Duty Officer Promo Extended!
By PWE_BranFlakes @ November 8, 2012 at 6:30pm
Chance to win a Jem'Hadar Attack Ship!
We’ve extended our Reinforcements Duty Officer Pack promotion! Before they are discontinued, we are running a promotion that will provide an additional bonus when opening each pack.
(UPDATE! Due to the US holiday on Thursday 11/22, the promotion actually ends the morning (PDT) of 11/21) From now until server maintenance during the morning (PST) of Wednesday, November 21, 2012, every Reinforcements Duty Officer Pack you open will also include either 10 Lobi Crystals or a Jem'Hadar Attack Ship*! If you missed unlocking one of these vessels during last year's Winter Event or the previous Duty Officer promotion, here's your chance at owning one of the most sought-after ships.
*NOTE: The odds of winning the Jem’Hadar Attack Ship are rare but have been normalized based on the price of the Reinforcements Duty Officer Pack (275 ZEN) when compared to the Winter Packages (125 ZEN) we were selling during last year’s Winter Event. Ship details can be found at the bottom of this page.
Here is some information about the Reinforcements Duty Officer Pack:
Explore the galaxy and find new Duty Officers for your crew! The Reinforcements Duty Officer Pack includes many officers with alternate active roster abilities, including those listed in this Dev Blog.
Each Reinforcements Duty Officer Pack will include:
- 4 Common or Better Duty Officers
- 2 Uncommon or Better Duty Officers
- 1 Rare or Better Duty Officer
- A Bonus Item!*
In addition to any Duty Officers you receive, you will also get one (1) of the following special bonus prizes:
- A stack of Gamma Quadrant commodities
- A stack of Gamma Quadrant consumable devices
- An Alien Artifact (available in both "Powered" and "Unpowered" versions)
- A random Mk XII Very Rare Console
- or the jackpot prize… a Tuffli Class Freighter Ship Pack
- NOTE: With the above promotion running, it is possible to win the Tuffli and the Jem'Hadar Attack Ship from the same pack
Jem’Hadar Attack Ship Details
The Jem'Hadar Attack Ship is a small starship, similar to an Escort or Destroyer. The staple ship of the Dominion fleet, these ships were used with deadly effect during the Dominion War. Small, fast and maneuverable, the Jem'Hadar Attack Ship packs a punch that is larger than expected for a ship of its size.
Recently a handful of these vessels have been found adrift and abandoned in the Alpha Quadrant and both Starfleet and the Klingon Defense Force have been scrambling to acquire as many of these derelicts as possible for study. The ships are always found undamaged, but with all systems offline and registering unusually high neutrino signatures. The ships are models commonly seen in the late 24th century, but all appear to be in prime condition.
The Dominion has not expressed any interest in retrieving these ships, and has not responded to subspace messages sent from Qo'noS or Deep Space Nine. For now, the appearance of the Jem'Hadar Attack Ships remains a mystery.
- Requires: Vice Admiral or Lt. General rank
- Hull Strength: 34,500
- Shield Modifier: 1
- Crew: 50
- Weapons: 4 Fore, 3 Aft
- Device Slots: 2
- Bridge Officer Stations: 1 Lieutenant Commander Tactical, 1 Commander Tactical, 1 Ensign Engineering, 2 Lieutenant Universal
- Console Modifications: 5 Tactical, 4 Engineering, 1 Science
- Base Turn Rate: 20 degrees per second
- Impulse Modifier: 0.22
- +15 Power to Weapons
- Can Load Cannons
x0aenian0x @ Nov 21st, 2012 5:21AM
I got a few packs and dident get shit.Wonder if gambling laws apply to thise sort of things and the lock boxes.Cause perfect world isent following them.
gee72 @ Nov 20th, 2012 10:29AM
Well to make matters even worse Lolipop has won another 2 :)
katekeeper1 @ Nov 20th, 2012 9:02AM
This attack ship you can get is stupid. i have opened at least 10 packs now and all i get is the same every time. it is like I am cursed. if I where anyone thinking of getting one of these packs don''t. it is a waste of money.
dag4584 @ Nov 18th, 2012 2:31PM
Ok I am trying to play this #@#@# game. First I have to down;load to log on then I have to patch in and download some more Is It really worth all of these downloads. I mean I have Hughes net and it takes forever at peak times.
smokeimface @ Nov 18th, 2012 8:30AM
Who ever is playing under my name plan to join kahn in his victory
archanarchist @ Nov 18th, 2012 3:18AM
lol he probly just has multiple characters cash caped and hes converting extra money into ships bypassing the cap. posibly fair bit of rl cash 2 and probly been playing for a long time once u cap out the only thng u could do to get richer would be invest moeny into high value items
willdekay @ Nov 15th, 2012 10:38AM
With regards to Lollipop I also have witnessed the several in-game announcements. I asked, "didn't I just see Lollipop win one yesterday" and someone replied, "yeah they bought mine for 87 mil". So I don't think it's luck , I think they are buying them straight from the exchange. Why they need so many could be the subject of many discussions...multiple characters on multiple accounts to set up or someone just wanting to corner the market. Anyhow I guess my point is, if they are buying them fair and square from the exchange it should be no issue. I think if I had any concern, it would be if these are gold sellers pulling a fast one, but do we even have gold sellers on STO? With all the limitations I thought Cryptic eradicated those guys at the start of the game. I remember getting tons of in-game messages for the first few months and buy year's end nothing. But yeah, in-game announcements are annoying enough without seeing the same name keep coming up; kind of adds a new level of annoyance. :)
mattjohnsonva
Pretty sure if you buy a ship off the exchange and then unlock it it does not issue a notice to the other players, I've bought plenty like that including two Bug ships and the notice did NOT appear accross the screen. No he is winning them by constantly buying packs or by hacking into the game somehow.
gee72 @ Nov 14th, 2012 7:32AM
Lolipop just won another one ..... FIX
sixoften @ Nov 13th, 2012 11:09AM
I bought 3000 Zen the 4th of October. Never recieved it. Session timed out while I did the purchase. I also have no purchase history. My bankaccounts says I paid it ...
r1ch4rd1 @ Nov 13th, 2012 7:10AM
The drop rate is fine and I'll say why.....VERY RARE ship. Look up the word "RARE" people who moan about not getting one and see what it means.....if it was a "COMMON" ship then the dropping odds would need to change...
gee72
Then Lolipop must be VERY lucky as he has over 20 of them 3 of which ive seen being won in the space of 30 minutes ..
borgeliminator @ Nov 12th, 2012 4:54PM
I got a jem'hadar ship first one of my packs, but I spent a lot of the money I made fof of it and I am down to 30m out of 220 m -_-. I will never get lucky again I bet $.
brackynews
Easy come easy go. :)
iamdino1 @ Nov 11th, 2012 8:46PM
It, is hard to take advantage of a promotion when thr Zen that has been purchased does not show up on your account. Despite repeated log outs and log ins.
kezzin
Did you make sure you transferred the zen to Star Trek Online after buying it? Otherwise it just sits on the perfectworld site in your account.
brackynews
Yep. Gotta remember the transfer step. Nice thing is STO updates in real time, so literally the moment I click transfer on the website, I can see it update in my Dilithium Store counter on my other monitor.
ghqcommand @ Nov 11th, 2012 7:58PM
The game needs to make money somehow right! The offer is great, it is giving everyone the chance to get MORE than usual with a specific product. You guys are the ones who buy that product just to try and get the extra possible bonus. That is your choice so why the hell complain and moan?
apophis77 @ Nov 11th, 2012 12:26PM
Lollipop just got another.
michael9901 @ Nov 11th, 2012 9:08AM
Lollipop31 just got another one
daedalus304 @ Nov 10th, 2012 3:56PM
a couple friends and I did a little test, we each bought 3k zen worth of boxes. we opened almost all of them, after much clearing out of our doffs, we found we had over 100 lobi, not one of us got anything close to good. this is with 10 people with 10 boxes each, statistically one of us should have gotten at least a frieghter. but no nothing. and this lolipop person is either very rich in EC or just addicted.
bbfknight @ Nov 10th, 2012 1:09PM
I just spend $30 or 3000 zen on stupid reinforcement packs trying to get the bug ship and I got nothing!!!! this lottery system has to go!! it is complete crap! gold and LTS members should not have to pay extra for this shit...
ghqcommand
Your swearing is out of order. You chose to purchase the packs as a gamble to try and get a ship rather than buying them for the doffs which is their purpose. Then you come on this public site and swear. Shame on you.
brackynews
Yep, it's not for you buddy. Best ignore it and enjoy the game.
dingabing @ Nov 10th, 2012 3:54AM
Ever thought this Lollipop guy could be one of the four people. One Could be a kid who's parents figure if he's playing video games he's not using drugs or getting into trouble IE with girls (yes bad logic but hey its modern parents). So they fork a couple hundred every month for him. Two: Maybe he works so much he makes enough cash and instead of having a real social life he spends it here. (a lot of folks from Japan and Korea that way) Three, The most highly unlikely one he's very lucky. Four: The He works at PW/Cryptic maybe not but maybe an ex-employer (they have canned a lot of folks in the last few years). Maybe he hacked his way into getting them for shites and giggles. Five: Maybe a combination of two of the four reasons?
eristhevorta @ Nov 9th, 2012 2:09PM
Lullypup will have dozens of toons with 1 billion EC after this purrmeowtion event. A single Jham for 200 million EC, he's got 18 of them ... 18 x 200 ... = 3.6 billion ... if he waits, even 5 or 6 billion easily possible. :( Is he working at Cryptic?
gee72
hes just literally won another one ....... 19 now , if not more , logged off for a bit ..
bbfknight
this is complete crap.. I just blew 3000 zen and got nothing.. I hate lottery systems...
gee72 @ Nov 9th, 2012 11:39AM
There he goes again Lolipop has won another Jem Hadar ship .
gee72
17 now btw ... Does he work for you guys PW/Cryptic ????
gee72
18 now
gee72
Hes just won another one 18 now
scottaprice @ Nov 9th, 2012 9:58AM
I saw Lolipop win a Lockbox Featured Ship last night - Funny... I love my Freighter. It is a portable Base in a way. Beam into your regular ship bridge and run down to Engineering and switch to your Freighter at the Transporter Room - then do your business and then switch back to your other ship without having to dock at a Starbase. Freighters have a ton of cool amenities - including Crafting, Exchange, Bank, Quartermaster, DOFF Missions... The only thing I wished they added with a Freighter is Cargo Space (like an Inventory to store a lot more stuff).
ghqcommand
Had no idea what the freighter offered, exchange is cool. But I wouldn't buy the packs just to try and get them. That choice is someones own personal gamble. All this talk about "lottery" is nonsense. I'm amazed people with the attitude displayed on this page could have a job to afford this stuff!
startrekron @ Nov 9th, 2012 9:12AM
Why not end the promotion after the holiday, its been popular so extend it a day or two??
scottmage @ Nov 9th, 2012 8:51AM
I just bought a 10 pack of Master Keys...got 5 Reinforcement packs - 3 Gama and 2 Standard. Only one of them had the 10 Lobi crystals that are supposed to be part of this Promo. The rest were the 3 or 4 Lobi crystals. I want to know how people have been able to get Temporal Destroyers (800 Lobi crystals) even weeks ago??? And putting in a ticket for missing anything is a joke. There are still bugs with this game, that is why I stopped paying for a subscription last year. If it weren't free, I wouldn't pay for it. The only Buff that does seem to work is I have a Purple Astrometrics duty officer and it reduces down my Transwarp cooldown to 4 min. I put in a ticket months ago about not being able to purchase the Transwarp Coil for 32,000 dialithium...still waiting on a responce.
pwebranflakes @ Nov 9th, 2012 8:35AM
(UPDATE! Due to the US holiday on Thursday 11/22, the promotion actually ends the morning (PDT) of 11/21)
gee72 @ Nov 9th, 2012 7:13AM
More ships for Lolipop to win , good job . Opened over 40 boxes and got nothing . Last box , a freighter , thanks .
chairmanmeowmix
Oooh! A freighter! That's about as exciting as a bowl full of dirt. :-/
wazzagiow
yeah lolipop seems to get lots of them i see their name come across my screen a scary amount. i hope they don't have a gambling problem :s
gee72
lol yeah i was estatic after spending lots of real money to get a freighter ><
ghqcommand
Has to be more to Lolipop, like they have figured out a way to get something good nearly every time and are milking it with their fleet. If not that, then someone is loaded or WAS loaded lol
ghqcommand
Has to be more to Lolipop unless they have come back after a long break and have loads of stipend saved but even then it would need loads of dil or cash. It's like they have figured out a way to get something good nearly every time and are milking it with their fleet. If not that, then someone is loaded or WAS loaded lol
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