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We've already determined the story, so someone's death is, as they may say, destined to occur.

We do, however, have other plans for Community involvement with the story/lore later down the road.

Stay tuned!

Hey...

/a and /arena are easy to mix up late at night...

AIM is so last decade.

Since there's some confusion about the term "billing date":

Your billing date is the calender date in the month on which your VIP subscription would normally renew.

For example

• Bob has a 6 month VIP subscription that renews every January and July on the 15th. Bob's billing date is the 15th.
• Jane has a 12 month VIP subscription that renews every year on April 1st. Janes billing date is the 1st.

Everyone has a monthly billing date.

And a Belly Button.

Steve Jobs was not innovative in the sense that he invented new technology. Where Jobs innovated was developing technology that was accessible and easy to use. By doing so, he probably made more of an impact than most innovators of his day by developing technology that changed the world, for the better in many cases, myself included.

Were it not for Steve Jobs and Apple, the Social Media revolution may not have happened, which is pretty much what my career is all about. I may have been a late adopter to Apple products (iPhone, Mac Book, iPad for everyday work use, but still PC for Gaming), but I always appreciated what he contributed towards making technology easy to understand and, dare I say, cool.

Here's to you Steve.

There has been some recent confusion surrounding the schedule for the awarding of Paragon Points and Paragon Reward Tokens included as part of your VIP subscription. When we first announced the details surrounding Freedom, we communicated that players would receive their monthly stipend of Paragon Points and Paragon Reward Token on their monthly billing date. Unfortunately, due to technical limitations of the Paragon Rewards Program and safeguards with the stipend system there have been some adjustments to the cadence of release for these VIP Benefits.

So how will VIP subscribers be awarded their monthly stipends and Reward Tokens?

Let’s address your Paragon Points first. If your game account has a bill day between the 1st of the month to the 10th of the month, you should expect your October stipend of Paragon Points on October 11th, provided your VIP subscription continues. Over the next few months, your stipend date will line up with your bill date as long as you maintain the VIP status of your game account. If your game account has a bill day between the 11th of the month to the 31st of the month, you will receive your Paragon Points on your game accounts billing date, as long as you maintain the VIP status of your game account.

The monthly Paragon Reward Tokens are awarded differently. They follow the same schedule as the old Veteran Reward program. This means you may not receive them on the same date that you receive your monthly VIP Paragon Rewards Points. Veteran rewards were calculated based on the time your game account was actually playable with active paid game time, and not just based on your bill date. Just as a temporary block changed your Veteran Reward dates, these types of things changes to your game account will also change the date you receive your monthly VIP Paragon Reward Tokens. You also have to play out the month of game time before receiving the tokens. You may pay for time in advance, but you have to play out the time before you receive your next reward.

We sincerely apologize for any confusion that this may have caused. I know that many are anxious to receive their monthly points, especially in light of our weekly releases in the Paragon Market. Hopefully this post will help set expectations moving forward and allay concerns you have about receiving your points for October.

Thanks!

-Z

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There has been some recent confusion surrounding the schedule for the awarding of Paragon Points and Paragon Reward Tokens included as part of your VIP subscription. When we first announced the details surrounding Freedom, we communicated that players would receive their monthly stipend of Paragon Points and Paragon Reward Token on their monthly billing date. Unfortunately, due to technical limitations of the Paragon Rewards Program and safeguards with the stipend system there have been some adjustments to the cadence of release for these VIP Benefits.

So how will VIP subscribers be awarded their monthly stipends and Reward Tokens?

Let’s address your Paragon Points first. If your game account has a bill day between the 1st of the month to the 10th of the month, you should expect your October stipend of Paragon Points on October 11th, provided your VIP subscription continues. Over the next few months, your stipend date will line up with your bill date as long as you maintain the VIP status of your game account. If your game account has a bill day between the 11th of the month to the 31st of the month, you will receive your Paragon Points on your game accounts billing date, as long as you maintain the VIP status of your game account.

The monthly Paragon Reward Tokens are awarded differently. They follow the same schedule as the old Veteran Reward program. This means you may not receive them on the same date that you receive your monthly VIP Paragon Rewards Points. Veteran rewards were calculated based on the time your game account was actually playable with active paid game time, and not just based on your bill date. Just as a temporary block changed your Veteran Reward dates, these types of things changes to your game account will also change the date you receive your monthly VIP Paragon Reward Tokens. You also have to play out the month of game time before receiving the tokens. You may pay for time in advance, but you have to play out the time before you receive your next reward.

We sincerely apologize for any confusion that this may have caused. I know that many are anxious to receive their monthly points, especially in light of our weekly releases in the Paragon Market. Hopefully this post will help set expectations moving forward and allay concerns you have about receiving your points for October.

Thanks!

-Z

I'd definitely recommend checking out any advice offered by the folks over at Ablegamers. They frequently review hardware that is designed specifically with the needs of Differently abled gamers in mind.

They even posted a recent review of the Adroit Switchblade. It is native, out of the box, for the XBox, but I believe it has adapters for the PC.

They also have a forum set up to discuss challenges faced by those who have lost the use of hands or other limbs when gaming.

Hope that information helps out, and best of luck to your friend in getting started with City of Heroes.

Hey guys,

I'm being brought up to speed on exactly how this is all working. We'll get an official post explaining everything ASAP. As far as I was aware, PP were to be awarded on your billing cycle date, which is what I originally communicated.

I do apologize if there was confusion caused by the rewarding of Paragon Points on differing dates and we'll work to clarify this and the Reward Token schedule ASAP.

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No one viewpoint is ever going to be identical to another's. What works for some, won't work for you, and that's fine.

The capability to accept that there are varied viewpoints and that they are just as valid, in their own way, as yours is what is important .

Either that or you're all WRONG WRONG WRONG.



Osmenthne.

I'll forward this along to be checked into, however please be sure to post bugs in the appropriate forum.

Thanks!