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I am considering this - but wanted to get some opinions on it first. Basically is it worth it at the sale price?
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Otherwise, save your money. Or use it on something more worthwhile to you.
As another lifer.
This. ^^
Originally Posted by pwlaughingtrendy
Network engineers are not ship designers.
Nor should they be. Their ships would look weird.
I believe theres still a lot of life in the game and lots more updates on the horizon, some of it will be good I am sure, some of it might not appeal to everyone but while there is this level of support from the devs I am sure the game will be around for a long time to come.
if you are playing STO more then a few hours a week and still enjoy most of it as I do then you will not be sorry to pay the sale price of STO lifetime sub and I am sure you will get your moneys worth for a long time to come.
check here for a full breakdown of the rewards you receive when you go lifetime, you get them all instantly and don't have to wait the 1000 days like monthly subbers do.
http://sto.gamepedia.com/Veteran_Rewards
and check here for a full breakdown of the value of the rewards compared to the cost of subs.
http://sto.gamepedia.com/User:Eklinaar/Subscriber_benefits_breakdown
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.
This. Great advice, and great breakdown!
Once I learned about LTS, many on here recommended I wait for a sale. I did, and I had a little money set aside for it. Once the sale hit, I jumped. Very happy about it.
Now, will I still be happy 6 months from now? 12 months? I hope so! The monthly ZEN will certainly help... Scimitar or Vesta pack, here I come!
Unfortunately, I will have to postpone doing so since something rather expensive broke and I need a lot of money to replace it fast... So I will likely buy the LTS the next time it goes on sale which I think happens twice per year.
There are a lot of benefits to getting a LTS so as long as you think you are getting a good value then go for it. sopwithsnipe has already listed many benefits. When you go LTS you get 500 Zen per month; or as stated $60 worth of Zen per year which is great for just buying stuff even if it is just master keys. Paying $200 to get $60 worth of Zen per year is a 30% return on your "investment". That means after 40 months you will get back $200 worth of Zen; thus break even. Will the game last another 40 months? Hard to say. But keep in mind this is on top of the other benefits you get.
If you are not sure, then you can just subscribe to the game for 1 month which provides it's own benefits. You will get 500 Zen for paying $15 to sub for one month. You also get the following which are permanent even after you cancel your one month subscription:
- Additional Toon Slot
- Respec token you received when your level up to the next rank when subscribed. Max level toons gets nothing 'cuz they can't level up anymore.
- 6 additional bank / inventory slots for each rank. You will have 90 slots instead of 60 slots at max level. This is separate from the slots you buy using Zen.
- 4 additional Boff slots.
- Account Bank with 20 slots
Not sure if you get any additional ship slots.
I started a one month subscription just a few days before the LTS went on sale 'cuz I wanted the extra bank / inventory slots. Had I known about the sale I would not have subscribed. Anyway, that doesn't change the fact that I need to redirect the money I put aside for the LTS towards something more urgent.
I like your math. For someone with one character it will take a little over a year to get back the base value of a sale LTS. But someone like me with 20+ characters ends up ahead of the curve.
Originally Posted by pwlaughingtrendy
Network engineers are not ship designers.
Nor should they be. Their ships would look weird.
It depends, if you often see yourself playing this game, don't mind the changes, and would like to play as a liberated Borg, along with getting the goodies, by all means take advantage of the 200 dollar sale. Just don't sacrifice your energy bill or grocery for the month for it. :P
However; if you see yourself only playing casually, logging in here and there, or see yourself not playing in the long run, then don't bother. The 500 zen a month stipend is not even worth it either.
Care to do something contructive? I didnt think so
I deleted a huge long effortpost because I felt I was being too negative. Ultimately, whether you think it's 'worth it' or not is up to you. The stipend will take years to 'break even' with the upfront cost, but if you want zen then you could just buy $200 worth. The other vet rewards vary between 'useful' to 'cosmetic'. Individually, it's hard to justify the upfront cost, but collectively? Only you can determine that, it's your money after all.
The game might last years, or it might hit a brick wall in the next 12 months. It's successful enough for a second expansion pack to be developed, so I think the game will last at least for the time it will take the stipend to break even. That may or may not matter to you though.
What point of view? I noted a bias in your tone, nothing more.
Another thing to consider is that they might eventually offer the LTS rewards individually in the shop or for free to other players. In Neverwinter for example, anyone can be a drow now - you had to buy the 200 $ pack when the game came out to be one. They didn't even give the free drow another class skill. The same is true for the spider mount. The shop mount's coloring is a bit different, but the skin design is the same. STO is slowly moving into that direction too with the Dyson Klingon and Romulan ships being recolored LTS ships.
There's some nice bonuses in there but it's not anything that makes the game that much more enjoyable. The win for me was getting the veteran rewards all at once as since I'm late to the game it's the only way to get those rewards at this point.
I felt I got a good value for my spend, the only expansions I had done to my account was the bank and inventory add ons. About 2 months ago I had picked up the gold subscription for the account add-ons, but other than that I have only put zen into some C-Store ships.
My other alts now have a nice ship without needing to buy anything, it's not as good as most of the C-Store ships but it's better than being stuck with a T4 ship or mirror class vessel from the exchange.
As everyone else has said, you have to weigh if it's worth it or not for yourself, if you're into the game and don't think you'll be leaving within a year or two I'd say it's a pretty good deal.
Thanks again!