Originally posted by Kryalis

Considering the farce that is CO and RMT (beta to prelaunch, retcon costs increase by factor of 100 effectivly removing the feature... full retcon for a mere $13.50 + tax available now!).

It would be nice to think that they tried to stop selling the life/6 month CO offers to make the beta numbers for STO viable. Although it smells a lot it was just a PR stunt.

Sad times :(

Us Sci-Fi fans sure have had it bad with the big name licenses (SW = NGE, heck even the prequels were painful), and this will just been Champions with a different lick of paint.

Considering the first article on this site is basically saying how poor customer service can usually be solved with the simplest of communication the 110 pages of joy turned to despair (yay beta... wait i'm not in it?! But I paid money for that...). They find time to do an informaiton free Q&A on a popular MMO website but not 30 seconds to reply on the official forums.

Have to laugh though.

  You mean you bought CO for a chance to beta test STO?  I'm still waiting to see the original statement promising you guys immediate beta access for buying that game before I either agree with or condemn any of you.  Something though tells me it doesn't exist since I haven't seen anyone post it yet, and if that's the case you actually got what you paid for so good luck with that.

I sure aint paying for a lifetime sub on something I have not een seen the first bit of gameplay on.

Let me see the beta first, so I can be interested.  I dont want to spend hard earned cash on an unknown.

Barnum Bailey said it and it still applies "There is a sucker born every minite".  If you paid for a lifetime on an unfinished game that we know near to nothing on gameplay then you must have high hopes for it.

I will wait until I can actually get at the game play before I worry about subscription to it. My money and me are friends and I dont like spending it unless I like the gameplay.

Originally posted by Xondar123

I'm sorry, I have absolutely no sympathy for people who bought a 6 month/lifetime subscription to CO just to get into the STO beta. First of all, you should have paid for CO because you like it and want to play it, the STO beta thing should have been an extra perk at most. Second, STO will be in beta, that means a heavily unfinished game. You paid for the privilege of playing an unfinished game. Third, betas are so the game can be tested, not so you can have fun. Fourth, you were never guaranteed a spot in the STO beta, it was presented as a perk, and extra for subscribing to CO.

A whole lot of fools in this thread: A fool and his money are soon parted.

Actually, I paid $60 six month sub for the sole reason to be in Star Trek Online closed beta.  I've been testing games for over a decade both invite and paid as a tester.   I love Star Treak and I've been waiting for Star Trek Online since it was announced in August 2004.  To me, $60 was a small price to pay to get into a closed beta not to play, but to help test the game.  It had nothing to do with playing.  The reason why I have the collector's edition on pre-order at my local gamestop is so I can play the game.  I'm pretty sure a lot of others are in the same boat as I.

i bought champions 6 month offer and i havent got my beta yet.... -_-

Why on Earth would someone buy a Lifetime membership just to be a beta tester on a different game?  I've done my share of beta testing and I sure won't pay for that privilage lol.  Most betas it more like work lol!

Originally posted by erictlewis

I sure aint paying for a lifetime sub on something I have not een seen the first bit of gameplay on.

Let me see the beta first, so I can be interested.  I dont want to spend hard earned cash on an unknown.

Barnum Bailey said it and it still applies "There is a sucker born every minite".  If you paid for a lifetime on an unfinished game that we know near to nothing on gameplay then you must have high hopes for it.

I will wait until I can actually get at the game play before I worry about subscription to it. My money and me are friends and I dont like spending it unless I like the gameplay.

Sorry but it was P.T. Barnum that said that...Barnum & Bailey is the name of the Circus company that came about through a merger.  Love ya.