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Question regarding the Winter Event ship daily

captaingalaxy1captaingalaxy1 Member Posts: 202 Arc User
edited December 2016 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Hey fellow STO players, I have only just logged back on to STO after an absense for a year. If I begin doing the winter event daily for the ship, will I have enough time to collect all the "Q Autographs" before the end of the event?
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  • breadandcircusesbreadandcircuses Member Posts: 2,355 Arc User
    edited December 2016
    captaingalaxy1 wrote: »
    Hey fellow STO players, I have only just logged back on to STO after an absense for a year. If I begin doing the winter event daily for the ship, will I have enough time to collect all the "Q Autographs" before the end of the event?

    Double-check the in-game Calendar, but I'm pretty sure you could (with a couple days to spare) manage to unlock it now.

    Now if you're getting a PC/console for Christmas and starting the Winter Event at that time... no joy.
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  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,556 Arc User
    Even if there is not enough time, there is always the option of using Lobi to purchase autographs. This is the only way to get the ship within the first hour of the event. Incredibly stupid, but some people live for getting items first.
  • xyquarzexyquarze Member Posts: 2,120 Arc User
    I agree that it is normally quite a waste of lobi, except for those who have excess lobi and ec in buckets lying around the floor. However, it can be a boon, fleetmate once opened couple of lockboxes just for the one day they needed on the event (40 lobi) and got, IIRC, a T6 ship and a sought after trait from the boxes.

    Don't count on this happening to you though ;)
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  • leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,507 Arc User
    The event finishes on the 12th. You require 25 runs. You should be able to do this.
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  • ssbn655ssbn655 Member Posts: 1,894 Arc User
    edited December 2016
    breadandcircuses wrote: »
    captaingalaxy1 wrote: »
    Hey fellow STO players, I have only just logged back on to STO after an absense for a year. If I begin doing the winter event daily for the ship, will I have enough time to collect all the "Q Autographs" before the end of the event?

    Double-check the in-game Calendar, but I'm pretty sure you could (with a couple days to spare) manage to unlock it now.

    Now if you're getting a PC/console for Christmas and starting the Winter Event at that time... no joy.

    Unless you have a boat load of Lobi to buy the autographs. I was going to do that like I did every year but this year I'm not that impressed with the ship. It looks to much like the previous Breen cruiser from the year before last.
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  • dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    edited December 2016
    ssbn655 wrote: »
    Unless you jave a boat load of Lobi to buy the autographs. I was going to do that like I did every year but this year i'm not that impressed with the ship. It looks to much like the previous Breen cruiser from the year before last.

    Even if you have a boatload of lobi, seems a waste just to get a ship a couple weeks early. Though I always see someone who has to sport the new ship on day 1, so I guess some find it worth it. Personally, I save my lobi for stuff I can't get for free w/ just a bit of grinding.
  • ssbn655ssbn655 Member Posts: 1,894 Arc User
    dracounguis wrote: »
    ssbn655 wrote: »
    Unless you jave a boat load of Lobi to buy the autographs. I was going to do that like I did every year but this year i'm not that impressed with the ship. It looks to much like the previous Breen cruiser from the year before last.

    Even if you have a boatload of lobi, seems a waste just to get a ship a couple weeks early. Though I always see someone who has to sport the new ship on day 1, so I guess some find it worth it. Personally, I save my lobi for stuff I can't get for free w/ just a bit of grinding.

    Didn't do it for first day bragging but to just get that grind over with.
  • bobbydazlersbobbydazlers Member Posts: 4,534 Arc User
    edited December 2016
    ssbn655 wrote: »
    breadandcircuses wrote: »
    captaingalaxy1 wrote: »
    Hey fellow STO players, I have only just logged back on to STO after an absense for a year. If I begin doing the winter event daily for the ship, will I have enough time to collect all the "Q Autographs" before the end of the event?

    Double-check the in-game Calendar, but I'm pretty sure you could (with a couple days to spare) manage to unlock it now.

    Now if you're getting a PC/console for Christmas and starting the Winter Event at that time... no joy.

    Unless you have a boat load of Lobi to buy the autographs. I was going to do that like I did every year but this year I'm not that impressed with the ship. It looks to much like the previous Breen cruiser from the year before last.

    although this years ship is very similar in looks to the other one remember it is a T6 model so its worth having even if only for the admiralty card that will come with it, if you can do the event and get it for "free" then fine but probably not worth spending a fortune in lobi but I cant say any of the event ships are anyway.
    also remember it is an account unlock so you only need to get it on one character and you may create characters in the future you would want it for even if you don't really want it for a current character.

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  • ssbn655ssbn655 Member Posts: 1,894 Arc User
    edited December 2016
    bobbydazlers wrote: »
    ssbn655 wrote: »
    breadandcircuses wrote: »
    captaingalaxy1 wrote: »
    Hey fellow STO players, I have only just logged back on to STO after an absense for a year. If I begin doing the winter event daily for the ship, will I have enough time to collect all the "Q Autographs" before the end of the event?

    Double-check the in-game Calendar, but I'm pretty sure you could (with a couple days to spare) manage to unlock it now.

    Now if you're getting a PC/console for Christmas and starting the Winter Event at that time... no joy.

    Unless you have a boat load of Lobi to buy the autographs. I was going to do that like I did every year but this year I'm not that impressed with the ship. It looks to much like the previous Breen cruiser from the year before last.

    although this years ship is very similar in looks to the other one remember it is a T6 model so its worth having even if only for the admiralty card that will come with it, if you can do the event and get it for "free" then fine but probably not worth spending a fortune in lobi but I cant say any of the event ships are anyway.
    also remember it is an account unlock so you only need to get it on one character and you may create characters in the future you would want it for even if you don't really want it for a current character.

    True enough but it's a big yawn ship to me. Wish it looked different then that last cruiser. Albeit it does look better then the deformed Lobster last years was.
  • salazarrazesalazarraze Member Posts: 3,794 Arc User
    edited December 2016
    You only need 25 days worth OP, and as others have said you can fill the rest with lobi. If you have enough lobi, you can even get the ship right now.
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  • salazarrazesalazarraze Member Posts: 3,794 Arc User
    dracounguis wrote: »
    ssbn655 wrote: »
    Unless you jave a boat load of Lobi to buy the autographs. I was going to do that like I did every year but this year i'm not that impressed with the ship. It looks to much like the previous Breen cruiser from the year before last.

    Even if you have a boatload of lobi, seems a waste just to get a ship a couple weeks early. Though I always see someone who has to sport the new ship on day 1, so I guess some find it worth it. Personally, I save my lobi for stuff I can't get for free w/ just a bit of grinding.
    There's always the crowd of 100,000 plus lobi players. They seem like prime candidates for using lobi for event ships.
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  • wendysue53wendysue53 Member Posts: 1,569 Arc User
    edited December 2016
    Actually, you can't get Q Autographs anymore, those were pulled from the game, if I recall what they said at the time. What they use now are called something else.

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  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,572 Arc User
    Those guys with tons of Lobi are the ones opening tons of Promotional R&D Packs or Lockboxes to be able to sell the Ships at overheated prices early on.
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  • nccmarknccmark Member Posts: 1,084 Arc User
    It takes 25 days, and they give you 42....leaves 17 to spare. If you started on or before Dec 18th (TODAY!!!), you can do it without stressing as long as you log in daily.
    I'm not doing your math for the 20 hr timer for anyone who starts tmrw or later.
  • xyquarzexyquarze Member Posts: 2,120 Arc User
    Dec 19 may even be enough if you happen to play before server shuts down without using any kind of 20h benefit.
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