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Cyptic! request to re-run past events!
kelthuzad
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Would it be nice if we can re-run all the past events? I know I do. Anyhow, Cryptic, on behalf some LTS members including myself. I would like to request to re-run past events please XD. Also, epic tokens does not give you account wide unlocks!
Kelthuzad
(title correction to reflect request) - darkbladejk
Kelthuzad
(title correction to reflect request) - darkbladejk
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Note: They also won't redo past Events, cause many past Event Rewards are either in Phoenix already, or a few are Account-wide Rewards with Mudd's Market, or will often eventually show up in one or the other.
So with Phoenix Ships from Epic tokens you got to focus / decide on those best for ones Class, unless it's the console or trait you desire for some Hybrid Build, yet most apply to a specific class. For example don't get Bajoran Interceptor for anything but your TAC's, or flying more Tactical Ships for example. Or if you're missing the Krenim Science Vessel focus mostly on SCI's.
As for Mudd he's a shrewd Business Man, you really got to at least wait for a 50% or far better sale much closer to 75% off sale before I'd recommend buying them. Even their own wording strongly suggests that you'd be well silly to pay full price.
Though one thing that surprise me the most, is we've not seen the Red Angel Suit from an Event from Mid last year show up yet in either Mudd's or Phoenix yet. There was also a few others for example the 3 piece Friendly Elachi Space Set (by a different name), that causes the Dancing Elachi around various Social Zones. In combat those Friendly Elachi instead fight to help you while on Ground Maps, when your not in Space however... ...I missed that Event as it was October of 2020 or so, still it's likely only a matter of time before they will place them in one of the two.
https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/Phoenix_Prize_Pack#
Once you have the Rewards your characters desire, there always be a few new or old items to consider; the vast majority convert their tokens down for the Phoenix Upgrades though.
Good Luck,
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They should re-run past events for people that missed them.
If you ignore that chance, they want the second chance to be expensive and/or character locked.
If players know they can easily get a ship again later and for free, they are more likely to ignore the event.
Also, some players turn into foam-at-the-mouth rantbeasts if new players get something that was "time limited" or "exclusive" just as easily as they did years ago.
Considering the event buyout for the Red Angel Suit was like $50, I shudder to think what the Mudd's price would be, even on sale.
Now with the obligatory stuff out of the way, they're not going to re-run old events in the fashion you're thinking of. They already have alternative ways to pick up items from events past. Some of them are in the phoenix box which is a per character unlock, and others are in the Mudd's market. While I would love to see the items in Phoenix be account unlocks at this point in the game, I wouldn't count on that happening thanks to Mudd's market. While Mudd's is alot more expensive, it at least gives people an alternative to get the account unlocks they missed. The trick to Mudd's is waiting for the desired item to go on sale and not paying the full price for the item(s) you want. For that matter even the descriptions say not to buy at full price. You can if you want to, but it's a foolish move.
The phoenix packs were also meant to be a dilithium sink that also served the purpose of allowing folks a chance at getting items they missed out on. However folks complained about it not being account unlock which in part led to the creation of Mudd's Market. Neither are fully perfect solutions but they work.
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The phoenix packs are in a bad spot when it comes to ships (though it is great for consoles and whatnot) because the odds against getting a gold token are too high to make the single character unlock that appealing since most players will probably only ever get one (or maybe two) of those tokens in years of playing.
Even a small adjustment of the odds would probably make a big difference in dil spending at this point since most people probably know by now that buying the packs hoping for a ship-grade token is a fools quest. On the other hand, it is nice that there is a chance, however small, that one will pop up when buying packs for phoenix upgrades.
Yes, needing to buy 1,000+ Phoenix packs to maybe get one token is brutal. Sure, you get a 5-character supply of tech upgrade tokens in the process, but most players only have 3-4 alts.
Then if you want a multi-ship console set or Breen carrier + frigate pets unlock, you might never run out of upgrade tokens, ever.
We can debate the odds and what they should be, and I definitely agree they need to be better for getting very rare and above. If they odds were too good, then it partially defeats the purpose of the thing being a dilithium sink. However this is kind of getting off on a side tangent to the original request.
They used to do that until Delta Rising. Up until that point you could makeup ships you missed and such
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Yes, DR Winter 2014-15 was the last time you could start new projects for old ships. It was also the first time they were account unlocks instead of per-character. I had to grind 75 ice races to get the T6 carrier and the 2 old Breen T5s.
I am not sure why they even stopped giving that out like they do with the Ambassador class support version in Temporal Ambassador, especially since one of the rewards you get (the Swarmers) is totally useless without it, and it would probably encourage people to spring for the more advanced versions of the ship. And it is not like basic non-upgradable T5s are exactly in demand nowadays.