lock box tag on reward pack items info

meldrithpw

tons of great stuff in the exchange reward packs, but where exactly DID that taffy gun come from? what about the fluffy pants or the Goo ship? (don't bother looking, i made it all up.)

What i'm suggesting here is just a simple tag on reward pack items to identify WHICH lockbox they came from--so when i see something i want on the exchange that i think is overpriced but i want, i can try unlocking some of those boxes myself to get it.

This should bring down the uberpriced stuff a little, and should also increase key sales significantly since people will have a reason to open up some old lockboxs they may have missed (if they can find them).



p.s.--talaxian fuzzy pants are aquired when you buy a talaxian from the lobi store, a taffy gun would be a Chroniton DHC with snare (and maybe aoe?), which i would like to see added to the temporal set as an alternative to the dual beam, and the goo ship, well, i'll let you guys use your imagination on that one....

meldrithpw

come to think of it, it would be nice to have ANY item from a lockbox or promo reward, like training manuals and kit mods have a tag on the end of the info saying where they came from.

tacticalrook

People usually google it, or simply ask in chat if they're motivated enough to get it as a drop rather than buy it from another player. It usually leads to disappointment, though, when it's explained why the item they desire isn't actually "overpriced." It's typically more profound when they realize this after having invested considerable resources in the effort.

While I have you here, I've got a question. If you were dedicated enough to farm an item that caused you a net loss of 300,000,000 EC to get as a drop, and you tried to sell it for 250,000,000 EC, how would you feel if someone told you it was "overpriced"?

davefenestrator

Exchange lock box and lobi items are generally not overpriced, if you look at the difficulty of getting that specific item from opening lock boxes.

Have you seen the posts here from people who spent $300+ opening doff packs or R&D packs and did not get the Jem'Hadar or Kremin ship? Even at 550 million EC the Kremin is not really overpriced.

I've opened lock boxes now and then for the lobi, but I've yet to get a lock box ship. As I expected, knowing the odds.