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Announcing the Year Of Hell Lock Box!

pwlaughingtrendypwlaughingtrendy Member Posts: 2,966 Arc User
edited July 2015 in Galactic News Network [PC]
In the wake of the damages caused by the Vaadwaur onslaught in the Delta Quadrant, a new coalition has risen from the ashes of once-great civilizations such as the Krenim.

Read more about it here: http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9449143

~LaughingTrendy

(Also, I have nicknamed this the Beagle Box)
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  • divvydenddivvydend Member Posts: 131 Arc User
    edited July 2015
    first in :)
    Nice rewards from the much anticipated Krenim "Year of Hell" lockbox

    Trendy you changed the thread title on me :(
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  • nagilum88nagilum88 Member Posts: 6 Arc User
    is it called krenim lockbox or year of hell lockbox??
  • gazurtoidgazurtoid Member Posts: 423 Arc User
    edited July 2015
    I would like to take this opportunity to thank Cryptic for some of the changes in this new lockbox. I am still taking them all in, but there appear to be some VERY positive steps here - the removal of the dreaded minipacks, the choice of Krenim weapon type, the making of Reciprocity available to KDFs/Roms, the inclusion of duty officers with 'in demand' Active Roster abilities (hopefully this will include ones like the Attack Pattern Cooldown reductions/Zemok, and DEM Power Drain Removal/Marion, etc, to help curb the crazy prices these have been commanding lately).

    One of the biggest issues ingame at the moment is the fact that due to the current metagame, certain older items - like Plasmonic Leech, like Zemok, etc - are extremely useful in builds and are in very high demand. But as these are from older lockboxes, their supply is extremely constrained. Some of the steps you have taken will begin to help to address this issue. Thank you, and I hope positive steps like this continue.

    Also, Dog pets! Yay!
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  • ashstorm1ashstorm1 Member Posts: 679 Arc User
    So that's the next lockbox we're getting... Sounds good, although i'd have myself loved getting a Herald Lockbox <.<
  • welcome2earfwelcome2earf Member Posts: 1,746 Arc User
    I like most changes, but lets not be so naive to assume all of these changes were altruistic in nature. To wit: the removal of mini packs wasn't a decision to reduce player frustration: it's more likely their existence was gutting sales of R&D packs in the Z-Store. Also, it may have been to remove EC from players (as they sell for alot on the exchange)
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  • fruitvendor12fruitvendor12 Member Posts: 615 Arc User
    Not sure I get the Beagle link. :)
  • phalanx01phalanx01 Member Posts: 360 Arc User
    Where's the Krenim Science ship? I mean honestly those ships presented are USELESS! We've had so many Cruisers and Escorts already we NEED Science ships! I know where Cryptic can shove this lockbox on my account...
  • ak255ak255 Member Posts: 317 Arc User
    Uh Cryptic? Where's the Science Dreadnought ship that EVERYONE wants!? We've waited so long for that ship and you're telling us were not gonna get it? You better not put as a ZEN ship! I would lose the very VERY little respect I have left for you if you did such a BS thing!
  • alchevsk1992alchevsk1992 Member Posts: 280 Arc User
    Ah man no Kremin Weapon Ship that you can use and delete someone or something from the timestream.
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    "Our history, our past, our present and our future is now forever changed. All we can do is preserve what is left and continue onwards. This is not a surrender nor defeat, we will continue the fight. This is our last hope, our last chance... for victory."

    Vlasek D. Lasor - 4.19.3580
    Star Trek Online: Foundry Storyline Series
  • gazurtoidgazurtoid Member Posts: 423 Arc User
    The Kremin Science Dreadnaught is almost certainly going to be added as the new promo ship to the newly added Delta Duty Officer Pack.
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  • ak255ak255 Member Posts: 317 Arc User
    gazurtoid wrote: »
    The Kremin Science Dreadnaught is almost certainly going to be added as the new promo ship to the newly added Delta Duty Officer Pack.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1s
  • phalanx01phalanx01 Member Posts: 360 Arc User
    gazurtoid wrote: »
    The Kremin Science Dreadnaught is almost certainly going to be added as the new promo ship to the newly added Delta Duty Officer Pack.

    Yeah getting that dreaded feeling as well, scam us into buying that TRIBBLE. Honestly the LAST thing I can use is ironically enough more Doffs. Got all the ones I need and as a Sci captain I don't see a single point in the new Doff traits they're giving those Delta doffs... ugh, Cryptic FLAWED logic if you ask me...
  • khamseenairkhamseenair Member Posts: 2,640 Bug Hunter
    Having read the blog and, most importantly, the descriptions of the traits named 'Taking you with me' and 'Blaze of Glory', I am left with the distinct impression that the devs have decided the best approach to dealing with power creep is to help it along. Temp auto res, increased damage, and totally immunity.... Can you get any more ridiculous? ​​
    Join date is wrong, I've actually been around since STO Beta.
    True alters don't have a "main". Account wide unlocks for all unique event rewards!!
  • zeatrexzeatrex Member Posts: 212 Arc User
    When you add a Kazon Carrier or Typhoon Battle, then and only then will you have my money.
  • sekritagentsekritagent Member Posts: 510 Arc User
    I must say this is the first time in a very long time I've been tempted by a Lock Box. Thank goodness you're getting rid of the TRIBBLE prizes. Reciprocity will be the new Leech.
    Delta Rising is the best expansion ever and the players love it! No, seriously! ...Why are you laughing so hard? :(
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  • borticuscrypticborticuscryptic Member Posts: 2,478 Cryptic Developer
    nagilum88 wrote: »
    is it called krenim lockbox or year of hell lockbox??

    The in-game item is called the "Year of Hell Lock Box".
    Jeremy Randall
    Cryptic - Lead Systems Designer
    "Play smart!"
  • nandospcnandospc Member Posts: 1,260 Arc User
    Very nice boxes, gg Cryptic. Ok, now, requesting a dump for duty officers stats, please :)
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  • kerygankerygan Member Posts: 254 Arc User
    hmm it seem that greed won as allways , i was expecting some science love from this box , instead i get more imbalance and powercreep by allowing klings and romulans using reciprocity. And if you adding the sci dreadnaught to a rip off pack... you guys realy have no ethic .
  • makocallowaymakocalloway Member Posts: 455 Arc User
    gazurtoid wrote: »
    The Kremin Science Dreadnaught is almost certainly going to be added as the new promo ship to the newly added Delta Duty Officer Pack.

    This. *sigh* I was afraid of this. It's the voth / elachi dreadnought mess all over again. And seeing as this is the first sci dreadnought in game (someone check me on this), I bet they will be on the exchange for 500 mil.
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  • rosetyler51rosetyler51 Member Posts: 1,631 Arc User
    Asking people to wait for more info about this rumored science dreadnought before screaming about rip off boxes would be too much to ask from the forums right?
  • welcome2earfwelcome2earf Member Posts: 1,746 Arc User
    repetitiveepic wrote: »
    welcome2earf wrote: »
    I like most changes, but lets not be so naive to assume all of these changes were altruistic in nature. To wit: the removal of mini packs wasn't a decision to reduce player frustration: it's more likely their existence was gutting sales of R&D packs in the Z-Store. Also, it may have been to remove EC from players (as they sell for alot on the exchange)

    I think they mean the worthless doff mini packs


    From the article:

    "To reiterate:

    Removed R&D Mini-Packs
    Added brand new Extra Large Boost prizes
    A choice of Weapon Type from Weapon Packs
    All higher-tier prizes become slightly more common"


    Sadly, I wish you were right.
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  • bltrrnbltrrn Member Posts: 1,322 Arc User
    1. No ground weapons? Really?
    2. I'm not sure if you've seen a Beagle before, because whatever those dogs are, they look like bloodhounds that have had botched plastic surgery.
    R E M A I N

    Tal'Shiar/Reman Resistance/Romulan Nemesis uniform, pls.

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  • kerygankerygan Member Posts: 254 Arc User
    pwe has a nice sense of hummor , romulans , dear klingons ,even beloved feds you want a new sci ship , ok here take it , you just have to open a „few” , usefull , doff packs that are allsow very cheap . Cheap like us.
  • themariethemarie Member Posts: 1,055 Arc User
    Mark the calender. This is the first lockbox I am not going to open... at all.

    What a load of... TRIBBLE. Absolute TRIBBLE. This is not even CLOSE to what I was expecting... and they've decreased the odds of getting new weapons even further. Just awesome -- more chances to blow $$$ or dilth/EC on boosts that I don't need.

    Well it had to happen eventually, I guess this is the end of the lockbox thing for me.
  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    edited July 2015
    welcome2earf wrote: »
    I like most changes, but lets not be so naive to assume all of these changes were altruistic in nature. To wit: the removal of mini packs wasn't a decision to reduce player frustration: it's more likely their existence was gutting sales of R&D packs in the Z-Store. Also, it may have been to remove EC from players (as they sell for alot on the exchange)
    There are still the "big" packs, aren't there?

    But of course the ultimate reasons is to keep lockbox sales high or even increase them.

    --

    Oh, and it almost looks as if the new Krenim ship will also cause people to wonder why their ship is flying backwards. :p
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    Regarding the time ship - I think the inclusion in a DOFF Promo or a R&D Pack promo is likely, but I also won't discount the possibility that it might be part of an event reward. But that might be overly optimistic.
    Star Trek Online Advancement: You start with lowbie gear, you end with Lobi gear.
  • thenoname711thenoname711 Member Posts: 204 Arc User
    edited July 2015
    Interesting, no signs about the [Redacted] science dreadnought from [Redacted] website. Maybe it will be as a reward during the fourth week of "Broken episode", or another "grindversary"(400 vouchers for first run of mission, 600 from daily mission style?) is upon us with one piece of new space set unlocking each week?

    PS: lockbox changes are good and finally Reciprocity for KDF/ROMs, guess what item will be 100m+ EC shortly after this box ends. Also Krenim warship seems nice, warship(8 weapons, destroyer stats again?) and pilot + intel hybrid seats bundled in one ship?...
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  • Captain AmahinoCaptain Amahino Member Posts: 13 Arc User
    edited July 2015
    PORTHOS????

    HAHAHA, that's great. :D

    Science Dreadnaught? Are you guys referring to the Krenim Temporal Weapons Ship? No way in hell do we get to fly that as a our own ship. At best it will be a special mission where we get to control it. My guess is we'll be escorting it to the Andromeda Sphere to escort the sphere out of existence. That ship is WAY too broken as a regular ship.

    In any event these changes seem very positive. Time will tell as the other lockboxes cycle through and we all see how it shakes out with the past items.
  • meimeitoomeimeitoo Member Posts: 12,594 Arc User
    Trendy, please, where is the announcement for new ship slots??! I ran out. :( Only ones left are either lockboxes or T5-U C-Store ships (which can't be reclaimed as T5-U). Please, please, urgently increase the ship-cap limit!
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