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Thanks for the free R&D Mats, but....

prierinprierin Member Posts: 7 Arc User
One unlock per account? Seems kind of… I don’t know, cheap, doesn’t it?

Don’t get me wrong, I fully appreciate the freebies and am in no way complaining about that but what about those of us who have alts that craft as well? Did it make no sense to make it a once per character unlock?

I hate to look a gift horse in the mouth but I think this bears questioning…
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  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    You realize how much a single R&D Pack costs, right? 300 Zen.

    The uniform is 550 Zen.

    So R&D packs for...

    2 toons: 600 Zen
    3 toons: 900 Zen
    4 toons: 1200 Zen.

    Okay, at this point you should switch over to the 4packs for 1000 Zen, yeah?

    4 toons: 1000 Zen

    5 toons: 1300 Zen
    6 toons: 1600 Zen
    7 toons: 1900 Zen
    8 toons: 2200 Zen

    Okay, time to switch over to another 4pack.

    8 toons: 2000 Zen

    Uh so uh...yeah...so uh...yeah....er...uh...yeah.
  • orion0029orion0029 Member Posts: 1,122 Bug Hunter
    edited January 2015
    I understand your point, just the one R&D pack seems a bit... yeah, but this was one/account likely to keep it fair for everyone, for instance most people only have between 1-3 characters (I have 11), and some people have many more than that, a once per character item would give more R&D packs to those players than the ones with fewer characters.

    Edit: I would like to add that I am in NO WAY complaining about free items, and would like to say Thank you to the Developers for the Freebies :)
  • gfreeman98gfreeman98 Member Posts: 1,201 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    prierin wrote: »
    I fully appreciate the freebies and am in no way complaining...
    But you are complaining.
    prierin wrote: »
    I hate to look a gift horse in the mouth...
    Yet that is exactly what you're doing.
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  • jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Sold mine for a quick 3.7 million EC.
  • architect13architect13 Member Posts: 1,076 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    jaguarskx wrote: »
    Sold mine for a quick 3.7 million EC.

    I will wait a month and make a slow 5 million.
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  • farmallmfarmallm Member Posts: 4,630 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    To it would be fair why they did it this way. Since some has multiple characters. And that would put others at a disadvantage. I'm glad they did it like this. I only have 1 crafter in my few characters, so it went to that one.
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  • prierinprierin Member Posts: 7 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    You realize how much a single R&D Pack costs, right? 300 Zen.

    The uniform is 550 Zen.

    2 toons: 600 Zen
    3 toons: 900 Zen
    4 toons: 1200 Zen.

    Okay, at this point you should switch over to the 4packs for 1000 Zen, yeah?

    4 toons: 1000 Zen

    5 toons: 1300 Zen
    6 toons: 1600 Zen
    7 toons: 1900 Zen
    8 toons: 2200 Zen

    Okay, time to switch over to another 4pack.

    8 toons: 2000 Zen

    Uh so uh...yeah...so uh...yeah....er...uh...yeah.


    I actually didn't take zen cost into account... that makes more sense now. I assumed it was mats equal +/- to what one can find in the game for free.... I'm glad I opened it on my primary crafting toon...

    There's a uniform?

    I should look more closely at it....
    orion0029 wrote: »
    I understand your point, just the one R&D pack seems a bit... yeah, but this was one/account likely to keep it fair for everyone, for instance most people only have between 1-3 characters (I have 11), and some people have many more than that, a once per character item would give more R&D packs to those players than the ones with fewer characters.

    Edit: I would like to add that I am in NO WAY complaining about free items, and would like to say Thank you to the Developers for the Freebies :)


    Valid point. Taken.
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  • gavinrunebladegavinruneblade Member Posts: 3,894 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    prierin wrote: »
    I actually didn't take zen cost into account... that makes more sense now. I assumed it was mats equal +/- to what one can find in the game for free.... I'm glad I opened it on my primary crafting toon...

    There's a uniform?

    I should look more closely at it....




    Valid point. Taken.
    The uniform is today's gift. Tomorrow and Thursday there will be new ones.
  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Aye, was just a case of including today's uniform for a Zen price comparison on the R&D pack.
  • swamarianswamarian Member Posts: 1,506 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    You realize how much a single R&D Pack costs, right? 300 Zen.

    The uniform is 550 Zen.

    2 toons: 600 Zen

    So, I could buy 2 toons for less than the cost of 2 R&D boxes? That'd be a good reason to buy a bunch of character slots.
  • prierinprierin Member Posts: 7 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    The uniform is today's gift. Tomorrow and Thursday there will be new ones.



    Ah - ok. I haven't logged on for today's giveaway.

    In seriousness (and now understanding the zen value of the R&D pack) I can't really complain about freebies. It's not like Cryptic HAS to do things like this so.... yeah, much appreciated!
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  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,556 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    The uniform is today's gift. Tomorrow and Thursday there will be new ones.

    Are you sure about that? The dev blog states that it ends on Thursday at 10 AM so only Wednesday will have a new one.
  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    swamarian wrote: »
    So, I could buy 2 toons for less than the cost of 2 R&D boxes? That'd be a good reason to buy a bunch of character slots.

    edit: /sigh
  • gavinrunebladegavinruneblade Member Posts: 3,894 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    starkaos wrote: »
    Are you sure about that? The dev blog states that it ends on Thursday at 10 AM so only Wednesday will have a new one.

    Good point. Im Never sure about anything. Last year they went through Friday, but I read it that the last item would come out Thursday at 10. It could be the last one ends then. Or they could do what they did last year:

    http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/3031173-anniversary-giveaway-bonus%21

    So, no way to know for sure until Thursday at 10:15-ish.
  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Good point. Im Never sure about anything. Last year they went through Friday, but I read it that the last item would come out Thursday at 10. It could be the last one ends then. Or they could do what they did last year:

    http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/3031173-anniversary-giveaway-bonus%21

    So, no way to know for sure until Thursday at 10:15-ish.

    Mon-Tue; 1 day, 1 giveaway
    Tue-Wed: 1 day, 1 giveaway
    Wed-Thu: 1 day, 1 giveaway
  • gfreeman98gfreeman98 Member Posts: 1,201 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    orion0029 wrote: »
    ...most people only have between 1-3 characters (I have 11), and some people have many more than that, a once per character item would give more R&D packs to those players than the ones with fewer characters.
    Exactly. Why should the people that go crazy with alts get many times more R&D materials than everybody else?
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  • deathsremnantdeathsremnant Member Posts: 265
    edited January 2015
    Nope would had been completely stupid as 1 per char...Since its not account bound that simply means creating a char and mailing or selling the pack an infinite amount of times...:rolleyes:
  • tehvultehvul Member Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    jaguarskx wrote: »
    Sold mine for a quick 3.7 million EC.

    Made a fast 3 mil for mine. :D
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  • daveynydaveyny Member Posts: 8,227 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Good point. Im Never sure about anything. Last year they went through Friday, but I read it that the last item would come out Thursday at 10. It could be the last one ends then. Or they could do what they did last year:

    http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/3031173-anniversary-giveaway-bonus%21

    So, no way to know for sure until Thursday at 10:15-ish.

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  • gavinrunebladegavinruneblade Member Posts: 3,894 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Mon-Tue; 1 day, 1 giveaway
    Tue-Wed: 1 day, 1 giveaway
    Wed-Thu: 1 day, 1 giveaway

    Thu-Fri: formal wear. :cool:
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