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should i wait to october or get a lobi ship for my useless char?

shamoul12345shamoul12345 Member Posts: 25 Arc User
edited September 2014 in Federation Discussion
i have a romulan char, who is a tactical char,

he has a scim, (not a big fan of the scim personally cause of the turn rate)

is there a ship thats better in them lobi or will there be one in october
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  • tehbubbalootehbubbaloo Member Posts: 2,003 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    i have a romulan char, who is a tactical char,

    he has a scim, (not a big fan of the scim personally cause of the turn rate)

    is there a ship thats better in them lobi or will there be one in october

    i wouldnt buy anything until after the expansion in october.
    moreover, the scimitar is the most overpowered ship in the game...
  • seannewboyseannewboy Member Posts: 667 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    My opinion is that if there is a ship you find appealing, buy it, if you want it. I personally think i understand STO's bottom line enough to think that the tier 5 ships will be upgradable to be truly usable for lvl 60 content. The simple truth is that if the tier 5 upgrades are not up to snuff, the tier 6 ships wont sell, ever. Ships, whether zen, lobi, or lockboxes comprise a large portion of Cryptics incom. If they do not do the upgrades well enough, the bottom drops out of the market now, and people wont be as apt to buy the tier 6 either. This is because people will start saying, what is going to happen 4 years down the line when tier 7 comes out.
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  • sqwishedsqwished Member Posts: 1,475 Bug Hunter
    edited September 2014
    i wouldnt buy anything until after the expansion in october.
    I'd tend to agree with this. Its the same advice I've been giving fellow fleet members.
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  • davidwforddavidwford Member Posts: 1,836 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    I would wait too. Lobi items are bound to character once opened. Save the Lobi for your primary characters. C-Store ships are usually account wide, so if you buy one for your throw-away character, you can later get one for your primary or a new character for no additional cost.
  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    There is also a very good bet that there will be a new Lockbox around the time of Delta Rising. So not only will we have all the T5U/T6 ships to deal with but we will probably have some Delta Quadrant species ships in Lockboxes and in the Lobi Store to think about getting as well.
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  • reginamala78reginamala78 Member Posts: 4,593 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    I wouldn't buy anything, especially something so pricey for a character you consider useless. Plus if you just want something faster for an alt to toy with, there is the Winter Event 6 weeks after X2 launches, when you can get that toon a T5-U11 Chel Grett or Plesh Brek for free, and they're both very good ships and quicker than the Scim.
  • azmodeasazmodeas Member Posts: 132 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    As others have already said. It's best to wait til the expansion goes live. If we get a new lockbox with the expansion . if it or the lobi store don't have some variation of a federation inspired "Dauntless " starship I would be utterly shocked. Honestly to see the Delta operations bundle pack and no sign of the Dauntless in it. suprised me. So thinking , cryptic has that ship in a closest waiting for a lockbox or lobi store ship for delta rising. And if not ... I just gave cryptic a lovely idea. Que the hate laughs.
  • annemarie30annemarie30 Member Posts: 2,698 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    on the other hand, if you have the lobi NOW, why don't you copy your toon to tribble and take the existing lock box ships for a test drive? that way once the new stuff comes out in october you will have more information
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