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In it - When asked when we may get it, Kael said look at the roadmap for hints and clues - https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11010493-star-trek-online's-2018/2019-roadmap!
Well it shows the Discovery version of the Enterprise on the March time period
Question is, C-Store, Lockbox, or Lobi?
really hope its C-store
honestly wouldnt be fair if Kelvin Dread, Temporal Connie, and this all go the uber expensive or random lockbox drop
Well it shows the Discovery version of the Enterprise on the March time period
Question is, C-Store, Lockbox, or Lobi?
really hope its C-store
honestly wouldnt be fair if Kelvin Dread, Temporal Connie, and this all go the uber expensive or random lockbox drop
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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.'
March would be timing it with a new gamble box, which usually brings another lobi ship offering.
Curiously, the info on the Roadmap has the Personal Endeavors premiering in March as well, but they're already out on PC without a previous mention on the map. Perhaps they're expanding that system with a store or something?
Considering the number of skins usable by that ship as is.
Cryptic, would you actulaly like me to spend actual Money? It's Simple:
> Neither. It's gonna be an R&D pack promotion. Just like the TOS Connie.
I’ll be deeply surprised if this isn’t 100% correct. There is an outside chance they’ll just add it to the skins avail for the TOS Connie as that would be the easiest path for Cryptic to take.
Normally yeah but this is Discovery and thats now part of the timeline and to be honest they need more C-Store ships that are STO themed as currently we have 1 T6 ship the other 3 are lockbox ships and 1 is an event ship so might be C-Store ship.
Well that is what they did with the TMP refit skin. Personally I think this is most likely considering that it's the simplest way of adding the ship (which they can market easily) and provides an immediate compromise with those who already own a promo-connie. It's pretty much the most expensive ship in the game and Cryptic isn't likely to try to double dip in the most extreme way I think they possibly can (ie. completely separate promo ship.)
If I were them though I'd release a scaling T1-T4 constitution class which unifies the c-store Exeter and TOS connie into a single ship (with those customization options, console, and weapons) which launches the DSC skin and presents a trial for similar updates to low-tier ships in future. Owning the T1-T4 connie would then unlock the DSC skin on promo T6 connies. (retaining/enabling cross-marketing.)
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If it goes into C-Store, then either like the Enterprise (T1 or something else) or the Walker (T1-4).
I mean I do want one, but it would be too much of a slap in the face for all those who have the T6 Connie. Not sure how those people will react if thats gonna be a Store ship. (probably depends if they care about Discovery or not...)
That is a fantastic idea!
Well speaking as one of those people who lucked out (I needed 10 lobi, got the connie, then I still needed 10 lobi!) I already own both of the c-store connies (Exeter specifically to have more customization options.) With the T1-4 idea I'd be grandfathered into the new ship as it replaces the current T1 and T2 ships which would immediately be invalidated (making use of their console too, might as well and it saves some work.) If they went for a new T1 ship that didn't scale (for some reason, they seem to like the mechanic) then I'd just pick that one up.
My connie cost ONE R&D pack, and thus I'm a part of the group of connie owners who spent the absolute minimum required to get the ship (outside of a contest or giveaway). And I say as one of those people (never mind those who got theirs through the exchange or persistent pack openings) that the additional expense of a T1 ship for a customization skin is trivial.
Thanks, I'm considering bugging @ambassadorkael#6946 about it in case they aren't considering it already and this thread flies under their radar.
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Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
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Well your tone here isn't exactly constructive but here's a point none the less: the TMP connie skin (freely updated) is a much closer analog to the DSC connie skin than a timeship originally deemed inappropriate for general use by the STO population operating in the 25th century (in line with many cross faction ships.) It was only much later with AOY that Cryptic opted to give players more general access to distant future timeships for funsies, though not at the expense of those who originally went for the lock box ships (see. rational dev behavior, finding compromises between business, gameplay, setting, and player interests.) What they paid/won was exclusive to them.
Could they do something else? Sure, but there ain't no guarantees either way.
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Because lock box and R&D pack ship sales pay for a large portion of the budget for STO.
STO does not charge a monthly fee, does not charge an initial fee, does not charge for expansions. Story content is 100% free to play and many players never pay a penny of real-world cash. Making more money off of the "special" ships keeps the servers running and pays the staff.
By the way, you can get the ship with 100% chance of success, no gambling at all. Buy keys for zen, sell keys on the exchange for credits, buy ship from the exchange for credits.
Actually there's an easier answer: STO takes place post TNG and for reasons the constitution class was never (in any serious way) included in the lineup of ships for that time period and after. We've had everything else from the TMP era but not the connie because of stipulations in the production (and all those that followed.) CBS/Cryptic carried that through when making STO. Ergo, no end-game constitution class (T5/T6) up until the promo box allowed for a limited number to enter circulation (as controlled by the low odds of the box) which can be hand-waved away as exceptions to the general rule of the setting (as with every other lock box and promo ship.)
It helps Cryptic to have a ship like the constitution class headlining the promos but it's worth noting that it's not the only ship in the box nor the one that kicked them off. For "why no T5/T6 c-store connie" just point to the name of the game and year it takes place. It's built into Trek.
And for those new to the game, this was a Frequently Created Topic prior to the introduction of the T6 promo connie so we're well beyond beating a dead horse territory here.
See above also for why all era appropriate hero ships are playable in the C-store, including their T6 refits. The c-store is home to all ships which can be said to be in general circulation for each of the major factions in 2409/2410 (plus those from AOY...which are the oddball exceptions.) It's how STO builds a major part of its setting.
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I'll take that bet.
That is exactly what I think they will do.
Why? I think I know exactly what you're line of reasoning will be but I just want to get it out there so the above can be put into full context.
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They’re not interested in ‘fair,’ they’re interested in the bottom line.
For the record, I'm not arguing that they will 100% do this. I just think it's reasonably possible. Say 50/50.
Salazarraze and Seaofsorrows are correct.
The Discovery Connie will arrive one of two ways:
1. AT BEST (Debatably best anyway) it'll be a new skin for the existing R&D Connie.
2.) It'll be like the Sheshar or T6 Bug, a new spec-seat variant of the Temporal Light Cruiser, which will be R&D promo-locked.
Anyone expecting otherwise is fooling themselves. Either start saving your Quatloos now, or prepare to be disappointed in the future. But whatever you do, don't play dumb and TRIBBLE & moan when the inevitable occurs in March.
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.'