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by Jeff Mattas, Nov 04, 2010 3:40pm PDTCryptic's head honcho, Jack Emmert, revealed today in an interview with Eurogamer that Star Trek Online could become free-to-play in the future, provided certain stars align.
Emmert is apparently looking to Champions Online, another MMO that just shifted from subscription-based to free-to-play, as a guinea-pig of sorts. "We're not sold one way or the other with Star Trek yet," he said. "If people want Star Trek to go free-to-play then get in and play Champions and help make it a great success, because that would send a strong message."
Champions Online's free-to-play model splits players into groups of subscribers and free-to-players. The free-to-play members don't have access to all of the bells and whistles that subscribers receive, but can still play most of the content for free, with á la carte purchasing options also available.
When asked to comment on the ultimate likelihood of Star Trek Online going free-to-play, Emmert said, "If we did Turbine's level of success that would certainly merit the discussion," before qualifying, "There are more people than just I on that decision and I can't begin to say it would be an automatic 'Yes, we'd do it.'"
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If any of you have played ST:O you know what I'm talking about. Ship combat is cool, everything else sucks.
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a. doesn't feel like Star Trek
b. doesn't have Star Trekesc stories
c. has terrible grouping systems
d. has terrible ground combat
e. has terrible mission interaction with NPCs
the list goes on, Cryptic flubbed this one up good, the only way to save this thing is to start from scratch I fear.
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