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Rewards Program Update (and Release 66 Rewards)

Discussion in 'Announcements' started by DarkStarr, May 28, 2019.

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  1. DavidDC

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    Welp no more reward for me, i hate subscription/recurring payment. And going there to buy the subscription then canceling it once i have it everytime is kinda stupid (i did once, not gonna do that every month just for 3 items) which is why i dont see the point at all to remove the chance for people to buy 10$ coto if they want to (i did that once too, instead of subscrib then cancel and i would have gotten more that way).

    Im like those other people, if i dont like the reward i dont buy. If i somewhat like it i buy on my main character, if i like it alot i buy on all characters.
     
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    Perhaps a tier that isn’t too costly could include the option that items are collected in the rewards tab? And not subject to having to log in every month?
     
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    I have no problem with the change. I'll wait to see what other sub levels, Tas is working on to see how it is all planned out.
     
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    Yeah, I was there and look forward to the new dynamic.

    I'm not sure I believe the lack of correlation between reward items and the people stretching. I certainly did in the past and I wasn't alone. It wasn't too long ago that they were making $100k per stream with "better" rewards. Totally subjective of what I think is "better" when it comes to rewards.
     
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    Is port gambling on the possibility that everyone that just give the Minimum of 5$ a month will automatically subscribe for 9$ instead? Almost doubling there montly income in the process?

    If so. Thats a bet i would not take!!!
     
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    Can you please ensure that emotes are teachable?
     
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    In another game I play that only has 3 warm seasons you have to log in daily to get subscription rewards or they are lost. Once a month is not a big deal IMHO.
     
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    would be grea to buy sub using cotos in game
     
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    While I agree, many visual things currently in the game need fixing and making new content will need its visuals too so I believe reducing the stretch goals system it frees the graphs artists to work on important things
     
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    Yes if you subscribed you get those still. No one is taking away original benefits from subbing like cotos etc just changing up some other things.
     
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    I have no issue with the proposed tiered subscription approach. Maybe a larger issue is that one has to subscribe to get meaningful loot drops which occur by logging in, not adventuring. Getting decent loot drops from boss mobs more reliably would be better than paying to get it at log in. Better loot drops. Now that would make for a good subscription tier.
     
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    So pay to win?
     
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    Well I did re-read and logging in once a month is not that much to ask even if you are playing something else. I've done that for games before to refresh. Maybe when you log in for the month you could get a notice of Welcome Back and a list of some new things that have happened with the game.

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    I suggest people watch at least part of my stream that I did today. I talked through the reasoning for this at length.
     
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    If only I had unlimited high speed bandwidth for watching streams. Sadly, I do not. :( I'm already cheating by using multiple devices as hotspots.
     
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    You know what would be cool? If there were some auto-transcribe software they could use to both add closed captioning to streams and also create a transcript.
     
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    Yeah it's bad enough all the streams happen while I'm at work. Now they're going on all the time. I used to be able to keep up with it all.. not so much now. I'm just glad this change happened AFTER the dungeon ballroom. Which I'm going to have a hell of a time decorating in time for next month's ball.. which I'm going to have to announce soon come to think of it.. now where did I put last year's screenshots? :)
     
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    Its not really a dungeon ballroom unless its a ballroom with manacles, a pendulum, and iron maiden.
     
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    The YouTube recordings are great for watching when I can't be there live (Thailand Time is so much different than Texas Time), but they do take a while to become posted.

    Just Sayin... ~TL~
     
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    Well my 'dungeon' isn't much of a dungeon then. But it'll make a hell of an event venue (I hope).

    err back on topic. I don't have any problem with this change. It'll stabilize the monthly workload for whomever is doing the objects and maybe they can spend some more time making other things.. like I don't know.. food décor that I've been waiting for, for the last 4 years or so?? (Hey I can dream can't I?)
     
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