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remairtamec
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Hi, I used to play at launch and getting back into the game now as its F2P and really enjoying it. Been playing through with someone else which works really well with this game, and so far have been really pleased with the changes made in the game so far in the years since I left.
I'm considering subscribing but really am dubious of the benefits having looked at the feature matrix. As far as I can tell there seem to be three main benefits, at least for a newer player who is not going to hit money limits anytime soon.
1- Respec tokens, extra Boff and ship slots, pretty much adding up to a bit more flexibility.
2- The foundry access.
3- Monthly stipend of zen.
The first seems fairly nice but not huge for me. I already have several character slots as it let me keep all those originally given to every subscriber. The foundry I love the idea of but not sure if it will live up to its hype. I would love to create complex missions involving player choice, I've had experience doing that in the past DMing for RP groups and it seems like a great way to use game mechanics to tell stories, but kinda concerned that any missions made will ever be used. There must be loads of missions produced each week of varying quality, so even if you make a great one there's a chance nobody will play it to upvote it.
As for the zen its nice, and at a nice % of the sub fee (quite happy imagining 1/3rd is going to server maitenance, 1/3rd to universal content then 1/3rd to content that you choose what you want, i.e. microtransactions). But then looking at it I can't help but think on its own it just isn't worth it, taking 5-10 months worth for the upper end ships it seems more likely that I'll just buy them one off when the time comes. Although I suppose its more designed to pick up the smaller C-store items like Doff boosters, clothing and lockbox keys.
Also looking at the lifetime subscription, there seems to have been a couple of sales last year, or one very long one, at 33% off which would be enough to make me interested in picking it up.
So pretty much I'm asking existing subscribers: is it worth it? Would it only be worth while once I hit max level or is it good for leveling up too? Am I better off just buying zen straight for some extra toys? What are the chances of another lifetime sale happening in 2013? If they're good is the lifetime a worthwhile package?
Sorry if this has been asked to death, I did search but got a whole lot of unrelated threads. Thanks for any advice.
I'm considering subscribing but really am dubious of the benefits having looked at the feature matrix. As far as I can tell there seem to be three main benefits, at least for a newer player who is not going to hit money limits anytime soon.
1- Respec tokens, extra Boff and ship slots, pretty much adding up to a bit more flexibility.
2- The foundry access.
3- Monthly stipend of zen.
The first seems fairly nice but not huge for me. I already have several character slots as it let me keep all those originally given to every subscriber. The foundry I love the idea of but not sure if it will live up to its hype. I would love to create complex missions involving player choice, I've had experience doing that in the past DMing for RP groups and it seems like a great way to use game mechanics to tell stories, but kinda concerned that any missions made will ever be used. There must be loads of missions produced each week of varying quality, so even if you make a great one there's a chance nobody will play it to upvote it.
As for the zen its nice, and at a nice % of the sub fee (quite happy imagining 1/3rd is going to server maitenance, 1/3rd to universal content then 1/3rd to content that you choose what you want, i.e. microtransactions). But then looking at it I can't help but think on its own it just isn't worth it, taking 5-10 months worth for the upper end ships it seems more likely that I'll just buy them one off when the time comes. Although I suppose its more designed to pick up the smaller C-store items like Doff boosters, clothing and lockbox keys.
Also looking at the lifetime subscription, there seems to have been a couple of sales last year, or one very long one, at 33% off which would be enough to make me interested in picking it up.
So pretty much I'm asking existing subscribers: is it worth it? Would it only be worth while once I hit max level or is it good for leveling up too? Am I better off just buying zen straight for some extra toys? What are the chances of another lifetime sale happening in 2013? If they're good is the lifetime a worthwhile package?
Sorry if this has been asked to death, I did search but got a whole lot of unrelated threads. Thanks for any advice.
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It is worth is owrth it to me to subscribe. I have 14 characters. all but one is at level 50. And I definitely have made used of the skill respec additional bank and invetory slots. The Veteran rewards are nice perks as well.
If anything you'll be financially supporting the game in a small way through your contribution, if you want to look at it that way
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You can buy foundry access for something like 7k Dilithium, so I wouldn't bother subscribing for that, unless you intended to have a lot of projects going at the same time.
No.
You get all access via F2P.
Basically by subbing you are pouring money into a game that only respects "internal metrics" and not the wishes of the playerbase. You can grind everything you need and micro-transaction the rest.
So... sub-fees are a waste of money really.
If you sub, you get an extra character - which you must have made a character with or you will lose that slot iirc - all the other benefits like the expanded inventory, bridge officer slots, account bank ect which will stay with you when you drop back to silver (the only thing that goes will be the EC cap which you can buy with the 500zen for that months sub.
Most people sub for 1 month, level up thier characters so they get the respec tokens - very valuable - as well as the full inventory/bank slots and then drop back to silver with no real change.
Its important that you level up to 50 - which is very easy to do - to get the maximum benefits as you get bank slots per rank up ect
I wonder because I can barely see me being able to level one character to 50 in a month, let alone 3!
No, you just need to make 3 characters which could be all level 1 - that stops you from losing the sub free character when you go back to silver - its just that to maximise all the sub benefits its worth levelling them to 50 in the sub period - you get extra inventory / respec tokens and bank slots per rank up so to get the maximum slots ect its best to get to 50 in the sub period.
(And if you can't do that in a single month, you could always subscribe for another month...)
Once you hit max level and you are not a LTS sub, it is better to go F2P. The reason is you can cherry pick the items you want from the zen store for a perma unlock. basically you are paying $10 per/mo to do different things you can unlock with a single purchase anyway.
That is my 2 cents.
Mine usually hits around the 5th of every month.
Plus I'm starting back over to relearn how to play.
If I change to a gold account will I get the rank rewards retroactively?
For instance I am only a LT CMDR but will I get the extra bridge officer from that rank even though I have passed it?
Needless to say Cryptic just wants your money, so if you don't pay to play no shiny for you.
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Do you maintain the extra slots when you unsub?
Any ideas?
This.
I've been playing for a few months and this is also my strategy. About a month after Rom is released I'll:
1. Resub
2. Delete/ create a few new alts.
3. Slowly level (refuse promotions) account will become Silver again
4. When the new alts reach 50 I resub and take my promotions.
Everything else I want in the game I'll buy ZEN. If they offer a lifetime discount before Rom is released I'll consider it
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