I didn't play STO for the first 3-6 months of my Lifetime sub. I kept hearing about people capping and blowing through the content REALLY fast. After giving it time to mature I started getting into it in small bursts here and there - at least enough to do the "season" missions. I've actually been playing very regularly lately. There have been a LOT of improvements since launch and a lot of content has gone in. I don't at all regret my lifetime and I've technically broken even compared to 16 months of subs, but I do hope the game sticks around a while.
We tend to blame Cryptic for half-assed releases of CO/STO, but I have no doubt that Atari was pushing them to do it. I don't recall any major gripes with CoX.
As a consumer, my number 1 reason for not fully committing to CO f2p was that I would never quite be on the same level as a subscriber. I actually put a little money into LotRO f2p because you really could get damn close.
Just a quick note...this is 'old' news...unless it was a miss-type and the author ment "will become effective March 31st (2012)" -or- "May 31st".
o_O
Actually, it is not old news. Atari's latest financial report is where everyone found out about this, and as usual, Atari ran late on posting it. To be fair though, this wasn't the latest they have posted a financial report. Posting their financial reports late has been a chronic problem with Atari, even before they bought Cryptic, and they were delisted from NASDAQ multiple times for it. So although this took place March 31, 2011 (which was the last day of Atari's 2010-2011 fiscal year), everyone just found out about it (except Cryptic and Atari, of course).
"Oh my, how horrible, someone is criticizing a MMO. Oh yeah, that is what a forum is about, looking at both sides. You rather have to be critical of anything in this genre as of late because the track record of these major studios has just been appalling." -Ozmodan
Just a quick note...this is 'old' news...unless it was a miss-type and the author ment "will become effective March 31st (2012)" -or- "May 31st".
o_O
Actually, it is not old news. Atari's latest financial report is where everyone found out about this, and as usual, Atari ran late on posting it. To be fair though, this wasn't the latest they have posted a financial report. Posting their financial reports late has been a chronic problem with Atari, even before they bought Cryptic, and they were delisted from NASDAQ multiple times for it. So although this took place March 31, 2011 (which was the last day of Atari's 2010-2011 fiscal year), everyone just found out about it (except Cryptic and Atari, of course).
I see, very interesting...maybe I shouldn't have gone with a Lifetime Sub of STO :<
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising everytime we fall.
I see, very interesting...maybe I shouldn't have gone with a Lifetime Sub of STO :<
That's really an opinion that no one can truly answer for you, unless it's a case like Hellgate: London where the game closed down way too early. The question is, do you feel like you have received your money's worth from STO? If so, and someone buys Cryptic in the next couple of months (and they don't honor the lifetime subscriptions), will you still feel the same way? If you answered yes to the first question, or both questions, you more than likely have gotten your money's worth out of the lifetime subscription. Personally I've always been in favor of lifetime subscriptions being offered; all I caution is that people try the game out for the initial thirty days to see if it is worth it (i.e. give it enough time for that "new, shiney!" feeling to wear off).
"Oh my, how horrible, someone is criticizing a MMO. Oh yeah, that is what a forum is about, looking at both sides. You rather have to be critical of anything in this genre as of late because the track record of these major studios has just been appalling." -Ozmodan
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I didn't play STO for the first 3-6 months of my Lifetime sub. I kept hearing about people capping and blowing through the content REALLY fast. After giving it time to mature I started getting into it in small bursts here and there - at least enough to do the "season" missions. I've actually been playing very regularly lately. There have been a LOT of improvements since launch and a lot of content has gone in. I don't at all regret my lifetime and I've technically broken even compared to 16 months of subs, but I do hope the game sticks around a while.
We tend to blame Cryptic for half-assed releases of CO/STO, but I have no doubt that Atari was pushing them to do it. I don't recall any major gripes with CoX.
As a consumer, my number 1 reason for not fully committing to CO f2p was that I would never quite be on the same level as a subscriber. I actually put a little money into LotRO f2p because you really could get damn close.
Read the post above yours.
Just a quick note...this is 'old' news...unless it was a miss-type and the author ment "will become effective March 31st (2012)" -or- "May 31st".
o_O
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising everytime we fall.
Actually, it is not old news. Atari's latest financial report is where everyone found out about this, and as usual, Atari ran late on posting it. To be fair though, this wasn't the latest they have posted a financial report. Posting their financial reports late has been a chronic problem with Atari, even before they bought Cryptic, and they were delisted from NASDAQ multiple times for it. So although this took place March 31, 2011 (which was the last day of Atari's 2010-2011 fiscal year), everyone just found out about it (except Cryptic and Atari, of course).
"Oh my, how horrible, someone is criticizing a MMO. Oh yeah, that is what a forum is about, looking at both sides. You rather have to be critical of anything in this genre as of late because the track record of these major studios has just been appalling." -Ozmodan
I see, very interesting...maybe I shouldn't have gone with a Lifetime Sub of STO :<
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising everytime we fall.
That's really an opinion that no one can truly answer for you, unless it's a case like Hellgate: London where the game closed down way too early. The question is, do you feel like you have received your money's worth from STO? If so, and someone buys Cryptic in the next couple of months (and they don't honor the lifetime subscriptions), will you still feel the same way? If you answered yes to the first question, or both questions, you more than likely have gotten your money's worth out of the lifetime subscription. Personally I've always been in favor of lifetime subscriptions being offered; all I caution is that people try the game out for the initial thirty days to see if it is worth it (i.e. give it enough time for that "new, shiney!" feeling to wear off).
"Oh my, how horrible, someone is criticizing a MMO. Oh yeah, that is what a forum is about, looking at both sides. You rather have to be critical of anything in this genre as of late because the track record of these major studios has just been appalling." -Ozmodan