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Dabo!

deaftravis05deaftravis05 Member Posts: 4,885 Arc User
edited September 2013 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Can we please increase the amount that we can bet? 100 credits, to get 100,000 credits bets, it takes awhile, you know, about 334 times to bet
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  • vocmcpvocmcp Member Posts: 1,134 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    you can also sell Lohlunat favors to the Ferengi vendor to get some latinum
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  • dareaudareau Member Posts: 2,390 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Ah, but there's an accolade based on betting X many credits at Dabo. Of course, like anything else in STO, having to bet 300+ times to hit that accolade is "grindy" - and he's trying to avoid said grind... ;)

    On that note, I don't think it's ever gonna happen... :(
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  • cgta1967cgta1967 Member Posts: 86 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    I can see it now:

    "Cryptic made me lose all of money, because they forced me to bet all the credits I have on Dabo ! I want a refund or I will call my lawyer !!! (insert random name and shame here for self-entitled emphasis) "

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  • deaftravis05deaftravis05 Member Posts: 4,885 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Oh grinding is fine, but could it be um... doubled? or say bet 250 credits, max, each slot?
  • deaftravis05deaftravis05 Member Posts: 4,885 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    took me an hour and a half to get the last 40 percent of 100,000 EC... seriously...
  • wotertoolwotertool Member Posts: 96 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Where can I play Dabo to get credits?
    The last time I played it only Gold pressed Latinum was available
  • lianthelialianthelia Member Posts: 7,897 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    deaftravis05 wrote: »
    Can we please increase the amount that we can bet? 100 credits, to get 100,000 credits bets, it takes awhile, you know, about 334 times to bet

    If I can win 202k Latinum in one spin...could you imagine how much...202 million latinum would be insane!
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  • deaftravis05deaftravis05 Member Posts: 4,885 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    It's called an accolade.
  • bberge1701bberge1701 Member Posts: 726 Bug Hunter
    edited August 2013
    I vaguely remember that at one time, the devs had talked about adding "high stakes" Dabo to the game. Apparently, that was so long ago I can't even find it on the wiki anymore.

    Do you get more latinum if you bet in latinum instead of credits?
  • deaftravis05deaftravis05 Member Posts: 4,885 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    I'm not asking for a factor of 10 increase but rather 2 or 3
  • megasilvermegasilver Member Posts: 61 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    cgta1967 wrote: »
    I can see it now:

    "Cryptic made me lose all of money, because they forced me to bet all the credits I have on Dabo ! I want a refund or I will call my lawyer !!! (insert random name and shame here for self-entitled emphasis) "

    .

    Your snarky comment aside, let me ask you a question. What's your solution?
  • cgta1967cgta1967 Member Posts: 86 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    you need to have a problem in order to propose a solution.

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  • solidneutroniumsolidneutronium Member Posts: 510 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    They wont increase it because there is not much merchandise in the latinum store. They can't have you buying up the whole store in just a few hours. So they limit your betting so it takes longer.
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  • megasilvermegasilver Member Posts: 61 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    solidneutronium wrote: »
    They wont increase it because there is not much merchandise in the latinum store. They can't have you buying up the whole store in just a few hours. So they limit your betting so it takes longer.

    Makes sense to me. The challenge seems better that way, anyway. The system as it is now with dabo is just fine the way it is; don't change anything.
  • noshufflenoshuffle Member Posts: 271 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    deaftravis05 wrote: »
    Can we please increase the amount that we can bet? 100 credits, to get 100,000 credits bets, it takes awhile, you know, about 334 times to bet

    Offering means of gambling to minors is forbidden, prohibited, illegal in the State Of California according their Gambling Laws. I don't think that only adults are playing this game ;)
    OK, if I have to stay here for a while, your cieling ... looks idious.:D
  • erei1erei1 Member Posts: 4,081 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    noshuffle wrote: »
    Offering means of gambling to minors is forbidden, prohibited, illegal in the State Of California according their Gambling Laws. I don't think that only adults are playing this game ;)
    Yeah, because betting 100ec or 1K ec in STO dabo makes a lot of difference....:rolleyes:

    It was asked several time, but I think the whole dabo thing have been forgotten by Cryptic.
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  • noshufflenoshuffle Member Posts: 271 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    erei1 wrote: »
    Yeah, because betting 100ec or 1K ec in STO dabo makes a lot of difference....:rolleyes:

    It was asked several time, but I think the whole dabo thing have been forgotten by Cryptic.

    You fail to get it. Even if it is for EC's, a virtual currency or token, it remains gambling, no matter how you look at it.
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  • jetwtfjetwtf Member Posts: 1,207
    edited August 2013
    bberge1701 wrote: »
    Do you get more latinum if you bet in latinum instead of credits?

    If you bet latinum you better hope for a 100k+ dabo otherwise you will quickly run out of latinum and have to bet EC to get more latinum. house always wins you know.

    I would be happy with 1k or 10k max bets.
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  • cgta1967cgta1967 Member Posts: 86 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    noshuffle wrote: »
    You fail to get it. Even if it is for EC's, a virtual currency or token, it remains gambling, no matter how you look at it.

    agreed.

    but there are obviously grey areas.....take lock boxes for example. :rolleyes:
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  • erei1erei1 Member Posts: 4,081 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    noshuffle wrote: »
    You fail to get it. Even if it is for EC's, a virtual currency or token, it remains gambling, no matter how you look at it.
    You fail to get what I said. I know about betting being forbidden, but we can already bet ingame with dabo. I don't see the difference between betting 100ec (as we already do), and betting 1000ec.
    I think it's allowed for Dabo, because the currency earned (latinum) can't be traded with other player. If we were able to gamble for EC, Dil or zen, it would be illegal.
    cgta1967 wrote: »
    agreed.

    but there are obviously grey areas.....take lock boxes for example. :rolleyes:
    Lockboxes are not gambling. You always win. Granted, it is usually a doff pack, but it's still something you won. I know you want the ship, but the law doesn't care about it. It's not about what you want,.
    Gambling mean you can either win something, or loose your bet. With lockbox, you always win something, like it or not.
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  • cgta1967cgta1967 Member Posts: 86 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    I'm willing to bet ( see? a pun !!) people aren't buying lockboxes for the common items .... :rolleyes:

    Fair carnies tout "everyone's a winner !" too ..... :)
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  • iceeaglexiceeaglex Member Posts: 375 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    cgta1967 wrote: »
    I'm willing to bet ( see? a pun !!) people aren't buying lockboxes for the common items .... :rolleyes:

    Yes you are. That's why its legal.
    You aren't gambling on a ship at all.

    You are BUYING Lobi. That is all you are doing. BUYING Lobi. No gambling.
    If there is something else in the box, that's just jelly.



    Also erie1 is correct. The amount doesn't matter for Dabo.
    A child can't walk into a casino and bet $100, and say "no its ok, it's not $1000 so i'm allowed".
    So if betting 100ec on Dabo is allowed, betting 1000ec is also allowed. The amount is irrelevant.
  • empireofsteveempireofsteve Member Posts: 665 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Wait until you have to get the accolade for 1 million latinum. You then get the title loaded.
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  • topsettopset Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    noshuffle wrote: »
    You fail to get it. Even if it is for EC's, a virtual currency or token, it remains gambling, no matter how you look at it.

    Hardly. Dabo in-game isn't gambling - it's a way of converting EC into GPL and it's by far the best source.
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  • deaftravis05deaftravis05 Member Posts: 4,885 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    it's a great way, but unless there's either a auto-bet in which you can toggle it to keep betting while you are there, or increase it a little bit, like 250 per slot rather than 100... it takes awhile...
  • azurianstarazurianstar Member Posts: 6,985 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    empireofsteve wrote: »
    Wait until you have to get the accolade for 1 million latinum. You then get the title loaded.

    Gawd, this is one of the top 10 accolades I hate the most, because of that boring grind 100 Latinum at a time. Even after 3 years, I still at 100,000. /facepalm

    They really do need to add high-stakes dabo somewhere, especially since they are putting Dabo tables everywhere they can these days.
  • annemarie30annemarie30 Member Posts: 2,698 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    noshuffle wrote: »
    You fail to get it. Even if it is for EC's, a virtual currency or token, it remains gambling, no matter how you look at it.

    can you actually lose? i think every time i have played i have won SOMETHING. even if it's 10 latinum, i won something so it's an exchange, not gambling
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  • corelogikcorelogik Member Posts: 1,039 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    annemarie30 wrote: »
    can you actually lose? i think every time i have played i have won SOMETHING. even if it's 10 latinum, i won something so it's an exchange, not gambling

    I think I've played one or two bets where I didn't win, but normally yes, you get some Latinum for playing, even if it's just a little bit.
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  • deaftravis05deaftravis05 Member Posts: 4,885 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    on occasion you can win nothing. but yeah, it's slow, can be on average, 30 dil per roll... 1 million divided by 30?
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