Star Trek Online lifetime, 12-month subscription deals

MY lifetime or the lifetime of the GAME?

One would be a substantially better value than the other.

You will still have to buy the game too. Total cost would be Lifetime sub, or other, + $60. If they would give you the game and a Lifetime sub for $239.99 I would consider that a better deal.

its like gift cards. yay interest! that's a hefty sum to commit to a game for at least 16 months to make it worth it....

in the world of new MMOs, 12 months is their lifetime.

This is the first MMO I've played, and so far I'm liking the open beta fairly well.

But man...these options are available prior to launch only? How do I know, at THIS point, whether I will be playing this game for 12 months? Let alone the rest of the game's lifespan (which, frankly, may not be significantly longer than that)? Not a risk I'm going to take, even to save a few bucks in the long run.

Tachyon pulse?

A slingshot around the nearest star sounds much more thrilling.

1....3,1,..3,2,4...5! isn't worth $240

Holy fuck -- with the game and a subscription you're into nearly $100 just at the bare minimum. For the game and a lifetime subscription you could buy an XBox Elite or a whole new PS3. Honestly who is spending $300 on this?

I got bored in three days during open beta, I can't imagine spending $240 + retail box for three days of not much fun.

That's an awesome seal if you know for sure that you're going to be playing for 2 years (which you don't but whatever).

holy crap how much money! I can't stand subscription based games

Congrats, Atari. You've made Xbox Live seem CHEAP by comparison.

Do any open beta players like this game? I played it for a few hours and quickly cancelled my preorder...

I do like it a lot. I'll probably play until I get bored or move on to TOR. I do think it's weird that they're trying to snag lifetime subs before the game is even out...you have to "preorder" a lifetime sub? Weird.

**Checks Torrent download status**

FUCK still has 20 hours left!?!?

DAMMIT!!! I WILL NEVER MAKE IT INTO THE BETA BEFORE ITS OVER!!!

You know other game had a "lifetime subscription"? Hellgate: London. Think about it.

Tis be a bite out of the wallet. I guess if you like the game and know your going to be on it for a while. You mind as well take the full jump in

I just can't fathom anyone paying that price until they determine if its good or not.

This game is pretty boring..I'd wait for Bioware's Star Wars game.

After watching Giantbombs 3 videos where they play the game (about 2.5 hours total), I have to say it looks good. But it also looks like a fucking Champions Online total conversion mod. From the UI to the way loot shines and having said that watching STO made me want to play Champions and preorder STO....

$14.99 for a MONTH? Shit, the game better be free at these ridiculous prices, if I was EVER interested, I am officially 200% uninterested in this now.

I hope the dorsal side of that saucer section has a navigational deflector. The only other possibility would be if Starfleet had decided to borrow some other nation's deflector technology, which seems unlikely, given the proven usefulness of the giant Swiss army knife design.

Thats a pretty hefty price seeing as you can't tell before the game comes out if it will be around long enough to justify the price. It does look really fun though!

I'm never considering a lifetime membership; especially after what happened to Hellgate: London.

As a open beta user I pre-ordered the game and after playing the beta version the game is not for me and I am a very devoted Star Trek fan and also a big Star Trek gamer. As a result I have now cancelled my order since I was not that impressed with paying £35 for this game let alone a $10 monthly subscription for what I experienced to be a very dissapointing experience. Theres alot of features which are missing from this game and not exactly the experience that I came across as a result of watching the video's from the gamers website.

The game was a big let down and it may appeal to lots of people but not me. Personally it lacks serious attention to detail and has the same space combat as Star Trek Legacy including bumper physics and in a lovely 2D plane! so if you dont mind bumping into players and bouncing off and your starship exploding after a few seconds of taking direct hits then you will find this game very frustrating!
Its not exactly the same game I was expecting such as Star Trek Klingon Academy or Star Trek Bridge Commander.

Prepared to be very dissapointed! This game will appeal to a few people who love MMO's but sadly not the likes of me who expected far more from this game. Theres alot of underlaying things not right with this game from a Trekkie's point of view.

Lets hope this game improves!

Also if you are in the UK I experienced very bad lag issues with the game which made it very unplayable. The game creator stipulated that once it goes past open beta that all will be ok but so far the experience hasn't exactly been a Kling-ing on :-(

People got to remember ths is the beta. I was in the closed beta and the open beta has made vast improvements since then. Also, almost all the content is still locked within huge sectors of space. WoW was not what it is today at launch and needed many years to get to what it is today and they are still changing things. I love the space combat in STO but the ground stuff is so-so for me. Personally, I have been enjoying the look and feel of being in the Star Trek universe which I feel they have done a great job capturing.