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Champions Online something that maybe should come to STO.

rosetyler51rosetyler51 Member Posts: 1,631 Arc User
edited May 2014 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
And I'm not talking about emote packs (which should be back in the c-store)

Lockbox bonus cards

So looking this over what do you think? Do you want to see this in STO? What do you want to see on the STO bonus lockbox bonus card?
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  • mightybobcncmightybobcnc Member Posts: 3,354 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Passives? :p
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  • puttenhamputtenham Member Posts: 1,052 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    no... the lockboxes already have enough, not to mention the lobi store. we have enough reasons to open it, and you don't want to further alienate the players who do not wish to open them.. (remember, not every player who hates lockboxes is trying to be a freeper. some do not like the idea of them, so they simply do not ever open them. they spend their money on stuff they want to spend money on.)

    gating more of the game through lockboxes is a stupid idea.
  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    rosetyler51 wrote: »
    And I'm not talking about emote packs (which should be back in the c-store)

    Lockbox bonus cards

    So looking this over what do you think? Do you want to see this in STO? What do you want to see on the STO bonus lockbox bonus card?

    I want a "Make It Rain" emote that you get from the lockbox bonus cards. That way I can go through the Exchange on ESD and drop energy credits in everybody's inventory.

    It'd be like a disco ball. Only people would get free money from me. Little energy credits flying out of the palm of my hand.

    Example.

    And another example.

    /em makeitrain

    Iconians makes it rain!
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  • jslynjslyn Member Posts: 1,788 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    iconians wrote: »
    I want a "Make It Rain" emote that you get from the lockbox bonus cards. That way I can go through the Exchange on ESD and drop energy credits in everybody's inventory.

    It'd be like a disco ball. Only people would get free money from me. Little energy credits flying out of the palm of my hand.

    Example.

    /em makeitrain

    Iconians makes it rain!



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  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    jslyn wrote: »
    You, sir, just want all of those cute little cartoony girls following you around all day. For shame.

    Now, if you will excuse me, my Nyssa is looking up your address to stalk you all proper-like.

    Wouldn't be the first person in the game to look for Iconians. In fact I think that's what the latest FE's are all about. :D
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  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    I must be dense today, but I don't get the concept yet.

    It doesn't help that the pictures in the blog entry don't show.

    But
    Are you excited to get even more for opening Lockboxes?
    just doesn't sound good to me.
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  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Dollar, dollar bills y'all.
  • warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Just like the rep system, what the lockbox system really needs is missions where some that stuff is actually necessary. Challenges that can be overcome by having certain items and/or abilities, rather than a flat plain of easy you can fly over using whatever.
  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    warpangel wrote: »
    Just like the rep system, what the lockbox system really needs is missions where some that stuff is actually necessary. Challenges that can be overcome by having certain items and/or abilities, rather than a flat plain of easy you can fly over using whatever.

    No offense, but that is a horrible idea.
  • tilartatilarta Member Posts: 1,801 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    I became aware of this shortly after it went live.

    And my first thought was, no, don't bring this to STO!
    My second thought was they're going to bring it it STO anyway!

    Due to the incredibly low reward from the boxes, I regard them as unpleasant at best.
    I open them for lobi and that's the level of my interest, since I am painfully aware the chances of getting a ship, high amounts of lobi or something else really useful are so low as to be a form of taunting.

    So I'm not a fan of bringing them even more into the spotlight with something like this.
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  • docducksdocducks Member Posts: 50 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Bring some of the outfits, npcs from neverwinter, maybe there is some medieval era society's out there?
  • revandarklighterrevandarklighter Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    puttenham wrote: »
    no... the lockboxes already have enough, not to mention the lobi store. we have enough reasons to open it, and you don't want to further alienate the players who do not wish to open them.. (remember, not every player who hates lockboxes is trying to be a freeper. some do not like the idea of them, so they simply do not ever open them. they spend their money on stuff they want to spend money on.)

    gating more of the game through lockboxes is a stupid idea.

    This. Exactly.
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  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    God no...

    I'd rather see the JJ-Verse Enterprise in STO... As T5... With a battle cloak...
    Don't look silly... Don't call it the "Z-Store/Zen Store"...
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  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    docducks wrote: »
    Bring some of the outfits, npcs from neverwinter, maybe there is some medieval era society's out there?

    With all the "magic" in STO, it plays more like Spelljammer than Star Trek anyway...
  • feiqafeiqa Member Posts: 2,410 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    So to incentivize the boxes, you make it so that if you open a Ferengi, Cardassian, and then Dominion box in order. You would also automatically get say one piece of a cardassian uniform?

    IE. Boots, pants, gloves, jacket, etc?

    Say the next set has some of the improved Tal shiar pieces, etc?

    I see no real down side. The boxes are in game. The uniform pieces probably there too.It opens new options for people willing to do a little work for it and it would encourage more key use for Cryptic.

    Those that do not approve of the boxes don't participate and thus did no work so, no gain.

    Simple.

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  • sunfranckssunfrancks Member Posts: 3,925 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    For me, there is nothing Cryptic can do to get me to buy chances at something out of a scam box.

    Nope, nada..
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  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    virusdancer wrote: »
    With all the "magic" in STO, it plays more like Spelljammer than Star Trek anyway...

    Relatedly, I would do bad things for a Spelljammer MMO.
  • lan451lan451 Member Posts: 3,386 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    valoreah wrote: »
    No thanks. STO is bad enough as it is with the lockboxes IMO. These look to be a desperate attempt to get people to fork over cash for a dying game to me.

    That's exactly what is. CO gets no new missions, no new powers, no new zones or areas, nothing of any substance. They get maybe a handful of costumes and lockboxes with vehicles in them. This is just an attempt to get people to spend a little more on a game that gets next to nothing new.
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  • kirksplatkirksplat Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    It looks desperate and it is.
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