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It looks like this years anniversary ship might not be free...

tunicate515#4416 tunicate515
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The devs are doing some kind of livestream, and people watching have a chance to win a book and the new anniversary ship. But somebody recently raised a good point: what is the point of the anniversary ship being a prize to these winners if it is free to everyone? So either they are including in their "prize" something everyone already gets, which is silly, or it might not be free this year?
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  • drazursouthclawdrazursouthclaw Member Posts: 223 Arc User
    I would happily 'forgo the tedium of the 25 dailies and get the ship', as opposed to the 'forgoing of the tedium of the 25 dailies and not getting the ship' that I currently do.

    In my opinion, it's never 'free', it either costs 'an annoying amount of time-gated boredom', or a 'ludicrous and literally random amount of money'.

    I am, of course, insane for thinking this, so please feel free to ignore everything I said here.
  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,980 Arc User
    I think that's reading too much into it. The anniversary ships always come with a project grind. Giving away the ship on the livestream would (most parsimoniously) mean that the winner gets it without said grind.
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  • jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    I would still do the grind to get Omega Upgrade Kits. Nothing beats them for the quality improvement chance. I have some use of those.
  • spiritbornspiritborn Member Posts: 4,372 Arc User
    duncanidaho11 wrote: »
    I think that's reading too much into it. The anniversary ships always come with a project grind. Giving away the ship on the livestream would (most parsimoniously) mean that the winner gets it without said grind.
    yeah Grind avoidance seems more likely, the the ship being avaible only for those who join the livesteam. It would seem rather odd that suddenly Crypic would change something as fundamental as the aniversery ship being "free", especially in a way that would very likely result in excluding a lot of customers from gaining the reward (not everyone can be reasonbly assumed to be able to join in on the livestream).
  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,661 Arc User
    They also get the ship 15 days sooner, or 25 if there is no 400-token featured episode.
  • nightkennightken Member Posts: 2,824 Arc User
    wild guess if it's not just skipping the grind. it is not the actually event ship but the c-store ships with the set the works with the console from the event ship.

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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,588 Community Moderator
    So... what IS the anniversary ship anyways?
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  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,980 Arc User
    rattler2 wrote: »
    So... what IS the anniversary ship anyways?

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  • where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
    duncanidaho11 wrote: »
    rattler2 wrote: »
    So... what IS the anniversary ship anyways?

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  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,916 Arc User
    As it's the Anniversary ship, we'll be playing a FE for 400 tokens and then doing the Omega missions for the rest because the Anniversary doesn't run as long as the Winter or Summer events. It's been that way since I've been playing, and I don't see it changing.
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  • fleetcaptain5#1134 fleetcaptain5
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    Would it really be a problem to talk about what kind of ship the anniversary ship will be if they're already giving it away right now?

    I'm curious as well which ship we'll be able to get.
  • fleetcaptain5#1134 fleetcaptain5
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    Nevermind. Misunderstood the opening post, thought they were doing a livestream right now.
  • leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,469 Arc User
    fleetcaptain5#1134 wrote: »
    Would it really be a problem to talk about what kind of ship the anniversary ship will be if they're already giving it away right now?

    I'm curious as well which ship we'll be able to get.

    It's being given away after it will be announced. I prefer the surprise of not knowing until as late as possible. Mini-Christmases throughout the year.
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  • garaks31garaks31 Member Posts: 2,845 Arc User
    versions of the anniversary ships sometimes come also to the c store!!
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    https://forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/1249570/axanar-locks-in-start-date-for-filming
  • vegeta50024vegeta50024 Member Posts: 2,336 Arc User
    garaks31 wrote: »
    versions of the anniversary ships sometimes come also to the c store!!

    Only once has that ever happened, and that was with the Dyson Science Destroyer. Since then, every ship has been an alien ship that has a set tied to faction ships released later on in the C-store.

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  • captainkoltarcaptainkoltar Member Posts: 939 Arc User
    edited January 2018
    Twice. The basic Odyssey and Bortas classes were anniversary ships too.
  • asuran14asuran14 Member Posts: 2,335 Arc User
    Yeah I doubt they would kick themselves in the rear doing that, unless the ship that those turning in could get was a variation of the annv ship, though i see this as more of a convenience of getting the annv ship without needing to grind for it.

    I would say using only the current info we have, that we might see another Lukari ship added. I say that as we have seen at least one of the Lukari designs from the ship creation event get reused so far, and using one of the other designs that was popular could save some time an effort in creating the ship.
  • garaks31garaks31 Member Posts: 2,845 Arc User
    nice idea i would not mind batman or bumerang

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  • avoozuulavoozuul Member Posts: 3,215 Arc User
    edited January 2018
    garaks31 wrote: »
    versions of the anniversary ships sometimes come also to the c store!!
    Yes the Dyson Destroyer, but the anniversary version was a lesser version with a special part for the console set of the c-store versions.

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  • orangenee#2931 orangenee
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    Maybe the winners get a slightly improved version. Though NOT having to grind is one hell of a prize

    I'll be all over those Omega upgrades though as I have at least 16 billion things that need upgrading and not nearly enough dilly doo da to upgrade them. In fact the ship will be the bonus prize.
  • ambassadorkael#6946 ambassadorkael
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    Hey guys,

    Lemme nip this one in the bud. The ship is free. The winners here just get it without having to participate in the event. We just wanted to give a bonus in-game prize in addition to the pdf.
  • auleius12auleius12 Member Posts: 50 Arc User
    Speaking of what the anniversary ships might be, I think it's gonna be some kentari ship or maybe a t6 ambassador, t6 kamarag and some t6 romulan warbird or as mentioned above t6 dyson destroyers.

    I hope it's a faction specific ship (fingers crossed).
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  • opsjoyopsjoy Member Posts: 25 Arc User
    auleius12 wrote: »
    Speaking of what the anniversary ships might be, I think it's gonna be some kentari ship or maybe a t6 ambassador, t6 kamarag and some t6 romulan warbird or as mentioned above t6 dyson destroyers.

    I hope it's a faction specific ship (fingers crossed).
    Don't get your hopes up, but, admittedly, I'm hoping for that, too.
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  • avoozuulavoozuul Member Posts: 3,215 Arc User
    edited January 2018
    The actual ship pack might even be T6 Kumari's since we got the T6 Vesta's last year and T6 Oddyssy's the year before, that's engi and sci ships so tac could be next. Of course the other factions will have to have some new ships invented for them to be fair.
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  • fleetcaptain5#1134 fleetcaptain5
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    avoozuul wrote: »
    The actual ship pack might even be T6 Kumari's since we got the T6 Vesta's last year and T6 Oddyssy's the year before, that's engi and sci ships so tac could be next. Of course the other factions will have to have some new ships invented for them to be fair.

    If it is a T6 Kumari, I hope it will have a longer neck.

    The Kumari design looks great imo, but an Andorian battlecruiser type of ship that could basically be a stretched version of the Kumari would also look great I think.
  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,980 Arc User
    edited January 2018
    avoozuul wrote: »
    The actual ship pack might even be T6 Kumari's since we got the T6 Vesta's last year and T6 Oddyssy's the year before, that's engi and sci ships so tac could be next. Of course the other factions will have to have some new ships invented for them to be fair.

    The cycle has been...
    1. NA
    2. Cruiser (Oddy)
    3. Cruiser (Ambassador)
    4. Destroyer (Dyson)
    5. Cruiser (Kobali)
    6. Science (Krenim)
    7. Science (Lukari)

    So don't count on cyclical parity between TAC/ENG/SCI. It's never been a good predictor for anniversary ships.

    With the Krenim ship it's also worth pointing out that the accompanying C-store bundles don't necessarily need to be in the same class. Typically, they are but there's nothing holding Cryptic to a conventional pattern.
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  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,916 Arc User
    Yeah. They'll do what they want with the ships. There's no telling what we'll get this year.
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  • avoozuulavoozuul Member Posts: 3,215 Arc User
    edited January 2018
    duncanidaho11 wrote: »
    avoozuul wrote: »
    The actual ship pack might even be T6 Kumari's since we got the T6 Vesta's last year and T6 Oddyssy's the year before, that's engi and sci ships so tac could be next. Of course the other factions will have to have some new ships invented for them to be fair.

    The cycle has been...
    1. NA
    2. Cruiser (Oddy)
    3. Cruiser (Ambassador)
    4. Destroyer (Dyson)
    5. Cruiser (Kobali)
    6. Science (Krenim)
    7. Science (Lukari)

    So don't count on cyclical parity between TAC/ENG/SCI. It's never been a good predictor for anniversary ships.

    With the Krenim ship it's also worth pointing out that the accompanying C-store bundles don't necessarily need to be in the same class. Typically, they are but there's nothing holding Cryptic to a conventional pattern.
    You are listing the anniversary event ships, I am speaking of the c-store ship packs that usually come out during or after the anniversary. Also I'm predicting the T6 treatment cycle which has only happened twice now. I was never saying the anniversary ship and the ship packs follow the same type. ;)
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  • nickcastletonnickcastleton Member Posts: 1,212 Arc User
    i can see three possible ships
    1. T6 Ambassador
    2. Another Lukari ship
    3. A ship from Discovery
    Though i do like to be surprised.
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