C-Store Sales as a unlock for Specific Mission Content, An Idea

tancrediiv

When I started playing STO, I didn't have a clear understanding of the games structure, so my thought was to keep my Captain and his ship in the era of Wrath of Khan. I liked that era of Trek, the ships, uniforms, and environment. One of the first things I bought from the c-store was the TOS: Wrath of Khan uniform set. When I started playing it wasn't more than an hour after that I realized that is not how STO is structured. Still, this is a fine game. I moved on. The game is great as it is, but lacking in missions, but still my favorite MMO, because I am sort of a Trek fan.

I spoke with a few fleet mates. I had an idea. They liked it and so I am writing this thread to generated interest in the concept.

One of the things missing from this game is maps and missions dedicated to the different eras of Star Trek. The Original Star Trek series. The TOS movies, New Generation, New Generation Movies, Deep Space 9, Enterprise, Voyager.

What if buying a uniform set also acted as an unlock to open a specific Featured Event quality mission series dedicated to those corresponding eras of Trek? The NPCs and the environment of those maps would be completely from that era. No one can enter those maps without their captain and crew in that era uniform. Each of these maps would have rewards such as the TOS phaser and rifle or Klingon disruptor pistol in the TOS map, and others as applicable, all corresponding to the era of the map. Each of these maps would have a slim chance of rewarding an additional significant item or resource when completed. A low tier ship or shuttle unlock from that era. VR crafting components sets, a Lobi store item or something. No need to be specific here. You get the idea and the details would be worked out.

What would this do?:
1. Promotes c-store purchases, support the game.
2. Veterans and Life Time Subscribers get an extra perk because they already have the uniform unlock so they could access these maps.
3. Dedicated Trek Fans from each era get an immersive environment to play.
4. Role Players get an immersive environment.
5. More replayable content.
6. The game gets back to being Trek.
7. Cryptic would have to unlock additional uniform slots for Bridge Officers or make a way for those officers to wear the correct uniform upon beam in. We have all wanted this a long time.

I am interested in developers seeing this as a way to promote the game, generate content based sales to promote revenue to generate this content, and make things fun again with less of the endless daily game grind we are experiencing now. A way to just make the game more fun. I ask for your support and consideration.

Thanks for listening.
Vice Admiral De La Sera

tom61sto

Entirely new missions given for having a 400Z costume unlock is very unlikely, given we've only gotten one new mission a Season for a while now, which drove a lot more than 400Z worth of sales (hopefully Delta Rising will have a healthy chunk of new story-driven missions, though). They've been hesitant to make more episodic content, as the return on investment isn't as good as new PvE zones by their data.

snowpig74

Terrible idea. If you want to look at its consequences, check SWTOR.