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Announcing: The Picard Bundle!
ambassadorkael
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In honor of Star Trek: Picard, we're launching a brand new bundle of some of our favorite Picard items - including, for the first time, a former lock box ship in the Zen Store! Plus - a completely updated Constellation Class!
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11345563
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11345563
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Lets hope it will be avaiable separately… well it was lockbox ship before, so maybe it will be only bundle thing...
Due to the moderation culture here, we have to be very polite and circumspect on these forums - so I will say this one is a a hard pass. A very hard pass.
(I actually buyed the Vizier from Mudd store, when it started, so getting a lockbox ship for 6/12k Zen as account unlock and some bonus would be nice enough).
But if it will be avaiable separately in store for 3k or even some more Zen, then I see no need to get the whole bundle - I own the T5 already and maybe some of the uniforms - did not check it - uniforms are only vanity items (now if the uniforms would actually give some bonuses, like some accolades, then it might be worth it for me to at least track which ones I already have).
Still, if someone want's the whole bundle, then more power (and more fun) to them.
Also with t6 ships available from practical the start of a avatars existence what is the point of purchasing anything of lower level ? Aside from the Module ?
For the record I owe everything in this already bar the uniform and the raider
Arroyos, Officer John Painter, K9 Jedi, K9 Maya, Deputy Constable Neil Adams, Officer Jorge
David Alvarado, Sergeant Joshua Cordell, Trooper Martin Mack, Trooper Branden Sisca,
Lieutenant William Lebo
Having an unique interior is pointless since you barely spend any time there.
That leaves some uniforms which are either already owned by most players who have been around a bit longer since most of them have been part of giveaways. Uniforms that can be obtained for much less than 6000 or 12000 zen anyway.
This bundle is 'meh' if I had to describe it in one word.
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This includes the T5 Galaxy, breaking for no good reason, the Galaxy bundle.
Not to mention no discounts are ever offered for parts of the bundles already purchased (save the recent Operations packs).
You think we want to waste our money?
I, and from what I've read, many other people already have most of this bundle, so it's effectively just a purchase for the Miradorn, Galaxy bridge, and lobi costume. Ship is not of much interest to me, but the bridge and costumes I don't have are. The value is just not there unless you are a brand new player.
Add the entire Galaxy bundle to this, and I'll get it. Without it, it's a pass.
There is no new content in there. The "Picard Jacket" is the Season 5 TNG costume. They probably deliberately named it this to imply it would be a new costume
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Personally i think they sales team would be pushing the envelope with a 9k cost for this bundle, let alone 12k.
No purchase, but do keep those lockbox ships incoming for direct purchase.
Edit: Thumbs up for new materials for T3 constitution
I think I'll hold off for now.
Seriously thin bundle for a hefty price tag
I'm guessing that this Miradorn sale would be for all account. If it isn't, it should, & shame on Cryptic being predatory for not clarifying from the very beginning, but it also gives us all insight into some of Cryptic's possible plans regarding previous lockbox gamble ships.
I'm liking what Cryptic is attempting here incase there's a future where gambling is no longer allowed in the game, but not enough value imo. Definitely not at 12,000 zen lol & still not at 6,000 zen. The only thing brand-new might be that Picard "Privateer" uniform if it is the 1 from the new 'Picard" series.
Heck half of the items are uniforms. The possible rub by adding older items to a bundle when trying to add value to it is the players might/probably already own some or all of the older items.
Hard pass for me, I had good anticipation when I saw the title of the link which then quickly declined when I read the content.
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> Much appreciated. Nothing wrong with a trial balloon but it helps if the market test is within reason.
That's exactly what the bundle strikes me as, a market test for direct and account-wide distribution of lockbox ships. It's just that when they actually put a price on it sufficient to keep the same income stream as offering it in a box, people balk.
The circular argument of "if it were in the store for direct purchase, it would sell better. Now that it's in the store at a fair price, it's too high and won't sell well".
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I'm curious about this as well, as the only things I don't have are the ships. I actually did shell out for the Galaxy interior when it came out, but was disappointed that it was the same price as a bundle. It should have been part of a TNG bundle that included a TNG Type 2 phaser, a Type 6 Shuttle, and Crusher's Lab Coat. At the very least.
I still want that lab coat. And with some costume parts being a chest piece, we should be able to make the lab coat a chest piece to work with any uniform too.
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