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Thanks for increasing the drop rate!
thetarq
Member Posts: 46 Arc User
Thank you, devs, for this awesome promotion and for increasing the drop rate on the bug ships! I got my bug on my 6th pack. This really made my day! Thanks again, guys.
I'm already looking forward to the next promotional. This is a way better way to spend my money than sub fees; I'm really liking this brave new model for MMOs!
I'm already looking forward to the next promotional. This is a way better way to spend my money than sub fees; I'm really liking this brave new model for MMOs!
-= ROM PAUL =-
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ingame: @.Spartan
Original Cryptic Forum Name: Spartan (member #124)
The Glorious, Kirk’s Protegè
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I'm sorry if I'm a bit old school, but I, for one, prefer to pay a fixed amount for what I want, instead of gambling hundreds of dollars on a ship.
But that just me.
Meh, just buy keys and sell them for the EC's, if you really want something.
A 10-15 bucks per month subscription to be allowed to play a game you already bought with actual money, that's the rip-off, if you ask me.
its not just you ....
and for OP .. you just got lucky.
i was opening some boxes and packs for lobies, 140 boxes+packs total ... you can guess what i got ... one big .. nothing.
at least i got what i wanted from lobies, no more packs or boxes for me.
All MMOs are based on monthly subscription (eveonline, world of war craft etc.)and a few of them offer life time subscription. STO is one of them.
What you might be looking for is counter strike or call of duty or battlefield 3
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when you buy a game, you pay for developers and designers work...
subscription on other hand is to cover expenses like server upgrades, network bandwith, suport and tech stuff sailaries , and there is a lot more things you are not considering. and some profit ofc.
Of course, I appreciate that keeping a game running costs money.
But I didn't say I was against paying through other means, such as microtransactions or cosmetic unlocks. And I'll happily dish out money for any new stuff that those developers develop. Expansions, DLC, missions, items - no problem. Heck, I'd be fine with paying for STO FE's, provided they're reasonably priced (ie not 50 bucks for 5 missions).
And sure, my opinion is definitely influenced by offline games, and the many hours of enjoyment I get out of those. But I also spent many hundreds of hours on Guild Wars, and paid my share of the costs there. I just think a non-sub model is friendlier to casual players, as you can just log 1 or 2 hours in one week, 15 in the next, and then not play for 6 weeks, only to pick up where you left off. Alternatively, I think it shouldn't make to much of a difference for hardcore players, as you can always just spent cash on the game you love playing, through exchanges/ingame shops/etc.
I don't disapprove of paying for things I use. Just of paying for things I don't, or hardly, use, I guess.
altho i preffer mounth subscription and access to everything in game, then to pay for everything i want.
and second i think one you quoted didnt ment mounth fee, but instead of gambling for a ship, to pay fixed prise for it, like all c-store ships.
Pity the dil-zen prices went up to 100, I hope they will not go much higher, there's only so much Dilithium I can farm in a day.:D
The f2p stuff was mainly a response to the comments on operational costs, but to each his own, really. I prefer it the other way around, but that too is just an opinion.
Good point, as the discussion veered that way, but that was kind of what I meant too. Hence my suggestion of buying the ship with EC, on the exchange, rather than buy into the lockbox scheme. I'm all for accountwide z-store unlocks, rather than lockboxes.