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Hey peeps,

A long time Star trek fan with a tight budget here, Is there going to be a free trial period for ppl that wanna try before buying? Most MMO's have it but i haven't detected it here on the site yet. Anybody know?

Sorry if this question is in the wrong place or has been asked (many) times before.

Didnt have time to look (at work atm)

Thx for the answer (and thx for not flaming)

(wannabe) Captain M
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    No there isn't, usually a while before games give free trials. Actually hope they don't or at least heavily restrict it since thats one way gold spammers get a hundred accounts to annoy the hell out of everyone with.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    They won't start up free trials until everyone that is going to buy the game anyway has bought it.

    Free trials are meant to keep the influx of new players at a decent level once the hype starts to fade.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Open Beta --> Headstart + Cancelled Pre-Order = Free Trial
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Keypek wrote: »
    No there isn't, usually a while before games give free trials. Actually hope they don't or at least heavily restrict it since thats one way gold spammers get a hundred accounts to annoy the hell out of everyone with.

    thank you! Its true, WoW is spoiled like that litterly one Goldspammer is deleted and 10 others are already made... so to not get annoyed you need an addon that takes up memory...

    well i guess i have to ask the game for my Bday, which is luckily not far away :P
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    n/a


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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    mrlee95 wrote: »
    The Collectors Edition comes with: •Guest Passes: Credit card style buddy passes to invite three of your friends for a ten day trial of Star Trek Online.

    So if you know anyone who is getting the CE, that would prolly be the only way I could think of.

    If I have an extra left over, I will revisit this thread on the 2nd or 3rd and let you know if I can spare one.

    Check back on those dates and I will let you know. If you happen to know someone else that can give you one, then let me know in this thread.

    Thanks! that would be super for someone who doesnt know me :P. Unfortunatly in my circle im the only Star Trek fan so it will be unlikely that i would receive a trial friend key via them :P
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    n/a

    10 char
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    i doubt it, at least not right away.

    im not paying to sit in a queue, while others pay nothing and take up my play time - iif that happens then i will leave, becasue that is unacceptable
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    mrlee95 wrote: »
    You sound like a cool dude :P

    Plus I know how it is being strapped for cash! If it wasn't for someone giving me Star Trek for a gift, I wouldn't have gotten it at all!!!

    Thx! for what it's worth without trying to suck up ^^ : You're cool too!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Aeleys wrote:
    i doubt it, at least not right away.

    im not paying to sit in a queue, while others pay nothing and take up my play time - iif that happens then i will leave, becasue that is unacceptable

    true, however if cryptic has designed the game correctly there is no wait time.. i don't know what your (bad) experience is with other MMo's but all the ones I ever played didnt have the problem.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Aeleys wrote:
    i doubt it, at least not right away.

    im not paying to sit in a queue, while others pay nothing and take up my play time - iif that happens then i will leave, becasue that is unacceptable

    Don't let the door hit you in the TRIBBLE my grumpy impatient pants!!

    Have you thought that if he did like it, he might buy it then?!?! Or that he just falls in love with it gets his friends into it and turns his non-trekkie fans into some hard core trekkers!!! Plus I am paying to let him play... so eat a lemon!! That's kind of the reason why they are giving those away in the CE amirite?


    Your attitude is unacceptable!!!!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Linfang wrote: »
    Open Beta --> Headstart + Cancelled Pre-Order = Free Trial

    Choke on your own blood for even suggesting this
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Aeleys wrote:
    i doubt it, at least not right away.

    im not paying to sit in a queue, while others pay nothing and take up my play time - iif that happens then i will leave, becasue that is unacceptable

    That was a 4 hour issue. By 7:00 CST, they removed the queue when they brought the other server back online.


    and lrn2spell
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    lunatec wrote: »
    Choke on your own blood for even suggesting this

    ./signed

    I want a free trial but given to me as a free trial and not via a way thats illegal. We are the federation and We treat every one fair!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    nlmrom wrote:
    Hey peeps,

    A long time Star trek fan with a tight budget here, Is there going to be a free trial period for ppl that wanna try before buying? Most MMO's have it but i haven't detected it here on the site yet. Anybody know?

    Sorry if this question is in the wrong place or has been asked (many) times before.

    Didnt have time to look (at work atm)

    Thx for the answer (and thx for not flaming)

    (wannabe) Captain M

    Reality check: free trials are not usually offered until after 6 months to a year post launch.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    lunatec wrote: »
    That was a 4 hour issue. By 7:00 CST, they removed the queue when they brought the other server back online.


    and lrn2spell

    Yeah...The whole queue things was a stop-gap measure to relieve the stress on the servers when they had to take down one for repairs or something...Never did find out why it was taken down...Just figured it failed somehow....

    You can't plan hardware failures....The hardware dies...when it chooses to.

    Tho it does seem Cryptic got a bad batch of cards or something....for the STO farm.....Besides not having enough...:D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Alex_Mars wrote: »
    Reality check: free trials are not usually offered until after 6 months to a year post launch.

    True but it doesnt hurt to ask does it now? maybe they already have something planned and someone knows!

    anyways thank you for your reply :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    cryptic havnt said, that there will 100% not be a que system, at least if they have i missed that bit.

    also, MrLee95 i am not at all grumpy. infact i have not complained once about this game becasue i love it. im just stating that i DO NOT want to pay for somthing, someone else gets for free.

    by all means let there be free trials, as long as it dosnt affect me getting in the game.

    Lunatec, if i didnt know how to spell. you wouldnt be able to understand me at all. afterall its the internet ya know no need to be an idiot.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    nlmrom wrote:
    Hey peeps,

    A long time Star trek fan with a tight budget here, Is there going to be a free trial period for ppl that wanna try before buying? Most MMO's have it but i haven't detected it here on the site yet. Anybody know?

    Sorry if this question is in the wrong place or has been asked (many) times before.

    Didnt have time to look (at work atm)

    Thx for the answer (and thx for not flaming)

    (wannabe) Captain M

    Basically I can never see a trial been made of this game simply because the game is nothing like Star Trek other than the art. They are relying on two things to sell this game, the BOX and the MMO title, they know once we play it most will LOL at how TRIBBLE it is and walk away.

    I have had it free for 3 weeks now, 2 weeks of beta and headstart because I preorded. I cancelled my preorder during beta but can still play until tomorrow, fact is I think I have played one hour in the last week. I keep trying to like the game, today for example I tried again, grouped up with some guys and off we went. Then we beamed down to a planet which had a perma dust storm, clicked 5 flashing things (we were supposed to be repairing them) the planet was a flat rectangle, with invisible barriers keeping you from walking too far and it was totaly lifeless. I never even bothered to beam back off the planet, I just quit, it's just so bad this game it's actually laughable, it really is that bad you can lol.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    The_Vision wrote:
    Basically I can never see a trial been made of this game simply because the game is nothing like Star Trek other than the art. They are relying on two things to sell this game, the BOX and the MMO title, they know once we play it most will LOL at how TRIBBLE it is and walk away.

    I have had it free for 3 weeks now, 2 weeks of beta and headstart because I preorded. I cancelled my preorder during beta but can still play until tomorrow, fact is I think I have played one hour in the last week. I keep trying to like the game, today for example I tried again, grouped up with some guys and off we went. Then we beamed down to a planet which had a perma dust storm, clicked 5 flashing things (we were supposed to be repairing them) the planet was a flat rectangle, with invisible barriers keeping you from walking too far and it was totaly lifeless. I never even bothered to beam back off the planet, I just quit, it's just so bad this game it's actually laughable, it really is that bad you can lol.

    kk and thats y i want a free trial to see for myself. I played SWG and most ppl found it TRIBBLE aswell but I loved it, even though im not a Star Wars fan, untill Sony changed too much and it wasnt fun to play anymore. Combat upgrade they called it, they should have called it Sudden Death upgrade because that what it was ingame and for the game
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Aeleys wrote:

    also, MrLee95 i am not at all grumpy. infact i have not complained once about this game becasue i love it. im just stating that i DO NOT want to pay for somthing, someone else gets for free.

    I paid an extra $30 for the CE, which comes with 3-10 day passes. So actually I am paying to let him play. So that makes it ok, since I am paying for it, and I am using what came with the CE!! :P


    The glass ia half full!!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    mrlee95 wrote: »
    I paid an extra $30 for the CE, which comes with 3-10 day passes. So actually I am paying to let him play. So that makes it ok, since I am paying for it, and I am using what came with the CE!! :P


    The glass ia half full!!

    indeed,those are fully entitled to play the game by all means. i think your not seeing what i mean...

    i dont care if there are free trials,i hope there is as long as there is not a queing system.

    but if there is both...i hope they are heavily enforced.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Aeleys wrote:
    indeed,those are fully entitled to play the game by all means. i think your not seeing what i mean...

    i dont care if there are free trials,i hope there is as long as there is not a queing system.

    but if there is both...i hope they are heavily enforced.

    I get what you're saying. Basically before Cryptic starts to freely pass out free trials, they better have the equipment in place to handle such a thing without constant queues.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    The gold edition (which is the only version most places are selling here in the UK, for the standard £30 price) comes with a 30 day free trial, plus guest passes, plus an item of DLC (store specific) plus DS9 uniforms, plus Headstart, plus open beta access.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Aeleys wrote:
    indeed,those are fully entitled to play the game by all means. i think your not seeing what i mean...

    i dont care if there are free trials,i hope there is as long as there is not a queing system.

    but if there is both...i hope they are heavily enforced.

    Oh ya, I see what you are getting at now. That I can understand! Putting up with Warcraft's que system for the 1st year on the server I was on... SUCKED
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    mrlee95 wrote: »
    Oh ya, I see what you are getting at now. That I can understand! Putting up with Warcraft's que system for the 1st year on the server I was on... SUCKED

    I read some more about the server of STO, I wonder how they are gonna manage that, SWG had big servers too which sucked a bit tbh due to lag issues etc
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Also curious about this, so bump.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Nimron, check your mailbox plz
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    I'm looking to try before I buy as well. If anyone has an available guest pass from the CE/DDE edition and would be kind enough to give me, please send me a private msg.

    Thank you,
    Ltldogg
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Does anyone have a free trial i could use? It would be greatly appreciated. I'm really interested in this game and i'm seeing so many mixed reviews from both sites and players. I want to give it a test spin before i put down 60 bucks. If so please PM me and ill get back to you ASAP.
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