Lobi Shuttles and Space Gear Sale (Now Ended)

pwlaughingtrendy

Fly into this week’s Shuttle Weekend Event with some of the shuttles on sale for 30% off! From Thursday May 29th at 10AM PDT to Monday June 2nd at 10AM PDT, grab up a new shuttle or some space gear!

Withstand anything the enemy can throw at you in the Voth Heavy Fighter or dodge incoming fire in the nimble Tholian Widow Fighter. Decimate your enemies with the Aeon Timeship or make the wise investment of getting a Ferengi Shuttle. In addition to great shuttles going on sale, we have some wonderful Space Gear to further customize your crafts this weekend. Check out some of the ships and gear going on sale for a limited time only!

~LaughingTrendy

virusdancer

Hrmm, not so upset about the downtime at the end of the Lobi event now...that's a nifty sale.

sophus84at

if we would have known before , maybe some wouldnt have spent all the lobi directly...

virusdancer

sophus84at wrote: »

if we would have known before , maybe some wouldnt have spent all the lobi directly...

It tends to be the way things are done.

Event for something.
Folks get it - use it.
Then a sale comes.

Usually see it with key sales before the next box comes out sort of thing...I'd forgotten about the Lobi item sales...meh.

virusdancer

Course, the fun part with this will be how much higher the EC prices for keys go - and - how much higher ZEN goes as folks think about Dil->ZEN instead of paying the higher EC prices for keys...to the point that folks just open the wallets for ZEN instead.

tucana66

Personal favorite:
The Rapid Fire Missile Launcher is a good purchase. 180 degree launch radius. Decent kinetic damage. Benefits from torpedo spread skills. And the visuals are fantastic. (Reminds me of Macross.)

Does anyone have thoughts on whether the Jem'Hadar space set is worthwhile?

shpoks

Mmmmmmmmm Rozhenko Timeship Shuttle.....I'm gonna' save nicely on that one!
Good sale and 30% off - very worth it!

jaegernl

tucana66 wrote: »

Personal favorite:
The Rapid Fire Missile Launcher is a good purchase. 180 degree launch radius. Decent kinetic damage. Benefits from torpedo spread skills. (Reminds me of Macross.) And the visuals are fantastic.

Other than using it for triggering projectile doffs, it doesn't do a whole lot. It's visuals are pretty cool, though, I'll grant you that. Especially with Torpedo: Spread 3.

I ran it on my B'rel for a while, for the lolz. Decloak, rapid fire and missiles with torpedo spread 3. Oh, and don't forget to shout 'FIRE ZHE MISSILES!' every time.

zathri83

Can we get a sale when pvp is deleted?

jaegernl

zathri83 wrote: »

Can we get a sale when pvp is deleted?

*grmbl*

/10char

virusdancer

zathri83 wrote: »

Can we get a sale when pvp is deleted?

It will be a yard sale...they won't have internet, so no E-Bay...they'll old school selling off Cryptic memorabilia on the front lawn.

rinkster

30% off the shuttles, 30% off the consoles and gear too?

So, a 200 lobi console will be 140?

Same for the Mk XII space set upgrade?

jaegernl

Whatever is on sale is in the blog.

virusdancer

rinkster wrote: »

30% off the shuttles, 30% off the consoles and gear too?

So, a 200 lobi console will be 140?

Same for the Mk XII space set upgrade?

Aye, 30% off.

Space Gear (including the Jem Mk XII upgrade) is 140 instead of 200 Lobi.

The 300 Lobi smallcraft are down to 210.

edit: And yeah, Cryptic can hold off on the ZEN Raptor...er...I just spent the ZEN I had saved for that.

centaurianalpha

http://community.arcgames.com/en/news/star-trek-online/detail/5005823

I'm getting a "502 Bad Gateway" error on this link...

lexxie1983

centaurianalpha wrote: »

I'm getting a "502 Bad Gateway" error on this link...

Me to.

cant log in to arc or steam either both tell me LOGIN HAS TIMED OUT!

worffan101

Oh hell yes!

szerontzur

I've.. got to be honest; I let out some rather vulgar profanities when I saw this sale.. considering I finally just got around to picking up another part of the hirogen set with my built up lobi.

Saving 30% on $50 consoles and $75 shuttles is a pretty huge deal. I hope there are some people who will be able to take advantage of it...

dracounguis

If only I had more console slots, I'd buy one or 2 of them.

worffan101

Now, I have a serious question, with no Ba'al or bacon jokes.

Which shuttle is the best? Rommie faction, tac captain. Looking to run the shuttle NWS and later Atmosphere Assault.

lordsteve1

Just in time for the shuttle event too!

No supprise!

I was going to use lobi for a console but now realise i don't really need one and my main ships won't benefit from one. I've been eyeballing a few of the shuttles as something fun to play with so this is the ideal oportunity to get one. Saves a considerable amount too so i don't feel bad using the lobi. I spent no real world money on them and i had fun grinding them out in the event this month so they won't feel wasted.

lan451

Bah. Now I have to decide if I really want that tachyokinetic console or if I want to keep saving my lobi up for a ship. Why you do this to me Cryptic?

why

marc8219

I don't think these lobi sales are very fair to people that ground out or bought a lot of that stuff already. It will make me think twice before spending money for lobi now.

rinkster

virusdancer wrote: »

Aye, 30% off.

Space Gear (including the Jem Mk XII upgrade) is 140 instead of 200 Lobi.

The 300 Lobi smallcraft are down to 210.

edit: And yeah, Cryptic can hold off on the ZEN Raptor...er...I just spent the ZEN I had saved for that.

Think I might be taking my 1k+ lobi shopping over the weekend.

That Elachi set might work well with a disruptor heavy build.

nyx219

marc8219 wrote: »

I don't think these lobi sales are very fair to people that ground out or bought a lot of that stuff already. It will make me think twice before spending money for lobi now.

My laptop was on clearance when I bought it earlier this year, it was a steep discount compared to it's normal price. Was that unfair of Best Buy to do after customers had bought it full price? C'mon, a sale is a sale, of course some people are going to have buyer's remorse after one crops up.

Looks like I'm going to have to buckle down and pick a set while the sale's on. I've had my eye on the Silent Enemy and Temporal Warfare sets for quite some time...

jaegernl

rinkster wrote: »

Think I might be taking my 1k+ lobi shopping over the weekend.

That Elachi set might work well with a disruptor heavy build.

I think the Elachi set damage bonus works on base damage. It won't be anything spectacular. But I'm sure VD will be able to enlighten you more on the subject of base damage boosts vs. other damage boosts. Search around on the forum for those.

It's one of those inconsistencies in UI information. Sometimes they apply a base damage boost, sometimes they apply their boost after other modifiers. It's a mess, really.

I will, however, recommend the console. Critical Severity is always nice. Also, I don't think the torpedo does splash damage, so you'll be save when launching it from close range. However, the Undine and Gravimetric torpedo are *far* superior, especially with the Dyson weapon set.

virusdancer

jaegernl wrote: »

I think the Elachi set damage bonus works on base damage. It won't be anything spectacular. But I'm sure VD will be able to enlighten you more on the subject of base damage boosts vs. other damage boosts. Search around on the forum for those.

It's one of those inconsistencies in UI information. Sometimes they apply a base damage boost, sometimes they apply their boost after other modifiers. It's a mess, really.

Yeah, it's a strength boost (base damage) rather than a bonus boost like we see here and there...like with the 2pc Counter-Command's boost for Phaser/Disruptor.

Both of the weapons are [CrtD]x3 (+60% Critical Severity) - so no Acc coming from them.

The console is one of the few sources outside of skill for Subspace Decompiler though. You also pick up some more CrtD (for folks looking at making the choice between Locators and Exploiters) with it. Also gives some hull while the 2pc also gives some shields.

I'm a goofball...so I mainly want the 3pc for Haywires on a Guramba.

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jaegernl wrote: »

I will, however, recommend the console. Critical Severity is always nice. Also, I don't think the torpedo does splash damage, so you'll be save when launching it from close range. However, the Undine and Gravimetric torpedo are *far* superior, especially with the Dyson weapon set.

Yeah, to add in about the Elachi Subspace Torp...it's boosted by Tric consoles, as far as which boosts it. HY is a targetable rather than a salvo - does not splash (not you, not them)...as a slowish targetable it tends to get popped before getting near anything. It does have that chance to stun...so running it with a TS can't miss...working in some Intimidating Strikes (so you're looking at the chance to stun or confuse) can be fun. But it's not going to come near what you can do with the E-Bio or Grav Photons with how Photon happy everything is.

edit: Corrected with info from jaegernl...

jaegernl

virusdancer wrote: »

Yeah, it's a strength boost (base damage) rather than a bonus boost like we see here and there...like with the 2pc Counter-Command's boost for Phaser/Disruptor.

Both of the weapons are [CrtD]x3 (+60% Critical Severity) - so no Acc coming from them.

The console is one of the few sources outside of skill for Subspace Decompiler though. You also pick up some more CrtD (for folks looking at making the choice between Locators and Exploiters) with it. Also gives some hull while the 2pc also gives some shields.

I'm a goofball...so I mainly want the 3pc for Haywires on a Guramba.

edit: There's more...



Yeah, to add in about the Elachi Subspace Torp...it's boosted by Tric consoles, as far as which boosts it. HY is a targetable rather than a salvo - not sure what the splash would be, but it can splash you...as a slowish targetable it tends to get popped before getting near anything. It does have that chance to stun...so running it with a TS can't miss...working in some Intimidating Strikes (so you're looking at the chance to stun or confuse) can be fun. But it's not going to come near what you can do with the E-Bio or Grav Photons with how Photon happy everything is.

It does do splash damage? I vaguely remember - considering I usually play intoxicated - that Mini said it didn't. When it first came out, I think he went for tricobomber 2.0.

Also, like you said, Torpedo: Spread doesn't miss, so the CritDx3 modifier isn't any problem when used with TS.

edit: or when you do PvE. But again: Better results will be had when you just use Gravimetric and the Undine torp.
Oh, and protip: spec particle gens for the Gravimetric's rift, yo.

organicmanfred

lan451 wrote: »

Bah. Now I have to decide if I really want that tachyokinetic console or if I want to keep saving my lobi up for a ship. Why you do this to me Cryptic?

why

I'd go fo the Console, because I have learned to buy the Lobi Ships from the Exchange. I keep the Lobi for gear.

jaegernl

organicmanfred wrote: »

I'd go fo the Console, because I have learned to buy the Lobi Ships from the Exchange. I keep the Lobi for gear.

I agree with Fred (Or Manfred) here. Getting your Lobi ships from the exchange will be far, *far* cheaper than using your lobi to purchase them. Most of them run at about, what, 90mil now? With keys doing 2,5, you're better off selling your keys on the exchange than opening up about 160 boxes to get the lobi you need.

Of course, the cheapest way is just grinding that 90 mil, which isn't all that hard anyway.

disclaimer: If everyone stops opening boxes, we're all fornicated. So please, my fellow STO players, keep opening those boxes and putting your lobi ships on the exchange.

robeasom

Just got the Taychokinetic converter and elachi console for jusy under 300 lobi proper bargain