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lifetime sub open lockbox for free
jim625
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I'm sure there many other threads that have already done this but I really think that Cryptic should let lifetime subcribers like myself should open the lockbox for free if DC UNIVERSE ONLINE can open lockbox for free then why not STO I really don't want to gkeep wasting my money zen so that I can get a key. I want to be able to buy other stuff like service items, ships and dill for the fleet and reputation system
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Someone like you would just keep opening boxes, and then sell them on exchange for EC. That would be the end of the game, more or less. Everyone flying around in Jem'Hadar fighters...boring.
I'm surprised this question was even posted.
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People pay for that in DCUO. There are barely any lifetimers there. They can't slap $300 down anymore and call it a day. They are still making money off those boxes from subscribers. Not to mention the DCUO lockboxes spawn very little.
Well if cryptic let us lifetime subs open boxes for free this game would start hemroging money and ultimately bleed out becoming a shallow husk of what it once was we get enough cool stuff as is not to mention fleet variants of the LTS ships come the next season just because something works for one game does not mean that it will for another :P
If you want to open lock boxes "for free" the option is available.
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I'll take your suggestion, and raise you one (better):
Provide Lifetimers with a monthly "Boost" which are automatically awarded on the 1st of each month. These boots would be either Commendation XP boost, Skill Point boost, pack of lockbox keys (10 sounds reasonable) etc.
Provide Gold players (monthly subs) with similar boosts, but less quantity (5 keys instead).
This would be a similar approach to how games like TERA handle their subscription "perks". These perks expire when your subscription ends. Lifetimers would always have these perks.
Thoughts?
Say 5 keys a week or something
That way lifetimers can have free lockboxes, and cryptic doesn't go down the toilet
I'd like free booze and TRIBBLE women, should they provide that also?
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Lockboxes are a good source of revenue for Cryptic... which has helped, or allowed, them to create new stuffs (LoR, upcoming Dino's with Freaking Laser Beams). This would be a HORRIBLE business decision... I'd seriously question someones sanity.
I'm a lifer, and let me tell you... It has more than paid for itself. Several times over...
Just because we have a lifetime subscription doesn't entitle us to free everything. We paid a bulk amount, and are awarded with free stuff ... a monthly stipend... better login queues, and on and on...
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Now I would like to see keys that cost say 20-35% more that gave a substantial higher likelihood of the best drops. I would be willing to part with more zen for a much better chance to get something super shiny.
First of all DCUO has a drop limitation if you manage to get 1 box per day then you are made of luck unlike STO where they drop like candy and even given away in stacks of 20 for few dilithium.
Seondly, there is nothing worth hundreds of millions inside the DCUO boxes.
and last but not least, everthing inside the DCUO lockboxes that has even the slightest use is BoP.
What I WOULD like to see tho is at least some kind of failsafe, like the game could keep track of how many lockboxes you open and after a few hundred or something should be guaranteed to get at least ONE stinkin prize ship. I have opened hundreds upon hundredss over the last several years of playing this, and have NEVER gotten a prize ship except for some worthless mirror ones, NOT ONE, and then I hear about people getting the grand prize ship on their very first box, or see the messages on screen of people getting several right in a row, that is completely unfair. If it wasn't for Lobi I would NEVER open another box
More reasonable. This might have some chance of being implemented.
Well you could just sell the keys or doff packs and buy the ship off the exchange that is a fail safe in aways if you must have the lock box ship. I can understand the frustration, everyone must decide their own limit typically I'll open 20+ of a new lock box just for kicks then buy what I like off the exchange from box drops in a couple of days after the newness wears off.
each month you can claim one of the BoP boxes.
Each box rewards twice the prizes of a standard lock box, and the odds are twice as good.
these boxes pull from the loot tables of all lockboxes.
you can only open 1 every 15 days. and are only given one a month.
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Zen purchases to open lock boxes is what is supporting this game. There are people that spend a few hundred to a thousand a month in this game to open lock boxes. BEFORE anyone says " What a waste of money on pixels". This is a game, and anyone can spend their money on what they choose.
I listed below what I got when I purchased my lifetime sub, no more, no less.
I honestly believe this has been popping up as of late due to the crunch of the free flowing EC in the game. (For some people). Prices on some items are higher then they used to be, but still the same number are available.
I see people selling Fleet Marks, dilithium even access to lobi and fleets.
If you are having an EC problem and your first thought is to post "I want this free" then playing the game, to me it suggests you are not playing the game right.
I bought my lifetime sub when it was for sale. The following is what I paid for:
No subscription fee: Play without a monthly fee forever!
The Liberated Borg character species: Play as an escaped member of the Hivemind.
The Captain's Table - A special area restricted to lifetime subscribers and longtime STO veterans.
Exclusive costume option - An insignia available only to lifetime subscribers. Just visit a tailor in-game to add it to your current captain.
"Career Officer" title - Show off that you're committed to Starfleet, the KDF, or the Romulan Republic for the duration.
Forum goodies - Change the color of your username and show off a special title.
(NEW!) Instant access to all Veteran Rewards!
Why does this continue?
Lifer myself. I cannot see any point to why we should get more. You bought a subscription with the perks that followed. Why is that, not enough for you now?
Stop asking for more free items, and especially those items that are Cash Cows for Cryptic/PWE. Lifer... you bought it with the perks. Play with those perks... Then see if they are willing to add to that on their own accord.
I would like to see something like maybe a discount on the keys, but the monthly stipend pretty much amounts to this anyway.
The "skeleton key" idea intrigues me, though. A permanent item that would unlock one lockbox, then go on a 30 day cooldown, or something like that, could be a nice perk.
Keep calm, and continue firing photon torpedoes.
I like the idea of maybe being able to open one every day though, maybe as a 1000 day reward?
No. Your fun makes everyone else's fun wrong by default.
Lifers get a freeby over top of what gold (monthlys) get for your loyalty.. I am gold over 759 days (.67) so I didnt get my last stipend.. just havent had the extra cash for a LTS for sad.. I also think that you vet reward marker (100/200/300 day etc) should = a % off the standard LTS sub (100 day = 10%) so someone like me who has sunk more than an LTS in cash could maybe get LTS cheap later (Ive paid about $375.00 in subs alone.. so why cant I get a break on something that would have cost less if I had it in bulk??)
so for me at a 700 day vet (70% discount) = LTS @ $90.00 Im still getting robbed but I could at least possibly afford it or maybe have more reason to push to 800 day and pay the balance...