Mudd's Bundle Guide - Are they really worth it? 

Even on sale, these prices are insane to me.

When I was walking someone else through the opening of the mudd's bundle, I saw the description stating that you would only get the ship of the faction you were playing. Despite having seen your other video about how the selection worked, I had him open it on his Klingon character, just in case. Had I seen this video, I would have had more confidence that we would get both MW ships. Sad that even after having just seen how it works, I still don't trust Cryptic 100% to really say what they mean or mean what they say. Another good video for those that are considering these types of bundles. Thanks Much!

Only if you do not buy them on sale. One of the unusual things about STO is that it will rip you off if you let it.

The Century ship is nice for the consul and the MW pack is nice for the starship treat while the D7 is actually also a good ship to fly. :)

I like the way you explain things and bring them closer to us. viewed very soberly. Yes, Star Trek Online is unfortunately very expensive. With your help I have already purchased several Mudds bundles. I like the Ba'ul Sentry and the D7, but another 150 Bucks.....arghs. Thank You a lot for your Vids!

Awesome vid! From a value standpoint if it has ships you want (Space Barbie, stats consoles traits and so on) its almost always worth (I did not say financially a good idea just by value worth it) Personally, I do pick up some Mudds bundles as I have way to many alts. As for the price... yea expensive, especially for something for a game that you don't really own but paying for the use of on an unlimited basis for that account for as long as the servers stay up and for how long you are interested in the game, lol. Anyway, thansk for the awesome vid.

The answer is simple: Do you love STO? Then yes, maybe pick up a bundle or two over time and enjoy moving towards a meta playstyle if that's what you're into. No? Then hell no. Don't be crazy. Buy a Mudd's Bundle? Do I need to slap some sense into you? Get out of here. Maybe buy a couple zen-store ships if you really like the look of something, as I did with the Trailblazer and the Adamant, plus a few others. _But I don't care about meta at all_ and only play STO to enjoy a Star Trek-ish experience, avoiding combat wherever possible because that's the essence of Trek. But sure, if you love combat and have a few bucks lying around, grab a bundle. Help support the game you love.

I've only ever got one mudd's bundle and that was the into darkness bundle which was a good choice on my part. Mainly only got a few c-store bundles. Sometimes once very few months i buy some zen using real cash when i can afford it

I had just purshed the newest one disco inferno choose the D7 than had to go click it again to get the connie and I choose 50 master keys with the baul sentry they are a lot but hey if it gives good stuff its worth the coin to buy it, its cleaver how they made some ships unique to mudds market compared to the normal C store.

Personally i would love to see a one choice option for 5k Zen, this would interest me being able to pick the 1 ship from the pack that is the "good" one or if the 2 ships you want you can buy 2 one option packs. You would be able to still buy the three choice or all choices. Spending $50 on an account wide unlock ship is my more likely to sell, than spending $150 on a ship you want account wide and 2 other ships or items that you don't really want. If STO removed all older lockbox ships from the promo and infinity and put this in the Zen store price as a typical T6 ship or bundle. Firstly there are already better quality ships in the Zen store and it will let new and newer players get consoles and traits that are so far out of reach then it not worth even dreaming of getting them.

Hi, I just wanna say that I appreciate this channel very much. Finally after X years of going in and out of the game I finally got the 10th anniversary bundle. I really don't get the timelock of bundles. Just open all of it in full price. Trust me no one is fomo ing in STO. Heck even in popular mobile games they are very unrestrictive of content to be bought in store. All I'm saying is... Make it available and just pump/jack up the price. I got a lot of effing Zen and nothing to buy. I can explain a case study why Genshin Impact is not maximizing their profits but it will take me an effing essay to say.

you seen the pic of the new ship looks good👍

_IF_ every single ship available in ANY mudd bundle, where put into a single pack where I could choose 3, it might tempt me. But as it stands there is typically ONE ship in any given bundle that ever makes me want it and even then the price is insane.

thank you for this i was thinking i would have to buy the bundle two times to get both ships

i just wish cryptic released them a single ship option in stead of buying a bundle

you could buy 2 new games for this 1 bundle.

This is one of Cryptics biggest mistakes in my opinion, the premium ship mechanics set them on a path that just heavily incentivises people to only play one character because it gets increasingly more expensive the more characters you want to have good gear on. This restrictive system doesn't make any sense from a gameplay perspective as you can only play one character at a time so its not like having stuff account wide increases its presence in the game, instead its just a purely financial decision that relies on the players wanting something across multiple characters and to literally be willing to pay for the same thing multiple times. These mudds bundles was a way for Cryptic to navigate the problem by offering these ships on account wide unlock at a much better price than it'd cost to get them for one character, the kicker is they deliberately design these packs so there's really only 1-2 things of value in them, they also only choose to release them after a significant amount of time after they dropped. The latter ensures those with the money and willpower to do so will have likely already spent money to get it from box on one more or more characters already, like SAB said in his breakdown video he already has this ship on the characters he'd want it on. Thus those that really wanted the D7 will likely have already got it by now and the rest of us (also those that paid for it but only for one character) are now being enticed for a slightly cheaper price to buy it account wide. Another spanner in the works is the Campaign reward which allows you to get one of these good ships but only for one character. Personally I'd really like the D7 account wide because I'd like to fly it on my klingon and use the trait on my main but I'd never consider buying it conventionally twice or more so I'm left to contemplate whether I want to spend $150 for what will essentially amount to a ship for one character and a trait for another.

They would be worth it if they were on 75% discount, Evidently cryptic doesn't want normal people's money. Having a 75% discount on all of those bundles for a long time would pretty much guarantee more people buying them. Even though I'm not a fan of the Kelvin timeline. I would like to have an accountant wide Einstein class and Kelvin command Constitution. The Kelvin is an homage to the FASA kitbashes of the 1980's.

Overpriced is what they are. Even when at 75% discount.

Doesn the Dominion Dreadnought Carrier come in the Dominion Bundle?

While you were calculating & inputting the cost from the Exchange I think you glossed over a reason there was no Jovian. Its because it sucks & offers a player very little lol. I think the Starship Trait: Ruin of Our Enemies from the D7 MW FDC is the #1 selling point for this Mudd's Bundle so one has to consider how many of one's toons will use that trait utilizing CSV/FAW for dps. The "Donnie" & Ba'ul are decent to good ships. Then again, all pricing is subjective until you buy/sell then its objective.

1000 views and 100 likes! Cool

So a handful of whales keep the lights on at Cryptic.

Folks, I just joined the game after a few mnths break, but it seems empty? Like more than a half of the player base is gone, in compare to the last summer? Have you noticed this or its just me playing at night?!

Answer? No. STO is a game propped up by exploiting it's userbase. You know what would be awesome? The ability to pay for a subscription and not have to deal with all of this FTP garbage. I'm fine with throwing the game some money here and there, but I refuse to use a game where I'll feel like a second class citizen because I won't spew wads of cash when they dangle a new shiny. Don't waste your money. You're a user, not a player. The devs have no respect for you, don't reward it.

Ridiculous prices even on sale, no wonder this game is on the way out.