There's a pattern that seems to repeat itself every time
Cryptic adds new items to
Star Trek Online's
C-Store -- or at least, a sequence of events wherein players are at first excited, then angry or annoyed when the prices are revealed.
A bunch of new items have been added to the store: two additional costume slots (not on the website at the moment), two additional ship slots, and two additional bridge officer spots. The trouble arises with the handling of the upgrades, particularly with the new costume slots, as they're counted on a per-character basis.
A similar upgrade is available in the store for
Champions Online, for the exact same price -- but it increases the number of costumes available on
every character rather than just the character it's purchased on. The per-character upgrades, coupled with a reduced importance for costumes in
Star Trek Online, all help make many players feel a bit shorted by the price tag. Others are arguing that the add-on is only $2.50, an argument that's
gone on at length on the official forums. Controversy is nothing new to the game, but this much debate over a fairly minor item leads one to be a bit curious about what reception future items might find.
[Update: Cryptic has contacted us with news on upcoming changes to this system, "We're going to change the way the costume slot purchases work so they become account-wide rather than per-character. And, of course, our customer service department will be able to assist anyone who purchased the upgrade multiple times to cover multiple characters."]
[Thanks to Cap for the tip!]
Jul 29th 2010 at 3:00PM
