Temporal Lock Box Last Chance

By PWE_BranFlakes @ January 17, 2013 at 12:00pm

121 Comments »

• killclaw16 @ Jan 31st, 2013 4:29PM

  they should put these ships in the c-store, because i for one still realy want a temporal science vessel!

• fudgeoflife @ Jan 24th, 2013 10:00AM

  Will they ever drop again? Will these be the last EVER Temporal Lock Boxes in the history of Star Trek Online? If yes, then prices of these boxes are going to go up and up...

• sichanka @ Jan 22nd, 2013 10:31AM

  Such a shame...if they want to make money from selling keys, why not allow all the lock boxes to continuously be available? This along with other recent changes make no sense. Has the dev team lost all sense of intelligence???!!! I've only been playing as a gold member for 2-3 months but i'm already tempted to quit.

• unionmaster

  At least you did no sink $200 for a lifetime membership 3 years ago waiting for more content.I am still waiting

• daemoncaptrix

  Have you been watching the price of keys steadily rise on the Exchange in the past week? The demand for keys rises dramatically when a lockbox is cancelled. That's why they tell us about it a week in advance. It's not stupid; It's brilliant marketing. xD

• olivia211 @ Jan 22nd, 2013 4:21AM

  These posts gave me cancer.

• leviticus1267 @ Jan 21st, 2013 8:59PM

  i would like to see the keys for the lock boxes become available as reweards for mission completion,ie. one key per episode completed. this would make the game more fun for people who dont have cash to spare on key bundles at the store.

• mgsace26 @ Jan 20th, 2013 11:50PM

  I was able to optain both ships for $100 within one day.

• commanderpickard

  thats just stupid,you can buy fleet modules,exchange them for energy credits in the exchange and get the ships for less lol

• tiberiosity

  You can also not be stupid, farm dilithium, use THAT to buy keys after trading it off.

• mgsace26

  I actually got more with what I was selling than Fleet modules. So its not stupid either way at least we didn't spend $300

• admiralmurk @ Jan 20th, 2013 1:55AM

  Does this mean, with the temp boxes no longer being dropped, that the price on the exchange for them is going to rapidly increase?

• codyconroy @ Jan 19th, 2013 7:17AM

  Well personally if i were them i would just take the temporal and mirror ships and make them so you buy them with zen it would solve the panic of them getting rid of these lock boxes

• daemoncaptrix

  The panic is the point. It's called "artificial scarcity". Look it up. It's the same as the Disney Vault. They can dramatically increase the value of an item by labeling it "limited edition". They actually make more money that way.

• th3sharpst4r12 @ Jan 19th, 2013 6:46AM

  I hope they will continue to offer the keys in the C-Store after this period is over; I have probably around 200 lock boxes I still have to open, and it's been difficult to catch up with that many boxes when the game pops out a lockbox every other item drop.

• kapla1755

  keys arent going anywhere they make the company money :)

• orchidai @ Jan 19th, 2013 2:16AM

  I agree with the first comment :) There is so much else out there in the Star Trek universe than free Lock Boxes ;)

• highlander1516 @ Jan 18th, 2013 7:49PM

  i would just like to say,what is all the fuss about,im just glad there is a great star trek game to play,if they stopped all extra stuff,i would still play,i am a die hard trek fan,where else can you explore strange new worlds,and command a starship,hey people this is star trek,it is not how much you have,it is the finding that counts,go out and explore and have fun..admiral baker,star fleet command,,,,this recording is classified under c.n.c directive 3333

• sandlephon @ Jan 18th, 2013 7:02PM

  Will there be another box that comes up in its place or something that we can collect to earn another reward? If we could get something that allows us to get new and different ships, that could be great.

• davidhawk1 @ Jan 18th, 2013 1:09PM

  Does mean that if I already have a butt-load of Tempt boxes that they will be turned into normal boxes when the date hits? Or will they stay as temp boxes?

• shpoks

  They will remain Temporal Lock Boxes even after this date, they just won't drop in game any more. You can keep them and open them whenever you want, they'll still have their original content inside.

• palacios007 @ Jan 18th, 2013 1:04PM

  i liked the first coment :)

• tray20 @ Jan 18th, 2013 12:22PM

  I don't understand what all the complaints are about..... A) you get a 'chance' at good gear. It's like gambling, you always complain when you lose $200 but not when you win $1000. You guys complaining should either A) get counselling for your gambling addiction, or B) Stop buying keys! Fact: This game is 100% F2P! Anything you want to have you can get through hard work and persistence. Those who are either, A) to lazy to work for their 'chance' at a prize or B) wasted lots of real $$ and have nothing to show for it seem to be complaining. Trying to say PW and STO are robbing you is a childish way of not admitting you are impatient or at fault for risking your own hard earned cash for a "CHANCE" to win something. I spent a mix of real $$ and Delith to get Zen to buy keys to get myself 2 Temp Science vessels as well as enough Lobi to buy the Destroyer version. It was a little hard work and a little laziness. Difference is I understand that it was MY choice. No one put a gun to my head and said, "Buy or die!" lol. If your still thinking you were 'robbed' by PW and STO after this, then you should really go play Mario Bros. I hear they give away free coins for hitting your head on bricks. ^.-

• bubba14214

  Exactly you proved your own point... you arent complaining because you won. So yeah... you fail

• oogieb @ Jan 18th, 2013 8:24AM

  Lol everyone knows that only super nerds like to take time to play the game and get things slowly 90% of the mmo players would like to get everything and everyone get the same gear and stuff like guildwars pvp

• therumancer23 @ Jan 18th, 2013 7:05AM

  Listen carefully. 90% of the complaints here about the system seem to revolve around how long it takes to earn things. If you could just get everything instantly, with minimal effort, there would be no real reason to play. Part of the fun of an RPG is to slowly work on your character and watch it improve over time, and in a highly itemized game that means working to get better equipment. To be brutally honest Cryptic/PW is one of the more generous F2P games out there as they have created the Dil exchange allowing free players to obtain cash-shop currency without paying a dime if they are dedicated and play a lot. Sure it takes a long time, but then again it should to ensure both dil and Zen retain value. People who complain about F2P games trying to make money don't seem to realize that these games need money in order to stay operational and add new content. You simply cannot spend millions on a game, keep coders and GMs on staff, and maintain servers for free. To be honest if you play the game enough, and like it enough, to complain, kicking a few bucks over to Cryptic once in a while (or donating more if you can) is a big help to everyone. Think of paying for cash shop services as a donation for which your getting something in return if it helps. My biggest complaint with PW/Cryptic has actually been the rate at which new content has been being produced despite the apparent amount of money being funneled into lockboxes and such. While they do need to make a profit, I would expect more general content to be being released, as opposed to just more stuff for the cash shop. We have seen a couple of expansions over the last year since the game went FTP, but nothing on the level I'd expect. Still, this might change with time, and I hope it will, as I have been giving Cryptic a decent amount of money due to really liking this game and wanting to see more of it. Finally I would like to point out that you do not NEED any of these Z-store ships or Fleet Ships or whatever. The content was balanced so as to be doable with just the basic ships you get from ranking up. The slightly better stats are hardly a nessecity, and pretty much all of the core game content, including STFs, existed before we started seeing the release of Zen ships or the fleet system. There was a time when the Gal-X Dreadnaught was pretty much the only "cash shop" ship and by that time everyone had been running and defeating pretty much all of the game content. Truthfully if your playing endgame enough where you really want a fleet or zen ship, simply think of it as a goal to work towards. If your here every day, even putting a couple of weeks or even months into dil gathering and refinement shouldn't be that big a deal since your playing anyway. If you have other things you want besides that, consider that a good thing because it gives you a reason to keep playing... which is better than having everything and then getting bored and leaving since there is nothing left to do (which always happens in the end, and is something people forget about when they demand being given everything right then and there). I'll also say in closing that I *DO* realize there are problems with PVP in this game, and how fleet and Z-store ships and gear have influanced that, but PVP is more of a sideline for this game as opposed to the point (there are games totally based around a PVP endgame, STO is not currently one of them), most of the tourmanents and serious contests I've seen have been limiting specific equipment from being used so far (things like elite fleet shields, etc...) so really if your doing PVP on a serious level and want to fight in those competitions it's not going to be that big a deal since people using a lot of the really broken crap (that is actually far more balanced in a PVE sense which is why it exists) are going to be disqualified.

• silence1311

  Brainless....How many words in this. Not many people are even gonna read the first paragraph (Few lines). There is something called concise. Maybe you should google it for the definition and you it?

• trimenranger1

  I read it, I agree. In the last 5 months I over $200.00 on this game. Do I feel robbed. Nope. I knew what I was doing, My bills are paid, my fridge is full, and I have disposable income left over, I am having fun. Can't wait for the next lock box.

• lystent

  I agree about the the first paragraph; only MMOG I know of this complexity that is free-to-play. Once more, not too often that anyone would take the gamble of allowing you to work hard for your currency. And in the end, I am going to feel real good about that Delta Flyer I'm getting for half a weak's hard work. Thankyou Perfect World and Cryptic for risking it for the player.

• davidhawk1

  tl;dr

• fosterface

  wall of text.

• stomperx99

  @#$% Does your Keybord hate you?? :Þ

• attestedbrush35 @ Jan 18th, 2013 6:51AM

  can you please add the romulan flamethrower back and what are you plans for denise crosby.

• daddytrek @ Jan 18th, 2013 5:50AM

  For me its simple, the boxes are optional, its a lottery. I have bought them and got nothing really worth the costs, but i am not complaining because i opted to buy them knowing full well i might get nothing. love the game. STO FIX THE FLASHLIGHT!!!

• shpoks

  Completely agree with all that is stated above. Pretty miuch explains it. Cheers!

• drevuul

  I also totally agree, especially about the flashlight.

• highlander1516

  have fun.and a better light lol

• zerobang @ Jan 18th, 2013 3:04AM

  LockBox = rightclick > dismiss

• vimzul @ Jan 18th, 2013 12:26AM

  If you don't like the boxes, don't buy keys. Nobody is putting a gun to your head and forcing you to get them. Everything that drops in boxes you can get on the exchange and there is plenty of ways to make EC without buying zen. This game isn't a charity, they need to make money to keep bringing out content. Be thankful some people really like the zen or keys or whatever and stop whining like stuck pigs.

• darthpostal

  Agree with everything above. Without the boxes Cryptic would probably have to charge Z for episodes or double prices on ships. Boxes keep this game afloat without harming other players.

• rogersprofile

  Amen

• admiraldavies

  hear hear

• silentiltm

  I prefer the modified burn - "squealing like a stuck pig". More appropriate for the way some of them carry on..

• flanders4212

  agreed

• trimenranger1

  It's easy to get keys, Set you difficulty to expert, in Tau Dewa sector run the radition space missions over and over even if you it's on cool down. The combat only ones will drop a good amount of loot which you can sell to NPC's for profit. Or if you are lucky you will get a purple phaser MK XI tact console that will net you several hundred thousad EC on the exhange. Take money and buy a key. It's not that hard I average 1.4 mil a night playing in 3 hour intervals. Also try doing, if you are a fed, Starbase 24/klingon scout force/Gorn Minefield. If you come in 1st place you get 2 purple items. after i equipped all 24 of my ships with purple MKXI tac consoles I started selling them for tons of cash.

• bubba14214

  Your about the trillionth person to act say the gun thing... so why dont you guys just stop wineing and get off this page and go play? Its what im going to do right now!

• highlander1516

  yes i agree

• captainoverkill @ Jan 18th, 2013 12:12AM

  Lockboxes are idiotic. I can't believe some of you guys were dumb enough to throw massive amounts of money at ZEN so you could buy master keys. Keys go for 1.3 mil on the exchange, and with the Di-ZEN exchange rate, you can get keys fast with dilithium as well. Or even better yet....buy the damn ship ITSELF off the exchange! They DO sell those, you know. So instead of wasting cash rolling the dice and hoping that you score by some one-in-ten-thousand chance, why not pour 50 mil EC into a purchase where you know with 100% certainty that you're going to get what you're looking for...

• darthpostal

  And just how do you think keys and ships get to exchange? Prepare to have your mind blown! People put ships on exchange after opening lockboxes! So stop calling them "dumb" and be grateful that those people spent their hard earned money so you don't have to!

• verik43

  Exactly, if everyone bought the keys or ships with EC there would be no ships or keys to buy. Someone along the lines paid real money for those so that you don't have to, so don't bash them as it helps the game as a whole.

• trimenranger1

  Captain is right. I am no longer spening my hard earned cash opening lock boxes to put ships on the exchange so free to play members can get them. Thank you captain for pointing out my flaws. I will no longer stock keys and prize boxes on the exchange.

• cotp0maurafey @ Jan 18th, 2013 12:08AM

  Since the intro of the Temporal ships, they have been not much more than a fad. You hardly see them in Elite STFs or PvP. They are cool to look at though!

• rogersprofile @ Jan 18th, 2013 12:01AM

  LOCKBOXES RULE hahahahaha

• stomperx99

  HOORAA! >=D

• alfredmoser @ Jan 17th, 2013 11:46PM

  its almost a way of betrayal ... as gold member u pay 15 euro a month .. as free2play user u go far behind the 30 euro ammount .... and not even this .. for every sh1t u need to pay with zen.... where is the free2 play in sto ? making missions till lvl 50 and some pve actions and fleet actions ? where u have to pay 20 euro to get a fleet shipp (500 zen for the fleet vessel stuff in zen shop x4 ) or even pay again zen for an other ship ? or pay zen to get the needed ammount of delithium ? well getting 350K dilithium for all the stuff u want to research while u can only refine 8K dili ore each day ? this is a nice way of betrayal crpytic and PW found for STO .. gratz

• topset

  Copied for truth. If you don't like the boxes, don't buy keys. Nobody is putting a gun to your head and forcing you to get them. Everything that drops in boxes you can get on the exchange and there is plenty of ways to make EC without buying zen. This game isn't a charity, they need to make money to keep bringing out content. Be thankful some people really like the zen or keys or whatever and stop whining like stuck pigs.