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Is it worth the money? What do you get exactly?
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and here ... http://sto.perfectworld.com/about/freetoplay/features-matrix
Of course there are some who TRIBBLE and moan every hour about it.
A lifetime subscription also grants you access to all of the rewards listed here, from day one (some items are level restricted or have other stipulations): http://sto.perfectworld.com/community/veteran-rewards
Cheers,
Brandon =/\=
Like Branflakes said ... you now get all of them immediately as soon as you buy a Lifetime.
Exactly, I was roughly at day 800 when they switched it so LTS got all the perks upon purchase. Got to fly the LTS ship the day the game hit 1000 days.
YES!
YES!
But you have to be a Vice Admiral to be able to fly it. Here is the ugly ship;
http://www.stowiki.org/Chimera_Heavy_Destroyer
Dont forget the 600 day Vice-Admiral ship token, so you can also have 1 of the following: the Defiant Retrofit, Voyager Retrofit, or Galaxy Retrofit.
So three ships... all for you.
Even with the 500 zen stipend every month it will take 5 years of stipends to make back what you spend on the $299 for the lifetime. And to be honest the veteran rewards are not really that great, out of all of them i only use the alternate future combadge.
Ultimately it would be wise to save your money and just buy the zen whenever you need it...
$15/month X 12 months =$240 in savings
$5/month X 12 months = $60 in earnings
Then there are the things you will instantly aquire
4 respecs =$20 And thats 4 per character so the more characters you have the more actual value and even new ones get it so bonus.
3 ship slots = $7.50
2 costume slots =$2.50
2 character slots =$6.25
Liberated borg BO =$5.00
1 VA ship token =$20.00
So thats an instant rebate of $61.26
Then theres the theoretical costs for things you can not purchase
$50 for the 2 ships
$5 for the captains yacht
$.30/hour for the 5% skill boost X 8765.81 hours a year =$2629.74
Just food for thought
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In fact, buy two. Buy four!
I have a lifetime sub. But I got it before the game launched. Is it worth getting a lifetime sub now?
Well, that depends on why you want it.
Yes, the lifetime sub comes with perks. You get the exclusive lifetime stuff like being able to make a character with crazy Borg implants stuck in their head. You get all the Veteran rewards, like a couple of starships that think they're transformers. You get all the regular benefits from a normal monthly subscription.
These are all nice things. I enjoy them. They're also not necessary. I could easily do without them.
The fact is, STO's actually pretty good for a F2P game in giving complete access to almost everything for free players. You can quite comfortably play the game without spending any money. That's a good thing. So if you spend money, you must want to.
I bought a lifetime sub in part because I wanted to support the game. I occasionally still buy a little Zen here and there - none of the stuff I've spent on is absolutely necessary to me, but hey, I show my appreciation for the game, I get something in return.
Do you think the game is worth your money? If not, then keep the money. If yes, then get the sub.
Now, the one caveat I would give is that you should buy it on sale. It tends to go on sale for $200 USD a couple times a year. Wait, buy it then. The value proposition is much better, and it pays itself off sooner.
Wheel of Lobi? What's that?
It is.
My character Tsin'xing
I've found that it's not even really worth getting a monthly sub for this game, or at least not worth paying for one each month. Monthly subs get so little for free compared to the sliver accounts other then for the sake of supporting the game, I can't see much reason to get one.
I do spend $5 or so a month to buy zen for the sake of buying stuff from the c-store. But I find that since I was once a subscriber, I have so little reason to do so now that I can't justify it.
But I think as a lifer you get what 5 toon slots? And you can delete and re-create them with out fear of losing inventory space. Any inventory space you buy in the Cstore is lost when you delete a toon.
Don't forget the KDF gets free ships too. So really you get 6 ships "free".
It is not yet April Fool day. He wished that there would be a casino with all kind of bets.