phoenix chests to get an epic voucher

[kritze]

feels really like a scam. opened 200 chests with existing currencys... now i feel i should not charge 2000 zen only for phoenix chests

[Gojkov]

it's been a problem for years. Last May (or was it April) they apparently raised the chances of epic token dropping but never told us by how much. So the drop rate of epic tokens remains a mystery. Any info you find on the web is pure guessing

[x1Heavy]

What you do is wait 8 minutes after the last in game epic prize announcement and then open boxes.

Ive gotten three in the last 10 years. I usually open 250K dil worth of them every month.

[Omega Man]

PPP are not wort the dil, apart from a few of the account wide items they unlock or the T6 ship upgrades, no one should be wasting anything on them, dill should be used exchanged for zen on the exchange where you can then buy account wide ships and gear...........and any lock box ships should be bought from the exchange via EC.

But i will just have never understood the desire to waste a ton of resources on a gambling mechanic when a perfectly good guaranteed dil to zen return is there for c-store account wide goods.

[kritze]

Originally posted by Omega Man:

PPP are not wort the dil, apart from a few of the account wide items they unlock or the T6 ship upgrades, no one should be wasting anything on them, dill should be used exchanged for zen on the exchange where you can then buy account wide ships and gear...........and any lock box ships should be bought from the exchange via EC.

But i will just have never understood the desire to waste a ton of resources on a gambling mechanic when a perfectly good guaranteed dil to zen return is there for c-store account wide goods.

domino console :(

[Xautos]

i've opened hundreds and found nothing but UR's on occasion. my luck has always been terrible where betting is concerned. it's why i stay away from betting except the once in a blue moon bet where i have a decent chance of winning something, but not in game.

[Omega Man]

Originally posted by kritze:

Originally posted by Omega Man:

PPP are not wort the dil, apart from a few of the account wide items they unlock or the T6 ship upgrades, no one should be wasting anything on them, dill should be used exchanged for zen on the exchange where you can then buy account wide ships and gear...........and any lock box ships should be bought from the exchange via EC.

But i will just have never understood the desire to waste a ton of resources on a gambling mechanic when a perfectly good guaranteed dil to zen return is there for c-store account wide goods.

domino console :(

Not worth the waste of dil, spend that dil on guaranteed returns, superior upgrades to your toon and ships via the fleet store, and then c-store zen ships and gear, rather than continue to flush it all down the drain on a gamble, palatable guaranteed rewards and gains versus a higher chance of nothing at all. ;)

[jonnin]

1 winner in about 500 for me. I was opening them for the upgrade tokens for a while. They are, as said already, not a good bet unless you can make use of the other prizes ... several good consoles and such.

[SotF]

Originally posted by Omega Man:

Originally posted by kritze:

domino console :(

Not worth the waste of dil, spend that dil on guaranteed returns, superior upgrades to your toon and ships via the fleet store, and then c-store zen ships and gear, rather than continue to flush it all down the drain on a gamble, palatable guaranteed rewards and gains versus a higher chance of nothing at all. ;)

Other things are potential for those who want certain racial ships. If you want to play as a Breen for example...

[x1Heavy]

I get 500 zen a month as a lifer free. The original sub cost of 200 something has been paid back in zen for I dunno... 7 years maybe more. I dont worry about the conversion to DIL as long it is done at 500 to 1 zen.

The resulting Phoenix Boxes are generally broken down until I get upgrades by a hundred or more when its all stacked up.

Then go upgrade something that needs it. I dont have too much left to upgrade after years of doing that on my bridge crew, ship stuff and ground stuff etc. That will happen later this year.

I dont do much else except play the game a few minutes several times a week to collect assignments, reputation and finish training etc.

You could play this 50 years if CBS could stand to run it that long and it will be without a end or completion as typical of grinding type games that are free to play or subscription based etc. So thats the first thing you need to do buy the lifer on sale once a year. That will more than pay for itself in about two years.

Dil is not the problem anymore. It overflows if I dont have anything to upgrade any given month. The fleet is maxed out. Armada also. SO... whatever else accumulates will eventually max out in the inventory.

I have not put in a dollar into the game in years. I dont remember the last time I did for STO.

There are other games I do spend something now and then but only on sale but not STO, its a self functioning game now. Does not need cash anymore.

[Omega Man]

Originally posted by SotF:

Originally posted by Omega Man:

Not worth the waste of dil, spend that dil on guaranteed returns, superior upgrades to your toon and ships via the fleet store, and then c-store zen ships and gear, rather than continue to flush it all down the drain on a gamble, palatable guaranteed rewards and gains versus a higher chance of nothing at all. ;)

Other things are potential for those who want certain racial ships. If you want to play as a Breen for example...

I am only pointing out that you can gain guaranteed rewards account wide rather than being kept on the back foot via PPP boxes, but your dil your choice. ;)