I was just thinking about how pages and pages of exchange entries are taken up by lockboxes, and I just came up with an idea for how to get them off of the exchange while making them directly worth something to trade them for that does not involve gambling.
Add a new reputation category called "Lobi Consortium" and give it one recurring assignment.
Trade 1000 unopened lockboxes of any type for 1 lobi crystal.
This makes collecting the lockboxes worth something to even those who have no desire to spend Zen to buy keys without devaluing them for the purpose of those who do buy keys either for EX or for Zen.
To my way of thinking, ANYTHING that drops in the game should have some value to every player. How many people simply warp out or beam out after a mission and just leave any lockboxes that might have dropped behind, serving no useful purpose at all...
The Lobi consortium reputation would unlock by talking to one of their representatives on Earth Space Dock, Qo'nos, or New Romulus. The representative would tell the player that the Lobi Consortium is looking for help in recovering its unused merchandise throughout the galaxy. For every 1000 unopened Lobi Consortium cargo containers returned, the consortium would generously pay one lobi crystal.
What do you all think?
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Neverwinter allows players to sell their boxes to a vendor for... pocket change really.
Wish they would do the same for fed side prisoners!
#LegalizeAwoo
A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
"We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
I would very much like to see their stack limit raised, though.
Hah, nice try cupcake!
But you know what keeps the light on at Cryptic? .... Yes, lockbox keys.
I will let you continue this train of thought from here...
Wow, good thing you don't work for Cryptic. Cuz you know what really keeps the lights on at Cryptic? The customers. A business that comes out and acts like an @#$ to its customers doesn't stay in business for long.
I will let you continue this train of thought from here... cupcake.
Well you should propose something to Cryptic they can sell you. Instead of keys. Regularly.
Nor you, nor OP advised anything.
Well, the proposal should have been 1000 lockboxes for 1 gold pressed latinum or even 1 EC.
Cryptic is ok with handing out GPL. They give out 1 GPL per ground kill. After completing a lvl60 mission. And sacrificing a ground doff slot lol...
Once again, they will never ever give out lobi crystals. That's why there will be no more FE reruns.
I very much agree with this. 20 boxes is a very small stack.
Yay! That's good to hear. It would be better if they just normalized the special rewards so you can get them on any alt at any time, but I'm okay with a replay event.