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Can I buy a copy of STO off of Amazon and get a month of premium?

sdkraustsdkraust Member Posts: 524 Arc User
edited October 2015 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Can you still do this with new copies?

How do you do redeem the CD-Key?

What (permanent) benefits do you get?

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  • lindalefflindaleff Member Posts: 3,734 Arc User
    1: No. Any used copies, I guarantee you, the original owner has already used the code.

    2: With a new copy, yes. I don't know about now, but it used to be 60 days.

    3: You need to download ARC. Once you log in, there should be a button in the top left that brings a dropdown menu. The option to redeem a code is there.
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  • sdkraustsdkraust Member Posts: 524 Arc User
    What (permanent) fixtures does Premium give you these days? I've been really lazy, I should just buy a new copy to at least buy the damn game after all of these years.
  • lindalefflindaleff Member Posts: 3,734 Arc User
    You get 500 Zen per month. And you also get a free respec token with level 10, 20, 30, 40, and I think 50 too. I don't know about today, but I also got a free C-Store ship with each of those level milestones.
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  • starke1701starke1701 Member Posts: 127 Arc User
    On a quick search you can grab some of the old preorder bonus items that way. I saw the TR116a and the Tribble/Targ pets. Also the TOS enterprise, though that is in the C-Store.
  • sdkraustsdkraust Member Posts: 524 Arc User
    stowiki article on the TR-116A hasn't been updated since Season 5 rofl:
    http://sto.gamepedia.com/TR-116A_Rifle_-_Sniper_Rifle
  • starke1701starke1701 Member Posts: 127 Arc User
    sdkraust wrote: »
    stowiki article on the TR-116A hasn't been updated since Season 5 rofl:
    http://sto.gamepedia.com/TR-116A_Rifle_-_Sniper_Rifle

    It's main value now is as a gag item. Before the crafting overhaul, it was kinda useful at endgame for being the only ranged weapon the Borg couldn't adapt to. Also for trolling newbies in the tutorial. It was fantastic for that.
  • banshirbanshir Member Posts: 104 Arc User
    sdkraust wrote: »
    Can you still do this with new copies?

    How do you do redeem the CD-Key?

    What (permanent) benefits do you get?

    Redeem the key here https://secure.crypticstudios.com/startrek/keys/enter

    See permanent benefits here http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/7009153
  • kamiyama317kamiyama317 Member Posts: 1,295 Arc User
    I'm surprised the collector's is still on amazon. But it looks like it's around $140ish for a new copy. If you really want a red matter capacitor you could get that. It's easily the most useful of the pre-order items. That's a downright painful price though for a piece of gear.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    sdkraust wrote: »
    stowiki article on the TR-116A hasn't been updated since Season 5 rofl:
    http://sto.gamepedia.com/TR-116A_Rifle_-_Sniper_Rifle
    What is there that needs changed? As far as I know, the item hasn't changed. :p (It can't be upgraded.)
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  • vetteguy904vetteguy904 Member Posts: 3,923 Arc User
    isn't there a point defense device available from a preoder edition?
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  • starke1701starke1701 Member Posts: 127 Arc User
    vetteguy904 wrote: »
    isn't there a point defense device available from a preoder edition?

    Yeah. It came with the digital deluxe edition, which, as far as I know, is impossible to obtain now.
  • starke1701starke1701 Member Posts: 127 Arc User
    dark4blood wrote: »
    starke1701 wrote: »
    On a quick search you can grab some of the old preorder bonus items that way. I saw the TR116a and the Tribble/Targ pets. Also the TOS enterprise, though that is in the C-Store.

    ^I have never found a code for any the TR116A even for sale, where do you find these?

    I searched "Star Trek Online" on Amazon, on the third or fourth page there was the option to buy a copy with the Target peorder item code included (the TR116a).
  • officerbatman81officerbatman81 Member Posts: 2,761 Arc User
    edited October 2015
    I need to advise you, i was doing that a year ago, i bought a few preorder copies and it was fun and games until about a year ago the codes stopped working on several of them from different sources, brand new still in plastic never used.

    An investigation of mine revealed that they may have turned off those codes from working or they expired. So i abandoned that concept.

    They are all outta production for 5 years, understand buying them is a gamble and you may loose your investment.

    I had it good for awhile there, gold member bennies, monthly stipend, unlocked tribble/targ, unlocked lib borg boff, even the elusive European gold edition with uniforms, red matter capacitor, and snug tshirt. The former copies were like $4, and the latter $13 american, dirt cheap.

    Search the forum here for my old posts and the replies i got.
  • sdkraustsdkraust Member Posts: 524 Arc User
    So there's a lot of "it might work" types of posts here.
  • lindalefflindaleff Member Posts: 3,734 Arc User
    I know for a fact that Cryptic made the time card codes invalid about this time last year. They even made a huge blog about it, saying that you had better hurry up, and submit your time card codes while you still can. So you can buy as many time cards as you want, but they will not work.

    Why? Because Capitalism. Time cards are half price of a subscription. You can buy a 60 day card for the price of a 30 day subscription, which means you actually get a free month.
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  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    officerbatman81 wrote: »
    I need to advise you, i was doing that a year ago, i bought a few preorder copies and it was fun and games until about a year ago the codes stopped working on several of them from different sources, brand new still in plastic never used.

    An investigation of mine revealed that they may have turned off those codes from working or they expired. So i abandoned that concept.

    They are all outta production for 5 years, understand buying them is a gamble and you may loose your investment.

    I had it good for awhile there, gold member bennies, monthly stipend, unlocked tribble/targ, unlocked lib borg boff, even the elusive European gold edition with uniforms, red matter capacitor, and snug tshirt. The former copies were like $4, and the latter $13 american, dirt cheap.

    Search the forum here for my old posts and the replies i got.

    Are you sure they expired?
    I had some old Champions Online Codes that didn't seem to work via ARc, but I was directed to the Account->Manage Subscriptions Area (https://secure.crypticstudios.com/default/subscriptions/list) where I could still use them.​​
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  • officerbatman81officerbatman81 Member Posts: 2,761 Arc User
    Fairly sure, i think ive seen that page before also.
  • gradiigradii Member Posts: 2,824 Arc User
    starke1701 wrote: »
    vetteguy904 wrote: »
    isn't there a point defense device available from a preoder edition?

    Yeah. It came with the digital deluxe edition, which, as far as I know, is impossible to obtain now.

    I think I have this item... but I don't remember buying the digital deluxe edition of STO, only playing since before free to play started (I also have "Khaan" and Bloodwine emotes)
    "He shall be my finest warrior, this generic man who was forced upon me.
    Like a badass I shall make him look, and in the furnace of war I shall forge him.
    he shall be of iron will and steely sinew.
    In great armour I shall clad him and with the mightiest weapons he shall be armed.
    He will be untouched by plague or disease; no sickness shall blight him.
    He shall have such tactics, strategies and machines that no foe will best him in battle.
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    He is Tovan Khev... and he shall know no fear."
  • starke1701starke1701 Member Posts: 127 Arc User
    gradii wrote: »
    starke1701 wrote: »
    vetteguy904 wrote: »
    isn't there a point defense device available from a preoder edition?

    Yeah. It came with the digital deluxe edition, which, as far as I know, is impossible to obtain now.

    I think I have this item... but I don't remember buying the digital deluxe edition of STO, only playing since before free to play started (I also have "Khaan" and Bloodwine emotes)

    We're talking about this?

    Also, the Khan and Bloodwine emotes were post F2P, I think. I can't remember where those came from, but I don't remember emotes being cordoned off before launch.
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