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Could the devs look at adopting from Neverwinter the ability to sell lockboxes?

nixie50nixie50 Member Posts: 1,268 Arc User
edited September 2023 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
sure you can try to sell them on the exchange, but lockboxed in NW can be sold to a vendor. there is no reason why STO can't do the same.
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    salazarrazesalazarraze Member Posts: 3,794 Arc User
    They could but i don't think they want to. They want you to keep them in your inventory. They want them to sit there until the urge to open them overpowers you and you finally buy some master keys.
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    davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,512 Arc User
    You can "discard" them, or try selling them on the exchange. In the past "out of print" lock boxes sometimes sold for a nice amount of credits but with infinity and free lock boxes from the store that's probably not happening any more.

    When you think about it, the store price of boxes is now 0 so the selling price would be 50% of 0, so letting you sell them for 1/2 of 0 would just be silly.
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    echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,914 Arc User
    I very much doubt they'll let you sell them to a vendor. And last I looked on the exchange they weren't going for much at all.
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    ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,569 Arc User
    At least they stack. In Lord of the Rings Online they don't.
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    davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,512 Arc User
    ltminns wrote: »
    At least they stack. In Lord of the Rings Online they don't.

    They even changed the stacking to 99, when in ye olden days it was only 20.

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    warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    They aren't going to pay you anything for disposing of items that you can claim unlimited number for free in the store.
    davefenestrator wrote: »
    You can "discard" them, or try selling them on the exchange. In the past "out of print" lock boxes sometimes sold for a nice amount of credits but with infinity and free lock boxes from the store that's probably not happening any more.

    When you think about it, the store price of boxes is now 0 so the selling price would be 50% of 0, so letting you sell them for 1/2 of 0 would just be silly.
    There are other 0-value items you can sell to vendors, for 0 EC. For example, the default gear on ships. This is convenient when cleaning inventory because it allows selling them from the same list along with the rest of the vendor trash instead of being required to right-click/discard them separately. So no, it wouldn't be silly at all.

    I think they could stop dropping lockboxes in missions completely now that they're free in the store, but I guess the drops serve a function as advertisement.
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    echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,914 Arc User
    davefenestrator wrote: »
    ltminns wrote: »
    At least they stack. In Lord of the Rings Online they don't.

    They even changed the stacking to 99, when in ye olden days it was only 20.

    Actually, they stack to 100.
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    leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,344 Arc User
    nixie50 wrote: »
    sure you can try to sell them on the exchange, but lockboxed in NW can be sold to a vendor. there is no reason why STO can't do the same.

    Absolutely not! You can get them free from the C-Store and Dil Store, so your idea is an exploit.
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    foxrockssocksfoxrockssocks Member Posts: 2,482 Arc User
    warpangel wrote: »
    They aren't going to pay you anything for disposing of items that you can claim unlimited number for free in the store.
    davefenestrator wrote: »
    You can "discard" them, or try selling them on the exchange. In the past "out of print" lock boxes sometimes sold for a nice amount of credits but with infinity and free lock boxes from the store that's probably not happening any more.

    When you think about it, the store price of boxes is now 0 so the selling price would be 50% of 0, so letting you sell them for 1/2 of 0 would just be silly.
    There are other 0-value items you can sell to vendors, for 0 EC. For example, the default gear on ships. This is convenient when cleaning inventory because it allows selling them from the same list along with the rest of the vendor trash instead of being required to right-click/discard them separately. So no, it wouldn't be silly at all.

    I think they could stop dropping lockboxes in missions completely now that they're free in the store, but I guess the drops serve a function as advertisement.

    Yeah selling 0c stuff is pretty useful. Usually when I get a new ship I'm going to fly I first drydock it to unequip all the default junk then sell that gear off to the vendor as it lets me just go down the list easily. Obviously I get no credits for it, but the point is to clear the inventory quickly and easily.
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    davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,512 Arc User
    CTRL + right click + discard isn't so bad, but yes that is a little more work.
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    gaevsprivsmangaevsprivsman Member Posts: 314 Arc User
    It makes no sense to sell the lockbox even for 1ec, as this will introduce a source for "free" income, and as you know, there is a lot of people that wants to farm EC, and that would be an unlimited source
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    markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,231 Arc User
    gaevsprivsman wrote: »
    It makes no sense to sell the lockbox even for 1ec, as this will introduce a source for "free" income, and as you know, there is a lot of people that wants to farm EC, and that would be an unlimited source
    I suppose they could differentiate between random drop and free buy one in that one has an EC value and the other doesn't.
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    baddmoonrizinbaddmoonrizin Member Posts: 10,326 Community Moderator
    azrael605 wrote: »
    This came up I was talking about giving STO the ability to upgrade Rarity on our Bridge officers the way that Neverwinter can with your companions.

    God, I want this ability for my BOFFs!
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    markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,231 Arc User
    baddmoonrizin wrote: »
    azrael605 wrote: »
    This came up I was talking about giving STO the ability to upgrade Rarity on our Bridge officers the way that Neverwinter can with your companions.
    God, I want this ability for my BOFFs!
    The basic concept of NW companion rarity is different though. It's about levels. Each rarity has a level cap, upgrades don't change abilities, just the level cap.
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    warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    STO boffs don't have rarities. Only candidates do. The color displayed for commissioned boffs is a guess, based on their traits.

    I wouldn't mind some (properly gameplay-engaging) mechanic to level up their traits, though.
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    rattler2rattler2 Member Posts: 58,020 Community Moderator
    Until then if we want to upgrade a BOff and their skills, we have to get a higher quality BOff of the same species/gender/department, and just copy/paste the saved appearance of the old BOff onto the new one.
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    mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    rattler2 wrote: »
    Until then if we want to upgrade a BOff and their skills, we have to get a higher quality BOff of the same species/gender/department, and just copy/paste the saved appearance of the old BOff onto the new one.
    I actually did that a few times. It always feels a bit like a betrayal, though. :p
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