(26 Aug) To claim it, simply log into the game on an eligible character (well list the eligibility requirements for each item in a later news post ), visit the in-game C-Store, navigate to the item listed, and click the Claim button before the next days giveaway. The best part is that the price for each of the announced items will be 0 ZEN, and they are account-wide unlocks!
To claim Varanus Support Vessel Gorn Tier 5 starship:
1. Log into the game on a Klingon character between 10AM PDT on Monday September 1 and 10AM PDT on Tuesday September 2
2. Visit the in-game C-Store via the button on the minimap
3. Navigate to the Ships tab on the left
4. Scroll down to and click on the Varanus Support Vessel item
6. Click the Claim button towards the bottom-right of the interface
NOTE: Claiming this option unlocks this ship for all Klingon characters on an account.
emphasis mine.
While we all know that a tier 5 ship is to be captained by a lvl 40+, the "eligibility requirements" for claiming this gift do not specify this.
i kinda feel scamed from what i understand from the pricks on open chat new players just just planly understand we dont get one on lower lvls toon for later use. this leads me to belive that many new players simple wont get any thing free today while others will. a boycot on zen should be implemented to show the dev are displeasure but gamers are complacent cowards and probly wont do this
the requirements for claiming the free ships were not spelled out... maybe devs thought it was common knowledge.
For claiming a T5 (Vice Admiral) ship you need to be at L50, a L4 (Lower Admiral) ship requires you to be at least L40.
Since they didnt list level reqs I also thought you can claim one and use at a later date when your lower toon can use it. Not so. if they listed the level reqs maybe folks would of grind out those levels these past few days.
KDF allied Roms got scewed in this giveaway... no way to claim any of the ships. T5 KDF ship is restricted to "Klingon" characters and since allied with KDF can not claim the Ambassador from the FED side.
I am not sure but the FED Ambassador is said to be a lower admiral so it is T4? Or is this a T5 ship? I am not sure since I can't see it on the NPC ship seller... you can only claim it directly on the Zen Store itself. However FED Romulan toons at L50 can still claim and use it.
the requirements for claiming the free ships were not spelled out... maybe devs thought it was common knowledge.
For claiming a T5 (Vice Admiral) ship you need to be at L50, a L4 (Lower Admiral) ship requires you to be at least L40.
Since they didnt list level reqs I also thought you can claim one and use at a later date when your lower toon can use it. Not so. if they listed the level reqs maybe folks would of grind out those levels these past few days.
KDF allied Roms got scewed in this giveaway... no way to claim any of the ships. T5 KDF ship is restricted to "Klingon" characters and since allied with KDF can not claim the Ambassador from the FED side.
I am not sure but the FED Ambassador is said to be a lower admiral so it is T4? Or is this a T5 ship? I am not sure since I can't see it on the NPC ship seller... you can only claim it directly on the Zen Store itself. However FED Romulan toons at L50 can still claim and use it.
T1 0-9
T2 10-19
T3 20-29
T4 30-39
T5 40+
Level 40 ships are T5.
There are ships with L40, L45, and L50 requirements...but they're all T5.
Am I reading the upgrade list for Tier5-U ships? It looks like the KDF giveaway ship can be upgraded, but the Fed giveaway ship can not. That makes me sad.
they should have allowed you to claim the ships but not obviously not let them be used til the required level. i only have a lvl 50 Starfleet character so luckily i can gett the Ambassador. I saw the Klingon ship and it looks awesome but i dont have a character for it. its sad really like ive read before lower level players or new players miss out
So I can claim the Ambassador class ship with each of my fed side roms. Though the Kdf ship cannont be claimed by my only kdf rom. this is well just uncool.
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the requirements for claiming the free ships were not spelled out... maybe devs thought it was common knowledge.
For claiming a T5 (Vice Admiral) ship you need to be at L50, a L4 (Lower Admiral) ship requires you to be at least L40.
Since they didnt list level reqs I also thought you can claim one and use at a later date when your lower toon can use it. Not so. if they listed the level reqs maybe folks would of grind out those levels these past few days.
KDF allied Roms got scewed in this giveaway... no way to claim any of the ships. T5 KDF ship is restricted to "Klingon" characters and since allied with KDF can not claim the Ambassador from the FED side.
I am not sure but the FED Ambassador is said to be a lower admiral so it is T4? Or is this a T5 ship? I am not sure since I can't see it on the NPC ship seller... you can only claim it directly on the Zen Store itself. However FED Romulan toons at L50 can still claim and use it.
I only recently started playing again due to computer issues in the past. I dind't know how to tell the different tiers for the ships or how to find out what level my ships are. That's new to me. It would have been nice to be able to save the ship for a later date when my level 15 KDF player or my level 12 Romulan could use it. So the new ship I claimed today is a better quality than the ship I got from the Temporal Ambassador mission?
the requirements for claiming the free ships were not spelled out... maybe devs thought it was common knowledge.
For claiming a T5 (Vice Admiral) ship you need to be at L50, a L4 (Lower Admiral) ship requires you to be at least L40.
Since they didnt list level reqs I also thought you can claim one and use at a later date when your lower toon can use it. Not so. if they listed the level reqs maybe folks would of grind out those levels these past few days.
KDF allied Roms got scewed in this giveaway... no way to claim any of the ships. T5 KDF ship is restricted to "Klingon" characters and since allied with KDF can not claim the Ambassador from the FED side.
I am not sure but the FED Ambassador is said to be a lower admiral so it is T4? Or is this a T5 ship? I am not sure since I can't see it on the NPC ship seller... you can only claim it directly on the Zen Store itself. However FED Romulan toons at L50 can still claim and use it.
The Ambassador from the giveaway is tier 5. Tier 4 is actually level 30-39. Tier 5 is level 40+.
So I can claim the Ambassador class ship with each of my fed side roms. Though the Kdf ship cannont be claimed by my only kdf rom. this is well just uncool.
Are you sure about that? The Ambassador from the giveaway is suppose to be tier 5 and romulans can only use tier 4 or lower ships of their allied faction. The Varanus is tier 5 for sure.
I claimed the Ambassador with my lvl 46 (said earlier she was 42, sorry) Fed-allied ROMULAN. Surely, if she couldn't use it, she wouldn't have been able to claim it.
After all, isn't that our main gripe here? A character who does not meet the eligibility requirements for captaining the stated ship not being able to even claim it for later use even though it was stated no where that this was a requirement?
I claimed the Ambassador with my lvl 46 (said earlier she was 42, sorry) Fed-allied ROMULAN. Surely, if she couldn't use it, she wouldn't have been able to claim it.
After all, isn't that our main gripe here? A character who does not meet the eligibility requirements for captaining the stated ship not being able to even claim it for later use even though it was stated no where that this was a requirement?
very sure as i have claimed the fed ship with my fed roms.
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I claimed the Ambassador with my lvl 46 (said earlier she was 42, sorry) Fed-allied ROMULAN. Surely, if she couldn't use it, she wouldn't have been able to claim it.
After all, isn't that our main gripe here? A character who does not meet the eligibility requirements for captaining the stated ship not being able to even claim it for later use even though it was stated no where that this was a requirement?
So I can claim the Ambassador class ship with each of my fed side roms. Though the Kdf ship cannont be claimed by my only kdf rom. this is well just uncool.
Yeah, I was surprised to find that my FedRom really could claim the T5 Ambassador. It's probably a side effect of it being a Promotional item in the C-Store, without granting a FSM discount; something odd in the way it's flagged. Maybe next time they give out T5 ships the KDF will get the Kamarang and our KDFRoms can claim one... we'll just have to wait and see. Definitely strange, but since my FedRom (that I built poorly as a Rom, so rather sucked in a Warbird) already got put in a Risian ship, the T5 Ambassador is just handy fluff anyway.
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Are you sure about that? The Ambassador from the giveaway is suppose to be tier 5 and romulans can only use tier 4 or lower ships of their allied faction. The Varanus is tier 5 for sure.
Just did it myself, Fed-aligned romulans can claim the T5 Ambassador. I guess if you want to justify it in game, being captured by Romulans was a design flaw of the class. :P
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Wasn't the T5 Ambassador Retrofit also given for completing the earlier special episode? Thanks.
Yup, if I recall correctly when they released that FE completing it got you two [major] things: the T3 version and the T5 version. Now you just get the T3 (plus the other goodies).
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Yup, if I recall correctly when they released that FE completing it got you two [major] things: the T3 version and the T5 version. Now you just get the T3 (plus the other goodies).
The Ambassador Refit (T5) is the exception to the Fed only use ship restriction since it is one of the only two rewards for the episode story that was no longer available after the anniversary. STO should have made the KDF reward the Kamarag Refit (T5) so KDF Romulans could have claimed that one since the Varanus (T5) is a KDF only use ship. :rolleyes:
The Ambassador Refit (T5) is the exception to the Fed only use ship restriction since it is one of the only two rewards for the episode story that was no longer available after the anniversary. STO should have made the KDF reward the Kamarag Refit (T5) so KDF Romulans could have claimed that one since the Varanus (T5) is a KDF only use ship. :rolleyes:
Actually I wouldn't have appreciated the Kamarag as much. Sure it would have been more equitable, but having the Ambassador class accidentally become the exclusive Romulan FED/KDF T-5 ship is just too precious.
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hi .... new player here. Just to chime in i do find it sad that the ships have a lvl requirement to claim. It Would have been nice to grab and have for use at a later time. Im not sure if the intent of the giveaway was to get new players into the game ( it worked on me) but if that is so it should have been something we could unlock when we earned the required level needed. Not to take away from the players who have put there time in .... just my two cents. thanks
Actually I wouldn't have appreciated the Kamarag as much. Sure it would have been more equitable, but having the Ambassador class accidentally become the exclusive Romulan FED/KDF T-5 ship is just too precious.
only fed rom. the kdf rom can not claim the ambassador
So players that weren't correct level don't get the ships? Not really a giveaway then is it? More like a reward for players that are high enough level.
So players that weren't correct level don't get the ships? Not really a giveaway then is it? More like a reward for players that are high enough level.
Its been that way for every single giveaway. If they give away a level 50 ship, then you have to be level 50 to claim it.
Its been that way for every single giveaway. If they give away a level 50 ship, then you have to be level 50 to claim it.
Claim and use are two different things though. People were not asking about using it on a level 20 or whatever but claim it so they can use it when they hit 40.
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emphasis mine.
While we all know that a tier 5 ship is to be captained by a lvl 40+, the "eligibility requirements" for claiming this gift do not specify this.
For claiming a T5 (Vice Admiral) ship you need to be at L50, a L4 (Lower Admiral) ship requires you to be at least L40.
Since they didnt list level reqs I also thought you can claim one and use at a later date when your lower toon can use it. Not so. if they listed the level reqs maybe folks would of grind out those levels these past few days.
KDF allied Roms got scewed in this giveaway... no way to claim any of the ships. T5 KDF ship is restricted to "Klingon" characters and since allied with KDF can not claim the Ambassador from the FED side.
I am not sure but the FED Ambassador is said to be a lower admiral so it is T4? Or is this a T5 ship? I am not sure since I can't see it on the NPC ship seller... you can only claim it directly on the Zen Store itself. However FED Romulan toons at L50 can still claim and use it.
T1 0-9
T2 10-19
T3 20-29
T4 30-39
T5 40+
Level 40 ships are T5.
There are ships with L40, L45, and L50 requirements...but they're all T5.
I only recently started playing again due to computer issues in the past. I dind't know how to tell the different tiers for the ships or how to find out what level my ships are. That's new to me. It would have been nice to be able to save the ship for a later date when my level 15 KDF player or my level 12 Romulan could use it. So the new ship I claimed today is a better quality than the ship I got from the Temporal Ambassador mission?
Still, the Varanus for the KDF makes up for it.
Dec/2008
The Ambassador from the giveaway is tier 5. Tier 4 is actually level 30-39. Tier 5 is level 40+.
Are you sure about that? The Ambassador from the giveaway is suppose to be tier 5 and romulans can only use tier 4 or lower ships of their allied faction. The Varanus is tier 5 for sure.
After all, isn't that our main gripe here? A character who does not meet the eligibility requirements for captaining the stated ship not being able to even claim it for later use even though it was stated no where that this was a requirement?
very sure as i have claimed the fed ship with my fed roms.
Must have been a glitch then.
http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/7003003 The blog was very clear on how to claim each item on each day:
i went a head and claimed it just in case cryptic fixes it int eh future just to grandfather it in
Yeah, I was surprised to find that my FedRom really could claim the T5 Ambassador. It's probably a side effect of it being a Promotional item in the C-Store, without granting a FSM discount; something odd in the way it's flagged. Maybe next time they give out T5 ships the KDF will get the Kamarang and our KDFRoms can claim one... we'll just have to wait and see. Definitely strange, but since my FedRom (that I built poorly as a Rom, so rather sucked in a Warbird) already got put in a Risian ship, the T5 Ambassador is just handy fluff anyway.
Just did it myself, Fed-aligned romulans can claim the T5 Ambassador. I guess if you want to justify it in game, being captured by Romulans was a design flaw of the class. :P
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Yup, if I recall correctly when they released that FE completing it got you two [major] things: the T3 version and the T5 version. Now you just get the T3 (plus the other goodies).
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Thanks again.
Actually I wouldn't have appreciated the Kamarag as much. Sure it would have been more equitable, but having the Ambassador class accidentally become the exclusive Romulan FED/KDF T-5 ship is just too precious.
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only fed rom. the kdf rom can not claim the ambassador
They cant claim anything ... and it's 100% unfair .. dunno wtf devs are trying to do ...
No one sad in info that KDF romulans will not be able to claim free stuff ...
Time will only tell!
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Its been that way for every single giveaway. If they give away a level 50 ship, then you have to be level 50 to claim it.
Claim and use are two different things though. People were not asking about using it on a level 20 or whatever but claim it so they can use it when they hit 40.
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