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chrishellmax2363
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This should not be a thread about flaming, sarcasm and hate on cryptic. I want opinions in a professional manner. Weve all dealt with businesses iin the past in one way or another.
Put your ideas into words. Ill start with a few that i would like.
1. Charge 1000 zen for one more slot on the r/d.
2. Charge 500 zen to add pets to the r/d- like the hortas in the old one. We have the baby hortas now, but nothing to do with them.
3. Sell tokens that you can trade say 1000 romulan marks for 1000 another set of marks.
Just a few thoughts.
Put your ideas into words. Ill start with a few that i would like.
1. Charge 1000 zen for one more slot on the r/d.
2. Charge 500 zen to add pets to the r/d- like the hortas in the old one. We have the baby hortas now, but nothing to do with them.
3. Sell tokens that you can trade say 1000 romulan marks for 1000 another set of marks.
Just a few thoughts.
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2. Polish
3. Consistency
4. Engine performance tweaks
To put it simply, a better quality game = more money, at least from me anyway.
That would probably improve the post quality around here.
bad list IMO a lot of players arnt all that keen to R&D so that would have very limited appeal, most players arnt all that fussed over pets either, why would you want to trade marks for other marks and have to pay for the privalidge when you can trade marks for dilithium for free.
1000 marks gets you 10000 dilithium + 50% more if you do it on a dilithium weekend.
the first 3 things should all be free as for no 4. Engine performance tweaks , just buy engine batteries for EC off the exchange or pick them up in game drops for free.
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.
Customizable Starship Interior Packs. Using a modified version of the foundry, you can change the look of your ship interior. The basic items are free, but unique items like the Borg pack for Borg Alcoves and other Borg-related furniture cost Zen.
You can turn your baby Horta into a Combat Horta by talking to a specific contact on your ship.
There are so many thing which could be done in this area it is not even funny. I remember when the "cash shop" was going to offer visual and other vanity items and most people naturally thought the main opportunity would be in player housing and customizing the interior of your ship as your house.
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Not just ships, though a few more of those would be nice, but costumes etc.
2. Sell me interiors.
I will, and have done, spend money on interiors for my ship.
Not just bridges, but full interiors that actually make sense.
When on my BoP and i visit engineering, I don't expect my entire crew to be there along with two other entire crews they've invited along too.
In a room bigger than the engineering section of my ship.
Me too.... Me too... You would think after going on five years they would have fixed the zoom bug but Noooooooooooooooooo!! :mad:
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5k per three pack t-6 ships (with no mastery)
10K 9 pack delta quadrant intel ship ( with mastery)
lobi store T-6 FED dreadnought
lobi store T-6 ROM and KDF carrier
my hands are be sweating with options lol ;-)
I know it's been said that this would be 'too hard' given the character database structure, but if this changed and there was a small fee to do so, I'd happily pay it all the same...
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2) Bring the NPC gorn/orion/nausicaan ships over to the KDF as fully flyable ships. Personally I'd jump at the chance to fly a (T6, obviously) Orion Warbarge-that ship is lovely. Likewise for the shuttles. It's irritating to have a Orion/Nausicaan/Gorn and have to use a Klingon shuttle when there are already several shuttles from those species in game, used by the npcs.
3) Gorn and Nausicaan fighters as hanger pets! bonus points if Cryptic could make a Gorn/Nausicaan carrier or Flight-deck carrier to go with them!
4) More uniforms. I really would love to have some canon Klingon uniforms, and the DS9 Romulan uniforms, and I'd pay zen for them. I'd also like to see Worf's sash show up again at some point...
5) More canon weapons and ships! TOS movie-era phaser pistols would really make my day! Likewise, a significant number of canon ships are still missing. There's still a crudload of TNG/DS9/VOY/ENT weapons missing, which make it hard to complete the look for your away teams.
6) Fix the embassy boffs! Customizable Embassy boffs-I don't care what uniforms they have available, but I want to get them out of those rags! More diverse trait loadouts for them like we were told we'd get would also be nice. I have only bought the one so far because of the combination of disappointing trait loadout variety, lack of customization, and phenomenal price.
7) More diversity for unique boffs. Limiting boffs like the Jem'Hadar, Breen, to one per character makes it impossible to theme your bridge crews (ex: all jemhadar bridge crew on a Jem hadar dreadnought) and keeping them from being customizable means one's bridge crew looks less and less like a Romulan/Federation/Klingon crew after a while, and more and more like a motley collection of mercenaries. I'd gladly pay for more of these boffs in different professions, if I could have more than one/customzie them.
so you have player housing be it a dwelling or your ship and spend a small fortune on vanity items to deck it out, who is going to see all this stuff? just you and the very rare guest.
if I am spending money in game I want everyone to see it.
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.
500 K zen for all those boffs we missed on the 125 dollar DR purchase
or just buy DR for 160 dollars
500 zen DR duty officer pack with a .25 percent chance to get a blue intel doff
kazon lobi box free drop in game
15 percent discount on lock box keys to open kazon lobi boxes
100,000 zen direct funds to star fleet command to remove all time gate and dil expense to advance all account / hero of the galaxy equipment to MK 14 ( purple) and added increased 'chance' to crit for epic gear
I have seen loads of players say they would subscribe on a monthly basis if they did not loose a lot of perks after stopping and most would stop at 1000 days after rewards run out.
I have seen others who say they would like to buy lifetime if there was a form of monthly payment but don't want to get in debt with a credit card.
I have seen lapsed subscribers who have said they would re-subscribe if they could get a free upgrade to lifetime at 1000 days.
at 1000 days subscribers have paid far more then the price of lifetime and I believe they deserve this bonus, I also believe there are a lot more who share one of the above dilemmas but have not spoken out.
upgrade to lifetime membership for all 1000 day subscribers would address all of these issues.
this would bring in a lot of money from lapsed subscribers who will be tempted back for the lifetime reward, it will also bring in money from new subscribers who would prefer to pay for lifetime on a monthly basis, it will bring in money from people who have been thinking of subscribing but are put off by the fact that they will loose some of their perks when they stop at 1000 days.
it would also encourage active subscribers to remain as subscribers if they might be thinking of stopping to have that big bonus added to the 1000 day rewards.
it may also temp a lot of players who haven't even been thinking of subscribing.
with the introduction of T6 ships the 1000 day rewards have kind of lost their lustre, adding this bonus would also make the 1000 day rewards for subscribers irresistible.
the cost of this for cryptic = infinitesimal, the rewards for cryptic = substancial.
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.
firstly, aside from services(slots and whatnot), i only spend on canon stuff that gets me more immersed. i'll grind for the flavor of the moment, but if i'm putting pixels on my credit card, it's only for something i've seen on screen...
1. gear. ships, interiors, weapons, etc.
2. major expansions. new territory, new factions, new mechanics.
3. wish-list stuff. re-species, re-career, housing, custom bridge/interior
if there was a constant flow of stuff i want coming out, i would be spending constantly. but i'm only interested in a small amount of the new stuff i see.
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I am very much in favor of player housing! In fact, I'd pay good money to get good bridges, be able to customize my interior, etc. With tacofangs in charge of it, though, I don't think we'll see it happen.
I'd definitely pay for a boff trait system too!
I know there are trophy's right now but they arnt really a major touch in a lot of cases and when you change ships there's a good chance the ship wont even have a place to show said trophy's off, Take the Dreadnought war-birds (Scrim, Tulwar etc) they don't even have interiors beyond the bridge.
Personally i think removing the paygates on some items would be a good idea, a little generosity and showing you value your customers as more than sheep to be fleeced goes a long way, and lets face it, lately Craptic are making a lot of changes to fleece every cent they can.
One of the fundamental problems with how STO is developed as far as I am concerned is their steadfast plan of building up instead of sideways - as in more of the same only stronger instead of something entirely new.
So first way would be to offer a selection of C-Store ships that are truly unique. Not just a random junk console. New energy type weapons/torpedoes with unique procs, already comes with a unique Boff who is trained in unique abilities, a ship that can't necessarily be categorised as a cruiser, escort/raider, carrier or science vessel.
Specialist vessels that use alternative means in combat, but freebies and cheaper ships are still relevant. This of course means the content will need to accommodate such a variety of ships and build possibilities though.
The other way is more personal customisation. Ship parts, tailor choices, the option to build your own bridge using parts like consoles and furniture. Options to really make your ship and crew your own.
Really, what is wrong with you? People make requests all the time but what I don't get is why they then insist on telling Cryptic/PWE what they are willing to pay for them..... If you just want to throw money away, give it to charity, don't practically beg PWE to charge you for more options..... They are perfectly capable of extracting money from people without your help.
LOL. You said it (*I* was merely thinking it
A topic like "Instead of the current, blatant money-grub, what *would* you actually pay for?!" would probably have been more palatable.
What I don't get is why people around here always fly off the handle over hypothetical discussions.
There's nothing wrong with more choice, ultimately it's up to the consumer in question how and where they choose to spend their money.
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+ Release of some missing ships like the New Orleans and Norway class
+ Fleet Mark Exchange
+ Lock Box Ship Transfer Tokens
+ Excelsior Bridge Pack
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Doff packs should always give a purple doff, non purples are useless for a vast number of players. Additionally they should always grant some lobi, say 8, even when not on special.
Secondly, unbind capability.
$5 Special Box: Allows you to repack any lockbox or fleet ship into a new account bound box.
$2.50 Special Doodad: Allows you to change any item from character bound to account bound.
the OP asked how to get more money not loose it, the Dilithium to Zen conversion feature brings more money into cryptic then all of the subs lifetime included and cash for c-store purchases put together.
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.