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flash525flash525 Member Posts: 5,441 Arc User
Not for the next lock box ... as we all know what that's going to be (but we're not allowed to say, so shussh). ;)

But in the future, save running out of ideas (which they likely would do) what do people think, or how would people feel about a ship exchange lock box? What do I mean by this? Well, it would allow FED players to fly a KDF ship, and KDF players to fly a FED ship (I guess Republic players would get to fly the same type as ship as their alliance gets.

Yay or Nay?
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  • walshicuswalshicus Member Posts: 1,314 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Nay. More differentiation, not less!
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  • rahmkota19rahmkota19 Member Posts: 1,929 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    This might have been cool in one of the early lock boxes.
    But what would be the point right now?
    Its not like the factions don't look enough like each other.
    Just compare the ships.
    Except for the Bird of Prey line, every KDF ship has a Federation counterpart. One with the exact same playstyle.

    So I think I'm just gonna go with more differentiation, so I vote nope here.
  • flash525flash525 Member Posts: 5,441 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    rahmkota19 wrote: »
    Except for the Bird of Prey line, every KDF ship has a Federation counterpart. One with the exact same playstyle.
    You make a fair point.
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  • valenn1valenn1 Member Posts: 842 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Absolutely No!
    Beta, LTA, CE, Multiple preorder Versions, all Addon Packs except AoY, nearly all KDF/Rom and ~50% of all Fedships, over 25 LockboxShips, Endurer of Atari's "Year of Hell", but...
    unfortunately:

    NOT LOYAL ENOUGH!!!
  • hravikhravik Member Posts: 1,203 Arc User
    edited July 2014
  • eldarion79eldarion79 Member Posts: 1,679 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Federation Lock Box and/or KDF lock box
  • nazelnagnazelnag Member Posts: 230 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    but could have a lock box with multiple choise drop, like the multiple choice fleet marks/ reputation points. :)
  • lostusthornlostusthorn Member Posts: 844
    edited July 2014
    I could get behind a uniform token that lets you add one uniform from the other faction to your selection of possible uniforms.
  • lowy1lowy1 Member Posts: 964 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    I'd rather see a token allowing you to trade in a lock box ship for another. The only caveat is that those ships are bind on pick up. So people that have another ship or a JHAS or Voth, can't trade for a BOE version and sell it. Also, the token has to be as rare if not rarer than a lock box ship drop.

    Oh, also, if you swap a ship needed for a specific ship, you lose the unlock for the pet (IE JHAS gets traded in you lose the JHAS Frigate pet for the JHDC).
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  • bluegeekbluegeek Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    I can see the KDF being vehemently opposed to the idea.

    First of all, I don't think there are too many Fed ships they'd actually want to fly. Second of all, they are going to see this as yet another ploy to give BoP's to Feds.

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  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,572 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    flash525 wrote: »
    Not for the next lock box ... as we all know what that's going to be (but we're not allowed to say, so shussh). ;)

    We are not allowed to say Xindi?
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  • flash525flash525 Member Posts: 5,441 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    ltminns wrote: »
    We are not allowed to say Xindi?
    We can say Xindi, but I don't believe we're allowed to link them to you know what. Previous threads about the connection have been closed/deleted by the guys in blue.
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  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,572 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Well we will know soon enough as the Undine [REDACTED] will go away on July, 17th. It could be a Xindi [REDACTED] or it could be something totally unexpected.
    'But to be logical is not to be right', and 'nothing' on God's earth could ever 'make it' right!'
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  • valenn1valenn1 Member Posts: 842 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    ltminns wrote: »
    .... or it could be something totally unexpected.

    :eek: OMG it's a... [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
    Beta, LTA, CE, Multiple preorder Versions, all Addon Packs except AoY, nearly all KDF/Rom and ~50% of all Fedships, over 25 LockboxShips, Endurer of Atari's "Year of Hell", but...
    unfortunately:

    NOT LOYAL ENOUGH!!!
  • tenkaritenkari Member Posts: 2,906 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    devs said you'll never see a "Prime universe" Fed/KDF/Rom ship as the main reward.

    one might ask, "but what about the tal shiar shipos"? those arent main faction ships, if they had singularity cores, they would have been rom only.

    What about the mirror ships? well, they arent the main reward, and since they are faction specific, no breaking the rule.
  • kintishokintisho Member Posts: 1,040 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    So after reading this thread: No, they'd never do it (fr the op) but also I see this thread headed for a divide by 0 = crossing the event horizon of a [REDACTED] ie: black hole...
  • shpoksshpoks Member Posts: 6,967 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Congratulations OP, you managed to suggest a worse idea than the dinosaur mounts!
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  • angrytargangrytarg Member Posts: 11,008 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    shpoks wrote: »
    Congratulations OP, you managed to suggest a worse idea than the dinosaur mounts!

    I don't know. It looks to me as if it's perfectly in-line with Cryptics high quality standards :cool:
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  • rinksterrinkster Member Posts: 3,549 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Sorry OP, but its a bad idea.

    There are good reasons why we dont get to fly each others ships, except in very rare controlled circumstances.

    However, i could see a 'peace dividend' box.

    Grand prize would be a ship drawing on all three factions tech.
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  • somebobsomebob Member Posts: 556 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    I think if allowed, people would just use it for getting the like only two good 'attached to a ship' consoles in the game. :D
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  • sle1989sle1989 Member Posts: 552 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    I would support a Fed/KDF lockbox if the ships each faction got were from their own faction (Lore wise maybe they could be prototypes that never made it into mass production or something like that).
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  • flash525flash525 Member Posts: 5,441 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    shpoks wrote: »
    Congratulations OP, you managed to suggest a worse idea than the dinosaur mounts!
    rinkster wrote: »
    Sorry OP, but its a bad idea.
    It's cool guys. It was quite early when the idea came to me, and I just came here and shared it without thinking. I pretty much figured out by the 3rd reply (see 4th comment) that it wasn't one of my better ideas.

    I'll hold my hands up to this. :)
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  • bumperthumperbumperthumper Member Posts: 513 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    As far as "Tech Exchange" for lockboxes, I would pretty much only support the tech of fitting a universal console that only works on a specific ship to a different ship, as long as the player already owns the initial console ship. Free special event ones, some C-Store ones, some Lockbox ones.

    Enabling the ability of slapping a Subspace Wake or Soliton Wave Generator onto an already commissioned chosen ship of the captain, for instance.

    Some would obviously need to be kept in check, of course. There are reasons some ships have an inept nerf in order to allow the use of some special consoles. The D'Kora, for one, is an example of that.

    I understand this would take some digging to figure out which ones are non-gamebreaking, but I'd like to see it happen in the future.

    Cudos to the initial thought though, OP. Didn't mean to somewhat hijack.
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  • jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    I want a lockbox that drops a Star Destroyer.

    Or an X-Wing / Tie Fighter hanger pet.
  • r9xchaosr9xchaos Member Posts: 249
    edited July 2014
    Just make a pirate and civilists faction wich can use all ships ingame (( altered versions of all existing ships )).. pls
  • macroniusmacronius Member Posts: 2,526
    edited July 2014
    I predict Klingon Lockbox is coming right after the Borg and Iconian one. So I saw to Geko:

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  • captainzheicaptainzhei Member Posts: 203 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    It might be cool to have one "perverted" Mirror Ship.

    Federation: "Starfleet"ified B'Rel Bird of Prey (with Fed hull textures)
    Commander Tactical, Lt Commander Science, Lt Engineering, Lt Universal Ensign Tactical?

    Klingon Empire: "KDF"ified Constitution (with Klingon hull textures)
    Commander Engineering, Lt Commander Tactical, Lt Tactical, Lt Engineering, Ensign Science?

    Romulan Empire: Either or, with Romulan hull textures.
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  • ashkrik23ashkrik23 Member Posts: 10,809 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    valenn1 wrote: »
    Absolutely No!

    This. Stop trying to kill the few differences in factions that are left. No point since people can fly any faction they want if they learn to start playing all 3 an stop limiting themselves to 1 or 2/3rds of the game.
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  • generalmocogeneralmoco Member Posts: 1,634
    edited July 2014
    ooooh... no more lockboxes please... Instead of having those Lock Boxes ships, where you have to gamble... to even get something good... why not just take out the lock boxes, and make the ships only available for different Features Events... Like.... Summer Event, Winter Event... STO anniversary Event... etc etc... something else, besides those bloody lock boxes, aye mate?!?!
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