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Dear newer players,
Your advantage is that you have started playing when the game was in a more advanced state than it was in the beginning.
You didn't have to deal with the same buggy missions, early-level travel issues, the lack of radio/newspapers and the lack of a difficulty slider. You didn't have to wait for the level cap to be raised to 50. You didn't have to wait for capes/auras to be introduced, or or for any number of new costumes/pieces. You didn't have to wait for APPs, PPPs, HEATs, VEATs. You didn't have to wait for respecs, the markets, or IOs. In short, you didn't have to wait for a countless number of quantitative/qualitative changes which have improved the game over time.
Veterans did have to wait for many if not all of those things. Anyone who will be eligible for the 60-month badge any time soon will have waited for every single one. So sure, argue all you like that the fees vets have paid were "for five years of fun, and they would have paid anyway!" Just do keep in mind that the game is a much better product now -- and I don't believe it's a stretch to conclude that the participation of those very vets is a large reason for many of the game's improvements over the last five years.
That's
your perk.
The 60-month badge is not as big a deal as some are making it out to be. Travel powers are optional, nowadays, more so than they ever were before -- and at least for some people, the usefulness of the pre-requisites is among the main reasons they take travel powers at all. Temp powers are marginally inferior mechanically, and certainly inferior conceptually, to normal pool travel powers, but they also don't cost power picks (and perhaps more importantly, pool picks).
Saving a power pick or having more flexibility in the early part of a build
if they choose to take a travel power is the extremely long-time vets' perk. Take it from someone who's been around awhile; you've gotten the better part of this deal.
Sincerely,
Level Six Flyer.
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Thanks,
As a closed beta player, I was really upset about 57 and 60 month rewards. But you're right, not only do I get all the small vet rewards, but I also get all the new content too. I mean I'd love to have something amazing after 5 years of play, but I enjoy my PB and my VEATs. I even have used my extra character slots.
I guess when you put it like that I see all the other perks we as long time vets are getting some amazing rewards. We always want something unique to show off, but we get great game play too.
Thanks Devs!
