I have a few questions about this console port and have not found the answers so hoping someone has them or a Dev can comment:
1) I have a lifetime membership purchased when STO was still in Beta. Will the associated perks and monthly Zen port over to the console version?
2) A follow up which I am sure has been asked: what about all of our store purchases which can total in the hundreds if not thousands of dollars?
3) A third follow up...if the Zen ports over will it be shared between all access points ie console and PC?
Thanks. I look forward to the console port as a new experience I just am curious what base I will be starting with.
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2 - No
3 - Doubtful.
From what I've read it will be a clean start on the consoles.
1. No
2. Nien
3. Nyet
Accounts on PC and consoles are going to be completely and totally separate.
For the first several months, there are going to be significant systemic differences between the console and PC versions of the game. The Lifetime Subscription you purchased was for STO on the PC. Same with myself.
Look at it like this, if you bought Fallout 4 on Steam and PSN and then go buy the season pass on Steam for the PC version of the game, you're not getting all the DLC for the PS4 version as well. You'll have to buy ANOTHER season pass for the PSN as well. I can't see STO being any different.
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Doubtful.
PW/Cryptic are dealing with the big boys now. The lawyers for Microsoft and Sony will have looked over things and made sure everything is as airtight as possible. They would not allow any loopholes that might get in the way of their profits....
I didn't buy a Lifetime subscription for Star Trek Online ad infinitum in any and all iterations on all platforms that may ever exist now and forever... I bought a Lifetime Subscription for Star Trek Online on the PC. That was the transaction...and that transaction had terms and conditions attached. No-one, but no-one would have any form of legal ground to even take action on this.
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So maybe it is in the FAQ? Nope nothing here http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/3026713
So in that case it must be on the lifetime page instead then? http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/3026993
Nothing there either so I had a peek at the page where you go if you want to renew a subscription as that surely must say it is for only the PC version?
While the intent is I am sure that it is suposed to be platform specific there is nothing on the site to say about it now, which technically is not surprising since right now there is only one platform for it to be on. Maybe if you looked at Neverwinter you would get a better idea of how subscriptions will likely work and/or be worded?
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Watch out for some white knight rain on your parade?
It also doesn't specifically say anywhere that a Lifetime Subscription INCLUDES future platform releases.
What isn't listed, is very much as important as what is listed, in a court of law.
No judge will allow assumptions, unless they are backed up by provable facts.
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Not a lawyer, but pretty sure there will be no class action suits...
Chances are the console versions will be considered different games to the PC version anyway making the question irrelevant as the only thing they share are graphics and story. So any guesses on the new name, Star Trek 2410 maybe?
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I think they would say STO for xbox etc is a different game. It's not STO.
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Just because you got Star Trek Online the PC version lifetime access doesn't mean you get Star Trek Online* "the lifetime literally every conceptual design version they come up with access".
When you purchased your lifetime account it was for the PC edition. No, it's not strictly specified but really? You didn't even realize they were doing a console version when you purchased it so no expectation of having lifer access on said consoles should have even been a thought.
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If you login through arc, might get the lifetime benefits. If not, the likelihood goes under "not bloody likely".
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Me too!!
Well..., I probably will, but that's a discussion for a different time and place.
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In last week's Priority One Podcast, Steve Ricossa stated accounts for STO PC and STO consoles are separate from each other. While people who plays STO on the PC are welcomed to play STO on the consoles they need to make a new account. The main goal is of STO console is to get new people to play STO who otherwise would not play the game because they prefer to play games on the console rather than on a PC.
Which is sad, but not surprising. Not like I was going to go console anyways, radial menu, PASS.
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http://forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/1145998/star-trek-battles-channel-got-canon/p1
so another words, a cash grab from the console kids. otherwise it is a rather weak reason for the investment.
Not give it away to previous players.
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The goal of an "investment" is to earn a return on money spent on some type of activity or financial instrument. The "investment" is only worthwhile if the long term value of the return is in excess of the initial amount invested.
By your reasoning, putting money into the stock market or into a mutual fund in the attempt allow the money to grow over time so that you will earn a profit is nothing more than a waste of time and effort.