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wranglerxrob
Member Posts: 10 Arc User
I like the promotions that STO does. They are mostly pretty cool and seem to always have some decent rewards. But what I don't like is when you do a fairly big promo, like this one with the R&D packs, were your giving out ships. But then you go make it really difficult to get a ship, not so cool. Look maybe I'm dumb for spending the $, its debatable of course, but I dropped down $60 on R&D packs. That amounted to 24 packs. And I got zilch, nada, nothing. Sure I got some lobi crystals, not many but some, and materials. But Not one sniff at a ship. I understand your trying to make money with the stuff, but come on, 24 packs and not one ship. You got to do better for us fans than that. I have no problems buying stuff to help support continued content. But if your going to take all of our money make the odds better for us to get some good loot/prizes. Otherwise just post those ships in the C-Store and let us buy them . Looking back I would rather have bought a T-6 Constitution class than spend the money on those R&D packs to try to get one.
Hey I still love the game. I've invested quite a bit time and $ in the game. Just hope that you make the next promo a bit easier so we don't have to drop so much $ to get nothing.
Thanks for your time.
Hey I still love the game. I've invested quite a bit time and $ in the game. Just hope that you make the next promo a bit easier so we don't have to drop so much $ to get nothing.
Thanks for your time.
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The odds of getting a lock box ship are 1 in 250, the odds of getting an R&D pack ship are 1 in 100. Even if you open 250 or 100 boxes/packs, there is a very good chance (roughly 1 in 3) that you will still get no ship at all.
The way to get a ship with 100% success:
- Buy keys or the special promo R&D packs (NOT plain R&D packs!)
- Sell them on the Exchange for credits
- Buy ship on the Exchange for credits
If you open packs in any amount less than thousands of them you are gambling pure and simple. That's fine if you need lobi or want everything else in the lock box or R&D pack. Otherwise, don't gamble.
Druk just promised to get me a T6 Consitution-class starship from the R&D Packs!!! Yay!! Thank you, Drunk! You can send it to me via the in-game email.
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.'
Yup, I open 10-20 lock boxes each time a new one comes out. I've never gotten a ship and been playing since before lock boxes existed.
Here we see the gulf between wanting, and wanting enough. It is wide.
It usually takes me three packs. Not kidding.
Some people have them rain down upon them....saw the same player get two Infinity Choice packs seven minutes apart (on XBONE). I'll have to check my activity feed but I think I got a screenshot of the chat window. Most likely there is a trick to it, wish I knew what it was. I did win a JJPrize and a Quas from lockboxes in the past, but it seems to me that unless the secondary rewards are worth it it's just like peeing down a rathole. If I buy keys again, it will probably be to open some of my stash of Kelvin TL boxes for the upgrades and weapon packs.