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psytce0002
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In June Cryptic had the lifetime subscriptions for Star Trek Online on sale. At that time, and before the merge, I asked if they were also going to put Champions Online's LTS on sale and got no answer.
I would just like to see how many people would buy an LTS if they had the same sale as they just had for Star Trek ....
So would you buy an LTS if it was on sale? I know I would ........
I would just like to see how many people would buy an LTS if they had the same sale as they just had for Star Trek ....
So would you buy an LTS if it was on sale? I know I would ........
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I am pretty sure when the STO lifetimes went on sale, so did the CO lifetimes. So I don't know what you are asking.
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But the thing is, they didn't...
ONLY the STO LTS went on sale; CO's did not...
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Originally Posted by mijjestic: Ultimately, though, MMO players throwing stones at each other in this fashion is basically one nerd pointing and laughing at another nerd whose glasses are thicker.
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Well, I can't look back far enough to find out, because I know there was a news report on the main page about the LTS sale.
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Over here in CO, however, there was no LTS sale. I had, at the time, speculated that such a sale might have been appropriate here in late July, for the 20th anniversary of the Battle for Detroit, but there has been no official word...
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http://co-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=148412&highlight=lifetime
That thread pretty much spanned all of June...
No sale ever occurred...
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Originally Posted by mijjestic: Ultimately, though, MMO players throwing stones at each other in this fashion is basically one nerd pointing and laughing at another nerd whose glasses are thicker.
Laws yes!
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This thing isn't likely going to last long enough you see your LTS pay for itself but good luck to you if you like to gamble. :cool:
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Nothing against champions--fun game so far--but buying a lifetime sub means not being able to vote with my wallet anymore. And who knows if Ill be playing in a year ?
I just don't have that much confidence in Cryptic/PW anymore and I have doubts about the future of CO specifically. Too many indicators that they just don't seem to care what happens to this game to see a LTS as a worthy investment.
Its a shame because this game has hands down the BEST, most extensive appearance customization options in a MMO, with freeform system and dynamic combat (except for the targetting and responsiveness, but that's another issue
EDIT: Also...
...this^
With the stipend you get every month it eventually pays for itself.
freemium=an MMO that has a free part but offers a subscription to unlock all the limits
F2P=an MMO without any subscription that lives solely on an online store.
B2P=an MMO that you buy ones and never have to pay again, a life time sub doesn't count here.
As it is, I've dumped enough money into this game for 2 ltses. Been playing since beta. At least there's new content to keep people active, we haven't had that for quite a while. Plus, the whole game just got a revamp, and it's more newbie friendly.
The problem with voting with your wallet, is that if you already feel they're not paying enough attention to the game? Not making money off it will make them pay even less. But, I've been gone for 6 months, I see all the changes they've put in. There are quite a few, I barely even recognize it anymore. It's more new and revamped content than I've seen in an mmo since cataclysm. It pulled me back in, I'll say that much.
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They did go on sale once, for $250, but that was a while ago. I was very upset.
Yeah, I remember. Hadn't you just bought yours at full price a shortly before they went on sale?
I was referring to recently, since the OP had specifically mentioned this past June...
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Originally Posted by mijjestic: Ultimately, though, MMO players throwing stones at each other in this fashion is basically one nerd pointing and laughing at another nerd whose glasses are thicker.
Laws yes!
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It was only the STO LTS that was on sale in June ...... Trust me because if Champions had been on sale at that time I would not have written this post. .....
I have been playing this game since the winter event, and in that time they have not had a LTS sale. I''m hoping that they do have a sale so that I can afford to purchase it, but at its current price it is just a little too much for me to swing.... I was lucky and found a 60 timecard for $10 to get me through the next 60 days, but after that I may have no choice but to go Silver because unless there is a sale on the LTS soon(tm) I will have no choice but to go silver and try to save up the extra $$$. but we all know how that goes, I'll be saving up and a different expense will come up and there goes the LTS I could have gotten .......
Please have a sale soon so I can get the LTS, before a different expense comes up and the $$$ I have saved goes away......
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I'm enjoying stealing gametime from them with my one character and not paying.. i'm at 973 days of playtime (on this account) and refuse to hit 1000 out of pure spite.
I always forget this fact.
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I know that may not make sense, but I've seen companies go quiet like this a lot. Huxley, Divine Souls, Blackshot, STALKER 2, you name it. Every time the developers go quiet, it's time to pack up so it's not a big shock when they say to move out.
No, I would not. And not because I already have one...
I've been coming here for years while I was happily playing. So has Stjobe...and Supercollide...and Smackwell...and Farmer...and Blakerefuge...and...
Also, the last LTS sale STO had...CO did not get a sale that time. Two sales ago CO did, the last one CO did not.
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The game is very much like a private server now. No real development, no communication
anymore. I have the feeling there is just one Dev leftover for CO and thats it, and maybe
they wait to look how hard the impact from GW2 will be .. and if they can shut the game
down, or let it run further just with maybe a reboot of the server now and then.
So the answer is : NO
Honestly, I'll be more than a little surprised if it's still going a year from now.
I consider the forums to be a completly different game, but still based in CO!!!
is this the end game?
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I dunno bout that.
Seen plenty of people saying good things here. Know that Im enjoying the game. Not as serious as some games, less immersion I guess, but fun enough....what else do ya need ?
No.
No way.
No _______ way.
Yup, pretty much this
Oh wait, that was to The Secret World. :P
Buying a lifetime sub here would be a bad investment at this time. I'm glad I got mine, and I had more than enough fun with it, but I don't think anyone buying today would have the same opportunity.
I've actually been tempted to buy a LTS on TSW. If only they didn't lock all the cool clothing items in the cash store and charge us more than just about any other game does for them, and then make them character-specific, non-recolorable, and made us buy each color separately...
You can actually end up paying more than the monthly sub price on TSW on clothing items for just one character alone.
Werd. There's so much good about that game, but there's so much mediocrity at the same time.
Still the good outweighs the bad by enough that an LTS is worth buying.
And not to forget the LTS unique costume pieces like the Exclusive Art Deco stuff.
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I'm seriously considering it, but some of the systems that are in place now are giving me pause. Not the least of which: The fact that you can now just farm zen, or do surveys, and not spend a penny. How exactly does that help turn a profit and keep the game going? That mixed with the "blow 5 minutes doing this thing, then go over here and do this for 5 minutes. Oh, by the way, you're level 30. Deal with it." mindset that seems to have taken over in lieu of lairs and other longer mission chains... I don't wanna buy an LTS to what might turn into a facebook game. I don't really agree with the thought that the game won't last another year. Hell, I heard that 3 years ago and we're still going. But, when the new and "exciting" content is another roxstar scavenger hunt to unlock the ability to turn yourself into a 2 year old costume set? Yeah, not so much.
I guess I'm gonna have to change my answer to "Probably, but they'll have to actually make new content that isn't just another alert that I can't even use my level 40 character properly in". Either some new *real* content comes in, or they put in level 40 alerts that don't nerf my endgame characters? Sure, totally. I have that money waiting. At this point it's almost a thank you for the years of fun this game has provided, but I can't see doing so if the only content anyone actually does anymore limits my character so far below cap.
However, that sidekick system actually makes it live? I'll tear a hole in space time and get an LTS 5 years before the game was even released. That's a feature I don't know exists in any superhero mmo to date, the idea of it is *fantastic*.
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This is precisely why I posted the answer I did earlier in the thread...
Precisely.
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I mostly posted what I did because of the huge disparity between that until report and what content we've actually seen recently. I wish more of the dev team would pop on here, even to bs, to let us know we still get some love. 's why tumer was awesome, because he was a constant presence that reassured we still get attention.
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However, end of the day, if the sale is really at a good price I may consider getting another LTS for friend/s to get them to play. I guess with a larger player base it will mean more profits which can in turn be channeled back into game development. This game is definitely not dying because why bother with the changes if they intend to close it down. When PW took over, they could jolly well just close it there and then. However, I am sure there are certain things which PW required the devs in cryptic to put in place as revenue churner. Subsequently, hopefully we can see deilvery of the promises we see in the UNTIL field reports.
Finally, I also wish they could have moderators and devs who are more responsive to the feedback in forums. Be it a no, we will not implement because blah blah blah, or yes but not in the next few months, or certainly within the next few weeks. More communication will hopefully reduce misunderstanding. Then again, there will always be complains.
I have a lifetime founders account to LOTRO, and I have to say that even with the monthly turbine points that they give lifer founder accounts it still steams my clams that I payed $300.00 for a life account and then see them go to a F2P game model. Sure it's probably what has kept them going, but still down deep it feels in a way like I was ripped off.
Really they should have given not only the monthly points but all future expansion packs to those that hold the lifetime founders accounts, but I digress as that's lotro and not CO.
So, No, I guess I would not buy a lifetime account to CO as they don't seem to be really active in development and theres no way to really know how well the game is doing and hence how long it will really still be available for us to play it. 4 days, 4 years, nobody knows, not even PW until the time comes for them to do something.
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Would I buy one now?
If I listened to hue and cry on the forums : NO
If I just played the game : YES
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