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amahood
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Greetings all,
I have a question, well I bought the original series costumes for 550 zen, and it's unlocked for all of my character slots that I have (which is really cool).
What I'm wondering is, if I decide to buy a ship with my zen, such as the "Dreadnought Cruiser",
will that ship then, (after I buy it), be unlocked for All my federation characters? and future slots for fed characters?
or just for one?
Also, if it is unlocked for every fed character, how do I get it for each one? obviously I go to earth space dock shipyard.
Yet I mean, will it be free then for each of my characters that reach level 50?
Please if someone could reply to me (maybe a few somebodies lol).
I have a question, well I bought the original series costumes for 550 zen, and it's unlocked for all of my character slots that I have (which is really cool).
What I'm wondering is, if I decide to buy a ship with my zen, such as the "Dreadnought Cruiser",
will that ship then, (after I buy it), be unlocked for All my federation characters? and future slots for fed characters?
or just for one?
Also, if it is unlocked for every fed character, how do I get it for each one? obviously I go to earth space dock shipyard.
Yet I mean, will it be free then for each of my characters that reach level 50?
Please if someone could reply to me (maybe a few somebodies lol).
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If you've bought one, it'll be listed as a possible purchase in the shipyard, but with a price tag of 0 zen. You just need to have an empty ship slot, and you're good to go.
ALRIGHT!!!
Cool! thanks!!! Just as I got your reply, I also found this post:
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=266452
which states the same thing!
Yaay!
Well now, this is definitly worth it now!
Guess what, I never use to be such a huge fan of star trek , but now, this game has made me a Trekkie for sure!
Live Long and Prosper!
The old series bundle you bought will be available for all future Fed characters as well. Just go to the zen store menu select the bundle and claim it.
thank you so much!
I think that deal kiks butt when its unlocked for all characters!
Well, time to go on an stf mission. Get some good borg tech.
can I buy a ship (e. g. star cruiser), that
requires the rank of a vice admiral for example, with zen, while being only a lieutenant commander?
When I buy a ship from the Zen store, it is account bound for all my captains or only for the Fed, KDF, Rom captain I'm logged into when I purchase the ship?
Did you even read the posts before this? They answered your question. When you buy a ship using Zen it unlocks that ship for ALL characters that are of the correct rank and faction, so you can claim it whenever you want, any number of times you want.
Anyone want to give me a Temporal Heavy Dreadnought pack? I'll be your friend
No not really. Westmetals said "...providing that they are of the proper faction and level to use the ship." That is the reason for the confusion and question.
If my Vulcan buys a Dyson ship, can my Klingon claim one too. If my KDF reman buys a ship can my fed romulan use it.
No need to be rude just because you misunderstood me.
Unfortunately, No you cannot, you must be the appropriate level to purchase a VA level ship. It doesn't matter if you have the necessary zen at a previous moment if you are not at a level where you are able to claim and use the ship on that particular character. But if you have the appropriate ranked character they could purchase and an alt can claim when they reach the appropriate level.
Its been that way as long as I can recall.
As I wish to understand this I need some clarification on the following. Please correct me if I am wrong.
I have joined a fleet with character "A" and character "B". If I purchase a Fleet Caitian Atrox Carrier with character "A". I would have access to this ship with both characters "A" & "B"? Also, I would also have access to the Caitian Atrox Carrier [non-fleet version] for every non-fleet Federation character I own currently or in the future?
I am really hoping this is true, and if so -- what happens if I upgrade the standard Caitian Atron Carrier to a T5-U ?
Thank you in advance whoever can point me to the answer.
No. Fleet ships are per character unlock only. If you buy the Fleet Atrox on Charatcer A, then only Character A will have a Fleet Atrox. You would need to buy another Fleet Atrox for Character B.
Yes. All C-store ships are account wide. So every Fed character you have can claim the non-fleet Atrox for no additional cost.
Once you upgrade a ship, it upgrades it for your account. So you only need to upgrade a ship once. It also upgrades the fleet version. You still have to buy a fleet ship on each character, but it will be free to upgrade to T5U once you buy it.
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To be as concise as possible with this:
Purchases made "purely" from the C-store (or a regular shipyard) are account level unlocks.
Purchases made from the fleet shipyards (aka require access to a shipyard level X and use up a fleet requisition) are character unlocks.
To put this into practice:
If Character A were to spend the FCs and the 4(5?) fleet modules to straight up procure a fleet Atrox, because said purchase uses a fleet requisition and requires access to the T5 shipyard, it is a character level unlock - and only accessible to Character A. Character B has not received access to anything with the name Atrox.
If either Character A or Character B were to buy the "standard" Atrox (whether from the C-store or any shipyard), since it is a non-fleet-requiring version, the purchase is an account level unlock. This way, both character(s) can visit a shipyard and access the ship. Also, ownership of the C-store version of any given ship grants a discount in the fleet yards, making procurement of the fleet version of the ship only a 1 module price (along with the normal FC and ship requisition)
Upgrade tokens (from T5 to T5U) are C-store purchases. Therefore, the benefit they apply are account level unlocks - even though not all character(s) may have access to said ship. To wit:
If you were to buy the C-store Atrox - unlocking it account wide so that A and B can fly it, but you only spend fleet credits and a fleet module on Character A, then upgrade that fleet version to T5U11 - Character A has the "fancy fleet Atrox" while Character B only has a "standard T5" Atrox. If Character B were to later purchase a Fleet Atrox, then he, too, would have the T5U11 version, instead of a plain fleet T5...
If you were to put an upgrade token on the regular Atrox, any Atrox you (re)claim from the shipyards will be of the T5U variety - but fleet versions would not be (unless you've already spent an upgrade token on one, somewhere...)
Hopefully this helps clarify it for you - the scenerios can get - confusing - but the underlying rules aren't "too" confusing as long as you understand the difference(s)...
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Thank you both for your quick and concise answers. I understand fully. Always unlock the account wide c-store versions and their upgrades BEFORE unlocking the character bound fleet versions.