STO F2P Matrix
The features matrix for STO’s conversion to F2P is now available. Pretty standard fair. It looks like you don’t lose much if you are a Silver (free) player. Gold members only seem to gain the following advantages:
- 400 Cryptic points per month (which is lower than 500 that seems to be the norm)
- Unlimited chat and mail (standard feature)
- More storage
- Foundry access (build, silver can play)
- Vet rewards
- Retrain tokens
- Additional BO slots (normally get +2 at each level, Silver won’t get that which will suck)
Check out this handy free-to-play features matrix to see the different features available to Gold Members and Silver Players.
Please note: This features matrix, like the rest of Star Trek Online’s free-to-play effort is subject to change based on user feedback.
| Gold Members $14.99 Monthly (or Lifetime) |
Silver Players Free |
|
|---|---|---|
| All Sectors and Missions | Unlimited Access | Unlimited Access |
| PVP Access | Unlimited Access | Unlimited Access |
| Fleet Actions | Unlimited Access | Unlimited Access |
| Events and Dailies | Unlimited Access | Unlimited Access |
| Feature Episode Series | Unlimited Access | Unlimited Access |
| Special Task Forces | Unlimited Access | Unlimited Access |
| Klingon Play | Unlocked at Level 25 | Unlocked at Level 25 |
| Classes (Tactical, Science, Engineer) |
Unlimited Access | Unlimited Access |
| Default Playable Species | Unlimited Access | Unlimited Access |
| Premium Playable Species | Unlockable | Unlockable |
| Join a Fleet (Guild) | Unlimited Access | Unlimited Access |
| Create a Fleet (Guild) | Unlimited Access | Limited |
| Energy Credit Storage Limit | Unlimited | Limited |
| Character Slots [?] | 3 | 2 |
| Additional Bridge Officer Slots | +2 Additional Slots Per Rank Additional Slots Purchasable |
Purchasable |
| Max Free Inventory [?] | 72 | 48 |
| Max Free Bank Inventory [?] | 96 | 48 |
| Costume / Uniform Slots | 3 Free | 3 Free |
| Captain Retrain Token (Respec) | 1 Free Per Rank Vet Rewards Purchasable |
Purchasable |
| Foundry Creator Access | Unlimited | Locked |
| Foundry Project Slots | 8 Starting Slots | Locked |
| Playable Foundry Content | Unlimited Access | Unlimited Access |
| Standard Ships | Available In-game | Available In-game |
| Premium Ships | Purchasable | Purchasable |
| Veteran Rewards [?] | Automatic | Not Available |
| Priority Login | Free | Not Available |
| In-Game Chat [?] | Unlimited Access | Limited |
| In-Game Mail [?] | Unlimited Access | Limited |
| Forums [?] | Unlimited Access | Limited |
| Customer Service | Unlimited | Limited |
| In-Game Vivox Voice Chat | No Advertisements | Ad-supported |
| Monthly Stipend | 400 Promotional Points | Unavailable |
NOTE: Subject to change.
6 Comments
Tamarynn · September 6, 2011 at 2:04 pm
What’s the Foundry thing? I’ll probably pick it up to RP in when it goes live. The only thing I see that may suck is limited chat.
Maarkean · September 6, 2011 at 2:17 pm
The Foundry similar to SWG’s Story Teller, except you create missions in instances (like all missions) instead of dropping things in the open world environment. Basically allows you to create missions similar to what the Devs created. It’s a cool feature.
The limited chat seems to be focused on broadcast channels (zone and custom). Local channels might be unaffected. And it’s anti-spam so regular use is supposed to be unaffected. But who knows what that means.
Tamarynn · September 6, 2011 at 2:52 pm
Ah yeah, I heard about that, but didn’t know what it was called. Looks like the limited chat is a temporary thing. If you play more than 20 hours, purchase something, or have held a paid account the restrictions are gone. Not too bad afterall.
Sienn'lyn · September 7, 2011 at 5:47 pm
Probably a means to end people creating free accounts to spam advertisements for selling game currency and items for real money. Those “people” tend to pop up in most games these days.
It doesn’t seem too limited as free to play often is, but it’s hard to know what the different limitations are and what they affect. At least for me who has never tried STO. I might do that now though.
Maarkean · September 7, 2011 at 8:19 pm
Yeah, you’ll be able to do pretty much the entire game as F2P. The only thing you’ll miss out on will be the Foundry (not for everyone), a little bit of free stuff and free points (better value to just buy $15 worth).
Tamarynn · September 8, 2011 at 10:05 am
That’s exactly it, Sienn. I was worried about chat limitations, but as soon as you “prove” you aren’t a seller/spammer the limitations get removed, which is great. I can live with not having the Gold features.
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