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Requirements to buy Scimitar?

starmagexx1starmagexx1 Member Posts: 13 Arc User
edited December 2014 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Have level 54 Fed, level 50 KDF, and Level 11 Rom

Why can I not purchase the Scimitar from the C-Store even if I cant use it?
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  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,556 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    Because you don't have a level 50 Romulan. You need to have a character that can use the ship before you can purchase it.
  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    Unfortunately, as the previous poster said, you can only buy ships in the C-Store if you have a character that can use it already.

    Don't worry if you can't level your character fast enough, there will be more sales. Every few months there are Zen sales, ship sales and what not. Just need to be patient.

    And who knows- by then, there might be something that you'll want even more.
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  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    This has always struck me as an odd policy.

    Why would they not let you buy a ship just because you don't have the level yet? As long as the ships have the level requirement in the description when you buy them, I don't see the harm.

    I'm sure they did it to avoid angry tickets from people who bought ships they couldn't yet use, but it really penalizes everyone for a small minority. I don't currently have a KDF character, but if I wanted to buy a KDF ship during the 20% sale to have when I hit 50, I should be allowed to do that.

    This policy should be revised.
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  • age03age03 Member Posts: 1,664 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    This is the same in other PWE games a level is required before purchase.
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  • stf65stf65 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    seaofsorrows wrote: »
    This has always struck me as an odd policy.

    Why would they not let you buy a ship just because you don't have the level yet? As long as the ships have the level requirement in the description when you buy them, I don't see the harm.

    I'm sure they did it to avoid angry tickets from people who bought ships they couldn't yet use, but it really penalizes everyone for a small minority. I don't currently have a KDF character, but if I wanted to buy a KDF ship during the 20% sale to have when I hit 50, I should be allowed to do that.

    This policy should be revised.
    the policy's fine. the world is full of morons who accidentally buy something they can't use simply because they're not paying attention to what they're doing. the level policy means you can't ever buy a ship you can't use. it's better that way for everyone. and it's not like they don't have ship sales every few months that prevent you from every getting it at a discount later.
  • crazyned1066crazyned1066 Member Posts: 198 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    mustrumridcully0 wrote: »
    Unfortunately, as the previous poster said, you can only buy ships in the C-Store if you have a character that can use it already.

    Don't worry if you can't level your character fast enough, there will be more sales. Every few months there are Zen sales, ship sales and what not. Just need to be patient.

    And who knows- by then, there might be something that you'll want even more.

    This seems to be at odds with the policy for the summer and winter event ships. I seem to recall you can claim a ship even if your character is below fifty. You just have to store it in the bank until you reach level 50.
  • alcyoneserenealcyoneserene Member Posts: 2,414 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    Policy is fine for the reasons already mentioned.

    Summer and winter ships are limited-time and can't be purchased, so 'accidentally' acquiring them through the daily missions won't result in complaints that the game 'sells stuff but doesn't let you use it.'
    mustrumridcully0 wrote: »
    And who knows- by then, there might be something that you'll want even more.

    Something like this would be nice.
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  • thatcursedwolfthatcursedwolf Member Posts: 1,617 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    crazyned1066 wrote: »
    This seems to be at odds with the policy for the summer and winter event ships. I seem to recall you can claim a ship even if your character is below fifty. You just have to store it in the bank until you reach level 50.


    You pay neither Zen nor Dil for the summer or winter event ships, just time.
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  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    crazyned1066 wrote: »
    This seems to be at odds with the policy for the summer and winter event ships. I seem to recall you can claim a ship even if your character is below fifty. You just have to store it in the bank until you reach level 50.

    I think others have explained it pretty well - you don't need to spend money on the Event ships. (At least not normally. I guess someone that bought lockboxes and what not to get Lobi to buy Autographs or Pearls would still be screwed. But doing that requires a lot of extra effort and is not done with a single click. )
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