1. The people canceling their subscriptions and/or pre-orders… seriously? Do we look like we care? If the game isn’t what you want, then you shouldn’t have come in the first place. Open beta access? You could have been like me and grabbed it from the nearest free provider; Ten Ton Hammer was mine, which was yours?
2. Skill point cap? When was the last time we had an MMO where the skill point cap was infinite? I can think of Mabinogi, but you know how much of a grind that game is…
3. People not reading dev posts when they are posted. What the hell is wrong with you guys? They say something about re-specs, and then you totally ignore it and post something inflammatory and/or totally misinformed, without a care in the world what the actual circumstances are. That’s cool.
4. The design for an MMO is meant to be able to expand further and further. So what if Starfleet was the only faction that was planned in the first place before Klingons were introduced? Are you saying that Klingons should not be thrown in? Sounds like killing features for the sake of killing them.
5. How many bug reports have you submitted? I’ve submitted nearly 30 or so, as informative as I can get them. The rest of you lot that are slacking are too busy whining and complaining about the game, rather than being constructive about it and submitting feedback to Cryptic. This is why the game won’t progress any better, and it’s because you lot aren’t being helpful at all.

   On top of that, you pressure the devs to push out updates quicker, and when they do you complain how big their patches are. Gee, I wonder why?

6. This isn’t EVE Online, so please leave the stupid CAOD-like threads out of these forums.

Hopefully we won’t be seeing you once the actual game hits… I hear only subscribers get to post to forums then.

In a nutshell, live long and prosper.

P.S. Try to be a software developer in a large team before coming to play an MMO still in beta; trust me, it’s a very enlightening experience.

On another note, have a look at this stuff. Lifetime subscription for $240 US, 12-month for $120 US. Based on the 12-month, I’d have to play at least 2 years, and based on the regular price I’d have to play at least 16 months for the lifetime subscription to be worth it.

But I have seen worse games, and they have lasted 3 years and still kicking (e.g., Phantasy Star Universe).

Also, (Liberated) Borg as a playable race? Very amusing, lol..

Just wanted to give my two cents on the lifetime subscription. Certainly it seems like a risky plunge, being $240 USD, and needing to play at least 2 years for the subscription to be worth the risk. However, there are two cases of players out there:

• Players that can spend 24/7 time on the game
• Players that can only play once in a while

Certainly, players who spend 24/7 in the game might benefit the most. However, these kinds of players are likely to max out their character in the shortest period of time, explore everything, and then have to wait on Cryptic to develop new content, or they have to go on and make new characters to get more bang for their buck. Hmm.

Now, what about casual players? They don’t certainly seem to benefit the most. However, these kinds of players will take a lot more time to level up their character, and end up spending more of their time socializing, exploring, or just chilling out in STO. Chances are more likely they will spend a lot more time in-game, because they still have a lot to do. In particular, by the time they do manage to get it all, Cryptic is likely to start looking at new venues in the lore or quests, and so on.

In fact, based on this analysis, it is more likely casual players might be the ones who benefit the most, and the players who play 24/7 will end up going for maybe 6-12 months and then burn out. Just my two cents though, what do you guys think?