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is there a notable difference? silver/gold accounts
angrybear32
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I just read the free extra slots news bit that every char. will get.
Thats nice i suppose, but i have to admit that one of the first things that crossed my mind was : whats the point of having a sub?
There is really in essence 0 difference now between silver and gold accounts. (and yes im subbed)
Except perhaps veteran awards, but considering you literally need to have a 1000 days to really enjoy that (or spend a large amount of money at once) its really not that much a deal is it?
Do we get to refine more dilithium? no
Is it that much harder for someone to gain an increase in EC limit? no (that 325 zen is easily gained ingame)
Well hell i can keep making a list, but i think people understand what im trying to say.
There seems to be no notable difference anymore.
Maybe its selfish of me, but on the other hand, i pay so other people can play for free.
It would be nice to see a far bigger difference between the two or else what is the point?
Grind some dilithium and you can keep playing for free, but then you'd go broke and the game goes bye bye which nobody here would want to happen. (i assume :P )
I guess im looking for incentive to keep paying.
More then just "its star trek which i love".
Thats nice i suppose, but i have to admit that one of the first things that crossed my mind was : whats the point of having a sub?
There is really in essence 0 difference now between silver and gold accounts. (and yes im subbed)
Except perhaps veteran awards, but considering you literally need to have a 1000 days to really enjoy that (or spend a large amount of money at once) its really not that much a deal is it?
Do we get to refine more dilithium? no
Is it that much harder for someone to gain an increase in EC limit? no (that 325 zen is easily gained ingame)
Well hell i can keep making a list, but i think people understand what im trying to say.
There seems to be no notable difference anymore.
Maybe its selfish of me, but on the other hand, i pay so other people can play for free.
It would be nice to see a far bigger difference between the two or else what is the point?
Grind some dilithium and you can keep playing for free, but then you'd go broke and the game goes bye bye which nobody here would want to happen. (i assume :P )
I guess im looking for incentive to keep paying.
More then just "its star trek which i love".
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this ^^^^^^ also getting a LTS get vet rewards day one
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idk how up to date it is http://sto.gamepedia.com/Veteran_Rewards
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- Scotty, to La Forge
OR...It could be that some of our personal budgets don't allow us to spend literally hundreds of dollars into one video game in one payment.
save up like a kid does for something they want i live on 721$ a month and got me a life time dont go their
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The "benefits" of being gold are how much better it is for multiple characters. Which sounds good, except the whole game is geared towards having one character. So the only real set of "benefits" is against the grind of the game.
The best advice for people would be to simply sub for a month and level a character in each faction or just stay silver.
Just my .02 cents.
Don't judge other's actions based on your own perspective.
EDIT: What am I thinking... Forums are a place where people judge others based on their own perspective.
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you sure you are not paid?
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Yup. I'm not paid.
as a subber you still get more bank and inventory slots to start with plus you also get a certain amount of account slots that ftp dont get but at the end of the day the best way to sub is to get lifetime.
i stayed ftp until i had enough put buy to get a lifetime sub when it was on sale.
finacially speaking this is the most cost effective and value for money option there is.
what you get as a free player makes the extra you get for a regular monthly sub very minor, much better if you dont want lifetime to invest that money in just buying zen every month.
most of the extras you get from subbing you can buy with zen anyway plus you would have all that extra that you can use to buy ships and stuff or convert to dilithium and such.
but if you pay a monthly sub your best bet would be to put that money to one side each month and youll be suprised how quick you can get lifetime specially if they do another sale.
then you get all the perks all the way up to 1000 day in one go this alone is worth the price of lifetime at full price but if you get it on sale you are really making a killing.
then once youve gone life you can always buy more zen with the money youve saved.
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maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
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I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.
While I do agree some added perks for sub's, should be looked into here soon to help keep the interest for people looking to purchase a sub and keep those who did happy.
However those who did pay for a LTS, over a period of time it pays them back in free zen stipends, so micro-transactions are still the biggest money intake for Cryptic.
In general though this game is still one of the best F2P systems around!
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When you don't have deep pockets and your spouse is willing to overlook $15 or less a month but not an LTS purchase, you take what you can get.
Doesn't matter that it's cheaper in the long run. It's dropping $300 on a game that you don't own, and still sucks more money after you buy it. Try explaining that to a non-gamer, non-geek spouse.
When an LTS would've made sense, I couldn't afford it. Now that I can afford it and could risk a little wife-aggro, I've got too many subbed days and it doesn't make sense.
I can turn my $10-15 a month into $10-15 a month on Zen. I can get Zen for me and for my sons who play with me. I can turn around and use that Zen on Champions or Neverwinter if I want.
There are drawbacks, but would I be smarter to blow the money on an LTS when I'm already over 900 days? The only reasons to do it now are the stipend and the Liberated Borg.
Anyhow, back on topic... Looking back from the perspective of a 900 day veteran and all of the goodies I get for all of the characters I create, there's a big, big difference in having them and not having them. If I had to buy that stuff (if I could), it would probably cost more than a month to month subscription in the long run.
Anything that you don't automatically get as a Gold account, you're going to end up paying for with Zen if you're serious about this game. If you've got the time to play the dilithium grinding game, and don't care about Gold perks, don't sub. There's a reason a lot of guys have the LTS, though.
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