RE: Lockbox Rerun (Until April 22nd 2014)

robdmc · April 2014

There is the lock box rerun. And there is no article or thread on it.

Edit:
http://i.imgur.com/7pqW9bq.png

grazyc2 · April 2014

robdmc wrote: »

There is the lock box rerun. And there is no article or thread on it.

Lockbox Rerun ???

Why the heck they want to do a rerun, you can buy every lock box on exchange and open it, if you have enough lobi's you can buy everything from the lobi store.

I don't see a point why they would do that ??

robdmc · April 2014

I know you can buy them on the exchange but you can also get the past ones running missions instead of buy them.

What would be nice is if the community team would communicate this information like dates.

angrybear32 · April 2014

because the devs at cryptic have no idea what they're doing.

Just like they said s9 would help reduce power creep.
2 fleet members made a youtube vid of them doing kage (on tribble) with just the 2 of them.
Beating their old record, doing more dps then before, sending it forward to cryptic, and still they denied it.

Now they let old boxes come back again.. for what reason?
I guess everything has to be uniform or something, with prices Always staying the same, nobody ever having anything special cause oh dear new players might get upset they dont get the goodies alot got before.

This game simply doesnt reward playing over the years.

starkaos · April 2014

I think they always do a lockbox rerun before releasing the next lockbox. Since they seem to usually introduce a new lockbox when a new Season hits and the lockbox usually deals with a major enemy that is introduced for the new Season, then April 22 will introduce the Undine Lockbox with Season 9. Also, there is a good chance that the Undine Lockbox will include Kit Modules.

lhoygow · April 2014

Looking at the rewards offered by the different lockboxes, I would like to see a weapon box added to the Ferengi and Cardi lockboxes. Spiral Wave Disruptors to the cardi boxes and Ferengi phasers (which are described as a forced plasma beam, no idea what that would be damage wise but perhaps a phased plasma beam would be in order) to the Ferengi boxes. And how about getting rid of the phased polarons and replacing them with dominion polarons for the jem hadar boxes? Just saying.

robdmc · April 2014

yup they finally have a thread on it.

http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1082171

shadowwraith77 · April 2014

There is nothing wrong with a lockbox re-run, they tend to do it so it keeps older lockboxes in circulation enough for those looking to get what they have to offer up, and without paying for them from the store or exchange, I mean these are money makers for them so why wouldn't they? Plus it gives some people a reason to run already done content, just to obtain them for the purpose of selling or using them.

adorenko · April 2014

I was playing last night and had a Ferengi Lockbox drop off some mob. Did they just change the lockboxes that drop now?

phalanx01 · April 2014

adorenko wrote: »

I was playing last night and had a Ferengi Lockbox drop off some mob. Did they just change the lockboxes that drop now?

Nah it's another lockbox event just before the new lockbox launches. Think it's 'till the 22nd that it lasts. You'll pretty much get random lockbox drops now, not just Ferengi but all of the previous ones.

antoniosalieri · April 2014

Yes the Hirogen box is being end of lifed.

So as per usual they will be running the standard drop every box promo until it is done on the 22nd.

thecosmic1 · April 2014

From the Dev Blog:

And so, from now until Tuesday, April 22, 2014, players will once again be able to find previously-retired Lock Boxes dropping while playing content in Star Trek Online. This includes the Cardassian Lock Box, Ferengi Lock Box, Tholian Lock Box, Temporal Lock Box, Dominion Lock Box, Tal Shiar Lock Box and Elachi Lock Box, Voth Lock Box in addition to the currently-active Hirogen Lock Box.

adorenko · April 2014

thanks for that link. Maybe I can sell some Hirogen LB on exchange for some money now.

tenkari · April 2014

adorenko wrote: »

thanks for that link. Maybe I can sell some Hirogen LB on exchange for some money now.

hirogen lb's wont be worth money until AFTER the boxes stop dropping at all and supply dwindles. in fact, with LB events, prices on all lockboxes go down.

royalsovereign · April 2014

I'd guess lockbox prices probably 'peak' (and I use that term very gingerly) about a month before the next lockbox is introduced. Not that I expect anyone to really be Jonesin' for the Hirogen box - just didn't seem that well received to me...

jaguarskx · April 2014

Yeah, Hirogen lockboxes will not become "valuable" until supplies starts dwindling. I got a Ferengi lockbox which I decided to keep just in case I feel like opening it later... or if I decide to discard it.

I checked the value of 'em on the Exchange and they were selling for 7k ECs. Though there was one selling for only 10 ECs so that must have been recently listed on the Exchange. However, the price of the lockbox is a drop in the bucket compared to buying a Master Key on the Exchange.

When I first stated playing STO at the end of January 2014, keys were generally selling for 1.9 mill - 1.95 mil ECs. The prices shot up to around 2.5 mil ECs a few weeks ago. I check the price of key over the weekend and I saw one listed for 2 mill ECs, I immediately clicked on it to buy it, but it was already gone. The other keys were selling for 2.5 mil ECs.

I originally bought keys to stay under the 10 mil EC cap, but I decided to pay the 425 Zen (500 Zen and 15% discount) to remove the cap. Now I simply collect them if I can buy 'em for a reasonable price.

gonalius · April 2014

I would quite like lootbox drops if the stack size were considerably higher. (Thinking of Neverwinter here where they stack up to 999). As it stands, they are binned as soon as they appear.

noblet · April 2014

They should buff contents of the early lockboxes against the post-powercreep post-box-fatigue lockboxes.;)

omegasprime · April 2014

I had not played any replayed missions for a long time, especially since I had stop playing for a while since the third year anniversary because of me being unhappy with the the game and being new father of twin boys. I recently decided to play again. Well, the other day I wanted to see if the changed anything with replay missions rewards. To my surprise you can choose a lock box as an award. I have to say that is the dumbest thing I have seen Cryptic do other than the reputation revamp. I would have thought that a box of dilithium or a box with your choice of marks might of been an option, but never would I have guessed a lock box would ever be an option. Don't we get enough of the those stupid lock boxes through out each mission. I average 3 lock box per mission.

neoakiraii · April 2014

They always do this between seasons, this is not new.

I also love how your boys are the 2nd reason you're not playing and not the first., or the only.

omegasprime · April 2014

neoakiraii wrote: »

They always do this between seasons, this is not new.

I also love how your boys are the 2nd reason you're not playing and not the first., or the only.

When they sleep is when I game. When they are up I am being pulled into two different directions.

damix4 · April 2014

Choice of lock box as reward is nothing new, it is optional so there shouldn't be any problem here.

vhiranikos · April 2014

omegasprime wrote: »

When they sleep is when I game. When they are up I am being pulled into two different directions.

Sad and true.

revandarklighter · April 2014

omegasprime wrote: »

I had not played any replayed missions for a long time, especially since I had stop playing for a while since the third year anniversary because of me being unhappy with the the game and being new father of twin boys. I recently decided to play again. Well, the other day I wanted to see if the changed anything with replay missions rewards. To my surprise you can choose a lock box as an award. I have to say that is the dumbest thing I have seen Cryptic do other than the reputation revamp. I would have thought that a box of dilithium or a box with your choice of marks might of been an option, but never would I have guessed a lock box would ever be an option. Don't we get enough of the those stupid lock boxes through out each mission. I average 3 lock box per mission.

Grats to your twins.

Mark and Dillithium packages as reward for replay is something I try to promote... well since marks and Dillithium are around^^

The lockboxes... well yes they are worthless... BUT.... If you wait for some time you can sell old lockboxes for a quiet good price in exchange.

razar2380 · April 2014

neoakiraii wrote: »

They always do this between seasons, this is not new.

Actually, the replay missions that have a choice to get lock boxes has been in the game since before I started playing in July of last year, and remain an option in those missions all the time. Not just between seasons.

In response to the OP, I know of some friends that replay the easy missions that reward them so that they have enough to open. They cannot play long, and will pickup about 2-3 in those missions, then an extra one at the end. And some missions can be done solo in about 5-10 min. All they are doing is farming for the boxes.

For ones like them, they are helpful. However, as for most of the players, it would be more helpful to be able to choose between Dil, or choice of marks. Personally, I would love to have a way to efficiently get Romulan marks besides just running TD Sector Patrol.

futurepastnow · April 2014

For almost as long as there have been lockboxes, one of the replay rewards has been a lockbox. Just pick a different reward? Is that too hard?

ashkrik23 · April 2014

futurepastnow wrote: »

For almost as long as there have been lockboxes, one of the replay rewards has been a lockbox. Just pick a different reward? Is that too hard?

Obviously choices are evil!!!1

realisticalty · April 2014

Did I miss the announcement? All I saw in the GNN forum was an announcement that the Hirogen Lock Box Promotion ended Tuesday.

Anyone got a link?

askray · April 2014

I've merged a bunch of threads all about the lock box re-run, and renamed the title so people should know it's going on (besides it being in a dev blog).

edgecrysger · April 2014

I dont get it. This "re-run" happens every time between seasons and promotions. Whats the deal now?

RE: Lockbox Rerun (Until April 22nd 2014)

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