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Free to play details released-Klingons unlocked at level 25 now.
Cacaphony
Member Posts: 738
So, today, Cryptic unveiled it's f2p matrix (subject to change) which discusses probably almost everything one needs to know about the pricing and what players have access to.
Do you feel that restricting access to Klingons till level 25 was a smart move? Do you agree with the explanation given by Cryptic?
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Inventory limits aside, that actually looks usable.
Stay away from this game
This is not a good Star Trek game, it is a money hole.
Until SWTOR is released, of course
I completely agree.
STO had potential...Cryptic failed to deliver in a MAJOR way though. BUT...as a casual fun MMO on the side, this isn't a bad deal. Going F2P is the only way I'd have ever reinstalled it...and I plan to reinstall it.
Why do they do the "BAIT and Switch" CRAP?
They seemed to indicate that this was going Free To Play immediately... So I wasted my time downloading and installing it.
Then today they say "sometime this year"... What in the heck? GIVE me a freaking date PLEASE!
>:(
P. S. I just want to see what the game looks like... I can't pay to play at this time!
Grummelig,
Thank you.
I will look into that.
Thankfully they cleared up the mess by saying "coming soon".
I'm sorry, but by it's very nature Star Trek is not a causual IP. Any Star Trek MMO that is said to be casual fails on every level simply because the IP is so deep and complex.
Any competent MMO development studio would have developed a Star Trek game that played to the strengths of the Star Trek IP and made a deep and engaging MMO. Instead we got a one dimensional "casual" game.
Although I think STO is a travesty and a waste of the Star Trek IP it does look like they might have learned their lesson with Champions Online at least a little bit. I really hope that they put a lot more a-la carte options in STO and CO...
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Member Since March 2004
Are you a professional MMO player or a Star Trek fan? because that makes a difference.
I didn't stick with STO after BETA because my Laptop can't handle it, and I'm wasn't willing to buy a new Computer just for 1 game.
I'm a little Lulzy that it went F2P less than 2 years from release....
But if you are just out for the "Newest Shiney MMO" stay away from STO.
MMO History: 2528 days in SW:G
Nope; they should have made them a choice at start, instead of unlockable at level x. Pushing the unlocking of Klingons to level 25 is just an attempt to hide the fact that the Klingon faction is still rather lacking.
"Oh my, how horrible, someone is criticizing a MMO. Oh yeah, that is what a forum is about, looking at both sides. You rather have to be critical of anything in this genre as of late because the track record of these major studios has just been appalling." -Ozmodan
I find it ironic that Star Trek: Infinite Space looks like it may capture the feel of Star Trek far better than STO did.
"Oh my, how horrible, someone is criticizing a MMO. Oh yeah, that is what a forum is about, looking at both sides. You rather have to be critical of anything in this genre as of late because the track record of these major studios has just been appalling." -Ozmodan
It's not cyptics fault that STO turned out the way it is. Look at City of Heroes/Villians and Champions online, those are all cryptic's game and they're excellent. They all rate an 8 on this site. The sole blame lies with atari, they pushed for an early release, put a hiring freeze on cryptic and deprived them of resources. Some of the devs said that a few times they had no coffee cups or coffee.
Incorrect. Take a look back at what Cryptic was saying before Atari bought them; they were going on about their ability to mass-produce AAA MMOs before Atari came on board. Atari merely held them to that promise. If you look back at CO's launch, you will see that it had many of the same complaints that STO had; chief among them was the lack of content. CO was able to turn things around quicker by having had more pre-launch development time than STO did. Atari made many blunders, chief among them buying Cryptic when they were trying to pull themselves out of debt, but STO is not soley Atari's fault. Cryptic promised everyone AAA MMO's, including Atari, when what they were really making were casual games.
"Oh my, how horrible, someone is criticizing a MMO. Oh yeah, that is what a forum is about, looking at both sides. You rather have to be critical of anything in this genre as of late because the track record of these major studios has just been appalling." -Ozmodan