Autoleveling by purchase was implimented in WoW because they wanted people who weren't already able to play the new expansion content to play the new expansion content. Basically targeting those who were not patient enough to level on their own. So... instead of say... you're level 56 Paladin with gear that you collected on your own, you get bumped up to lv 90 with a preconstructed set of gear based on your class, alot like the stock equipment on a brand new ship.
A friend of mine got me a week on WoW after I had been away for a couple years. I liked my sword before I got bumped up to at least Wrath of the Lich King. It was a nice looking sword. After the bump... I still had said sword, but I was given a new one that looked like it was a rock carved into the shape of a crude sword as a level appropriate weapon.
Autoleveling is a double edged sword. Yes you get to play the content NOW, but is it with gear you collected? No. And WoW does that because they've got such a high level cap. STO's level cap is about half that, so its not exactly feasable to add a "Pay money, get levels to play new content".
One word: Transmog. You can make any gear look like any gear of the same type there now.
Last time I went back, I leveled up a human hunter and made all his gear look like the Scarlet Crusade set. And got an old school red hyena pet for retro goodness.
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One word: Transmog. You can make any gear look like any gear of the same type there now.
Last time I went back, I leveled up a human hunter and made all his gear look like the Scarlet Crusade set. And got an old school red hyena pet for retro goodness.