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When did you start playing STO?

sovereign010sovereign010 Member Posts: 641 Arc User
edited September 2023 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
I got curious as to how long players have been around, I'm expecting the results of this to be very interesting. For me it was when the game became FTP back in 2012. I included the N/A option in case there were forum members who for some reason haven't actually started playing.

When did you start playing STO? 143 votes

2010
37%
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2011
12%
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2012
26%
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2013
9%
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2014
5%
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2015
1%
jade1280avoozuul 2 votes
2016
3%
parish#5017n7operative84#6785shadowwraith#9264mrphister#9925smooshy#7462 5 votes
2017
1%
f3nr1r#1075bishop#7533 2 votes
2018
2%
widlast#3003sayanatinaphasersaber31#6996momoffour#2334 4 votes
N/A
0%
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  • UnknownUnknown
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  • smooshy#7462 smooshy
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    2016
    Started it when it became a free-to-play on PS4 and thought I had nothing to lose by trying it. I've since lost countless hours and 1000s of dollars (of other people's money).
  • jim625jim625 Member Posts: 907 Arc User
    2010
    started playing since after open beta :)
  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,919 Arc User
    2013
    Since LoR launched, or shortly after. Can't remember if it was right before/right after. Either way, 2013 sounds about right.
    Now a LTS and loving it.
    Just because you spend money on this game, it does not entitle you to be a jerk if things don't go your way.
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  • mez83mez83 Member Posts: 255 Arc User
    2010
    Been a lifer since beta
  • where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
    edited July 2018
    2012
    It was for Winter Wonderland.
    I got lured in by the promise that I would be pulverizing moving Klingon Snowmen via snowballs.

    I think he just said that because he knew I liked Klingons.
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  • storulesstorules Member Posts: 3,287 Arc User
    2010
    OP you missed Open beta dates. Open beta was launched around late 2009.​​
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  • tyler002tyler002 Member Posts: 1,586 Arc User
    2012
    I still remember my very first character doing The Odyssey Class back when he was still a mere Lieutenant in a T1 Miranda Class, the USS Vegeta.

    Actually, I think he still has the Odyssey Class from the event.
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,728 Community Moderator
    2012
    I started JUST before F2P. In fact, the reason I GOT the game was because it was going F2P. I got EXTREMELY lucky and found a physical copy of the Collector's Edition at a local Gamestop for $10 and I pounced on that so fast...

    I still remember when Krystal Jade was just a rookie Lieutenant running around with her Miranda class USS Cerberus, how lucky I was to get the USS Tacoma at T2 (she was named that already and I LIVE in Tacoma), and the pain I felt fighting the Romulans in a Cheyenne class.

    Good times. Still have her as my main. Will never get rid of her.
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  • lordhavelocklordhavelock Member Posts: 2,248 Arc User
    2010
    I started about a month after launch back in 2010 after watching my dad play the game (he started a couple days prior to the official launch).

    You can find/contact me in game as @PatricianVetinari. Playing STO since Feb 2010.
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  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    2013
    Officially.. just before Legacy of Romulus.

    I had wanted to play it before that and tried a couple times, but the old tutorial was awful and I had no idea what I was doing so I gave up. Shortly before LoR I started playing with a friend who gave me some tips to get me started, and I have been playing on and off (mostly on) ever since.
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  • djf021djf021 Member Posts: 1,382 Arc User
    2012
    Started with FTP and loved it right away. Since then I've spent an ungodly amount of money on the game, but it's the only one I play and it's worth it for me. I hope the game lives on for a long time.
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  • leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,531 Arc User
    2011
    2011 on PC and this year I started up on XB1 and yes, I'm still playing on PC!
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  • neoakiraiineoakiraii Member Posts: 7,468 Arc User
    2010
    I have been before your servers were formed and be long after they have been extinguished
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    2010
    Season 4. Yes, I once made the mistake of doing the Breen missions on a low level character.
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  • peterconnorfirstpeterconnorfirst Member Posts: 6,225 Arc User
    2012
    Interesting poll; especially considering statements from whoever on the topic of “attracting new players“.
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  • jamieblanchardjamieblanchard Member Posts: 561 Arc User
    2014
    Early 2014 for me. Folks on Second Life were telling me about it, and asked me if I'd care to try it on for size. Sure enough, I moseyed on over with them, brewed a toon. And the rest is history.
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  • baudlbaudl Member Posts: 4,060 Arc User
    2011
    came in here in 2011 because in 2010 I read that the game was garbage. Then I saw a collectors edition (shirt, pin, digital goodies) for only 10 Euros on amazon...got around 5 or 6 prepaid cards too from a retailer for literally 1 euro each.
    Been playing since then and learned to never trust reviews again.
    Go pro or go home
  • claudiusdkclaudiusdk Member Posts: 561 Arc User
    2010
    Lifetimer since beta
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  • angrytargangrytarg Member Posts: 11,016 Arc User
    2011
    Season 5 methinks, in 2011. I have multiple boxed versions (they were less expensive than game cards or the subscription) but my first was the silver edition with Starfleet pin, posters, post cards and a digital deluxe edition on steam.
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  • sennahcheribsennahcherib Member Posts: 2,823 Arc User
    after the launch of Legacy of romulus, 2013 or 2014
  • postagepaidpostagepaid Member Posts: 2,899 Arc User
    2010
    LTS from launch with the odd hiatus from time to time when things soured (fed v fed killing kdf progression being the first time)

    F2P since that launch as well as from when it arrived on PS4
  • talonxvtalonxv Member Posts: 4,257 Arc User
    2012
    I started when the game went f2p.
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  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    2010
    A few weeks after release... I still remember Cryptic employees like snix or dstahl, when Science Team gave shield damage reduction, Klingons had only PvP "content" and the Deep Space Science Shoe and the Recon Science Vessel were the endgame science ships.

    I also remember when the (T5) Galaxy-X Dreadnought was a reward giving out to people that recruited 5 new (subscribing!) players to the game.
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  • nolicbnolicb Member Posts: 14 Arc User
    2010
    I think I started shortly after launch then left and came back during the F2P and have been here off and on sense. I do love the game but really right now am trying to get caught up with reps and gearing out my stuff has been a ride in itself.
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  • sovereign010sovereign010 Member Posts: 641 Arc User
    2012
    Well if the results so far are fairly representative of the current player base, it looks like the majority of the players have either been there from the very start or when the game went FtP. For me it was the game going FtP that swayed me into it- I actually bought my initial membership the same time the two guys I worked with started playing SW:TOR the day it released! :D

    Because the initial sub expired after the game went FtP I didn't have to set up a monthly- I ended up buying the LTM 4 years back during one of the sales. Because it was during the sale it's paid for itself several times over since! :D
  • littlesarbonnlittlesarbonn Member Posts: 486 Arc User
    2010
    I started the day it was released. I was such a Star Trek fan back then (still am) that I was most definitely their target market. I bought a lifetime subscription the first time they offered it and never regretted it once.

    Now, I have taken long breaks from the game to play other stuff, but I always end up coming back because I still love the game, and it's almost like starting from scratch each time I come back because of all the changes and additions they've made.
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