New Lifetime Subscriber Perk

By PWE_BranFlakes @ June 25, 2012 at 11:27am

100 Comments »

• karcorner @ Apr 22nd, 2013 2:21PM

  Have been lifer since beginning and still never received a beta invite for Neverwinter, what a crock! Glad I never bought a package from NVW, wont now....

• qadag @ Dec 21st, 2012 10:29PM

  i play Startrek, but i wanna test Neverwinter too! Some beta key?

• styxslethe @ Sep 12th, 2012 5:10AM

  well, its now September and i still didnt received my beta key .... i am a almost a 1000dys lifer in just 32dys, might get it a a extra 1000dys vet reward :P

• kvet @ Aug 30th, 2012 9:20AM

  Personally, I think this is pretty awesome. I can't wait. I was a MAJOR fan (and module developer) for Neverwinter Nights from Bioware years ago. A project me and several friends tried for a long time on but never *quite* managed was a true MMO using their tool. We came close... As an STO lifer, I'm pretty excited to have the opportunity to test out Neverwinter. Will I play it regularly and give up STO? maybe, maybe not. Either way, I'm pleased to have the opportunity. By the way, if you don't like that you have this option, don't take it and shut up. You're probably he type that cries when your momma give you a bowl of ice cream and *gasp* didn't give you chocolate sauce with it.

• mgmirkin426 @ Aug 30th, 2012 1:08AM

  Okay, so... The announcement was back in June. It's not end of August. Where's this vaporware Beta Test key? Haven't seen it yet... Wouldn't mind playing a little MMORPG, assuming it's good. So, it's been over 2 months since announcement, one would think we'd have received our beta test keys by now?? Or just more empty Cryptic/PWE promises for "someday, maybe"? Or is it going to be a "lottery" meaning some people get it earlier, some people later or never at all? It's not much of a perk if we never actually GET a beta key in a reasonable amount of time and lose interest. Strike while the interest is hot or nobody's gonna give a rip about it when they finally get the Beta key. "WTF is this... Ohh right, that thing I wanted to play 3 mos ago 'cause I was promised it. But now I've got other rot going on. To heck with it!"

• worfem007 @ Jul 30th, 2012 12:25PM

  when will we get the code

• antyrael73 @ Jul 20th, 2012 12:24PM

  Looking forward to receiving that beta key.

• sanitybox @ Jul 16th, 2012 5:12PM

  Any idea of when they'll start sending out invites?

• iamtruthseeker @ Jun 30th, 2012 1:54AM

  D'OH the sale ended yesterday. Well, I can wait for the discount again.

• sirokk @ Jun 29th, 2012 9:00AM

  I'd be great to pay monthly for the lifetime membership until the total amount is collected by PWE/Cryptic, then BOOM... you a Lifer and fully vested and no more payments! I could swing that!

• seerstars @ Jun 28th, 2012 11:28AM

  When can I expect my invite?

• gettorix @ Jun 27th, 2012 10:32AM

  My husband and I are both lifers, and Neverwinter fans. This is great news!

• douglasroberts @ Jun 27th, 2012 3:39AM

  im a lifer and have been for over a year, as with all things the actual state of the game is somewhere in the middle, the dilithium based currency and duty officer mods is shear genius, drop boxes, glitches, ect is not, but im 55 and watched james kirk and the gang gallop across the galaxy on a black and white tv set, thunderbirds , lost in space, voyage to the bottom of the sea, that was my chikldhood. gus grissom will always be a hero to me. over alli give the game a good solid B average,i want the lock box stuff but after buying dilitium, i cant take the chance to buy the keys and no tget what i want, put it all in the c store a couple of months down the road and let me pay cash for what i get, i will be happy.

• woreagle @ Jun 26th, 2012 11:07PM

  love game when do we get to play az borg

• mike1705ncc @ Jun 26th, 2012 5:57PM

  Yes, I’m an STO lifer, but I’m here because I love Star Trek since I first watched it in the 1970’s. I’m an old IT guy, and this is the ONLY MMO I’ve ever played. It took a Star Trek MMO to make me take the leap. I very much enjoy the game, and yes, as with everything in the world, its imperfect. But as the saying goes, there’s ALWAYS room for improvement, and this game could be better: In design, in quality (less bugs) and in LTS perks. I would rather get an STO perk than an opportunity to work free to help the devs iron out bugs in some beta game I have no interest in. Cryptic needs to offer a CHOICE: STO perk or the beta perk. Some people love doing betas, and if that makes them happy, I think they should go for that. But others of us should have an alternative of getting something in STO and passing on the beta of some other game.

• jayfresh11

  I totally agree with you. I am a huge Star Trek fan myself. I've been a fan of the next generation, ds9, and voyager. I would much rather get an STO perk than having the chance to play another game. I am not interested in playing another mmo game, I am only interested in STO!!!

• kreeperwknight @ Jun 26th, 2012 5:17PM

  I think it's kinda cool, a beta to a game. Sadly I won't play it, I like Star Trek, not MMO's. I agree that they should give us something in game. Even something small like Liberated Borg not needing to remodulate weapons, or some CP/Zen. But all-n-all I am LT to save money in the long run. I do hope they get rid of the lockboxes.

• kemops @ Jun 26th, 2012 4:42PM

  How about a perk like: Let Lifers get a drop box ship (even if you have to buy it with CP) without having to rely on luck. I want a Ferengi Marauder and have spent enough for a second lifetime sub.

• shrapne11 @ Jun 26th, 2012 3:00PM

  I am a lifer and love the idea of this. I have never tallied the amount of money that I have spent on this game and if I did I would most certainly require a quick dose of alcohol afterward. I'm a lifer who has just about everything out of the c-store. At this point the Dev's should have the pictures of nuts like me in their cubicles, because if our wives ever add up the totals from the credit card bills since Beta we will be dead meat.

• jataarn

  No Kidding. I started playing after Launch Two years ago and haven't stopped. Became a Lifer back last year. I as well as many other like us have just about everything in the C-store. I love this game. i wouldn't drop the amount i have on it if i didn't. I think some things could be better or somethings didn't need to change but over all I think It's a great game. The Season 6 stuff is nice too. can't wait for it to go live.

• anoid2 @ Jun 26th, 2012 2:36PM

  All I can do is lol at the people that are saying we get no perks as lifers. Not that they are all great or the best out there but we do get perks. Granted the 400 cp every month isn't a lot but it is 400 "Free" cp. We also get the veteran rewards. http://sto.perfectworld.com/community/veteran-rewards So the invite to the Neverwinter Closed Beta test is sorta just gravy

• captainjay @ Jun 26th, 2012 11:15AM

  I have spend close to 100$ on store items and I WAS planning on getting the lifetime subscription since it went on sale for 200 USD but I've already maxed out at level 50, there is no end game content to speak of...it's pretty sad when you "beat" and MMO, and there isn't really a whole lot of perk associated with the LT subscription except for point stipend. Lotro is still going strong with tons of new content and their LT Sub was 120$ when it beta'ed I just beta tested The Secret World...the graphics are next gen, story is amazing, missions are abundant, so for the first time I went and got a LT sub. Even with all the upgrade packs, I only spent 270 USD and I'm sure if ever goes F2P then the perks will be moderate...I wish I could have done the LT with STO but there really just isnt much benefit. Can't wait for NWN...I would LT Sub that for sure.

• quvbagh @ Jun 26th, 2012 9:34AM

  While I appreciate the offer to Beta NWN. I think we should have gotten something for STO since that's the game we have a lifetime subscription to. I understand this is marketing but I think it should have been. Oh look we gave you 2000cp or a new ship just for you lifetimers, and by the way you also get beta access to NWN.

• jataarn

  Now that's what I'm talking about. a ship just for Lifers. along with better Liberated borg passives like adaptability or something along the lines of being a former member of the Collective.

• fifthofjack @ Jun 26th, 2012 9:16AM

  The game (STO) has gone downhill sense going "Free-To-Play" and this i just another example of the downward slide. Life time members have been pushed to the way-side because we are no longer a cash source. Why give us perks anymore except to try to sell us something. If PWE or Cryptic or what ever Chinese company owns this game now really wanted to keep the LT players in STO, they would have given us in game perks, and not throw us a sales pitch for another game. I guess it's time to go over to SW:TOR.

• timmyteo

  The game was going downhill long before F2P. Too much focus on the C-Store and not enough on fixing bugs (there was a common bug I reported in season 1 that wasn't fixed until season 4). At least now I'm not paying sub fees to see the same glitches sit around forever. I just feel sorry for the people that paid lifetime when the game came out, 12.50/mo for 2ish years isn't much of a discount.

• nennavari

  @ timmyteo: Why exactly do you feel sorry for those who bought LTS at release? That particular investment already paid for iteself a short while ago. At this point we're essentially BEING paid 500 CP per month to play a game that most of us are already committed to for the duration.

• abrahamjohnson83 @ Jun 26th, 2012 8:54AM

  You have to know, if I play ST:O that is no sign that I play any other game of this genre or something else. People who like Star Trek are sophisticated players. If you now came around with such an offer this has only a bad taste to me and I hope that in future the focus is more focused on the ST:O game content. There is a hole universe of ideas. So go on and make it to the game. This is minus one!

• ivyo01 @ Jun 26th, 2012 8:32AM

  i som what like how was season 1 on fleet action like starbase24 where we go into base do the hold misstion .some thing coming up cool but i like ,but i on my slef dont likn in a team doing fleet action.i like one one combat.

• captaindoug1 @ Jun 26th, 2012 8:24AM

  If you don't want to do the beta just don't and stop being pathetic.

• warmaker001b

  How about Cryptic actually makes an *STO* LTS Perk actually pertaining to... *STO*