At this point it is an unreasonable request, Cryptic has made the decision and moved on. It is not Cryptic's fault you did not get the ship, they reserve the right (per the TOS) to change the game at any time. Take this as a lesson in gaming.
The Tor'Kaht, the C-Store Odyssey, and the Hirogen Apex Heavy Battlecruiser can all duplicate the RLC's boff layout, the console layout is a pretty standard 4/5/2 battlecruiser arrangement, and the RLC is only a T5U so there's no trait to miss out on. You're not getting anything special from the Risians so fly another ship and quitcherbitchin'.
The Tor'Kaht, the C-Store Odyssey, and the Hirogen Apex Heavy Battlecruiser can all duplicate the RLC's boff layout, the console layout is a pretty standard 4/5/2 battlecruiser arrangement, and the RLC is only a T5U so there's no trait to miss out on. You're not getting anything special from the Risians so fly another ship and quitcherbitchin'.
The dude is probably after the exotic ship model, not the lame boff layaout.
The Tor'Kaht, the C-Store Odyssey, and the Hirogen Apex Heavy Battlecruiser can all duplicate the RLC's boff layout, the console layout is a pretty standard 4/5/2 battlecruiser arrangement, and the RLC is only a T5U so there's no trait to miss out on. You're not getting anything special from the Risians so fly another ship and quitcherbitchin'.
The dude is probably after the exotic ship model, not the lame boff layaout.
A cruise liner shouldn't be able to compete with full warships anyway, so I don't care.
The only reason I'd want the Risian Luxury Cruiser is to name it the Fhloston and have 5 BOffs slotted on it named Korben Dallas, Leeloo, Father Vito Cornelius, Diva Plavalaguna, and RU-BY RHOD!!!
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I have Pearls on 4 of my captains which existed during last year's Summer Event. I eventually decided not to use them on the Risan starships since they didn't really appeal to me. I was gonna save them for this year's event... we all know what became of that idea... I spent some of the Pearls on spec points and tech upgrades, but I have a lot left since I am contemplating the best way to spend them.
In the event Cryptic gives us a way to spend unused 2015 Lohlunat Voucher next year, all of my captains are accumulating 2015 Vouchers. It might be a waste of time, or it might not be. Won't know until next year. All of my captains have over 1,000 vouchers by now with the exception of my Delta Recruit (kinda like a throwaway captain). I will unlock the Ferengi Nandi on my account once my Recruit gets enough vouchers which should be in a few days.
I did the event, earned the currency, and only by mistake did I not make the purchase. I want what I earned, that's all.
Ok, so please don't take this as hostile.. I just want you to consider what you yourself said. It was by your mistake that you didn't make the purchase, and you knew it was a limited time event, so how does Cryptic owe you anything?
Instead, they're giving away a pretty awesome T6 ship, the thing is really cool to fly. I'm sorry you didn't get the ship you wanted, but you made a mistake and now you have to move on. It's probably best to just get the current ship and put it behind you.
People are overly fascinated with the Risan ships this year just because they're no longer available. They were never that great to begin with.
Seriously, I'm still massively upset that I earned the pearls for that ship and am not allowed to buy the thing.
Assuming you still had the Risan starship slotted from last year you could have gotten both the Ferengi and Risan starships. It would have taken a bit more effort, but it would have been possible.
I would have created an alternate captain and level him/her to to level 10 which can be done pretty quickly. At level 10 the captain can participate in the Risan Event. You would have had two captains doing the daily "Floater Event" to collect 40 Vouchers per day each. Once each captain has 1,000 voucher you could have had one captain unlock the Ferengi starship and the other captain unlock the Risan starship. Now it is too late...
But i think most people just collect these ships for vanity purposes. I also think the RLC is absolutely horribly, the nandi warship too, but even if they are ugly some people will want em just because they are ship collectors. They can perform really nice all of em, we need to stop thinking that the best ships are only the ones to consider, because a lot of people play for FUN, not to be the king of dps.
I also have the Hirogen apex and i think is almost the same layout, i purchased it for collector purposes because i always liked that ship and i didnt have plans to make it my main ship, but right now i dont replace the Hirogen Apex for any ship in the world lol. I so dam love that ship..
yeah the cruiser s.ucks so bad that I was consistently ranking in the top 3 last time CE event happened on advanced... hate it when ships are so not useful
ye got spoiled... they're under no obligation to let us buy last years(or previous years) toys this year. Sure they have in the past but they said that wasn't going to happen anymore. I'm fairly sure you're S.O.L. at this point.
OP, you also need to look at the flip side of this,
If they do put the project back in so you can get the ship, then everyone else who has cashed in their pearls are going to want them back so they can get the ship. If Cryptic says no, they are going to point that this situation, and say, "you did it for these people, why cant you do it for us?" and it becomes a snow ball effect.
Your had the chance to get the ship, even if it was an error, you can no longer obtain it.
OP, you also need to look at the flip side of this,
If they do put the project back in so you can get the ship, then everyone else who has cashed in their pearls are going to want them back so they can get the ship. If Cryptic says no, they are going to point that this situation, and say, "you did it for these people, why cant you do it for us?" and it becomes a snow ball effect.
Your had the chance to get the ship, even if it was an error, you can no longer obtain it.
They chose to spend their pearls and got something of value that they wanted. I only want the ship. I refuse to spend the pearls on anything else and I refuse to stop insisting I be sold what I was promised.
Well then, I hope you are willing to wait a long time to do so.
About 2 weeks before the event, Cryptic did announce that they were retiring both the pearls and the ships. If they didn't go back on their decision then, they're not willing to go back now.
OP, you also need to look at the flip side of this,
If they do put the project back in so you can get the ship, then everyone else who has cashed in their pearls are going to want them back so they can get the ship. If Cryptic says no, they are going to point that this situation, and say, "you did it for these people, why cant you do it for us?" and it becomes a snow ball effect.
Your had the chance to get the ship, even if it was an error, you can no longer obtain it.
Just to point out a touch of clarity over this remark and therefore thread:
The OP is asking to use last year's pearls on last year's ship. The reason we went all "voucher" for this year is that way too many people have stockpiles of pearls that were earned last year but "saved" for this year's ship.
Therefore, the OP's request would not generate a clamor to "unspend" pearls, as 99.9% of those who were performing the stockpiling of pearls to shortcut annual events already have the Luxury Cruiser.
However, and in light of the fact that Vouchers can be used to complete a previously slotted but incomplete luxury cruiser project, I have to ask where was the OP in the weeks leading up to Risa, but immediately after the announcement? Or the early days of the summer event, when (s)he should have realized that (s)he can't slot the project from last year? Why wait till day 30 or so of this year's event and open the door to "are you sure you have pearls or are you trying to pull a fast one" thoughts?
If customer service is willing, I'd recommend they check his inventory out, confirm that the pearls are actually there, since they are character bound, after all, and if the story checks out, go ahead and manually slot in the event ship or at least remove said pearls from inventory and unlock the ship on the account...
In the event Cryptic gives us a way to spend unused 2015 Lohlunat Voucher next year, all of my captains are accumulating 2015 Vouchers. It might be a waste of time, or it might not be. Won't know until next year. All of my captains have over 1,000 vouchers by now with the exception of my Delta Recruit (kinda like a throwaway captain). I will unlock the Ferengi Nandi on my account once my Recruit gets enough vouchers which should be in a few days.
Uh, it was. To a point.
Cryptic announced that all unspent 2015 vouchers, along with any incomplete Nandi projects, will "evaporate" shortly after the completion of the event (I venture shortly to give that usual window of "complete with Lobi" that every event so far has had). There exists a daily project that converts 40 vouchers to 40 marks, word is that it's a daily project though. I'd recommend running it every chance you can to convert as many vouchers as possible.
Detecting big-time "anti-old-school" bias here. NX? Lobi. TOS/TMP Connie? Super-promotion-box. (aka the two hardest ways to get ships) Excelsior & all 3 TNG "big hero" ships? C-Store. Please Equalize...
To rob a line: [quote: Mariemaia Kushrenada] Forum Posting is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever. However, opinions will change upon the reading of my post.[/quote]
I didn't slot the project last year when I meant to, that's the entire problem. I actually thought I had bought the cruiser on one of my characters, as I had every intention to do so. I was extremely dismayed to discover that, in the inventory of the character I thought I had purchased the ship on, there were 1000 pearls and no starship. I earned all the pearls I needed to buy it, had every intention of buying it, and not only did I intend to buy it I actually thought I had until I discovered that I had made a mistake and not done so.
Well... the problem is you forgot to slot the project for the Risan Cruiser. Cryptic only allows you to slot an event project during the time in which the event takes place; it has always been that way... at least when I started playing STO in January 2014.
I can understand where you are coming from. During this year's Anniversary Event I forgot to slot the Kobali Cruiser on one of my captains, but I did not realize it until after the event was over. I have a total of 8 captains (9 now with my Delta Recruit) so it was an oversight on my part. I was not interested in the ship itself, but the universal console that comes with the ship. Oh well, I simply chalked it up to "player error" and moved on. It happens. Hell, there is a recent thread created by another player who thought he deleted his main toon on the Tribble Server (test server), but in fact he deleted the main toon on the Holodeck Server (actual game server)... "player error". He is in panic mode right now.
Fortunately enough for me since I claimed the Kobali Cruiser on my other captains, I was able to also claim the ship on the toon which I forgot to slot the project thanks to Cryptic's recent change in policy regarding Event Ships.
Cryptic announced that all unspent 2015 vouchers, along with any incomplete Nandi projects, will "evaporate" shortly after the completion of the event (I venture shortly to give that usual window of "complete with Lobi" that every event so far has had). There exists a daily project that converts 40 vouchers to 40 marks, word is that it's a daily project though. I'd recommend running it every chance you can to convert as many vouchers as possible.
Ahhh... thanks. I missed that bit of info.
Oh well... no reason to do the daily anymore. I assume I will need to claim the Ferengi Nandi 1st before I see the option to convert vouchers to marks. I'll have leftover vouchers that will "evaporate", but that's no big deal.
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^^ LOL. You win the Internetz for today.
Do you really want to make the people whose only happiness in life is having things others don't and never can have sad?
At this point it is an unreasonable request, Cryptic has made the decision and moved on. It is not Cryptic's fault you did not get the ship, they reserve the right (per the TOS) to change the game at any time. Take this as a lesson in gaming.
The dude is probably after the exotic ship model, not the lame boff layaout.
A cruise liner shouldn't be able to compete with full warships anyway, so I don't care.
In the event Cryptic gives us a way to spend unused 2015 Lohlunat Voucher next year, all of my captains are accumulating 2015 Vouchers. It might be a waste of time, or it might not be. Won't know until next year. All of my captains have over 1,000 vouchers by now with the exception of my Delta Recruit (kinda like a throwaway captain). I will unlock the Ferengi Nandi on my account once my Recruit gets enough vouchers which should be in a few days.
Ok, so please don't take this as hostile.. I just want you to consider what you yourself said. It was by your mistake that you didn't make the purchase, and you knew it was a limited time event, so how does Cryptic owe you anything?
Instead, they're giving away a pretty awesome T6 ship, the thing is really cool to fly. I'm sorry you didn't get the ship you wanted, but you made a mistake and now you have to move on. It's probably best to just get the current ship and put it behind you.
People are overly fascinated with the Risan ships this year just because they're no longer available. They were never that great to begin with.
Assuming you still had the Risan starship slotted from last year you could have gotten both the Ferengi and Risan starships. It would have taken a bit more effort, but it would have been possible.
I would have created an alternate captain and level him/her to to level 10 which can be done pretty quickly. At level 10 the captain can participate in the Risan Event. You would have had two captains doing the daily "Floater Event" to collect 40 Vouchers per day each. Once each captain has 1,000 voucher you could have had one captain unlock the Ferengi starship and the other captain unlock the Risan starship. Now it is too late...
On the Corvette I disagree, it is a great ship. On the RLC I have to agree, it is a so-so ship and not even a great looking one.
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Fair enough.
Everyone has a different opinion on what ships are or are not useful.. and no one can be considered wrong.
Point taken.
I also have the Hirogen apex and i think is almost the same layout, i purchased it for collector purposes because i always liked that ship and i didnt have plans to make it my main ship, but right now i dont replace the Hirogen Apex for any ship in the world lol. I so dam love that ship..
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If they do put the project back in so you can get the ship, then everyone else who has cashed in their pearls are going to want them back so they can get the ship. If Cryptic says no, they are going to point that this situation, and say, "you did it for these people, why cant you do it for us?" and it becomes a snow ball effect.
Your had the chance to get the ship, even if it was an error, you can no longer obtain it.
Well then, I hope you are willing to wait a long time to do so.
About 2 weeks before the event, Cryptic did announce that they were retiring both the pearls and the ships. If they didn't go back on their decision then, they're not willing to go back now.
Just to point out a touch of clarity over this remark and therefore thread:
The OP is asking to use last year's pearls on last year's ship. The reason we went all "voucher" for this year is that way too many people have stockpiles of pearls that were earned last year but "saved" for this year's ship.
Therefore, the OP's request would not generate a clamor to "unspend" pearls, as 99.9% of those who were performing the stockpiling of pearls to shortcut annual events already have the Luxury Cruiser.
However, and in light of the fact that Vouchers can be used to complete a previously slotted but incomplete luxury cruiser project, I have to ask where was the OP in the weeks leading up to Risa, but immediately after the announcement? Or the early days of the summer event, when (s)he should have realized that (s)he can't slot the project from last year? Why wait till day 30 or so of this year's event and open the door to "are you sure you have pearls or are you trying to pull a fast one" thoughts?
If customer service is willing, I'd recommend they check his inventory out, confirm that the pearls are actually there, since they are character bound, after all, and if the story checks out, go ahead and manually slot in the event ship or at least remove said pearls from inventory and unlock the ship on the account...
Uh, it was. To a point.
Cryptic announced that all unspent 2015 vouchers, along with any incomplete Nandi projects, will "evaporate" shortly after the completion of the event (I venture shortly to give that usual window of "complete with Lobi" that every event so far has had). There exists a daily project that converts 40 vouchers to 40 marks, word is that it's a daily project though. I'd recommend running it every chance you can to convert as many vouchers as possible.
To rob a line: [quote: Mariemaia Kushrenada] Forum Posting is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever. However, opinions will change upon the reading of my post.[/quote]
Ahhh... thanks. I missed that bit of info.
Oh well... no reason to do the daily anymore. I assume I will need to claim the Ferengi Nandi 1st before I see the option to convert vouchers to marks. I'll have leftover vouchers that will "evaporate", but that's no big deal.