I've bought the pack and love the ships (and the EV suit) too much to want a refund. 0718 can stay in the c-store though (I already have an android BOFF).
One question though. Is the EV suit a costume or a piece of equipment?
Kinda upset, the spacesuit should have been reserved for the 500 day veteran reward spacesuit when the make the TOS faction revision to the veteran rewards. IF the TOS faction is "as much of a faction as the Romulan faction" then they will need to make new factin additions to the veteran rewards, just like they did for the romulans.
One thing to note that people seem to have missed: the EV suit in the pack is referred to as a costume. It's might just be an outfit that you can customize and not an actual EV suit you can wear. (Or perhaps you get both a costume and an equippable suit?) Don't know. Cryptic is being, well, cryptic about it. I doubt the EV suit is ground armor though, considering they no longer sell EV suits in the c-store (they made the fed and KDF suits into veteran rewards instead a long time ago).
The Starter Pack is a bit more tempting with 0718 added in, but it's not really a game-changer for me... it was already a comparatively good price for a T6 ship. Still, I find the "faction agnostic" ships much more interesting, given that buying those gets me something for all my characters while the Pack gets me something for a third of them at best; while it sucks that we aren't seeing anything specifically for our KDF/Rom captains yet, the ability to use the 31st Century ships on any character does offer some unique advantages over prior offerings (it basically works out as trading faction-specific skins for a 50% discount on what could have been an equivalent Cross-Faction Temporal MMSV 3-Pack, which I totally would have picked up).
With each passing day I wonder if I stepped into an alternate reality. The Cubs win the world series. Donald Trump is President. Britain leaves the EU. STO gets a dedicated PvP season. Engineers are "out of control" in STO.
I like it, but I have to admit, I really want some way of getting a T1 Andorian Escort so my TOS Andorian Science Officer can fly her native ship .
AFAIK, there is a way to get the T1 Andorian Light Escort, but it requires purchasing the $200 Hero of the North pack for Neverwinter. Making it one of the rarest ships in STO.
Ummm... why would a STO ship be in a Neverwinter pack?
As such... I call foul.
That's how it was released, to encourage existing customers to try Neverwinter.
Actually, it was intended for Neverwinter players to try other Arc games. There was a ton of Neverwinter ingame items in the pack and the PWE Games Gift Bundle which included the Andorian Light Escort as STO's contribution. Most of the games included items that were currently available through other means so not many people would have purchased the Neverwinter pack to get some items that only took some effort to get ingame or purchasing it with Zen in that game. Very few items were exclusive to the Heroes of the North Pack.
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I'd love to have the Kelvin uniforms and a couple more neat TOSy boffs. Maybe a mobster?
Agree, they really need to add more to the pack, I am tempted to buy it, but I still want more before I spend over 100 euro on it.
This 0718 Boff is really, really tempting. Cryptic, you magnificent bast... I read your book. I still hope he can be gotten separately.
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The BOFF is available in the $20 version.
look at the post directly above yours
One question though. Is the EV suit a costume or a piece of equipment?
It's the EV suit from the original 1960's series. http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Environmental_suit?file=EV_Space_Suit_2268.jpg I highly doubt Cryptic would put something in the game without permission, especially something from a TV series that isn't going to be released until next year.
One thing to note that people seem to have missed: the EV suit in the pack is referred to as a costume. It's might just be an outfit that you can customize and not an actual EV suit you can wear. (Or perhaps you get both a costume and an equippable suit?) Don't know. Cryptic is being, well, cryptic about it. I doubt the EV suit is ground armor though, considering they no longer sell EV suits in the c-store (they made the fed and KDF suits into veteran rewards instead a long time ago).
OH YEAH!
I'd pay 50 bucks if they kept the boff and just let me have the uniform ... that's in addition to the mega pack I already purchased ...
AFAIK, there is a way to get the T1 Andorian Light Escort, but it requires purchasing the $200 Hero of the North pack for Neverwinter. Making it one of the rarest ships in STO.
As such... I call foul.
That's how it was released, to encourage existing customers to try Neverwinter.
http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/neverwinter/game-pack/detail/261-hero-of-the-north-pack
Probably the case, I know I saw it a few months ago when someone mentioned it in another thread.
Actually, it was intended for Neverwinter players to try other Arc games. There was a ton of Neverwinter ingame items in the pack and the PWE Games Gift Bundle which included the Andorian Light Escort as STO's contribution. Most of the games included items that were currently available through other means so not many people would have purchased the Neverwinter pack to get some items that only took some effort to get ingame or purchasing it with Zen in that game. Very few items were exclusive to the Heroes of the North Pack.
Have no idea if it was still available or not. Contacting Support is the only way to see if the item is still included.
Here is the items available for the bundle.
- Chronos hero
- Chronos Electronic Warfare skin
- Lilith hero
- Lilith Forest Dark skin
- 500 GP Token
- 10% GP Self-Boost, 7-day
- 200 GP Chance Pack
PWI
- 1 Dreamchaser Pack
- 1 Regal Owl Pet Egg
- 1 VIP Platinum Crown
- 1 Demon/Sage Event Card
RaiderZ
- 1 White Arrod
- 1 Scroll of Heroes [7 Days]
Jade Dynasty
- 1x Initiate’s Loot bundle
- Stygian Hunter mount
- Skyfall wings
War of the Immortals
- 1 Black Dragon
- 2 Level 5 Gem Chest
- 2 Level 3 Gem Chest
- 1 Sidecar
- 3 Gaia's Silver Chest
Battle of the Immortals
- 1 Spacecraft Mount
- 1 Griffin
- 1 Golden Salary Card
- 1 Fairy Wings (30 Day Expiration)
- 1 Penguin Suit (M)
- 1 Penguin Suit (F)
Forsaken World
- 1 Title Pack: Hero of The North
- 1 Acheron Founder
- 1 Aepelian Steed
- 1 Crimson Drake
- 1 Mercury Statuette
Star Trek Online
- 1 Andorian Light Escort
- 1 Federation Starter Pack (If I recall correctly)
now i wont buy it for sure. to me having 0718 in it has tained the overall product as far as i am concerned. good to know anyway.
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.