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Thread: Star Trek Online Jumping On The F2P Bandwagon?

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    Amazing! More and more companies are learning that F2P is the better choice. But for companies who are already P2P, they usually go hybrid because they dont want complaints.

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    STO was flawed since the very beginning, gameplay-wise.
    Freemium STO will not be as good as Freemium LOTRO, which was very well polished.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MrWafflez View Post
    Did you people read the same thing I just read?

    Why is everyone saying "poor Star Trek fans" and "poor lifetime subscribers"? They simply said they were going to make a tiny, tiny portion of the game free, in order to add a free demo/trial of the game to draw more people into subscribing. How does that affect anyone with a lifetime subscription? They don't get the ability to do a hundredth of the content for free?
    most people here see the words "insert MMO here" and "free" together and then instantly assume it's going F2P without even reading the articles.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arri View Post
    most people here see the words "insert MMO here" and "free" together and then instantly assume it's going F2P without even reading the articles.
    I always read the articles, providing someone links to the source of the article.
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    Eh saw it coming i went back last month for a bit and they finally got around to introducing:

    A.) End game content, still not a lot but it got some interesting raids and mish
    B.) Difficulty settings
    C.) Easier ways for newbs to party with high ends (match leader lvl system)
    D.) pvp more balanced (klings still got an advantage but eh it all they got so...yeah)
    E.) Death penalties
    F.) Better loot system (at least i noticed a vast difference between advanced and normal loot drops)
    G.) Better dps system aka weapon power drain, instead of a slow recharge after a volley of say 6 energy weapons you get 100 power back after their active period like 2-3 sec.

    But in the end they implemented all this a little to late, and a lot of the higher ups left and some big fleets (clans, guild etc) have broken up.

    So yes a ddo/lotro like payment system would be a nice breath of fresh air into sto both for the community (more players) and for their wallet.

    My only question is in order to play where my characters are currently at would i have to "buy" the parts leading up to them? Or would my characters be whipped?


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