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Too soon for Free to play

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited October 2011 in Tribble - General Discussion and Feedback
I think personally it is much too soon for Star Trek online to go Free to Play.

Star Trek Online is not even two years old. I understand the Devs wanting to give Anyone and EVERYONE a chance to get into the game. But I think Cryptic has made a mistake, trying to push it this soon, especially with this major upgrade in season four at the same time.

I just think they should have waited 8-12 more months to get more content into the game, more missions, more features. And when they don't have anything massive like this on their plate, Then work on a server that has Free-to-Play features.

It's not entirely a bad thing, but all the season 4 content, and working on the free to play features, I think Cryptic may may have bitten off more then they can chew. Still I could be wrong, I do think the changes to the gold server could be interesting and I do like STO enough that I bought a life time subscription, and I like HOW and Where STO's direction is going, so far. So I will keep a positive and open mind for these changes.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    It isn't really too soon for free to play, it is this implementation that is the issue. A hybrid system might have worked were the game more complex than it is but a strict Asian style F2P system is unacceptable as well. There needs to be a middle ground where the subscribers have a reason to continue subbing and the f2p audience is taken care of as well, I don't even know that they looked into that because this system is being rushed into place so quickly.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited October 2011
    But on the other hand, arguably STO Is the perfect game to go F2P. F2P games rely on a large rotating pool of beginner players. They don't need a lot of content, which is something STO excels in. F2P games only need enough content around for casual players to pick up for a month or two, make one or two impulse microtransaction purchases, and then quit. The amount of missions in STO only fill up maybe 2 months of dedicated play, so there is more than enough there to satisfy the typical F2P player.
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