Star Trek Online Discussion Thread (now free to play!) - Page 148

syberghost · July 26 2012, 03:44 AM

Aeolusdallas wrote:

So? That means you can buy them for in game currency on the Exchange or trade for them. Unlike account wide unlocks.

Theoretically; but how many people are going to pay seven dollars for something and put it on the exchange for less than 14 billion quatloos?

Aeolusdallas · July 26 2012, 04:13 AM

syberghost wrote:

Aeolusdallas wrote:

So? That means you can buy them for in game currency on the Exchange or trade for them. Unlike account wide unlocks.

Theoretically; but how many people are going to pay seven dollars for something and put it on the exchange for less than 14 billion quatloos?

Thousands of people will buy the suits. So many that ironically the price on the exchange will plummet.
Kind of like how people pay a buck for a lockbox then sell the contents for 50 cents in the exchange.

Haggis and tatties · July 26 2012, 07:18 AM

intrinsical wrote:

Haggis and tatties wrote:

Ok thanks very much for that.....it was somewhat confusing, i have only really played this game on single player since launch and never touched the whole fleet or PVP things yet since STO launched.

I suppose i will have to now if i want to access the new stuff like those missions and fleet stuff.

Anyway thanks for the info, its much appreciated.

Oh and are you guys taking anybody on or are you full up?

Our doors are always open. Just give us your character's name@account and we'll add you to the fleet.

Just so you know we're pretty casual and are just patching up bits and pieces of our starbase whenever we can. We'll have a great starbase eventually, but it will take time. So if you're looking for a fleet with a top of the line starbase, we're not it.

Oh that's good to hear.....i am a very casual player, i have never touched any crafting, fleet,doff or the PVP system....i just like blowing Borg, Klingon, Breen, Rom, up in space or on the ground. lol

intrinsical · July 26 2012, 08:41 AM

syberghost wrote:

Aeolusdallas wrote:

So? That means you can buy them for in game currency on the Exchange or trade for them. Unlike account wide unlocks.

Theoretically; but how many people are going to pay seven dollars for something and put it on the exchange for less than 14 billion quatloos?

Apparently quite a few.

Tholian Recluse Carriers, which costs 800 lobi, are being sold for 100 million ec on the exchange. Lets say an average lockbox gives 8 lobi, which means 100 unlocked Tholian boxes, which in turn means a Tholian Recluse Carrier costs on average US$112.5. If I've done my math correctly, the exchange rate is 1 US$ to 888,889ec.

All of this means we'll probably find these env suits sold on the exchange for around 6.2 million ec.

Scout101 · July 26 2012, 11:34 AM

Pass. I try to avoid spending any more money on this game if I can help it, but occasionally break down.

$7 a character for a costume skin isn't gonna move the needle.

Besides, just finally got the last piece of the Tholian set, wanna play with that a while first...

syberghost · July 26 2012, 01:43 PM

intrinsical wrote:

All of this means we'll probably find these env suits sold on the exchange for around 6.2 million ec.

And the exchange rate puts that right at 14 billion quatloos.

Hartzilla2007 · July 26 2012, 04:43 PM

syberghost wrote:

Aeolusdallas wrote:

LeadHead wrote:

Fair enough, but STO at least gets nominated for this stupid thing.

I have no problem paying 7 bucks for it. It's really not that bad a price.

If it was an account unlock, I'd agree; but it's per character.

So how would I go about making sure I have enough of these for a full away team?

syberghost · July 26 2012, 05:25 PM

Hartzilla2007 wrote:

So how would I go about making sure I have enough of these for a full away team?

$7 apiece.

Or hundreds of millions of EC.

Timelord_Victorious · July 26 2012, 06:38 PM

Time to put the main projects on hold and get the new special projects started...

i want plants on my fleet base!

Hartzilla2007 · July 26 2012, 06:50 PM

Timelord_Victorious wrote:

Time to put the main projects on hold and get the new special projects started...

i want plants on my fleet base!

Yes fancy new stuff would be nice.

On another note how long before we can get the transwarp gate thingy up and running?

Methos · July 26 2012, 11:36 PM

woohoo i'm back

way too long away with work that time lol

how's everyone been?

logged in quickly to check what's changed since i've been away... wow, they've done a lot... speaking of, wtf have they done to the Caitains?!?

Caitians do not wear dreadlocks lmao... seriously, my science officer now looks like the love child of Bob Marly and Cheetara lol

Left - What Cryptic think the Caitains look like... Right - what i think they should look like

M

intrinsical · July 26 2012, 11:57 PM

Timelord_Victorious wrote:

Time to put the main projects on hold and get the new special projects started...

i want plants on my fleet base!

Sorry, humanitarian projects have priority over vanity projects.

Gotta complete that Colonization project before the Interior Designer has time to work her magic on our starbase.

Hartzilla2007 wrote:

Yes fancy new stuff would be nice.

On another note how long before we can get the transwarp gate thingy up and running?

According to the tech manual, the comms array needs to be operational before we can construct the transwarp gate.

Freman · July 31 2012, 11:17 PM

What is going on with the controls on this game now? I just logged in after quite awhile away (real life always gets in my way) and loaded up the "War is Good for Business" mission. I'm heading towards the second anomoly and flew over top of it by accident. So I try to angle the ship to go DOWN so I can get to it, and it will only angle the ship down so far, then it just stops. So here I am flying circles around the anomaly, but can't get my ship to angle down so I can get to it.

Never had this problem before.

syberghost · August 1 2012, 12:10 AM

Freman wrote:

What is going on with the controls on this game now? I just logged in after quite awhile away (real life always gets in my way) and loaded up the "War is Good for Business" mission. I'm heading towards the second anomoly and flew over top of it by accident. So I try to angle the ship to go DOWN so I can get to it, and it will only angle the ship down so far, then it just stops. So here I am flying circles around the anomaly, but can't get my ship to angle down so I can get to it.

Never had this problem before.

Not only has there always been a limit to the up/down angle, but it's a greater range now than it was at launch.

Freman · August 1 2012, 12:26 AM

syberghost wrote:

Freman wrote:

What is going on with the controls on this game now? I just logged in after quite awhile away (real life always gets in my way) and loaded up the "War is Good for Business" mission. I'm heading towards the second anomoly and flew over top of it by accident. So I try to angle the ship to go DOWN so I can get to it, and it will only angle the ship down so far, then it just stops. So here I am flying circles around the anomaly, but can't get my ship to angle down so I can get to it.

Never had this problem before.

Not only has there always been a limit to the up/down angle, but it's a greater range now than it was at launch.

Well, it's not a greater range now then it was the last time I played.

July 26 2012, 11:34 AM	#2210
Scout101 Admiral Location: Rhode Island, USA	Re: Star Trek Online Discussion Thread (now free to play!) Pass. I try to avoid spending any more money on this game if I can help it, but occasionally break down. $7 a character for a costume skin isn't gonna move the needle. Besides, just finally got the last piece of the Tholian set, wanna play with that a while first... __________________ Perhaps, if I am very lucky, the feeble efforts of my lifetime will someday be noticed and maybe, in some small way, they will be acknowledged as the greatest works of genius ever created by man. ~Jack Handey STO: @JScout33

July 26 2012, 06:38 PM	#2214
Timelord_Victorious Rear Admiral	Re: Star Trek Online Discussion Thread (now free to play!) Time to put the main projects on hold and get the new special projects started... i want plants on my fleet base!

July 26 2012, 11:36 PM	#2216
Methos First Officer: USS Aventine Location: Hiding under Gaila's bed...	Re: Star Trek Online Discussion Thread (now free to play!) woohoo i'm back way too long away with work that time lol how's everyone been? logged in quickly to check what's changed since i've been away... wow, they've done a lot... speaking of, wtf have they done to the Caitains?!? Caitians do not wear dreadlocks lmao... seriously, my science officer now looks like the love child of Bob Marly and Cheetara lol Left - What Cryptic think the Caitains look like... Right - what i think they should look like M __________________ In Russia, a 122 year old man has passed away, he credited his long life to abtaining from alcohol, tobacco and women. His last words were "I've made a huge mistake."

July 31 2012, 11:17 PM	#2218
Freman Fleet Captain Location: Kenora, Ontario, Canada	Re: Star Trek Online Discussion Thread (now free to play!) What is going on with the controls on this game now? I just logged in after quite awhile away (real life always gets in my way) and loaded up the "War is Good for Business" mission. I'm heading towards the second anomoly and flew over top of it by accident. So I try to angle the ship to go DOWN so I can get to it, and it will only angle the ship down so far, then it just stops. So here I am flying circles around the anomaly, but can't get my ship to angle down so I can get to it. Never had this problem before. __________________ Booyaka!!!!

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