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Deep Discounts in the Weekend Event Store!
ambassadorkael
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Starting this week on PC, and in August on Console, all items in the Weekend Event Store will cost only a single token!
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11180023
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11180023
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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.'
So, wait a mo'
Is there going to be any way to EARN those tokens for this, or are those of us who didn't get the tokens in the first place just screwed out of it. I still have several items I didn't manage to get the tokens up for. Could you let us the token we are currently getting from the Crystalline Entity Event to cash for those items?
Working on getting an answer to the account reclaimability of these items when they hit the Phoenix Store.
Didn't you know? That's what they want, grind for the sake of grind. They don't want you to transfer or earn for all your toons, they want you to break your fingers on multiple toons for fake metrics.
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.'
I have no idea how you read that.
That is not what any of this says.
Weekend event store are account unlocks, 14 day TFOs are account unlocks.
The only thing changing is that the weekend store, for acquiring new items, is going away.
There is no replacement afaik, but the TFO events are still account-wide, so we aren't moving to character unlocks. It's only character unlock if you missed the introduction event for that item, which is what the Phoenix box is for.
Yeah, that's what i was thinking, more carácter bound!.. i have 27 chars.. sooo, what happened with "The Account is the player"?, i'm all in for simplify the tokens, and to unify stores, but we are getting back to character locked ítems...
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.'
Nothing in the Pheonix Box is an account unlock. Yes, I will be able to claim what I already have, but what about the stuff I don't yet? Ideally if stuff was an account unlock in the pheonix boxes like it should be for some items, (i.e. past event starships) due to the rarity of high level tokens, it would be a different story. We will see, but unless something changes, I imagine future weekend event purchases will be a character unlock if you don't already have them.
Yeah, for the ones we have… but one of the reasons that i liked playing the Weekend Events is that they where account, not character...
The Phoenix box isn't new, it's been around for ages. It contains items that are now character unlocks for previously account unlocks for those that got it originally. Before the Phoenix box existed everything was character unlock, even for the original event, and if you missed it, you lost it forever. Now it only is if you missed the original account unlock event.
Lesson here is, don't miss the original event, and you'll never need the Phoenix box. This is true going forward (unless Cryptic changes things again).
Any Account/Character unlocks we already have will remain. The location will most likely change. AmbassadorKael is looking into where they will go.
This is concerning gear that hasn't been aquired yet. So for example if you haven't unlocked the Sompek Lightning Kit Module.
From what I'm reading here... this is not how "future events" will distribute gear. It is only going to be for older gear.
And as for future weekend events... They're gonna try something new after this.
I have a feeling all of the gear we have in the reclaim section of the Dilithium Store that is event related will be moved into the Event Rep store. It is a little annoying trying to remember which store event items are in.
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All existing tokens used in the aforementioned projects will be automatically removed from players’ inventories, as they will no longer have a purpose going forward. >>>meaning arbitrarily deleted.
Why now rewarding for unused Weekend Event tokens? Don't get me wrong and I'm very happy with the rewards but why not doing the same with whats deleted last week? There was a lot of concern and outcry when arbitrarily those tokens were deleted and is this the reason why the change? to calm down those concerns? a bit illogical IMO.
Original STO beta tester.
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.'
I understand that. In the past 7 years, I have only missed one event due to work. Pheonix boxes are only for upgrades. Those items in it were limited time events. This is a re-occurring event that is now disappearing with out any real notice or event to be able to finish it out-as of yet. I pretty much own anything I wanted that is available in the pheonix boxes minus 1 ship. Will I try to reach that goal of hitting the ridiculous odds on an epic token? No. I have bought thousands of Pheonix Boxes since they were introduced, I have hit one ultra rare token, and never an epic. Do I care, not really. As of my original post, my concern to Cryptic is; if everything keeps going to a character unlock, why should I keep throwing money at them? If things were an account unlock, I am much more happy to support them and my multiple characters. As for the TFO's all going the same; I completely agree with it.
One bad decision after another.
Chipping away at the heart and soul of the game one day at a time.
This change is no bueno.
Citation needed. What is going to character unlocks?
Nothing, this isn't for us. All it means is we no longer have to hold on to them.
Just cash them in for the dilithium boxes.
Because I don't see how anything adds up to anything more than "I don't like change". Feels like whenever they decide to try something new, its the end of the world all of a sudden.
Literally the only thing changing right now is they are retiring the old Weekend Event system in favor of something new later on down the road. Any of our existing unlocks will still be available to us, and they're giving us a chance to cash in before the change. Other than that... what's the big deal? Where's all this "metrics" data and conspiracy theory about attacks on the game coming from? Do I need to adjust my tin foil hat to get the proper signals?
Unless you can back up bold claims with evidence... it is nothing more than conspiracy theories at best, and fearmongering at worst.
Lets just lay off the conspiracy theories and discuss the topic at hand, and not give the mods a hernia. AmbassadorKael is working to get more details for us. Give it time.
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@ambassadorkael#6946 Perhaps some clarification is needed. Many people seem to think account wide rewards are going away.
I have no idea why, but perhaps it would be wise to address this new development.
That makes no bloody sense. Years ago -- back at the start of this game -- this was the case, which Cryptic went the course of making it account locked with the option to reclaim on other accounts for the sake of time-reductions. And you're now saying that they're going to go back to character locked for the sake of grind?
I can see them wanting to cut out weekend events to eliminate a lot of decision making (and potential weekend issues as they don't work those days). But really to go forward only to go back? Links or this is just FUD speculation.
And don't use this link as proof. There is positively no mention of this being character locked.
Look, folks, there's an AMA tomorrow, how about y'all save the pitchforks and conspiracy theories til afterwards, ok?
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