Can't believe I hit the jackpot in these scamboxes. Odds are like 1/120 or $300 us dollars! For a virtual ship on only one toon! I will sell it of course in a few weeks, with many characters I only by cstore ships. I know the feeling with the regular boxes as iI opened like 200 and have gotten mostly worthless stuff. So I was not expecting to get anything in my 7 promo boxes. Guess my lucky 7 had to come sometime.
But i did participate in the JHAS Romulan Duty Officer packs promo...
Took me 86 rom packs to get my bug.
No way was I going down that road again.
Cost me approx 20k in Zen for my JHAS.
(And with fleet T6 coming, the JHAS will be obsolete soon enough - if it isnt already)
So it's very lucky that you got one after 7 tries. Watch the exchange prices, and sell at a good price. Enjoy the ec. and know not many players will have the luck you did.
"Today was a good day to gamble...for you"
Bought 4. Sold them on the Exchange for the stupidly inflated price - over 9 mil EC each - that people are paying for them.
Usually after stuff comes out for a bit it goes down in price...nothing says Christmas like greed! (Not calling you greedy just seems kinds greedy this specific item keeps going up in price.)
Can't have a honest conversation because of a white knight with power
Boxes opened: 3000+ (Ive been on since launch) "grand prize" ships "won" 2
DOff promo packs opened over 100 - no bug ship
Promo crfting packs opened 20- no sheshar
so in the end odds are actual over 900:1
money spent = too much, rewards = very unsatisfactory but meh, I was gambling and have lost a lot.. such is to be expected
Problem is when you gamble with real money at a casino... you can win real money.
in STO you spend real money for Zen then gamble it away and get hope to "win" an item that does not exist in the real world and has zero real world value, it's all 1's and 0's in digital info.
Guess you could sell the ship for EC but your better off buying the keys and selling them instead.
Zero for me. The Sheshar is a great looking ship...glorious with the Haywire orbs around it.
I got burned with the lockboxes back in the day and said never again, so now I go for the sure thing and just buy it outright. Unfortunately, I have depleted my EC reserves buying other lockbox ships (I regret my S'golth now) and depleted my dilithium reserves on Black Friday when I got the Delta Ops Pack for $50 cash and the balance in ZEN. :cool:
So I'll let my stipend rebuild and maybe by the next time this rolls around I'll be able to afford some packs to sell and buy it with EC.
Delta Rising is the best expansion ever and the players love it! No, seriously! ...Why are you laughing so hard?
Can't believe I hit the jackpot in these scamboxes. Odds are like 1/120 or $300 us dollars! For a virtual ship on only one toon! I will sell it of course in a few weeks, with many characters I only by cstore ships. I know the feeling with the regular boxes as iI opened like 200 and have gotten mostly worthless stuff. So I was not expecting to get anything in my 7 promo boxes. Guess my lucky 7 had to come sometime.
So how many scamboxes have you opened so far?
I like how you call them "scamboxes" but then continue to open them. That's a nice touch.
save your energy save yourselves do not approach earth!
The orbiting lockbox will drain your power!
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Saphire.. Science ground......Ko'el Romulan space Tac
Leva........Tactical ground.....Koj Romulan space Eng
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I keep hoarding my zen/dil. Probably for the next over hyped Cstore ship.
But i did participate in the JHAS Romulan Duty Officer packs promo...
Took me 86 rom packs to get my bug.
No way was I going down that road again.
Cost me approx 20k in Zen for my JHAS.
(And with fleet T6 coming, the JHAS will be obsolete soon enough - if it isnt already)
So it's very lucky that you got one after 7 tries. Watch the exchange prices, and sell at a good price. Enjoy the ec. and know not many players will have the luck you did.
"Today was a good day to gamble...for you"
Free Tibet!
DOff promo packs opened over 100 - no bug ship
Promo crfting packs opened 20- no sheshar
so in the end odds are actual over 900:1
money spent = too much, rewards = very unsatisfactory but meh, I was gambling and have lost a lot.. such is to be expected
I won't be buying any R&D packs.
For that money you can get your own MMO
cash gaming budget currently being spent elsewhere and I'm not going to farm the amount of EC needed to buy them either
Usually after stuff comes out for a bit it goes down in price...nothing says Christmas like greed! (Not calling you greedy just seems kinds greedy this specific item keeps going up in price.)
... might have bought some Doffs (Promo Pack) but R&D Materials ... no thank you ...
Problem is when you gamble with real money at a casino... you can win real money.
in STO you spend real money for Zen then gamble it away and get hope to "win" an item that does not exist in the real world and has zero real world value, it's all 1's and 0's in digital info.
Guess you could sell the ship for EC but your better off buying the keys and selling them instead.
Waiting for the R&D weekend coming around New Year's, which will possibly offer extra mats PLUS the promo lottery.
And I will buy 4. Because I need the mats. We'll see about the ship, but I ain't chasing it.
I got burned with the lockboxes back in the day and said never again, so now I go for the sure thing and just buy it outright. Unfortunately, I have depleted my EC reserves buying other lockbox ships (I regret my S'golth now) and depleted my dilithium reserves on Black Friday when I got the Delta Ops Pack for $50 cash and the balance in ZEN. :cool:
So I'll let my stipend rebuild and maybe by the next time this rolls around I'll be able to afford some packs to sell and buy it with EC.
I like how you call them "scamboxes" but then continue to open them. That's a nice touch.
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save your energy save yourselves do not approach earth!
The orbiting lockbox will drain your power!
Saphire.. Science ground......Ko'el Romulan space Tac
Leva........Tactical ground.....Koj Romulan space Eng
JJ-Verse will never be Canon or considered Lore...It will always be JJ-Verse
I'm not spending money even on C-Store ships, why would I guaranteed loss it away on promo packs?
Yes they are.
And to the OP, I only opened four myself, but a dear friend of mine opened 171 boxes and dropped the ship on number 172.
"If this will be our end, then I will have them make SUCH an end as to be worthy of rememberance! Out of torpedos you say?! Find me the ferengi!".