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Can Atari actually force you to change the name of C-Store points or is it something you guys decided to do... because Atari Tokens sounds stupid. I feel like I'm shoving tokens into an arcade machine instead of buying in game stuff.
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Atari owns Cryptic. So, yes. If Atari wants Cryptic to make their website pink it happens.
honestly i cant say i care what they are called. ill probably still call them c-store points. does not really matter.
You'll be able to use them here, in CO, or in any other Atari game (such as on Facebook) which has micro transactions.
As far as the idea of putting tokens into an arcade game... I think that's the image the marketing guys were trying to evoke. We're an old school company, and we're proud of that heritage.
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Basically, coupled with the ability to use them in non-Cryptic games, say, to play an arcade game. Or heck, maybe buy a T-shirt eventually.
It's just Atari-wide currency. So far, the exchange rate/prices haven't changed for STO.
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Oh no! It's a perpetual complaining loop! :eek:
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What will the neighbors think?
It hints that the Atari Tokens are universal, but I just wanted to be sure...
Except I didnt. I made sure I worded my post the way I did
As a survivor of the Arcade Era, I fully support this move!
We have an ' Asteroids' mission already, where we break the comet up into smaller and smaller chunks.:D
I think the isn't to bad either, does remind you of an acarde which is kind of cool.
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I'm not a Dev - but play both games, and the CO Devs have stated that the CO 'stipend' points will ONLY work with the CO store. (And LTS and Gold CO players will see the first Stipend on 2/4/11 - with all future stipends to be given on the 'anniversary' of when you started your paid sub each month. For LTS, we assume the day date of the month you purchased the CO LTS.)
This is confusing. I remember a dev post a month or two ago saying that these would be separate, that you wouldn't be able to use your CO subscription points in STO or vice-versa. People aren't fans of multiple currencies (maybe they're easily confused), but I think there should be some sort of hierarchy:
Well, if you're changing the name you might want to mention to the art team to change the new Ship and Close Tailors in Tribble to change it to AP from CP.
Perhaps instead of AP, just use the Atari Symbol in-game?
True, that was a few months ago, before this whole integration thing came up. I really wonder if they'd use tech just to keep stipend points in a specific game.
Basically, Atari points are what you pay for directly. CO and STO points are given to you as part of your stipend. So while the Atari points are universal (to even to Atari Facebook games) the STO and CO points only work in their respective games.
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Funny....
They had to seperate what they were giving away as a stipend with what you buy. I think it makes sense. They didn't want lifers in CO racking up Cryptic Points and using them in STO.
Old School? Cryptic isn't that old. Or are you refering to Atari.
Anyway Are these points transferable between CO and STO now? I might be tempted to reup to CO for a month to check things out if the points can be used over here.
Would that really break them? They're still keeping the business within Cryptic, although I can understand if they want to be sure which game sells better. But even that desire would be better handled by having 1 special currency across all games.
Seeing as how its F2P, you dont have to resub just to check things out
Sorry was not a seriuos post but a poor attempt at humor.
Though I can understand why they did it.:)
just curious if it is an actual 1:1 conversion or if we are getting merged into an existing system that has diffrent values?
i guess turning it back into $ and would make to much sense....