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Exactly.  Asking people to drop that much cash on something unproven is just...well...dumb.
 
@Renahzor said:

" Honestly, i would LOVE if this option were available for 1-2 months after release, let me buy my copy, get my 30 days out of the box, decide if I want a lifetime sub."
 

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Jeff after reading what you wrote and seeing the videos you guys have up i would say it's actually a good deal if you like space...the final frontier

People your your not thinking fourth dimensionally! If you like the game a lot its a good call Jeff, I paid $200 for a lifetime subscription to Lord of the Rings Online and haven't regretted it, especially when there are those who have been paying $10-$15 a month for that game for over two years now. I can see myself playing that game till the servers go down and considering Turbine is running servers still for Asherons Call, an MMO that has been out for ten years now, I'll be playing for a long time. So 10 years of playing at $10-$15 a month is $1,200-$1,800....yes I'm glad I paid $200, lol!

" Just selling a lifetime sub means the makers have little confidence in the longevity of their game. "

Didn't Jeffrey twitter that he didn't go with the life time offer before this went up? Can you get it even though you already pre-ordered/bought the game? 

I would pay that much for Stargate Worlds if it ever comes out.

If I had a job, I probably would have picked this thing up. But now I don't so... waaaaah! T.T

Jeff, what the fuck is wrong with you?

what kind of deep pockets does jeff has where he can bust out 300 dollars on a whim like that? i sure as fuck can't.

" Haha wow, I'm not sure I could ever buy a lifetime subscription fee. Even if it removes the  "guilt" of a monthly fee, I'd rather be  charged once a month and be able to get out of it, rather then realize I spent $250 on a lifetime subscription for a game I don't want to play. "

LoL, Awesome Jeff!

Paying up front for what is usually a subscription IS very enticing, but 300 bones...? You gotta LOVE Star Trek to justify that.

Blizzard would never do such a thing with their new MMO. Why? Becouse they know, their game will be successfull, therefore lifetime payment would work againts them.  This Star-Trek online however, will be covered in dust pretty soon, therefore the lifetime fee idea was obviously appealing to them.

I kind want to do the lifetime subscription for that borg character.. But I have no idea how the game plays because I can't even run the Beta on this PC. I'll have to wait until my new laptop gets here...after the beta ends. Which means that deal is gone,,,

That is an amazing deal, if you play this game once a month for two years the $300 paid off. So if you really get hooked on it you really got yourself an amazing deal.

Aw hell.. 

oh the humanity...

I thought about it, but it seems like the whole doing the same missions over and over again thing, just like City of Heroes. Also, I didn't like all the different kinds of currency you have to keep up with.

" Man what the hell you are paying $300 for a game for, you should send that money to help people in Taiti instead. "

Oh Jeff... You aren't going to play STO for more than a month, you know that right?  From what I have seen the game doesn't even look solid enough to warrant a 50 dollar purchase, much less a $200 one.

A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do... Even if it is spending $300 on Star Trek.

I know how Jeff feels with regards to relieving guilt about monthly fees. But at the same time, I would not put down three hundred bones for a game I'm not convinced will be around all that long. Even if it IS Star Trek. 
 
Star Wars: The Old Republic on the other hand, that I would pay a lifetime subscription for. Not because it's Star Wars (not entirely anyway), but because BioWare are the only developer I have significant faith in.

This is logical.
Jeff has paid more than $300 for games that he doesn't play.  

" This is logical. Jeff has paid more than $300 for games that he doesn't play.   "

Huzzah!!!!

" Man what the hell you are paying $300 for a game for, you should send that money to help people in Taiti instead. "

$240 is 18 month worth of playtime. There is no f'ing way you will play that game for 18 month Jeff! hehe

We need to start a slow clap. Seriously, though, how often are you going to be playing this thing?

300 bucks is fucking crazy...but I still think this may be the best thing to do. Monthly fees just sucks...

I honestly doubt you're gonna get 300 dollars worth of game out of Star Trek Online, Jeff.

Well, if you're a star trek fan and want the comfort of dropping in for month bursts for the next 5-6 years, then this really isn't a terrible deal.  I actually think this deal isn't a bad idea, however, not being able to opt into this plan post-launch is kind of shady. 

What happens in a year when the only ones left are lifers?
 
No one left to support the game, it would collapse on itself! Noooo!

" Christ. "

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! 
 
MMO's suck, you know this! They are full of jerks who will invite you into a group and then kick you out,calling you an idiot for wanting to tank with only 22k hp. Even if it was for the easiest instance in the whole end game that you had already completed the previous 2 days without the slightest problem. 
 
This is why you had borderlands. A game free of gankers, spawncampers, ninja looters,'tards, jerkasses and goldspammers. 
 
...I miss WoW.

Buying lifetime subscriptions of an MMO is just an epic fail. I think the developers and the distributors know that the game is so crappy that it will most likely be shut down within 1-2 years. Thus they figure out that they might as well sell life long subscriptions.. You didnt see blizzard do that, because they knew their game will survive for more that 1-2 years and thus would lose insanely amounts of money if they had that kind of subscription plan.

That is an addiction that needs breaking. Seriously.

Kudos for making this kind of decision. I know damn well I couldn't.

You are very courageous, Jeff.

Yes, I too am a lifer, or no-lifer as this case may be.  It was posted somewhere on the STO forums that the lifer deal was going to be available after launch, but for $300 and without the Borg option, making it a better deal now rather than later.  Lifers are supposedly going to be offered special items and content first as more things are added to the C-Store, yes, microtransactions for stuff like Tribbles and giant Q-Tip melee weapons are going to be part of the business model.
 
I look at it this way, I've been playing WoW for about 4 years, that's roughly $700.  If had the option to pay $300 5 years ago for unlimited WoW That would be a steal.  As far as the life of the game, as long as Star Trek fandom exists this game will be going.  EQ and UO are still going for Christ's sake, and those are over ten years old.
 
STO has one thing that I think Jeff gets out of it more than any other MMO, you can do fine solo.  He's stated before that WoW lost its appeal when it came to needing other people to progress.  STO gives you NPCs to be your party, and if you do get a mission with other people - they're just there and you all do your own thing and kill shit.  This is where STO will make a big difference to people who don't like MMOs where they need other dudes to play.
 
The only question now is, will you play Star Wars, since it does the NPC posse too?
 
Live long and prosper bitches.

I'd say that anyone who buys into the music game genre has largely overdone this number due to the amount of times you need to replace your instruments. XP

It's not as if you bought the Renegade edition of DJ Hero when you already owned DJ Hero.   
 
I wish I had that level of spendable cash :(

Awesome read. I was well entertained by your train of thought and also am intrigued by such things as lifetime subscriptions for MMOs I probably will never play. Thought about it for LotRO. Thought about it for Champions.

that's insane

well if it sucks, two words: Business Expense (something that you don't have the option for if you don't have a site like Giant Bomb) 
 
If that's not the case(unlikely) well his process of thought is still somewhat  reasonable.   
 
I personally would strongly consider a similar offer from lets say Star Wars licence (Old Republic anyone?) or even Final Fantasy XIV...    
   
let me ask all of you xbox users would you buy a lifetime Live account if the price was tempting? Here's the deal though Live and Old Republic won't offer these sort of life time scrips because they don't have to, they are not on shaky ground, and they have hype machines on top of  more solid(looking) products.  
 
I hate monthly fees for almost anything, and the ability to reduce that down is always something that I think about when the topic comes up. I am not a trekker,  however so I could care less about star trek online.