crystals per hour. Every two hours, it has a 2.5% chance of depositing approximately 2500 EC into your Assets. Limit one per Account. Once Discarded, traded or sold, you may not reacquire a Dilithium Tribble. Not even if you ask nicely.
There, wonder how long it will be before the 'tards start a rumor thread about pwe/cryptic finding a new way to nerf Dilithium? I'll wager about five minutes at 2-1. Any takers?
That likely means Monday is a 320 or 480 ZEN item. And no reward is below that in value.
And at least two days are ships.
I think it's unlikely many of these are things like Tribbles. BOs and EV suits are unlikely because they could be endlessly claimed once the price is zero. Tribbles are unlikely because they wouldn't be more expensive than the costume on Monday. Unless it's a ship costume.
I'd guess something like:
Monday - Formal Wear
Tuesday - Caitians/Ferasan unlock
Wednesday - T2 Ship
Thursday - Enterprise Bundle
Friday - 1 Odyssey/Bortas' (as a nudge to buy the other two)
Good, I'd hate to think you guys actually valued paying customers.
Whey to TRIBBLE over Lifetime Subs if this terrible thought comes to pass.
You know, like the folks who were told repeatedly how much time they had to garner the Pearls to get a Risian corvette, yet were still taken totally by surprise when that ended...
GOOD!!!!!!
My second thought is its just those Duty Officer packs. Because you can never have too many white or green bartenders.
Duty Officers packs are a one time unlock and thus not part of this.
Thanks for rewarding active players for our patronage, you know we have a choice in MMO and i'm glad you appreciate our activity
Just to ensure it's clear, "throughout the week" doesn't mean "each day" and I sincerely apologize if I caused any confusion or set different expectations. To give more info, Monday-Wednesday are around the same value*, Thursday is higher and Friday is even higher. If my calculations are correct, it's over 7500 ZEN worth of free items if you have eligible** characters to claim them all -- some days (3, Wed-Fri) there will be a Fed and KDF ship that can be claimed for a total of 8 items.
*I just realized that Wednesday's items are actually just slightly less in value ZEN wise than Monday/ Tuesday's, but you may find more value in it depending on what you're hoping for (small craft vs. costume, *hint hint*)
**Example: To be eligible to claim a T3 KDF ship, you'd need a Klingon that is at least at level 20 with an available ship slot.
Cheers,
Brandon =/\=
I just wanna say "Thank you" in advance
Incidentally friday is my birthday and with that being the "big" free giveaway day it will be a very good present for my 30th birthday
Indeed, still use my Oberth for my daily (single player) missions and foundry some days.
Rommie Hyper Plasma Torp, Omega Plasma Torp, from the Rep. stores (or strip one torp out for the Experimental Romulan Plasma beam, turret in back, set weapon power to min, shield to max and ride the bumper til BOOM!
Definitely one of the funnest ships in the game IMO.
edit to add: Oh and prettiest too!!
Praetor of the -RTS- Romulan Tal Shiar fleet!