Since this game is pay to win can you get banned from buying item from third party website ?

[UIE First Citizen]

So i am wondering since all t6 ship had to be paid by cash, do they give a flying **** about people buying stuff from third party websites ?
Thanks for the info,
Cheers,

[UIE First Citizen]

Originally posted by n3mes1s:

Well, i only see a flaw in your question. The game IS NOT P2W, not even closer. So, sadly i cant answer your question.

That doesn't matter. If you say it is pay to win or not.

[Running-Target]

you might get your account hijacked from that third party website, and yeah PWI is watching out for that too. Whatever it says in the Terms of Service and the other legal docs goes. Now there are some websites that sell promo codes for ships or giveaway reward codes, those are legit and safe.

[VoxelMage]

Cryptic is checking and logging the chat and have a specific tailored "spech filter" with a word list. It not only prohibits you using swear words in chat, but also recognizes when you try to buy/sale stuff via chat. People are getting banned permanently for selling credits on external websites and so do people buying them.

If you think of it: the game has a logfile of your character what you played and how you obtained it. If now something is in your account which you havn´t played ... gotcha.

Recommend not doing it - or if you really need to level up your gear - get Zen for $10 and exchange it into dilithium which you can use to upgrade. There are also lots of great ships on the exchange out of lobi dealers or Boxes which you can get for credits. Getting 10 mio credits ingame is not THAT difficult if you want to play the game - and that I suüüose (why else are you looking for better equipment / ships)

[Sirius]

Originally posted by UIE First Citizen:

Originally posted by n3mes1s:

Well, i only see a flaw in your question. The game IS NOT P2W, not even closer. So, sadly i cant answer your question.

That doesn't matter. If you say it is pay to win or not.

Oh but it does. I am rarely of the same opinion as n3mes1s, but he has more than a point here.

Your question makes no sense that way.

But yeah, Running-Target already had the best answer, so there you go.
You can get tanked for breaching the ToS, Pay to Win or not.

[Salty]

sto is pay2win! ... all the best stuff involves spending real money.

[jo4play]

Originally posted by Cracky!!!:

sto is pay2win! ... all the best stuff involves spending real money.

LOL go home kid, everything you can buy can be grinded with time (that's how MMO's work)

[Salty]

Originally posted by jo4play:

Originally posted by Cracky!!!:

sto is pay2win! ... all the best stuff involves spending real money.

LOL go home kid, everything you can buy can be grinded with time (that's how MMO's work)

stop lying dude! ... it is pay 2 win!

[jo4play]

Originally posted by Cracky!!!:

Originally posted by jo4play:

LOL go home kid, everything you can buy can be grinded with time (that's how MMO's work)

stop lying dude! ... it is pay 2 win!

I have been playing since S8, 0$ spent and still have a decent build and a decent ship so just shut up

[Bodkins(UK)]

Farm some dilithium - trade it for Zen, Or spend £25 and buy the zen you need. With games like this you know darn well you may have to either farm yourself silly or put your hand in your pocket at some point. They didnt make the game for us to play out of love its business.

[Sirius]

Originally posted by Cracky!!!:

sto is pay2win! ... all the best stuff involves spending real money.

No, because

Originally posted by jo4play:

everything you can buy can be grinded with time (that's how MMO's work)

[Vellari]

Not p2w (implies there is something that can only be bought). Pay to "get-it-right-now" for sure, but even in that case the very best stuff cannot be bought, only grinded (reputation and fleet gear).

[Running-Target]

this website is safe. https://groupees.com/startrekonline

[coval]

Pay-To-Win in this game is enormous,
but this is no real annoyance anymore except if you want to play on elite or pvp.

With same amount of time spent, a paying player will always have better and more stuff, for DPS and counter. Otherwise, there would be no reason to buy anything for such a low quality game.

Originally posted by Vellari:

...very best stuff cannot be bought, only grinded (reputation and fleet gear).

fleet gear is expensive and you forgot traits/boffs/doffs/lobi/lockbox/upgrade/slots. You can't grind fast enough to be par with paid stuff.

Everyone knows, the "all is grindable" argument is just a smokescreen. You need years to get the very best stuff of today. And it's already outdated by the time you buy it because of powercreep.

There are only a few games out there, that are free and not pay-to-win like Dota2. All you can buy is cosmetics/ visuals/ sounds.

[Vellari]

Originally posted by coval:

fleet gear is expensive and you forgot traits/boffs/doffs/lobi/lockbox/upgrade/slots. You can't grind fast enough to be par with paid stuff.

Not particularly expensive I'd say. I'd estimate on average 50k FC and 10000 DIL (varies of course), in comparison with the craziest exchange crafted which are in the 50-100 Million EC range.

But we are in agreement then, pay to skip grind. And yes it does take a loooong time to grind to get exactly what you want top tier. But is that not the whole objective of playing an MMO? What the heck else are you going to do if you already have everything maxxed, particularly in this game wher PvP is non-existent.

[Nain]

what exactly does one win when one pays cash?
im confused, please enlighten us mr. UIE.