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ambassadorkael
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Captains on PC can claim the U.S.S. Franklin from Star Trek Beyond until October 31st! Learn the details here:
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11273023
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11273023
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You may want to fix the "can claim" line or add it's from the promo boxes in the brief headline. "Can claim" makes the reader think it's a free ship; "can win" would imply it's part of the Lockbox/"Promotion!" boxes.
Older version: "Captains on PC can claim the U.S.S. Franklin from Star Trek Beyond until October 31st!"
New version: "Captains on PC have the chance to obtain the U.S.S. Franklin from #StarTrekBeyond until October 31st!"
It should have never happened in the first place and you know it.
Also, I find the timing "interesting".
To introduce the "frigate" type of ships, you "offer" a free grind to get one and it's an Elachi ship which I doubt many people are interested in.
Then, before the grind is even over, you bring a new frigate and it's a ship people DID want to see... and you lock it behind a R&D gambling box.
Assume what? that folks who had a choice between the Franklin or an Elachi ship would want? odds are good that more folks would want the Franklin. This game is Star Trek... and folks would want a ST ship not some alien race that had none or close to no screen time on the TV/Movies.
I'll give you a 'hell yes!' for that. Made my day.
All that said, and after reading the information, it's another lobi/lockbox/R&D single character unlock ship and I have zero interest in actually getting them. Now, if these types of ships were made to be account unlocks, then yes, I'd be interested. But, they aren't and I'm not.
I hope that the folks who want the ship get it, as I would like to see scores of them in-game. I actually like the looks of the ship.
Losing faith in humanity, one person at a time.
You're wrong about me. If I could have only one of the two to keep, I'd pick the Elachi. Plus the beam set and ultimate tokens were a very nice bonus.
Now if I could sell it, I'd take the Franklin, sell it, and buy my TOS captain a TOS Connie
That's fine, do what you want. I don't buy lottery tickets or Magic: The Gathering card packs. Or eat shellfish, or watch football, or own a dog, or listen to Taylor Swift's music.
FYI, you can get any lock box or R&D pack ship with a 100% chance for success by buying it from the Exchange using energy credits, but that is going to be expensive too. Buy R&D promo packs (not regular ones!) for Zen, sell the packs on the exchange, get the ship. The cost will be as high as $200, but less if you get Zen on sale and buy promo R&D packs on sale.
Considering the ship is behind the R&D gamble, just like the T6 TOS Connie and the DSConnie, I'm gonna take a "wild guess" once more and say that since it's not a lobi ship to accompany the Kelvin D lockbox, the minds behind this determined it'd be more valuable to put it behind the most expensive type of gambling and exchange purchase than a lobi or a lockbox.
So I can actually safely guess, based on common sense and your own kind of logic that they're actually expecting a huge profit with it being rare than it being more easily common.