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Any way to change how items like promo ship pac (lobi or ship in pack) is tied to zen purchaces?
jiwak
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On the last R&D pack sale, we had a chance to get a Promo pack that had lobi or a ship in it. It worked out to 200 (sale price 4 pack) or 250 (no sale price) zen per promo box. Can we change the mechanics of how we get the box so it would give us a promo box on how much zen is spent per total purchases or at minimum a single purchase instead of tied to just one item in the c-store?
For example instead of spending 10k zen on R&D packs (50 promo packs at 200 zen each), we use the same 10k zen to buy stuff like ship packs and other items offered on c-store and get 50 promo packs. The end result of gaining 50 promo packs is the same but I would just ask if we could have more control on what items we use the same 10k zen spent on instead of just R&D packs or more zen spent/packs gained while the Promo pack bonus event is still active. Please see if this possible. Thanks.
For example instead of spending 10k zen on R&D packs (50 promo packs at 200 zen each), we use the same 10k zen to buy stuff like ship packs and other items offered on c-store and get 50 promo packs. The end result of gaining 50 promo packs is the same but I would just ask if we could have more control on what items we use the same 10k zen spent on instead of just R&D packs or more zen spent/packs gained while the Promo pack bonus event is still active. Please see if this possible. Thanks.
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Will they? No
PWE is a business. Lock box and R&D pack sales are a major part of how they earn the money needed to keep STO running.
Gamble boxes are a major part of the income for most MMOs these days, often the most important part. People opened their wallets to gamble boxes more than they did for $10-15 a month subscription fees.
"Sorry Marge, the mob has spoken."
There are other games that release items in lockboxes that are bound to character or account on acquire so to get them you have to buy them yourself. If you're looking for other ways to spend zen to get the R&D promo ships, you could buy keys, sell the keys, then use the EC to buy your ship. You could calculate out almost exactly how much it would cost ahead of time as well so you reduce the RNG to a minimum.
On the other hand, R&D Packs are very useful especially since they contain upgrade accelerators. Attaching promo ships to the R&D packs actually benefits everyone who wants to upgrade gear because during Promo R&D Pack events people buy a lot of these packs and flood the market with the accelerators and drives the price. I buy a large number of technology and quality accelerators during these types of events. I easily buy several hundreds of them and in many cases thousands of them as long as the price is good.
For example I buy the 4 pack R&D that was 800 zen on sale and it comes with 4 promo boxes (lobi or ship chance). Now instead of buying that one item I buy a different item is priced at 800 zen instead and I would still only get the same 4 promo boxes if they allowed on zen total purchase cost. How they value the the promo box is the dev's discretion. It would work like a coupon would you get that deal if you spend x value. If the dev's don't care for the idea that is fine too.
I think the issue with that is that the R&D pack without the promo is a chump buy. Nobody in their right mind would ever buy it for the listed price. That's a problem with the R&D pack itself. It's a complete rip off if you don't get the bonus lobi and chance at a ship. What could work is if you find some other rip off item that is nowhere near the price it's listed at, then occasionally offer a promotion that would include 10 lobi/ship with it from time to time. Maybe some of the boosters could have a bonus pack attached. As mentioned above, maybe they could explore duty officer packs with a bonus again sometime. If you're adamant about spending your zen on any item of choice and having the bonus included, I doubt you'll find much support on that idea, especially with those in charge of monetizing the game.
Depending on how much Zen you purchased with real money you get a certain number of points to redeem for items from the Arc Store. I think purchasing something like $300 worth of Zen during the promotion allowed people to select a free T6 ship from a limited selection. I spent $50 to buy Zen and I was able to claim 4 free R&D pack (no promo ship), a tabby cat, and Holo Leeta. These points needed to be redeemed within a specific time period otherwise they would expire and disappear.
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Agreed. While his idea is a nice idea, it is, as you said, the whole point of the promo to sell items that don't sell as well in the C-Store.
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Thank you for calling it out for what it actually is: trolling.