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Question regarding "Cross Faction Flying unlock" and "multi-faction specific promo boxes"

bloodfury#1079 bloodfury Member Posts: 5 Arc User
For a long time I always wanted "Valkis Temporal Heavy Dreadnought Warbird" on my pure federation character. Unfortunately it is a Romulan only warbird, but we now have the ability to fly all ships in the game.

These particular ships are anm odd duck, because they are sitting behind 2 separate boxes. 1st [Special Requisition Choice Pack - Tier 6 Promotional Ship Choice Pack] Then [Special Requisition Pack - 26th Century Heavy Dreadnought Tier 6 Ship]

Before when you opened up a "[Special Requisition Pack - 26th Century Heavy Dreadnought Tier 6 Ship]" box https://sto.gamepedia.com/26th_Century_Heavy_Dreadnought it auto assigned you one of the 3 faction related heavy dreads that was related to your faction (you did not get to pick, it just gave you your faction and that was it, I know because I have a the universe enterprise one for a while back).

This is where the problem arises.

Recently, now that we have this new "Cross Faction Flying unlock", a new comment has been made on the wiki for these ships (including Valkis) ... found here https://sto.gamepedia.com/Valkis_Temporal_Heavy_Dreadnought_Warbird "The faction restrictions of this starship can be removed by having a level 65 KDF character or by purchasing the Cross Faction Flying unlock from the Zen Store."

This new comment gives me hope I can finally now play Valkis on my Federation main character.

Does this mean when I click on the box now I can choice any one of the 3 ships now instead of previously being automatically assigned the one that matches my faction? Considering the high trade value of this ship box (1.5b) I do not want to just randomly experiment with this without 100% knowing I get to choice, especially since I already own a Universe enterprise. It would just be so much wasted credits.

I do not know if anyone has personal experience on this yet. I just figured I would ask here on the off chance someone knows more than I.

Is there any location I can ask the devs specifically about this? I don't think this is "ticket" worthy (or is it?)

Thanks in advance for any and all help.
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  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    It means you SHOULD get to choose the ship.. yes. When you open the box, you should be able to pick one of the three ships and fly that one.

    To be safe though, once you get the box, I would absolutely open it on Tribble first just to make sure that the selection mechanic is working. It's always a good idea to test this stuff on Tribble first.. but yes.. you should be able to fly the Valkis on a pure Fed.
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  • annemarie30annemarie30 Member Posts: 2,745 Arc User
    What Sea said. If you are getting it on the Exchange, you can open it on Tribble it it doesn't work you can put it back on the exchange get your EC back or maybe even make a profit.
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  • bloodfury#1079 bloodfury Member Posts: 5 Arc User
    Thanks for the input guys, that sounds like the safest path to experiment with.
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