Cryptic puts out 2-3 lockboxes per year and 2-3 new zen store ship groups per year. They just put out the huge anniversary ship packs 2 months ago. I'm guessing they want to give people time to save up to buy those 9 ships before dumping more zen store ships into the game. They don't want to flood their own market. We've got half a year's worth of new zen store ships coming before the next expansion pack. I'm guessing there's going to be plenty of things to buy with the expansion pack too. We know they're doing something with the constellation, as that got leaked into the game.
Since s9 came out the only thing new to buy is keys for the new lockbox.
I won't buy chance things like that.
But is the their nothing new to buy?
Or a better question: is the lockbox the only thing cryptic needs to do to fund s9's development ?
I still see the "X got a whatever bioship" message often enough, so I think that Lock boxes are a major aspect of Cryptic's funding. New Zen ships do not always coincide with new Seasons, but I figure they will come soon enough.
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Since s9 came out the only thing new to buy is keys for the new lockbox.
I won't buy chance things like that.
But is the their nothing new to buy?
Or a better question: is the lockbox the only thing cryptic needs to do to fund s9's development ?
They probably make the majority of their money via Zen for lockbox keys, so yes, S9 was monetized. (Doesn't matter that you or I don't buy them, as the majority of the actual paying STO playerbase does.)
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I have yet to try to include traits/passives in a Loadout, but if this works as rumored, then the reputation revamp is just the vehicle to justify the Loadout 10-pack. It's easy to conceive of having at least one loadout per ship per reputation, in order to quickly adapt the more limited reputation powers to a given episode, STF, or PvE mission. If the loadout doesn't actually work this way, I would suggest that Cryptic get to work on this right away, because as reluctant as I am to purchase anything, the Loadout Pack would be high on my list of services that actually make the game easier & more enjoyable. This would have been a very savvy move on the dev's part to help pay for Season 9!
Anyone...does the loadout include the traits & passives?
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Anyone...does the loadout include the traits & passives?
Not yet, but Cryptic has said they will add Traits to the loadout function (IE yes, your currently selected active Traits will be saved like your ship's equipment and active Boffs/Doffs are now) as soon as they can.
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Well, as i for one will never open a single Undine lockbox......even though I enjoy opening lockboxes usually.....I hope not.
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Actually, I need to buy another 100 Doff slots for my KDF toon.
I was thinking about buying a 10 pack of keys due to the 15% discount, but I am one the fence about that. I haven't had much luck in the past.
I still see the "X got a whatever bioship" message often enough, so I think that Lock boxes are a major aspect of Cryptic's funding. New Zen ships do not always coincide with new Seasons, but I figure they will come soon enough.
Kit revamp really adds a lot of new "stuff" kind of to the game and economy.
Secondary Deflectors could be in the works for later in the season (or get pushed back to next season). So that might be the big something? Maybe?
We'll see.
They probably make the majority of their money via Zen for lockbox keys, so yes, S9 was monetized. (Doesn't matter that you or I don't buy them, as the majority of the actual paying STO playerbase does.)
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Anyone...does the loadout include the traits & passives?
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Not yet, but Cryptic has said they will add Traits to the loadout function (IE yes, your currently selected active Traits will be saved like your ship's equipment and active Boffs/Doffs are now) as soon as they can.
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It's sad. I was wishing for some C-Store costumes.
A c-store ship costume that is a bumper sticker on your existing costume that says "my other ship is stuck in undine snot".
Went to the Undine Zone. I'm going to be cleaning ooze out of the conduits for weeks.
I am right there with you, in the same boat. It is as if they don't want our money.