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""Logically, it is Best that Prize Ships are RNG (T6-TOS EDITION!)""
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With the phenomenal t6-TOS promo coming out, I think its important that people take a moment to think about *why* things like this have to come from RNG packs. It isn't venality on the part of the developers, there is a logical reason for why it is best for players and the community that it works this way.
To not run afoul of the no-necro rule, I post a new thread rather than bump an old one. It is what it is!
There are three good outcomes to look for with prize ships in STO.
1) The prize ships are rare and desirable. -If nothing is rare and desirable, the game is tepid and boring.
2) Everyone has a chance to get one. -If not everyone has a chance to get one, it is unfair, and pay2win.
3) The company earns revenue and profit. -This is absolutely necessary for the game to continue being run. Business has to earn profit.
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If we make them available to anyone who wants one at a fixed price in the c-store, but that price is low, then they are no longer rare and desirable, and we sacrifice outcome 1.
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The only way to make the promo ships very rare and desirable, if they are offered to anyone who wants one at a fixed price in the c-store, is to make that price very high.
The market prices them at about 15k zen, which takes into account the consolation prizes in the promo boxes as well as the odds of winning a ship. In terms of zen expenditure to get one, its closer to 25k zen.
However, if they were offered at that high price, almost no one would have a chance to get them, and also, the owners would not get much revenue.
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Since having the ships rare and desirable is a good outcome, and the game earning profit is a good outcome as well, and everyone having a chance to get the prize ship is a good outcome as well, we should not give up any one outcome in order to secure two of the others, when instead we can get all three outcomes at the same time.
1) It is good that the ship is rare and desirable
2) It is good that everyone has a chance to get one
3) It is good if the company earns revenue and profit.
The good in these outcomes is cumulative. Having two outcomes is better than having one, and having all three is better than having either two or one.
We can only have all three of these good outcomes if the ships are awarded from RNG boxes.
Since all three outcomes is better than just two, or just one, we should unequivocally support the ships being released in RNG boxes, since it leads to the best possible outcome for the game.
To not run afoul of the no-necro rule, I post a new thread rather than bump an old one. It is what it is!
There are three good outcomes to look for with prize ships in STO.
1) The prize ships are rare and desirable. -If nothing is rare and desirable, the game is tepid and boring.
2) Everyone has a chance to get one. -If not everyone has a chance to get one, it is unfair, and pay2win.
3) The company earns revenue and profit. -This is absolutely necessary for the game to continue being run. Business has to earn profit.
-
If we make them available to anyone who wants one at a fixed price in the c-store, but that price is low, then they are no longer rare and desirable, and we sacrifice outcome 1.
-
The only way to make the promo ships very rare and desirable, if they are offered to anyone who wants one at a fixed price in the c-store, is to make that price very high.
The market prices them at about 15k zen, which takes into account the consolation prizes in the promo boxes as well as the odds of winning a ship. In terms of zen expenditure to get one, its closer to 25k zen.
However, if they were offered at that high price, almost no one would have a chance to get them, and also, the owners would not get much revenue.
-
Since having the ships rare and desirable is a good outcome, and the game earning profit is a good outcome as well, and everyone having a chance to get the prize ship is a good outcome as well, we should not give up any one outcome in order to secure two of the others, when instead we can get all three outcomes at the same time.
1) It is good that the ship is rare and desirable
2) It is good that everyone has a chance to get one
3) It is good if the company earns revenue and profit.
The good in these outcomes is cumulative. Having two outcomes is better than having one, and having all three is better than having either two or one.
We can only have all three of these good outcomes if the ships are awarded from RNG boxes.
Since all three outcomes is better than just two, or just one, we should unequivocally support the ships being released in RNG boxes, since it leads to the best possible outcome for the game.
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I think I'll skip reading it this time and assume it's a copy-paste job from the last time this was around.
Classy...
This.
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
What did you expect? You keep poking the tiger in the cage.
Back in May you laughed at the community because no T6 connie was announced http://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline#/discussion/1215012/ha-no-t6-connie
Now you're laughing at the community because it's in a limited time promotional RNG TRIBBLE.
"HAHAHA look at all the pubbies raging because they can't have a crappy T6 connie ha.....ha.....HA"
Again, go TRIBBLE yourself.
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l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
You misunderstand. This isn't about a stupid ship. It's about the antagonistic behavior of the white knights.
Even when someone leaves a fairly polite opinion on how they don't agree with a decision Cryptic made, they're called crybabies and told to stop being entitled.
I wasn't speaking of myself, since I haven't given my opinion about this ship promo.
I was speaking about another player's post that was civil and polite for the most part and someone called them a crybaby. And all the sockpuppet accounts flat out saying they laugh at the tears of those not happy about it, and laugh at the people bitching about it.
And the antagonistic white knights like you and Druk talking about how good this is and how great Cryptic is, when you know damn well some people aren't happy about it. You assclowns don't just throw gas on the fire, you throw in a bucket of handgrenades for good measure.
Precisely. They love drama. Can't get enough of it. It's what they live for.
So I give it to them.
Sockpuppets? Jump to conclusions much? Some people just want to watch the world burn.
There are certain things in life that, when said, make you lose credibility. Referring to anyone that is happy about the game as a "white knight" is a classic fallback maneuver of posters like you. You come on here and flame a fantastic and well written post, including your censored use of the F-Word. Then you turn around and claim that the original poster was actually trolling? Really? You are going beyond "reaching" in your description of Druk.
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'