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Good afternoon from Texas my fellow MSFC junkies. I know that many here do not have a very soft spot for the game Star Trek Online. I do understand many of the veiwpoints on the subject. Not much has been discussed on the game lately so I thought I would get you all up to speed on the happenings if you are not following.
1. Many of you may know that Cryptic Studios was sold by Atari to Perfect World (PWE). Many in the STO community believe this was a great move for Cryptic as PWE is in a far better financial state then Atari is. Also, PWE is a dedicated MMO publisher. They have many MMOs available and all are free to play.
2. The developers at Cryptic Studios have been telling us how things are improving. PWE has given Exc Prod D. Stahl permission to hire as many programmers, writers, and designers he needs to get the game up to speed. This is excellent news to allow the team to grow and expand the game as it needs. PWE and CS are in constant communication discussing what the game needs and PWE is throwing 100% support to CS. This is to include finishing the Klingon Empire and the addition of the Romulan Empire and perhaps more!! They are also sending new hardware to CS to help with the development.
3. This is probably the most exciting part. PWE has officially anncounced that STO will be going Free to Play by the end of the year. You can read the transcript of a conference call here. This has many in the community very excited, including myself. They are still working on the details on how the F2P model will work out but, speculation in the community is that it will be alot like Champions Online. Anyone will be able to download and play the game for free. Subscription holders will be given a monthly stippend of C-Points to use in the C-Store. Also, subscribers will have access to some content that F2P players will not. Again, the model is all speculation at this juncture.
As you can see. There is a lot of exciting things going on for the STO community. Let it be known that this exciting change will take some time. I hope to see some of you there in the future.
Best regards,
SciFiFan
1. Many of you may know that Cryptic Studios was sold by Atari to Perfect World (PWE). Many in the STO community believe this was a great move for Cryptic as PWE is in a far better financial state then Atari is. Also, PWE is a dedicated MMO publisher. They have many MMOs available and all are free to play.
2. The developers at Cryptic Studios have been telling us how things are improving. PWE has given Exc Prod D. Stahl permission to hire as many programmers, writers, and designers he needs to get the game up to speed. This is excellent news to allow the team to grow and expand the game as it needs. PWE and CS are in constant communication discussing what the game needs and PWE is throwing 100% support to CS. This is to include finishing the Klingon Empire and the addition of the Romulan Empire and perhaps more!! They are also sending new hardware to CS to help with the development.
3. This is probably the most exciting part. PWE has officially anncounced that STO will be going Free to Play by the end of the year. You can read the transcript of a conference call here. This has many in the community very excited, including myself. They are still working on the details on how the F2P model will work out but, speculation in the community is that it will be alot like Champions Online. Anyone will be able to download and play the game for free. Subscription holders will be given a monthly stippend of C-Points to use in the C-Store. Also, subscribers will have access to some content that F2P players will not. Again, the model is all speculation at this juncture.
As you can see. There is a lot of exciting things going on for the STO community. Let it be known that this exciting change will take some time. I hope to see some of you there in the future.
Best regards,
SciFiFan