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jrl13
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Greetings Fellow Captains,
Just throwing this out there, how many captains would like to buy or get some of the anniversary ships without them being in the Anniversary or other bundles? Ross class? Legendary ships etc. etc?
Just throwing this out there, how many captains would like to buy or get some of the anniversary ships without them being in the Anniversary or other bundles? Ross class? Legendary ships etc. etc?
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The 10th Anniversary bundle is priced a bit lower than average cost of one single-character promo pack ship (1:100 odds for packs).
The point of the bundles is to get you to spend enough money to make up for the lost lock box and promo pack sales. Letting you pick and choose single ships and then pay a lot less goes against that.
So they probably realized that people will shell out $200 for 10 ships, but not $200 for 4 ships. But they will spend $50 on one ship
They likely lost money by putting the Legendary Excelsior in the $200 pack, instead of it being $50 just itself. Lots of people would have bought it, but only the die hard fan would drop $200 for it.
Whether it is 50, 60, or 75 it is still firmly in whale territory so not many casuals would be likely to buy it.
> Whether it is 50, 60, or 75 it is still firmly in whale territory so not many casuals would be likely to buy it.
Those aren't the target audience for this. Since the bundles are only available or 'on sale', in case of Mudd's, for a limited anount of time those offers are directed at people who can act on impulse purchases. The casual who'd spend 20 on their favorite F2P game is of little interest.
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I've never been so excited about what I got from a sale as I have receiving these ships, but I've also never been so ready to puke either.
If the typical price of a zen store ship is 25-30+ then at least I can say the ships were cheaper through the sale than buying them individually at the typical prices.
And I can't say that every single ship I've looked at so far isn't awesome. Because they are.
But I can say honestly that it hurt and I could puke. LOL
It's really weird being excited and about to puke at the same time o.O
If these ships get separated into individual purchases, they better not be cheaper than what I paid for them is all I'm going to say! I'd feel ripped off big time.
Ultimately, the argument with myself did not come down to whether or not it was logical, or smart, or good for my already impossible to tolerate tight budget. The argument was do I want them or not?
I wanted them. So I bought them. And if I had the choice to make again, I'd still buy them. But I better be able to enjoy them for a looooooong time.
...And get over the feeling of wanting to puke.
Yes, you are correct, and i used those tokens on ships for my son, as they are open to send to others. It was more expensive than the 10 anniversary bundle, but they are good ships, and i'm happy with them. Also i just buyed the 10 Anny one, as i wanted at least 7 of those ships, and as i was saving for some time for it, it was woth it.. finally got one of my favorites, the Glenn. Would i liked that htey where individual sales, yes, sure... but i do not regret my purchases at al..
As for breaking the tenth anniversary bundle up, if it was gonna happen I think it would have by now, so IMO it's safe to say that the bundle will remain the only way to obtain those ships. If they ever DID break it up though I can guarantee that the price-per-ship would be worse than buying the entire bundle, $60-$90 if they did the ships by themselves or $90-$120 if they did a bundle similar to the mirror Galaxy-X.
I've got to be honest...my finger hovered over the button to buy the Zen for the 10th Anniversary Pack, even after I watched some not-so-flattering YouTube reviews of the ships and comparisons with others. I couldn't bring myself to do it though. I'm not sure why and not to sound holier than thou, but maybe I just felt morally opposed. It shouldn't cost THAT much and not buying it, has just given me more appreciate of the ships I don't have to spend the best part of 200 quid to get.
With some time and effort, it's possible to rejigger one of the uglier ships in the game...raise a pylon here, use a different nacelle there, etc. I completely respect anyone who's bought the pack and if the ships were sold separately, then I'm not saying I wouldn't grind for it, but I just can't bring myself to buy.
> I am very skeptical the 11th bundle sold well, given I almost never see one of the ships from it, while it's rare to do a TFO without someone flying a 10th anniversary ship or a Legendary D7
I agree that it couldn’t have sold as well as other expensive bundles. But there were a whole bunch of Legendary Excelsiors, Ambassadors, and Vorchas hanging out around during the Anniversary. And I would imagine there are still a fair number sitting around in people’s dry docks.
My guess is the 11th primarily picked up by heavy collectors (I.e. the real “whales’’ or hardcore players like many of us on the forum) or people who came back during the anniversary and didn’t realize that it was a lemon. I would further speculate that many who did buy it had buyers remorse. But that is just my projecting. I am pretty sure I would have regretted buying it—even though I am always interested in a new BOP.