I fully understand your trepidation.

I am extremely tight with money at the best of times and I bought the lifetime membership yesterday.

The reason for this is because I get bored with the game due to lack of any real contact with other users during the times I play (shakes fist at GMT) and I get utterly tired of doing dailys for my two VA's.

The reason for this is that I'd pay a fee for a month and I'd feel obligated to play as much as possible during that month to get my ship back up to spec after the updates when I wasn't paying/playing which resulted in me getting frustrated.

I've bought my lifetime sub so that I can actually play when I want to, rather then getting distracted with it when I should be going to the gym, and I'm not going to rush to do dailies as I can now play whenever I want.

Episode 164 - The Next Generation - "The Defector" - 01/01/1990



Parts 2-5:

Found from the above link in the related videos section

Determined to avert a war, a Romulan officer defects to warn Picard of his Empire's invasion plans.

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I'm high class.... lol I'd go with jedi sentinal don't know why

I bought lts from the start, never regretted it.

I see it this way, if i do it the 2 years, i make part of my money back. After that im free to play this or something else, like SWOTR, and i still come back for free and get some more content. As long as the servers are running, i have STO. In the long run, its more than worth it too me.

opposite gender romance

ew, I can't really stand to drive a M37, especially after running some German arty. I'm loving the Grille right now though. :P

In the poll it refers to Opposite Gender Romance. In case you missed it,check out the link in the first post.

Jedi Consular - Sage-telekinetic aspects

Also it looks like its following WOW race/class format where some races can only be certain classes like Sith Inquisitor can only be Human or Zabrak

Definately loving the Sith Inquisitor in other MMORPG i always play dps casters so that works perfectly for me plus they look so cool and i like the ship :) and you always got to love your ride

unfortunately we are going to have to create two guilds like here in STO one for Republic and one for Imperial

What is OGR god i feel like a noob

voted and I think its going to be an awesome idea i am looking froward to how it will work

I really like the Sith ship I am def leaning towards sith play

nope now leaning towards Jedi Consular

Please vote for times. Or feel free to suggest other times will work.

I will be making the decission on January 28th for the Feburary Date.

Thanks

Doogie

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Sorry, I promised myself I wouldn't be so negative, anymore. Cutting all the negative bits out of my post.

If STO goes FTP like Champions, it will be a "Freemium" type of game, most likely. Obviously it's difficult to blame them for changing their stance on STO going Freemium after learning that LoTRO's profits increased after going FTP.

I bought the Lifetime membership when it was first offered so I paid full price.

Do I regret it? Not for a moment.

I've been pleasantly surprised with all the updates the game has received over the past year. The change to the game map alone was absolutely stunning. When I see my ship flying through space it looks so much better than the unrealistic gridlines the original game map offered. Players who hopped on the Tribble test server have been saying that the new Earth Spacedock looks amazing. Now with things like player-created missions, duty officers and starbases to eventually make it into the game, STO just gets better and better.

As for STO going free to play, keep in mind that Star Trek is a very tightly-regulated property. Cryptic would have to do a lot of talking to convince CBS Studios, Inc (the holders of the IP) that going f2p would make better financial sense. While it may eventually happen, I don't think it's going to happen right away. Look at City of Heroes - that game has been live for almost 7 years and it has yet to go f2p.

Naturally the decision to purchase a lifetime sub ultimately rests with the player. Just take a look at new and upcoming mmo's (DC Universe Online, Rift, Star Wars: The Old Republic, etc.) and ask yourself if you'd still rather play Star Trek Online.

Hope this helps! :)

I started playing in May just before Season 2 launched. During my first couple months I saw the difference between season 1 and season 2, and I knew immediately that I wouldn't be going anywhere. So, for me... it was definitely worth it. Every "season" upgrade has dramatically altered/improved the game. Even now that my main and primary alt are both VAdm, I still find things to do constantly and am never really 'bored' in-game.

I don't believe STO is going to go F2P any time soon--but ultimately, if they did... having a lifetime membership would only benefit you. You won't have to pay for any micro-transactions that may come up, plus chances are there would be a monthly allotment of Cryptic Points--which are never a bad thing to have on hand.

The Captain's Table is really just another station--originally meant for Lifetimers, but the truth is, its not really that valuable at the moment. ESD has more facilities, plus you don't need zone an extra two times. There's talk on the STO forums that it's going to be updated and become more useful as it's going to be unlocked to 400-day veterans. But no changes have been made so far.

Ultimately, it all comes down to how long you'll be sticking with the game. Just remember that things are always on the horizon: ground combat update, duty roster system, new spacedock, and upcoming ships including the Vesta class and more.

Hope that helps.
Christian

Been thinking of doing it myself. It would only take 15 months to see the savings with the sale. I don't think its going to go free play, what I'm concerned about is the game folding. With the globule economy the way it is nothing is certain.