There is no stop to this spike in price! And for your info, no, I haven't bought keys in a few months. I save up what I can then buy some because I want lobi ship items like the elachi console or the hirogen tractor mines, not even for the ship cause i don't expect to get it (and I have yet to, after 200+ boxes).
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i'm talking about exchange prices in the exchange
I don't understand what you're talking about. Do you actually mean that you can buy keys without paying real money?
have you not seen the "Lockbox key" section in the exchange? you been able to buy them for at least as long I been playing this game, which is just over 2 years. Though they have more than doubled in price in the last 6-8 months.
Well, if the price in energy credits is too much, you could buy Master Keys on the C-Store and sell them on the exchange to earn millions of energy credits really fast.
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Also, my theory is this: Cryptic has actually been pumping out a lot of new ships lately, not counting the lockbox ships. This year we got the command ships, then the pilot ships, we had the iconic ships, now we are getting T6 versions of some more ships, there is defiant/b'rel/t'varo T6 ships incoming at some point as well. There used to be actual pauses for decent lengths of time when nothing would be released, so there would be a decreased willingness to buy thus prices would drop or stay steady.
With all these new ships, dil to zen prices have skyrocketed with every new ship bundle and such, this not only increases the price of keys because of the dil to zen exchange rate, but also because there is actually less keys because more people are spending their dil to zen or just bought zen on ships rather than keys. The price in keys have gone up 300k in a week, and for a while just today shot up an extra 200k before coming back down.
There is also another player in this, and these are the exchange players. I actually know one such man, though I won't say his name, but basically he got lucky with some boxes and started a small fortune with some ships he's sold, which is fine for the most part. However, he didn't stop there, now everyday he buys up tons and I mean TONS of keys and promo boxes. I see his name announced on the server getting a new ship at least twice a day, EVERY day, and that is just when I am on, he opens several hundred boxes and who knows how many R&D promo boxes every day, but I have seen him multiple Elachi Sheshar in a single day, and more than once. I know there is others like him. He has easily a billion or more ec, and he uses it to buy up every key, every box he can and just open them. I actually asked him about his fortune and he told me he goes broke at least once a day, however then I remember of the THOUSANDS of lobi he has on him from opening so many boxes, use it to get the most expensive lobi ship, sell it, and you're back in the black. And it baffles me because he has the EC at times to have literally everything he could want in the game, instead he just plays this lottery game but he's buying up all the tickets which makes them more expensive for us as well.
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This has got me very worried... (emphasis my own)
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That parts actually quote simple: new FED characters. If it was account bound the prices would probably be much lower.
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Try over 70 million now...I checked earlier this evening because I was thinking I could use one or two for some delta recruits...every time I make EC the price goes up >.<
Inflation!!!
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I stopped opening lockboxes and purchasing keys, in my view, each new box is providing diminishing returns. Not to mention the simple fact that the dil claims that come out of it, (When you have hundreds if not thousands of them) a huge waste of a key.
I am on my 3rd month of not opening boxes, I am hoping my gambling addiction support group gives me a token for my sobriety!!
Where's our next fleet holding?
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As well, with the announcement of the new "Battlecruiser Bundle", the market shot up a bit. And will shoot up again once a new Lockbox comes out, followed by the inevitable T6 "Escort Bundle" that will likely feature the rumored T6 Defiant/T'Varo/B'Rel.
Not to mention, there's other rumors of a T6 Excelsior, T6 Prometheus, and T6 Flight-Deck Escorts, assuming that the rumors aren't just deliberate fake leaks by Cryptic to throw off discovering the next series of new ships. If those are true, then expect the market to anxiously hover around the 240:1 mark for the next two-four months (a month per starship release).
Personally, I wouldn't be surprised either if Cryptic did want the market to hold at a steady 240:1 or so; just enough players to spend to buy Dil, without completely rendering Dil farming futile for dedicated free players (unlike some other Cryptic games). They'd just have to spend more time (a key metric) grinding/refining/converting Dil. But it's at least more stable than trying to grind Offer Walls.
I have 4 leeches with 5 characters. Hardly any Fed aligned Delta Recruits or other new characters could get them while they were cheap, unless the player hoarded them way back when.
d'oh! It's gone up 20 million in 2 weeks lol. Honestly I didn't want to buy it at 50 and am sure as heck not going to buy it at 70. I guess poor old Deltie doesn't get to play on easy mode
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Or work up the cash for a Vaadwaur Astika and Master it for its FAW/CSV granting energy boost Mastery Trait.
It seems buying a Plasmonic Leech for my Fed aligned Rom sci captain is slipping from my grasp. On the plus side I have around 14 master keys spread across my toons which I have not sold off yet. I got them a while ago before taking a 6 week break and returning in time for the Summer Event.
I am trying to milk the Summer Event for some additional EC, but who knows... maybe by the time the event is over the Plasmonic Leech will break 100 million EC.
Indeed. I'd add
7) the latest lockbox has some popular stuff in it - not just the ship, but Kemocite Laced Weaponry, kits and modules that people want to use, crafting materials packs that are only in this one and the delta lockbox, etc.