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What would you like to see in the GPL store?

rosetyler51rosetyler51 Member Posts: 1,631 Arc User
edited November 2015 in Star Trek Online General Discussion

What would you like to see in the GPL store? 40 votes

Emote packs
2%
sixofus 1 vote
Items from years past. (other colored lightweapons, scarfs, ships, and etc)
7%
captainransomcuchulainn74gregspen 3 votes
New outfits
17%
cidjackbloodyrizazniadeetjamesstjamesmarkhawkmankhan1000officerbatman81 7 votes
All of the above
52%
ikonn#1068turbionrosetyler51primewarddracounguisfleetadmiraltacotolmariusdata101kodachikunoarliekkosrattler2scarlingcaptiannemo117gradiiempireofstevetigercatgirllowy1eliwood44445makocallowaykenshin923 21 votes
Other (Please post below)
20%
shpoksdareauorion0029azrael605bioixijohncampbell07azurealli4ncestorules 8 votes

Comments

  • gradiigradii Member Posts: 2,824 Arc User
    All of the above
    All of the above. What else am I going to do with all my GPL? it's like monopoly money to my human characters who grew up on earth - well except one of them for certain reasons.
    "He shall be my finest warrior, this generic man who was forced upon me.
    Like a badass I shall make him look, and in the furnace of war I shall forge him.
    he shall be of iron will and steely sinew.
    In great armour I shall clad him and with the mightiest weapons he shall be armed.
    He will be untouched by plague or disease; no sickness shall blight him.
    He shall have such tactics, strategies and machines that no foe will best him in battle.
    He is my answer to cryptic logic, he is the Defender of my Romulan Crew.
    He is Tovan Khev... and he shall know no fear."
  • storulesstorules Member Posts: 3,317 Arc User
    Other (Please post below)
    rosetyler51 wrote: »

    REAL ships...instead of the LOBI store​​
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  • johncampbell07johncampbell07 Member Posts: 143 Arc User
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    It would be nice to see some high end ships for this Admiralty thing. Of course if someone wants to really get serious about this they could put in something that doesn't require you to be online or in-game to enjoy. How about some sort of a collectors item that's serialized sent to your home? Possible an officialdom STO com badge in a display case of a solid block of acrylic? How about the faction ship of ones choice in the same theme? Use your imagination! :smile:
  • rosetyler51rosetyler51 Member Posts: 1,631 Arc User
    All of the above
    storules wrote: »
    rosetyler51 wrote: »

    REAL ships...instead of the LOBI store​​

    Real ships such as? Fed/Rom/KDF ships?
  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,800 Arc User
    edited November 2015
    Edit: this made more sense when I was thinking "Lobi store." Time for more coffee.

    Character or account unlock tokens for lock box ships that I already own.

    I'd buy many more lock box keys and ships if the ships wasn't single-character only, forever. Even being able to move a ship to another character would add some value.
    Post edited by davefenestrator on
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    New outfits
    storules wrote: »
    rosetyler51 wrote: »
    REAL ships...instead of the LOBI store​​
    GPL has approximately the same value as EC. Soo.... good luck getting flyable ships for anything less than 100M GPL.
    -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
    My character Tsin'xing
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  • gradiigradii Member Posts: 2,824 Arc User
    edited November 2015
    All of the above
    markhawkman wrote: »
    storules wrote: »
    rosetyler51 wrote: »
    REAL ships...instead of the LOBI store​​
    GPL has approximately the same value as EC. Soo.... good luck getting flyable ships for anything less than 100M GPL.

    It's actually much harder to get than EC without using exploits (which is not ok)
    "He shall be my finest warrior, this generic man who was forced upon me.
    Like a badass I shall make him look, and in the furnace of war I shall forge him.
    he shall be of iron will and steely sinew.
    In great armour I shall clad him and with the mightiest weapons he shall be armed.
    He will be untouched by plague or disease; no sickness shall blight him.
    He shall have such tactics, strategies and machines that no foe will best him in battle.
    He is my answer to cryptic logic, he is the Defender of my Romulan Crew.
    He is Tovan Khev... and he shall know no fear."
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    New outfits
    gradii wrote: »
    markhawkman wrote: »
    storules wrote: »
    rosetyler51 wrote: »
    REAL ships...instead of the LOBI store​​
    GPL has approximately the same value as EC. Soo.... good luck getting flyable ships for anything less than 100M GPL.
    It's actually much harder to get than EC without using exploits (which is not ok)
    I dunno, Dabo seems like an efficient way to convert.
    -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
    My character Tsin'xing
    Costume_marhawkman_Tsin%27xing_CC_Comic_Page_Blue_488916968.jpg
  • rosetyler51rosetyler51 Member Posts: 1,631 Arc User
    All of the above
    Oh yeah. Something I should add. If the GPL store was really filled with great items we would need a better way to quickly amass GPL. I'm thinking a Ferengi admiralty path or maybe sometime of Stock Market minigame
  • bioixibioixi Member Posts: 764 Arc User
    Other (Please post below)
    - Single use Admiralty ship cards.
    - Holoemiters of all existing ships.
    - Ship interior upgrades like bank/exchange/mail consoles.
  • dareaudareau Member Posts: 2,390 Arc User
    Other (Please post below)
    markhawkman wrote: »
    storules wrote: »
    rosetyler51 wrote: »
    REAL ships...instead of the LOBI store​​
    GPL has approximately the same value as EC. Soo.... good luck getting flyable ships for anything less than 100M GPL.

    I think the Dabo table is "geared" to spit out 100 GPL for every 130 EC pumped in. Long term average, of course.

    Secondly, Cryptic would be "setting the prices", not the playerbase. So 100 Mil EC (or 77 Mil GPL) might not be the price... I'd venture to say something along the lines of multples of the "one big pile of latinum trophy achievement" numbers, based on tier (so a T6 would require enough GPL to earn the "big pile of latinum trophy" 6 times...)

    Now, what would I want to see out there?

    My vote "technically" is for "all of the above", but with a caveat. On the "rehashes", the items in question would be locked into a golden skin. So we're talking gold-plated Nandis, etc. Possibly with a touch of an "in game penalty", like, oh, 6 points of threat control aggro generation but none of the damage reduction - so that people who really want to have the "older" stuff can grind for it, but there's more reason to run the event and not just rely on massive GPL stores or time spent at the Dabo table...
    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]
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    New outfits
    dareau wrote: »
    markhawkman wrote: »
    storules wrote: »
    rosetyler51 wrote: »
    REAL ships...instead of the LOBI store​​
    GPL has approximately the same value as EC. Soo.... good luck getting flyable ships for anything less than 100M GPL.

    I think the Dabo table is "geared" to spit out 100 GPL for every 130 EC pumped in. Long term average, of course.

    Secondly, Cryptic would be "setting the prices", not the playerbase. So 100 Mil EC (or 77 Mil GPL) might not be the price... I'd venture to say something along the lines of multples of the "one big pile of latinum trophy achievement" numbers, based on tier (so a T6 would require enough GPL to earn the "big pile of latinum trophy" 6 times...)

    Now, what would I want to see out there?

    My vote "technically" is for "all of the above", but with a caveat. On the "rehashes", the items in question would be locked into a golden skin. So we're talking gold-plated Nandis, etc. Possibly with a touch of an "in game penalty", like, oh, 6 points of threat control aggro generation but none of the damage reduction - so that people who really want to have the "older" stuff can grind for it, but there's more reason to run the event and not just rely on massive GPL stores or time spent at the Dabo table...
    You have to take into account the possibility of hitting a triple dabo if you want to calculate the actual average payout. IIRC a Triple Dabo gets you 100k GPL.
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    My character Tsin'xing
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  • empireofsteveempireofsteve Member Posts: 665 Arc User
    All of the above
    As someone with over ten million latinum, perhaps an item that shows my insane wealth?
    NERF CANNONS - THEY NEED A 50% NERF
    CRUISERS NEED A 206% HULL BUFF
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  • orion0029orion0029 Member Posts: 1,122 Bug Hunter
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    Personally I'd choose "All of the Above" with possibly one or more of the following:

    1. purchasable 1x use Admirality ships
    2. Weapon skins (I'd love to use my Iconian Rep Gun with the appearance of a classic Phaser Rifle)
    3. Special BOFFs/DOFFs, I'd bet it isn't terribly hard to program in new types of officers and this would be a great place to put non-factional officers such as independant races not normally affiliated with any of the major powers.
    4. Non-Factional player ships (maybe?) there are many NPC ships in STO that could make interesting player ships, and this would be a great place to sell them.
    5. Black Market Weapons/Gear, or more specifically equipment that would not normally be issued by the major factions.

    I'm sure there's more that can be done with the GPL Store, currently my characters are just sitting on mountains of GPL as I don't want anything from the GPL Store. (aside from the nullifier items)
  • cidjackcidjack Member Posts: 2,017 Arc User
    New outfits
    My orion has too much clothing, she needs some string clothing items.
    Armada: Multiplying fleet projects in need of dilithium by 13."
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  • tomoyosakagami1tomoyosakagami1 Member Posts: 146 Arc User
    A doff that offers one lobi per kill as a ground trait.

    Then we'll talk.
  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,572 Arc User
    The Doff you get from 'Time in a Bottle' first run through, I have slotted on one character and have made more that 30k GPL just for killing all sorts on Kobali and Defera. You ain't never going to get them to give Lobi.

    Many good ideas above.
    'But to be logical is not to be right', and 'nothing' on God's earth could ever 'make it' right!'
    Judge Dan Haywood
    'As l speak now, the words are forming in my head.
    l don't know.
    l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
    That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
    Lt. Philip J. Minns
  • dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    All of the above
    I 'found' a large crate full of GPL ;) and bought everything in the GPL store. And I have to say it wasn't worth it. Completely useless TRIBBLE. Holidays did start to get you some non-useless cosmetic stuff but the whole temporary holo-ship skins and 10Forward trophies were atrocious.

    GPL is a joke currency that 'realistically' is the only canon currency in Trek we've seen. Cryptic should have used it instead of Dilthium as the secondary (after EC) form of currency. I always figured that Dil was WAY TOO RARE to be a currency. I mean the G-damn Flagship of the Federation didn't carry a spare set of crystals 'just in case' so seeing how our characters are getting paid thousands of crystals is just plain stoopid.
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