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SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited January 2012 in Galactic News Network [PC]
The Free-to-Play Early Access program is now live! Past subscribers can jump back into the Star Trek Online universe now by downloading the game here.


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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Jumping in to wish everyone a warm welcome back.

    Don't listen to hype from either side. Try it for yourself and see how much has changed.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Aye! Welcome Back to STO. :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    i am back and Play STO

    ;)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Thanks to this one of my really good friends is now back and playing :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    600 day vet here.and i just went F2P after checking the F2P matrix i cannot PM non friends have lost the off duty costume slot on my toons and since the main part of the F2p build went live (back in december) have sill not received the lost character slot i had available. didnt know where to bug report these so i posted here.

    other than those minor gripes i'm glad to be back even as a silver member and will sub again when i haz the money.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Welcome back, anyone who needs help, just let me know.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Welcome Back, Captains!
    since the main part of the F2p build went live (back in december) have sill not received the lost character slot i had available.
    I am not sure if this is your situation but my lost character slot turned out to be the character slot I used to go on Tribble.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Its good to be back.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    It'd be interesting to see just how many free-loaders there are already. I doubt we'll hear any honest stats though...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    So I figured I'd give this another try, however it seems the fact that I only used the 30 days that came with my digital deluxe version doesn't get me in the early access program.
    Back to SWTOR it is then....
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    I am very happy to be back. I have but one question: can SF and KDF team for STF?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Welcome back my fellow captains, I hope you enjoy returning to the chair :)

    Is the referral program still active? I can still send out referral emails and keys, but do those I refer and I still get the bonuses?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    I am very happy to be back. I have but one question: can SF and KDF team for STF?

    Yes. but the STFs are NOT what you remember anymore...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Agreed!!
    :D:cool::D:cool:
    Jumping in to wish everyone a warm welcome back.

    Don't listen to hype from either side. Try it for yourself and see how much has changed.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Welcome back my fellow captains, I hope you enjoy returning to the chair :)

    Is the referral program still active? I can still send out referral emails and keys, but do those I refer and I still get the bonuses?


    Subscriptions and lifetime accounts are still available and are not going to be discontinued, so I'm sure if you refer someone (through the link, I messed up and didn't get the bonuses because I didn't use the web link) and they maintain a registered account for the required time (I believe 2 months) then I'm sure you'll still get the bonuses. If a dev sees this hopefully they'll confirm it, or correct me, but I honestly don't see why they wouldn't still honor the refer a friend program, especially since the link is still active.

    Also, WELCOME BACK ALL!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    It is good to be back, I log in and first thing that happens is I get a bunch of medals and awards and gain skill points which looked great. But, the lag when entering sol is terrible! It took 10 minutes just to load Sol. Overall though, I am impressed with how many things have changed in past years and look forward to keep playing for a long time.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    :)

    Surgery has awakened...




    :cool:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Due to financial reasons, I had to let my subscription lapse last February. I'm patching as we speak (18%) and hope to be playing in a few minutes. I haven't really kept up with what's been happening in the STO universe this past year so it'll be great to see what's happened.

    It's good to be back! :p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Its so GOOD to see so many people come back! Times have been tough and I missed a lot of my friends.

    WELCOME HOME!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Jumping in to wish everyone a warm welcome back.

    Don't listen to hype from either side. Try it for yourself and see how much has changed.

    Agreed.

    It's free to play! Give it a run, see if you like it again, leave feedback! If it's not to your liking, try again sometime later, and if you like it, play it! =)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    I'm back too! :)
    I have stopped playing around the end of September, a lot of things are different now, need to get used to the dilithium, duty officers, torp spreads..
    And also.. PvP! My favourite part of the game. :D

    See you guys around ;)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    So.... considering I already asked this in my own post.... I will do so again here since no one seems to want to answer my question:

    How do I download the game if the downloader is stuck at not downloading the game? I got no problems playing champions online or downloading that game.... however this game I can't seem to download. Does this game have some sort of download limitation to only being downloadable inside the U.S? I'm currently living in Egypt.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Thanks for the WB ... What happened to the T3 Excelsior?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Is this why I haven't been able to get onto STO for 2 days...maintenance every other sec, or load times that say I time out or was afk for too long....hell I'm just trying to do the very dissapointing wonderladn race to get the typical green boxes a few more times before the event ends.. :rolleyes:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Tobogon wrote:
    Thanks for the WB ... What happened to the T3 Excelsior?

    It's a C-Store item now. They ripped out in-game methods of obtaining any ships that were originally planned as C-Store ships now that C-Points can be bartered for in game.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Ha, it wasn't exactly a warm welcome. So many grumpy people in STFs and Defera. :p

    Using CP for respecs was a big turn-off, but I've reached a point where I don't see myself tinkering with my skills much, and if really needed I can grind for weeks and trade for CP anyway. Loss of playing foundry missions was kind of lame, but I didn't really play foundry missions much to begin with, so no big loss.

    As happy as I am being able to keep everything I've earned as a subscriber (and receiving bonus rewards when logging in), I couldn't help but feel a sense of desperation from Cryptic as I observed the F2P changes. I think this game still has a future ahead of it, but it probably will be nothing beyond mediocre.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Glad to be back. Now I can get started on refining Dilithium so I can get those Mark XII upgrades.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Not entirely true, I guess. I owned STO at launch but am still not allowed back in for this "early access" :|
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    It'd be interesting to see just how many free-loaders there are already. I doubt we'll hear any honest stats though...

    this is now a free to play game. there are no 'freeloaders'
    Don't listen to hype from either side. Try it for yourself and see how much has changed.

    hint: most of what people are angry about at this point is not hype
    It's a C-Store item now. They ripped out in-game methods of obtaining any ships that were originally planned as C-Store ships now that C-Points can be bartered for in game.

    you forgot to mention the part where we were explicitly lied to about it

    frankly I find it extremely unlikely that cryptic is going to get anywhere near the free to play numbers they think they will get. this head start won't change that.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    I am so glad STO is F2P I get to play the game again yay I wished I could of been able to play it after I had to quit cuz of time probs as I have been working way too much and took alot of time I am now able to play it again whenever I can! I want to hug everyone on Cryptc and say thanks for allowing me and others to experance the game once again!! Thanks again!
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