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Season 7 Dev Blog #26

pwebranflakespwebranflakes Member Posts: 7,741
edited December 2012 in Galactic News Network [PC]
Systems Designer Jeremy "BorticusCryptic" Randall reveals details about the rewards you can earn this year at Q's Winter Wonderland in this entry of the Season 7 News Dev Blog series.


Link to the blog.
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  • admiralkristovadmiralkristov Member Posts: 325 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Full Auto Snowball Launcher

    OK, now I'm interested :)
  • thay8472thay8472 Member Posts: 6,162 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    yay breen ship...

    now... breen outfit?

    Mirror Escorts please
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  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,556 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Thank you devs for making the Breen starship free for anyone that wants it and is willing to put in some effort for it instead of making it a lockbox ship.
  • aegon1iceaegon1ice Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I don't want to be like the Grinch, but there is unfortunetly, once again, a ton of grind involved. Don't get me wrong. I love the fact that you offer players a free ship, but was it really necessary to set it up to 25 days of daily non stop rinse and repeat of sth that is supposed to be fun? Isn't it that what it's about during such an event?

    I have nothing against working for something, but seriously 10 days would have been more than enough.
    And by the way. The Lobi trade in amount is ridiculously low when you consider that you are actually paying real money for Lobi.
  • ferdzso0ferdzso0 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    now that is a really really good event, with interesting prizes. the problem is: now we want more of these! :D
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  • hippiejonhippiejon Member Posts: 1,581 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Sounds great.
    That is just such an UGLY ship.
    IT will have to have amazing stats to make it even slightly attractive to try and get.
  • allmyteeallmytee Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    WOO HOO!!!! Cryptic this is definitely a move in the right direction!!! Thank you :)
  • suavekssuaveks Member Posts: 1,736 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I'm guessing the Q pictures are bind on character?

    Still, nice of you to provide the new ship for "free".

    Also, could you shed some light on what are the PvP rewards going to be for first couple of places?
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  • timelord79timelord79 Member Posts: 1,852 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Why would I want an ugly ship even if it's free?
    if it's that cheaply available it can't (or shouldn't) be lockbox powerful, not even fleet ship powerful, at best C-Store powerful.
    i assume it is character bound and comes with a special console of some kind?
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  • phantomeightphantomeight Member Posts: 567 Bug Hunter
    edited December 2012
    I love how they are giving something away FOR FREE and we still find people to complain.
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  • neoakiraiineoakiraii Member Posts: 7,468 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    timelord79 wrote: »
    Why would I want an ugly ship even if it's free?
    if it's that cheaply available it can't (or shouldn't) be lockbox powerful, not even fleet ship powerful, at best C-Store powerful.
    i assume it is character bound and comes with a special console of some kind?

    Because he's Q
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  • ocp001ocp001 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    An interesting method for getting the Breen ship. Yet I would have rather had a free federation or KDF prototype ship (like the original free odessey). Save the non faction ships for the lock box cash grinder.

    But still looks like fun!
  • psycoticvulcanpsycoticvulcan Member Posts: 4,160 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    aegon1ice wrote: »
    I don't want to be like the Grinch, but there is unfortunetly, once again, a ton of grind involved. Don't get me wrong. I love the fact that you offer players a free ship, but was it really necessary to set it up to 25 days of daily non stop rinse and repeat of sth that is supposed to be fun? Isn't it that what it's about during such an event?

    I have nothing against working for something, but seriously 10 days would have been more than enough.
    And by the way. The Lobi trade in amount is ridiculously low when you consider that you are actually paying real money for Lobi.

    Since when does a 2-minute race every day qualify as a "grind"?

    I like this setup a LOT better than last year's winter event. Great work, Cryptic! Keep it up!
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  • aquitaine985aquitaine985 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I say Bravo Cryptic! You're not making us jump through hoops, you're not making us pay though the nose, you're not going to leave us with a bitter taste after last year. Well done I say!
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  • admiralkristovadmiralkristov Member Posts: 325 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    phantomeight wrote: »
    I love how they are giving something away FOR FREE and we still find people to complain.

    Indeed. I bet some would complain about a free ship that required no effort to obtain that was able to fire your fave flavor of ice cream out of the screen and into real life.
  • edna#7310 edna
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    edited December 2012
    phantomeight wrote: »
    I love how they are giving something away FOR FREE and we still find people to complain.

    that is really sad if they'd mean it ,but I think most troll.
  • dma1986dma1986 Member Posts: 541 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I've so got to get me one of these :D


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    Shame it's not the Sarr Theln, though.
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  • malkarrismalkarris Member Posts: 797 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Yes, can you please say which of these items are character bound, and which can be traded.

    In the spirit of the season, it would be nice if we could give Q pictures to someone else to help them complete their ship, since it seems to be impossible to get more than one without Lobi. Or, in the coruption of the spirit of the season, let us use alts to collect pictures and give them to one character. Unless the old race is now not a daily event?

    Also, is the ship and snowball weapons bound on pickup, so can we trade them to another character if we don't want them?

    And finally, any pictures of the new outfits and scarfs?
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  • mikeward1701mikeward1701 Member Posts: 277 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Colour me impressed. :)

    Same events as last year making a return, allowing us to collect more of the items from last year. Check!
    Improvements to last years items Check!
    New items added Check!

    New events added, with new items Check!

    New speciality ship, that is obtainable by all for not too much grind (5mins/day for 25 days) :)

    Looks like its gonna be a nice holiday event :)
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  • raptorgtraptorgt Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    *Applauds*
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  • walshicuswalshicus Member Posts: 1,314 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    timelord79 wrote: »
    Why would I want an ugly ship even if it's free?

    Goes to prove you can't please everyone...
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  • darramouss1darramouss1 Member Posts: 1,811 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    This looks REALLY fantastic but there's a chance I'm going to be away for the holidays.

    Borticus, are the ships going to be bound or will they be able to be sold and traded for poor saps like me who want one but can't play during the event?
  • edna#7310 edna
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         Member Posts: 21 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Frosted Boots: Additional animations have been added while skating on Q?s frozen lake while you have these active. They will also no longer possess expiration timers, and can be used indefinitely once purchased.


    Bye bye normal way of walking :D

    sorry ship collectors but ^^that is worth more than any ship :D
  • altechachanaltechachan Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Am I the only one who wish they could confront the Tholians with the ?Flurry? Full Auto Snowball Launcher and the ?Avalanche? Snow Boulder Assault Launcher? :D
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  • dontdrunkimshootdontdrunkimshoot Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    i dont think finding enough time to run that race will be too hard, but i bet it will get old pretty fast. overall, i'd have to say its fair, with the lobi store gettable autographs too.

    breen ship stats? im guessing a galor stat clone, only with a sci LTC and an ens tac with the universal LT. also duel cannon capable, the npc is. i should be able to acquire it without to much trouble too! i have not a 1 of these lock box type ships yet, this will be my first.
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  • dirlettiadirlettia Member Posts: 1,632 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Looking forward to getting a ship for my KDf and fed mains but not so looking forward to doing my alts also. One question though;

    To get the ship we need to run the race and be awarded with 40 Q autographs for 25 days meaning we need 1000 autographs in total, so how do these stack or do we also need hordes of free inventory space for them?
    Still waiting to be able to use forum titles
  • pwebranflakespwebranflakes Member Posts: 7,741
    edited December 2012
    Here is a sneak peek at the Winter Jackets available at Q's Winter Wonderland this year: http://twitter.com/PWE_BranFlakes/status/276064338421379072/photo/1/large

    Cheers,

    Brandon =/\=
  • dalolorndalolorn Member Posts: 3,655 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Love what I've heard, but...

    Are the holoemitters like the ship ones, or are they non-consumable?

    Also, why can't we have an infinite amount of snowballs? :D
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  • c0nd1t10nr3dc0nd1t10nr3d Member Posts: 638 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    This is all so much full of WIN!

    I love you for this Cryptic! Sooo makes up for all the complaints I've had so far with the game!!

    So far that is... "So far" lol. :P

    Thanks for this... Sounds like an awesome event that I'll be taking part in for all 35 days (well, maybe not Christmas Day, so maybe 34 days! :D )

    EDIT:
    pwebranflakes wrote: »
    Here is a sneak peek at the Winter Jackets available at Q's Winter Wonderland this year: http://twitter.com/PWE_BranFlakes/status/276064338421379072/photo/1/large

    Cheers,

    Brandon =/\=

    I'm loving these Jackets!! They're like Pokemon... I gotta collect 'em all! :)
  • ltsmithltsmith Member Posts: 207 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    pwebranflakes wrote: »
    Systems Designer Jeremy "BorticusCryptic" Randall reveals details about the rewards you can earn this year at Q's Winter Wonderland in this entry of the Season 7 News Dev Blog series.


    Link to the blog.

    A breen ship that does not require lobi crystals or lockboxes Cryptic I love you... Happy Holidays. :)
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