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Xindi-Terrestrial Lockbox

sdkraustsdkraust Member Posts: 524 Arc User
in Star Trek Online General Discussion
The Lockboxes are currently going for 200K each, where Master Keys are now up to 3.8m each. If they reach 300K each (which they will) they will be 10x as expensive as the next cheapest lockbox.

Do you think it's time Cryptic stepped in and did something about this issue? It is my understanding that this Lockbox is the only one where there is an item rarer / more valuable than the Lockbox ship itself.

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  • artan42artan42 Member Posts: 10,450 Bug Hunter
    No. It's a player driven market.​​
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  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,489 Arc User
    It's all due to one particular power which can be found in it.
    Cryptic does not regulate the exchange and it's a fierce debate if they should.

    On one hand it might end some of the monopolies which drive up prices and on the other hand EC is a fairly disposable currency in STO plus if deals cannot be made on the exchange there will still be trade channels and private exchanges.

    Personally i feel it'd be best to stay away from it though it'd be nice to see an end to the monopolies.​​
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  • kamiyama317kamiyama317 Member Posts: 1,295 Arc User
    In the past Cryptic has done multi-lockbox events where all the lockboxes will drop from NPC's. I imagine they will do one again eventually. The next time one happens stock up on this lockbox - it seems to be the most desirable box.
  • seriousdaveseriousdave Member Posts: 2,777 Arc User
    kamiyama317 wrote: »
    In the past Cryptic has done multi-lockbox events where all the lockboxes will drop from NPC's. I imagine they will do one again eventually. The next time one happens stock up on this lockbox - it seems to be the most desirable box.

    Those are right before every new season, so there's one coming in the near future.
    So I better sell my 100+ boxes now, I guess.
  • sheldonlcoopersheldonlcooper Member Posts: 4,042 Arc User
    I thought you could buy the boxes themselves with a token amount of dilithium??
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  • bioixibioixi Member Posts: 764 Arc User
    sheldonlcooper wrote: »
    I thought you could buy the boxes themselves with a token amount of dilithium??

    only the current lockbox, right now you can only buy year of hell lockboxes.
  • sheldonlcoopersheldonlcooper Member Posts: 4,042 Arc User
    that makes sense. I obsessively keep 20 of each forever 'just in case.'
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  • seriousdaveseriousdave Member Posts: 2,777 Arc User
    bioixi wrote: »
    sheldonlcooper wrote: »
    I thought you could buy the boxes themselves with a token amount of dilithium??

    only the current lockbox, right now you can only buy year of hell lockboxes.

    But during those box re-run events all boxes are in the dil store, so the price will drop greatly in the futre since there will be an unlimited supply for a short time.
  • taylor1701dtaylor1701d Member Posts: 3,099 Arc User
    edited September 2015
    Wait, wait, wait...
    Xindi Terrestrials are selling for 200k a pop ?
    200k each individual lockbox ?

    I've got like 10 stacks of 20 on my Lockbox mule...
    that's 200 x 200,000 = 40,000,000

    :open_mouth:

    There's profit on the winds !
    (I should really keep a closer eye on the exchange fluctuations, looks like Ill be selling lockboxes tonight)
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  • storulesstorules Member Posts: 3,284 Arc User
    edited September 2015
    Time for another re-do for Xindi and other lockboxes. Once in a while there is re-do of feature episodes that would drop off "old" boxes. Wonder why they have forgotten about this year. They used to do it at least 2x year in the past.​​
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  • asuran14asuran14 Member Posts: 2,335 Arc User
    Really right now the only issue i am finding is more that the Xindi hanger pets have/use only beam based weapon save for maybe a torp, but with the trait that causes them to use cannon rapid fire or beam overload when you use that ability it kinda forces you into using either just beams or not using the trait. For me i wish one of the three hanger pets for the Xindi an even future multi hanger pets would have some veriety in what they use. Like one that has a mixture of beams an cannons or torps, one with just beams, and one just cannons maybe even a solo torp would be nice maybe.
  • svindal777svindal777 Member Posts: 856 Arc User
    sdkraust wrote: »
    The Lockboxes are currently going for 200K each,
    Awesome, I think i've got about 30 or 40 of those sitting in inventory. To the nearest exchange...

    Thanks for making aware of this.
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  • lianthelialianthelia Member Posts: 7,891 Arc User
    sdkraust wrote: »
    The Lockboxes are currently going for 200K each, where Master Keys are now up to 3.8m each. If they reach 300K each (which they will) they will be 10x as expensive as the next cheapest lockbox.

    Do you think it's time Cryptic stepped in and did something about this issue? It is my understanding that this Lockbox is the only one where there is an item rarer / more valuable than the Lockbox ship itself.

    Probably time for the next lock box soon with season 11...you can buy all your heart desires with a little bit of dilithium soon.
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  • sdkraustsdkraust Member Posts: 524 Arc User
    ^ This guy is very angry all of the time. Some of us just want to have fun you know?
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  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,489 Arc User
    edited September 2015
    ignore, wrong topic​​
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  • swamarianswamarian Member Posts: 1,506 Arc User
    sdkraust wrote: »
    The Lockboxes are currently going for 200K each, where Master Keys are now up to 3.8m each. If they reach 300K each (which they will) they will be 10x as expensive as the next cheapest lockbox.

    Do you think it's time Cryptic stepped in and did something about this issue?
    Them giving away something which turns out to be valuable? Yes Cryptic really needs to stop doing that. (Stares at stacks of Delta lockboxes nobody wants.)
  • tm706tm706 Member Posts: 334 Arc User
    Personally I agree. We need to harshly regulate any and every item on the exchange, to make it more affordable and better control and restrict profit. No one should be making that much virtual currency ..and uh .. yeah ? :p
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  • devilzaphandevilzaphan Member Posts: 78 Arc User
    As long as there are people that will pay, the prices will remain high for certain hard to acquire items.
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  • leviathan99#2867 leviathan99
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    I don't know about regulation but I think a real market needs a cost of bringing stuff to market.
  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    We haven't had a lockbox event in a very long time. Hence the reason Plasmonic Leech has shot from 30M to 90M. As supply dwindles on highly demanded items, prices soar.

    You can either buy now at the inflated rate or wait until the next lockbox event to push prices back down. As said above, it's a player driven economy, there is no reason for Cryptic to intervene either way.
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  • tempus64tempus64 Member Posts: 806 Arc User
    Don't worry. Kemocite will be nerfed soon so sell your boxes now.
  • seriousdaveseriousdave Member Posts: 2,777 Arc User
    edited September 2015
    tempus64 wrote: »
    Don't worry. Kemocite will be nerfed soon so sell your boxes now.

    Already did that with my ~100 boxes for about 150k each

    ka-ching :D

    Srsly, as much as it amuses me I have to admit that it really is completely ludicrous to make so much cash with friggin boxes alone.
  • deaftravis05deaftravis05 Member Posts: 4,885 Arc User
    dang it people! you made the price drop to 125k!
  • ryugasiriusryugasirius Member Posts: 283 Arc User
    Lol, I'm too late then :P I still have a bunch of these obnoxious lockbox things all over the place, time for some exchange dropoff! :P
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  • svindal777svindal777 Member Posts: 856 Arc User
    deaftravis05 wrote: »
    dang it people! you made the price drop to 125k!

    Glad I sold all mine yesterday when they were still 200k.
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  • tempus64tempus64 Member Posts: 806 Arc User
    deaftravis05 wrote: »
    dang it people! you made the price drop to 125k!
    Of course they did. People are willing to pay the 200k and yet for some reason desperate people come along and drive the price down. It's ludicrous how so many of the markets in STO are seller driven and they TRIBBLE themselves over all the time by driving down the price.
  • psychoplattpsychoplatt Member Posts: 285 Arc User
    200k for a lockbox? u realy sold 1 for that? Exchange - if i own the only green mk iv tetryon cannon (acc) i could try to sell it for 500m - but we all know i would never sell it. OK, everyday a noob logs in and does stupid things...
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  • swamarianswamarian Member Posts: 1,506 Arc User
    I sold 5 Sunday night for ~220K each. (I tend to sell 5 at a time.) Hopefully, the price will recover by this weekend, from all the people dumping their boxes on the market.
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