Aggelakis

Sadly, no.

Yes. Just copy-paste the piggs file from beta installation to live installation. Delete the checksum and run the launcher to verify files.

Don't market it that you have to pay or delete. Market it that YOU HAVE A SECOND BUILD....USE IT! Swap over to build #2 and you have a whole new SO layout to utilize. If you ever subscribe, or pay enough to unlock inventions through the rewards program, then swap back to build #1...et voila!...ready-to-play IO build!

Make a fake account with a throwaway hotmail email. Get code. Delete account and close email.

SUCCESS! You can now facepalm with the rest of us.

Time Manip is included for free for VIPs. Beam Rifle is a premium (meaning Points-Only) set.

There's a $6 sale for SIX(!!!) transfers, plus VIPs get one free transfer per month.

Or you can create a throwaway character on Exalted to participate, because the badge is account-wide.

I just wanted to point out that if you buy a subscription, you get all of your Reward Tokens up front...it's only the Paragon Points that are doled out once a month (on your "billing day", which is the same day each month even if you buy a multi-month sub).

I think the vast majority of returning players will go like this: (pretend it's a previously 25 month veteran)

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Awesome! I don't have to pay for the game! Instead of this, like it used to be: ...when I don't pay, I will instead get: ...all for free! Plus I think I will get some extra tokens for various other reasons, so I might even get this: ...in addition to the above! If I don't actually get that, then it's only a couple tokens away...which means subbing for a couple months or buying some points to spend on the market, where they have a lot of tantalizing items that I can spend those points on.

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Let's be honest, Manoa. Please. The vast majority of returning players will end up something like the above. We have seen this with other games. The small minority that will result in disappointment, as you assume, will be a drop in the bucket and should not be catered to.

I just wanna nitpick and request we don't call them points, because it muddies the water between Paragon Points (spent in the Paragon Market) and Paragon Reward Tokens (spent in the Paragon Rewards Program). I've already seen people conflating the two, or getting confused on which one gets spent where. Cleaning up our usage helps clear up confusion.

I think *EVERYONE* wants this. (Be honest! All of you would rather get [mostly] everything for nothing than for $$$.) But most people are wise enough to see that that would drive the game into the ground pretty quick. When all that's locked behind purchases is consumables and a couple premium sets/archetypes, close to nobody will buy anything.

They don't even have to spend $15. They can buy an old boxset (as cheap as $1.50 on some sites!) or they can spend $5 on PP. The first time purchasing PP grants a token, regardless of the amount purchased.

If they DO spend $15 the first time purchasing PP, they will actually end up with THREE tokens (1 for having an account, 1 for purchasing PP the first time, 1 for purchasing $15 of PP). This means they only need to get two more tokens to fill out Reward Level 3, which unlocks all communication in the game and increases inf cap to a million and boosts storage. One of those tokens can be earned by buying an aforementioned boxset for stupid-cheap (it doesn't matter what version boxset, ANY retail code counts toward the boxset token). The fifth token can be obtained by subbing for a month (time cards can sometimes be gotten for cheap!) or spending $15 on the game.

You don't get a third build "at level 50". You get a third build "after completing Mender Ramiel's arc" - which is locked behind Incarnate System access (and thus VIP only). So a person will either a) have to unlock the third build before Freedom launches (which means subbing for a month), or b) sub for a month after Freedom launches, to unlock the third build.