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baddmoonrizinbaddmoonrizin Member Posts: 11,441 Community Moderator
Counting down the days to our 15th Anniversary Update, claim a free gift each day on PC!

https://www.playstartrekonline.com/en/news/article/11573772
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  • eazzieeazzie Member Posts: 4,500 Arc User
    Blog says A free Ultimate Tech Upgrade! indicating 1 but I got 2
  • sthe91sthe91 Member Posts: 6,371 Arc User
    edited February 4
    > @eazzie said:
    > Blog says A free Ultimate Tech Upgrade! indicating 1 but I got 2

    The blog says two for me. Maybe they updated it.
    Where there is a Will, there is a Way.
  • strathkinstrathkin Member Posts: 2,717 Bug Hunter
    edited February 5
    sthe91 wrote: »
    > @eazzie said:
    > Blog says A free Ultimate Tech Upgrade! indicating 1 but I got 2

    The blog says two for me. Maybe they updated it.

    Yes, that's also what I read as well, and also received.

    Still it's nice they doing a week of Giveaways, thought it would be nice if they emailed them out. Perhaps they don't think emails work to attrack people back, but they do I'd try to argue.

    Regardless, the giveaway is still a nice thing to see. Thank You!
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  • eazzieeazzie Member Posts: 4,500 Arc User
    sthe91 wrote: »
    > @eazzie said:
    > Blog says A free Ultimate Tech Upgrade! indicating 1 but I got 2

    The blog says two for me. Maybe they updated it.

    Yep blog has been updated.
  • mattachinemattachine Member Posts: 517 Arc User
    I love this new, keep news of available one day only offers secret until the day it is added so people has to keep a computer attached to themselves for every day with internet connection, just in case something they want might like will be announced one day when they are at a funeral or in hospital. Instead of making one post that lists everything for the whole event so people can plan their lives more.
  • scottie270182#2421 scottie270182 Member Posts: 137 Arc User
    edited February 5
    mattachine wrote: »
    I love this new, keep news of available one day only offers secret until the day it is added so people has to keep a computer attached to themselves for every day with internet connection, just in case something they want might like will be announced one day when they are at a funeral or in hospital. Instead of making one post that lists everything for the whole event so people can plan their lives more.
    Erm, you do realise that this is how they've done the anniversary give aways for years, right? There's nothing new about it.
    "..to boldly go where no one has gone before."
  • leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,602 Arc User
    mattachine wrote: »
    I love this new, keep news of available one day only offers secret until the day it is added so people has to keep a computer attached to themselves for every day with internet connection, just in case something they want might like will be announced one day when they are at a funeral or in hospital. Instead of making one post that lists everything for the whole event so people can plan their lives more.

    I do agree with you BUT the giveaway, as is with everything in the game, is subject to change at the Dev's whims or due to random issues. If they announce something and there is an issue, no matter what issue or what caused it, there will be the inevitable deluge of complaints about not getting their freebie, more so than those who complain about 'lack of notice of a freebie'.

    It has been this way ever since they started doing it nearly 14 years ago.
    "You don't want to patrol!? You don't want to escort!? You don't want to defend the Federation's Starbases!? Then why are you flying my Starships!? If you were a Klingon you'd be killed on the spot, but lucky for you.....you WERE in Starfleet. Let's see how New Zealand Penal Colony suits you." Adm A. Necheyev.
  • nicorex99nicorex99 Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited February 5
    I dont see anywhere if they have a regular time to post the freebie or is supposed to be 8 am every day?
  • sthe91sthe91 Member Posts: 6,371 Arc User
    edited February 5
    > @nicorex99 said:
    > I dont see anywhere if they have a regular time to post the freebie or is supposed to be 8 am every day?

    Valid until February 5th at 12 pm PT. So apparently it starts at 8 AM everyday and the other one ends as scheduled.
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  • baddmoonrizinbaddmoonrizin Member Posts: 11,441 Community Moderator
    Today's free gift: Take your Captain to the next level with an Elite Captain Training Token! Claim it in the C-Store. Valid until February 6th at 12pm PT.
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  • inferiorityinferiority Member Posts: 4,719 Arc User
    That's a couple of nice giveaways so far - thank you, Cryptic/DECA.
    - - - - I n f e r i o r i t y - C o m p l e x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
    Everyone has a better name and Youtube Channel than me...  :/
  • fred26291#2759 fred26291 Member Posts: 1,441 Arc User
    Thanks for the gifts.
  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,708 Arc User
    Thumbs up.
    This program, though reasonably normal at times, seems to have a strong affinity to classes belonging to the Cat 2.0 program. Questerius 2.7 will break down on occasion, resulting in garbage and nonsense messages whenever it occurs. Usually a hard reboot or pulling the plug solves the problem when that happens.
  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,865 Arc User
    Nice! tech upgrades and ship tokens happen often with the red alerts, but free captain tokens are rare.
  • strathkinstrathkin Member Posts: 2,717 Bug Hunter
    edited February 5
    mattachine wrote: »
    I love this new, keep news of available one day only offers secret until the day it is added so people has to keep a computer attached to themselves for every day with internet connection, just in case something they want might like will be announced one day when they are at a funeral or in hospital. Instead of making one post that lists everything for the whole event so people can plan their lives more.

    I'm like you and prefer the surprise!
    Nice! tech upgrades and ship tokens happen often with the red alerts, but free captain tokens are rare.

    Yes a Elite Captain / Admiral Token is quite rare in deed, I'll be putting mine to good use for sure!

    And yes, Thank You for the week of Giveaways, much appreciated.
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  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,924 Arc User
    Rats, I missed the ultimate upgrades. Still, the captain upgrade is nice.
    Now a LTS and loving it.
    Just because you spend money on this game, it does not entitle you to be a jerk if things don't go your way.
    I have come to the conclusion that I have a memory like Etch-A-Sketch. I shake my head and forget everything. :D
  • baddmoonrizinbaddmoonrizin Member Posts: 11,441 Community Moderator
    Today's free gift: Unlock powerful additional capabilities for your ship with an Experimental Ship Upgrade Token! Claim it in the C-Store. Valid until February 7th at 12pm PT.
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  • inferiorityinferiority Member Posts: 4,719 Arc User
    Could today's gift be an indication that a T6 Coupon is coming...?
    Even if one isn't, we can save it for later use on the Anniversary ship itself!
    - - - - I n f e r i o r i t y - C o m p l e x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
    Everyone has a better name and Youtube Channel than me...  :/
  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,708 Arc User
    edited February 7
    Thumbs up.
    Could today's gift be an indication that a T6 Coupon is coming...?
    Even if one isn't, we can save it for later use on the Anniversary ship itself!

    It was included in giveaways last years so we shall see.
    It is also possible that instead of a coupon a specific Tier 6 is given similar to the Voyager giveaway recently.

    Time will tell.

    Day 4: 3 Delta Alliance Duty Officer Packs
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  • baddmoonrizinbaddmoonrizin Member Posts: 11,441 Community Moderator
    Today's free gift: Expand your Duty Officer roster with three free Delta Alliance Duty Officer Packs! Claim it in the C-Store. Valid until February 8th at 12pm PT.
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  • sarien3sarien3 Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    On the launcher today (Feb 7th)

    Starting February 4th at 8 am PT on PC, a surprise gift will be waiting for you in-game each day until our Anniversary Update launches.

    All of these gifts will be accessible for one day only in the Promotion Tab in the in-game C-store and they can be claimed once per account.


    Thanks for the timely heads-up. At least I can claim the 4th day's gift.
  • sthe91sthe91 Member Posts: 6,371 Arc User
    edited February 8
    sarien3 wrote: »
    On the launcher today (Feb 7th)

    Starting February 4th at 8 am PT on PC, a surprise gift will be waiting for you in-game each day until our Anniversary Update launches.

    All of these gifts will be accessible for one day only in the Promotion Tab in the in-game C-store and they can be claimed once per account.


    Thanks for the timely heads-up. At least I can claim the 4th day's gift.

    It was on the playstartrekonline website, forums, in emails you can subscribe to, Reddit, etc. You had plenty of places to know it would happen even if it was not on the launcher today.
    Where there is a Will, there is a Way.
  • eazzieeazzie Member Posts: 4,500 Arc User
    sthe91 wrote: »
    sarien3 wrote: »
    On the launcher today (Feb 7th)

    Starting February 4th at 8 am PT on PC, a surprise gift will be waiting for you in-game each day until our Anniversary Update launches.

    All of these gifts will be accessible for one day only in the Promotion Tab in the in-game C-store and they can be claimed once per account.


    Thanks for the timely heads-up. At least I can claim the 4th day's gift.

    It was on the playstartrekonline website, forums, in emails you can subscribe to, Reddit, etc. You had plenty of places to know it would happen even if it was not on the launcher today.

    To add the giveaway has been announced on X exactly at 5pm GMT on the day of release making that 9am Pacific and put on the forum by @baddmoonrizin shortly there after.
  • vorwodavorwoda Member Posts: 702 Arc User
    sthe91 wrote: »
    sarien3 wrote: »
    On the launcher today (Feb 7th)

    Starting February 4th at 8 am PT on PC, a surprise gift will be waiting for you in-game each day until our Anniversary Update launches.

    All of these gifts will be accessible for one day only in the Promotion Tab in the in-game C-store and they can be claimed once per account.


    Thanks for the timely heads-up. At least I can claim the 4th day's gift.

    It was on the playstartrekonline website, forums, in emails you can subscribe to, Reddit, etc. You had plenty of places to know it would happen even if it was not on the launcher today.

    But sarien's point (and a VERY valid one it is), is that it SHOULD have been on the Launcher. That's the ONE place that ALL players see, and a link to the News item is posted there when a new one comes out. To wait until the 4th day of the giveaway to mention it on the one place everyone is guaranteed to see it is not cool.

    Not everyone reads Reddit, or even the Forum, but BY DEFINITION everyone who plays STO, plays STO, and thus sees the Launcher.

    Now I'm not complaining. Giveaways are voluntary and generous acts by the Devs, and I appreciate them. I just feel that sarien's point is valid. Whoever is responsible for updating the Launcher seriously dropped the ball.

    Thank you to the Devs for the giveaways!
  • phoenixc#0738 phoenixc Member Posts: 6,085 Arc User
    I have heard that the reason they don't put things like that in the launcher is that the news in it can only be changed during an update, which means that ordinarily when things are running smoothly, they would only be able to post new things there on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
  • selioneselione Member Posts: 19 Arc User
    sthe91 wrote: »
    sarien3 wrote: »
    On the launcher today (Feb 7th)

    Starting February 4th at 8 am PT on PC, a surprise gift will be waiting for you in-game each day until our Anniversary Update launches.

    All of these gifts will be accessible for one day only in the Promotion Tab in the in-game C-store and they can be claimed once per account.


    Thanks for the timely heads-up. At least I can claim the 4th day's gift.

    It was on the playstartrekonline website, forums, in emails you can subscribe to, Reddit, etc. You had plenty of places to know it would happen even if it was not on the launcher today.

    sure, but do you really think that people need to look at other sites just to find out info? the email i sub to for the game, i JUST got the email LAST NIGHT about the event when it had been running THREE days already. its never been on time.



    vorwoda wrote: »
    sthe91 wrote: »
    sarien3 wrote: »
    On the launcher today (Feb 7th)

    Starting February 4th at 8 am PT on PC, a surprise gift will be waiting for you in-game each day until our Anniversary Update launches.

    All of these gifts will be accessible for one day only in the Promotion Tab in the in-game C-store and they can be claimed once per account.


    Thanks for the timely heads-up. At least I can claim the 4th day's gift.

    It was on the playstartrekonline website, forums, in emails you can subscribe to, Reddit, etc. You had plenty of places to know it would happen even if it was not on the launcher today.

    But sarien's point (and a VERY valid one it is), is that it SHOULD have been on the Launcher. That's the ONE place that ALL players see, and a link to the News item is posted there when a new one comes out. To wait until the 4th day of the giveaway to mention it on the one place everyone is guaranteed to see it is not cool.

    Not everyone reads Reddit, or even the Forum, but BY DEFINITION everyone who plays STO, plays STO, and thus sees the Launcher.

    Now I'm not complaining. Giveaways are voluntary and generous acts by the Devs, and I appreciate them. I just feel that sarien's point is valid. Whoever is responsible for updating the Launcher seriously dropped the ball.

    Thank you to the Devs for the giveaways!


    i do agree, this info SHOULD be on the launcher. i came here only to find out what was up because the email linked to a page that is now 404 on what the daily giveaways were. i mean this could have even been on the log in page when you get in game SOMETHING... dont get me wrong, i enjoy the giveaways but hearing about them late or not at all is a bit annoying
  • mithrosnomoremithrosnomore Member Posts: 400 Arc User
    I have heard that the reason they don't put things like that in the launcher is that the news in it can only be changed during an update, which means that ordinarily when things are running smoothly, they would only be able to post new things there on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

    So they could have posted it in advance, letting people know that they would be coming.

    No big deal to me. I pretty much only play one toon and already have my main ship and Captain upgraded, though the upgrade items would have been nice.

    But yeah. I have logged on every day for a while now, including the anniversary days, but the first I saw of it was when I decided to do one more late-night log in before calling it a day. I was about to miss the DOFF packs, too.

    I may not be in any real need of them, but I have space for them.
  • eazzieeazzie Member Posts: 4,500 Arc User
    edited February 8
    selione wrote: »
    sthe91 wrote: »
    sarien3 wrote: »
    On the launcher today (Feb 7th)

    Starting February 4th at 8 am PT on PC, a surprise gift will be waiting for you in-game each day until our Anniversary Update launches.

    All of these gifts will be accessible for one day only in the Promotion Tab in the in-game C-store and they can be claimed once per account.


    Thanks for the timely heads-up. At least I can claim the 4th day's gift.

    It was on the playstartrekonline website, forums, in emails you can subscribe to, Reddit, etc. You had plenty of places to know it would happen even if it was not on the launcher today.

    sure, but do you really think that people need to look at other sites just to find out info? the email i sub to for the game, i JUST got the email LAST NIGHT about the event when it had been running THREE days already. its never been on time.



    vorwoda wrote: »
    sthe91 wrote: »
    sarien3 wrote: »
    On the launcher today (Feb 7th)

    Starting February 4th at 8 am PT on PC, a surprise gift will be waiting for you in-game each day until our Anniversary Update launches.

    All of these gifts will be accessible for one day only in the Promotion Tab in the in-game C-store and they can be claimed once per account.


    Thanks for the timely heads-up. At least I can claim the 4th day's gift.

    It was on the playstartrekonline website, forums, in emails you can subscribe to, Reddit, etc. You had plenty of places to know it would happen even if it was not on the launcher today.

    But sarien's point (and a VERY valid one it is), is that it SHOULD have been on the Launcher. That's the ONE place that ALL players see, and a link to the News item is posted there when a new one comes out. To wait until the 4th day of the giveaway to mention it on the one place everyone is guaranteed to see it is not cool.

    Not everyone reads Reddit, or even the Forum, but BY DEFINITION everyone who plays STO, plays STO, and thus sees the Launcher.

    Now I'm not complaining. Giveaways are voluntary and generous acts by the Devs, and I appreciate them. I just feel that sarien's point is valid. Whoever is responsible for updating the Launcher seriously dropped the ball.

    Thank you to the Devs for the giveaways!


    i do agree, this info SHOULD be on the launcher. i came here only to find out what was up because the email linked to a page that is now 404 on what the daily giveaways were. i mean this could have even been on the log in page when you get in game SOMETHING... dont get me wrong, i enjoy the giveaways but hearing about them late or not at all is a bit annoying

    Thank the stars we have @baddmoonrizin because without her nothing posted on the likes of X would get posted here on the forum. Do patch notes get posted. NO. Does critical info relating to bugs or any gameplay issue NO. It is only due to @baddmoonrizin and her dedication to this community that we get the info here on the forum. Say what you will about her and the other mods, but the mods we have are dedicated to this community, and all of them go above and beyond for all of us for FREE.
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  • lucianazetalucianazeta Member Posts: 741 Arc User
    Missed 3 days because it wasn't on the launcher... not the biggest deal but a little annoying to have missed out on a Experimental Ship Upgrade Token because of it..

    Will second that regardless of where else it's put, something like this really should be up on the one thing we all see every time we launch the game... in a timely manner.

    Other than that nitpick, appreciate the giveaway leading up to anniversary, always a very nice gesture.
  • eazzieeazzie Member Posts: 4,500 Arc User
    edited February 8
    Hey at least it's better than playstation right now LOL or should that be CAN NOT playstation.
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