Thread: Star Trek Online - Free2Play

I hit Lt. 8 before i passed out

nice

The free-to-play matrix is up now on the STO website: F2P Features Matrix | Star Trek Online Official Site

basically it's similar to the Champions one, with subscribers/lifers getting 400 free cryptic points per month (yay) and little else changing for us. There is mention that some of the playable races and ships in the C-Store will become free during the change-over too, and other ship prices may drop.

One interesting thing is, due to how the skill trees work, they can't lock captains into 'castes' like characters were in Champions F2P, so essentially, F2Pers will get practically everything subscribers get with the exception of limited chat/email/voice-chat functionality, less bridge officers, and smaller inventory/bank allowances as well as max in-game currency storage. Aside from that, F2Pers have access to all the basic ships, costumes, races, sectors, missions, taskforces, weapons, and equipment that subscribers have.

If you were a subscriber in the past, and wish to try F2P, you wont lose existing characters. They will have a function that allows you to convert down to F2P (or Silver membership) so you can continue with an existing captain. I don't recommend this though, as I think you may lose bridge officers you've earnt.

The only change i see that really affects subscribers is the across the board hike in level requirement before you can create a klingon character. Previously you just had to hit level 6 (i think? or maybe it was 15..?) now - due to the still limited volume of klingon content - they've hiked that to level 25. Players that have unlocked the klingon side already but have yet to hit level 25 on the Federation side will retain their klingon access though.

Oh, and someone on the STO forums has done the math and worked out that you can make one F2P character have everything (bar veteran rewards and social limitations) that a subscribed player has by spending as much as 3 months subscription in the C-Store: http://forums.startrekonline.com/sho...d.php?t=230709

might definitely be worth coming back to take a geez at the improvements

hanging out for the duty roster thing - i really want to max out my diplomacy on my secondary characters but it's such a pain chasing down diplomatic missions, this will provide another way to get there without doing much

This game needs some fucking way points, jesus christ.

Currently completely fucking lost during the 'Devidians' chapter; on that space-station maintenance levels. You know the one that is completely void of light and the only source of navigating is a pathetic fucking flashlight attached to your face? Yeah. Just alt+f4'd after spending about 30minutes in one area unable to find my way out.

really?? i thought the level design in that one was awesome, leading you where you had to go really well

want some help finishing it tonight?

Not available tonight (your time) unfortunately. I might give it a go again later. Maybe. :p

haha no worries, give me a yell when you're about and i'll join you - what class captain do you have btw? i'll use a different one so you can get the extra accolade points (apparently will be useful for buying shit in game soon).

free to play is up and running. i'm sure its just a coincidence it went f2p just weeks after old republic started