Star Trek Online Going Free-To-Play In January 77
tekgoblin writes "Cryptic Studios, the developer of the Star Trek Online MMO, announced that they are switching to a Free-to-Play model on January 17th. Free subscribers to the game will be able to play, but will not get the same benefits as paying subscribers still get. Free accounts will be Silver, while paid accounts will be called Gold. Silver accounts will be able to pay for features that Gold members will get as part of their paid subscription. These features include but are not limited to respecs and extra character slots."
EverQuest II is jumping on the free-to-play bandwagon as well.
SO, if you don't pay .... (Score:5, Funny)
the Enterprise can only travel on impulse?
No photon torpedo spreads - just one at a time - with the old and fat Scotty loading them?
And the phasers will shoot out in the 'V' shape they always showed in TOS that in real life would have shot around the enemy?
And the hand held phasers are always set to 'stun'.
Spock is always in a state of Pon Farr and therefore is wacked out of his Vulcan mind!
McCoy just says "I'm a Doctor! Not a [fill in whatever you need him to do]"
God, I wish I owned that game! I'd nickel and dime the players until they were broke!
No pay = red shirts and no name (Score:5, Funny)
Free subscribers to the game will be able to play, but will not get the same benefits as paying subscribers still get.
Most importantly, non-paying customers only get red shirts and generic names. They also have to be one of the first people to beam down to the planet, and the only sound they can make is the Wilhelm scream.
Re:SO, if you don't pay .... (Score:4, Funny)
PREMIUM PERKS:
Replace entire bridge crew with Orion Slave Girls - $5000
Re:SO, if you don't pay .... (Score:3, Funny)