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Can't buy Pheonix boxes with tokens any more :(

boraes#4236 boraes
boraes#4236
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edited February 2023 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
This probably changed a couple of weeks/months ago and I missed it, but one can no longer buy Phoenix boxes with 10 x lowest grade Pheonix tokens. IMO that's a really lame 'anti-user, pro 'encourage people to buy Zen and convert to dilith' move. Really sucks when devs make these kinda changes which have no benefit for the user, but are just aimed to add to sales.
This is similar as the move to make it so you no longer earn Admirality 'passes' from missions and can only get them by spending dilith.

Funny how they never mention clearly these sort of changes yet will wax lyrical about 'sales and deals' nearly every other message on the launcher.
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  • baddmoonrizinbaddmoonrizin Member Posts: 11,085 Community Moderator
    edited August 2022
    Funny how both changes you mentioned were made to help with the issues in the Dilithium economy. 🤔 Just goes to prove that the devs can't make a move without someone being unhappy about it, even if said change helps more than it hinders. 🤷🏼‍♀️
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  • protoneousprotoneous Member Posts: 3,200 Arc User
    boraes#4236 wrote: »
    This probably changed a couple of weeks/months ago and I missed it

    The devs decided to "shuffle the deck" back in May of this year. Whether or not it will really accomplish anything is a matter of opinion but it's possible that sometimes we as players fail to see "the bigger picture" they are working from.

    Here's what they had to say - Better Odds and More Prizes in the Phoenix Prize Pack!
  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,572 Arc User
    Actually, it was pro-user, preventing people from wasting potentially 40k Dilithium worth of Tokens on a 4,500 Dilithium Prize Pack that had a 1:1 bajillion chance of getting an Epic Token or 5:1 bajillion chance of a UR Token. ;)

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  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,714 Arc User
    edited September 2022
    ltminns wrote: »
    Actually, it was pro-user, preventing people from wasting potentially 40k Dilithium worth of Tokens on a 4,500 Dilithium Prize Pack that had a 1:1 bajillion chance of getting an Epic Token or 5:1 bajillion chance of a UR Token. ;)

    I accidentally did that once years ago when I meant to buy the upgrade token right above it in the list. I felt as dumb as the time I deleted an email between alts that had some crafted gear attached when I was speed-deleting a list of completed auction messages. "Wait, that wasn't an auction mail...D'OH!"



  • theboxisredtheboxisred Member Posts: 485 Arc User
    ltminns wrote: »
    Actually, it was pro-user, preventing people from wasting potentially 40k Dilithium worth of Tokens on a 4,500 Dilithium Prize Pack that had a 1:1 bajillion chance of getting an Epic Token or 5:1 bajillion chance of a UR Token. ;)

    I have to agree with this. As far as purchases go this one didn't seem like a good value.
  • husanakxhusanakx Member Posts: 1,620 Arc User
    Wait someone actually burned 10 phoenix upgrades for ONE more box. My friend you where suckered. Be thankful the option is removed.
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