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The T6X system is an excellent case of marketing done right: It& #39;s a feature that& #39;s essentially made ships $10 more expensive, but people love it because they& #39;re giving one away for free and putting them in the Phoenix Box. And that distracted us from the... iffy parts.
The main one: If you bought the Legendary Bundle that would& #39;ve cost between $200 and $300. You now need an extra $70 of Zen to bring those ships up to the "best" versions of themselves.
T5U solved this by giving certain ships free upgrades, but that isn& #39;t happening here.
T5U solved this by giving certain ships free upgrades, but that isn& #39;t happening here.
Meanwhile the alternative ways of getting tokens is ambiguous and unless it& #39;s plentiful it& #39;ll likely be easier/faster to just get 1,000 Zen to buy one.
And then there& #39;s Lockbox/Promo ships, which are very expensive but also need that extra money spent. A bit... yikes?
And then there& #39;s Lockbox/Promo ships, which are very expensive but also need that extra money spent. A bit... yikes?
This also brings up the Phoenix Box again too: To get a UR token you& #39;re looking at a *lot* of Dilithium, potentially millions... or 1000 Zen, which is cheaper to get from the Dilithium Exchange than to gamble on Phoenix Boxes to get a token.
Overall Cryptic handled a problematic feature in a way that makes it palatable, which is interesting to see considering the reception to other monetisation features recently.
And it& #39;s very surprising the response has been so positive, considering everything costs $10 more now.
And it& #39;s very surprising the response has been so positive, considering everything costs $10 more now.
When the main point of praise on the feature is "Thank god it& #39;s not Tier 7" that... should probably be a bit of a red flag, I think.
Not writing all this to be overly cynical and negative but, I just don& #39;t think T6X is a very good idea.
Not writing all this to be overly cynical and negative but, I just don& #39;t think T6X is a very good idea.
the responses to this thread basically sum out how insidiously effective this has been. https://www.reddit.com/r/sto/comments/j4rimb/congratulations_cryptic/">https://www.reddit.com/r/sto/com...
