Question: To get the KDF trait options do I need to open the box with a KDF toon or will the trait boxes be "general" and offer the correct trait options based on the opener?
Good thing about taking out the lesser prizes, I think I've opened a couple hundred lock boxes and never got more then the mirror universe or Kazon/Malon ships every.
Question: To get the KDF trait options do I need to open the box with a KDF toon or will the trait boxes be "general" and offer the correct trait options based on the opener?
The trait box that pops out of the lockbox will be locked to faction that opened it, like the last cross-faction console packs. If you want to get Reciprocity on your KDF, the main box opener has to be KDF. Presumably, these will have "(Klingon)" at the end when listed on the Exchange.
Note: Everything but "(Klingon)" confirmed by people working on the game posting on Reddit.
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.
No Ground Weapons will be offered this time around, but they will likely return in future weapon packs.
I'm out. They just killed one reason why I look forward to lockboxes. Since I can't afford the ships. So I enjoy adding to my weapon collection. Since there isn't any. I will save my EC.
USS Casinghead NCC 92047 launched 2350
Fleet Admiral Stowe - Dominion War Vet.
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...
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!
I'm kinda wondering what the Nihydron ship IS.... the only description of it is the word "destroyer".... Maybe it's either a science vessel or pseudo science vessel?
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.
Tell us more about the coalition disruptors, apologies yet unnamed weapon packs. What is their weapon type and what makes this weapon type unique? (I'm assuming residual temporal radiation)
My guess? It's more a Zahl/Nihydron thing than a Krenim thing.
On the fence on lockbox Reciprocity. On the one hand, KDF now has access to it. On the other, it's going to be horrendously expensive on the exchange. (I don't see a trait from a $30 ship being any thing but a very rare drop.) On the gripping hand, the box becomes factioned instead of being a smart box.
This is my Risian Corvette. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
Question: To get the KDF trait options do I need to open the box with a KDF toon or will the trait boxes be "general" and offer the correct trait options based on the opener?
The trait box that pops out of the lockbox will be locked to faction that opened it, like the last cross-faction console packs. If you want to get Reciprocity on your KDF, the main box opener has to be KDF. Presumably, these will have "(Klingon)" at the end when listed on the Exchange.
Note: Everything but "(Klingon)" confirmed by people working on the game posting on Reddit.
So they've not changed this silly method yet. Ok KDF toon to hold the keys and open a couple hundred boxes then.
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...
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!
I'm kinda wondering what the Nihydron ship IS.... the only description of it is the word "destroyer".... Maybe it's either a science vessel or pseudo science vessel?
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.
Tell us more about the coalition disruptors, apologies yet unnamed weapon packs. What is their weapon type and what makes this weapon type unique? (I'm assuming residual temporal radiation)
My guess? It's more a Zahl/Nihydron thing than a Krenim thing.
BTW, Zahl/Nihydron Doffs.... WANT!
The Krenim Science Ship was what I was hoping for as well. Hopefully it will be the Lobi ship for this lockbox! *fingerscrossed*
For the beagles. Can we have a special Ferengi ship vendor somewhere for them called, "Mutt Cutts" and have it look something like this?!
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!
Most heartily agreed!
And can we PLEASE get one last chance to buy the Romulan Survivor DOff Pack before it's retired? It has seldom been in the C-store and is not there now. One would think that a last chance offer would be profitable. I know that I, for one, would like to outfit my DeltAlt Romulans with RRF DOffs from the Romulan Survivor DOff Pack (as well as three other Romulan characters I made prior to the Delta Recruitment event).
Our hope with these changes is that we’ve managed to further reinforce the sense of value that players feel each time they use a Master Key to open a Lock Box. While these changes will be restricted to the Year of Hell Lock Box for the time being, we are considering updating older boxes with similar changes if they receive a positive reception.
This is a significant step up from the old lockbock loot table.
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!
Yes it can actually. I've tested it. You only need 1 ship upgrade token for a c-store ship and its fleet version. After upgrading a c-store or fleet ship to T5-U both versions of that ship can be upgraded for free for all characters on your account. Even if you discharge a c-store T5-U ship and reclaim it you can re-upgrade it completely free (the upgrade button at the ship selector is labeled as "Free Upgrade") and the same for the fleet version (though you'd to need spend more fleet credits and another module, or modules, to replace a fleet ship). Ship upgrades are permanent account-wide unlocks.
They finally make a new awesome science ship (which that haven't announced yet) and I'm afraid they'll tie it to the new doff pack. Frankly, I've given up on waiting for them to put a science ship in a lockbox because they think "it won't make money". If they add it as a doff pack prize, it just seems like they like punishing science captains and don't really care for that career track at all.
The whole titles tied to lockboxes is very messed up, but at this point it's too late to complain because it's going into holodeck in 2 days.
FFS people - those are BEAMS not engine trails. The Krenim Ship is flying in the correct direction.
Tell me about it. I'm getting sick of people complaining about the Nandi flying backwards. It flies the way the developers intended and looks fine to me. If it flew the other way it would look stupid to me.
Wait....people are complaining about another ship flying backwards?
Also, adding new lockbox assignements for dil and xp after the originally Klingon 12 hour assignements (mostly used for xp gain) were majorly nerfed is another low blow.
Come on ! They brought those KDF assignments "in line" with other assignments !!
Really !
Swearzies !!!
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?
Yeah but to use it you need to DIE which means weaker folks should benefit more.
Also, adding new lockbox assignements for dil and xp after the originally Klingon 12 hour assignements (mostly used for xp gain) were majorly nerfed is another low blow.
Come on ! They brought those KDF assignments "in line" with other assignments !!
Really !
Swearzies !!!
That might be worth considering, if they made everything else in KDF "in line" with Fed stuff.
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?
Yeah but to use it you need to DIE which means weaker folks should benefit more.
Maybe this is to address the lag and rubberbanding. I could be at 25% health and mashing Engineering Team for 2 seconds straight before it registers, and when it does I see that cool Engineering Team symbol above my ship right when I'm blowing up.
The controls get really sluggish, so maybe this trait is a way to help ease the pain of having unresponsive powers in a heavy firefight.
Oh joy more lockbox ships that will be snapped up and then posted for 100 Million or more EC. Sorry Cryptic I played your lockbox game dropped more cash then I care to think about and in all that time got one count them one ship and it was the Cardasian ship. The others I have I spent WAY to much EC for them. As it stands right now IMHO the lockbox ship thing is broken. Either up the drop rate or bind them to charecter with no selling them on exchange just like the event ships! I wish I could sell event ships but for some reason I get punished by them being bound yet lockbox ones can be freely sold on exchange. Oh well a couple of those new lockbox ships looked interesting but to bad they are lockbox and like I said will be sold for insane numbers.
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The trait box that pops out of the lockbox will be locked to faction that opened it, like the last cross-faction console packs. If you want to get Reciprocity on your KDF, the main box opener has to be KDF. Presumably, these will have "(Klingon)" at the end when listed on the Exchange.
Note: Everything but "(Klingon)" confirmed by people working on the game posting on Reddit.
You totally posted the blog under the wrong name on purpose Trendy! *raises eyebrow*
I'm out. They just killed one reason why I look forward to lockboxes. Since I can't afford the ships. So I enjoy adding to my weapon collection. Since there isn't any. I will save my EC.
USS Casinghead NCC 92047 launched 2350
Fleet Admiral Stowe - Dominion War Vet.
Cryptic - Lead Systems Designer
"Play smart!"
Cryptic - Lead Systems Designer
"Play smart!"
BTW, Zahl/Nihydron Doffs.... WANT!
My character Tsin'xing
My character Tsin'xing
I laughed way harder at that than I should have. Keep being awesome, Borticus.
I kid, I kid, well, sorta.
On the fence on lockbox Reciprocity. On the one hand, KDF now has access to it. On the other, it's going to be horrendously expensive on the exchange. (I don't see a trait from a $30 ship being any thing but a very rare drop.) On the gripping hand, the box becomes factioned instead of being a smart box.
So they've not changed this silly method yet. Ok KDF toon to hold the keys and open a couple hundred boxes then.
The Krenim Science Ship was what I was hoping for as well. Hopefully it will be the Lobi ship for this lockbox! *fingerscrossed*
For the beagles. Can we have a special Ferengi ship vendor somewhere for them called, "Mutt Cutts" and have it look something like this?!
Year of Hell was a two parter. Will there be a Year of Hell Lockbox: Part Duex?
(I kid, I kid!)
Cryptic - Lead Systems Designer
"Play smart!"
Most heartily agreed!
And can we PLEASE get one last chance to buy the Romulan Survivor DOff Pack before it's retired? It has seldom been in the C-store and is not there now. One would think that a last chance offer would be profitable. I know that I, for one, would like to outfit my DeltAlt Romulans with RRF DOffs from the Romulan Survivor DOff Pack (as well as three other Romulan characters I made prior to the Delta Recruitment event).
You are still shook-up. I can relate.
This is a significant step up from the old lockbock loot table.
Yes it can actually. I've tested it. You only need 1 ship upgrade token for a c-store ship and its fleet version. After upgrading a c-store or fleet ship to T5-U both versions of that ship can be upgraded for free for all characters on your account. Even if you discharge a c-store T5-U ship and reclaim it you can re-upgrade it completely free (the upgrade button at the ship selector is labeled as "Free Upgrade") and the same for the fleet version (though you'd to need spend more fleet credits and another module, or modules, to replace a fleet ship). Ship upgrades are permanent account-wide unlocks.
The whole titles tied to lockboxes is very messed up, but at this point it's too late to complain because it's going into holodeck in 2 days.
Tell me about it. I'm getting sick of people complaining about the Nandi flying backwards. It flies the way the developers intended and looks fine to me. If it flew the other way it would look stupid to me.
Wait....people are complaining about another ship flying backwards?
FFS indeed. Keep being awesome Borticus.
Blue Disruptors, very very happy to see that.
I can't wait to try them.
Come on ! They brought those KDF assignments "in line" with other assignments !!
Really !
Swearzies !!!
Yeah but to use it you need to DIE which means weaker folks should benefit more.
That might be worth considering, if they made everything else in KDF "in line" with Fed stuff.
Maybe this is to address the lag and rubberbanding. I could be at 25% health and mashing Engineering Team for 2 seconds straight before it registers, and when it does I see that cool Engineering Team symbol above my ship right when I'm blowing up.
The controls get really sluggish, so maybe this trait is a way to help ease the pain of having unresponsive powers in a heavy firefight.
Yes, like attack Yorkiepoos!