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Not sure how to link the posts, but there are posts on the official Facebook account announcing:
20% off ship sale (including bundles)
20% zen charge bonus
50% off lobi store sale
These of course coinciding with the addition of the new Legendary Bundle.
20% off ship sale (including bundles)
20% zen charge bonus
50% off lobi store sale
These of course coinciding with the addition of the new Legendary Bundle.
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There are no coincidences...
-20% on ships & bundles is weak-sauce, but Cryptic doesn't want a current sale to exceed what they're trying to sell this 2021 "legendary" bundle for neither, a big yawn to Cryptic.
-50% lobi sale is excellent, the best as of date & I think only the 2nd time, but not surprising given Ambassador Kael's subtle hint last week, kudos to Cryptic.
+20% zen charge bonus I'm a bit confused on. Didn't Cryptic used to have it that with the larger amount of zen you purchased the larger the bonus? Did Cryptic quit on that? Where's the incentive to buy larger amounts of zen?
I'm not interested in getting more ships that will mostly remain unused.
Gives us a new play mode, like summoning ships. We know they've worked on it. At least then I'd have a reason again to get new ships. Or move to something else, like developing new species and so on.
Besides that, I see no good reason to spend here.
It makes me not trust the sale this time so I am hesitant to chance straining the budget for it.
Oh okay lol I was trying to figure out how this "flat-rate" would be any better compared to the "buy more get larger bonus". Glad to hear they stack.
No reason to buy any zen since not buying the bundle but good to learn, thanks.
I'll admit it's smart marketing by Cryptic to usher buyers in feeling like they're getting more.
Last time I tried that though the hidden gotcha meant it was not enough (though by flushing all the dil I had available at the time onto the exchange (despite the execrable rate) I had just enough to cover the difference). This time I am going to wait and see if others report the same bonus failure before buying any zen.
The Lobi part of the sale looks nice though, it is just a matter of which character do I get something from that for...
there are no bugs... you get the 20% bonus if you charge thru ARC. Use their launcher or go buy from this website. Up top of page says "Charge"
That is interesting, but I'm not surprised. I think Cryptic has been diluting sales & sale amounts a bit so would make sense if they're in that mind-set to dilute the charge bonus too. It's helpful knowledge to keep track of such things.
Don't let them promote you. Don't let them transfer you. Don't let them do anything that takes you off the bridge of that ship, because while you're there... you can make a difference.
-Captain James T. Kirk
You can't get those now. You have to buy the ships.
> You can't get those now. You have to buy the ships.
What? Somewhere I missed that news.That's BS.
Don't let them promote you. Don't let them transfer you. Don't let them do anything that takes you off the bridge of that ship, because while you're there... you can make a difference.
-Captain James T. Kirk
> > @foxrockssocks said:
> > You can't get those now. You have to buy the ships.
>
> What? Somewhere I missed that news.That's BS.
Don't let them promote you. Don't let them transfer you. Don't let them do anything that takes you off the bridge of that ship, because while you're there... you can make a difference.
-Captain James T. Kirk
It is the downside of the "any faction can fly any ship" thing they went to in the latest big patch.
> It is the downside of the "any faction can fly any ship" thing they went to in the latest big patch.
Ah, ok. That's really disappointing though, to make it harder to acquire.
Don't let them promote you. Don't let them transfer you. Don't let them do anything that takes you off the bridge of that ship, because while you're there... you can make a difference.
-Captain James T. Kirk
Well, let's be clear here, it was a decision Cryptic made to cancel the alternative methods of acquiring the cross-faction equipment causing players to have to buy the ships now if they want the console, trait, etcetera & Cryptic knew that ahead of time.
The new mechanic of "piloting any faction ship" didn't cause it. Of course I'm not sure it would've made much sense to keep the alternative method of acquiring such equipment in-game after that except to make it easier to be acquired in those cases. In essence Cryptic just made the bill larger to the paywall.
You seem well-informed. May I needle you for additional details?
1) Can steam players purchase zen through arc?
2) How does the bonus work? Like, you buy 100 bucks worth of zen, and automatically get $120 worth (or more, if there is a stacking bonus)?
*Edit* Actually, I was able to answer my own questions. Although the bonus is very nice (approximately $70 worth of extra zen at the $200 mark), you'd still wind up spending at least $150 to get the proper amount to buy the legendary pack (although it's arguable that the smarter thing would just be to buy the $200, defeating the purpose entirely):
This is true. And were you to do $100 + $50, you'd have enough Zen to get the pack. But, the flipside is, the bonus would be much less significant.