test content
  • Games
  • Social
  • Arc News
  • Support
  • Zen
What is the Arc Client?
Install Arc
Forums > Home› Star Trek Online General Discussion
Options

Steam

spy8446spy8446 Member Posts: 585 Arc User
edited September 2023 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
So I have never used steam before and now STO is part of it.
Can anyone tell me if I get a steam card, can I use it for STO, if so how?
Post edited by baddmoonrizin on

Comments

  • Options
    leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,344 Arc User
    Steam isn't needed for STO, nor is it mandatory to have it. You're better off without it tbh. You can use Steam cards, but you get better bonuses through the official STO page.
    "You don't want to patrol!? You don't want to escort!? You don't want to defend the Federation's Starbases!? Then why are you flying my Starships!? If you were a Klingon you'd be killed on the spot, but lucky for you.....you WERE in Starfleet. Let's see how New Zealand Penal Colony suits you." Adm A. Necheyev.
  • Options
    spy8446spy8446 Member Posts: 585 Arc User
    Ok so how wold I use the steam card then? I dont see anything saying how to use it to buy ..... anything
  • Options
    thevampinatorthevampinator Member Posts: 637 Arc User
    I use Steam wallet for Zen so yes Steam wallet does work.
  • Options
    seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,918 Arc User
    You would first add funds to your Steam Wallet using the card. Once done, while running the game from Steam, just click on Buy Zen and it will pull up your Steam Wallet balance and let you buy using the Wallet.
    Insert witty signature line here.
  • Options
    spy8446spy8446 Member Posts: 585 Arc User
    cool thanks, new question. Can steam funds be used to buy the full subscription to the game or does that still have to be done by credit card?
  • Options
    lasoniolasonio Member Posts: 490 Arc User
    If you can buy zen with it it can be used to make any monetary purchases. steam cards are purchased with currency so I do not see why you wouldn't be able to.

    IIRC during a conversation before, a person said they used the game cards to buy it but that was long ago.
    Even god rested. No work ethic.
  • Options
    seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,918 Arc User
    spy8446 wrote: »
    cool thanks, new question. Can steam funds be used to buy the full subscription to the game or does that still have to be done by credit card?

    No, you cannot buy a LTS with Steam.

    You can buy Zen through Steam, but the LTS isn't sold in the store for Zen. You need to buy that directly from Cryptic.
    Insert witty signature line here.
  • Options
    snowwolf#0563 snowwolf
    snowwolf#0563
         Member Posts: 1,018 Arc User
    Steam and the Valve Corporation in general is just an awful awful awful service if anything goes wrong. I was wrongfully banned because of a single payment issue that was their fault, I lost access to my account and all my games. POOF, gone.

    Customer service is no help, you never ever need to use Steam for STO.

    I personally just use the Arc Client these days, it runs just as well as Steam did on my machine. Plus the monthly ZEN bonus is nice.
  • Options
    spy8446spy8446 Member Posts: 585 Arc User
    what monthly zen bonus?
  • Options
    snowwolf#0563 snowwolf
    snowwolf#0563
         Member Posts: 1,018 Arc User
    spy8446 wrote: »
    what monthly zen bonus?

    When you use the Arc Client to play STO, you'll eventually receive a 500 monthly ZEN bonus.
  • Options
    chastity1337chastity1337 Member Posts: 1,606 Arc User
    snowwolf#0563 wrote: »
    spy8446 wrote: »
    what monthly zen bonus?

    When you use the Arc Client to play STO, you'll eventually receive a 500 monthly ZEN bonus.

    Not true. That 500 zen is for being subscribed, not for using ARC
  • Options
    leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,344 Arc User
    snowwolf#0563 wrote: »
    spy8446 wrote: »
    what monthly zen bonus?

    When you use the Arc Client to play STO, you'll eventually receive a 500 monthly ZEN bonus.

    As mentioned, this is not true. The stipend is only for Lifetime subs on PC.
    "You don't want to patrol!? You don't want to escort!? You don't want to defend the Federation's Starbases!? Then why are you flying my Starships!? If you were a Klingon you'd be killed on the spot, but lucky for you.....you WERE in Starfleet. Let's see how New Zealand Penal Colony suits you." Adm A. Necheyev.
  • Options
    chastity1337chastity1337 Member Posts: 1,606 Arc User
    snowwolf#0563 wrote: »
    Steam and the Valve Corporation in general is just an awful awful awful service if anything goes wrong. I was wrongfully banned because of a single payment issue that was their fault, I lost access to my account and all my games. POOF, gone.

    Customer service is no help, you never ever need to use Steam for STO.

    I personally just use the Arc Client these days, it runs just as well as Steam did on my machine. Plus the monthly ZEN bonus is nice.

    My experience with Steam has been very different from yours. I have used it for a dozen years or more with no problems. I am sorry you had trouble. Also, the Steam community allows you to look at tons of reviews by your fellow gamers, and there's a Steam forum for every game, in which useful information can often be found.

    But if it comes right down to it, you don't really need either Steam or ARC, you can just launch the executable. Press Win-R and then the Browse button, navigate to the location of the executable, and click on it. From then on, just press Win-R and the path will already be there. If you've used Win-R to run something else since then, just press the down arrow on your keyboard until you see the STO line again.

    Your own installation location will vary but mine is "C:\Games\Star Trek Online_en\Star Trek Online.exe". If you are having trouble finding the installation location, right-click your desktop shortcut for STO, and then press the R key (for properties) and you will see the location right at the top under the shortcut tab of the resulting popup menu.

    Of course, if you're not good with file manipulation, and this all seems too complicated, I understand.

  • Options
    seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,918 Arc User
    Steam works fine, I use it all the time.

    Arc absolutely does not grant you a monthly Zen Stipend, that's a perk for Lifetime Subscribers.. not from the Arc client.
    Insert witty signature line here.
  • Options
    chastity1337chastity1337 Member Posts: 1,606 Arc User
    seaofsorrows wrote: »
    Steam works fine, I use it all the time.

    Arc absolutely does not grant you a monthly Zen Stipend, that's a perk for Lifetime Subscribers.. not from the Arc client.

    Monthly sub also rewards the 500 zen.
  • Options
    snowwolf#0563 snowwolf
    snowwolf#0563
         Member Posts: 1,018 Arc User
    Oh, I thought it was from using the Arc client. My bad, lol.
  • Options
    spy8446spy8446 Member Posts: 585 Arc User
    So back to second question, getting the sub can only be done by credit card then yes?
  • Options
    salazarrazesalazarraze Member Posts: 3,794 Arc User
    For PC, LTS can only be bought directly on the Arc website via card. Yes.
    When you see "TRIBBLE" in my posts, it's because I manually typed "TRIBBLE" and censored myself.
This discussion has been closed.