One of the little carrots that Star Trek Online has always given its players is a reward for playing on the test server. Specifically, by playing on the Tribble server, players receive a unique "bonus" tribble for their captain on the live server. The fourth entry in the Path to F2P blog series promises that players who take part on the test server will once again receive a special ball of fluff to call their own... but there's more on the way.
The special reward tribble will be given to anyone who either reaches level 6 on a character created for the test server or transfers a higher-level character over once the transfers become available. Current subscribers who clock in time on the server will also be eligible for several other small rewards -- nothing spectacular individually, but enough so that players who log in regular testing will feel a bit of an extra bonus. The test server will get the KDF faction opened this week, so Star Trek Online players will have plenty to test in the name of easily replicating cooing dustbunnies.
The fifth Path to F2P blog post has also gone live this evening with more details on how to rack up these test points and a deeper explanation for why you'd want to do so.
Reader Comments (5)
Posted: Oct 4th 2011 10:30PM Ordegar said
"Current subscribers who clock in time on the server will also be eligible for several other small rewards "
Does this mean non-subscribers (ie free) can log in to the Tribble server? I'm a lifetime subscriber, but I have a friend who isn't and he'd probably like to try it out.
Does this mean non-subscribers (ie free) can log in to the Tribble server? I'm a lifetime subscriber, but I have a friend who isn't and he'd probably like to try it out.
Posted: Oct 4th 2011 11:08PM (Unverified) said
CTD on Tribble in the first couple of minutes. Never had one in the actual game.
That's not good.
That's not good.
Posted: Oct 5th 2011 1:39AM Interitus said
There are some big rewards in there. If you get Vice Admiral (level 50) before this is transfered to live (in about 2-3 weeks) you get a unique title.
If you get a Duty Officer catagory to tier 1,2, or 3 you get various rewards. If you to tier 3 you get "Complete any Tier 3 Duty Officer commendation category accolade to receive a unique purple-quality duty officer with an active roster ability not attainable anywhere else in the game."
I'd say that's a fairly big deal, especially since most of the current playing population is on the server trying to get these rewards.
If you get a Duty Officer catagory to tier 1,2, or 3 you get various rewards. If you to tier 3 you get "Complete any Tier 3 Duty Officer commendation category accolade to receive a unique purple-quality duty officer with an active roster ability not attainable anywhere else in the game."
I'd say that's a fairly big deal, especially since most of the current playing population is on the server trying to get these rewards.







