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Thought the new Phoenix prize pack was daily?

timchauvin#3617 timchauvin
timchauvin#3617
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My one character that I played on 2 evenings ago got the prize pack from the Drozana station Ferengi. But when I went back there this evening and went to the same guy, no prize pack. So then I tried going through the mission overview, like I have many times before, but still no prize pack mission to start. I shudder to waste my time on a ticket since all I ever get is the runaround with those!! Any thoughts?

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    jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    It ended on Monday March 9th at 10am PST.

    http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10407393-the-phoenix-prize-pack-returns!

    I am actually surprised the Phoenix Packs can still be purchased from the Dil Store. I assumed they would have disappeared on Monday. Perhaps it was an oversight that tomorrow's maintenance will fix.
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    garaks31garaks31 Member Posts: 2,845 Arc User
    march 9th is a thursday^^
    tmprl.jpg?width=998&height=499

    https://forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/1249570/axanar-locks-in-start-date-for-filming
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    anodynesanodynes Member Posts: 1,999 Arc User
    garaks31 wrote: »
    march 9th is a thursday^^

    It is still going on, for certain. I'm not sure why the OP had a problem with it, unless he tried to get a free one less than 20 hours after the previous one.
    This is an MMO, not a Star Trek episode simulator. That would make for a terrible game.
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    timchauvin#3617 timchauvin
    timchauvin#3617
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    jaguarskx wrote: »
    It ended on Monday March 9th at 10am PST.

    http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10407393-the-phoenix-prize-pack-returns!

    I am actually surprised the Phoenix Packs can still be purchased from the Dil Store. I assumed they would have disappeared on Monday. Perhaps it was an oversight that tomorrow's maintenance will fix.

    Then why does my PC date say it is March 8th? Just checked and it runs till tmmr Thursday March 9th. So I should have been able to get another pack. My other character had no problem literally minutes before I tried with this character.
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    anodynesanodynes Member Posts: 1,999 Arc User
    timchauvin#3617 wrote: »
    jaguarskx wrote: »
    It ended on Monday March 9th at 10am PST.

    http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10407393-the-phoenix-prize-pack-returns!

    I am actually surprised the Phoenix Packs can still be purchased from the Dil Store. I assumed they would have disappeared on Monday. Perhaps it was an oversight that tomorrow's maintenance will fix.

    Then why does my PC date say it is March 8th? Just checked and it runs till tmmr Thursday March 9th. So I should have been able to get another pack. My other character had no problem literally minutes before I tried with this character.

    Oh, that's it. It's once per 20 hours per account, not per character.
    This is an MMO, not a Star Trek episode simulator. That would make for a terrible game.
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    timchauvin#3617 timchauvin
    timchauvin#3617
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    anodynes wrote: »
    garaks31 wrote: »
    march 9th is a thursday^^

    It is still going on, for certain. I'm not sure why the OP had a problem with it, unless he tried to get a free one less than 20 hours after the previous one.

    The last time that I used this toon was on Sunday. So it's been 3 days since the last time I was able to claim one. Or to be safe 2.5 days ago.
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    timchauvin#3617 timchauvin
    timchauvin#3617
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    anodynes wrote: »
    timchauvin#3617 wrote: »
    jaguarskx wrote: »
    It ended on Monday March 9th at 10am PST.

    http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10407393-the-phoenix-prize-pack-returns!

    I am actually surprised the Phoenix Packs can still be purchased from the Dil Store. I assumed they would have disappeared on Monday. Perhaps it was an oversight that tomorrow's maintenance will fix.

    Then why does my PC date say it is March 8th? Just checked and it runs till tmmr Thursday March 9th. So I should have been able to get another pack. My other character had no problem literally minutes before I tried with this character.

    Oh, that's it. It's once per 20 hours per account, not per character.

    Why would they change it for this when any other promo can be had per character?
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    jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    garaks31 wrote: »
    march 9th is a thursday^^

    Huh... not sure why I thought it ended Monday.

    Perhaps my alcohol to blood ratio is too low. Nothing a bottle of 18 year old scotch can't fix.
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    garaks31garaks31 Member Posts: 2,845 Arc User
    prost ,the other one per char promo ferengi box. gave always the same low price. in this one, people have got epics
    tmprl.jpg?width=998&height=499

    https://forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/1249570/axanar-locks-in-start-date-for-filming
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    salazarrazesalazarraze Member Posts: 3,794 Arc User
    edited March 2017
    timchauvin#3617 wrote: »
    anodynes wrote: »
    timchauvin#3617 wrote: »
    jaguarskx wrote: »
    It ended on Monday March 9th at 10am PST.

    http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10407393-the-phoenix-prize-pack-returns!

    I am actually surprised the Phoenix Packs can still be purchased from the Dil Store. I assumed they would have disappeared on Monday. Perhaps it was an oversight that tomorrow's maintenance will fix.

    Then why does my PC date say it is March 8th? Just checked and it runs till tmmr Thursday March 9th. So I should have been able to get another pack. My other character had no problem literally minutes before I tried with this character.

    Oh, that's it. It's once per 20 hours per account, not per character.

    Why would they change it for this when any other promo can be had per character?
    This promo was once per account last time as well. Nothing has changed. Also, if you compare this to say a free ship or free spec point promo, it's obvious as to why it's a once per account thing with this promo. If you have 50 characters, then you get 50 free packs. If you have 1 character, you get one pack. That doesn't make sense. You can funnel all of your phoenix packs to one character and not have to spend any dilithium. In the example of the free ship, you don't get additional stuff by having additional characters. In the example of the free spec points, each character gets their bound spec point and you can't funnel them to other characters. Even if you made phoenix packs character bound, you could still pass around your account bound gear to multiple characters and upgrade it across multiple characters. It's way more simple and fair to make it once per account.
    When you see "TRIBBLE" in my posts, it's because I manually typed "TRIBBLE" and censored myself.
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    ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,571 Arc User
    Back in the beforetimes when they gave out Lobi during the Featured Episode Replay it was one award per Account as well. Their collective consciousness' have lost the knowledge of how to give out that Lobi once per day per Account, however.
    'But to be logical is not to be right', and 'nothing' on God's earth could ever 'make it' right!'
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    'As l speak now, the words are forming in my head.
    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.'
    Lt. Philip J. Minns
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    discojerdiscojer Member Posts: 533 Arc User
    I thought it ended monday, too, then logged in my guy at Drozana, saw the Ferrengi that hands out the boxes and went "D'oh", since I spent 40,000 dil on something else in the belief it was done. And I didn't have enough left to get 10.
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    spidey888spidey888 Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    I also thought it was over Monday - it seemed that the ferengi that handed them out at DS9 was no longer there after then, anyway. Any chance the date on the splash page about them got edited, or am I just crazy/assumed it was a weekend thing?
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    leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,366 Arc User
    It was active just before maintenance OP, perhaps you had collected it and just forgot.

    Whilst the post on the net was showing as till the 6th, on the in-game banner it was the 9th, hench today, as I collected every day this week.
    "You don't want to patrol!? You don't want to escort!? You don't want to defend the Federation's Starbases!? Then why are you flying my Starships!? If you were a Klingon you'd be killed on the spot, but lucky for you.....you WERE in Starfleet. Let's see how New Zealand Penal Colony suits you." Adm A. Necheyev.
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    nccmarknccmark Member Posts: 1,083 Arc User
    It's once per acct. It was this way last time. It was announced as such.
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