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Collector's Edition

dynaceldynacel Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited August 2013 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
If I already have the Lifetime Subscription, would I be able to purchase, and subsequently use the Collector's Edition, or would it be pointless?
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  • hevachhevach Member Posts: 2,777 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    You can still claim them for their unlocks.
  • dynaceldynacel Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Perfect. Thank you.
  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,556 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    A bunch of us at the start, bought the Digital Deluxe Edition, Collector's Edition, and lifetime subscription for all the cool preorder items. Best had to be the Liberated Borg Bridge Officer, but Cryptic decided to make that a C-Store item. This was when it was stated that playable Liberated Borg were only available as a preorder and people that bought the lifetime subscription after the game launched would be screwed out of it.
  • tlamstriketlamstrike Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    You can claim the Red Matter Capacitor, and the other C-Store items (the Riv Tribble, the Constitution class ship, the Targ Pet, some versions give the Borg Eng Boff) but you will not be able to use the cards that gave game time either for your account or another person's account (I've tested that).
    My Romulan Liberated Borg character made it to Level 30 and beat the (old) Defense of New Romulus with the skill point bug. :D
  • logicalspocklogicalspock Member Posts: 836 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    starkaos wrote: »
    A bunch of us at the start, bought the Digital Deluxe Edition, Collector's Edition, and lifetime subscription for all the cool preorder items. Best had to be the Liberated Borg Bridge Officer, but Cryptic decided to make that a C-Store item. This was when it was stated that playable Liberated Borg were only available as a preorder and people that bought the lifetime subscription after the game launched would be screwed out of it.

    All the collectors editions have the same basic items (red matter capacitor, the three main uniforms, an art book, and a badge). Only the Amazon preorders had the liberated borg BOFF and those are very hard to come buy. Most of the ones on Amazon are just the regular edition.
  • starhoundstarhound Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    tlamstrike wrote: »
    You can claim the Red Matter Capacitor, and the other C-Store items (the Riv Tribble, the Constitution class ship, the Targ Pet, some versions give the Borg Eng Boff) but you will not be able to use the cards that gave game time either for your account or another person's account (I've tested that).

    What do you mean by that last part? I bought a CE a while ago for the Red Matter Capacitor and my 1 month of subscription worked fine. You just pop the code in on your account screen.

    You CANT redeem more than one though, so no buying loads of cheap boxed versions for the free month.
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  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,556 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    logicalspock wrote: »
    All the collectors editions have the same basic items (red matter capacitor, the three main uniforms, an art book, and a badge). Only the Amazon preorders had the liberated borg BOFF and those are very hard to come buy. Most of the ones on Amazon are just the regular edition.

    But depending on where you got the preorder determined which preorder items you got. Preorder items are different than the items contained within the Collector's Edition and Digital Deluxe Edition. This is why the Target Preorder is so valuable.
  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,556 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    starhound wrote: »
    What do you mean by that last part? I bought a CE a while ago for the Red Matter Capacitor and my 1 month of subscription worked fine. You just pop the code in on your account screen.

    You CANT redeem more than one though, so no buying loads of cheap boxed versions for the free month.

    The guest cards that came with the collector's edition were a free trial to the game that you could give your friends. They might have expired when the game went F2P since they lost their use.
  • brakkennbrakkenn Member Posts: 38 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    I have an unopened copy of the Amazon Collector's Edition that comes with the Liberated Borg Bridge Officer among other things collecting dust if anybody is interested in it. PM me with a price you think is fair if you want it. I can set it up through Ebay as well if that would give anybody more piece of mind.

    Thanks
  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,556 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    brakkenn wrote: »
    I have an unopened copy of the Amazon Collector's Edition that comes with the Liberated Borg Bridge Officer among other things collecting dust if anybody is interested in it. PM me with a price you think is fair if you want it. I can set it up through Ebay as well if that would give anybody more piece of mind.

    Thanks

    It coming from Amazon doesn't matter since anyone can get the Amazon preorder now. Basically, it would be considered as just a regular Collector's Edition which seem to be really cheap.
  • brakkennbrakkenn Member Posts: 38 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    starkaos wrote: »
    It coming from Amazon doesn't matter since anyone can get the Amazon preorder now. Basically, it would be considered as just a regular Collector's Edition which seem to be really cheap.

    That is true that you can buy the Liberated Borg now in the Zen store but the Amazon collector's edition saves you the 400 zen and is an account wide unlock vs a per character unlock.
  • topsettopset Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    brakkenn wrote: »
    That is true that you can buy the Liberated Borg now in the Zen store but the Amazon collector's edition saves you the 400 zen and is an account wide unlock vs a per character unlock.

    ^^ This is true.

    Amazon collectors edition is still the one to get, if you can find a copy. I got one 6 months back nice and cheap, but they wanted $40 to post it to the UK! I sent it to my fleet leader, he gave me the code and kept the box/badge :P
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  • sunfranckssunfrancks Member Posts: 3,925 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    starkaos wrote: »
    A bunch of us at the start, bought the Digital Deluxe Edition, Collector's Edition, and lifetime subscription for all the cool preorder items. Best had to be the Liberated Borg Bridge Officer, but Cryptic decided to make that a C-Store item. This was when it was stated that playable Liberated Borg were only available as a preorder and people that bought the lifetime subscription after the game launched would be screwed out of it.

    Yup, the only thing I am missing is the TR-116 rifle. :cool:
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  • wildmousexwildmousex Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    sunfrancks wrote: »
    Yup, the only thing I am missing is the TR-116 rifle. :cool:

    I bought every pre-order as well - but lost my target copy before claiming, so I as well am missing the rifle.
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  • sonnikkusonnikku Member Posts: 77 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    I got my CE off amazon like a year ago for $12 new. I got the red matter and uniforms, never heard anything though about a borg officer.
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  • starhoundstarhound Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    brakkenn wrote: »
    That is true that you can buy the Liberated Borg now in the Zen store but the Amazon collector's edition saves you the 400 zen and is an account wide unlock vs a per character unlock.

    yeah I only got the RMC from my Amazon CE, though maybe it is different in the UK.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    There are apparently several versions. Some version have a Fed AND KDF Borg for free, but mine only has Fed.
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  • logicalspocklogicalspock Member Posts: 836 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    starkaos wrote: »
    It coming from Amazon doesn't matter since anyone can get the Amazon preorder now. Basically, it would be considered as just a regular Collector's Edition which seem to be really cheap.

    I am not quite certain I am following. The one officially sold by Amazon came with the Borg BOFF as a special edition. It always has and it always will.

    Amazon stopped selling them some time ago. Amazon still offers STO boxed editions through third parties. The actual condition (new/used) and special preorder bonus contained in items sold through Amazon today are determined by what edition the third party seller has.

    For instance, I bought the regular edition through Amazon a few months after the game was released. I received the Borg BOFFs. I bought the collector's edition from a third party through Amazon when they were unloading them for only a few dollars. I received no bonuses (because they were not branded) but I did receive all the standard collector's edition items: the uniforms (which I had already unlocked), the red matter capacitor, the badge, and the artbook.
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