I think at the current rate it will shut down this April or May.
Meh. I think they've got airbrakes in place. If they start into a spiral, they'll radically reduce all the grinds and launch a Borg Cooperative lockbox.
Then it will be T6 Mirror ships and a mirror TOS interior pack.
If that doesn't work they'll talk CBS into a T6 Connie lockbox and the game will last at least six months on that revenue alone.
I think most people feel Lucas managed to debase SW all by himself with the second trilogy. At the end of the day JJ cannot do any worse then what Lucas did to the series, IMO.
Unless of course he creates a lightsabre with a completely redundant hand-guard
(1999 that how long everquest one been around.. And it is another doom thread because you want to ruin a game and want it to die when some are having fun.. .
I disagree. And he is right ALL things come to an end, humans, planets, galaxies, and eventually the universe, regardless if we are having fun or not (I was still enjoying TNG when it came to an end with 'all good things'.
It is not doom to ask if its still worth buying a lifetime sub - particularly given the recent actions of Cryptic - rather, it is prudence.
Anyhow, to answer the OP's question - I would say the game is in no immediate danger of shutting down, but I would not recommend buying a lifetime sub until the current negative issues surrounding the game are resolved (if they ever are).
P.S: You might want to reference Ultima Online or MUD (1 and 2) as the longest running MMO's rather than Everquest :P
STO is about my Liberated Borg Federation Captain with his Breen 1st Officer, Jem'Hadar Tactical Officer, Liberated Borg Engineering Officer, Android Ops Officer, Photonic Science Officer, Gorn Science Officer, and Reman Medical Officer jumping into their Jem'Hadar Carrier and flying off to do missions for the new Romulan Empire. But for some players allowing a T5 Connie to be used breaks the canon in the game.
Well, anyone who leaves an answer isn't even qualified to make a guess. None of you work for the company, none of you are game developers, none of you are game designers, etc. So, anything said here is pure speculation, and frankly its idiotic. But I can give an accurate estimate. The game will last longer than this thread.
Well, anyone who leaves an answer isn't even qualified to make a guess. None of you work for the company, none of you are game developers, none of you are game designers, etc. So, anything said here is pure speculation, and frankly its idiotic. But I can give an accurate estimate. The game will last longer than this thread.
I don't know. If it becomes a meme thread like the doom thread (RIP), it might give the game a run for it's money. :P
Support 90 degree arc limitation on BFaW! Save our ships from looking like flying disco balls of dumb!
Well, anyone who leaves an answer isn't even qualified to make a guess. None of you work for the company, none of you are game developers, none of you are game designers, etc. So, anything said here is pure speculation, and frankly its idiotic. But I can give an accurate estimate. The game will last longer than this thread.
Does not matter if we know when it will or will not end. We do know that it will end. And if you can't see that the design choices Cryptic is making have been idiotic, you must live in a small bubble.
Tell me then you think people knew they were going to shut star wars down... Nope they did not.. It lasted awhile they shut it down because the new star wars came out... So he is right no one knows. When the new star wars game came out they were very unhappy some don't play it..
Yes he is correct that no one knows but everyone knows that it will end. No harm in getting feedback from everyone on what time they feel it will happen. Given the state of the game currently.
Yes he is correct that no one knows but everyone knows that it will end. No harm in getting feedback from everyone on what time they feel it will happen. Given the state of the game currently.
Thanks for your comment.
Unfortunately talking to the same 200 people who are angry on the forum every day is not really getting feedback from "everyone."
Earlier today I was reading a thread from someone angry because they had purchased $180.00 worth of Zen today and then the security feature kicked in to block them from buying more until they verified their identity. Does that angry person count as someone who thinks STO is in a bad state?
STO is about my Liberated Borg Federation Captain with his Breen 1st Officer, Jem'Hadar Tactical Officer, Liberated Borg Engineering Officer, Android Ops Officer, Photonic Science Officer, Gorn Science Officer, and Reman Medical Officer jumping into their Jem'Hadar Carrier and flying off to do missions for the new Romulan Empire. But for some players allowing a T5 Connie to be used breaks the canon in the game.
they have a new prize in the R&D packs of a Elachi Sheshar Dreadnought Cruiser i will assume that say 1 in 10 packs has this prize, judging from the amount of players who won this prize just in the short time i have played today there must be 1000s of these c-store items alone that have sold and at $10 a pop thats no small amount.
i have also had a look at the dilithium exchange and from the amount of zen changing hands that seems to be just as busy as ever.
there may be some players who are withholding cash but for the vast majority it apears to be business as usual from the evidance i have seen.
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.
yeah i am hoping i get it.. My wife gave me 20 bucks for it .. if i don't oh well i tried..
good luck with that, hope you win.
i meant to add one of PW`s other games champions online is nowhere near as popular as STO and only has a few hundred active users and they still keep that going although it may only get a small amount of support or updates so im guessing STO will be arround for a long while yet as even with the players that may have stopped playing the player base of sto is massive in comparison.
when you consider that a map instance hold arround 50 players on average and then you consider that the winter zone has been arround 200 instances whenever i looked thats besides players that may have been elsewhere in game thats at least 10000 active players in game at any one time.
thats apart from the amount of players i see in other areas outside the winter zone you could probably add a fair number to that and you would not be far wrong.
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.
Well, anyone who leaves an answer isn't even qualified to make a guess. None of you work for the company, none of you are game developers, none of you are game designers, etc. So, anything said here is pure speculation, and frankly its idiotic. But I can give an accurate estimate. The game will last longer than this thread.
Even if a dev, PWE executive, or CBS executive posted on these forums about the end of STO, it would still be a guess. A guess based on data unavailable to us, but still just a guess.
PWE has a total of 15 games available with only 2 games cancelled. This is a much better record than other MMO companies like NCSoft. NCSoft has cancelled 9 games and about as many games as PWE. Based on that, PWE will only cancel STO if they lose the license or STO is losing them too much money.
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lol I would tend to agree, but let's see how badly they f*** up the anniversary event....because you know they will.
Shhhhhhhh, we don't talk about that.....ever. They don't exist....at least that's what my SW friend says...
Meh. I think they've got airbrakes in place. If they start into a spiral, they'll radically reduce all the grinds and launch a Borg Cooperative lockbox.
Then it will be T6 Mirror ships and a mirror TOS interior pack.
If that doesn't work they'll talk CBS into a T6 Connie lockbox and the game will last at least six months on that revenue alone.
Unless of course he creates a lightsabre with a completely redundant hand-guard
But thats a whole other can of worms
I disagree. And he is right ALL things come to an end, humans, planets, galaxies, and eventually the universe, regardless if we are having fun or not (I was still enjoying TNG when it came to an end with 'all good things'.
It is not doom to ask if its still worth buying a lifetime sub - particularly given the recent actions of Cryptic - rather, it is prudence.
Anyhow, to answer the OP's question - I would say the game is in no immediate danger of shutting down, but I would not recommend buying a lifetime sub until the current negative issues surrounding the game are resolved (if they ever are).
P.S: You might want to reference Ultima Online or MUD (1 and 2) as the longest running MMO's rather than Everquest :P
alright everyone, let's mosey
I don't know. If it becomes a meme thread like the doom thread (RIP), it might give the game a run for it's money. :P
Support 90 degree arc limitation on BFaW! Save our ships from looking like flying disco balls of dumb!
Does not matter if we know when it will or will not end. We do know that it will end. And if you can't see that the design choices Cryptic is making have been idiotic, you must live in a small bubble.
Thanks for your comment.
Yes he is correct that no one knows but everyone knows that it will end. No harm in getting feedback from everyone on what time they feel it will happen. Given the state of the game currently.
Thanks for your comment.
Earlier today I was reading a thread from someone angry because they had purchased $180.00 worth of Zen today and then the security feature kicked in to block them from buying more until they verified their identity. Does that angry person count as someone who thinks STO is in a bad state?
i have also had a look at the dilithium exchange and from the amount of zen changing hands that seems to be just as busy as ever.
there may be some players who are withholding cash but for the vast majority it apears to be business as usual from the evidance i have seen.
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.
good luck with that, hope you win.
i meant to add one of PW`s other games champions online is nowhere near as popular as STO and only has a few hundred active users and they still keep that going although it may only get a small amount of support or updates so im guessing STO will be arround for a long while yet as even with the players that may have stopped playing the player base of sto is massive in comparison.
when you consider that a map instance hold arround 50 players on average and then you consider that the winter zone has been arround 200 instances whenever i looked thats besides players that may have been elsewhere in game thats at least 10000 active players in game at any one time.
thats apart from the amount of players i see in other areas outside the winter zone you could probably add a fair number to that and you would not be far wrong.
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.
Even if a dev, PWE executive, or CBS executive posted on these forums about the end of STO, it would still be a guess. A guess based on data unavailable to us, but still just a guess.
PWE has a total of 15 games available with only 2 games cancelled. This is a much better record than other MMO companies like NCSoft. NCSoft has cancelled 9 games and about as many games as PWE. Based on that, PWE will only cancel STO if they lose the license or STO is losing them too much money.