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Whats the point of GPL in STO?

caio492caio492 Member Posts: 79 Arc User
edited March 2013 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
In the tv shows , gold pressed latinum were highly quoted but in STO the only function that I've seen of it is buy holo-emitters

Is there any other use of it?
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  • scififan78scififan78 Member Posts: 1,383 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Unfortunately no, there is no other use for it. A real shame too.
  • mandoknight89mandoknight89 Member Posts: 1,687 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    GPL is basically only for vanity items (including the Romulan/Reman Entourages), though a small amount is needed if you want to run the Doff missions for the chance to get the Orion or Vulcan Entertainment Holograms.
  • azurianstarazurianstar Member Posts: 6,985 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    caio492 wrote: »
    In the tv shows , gold pressed latinum were highly quoted but in STO the only function that I've seen of it is buy holo-emitters

    Is there any other use of it?

    Before F2P, GPL was supposed to be used for interesting stuff. But that fell through. Aside from buying Trophies and Holoemitters, the only thing left that GPL is good for is some DOFF trade missions (like buying Contraband).


    Since F2P, Cryptic said they were going to add stuff to the GPL store, but that's been a while. So I have no idea if they are still thinking it or just going to leave well enough alone.
  • thenumber55thenumber55 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    azurianstar wrote: »
    Before F2P, GPL was supposed to be used for interesting stuff. But that fell through. Aside from buying Trophies and Holoemitters, the only thing left that GPL is good for is some DOFF trade missions (like buying Contraband).


    Since F2P, Cryptic said they were going to add stuff to the GPL store, but that's been a while. So I have no idea if they are still thinking it or just going to leave well enough alone.


    In december that added all the personal holo-emitters to the store
  • azurianstarazurianstar Member Posts: 6,985 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    thenumber55 wrote: »
    In december that added all the personal holo-emitters to the store

    I know, that's why I said "Holoemitters". They said they were going to add more items than that.
  • the1tiggletthe1tigglet Member Posts: 1,421 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    caio492 wrote: »
    In the tv shows , gold pressed latinum were highly quoted but in STO the only function that I've seen of it is buy holo-emitters

    Is there any other use of it?

    It is sad that I can't use this currency to get anything. Whatever happened to being able to buy whole ships, colonies, or entire moons for this currency? Why couldn't we buy a moon and mine it for the fleet or our own portion of the dilithium we find there?

    I'd also love to see a recipe system installed where one can purchase recipes for different types of systems enhancements to ships and to personal gear. Including the ability to replicate certain items without the use of an idiot Doff mission. When i say idiot I'm not talking about anyone but the Doffs themselves. How hard is it for Biochemists to ask the computer to replicate large hypos? Really? why is this even a problem?

    Anyway would love some replicator recipes to be available from the GPL vendor, would love for holodeck memory files to be available for holodecks, they are just sitting there taking up space. And I would love for recipes for kits, so that people can actually customize the kits they use and I don't care about pvp I care about pve, if they are worried about pvp have them make it unequip these customizable kits from the toon when you enter a pvp zone so there's no issue.

    The other thing they could do with it is allow it to buy the craft recipe items, like the materials for making anythig instead of dilithium being the only currency that does that.
  • chalpenchalpen Member Posts: 2,207 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    The point of gpl is to show everyone what it is like to drop the ball.

    When new Star Trek fans start playing the game and see all these currencies and get confused the one currency they can trace back to Star Trek is gold platted latinum and how useless it is.
    Should I start posting again after all this time?
  • chikahirochikahiro Member Posts: 35 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I use it primarily for the Ferengi Trader DOFF that I can do in my D'Kora, and some trading DOFFs. I wish I could find that GPL for Contraband DOFF more often, since Contraband is pretty much the cornerstone of my whole moneymaking strategy.
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  • zachverantzachverant Member Posts: 111 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Maybe we can buy Risa Beach Wear with our stash of gpl...ohhh wait...there isnt any Risa Beach Wear...:mad:
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  • tsurutafan01tsurutafan01 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Funny thing is I don't even mind Dabo (though the odds are ridiculously bad).

    Once again... waste space in game. Really need to finish things they start.

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  • grouchyotakugrouchyotaku Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    mandoknight89 wrote: »
    GPL is basically only for vanity items (including the Romulan/Reman Entourages), though a small amount is needed if you want to run the Doff missions for the chance to get the Orion or Vulcan Entertainment Holograms.
    GPL is also needed for 'Haggle for Rare Commodities' Doff assignments.

    The rare commodity Jevonite and Shape Shape Shifting Lockets are required for the 'Negotiate Delivery of Rare Commodities' assignment that rewards the 'Strange Alien Artifact' used for MK XII console crafting. Check the price for this on the Exchange to see how valued this item is...
  • tsurutafan01tsurutafan01 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    GPL is not required for the gamma quadrant missions. Those are EC.

    There may also be GPL versions of those, but if so they are much rarer.

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  • derekslidederekslide Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    GPL needs to be made useful... maybe an input in a ferengi rep system?
  • f9thaceshighf9thaceshigh Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    the usual dev response is that GPL items are supposed to be cosmetic, because otherwise it might not be fair for people who have bad luck at the wheel. I don't know how that fits in with lockboxes though.
  • ursusmorologusursusmorologus Member Posts: 5,328 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Honestly all the Lobi stuff should have been GPL. They could have rolled the holoemitters into the Lobi [GPL] system and nobody would have cared
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  • twg042370twg042370 Member Posts: 2,312 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    ursusmorologus wrote: »
    Honestly all the Lobi stuff should have been GPL. They could have rolled the holoemitters into the Lobi [GPL] system and nobody would have cared

    Quoting for truth. Especially since Lobi was a valueless nothing in the show.
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  • wraithshadow13wraithshadow13 Member Posts: 1,728 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    The funny thing is that per Canon, Gold Pressed Latinum is a huge commodity and Lobi Crystals are completely worthless, so why it is in game as the exact opposite is beyond me. Frankly i wish Cryptic would keep to their word on things like this as well as finish what they start instead of just abandoning things two or three months after.
  • maxvitormaxvitor Member Posts: 2,213 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    f9thaceshigh wrote: »
    the usual dev response is that GPL items are supposed to be cosmetic, because otherwise it might not be fair for people who have bad luck at the wheel. I don't know how that fits in with lockboxes though.
    It's interesting how their perspective on gambling changes when real money is involved.
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  • purvee1purvee1 Member Posts: 360 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    f9thaceshigh wrote: »
    the usual dev response is that GPL items are supposed to be cosmetic, because otherwise it might not be fair for people who have bad luck at the wheel. I don't know how that fits in with lockboxes though.

    Ammount of Dabo I've done? The Required one time through with each of my builds! Yet I'm sittingo n something like 200-300K GPL. The fact I can't give you an exact number is a pretty good indicator of how worthless it is.

    I'm fine with cosmetic items only though. What annoys me is the fact its of a limited life span, and so is worthless.
    So yeah a few more items that don't expire.

    Wasn't there a thread from the Dev's asking for ideas on that? Then most of the suggestions appeared in the Lobi store.
  • superherofansuperherofan Member Posts: 342 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Yes, there was a dev thread asking about what to put in a GPL store with a ton of ideas and then boom, the lobi store makes its introduction and gpl barely gets any upgrade since. Not one of the dev's finest moments IMO.
  • maxvitormaxvitor Member Posts: 2,213 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I wouldn't mind if there was a way to get lobi other than lock boxes, sure they had a few rare drops hidden in missions during an event but that's it. As for GPL, it's pretty much the most useless currency in the game.
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  • theanothernametheanothername Member Posts: 1,512 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    superherofan wrote: »
    Yes, there was a dev thread asking about what to put in a GPL store with a ton of ideas and then boom, the lobi store makes its introduction and gpl barely gets any upgrade since. Not one of the dev's finest moments IMO.

    I remember that and posted ideas in it. Its not just that at some point after this thread the lobi store came to live; a good chuck of ideas the enthusiastic fans gave for the GPL store went into the lobi store. Teached to hard way to not spend too much brain matter on dev requests like that unless you are ready to get your ideas violated.

    But to the matter of GPL/lobi. The most sane way to get it more to the canon side without rewriting the whole system IMO would be to rename current GPL to GPL-Slips & change Lobi to GPL-Bars -> Lobi goes the way of the dinosaur (extinct; not Voth).
  • thisisoverlordthisisoverlord Member Posts: 949 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    superherofan wrote: »
    Yes, there was a dev thread asking about what to put in a GPL store with a ton of ideas and then boom, the lobi store makes its introduction and gpl barely gets any upgrade since. Not one of the dev's finest moments IMO.

    The old bait and switch, canvas what people would love to be able to get with free in-game currency... use results to put most wanted items into $$$ Currency...

    Say what you want about Cryptic they but know how to take obsessive Star Trek fans and milk them for all they are worth.
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