Originally Posted by starkaos

CO is not going to a F2P system it is going to a F2P hybrid system. For those players that are doing the subscription or lifetime subscription, then they won't notice much. However, for those who don't pay for the game, they will be restricted in what they can do. Want to do the latest STF, then forget it since you have to be a subscriber to play. Want a particular uniform, then forget it since you have to be a subscriber. F2P as far as Cryptic is concerned is just an improved free trial of the game.

Originally Posted by Ayenn

If you look at the way it is broken out it really is not F2P as much as it is a super extended demo. Even if STO would go F2P, which it is not, it would be fair to reason that model would be mimicked. That means STO would actually have a honest to goodness demo. Sadly those who would want F2P just would not get it. They wold get a demo, and that is it.