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Subscription: 500 Zen per Month vs Daily Lockbox Key
starkaos
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Subscribers getting 500 Zen per month that can be used to buy anything in the C-Store or a daily lockbox key that is bound to the account on pickup.
Subscription: 500 Zen per Month vs Daily Lockbox Key 53 votes
500 Zen per Month
71%
38 votes
Daily Lockbox Key (Bind to Account on Pickup)
28%
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That aside I really prefer the zen because it lets me a) buy stuff from the store and b) trade for dil when the the rate skyrockets again. Almost miss those times when the exchange went up to the cap.
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Thing is, keys there and keys here aren't the same thing. The design & purpose of the lockboxes aren't the same. There's no way they'd give 2k+ zen worth of keys with a STO sub.
Correct, but Cache Keys cost more than Lockbox Keys. Each Cache Key in Secret World costs $1.50 which amounts to about $45 per month compared to the cost of $1.13 or $1.25 per Master Key in STO. So it would cost $33.75 per month for STO if a daily Lockbox key was set up. So one company is willing to give $45 in benefits for being a subscriber while Perfect Worlds is only willing to give $5 in benefits for being a subscriber.
The incentive for being a subscriber is lousy in STO since only Lifers benefit from the 500 Zen. Spending $15 per month for 500 Zen when someone can get 1500 Zen for the same price is an extremely lousy deal.
wasnt that suppose to be accessible from ESD
Key question is how much of it is actually of interest to you? At least lockboxes are always updating, whereas once you hit a certain point in the C-store, it'll be rather dull
The vet rewards were really nice to look forward to. Just wish they didn't stop doing those past 1000 days.
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
I'm with you on this one! Considering how often the boxes drop, and how pricey the one use keys are........I would glady sacrifice the zen in favor of the keys!
This gambling box game mechanic will bee regulated sooner or later anyway
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speaking of dreams, i much prefer a subscription perk that lets me get all mission rewards in a single go... say featured ep runs 4 weeks, each week with a new equipment unlock and mission bonus box.... I run the mission 1st week, get all 4 equip and 4 bonus boxes all at once.
Only thing that would change that is if the lockboxes actually start looking like being worth opening by reducing the amount of boosters to bolster the high drop chance list or by not burying items inside other items. That cosmetic shield being a chance drop from the weapon box was a move or the richard variety.
I tend to let my LTS stipend build while I wait for sales or a ship I like the look of. (so not those hideous MW ships the feds got)
Many other more prominent MMO's are much more generous and easily give away a free lockbox/lootbox key daily. Heck, One particular game I play gives me 3 keys daily for being a premium club subscriber and gives everyone the chance to earn one additional key daily through daily challenges, as well as the occasional RNG Key drops when playing the game. And that has not stopped them from cashing in big time on selling them either to the "instant gratification" crowd.