How Much Will It Cost You To Play As The Borg In Star Trek Online?

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US$239.99(S$333). Until the 1st February, Cryptic are offering a lifetime subscription to upcoming MMO Star Trek Online.

What do you get with your lifetime subscription? Two extra character slots, and the ability to play as the Borg. Ooh.

The official website has the following information on the Borg:

Q: What are the playable Borg’s in-game traits?
A: The Liberated Borg begins with the following two traits. You can select another two traits from a general list.

Borg Nanites: +10% Health Regeneration
Description: Ground Trait. Constantly regenerates shields and health.

Efficient: +5 Starship Shield Efficiency, +5 Starship Engine Efficiency, +5 Starship Energy Weapon Efficiency, +5 Starship Auxiliary Systems Efficiency
Description: Space Trait. Provides a bonus to efficiency stats, improving the effectiveness of many of your power management abilities.
The Liberated Borg also has a unique optional trait.

Neural Blast: 30 second debuff. Drastically reduces run speed. Every 4 seconds, Neural Blast has a 40% chance to hold the target for 3 seconds.
Description: Activatable Ground Trait. Inject the target with neural toxins, which continually attempt to hold the target for the duration. Also reduces the target’s movement speed.

The $239.99 one time payment is equivalent to 16 months of regular subscription (at US$14.99 (S$20.80) a month). For more information, head here.

4 Responses to “How Much Will It Cost You To Play As The Borg In Star Trek Online?”

  1. spud says:

    Desperate times desperate moves
    What a pathetic way to lock in clients

    -Sent via GameAxis App

  2. Tristan Toh says:

    Seeing how Tabula Rasa,Age of Conan and Hellgate:London turned out,I’d have to say this is a brilliant marketing strategy to at least turn in some profit in case the game tanks and the servers shut down.

    Nice thinking,Cryptic.

  3. Ashtar83 says:

    top the sub u need to buy the game too.

  4. blackgoofguy says:

    sounds like a good deal….unless the game tanks ><

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