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Are game time cards still a viable payment option?

lyran2lyran2 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited September 2014 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
i've had a lot of fun since returning to the game 8 weeks ago. I'm even kicking around the idea of ditching f2p and subscribing.

However, that being said, I never subscribed when I played before. Instead i purchased a game time card and played until it ran out.

My question is, are game time cards for STO still being made and if so, would it be a viable solution to a subscritpion?

(I'm not thrilled with the idea of another auto draft).


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  • flyingshoeboxflyingshoebox Member Posts: 123 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    I don’t know if they are still being made, but you can still buy them. Found this on amazon. Not bad if you want to go gold for a bit 15 bucks for 60 days.

    http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Online-Timecard-PC/dp/B002X92W8E/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1409958043&sr=8-3&keywords=startrek+online
  • beerxhyperbeerxhyper Member Posts: 676 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    make u wonder if cryptic/pwe would take ataris game time cards lol


  • lyran2lyran2 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    flyingshoebox wrote: »
    I don’t know if they are still being made, but you can still buy them. Found this on amazon. Not bad if you want to go gold for a bit 15 bucks for 60 days.

    http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Online-Timecard-PC/dp/B002X92W8E/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1409958043&sr=8-3&keywords=startrek+online

    I didn't even think about checking amazon.


    Thanks
  • admrenlarreckadmrenlarreck Member Posts: 2,041 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    Last I heard was that STO stopped taking the time cards but that was a year or so ago. My info may be outdated.
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  • somebobsomebob Member Posts: 556 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    One thing to keep in mind:

    These cards were made by ATARI. Thus, Cryptic is seeing pretty much ZERO of your purchase.

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  • flyingshoeboxflyingshoebox Member Posts: 123 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    You should ask before buying if you plan to buy a bunch of them but I’d think they would since it would be cheaper and easier to simple stop selling the cards and keep taking the remaining stock then to remove the function from the site and then deal with pissed off customers. I’ve never used a time card so I can’t say yes for sure but they do still take Atari game box codes. A buddy of mine just used one the other day.
  • alex284alex284 Member Posts: 366 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    I just used one a few months ago and I have another one in my desk waiting for DR to come out.

    Plus amazon has a good return policy. go for it.
  • bobbydazlersbobbydazlers Member Posts: 4,534 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    the only thing you might not get is the subscription rewards, so a game card lasts 60 days buy 10 thats 600 days but will you get the same rewards as someone who has subbed fo 600 days?

    personally if your thinking of spending money on a sub of some kind i still dont think you can beat the lifetime package, try to hold off till they do a sale though.

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  • lyran2lyran2 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    bobbydazlers wrote: »
    the only thing you might not get is the subscription rewards, so a game card lasts 60 days buy 10 thats 600 days but will you get the same rewards as someone who has subbed fo 600 days?

    personally if your thinking of spending money on a sub of some kind i still dont think you can beat the lifetime package, try to hold off till they do a sale though.

    Thanks, I'll consider that.
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