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Embassy Provisions...What?

rerednawrerednaw Member Posts: 159 Arc User
edited March 2014 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Okay so I am a casual player. However wanting to be a bit more into the game I accepted a fleet invite offer.

Well I decided to help out with the various fleet projects.

I noticed something that said "Embassy Provisions". And that it could be made from the Replicator.

So I did.

What I didn't realize was the cost was in Fleet Credits.

And that depositing them rewards you with...nothing. Not even a single lifetime fleet credit for the 10,000 fleet credit you spent.

So why are they even there as a project? Unless it is a trap for "buyer beware"

I can say from a casual lifer's perspective, it leaves an extremely negative view of yet another 'hidden feature' of the game.

I should have realized that as with any other fleet project, if it isn't auto-filled the moment it is available, it's something that nobody wants to devote resources to and hopes some naive noob will instead.

Well you got me. Shame on you. Now..fool me twice...prepare for doom.
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  • daqheghdaqhegh Member Posts: 1,490 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    This has been discussed.

    They COST fleet credits, so why would they reward them?
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  • nobletnoblet Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    daqhegh wrote: »
    This has been discussed.

    They COST fleet credits, so why would they reward them?

    Indeed. They should reward dilithium.:cool:
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  • rinksterrinkster Member Posts: 3,549 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    I think many of us have made this mistake, usually just the once.

    It's a pain.

    But the good news is that fleet credit is easy enough to rebuild and you'll read tooltips a bit more carefully from now on, I know I did after I blew a few thousand on provisions.
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  • sandormen123sandormen123 Member Posts: 862 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Only 10.000 FC. -Started laughing right there. :D
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  • futurepastnowfuturepastnow Member Posts: 3,660 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Welcome to the world of resource sinks.
  • peetapipmacpeetapipmac Member Posts: 2,131 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    I feel like we had this exact same thread the other day. :rolleyes:
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  • czertik123czertik123 Member Posts: 1,122 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    well, since heer are players which have LITERARY milions of FC, it is not problem for them to spend few tausends here.
    In grwing fleets it is problem to find players which are willing to fill all progress bars to advance project, in t5 fleets it is problem to find unfilled project to spedn here any resource.
  • jagdhippiesjagdhippies Member Posts: 676 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    IMO they should not exist. They make no logical sense and it is idiotic to have these one-off commodities that have no other purpose.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Yeah, all of my characters have FC in the hundreds of thousands. 10k is nothing...
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  • happyhappyj0yj0yhappyhappyj0yj0y Member Posts: 699 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    daqhegh wrote: »
    This has been discussed.

    They COST fleet credits, so why would they reward them?

    They shouldn't reward Fleet Credits, and the TC doesn't even seem to be suggesting they should. The suggestions (and it's a logical one) is that they should reward LIFETIME Fleet Credits. So it shouldn't give actual Fleet Credits to spend but it should up your spot on the leaderboards to denote your contribution to the Fleet (that is, after all, why the leaderboard exists).
  • bobbydazlersbobbydazlers Member Posts: 4,534 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    yes, i got caught unaware with this one the first time.
    at the end of the day they must be filled one way or another, luckely i dont realy use fleet credits all that much so i am not too bothered to donate them back into the fleet and it appears others in my fleet are happy to donate them also.
    the good news is the dilithium mine ones arnt so bad as there is a npc at the mine that will give you doff missions that reward mine provisions, pity there isnt a similar one at the embassay also, or perhaps there is but ive just never found him.

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  • nobletnoblet Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    futurepastnow wrote: »
    Welcome to the world of resource sinks.

    FC is one resource that doesn't need a sink - because FC itself is a sink for resources that do need sinks.
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  • daqheghdaqhegh Member Posts: 1,490 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    noblet wrote: »
    FC is one resource that doesn't need a sink - because FC itself is a sink for resources that do need sinks.

    Lifetime Fleet Credits, Unrefined DIL, EC and Expertise...once everything (rep and BOff training) is finished, it seems like these currencies NEVER go away.
    My Old Blog about things that could and should have been added when I wrote it. Not sure what I want to do with it now. I'll just keep it available now that most of it is outdated.
  • vedauwoovedauwoo Member Posts: 215 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Can they not be earned from Doff missions like the Dilithium mine provisions? I got stacks of those from just running doffs for free....
  • falcon3000primefalcon3000prime Member Posts: 16 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Not everything in life gives an immediate reward. Since they are a huge part of any project, and since I have 13 million FCs, I don't mind taking the hit. Your mileage may vary considerably. It's nothing to complain about.
  • groomofweirdgroomofweird Member Posts: 1,045 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    You know now you mention it I will make a fleet mail regarding that as I am sure there are other players out there like yourself that are just getting into the fleet system that really want to hold on to their FC.
    I get in my fleet there are members like that and I expect (in general) the higher ranking players with millions of FC,myself included to take care of those. If other players want to then awesome but I get that more casual players such as yourself OP might not be aware of that. I know when I was in my first fleet I did the same.
    Thankyou for that post, took me a while to get to it but in my fleet at least it will make a difference.
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  • realisticaltyrealisticalty Member Posts: 851 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Made that mistake too, really oughtta be mentioned somewhere.

    Also, to the Original Poster, be careful of that new "first set" of choices in the replicator that have appeared now - I generally stay away from those...
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