New Character Slots in Vet rewards
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Forsaken_Empire_EU,
Posted on: 2009-01-09 13:34 in Player Questions
You get a free new char slot each Year, not each badge. When they began with the program they gave us 2 free ones, which we had to use as quickly as possible or they would be forfeit. Also they gave at the time 1 for each year.
Lady Arete on Unionhandbook
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I was under the impression that with each new veteran reward badge a new character slot was attained with it am i right in assuming this or wrong? I recently attained 39 months and still have only a buy slots option
[/ QUOTE ]it goes like this every 9 months is a vet respec and every 12 months is a slot and the inbtwen months seem to give out Costume Change Token
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You get a free new char slot each Year, not each badge. When they began with the program they gave us 2 free ones, which we had to use as quickly as possible or they would be forfeit. Also they gave at the time 1 for each year.
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Time to clear up a few misconceptions.
Firstly, the bonus character slots applied to your account are not a Vet Reward. They are a gift from NCSoft to you, the player, for being a longstanding subscriber. You get one every full year you have subscribed to the game. These were retroactively applied to everyone's accounts when extra character slots were added to the game.
Secondly, the two bonus slots were never time limited for use. The statement was somewhat ambiguous, granted, but it was cleared up by Ghostraptor at one point, and it read something like this:
For a limited time only, we are granting all players with an active retail account who log into CoX two free extra character slots, which may be applied to any server the account has access to.
The plain English translation of this is that, during a limited window of opportunity, if you logged into CoX, you were automatically granted two bonus character slots. Once those slots were on your account, they could not be removed.
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Time to clear up a few misconceptions.
Firstly, the bonus character slots applied to your account are not a Vet Reward. They are a gift from NCSoft to you, the player, for being a longstanding subscriber. You get one every full year you have subscribed to the game. These were retroactively applied to everyone's accounts when extra character slots were added to the game.
[/ QUOTE ]i had a two month payment break and i still got my free slot when i got a 12 month vet badge 2 days ago
That's exactly what I expect.
It counts subscribed time, not paid for time, just as vet rewards do. You will always get the bonus slots on the same day that you get your 12, 24, 36, 48, 60 etc... Vet Reward. But it is not actually a Vet Reward itself, it just uses the same timing. I mentioned this in another thread - Vet Rewards are a bonus available to your characters. Character slots are a bonus available to your Account. Otherwise, each of your characters would have a "12 - Bonus Character slot. Click to gain a bonus character slot applied to your account" option in the Veteran badge window and everyone with a 12 month account would have 24 characters.
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; Techbot_Alpha: Also, what Shadowe said. It seems he is still somewhat wise ; Bull Throttle: Shadowe was unwise in this instance...; Rock_Powerfist: in this instance Shadowe is wise.; Techbot_Alpha: Shadowe is very wise *nods*; Zortel: *Quotable line about Shadowe being wise goes here.*
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I was under the impression that with each new veteran reward badge a new character slot was attained with it am i right in assuming this or wrong? I recently attained 39 months and still have only a buy slots option
[/ QUOTE ]it goes like this every 9 months is a vet respec and every 12 months is a slot and the inbtwen months seem to give out Costume Change Token
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The vet spec free slots are only on a limited time period before they vanish. I have six extra slots, 4 from veteran rewards and two when they introduced em.
Secondly, respecs are every 12 months not 9. Starting from month 9. So you'll get em at 9, 21, 33, 45 then will be one at 57.
Costume Tokens are given out when the veteran reward offers a costume piece.
Month 21 for example, gives a respec, shoulder cape and a free costume token.
Hmm, wonder why in my mind I had the impression that those 2 free gift slots where limited in time, and why i was under the impression a Red name told us that.
Oh well, glad that I am wrong on that one, thanks for correcting. 
Lady Arete on Unionhandbook
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The vet spec free slots are only on a limited time period before they vanish.
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Utterly and categorically untrue! Ghostraptor has confirmed it, Lighthouse has confirmed it. Once a character slot is on your account NC have no way of knowing how it got there (purchase, bonus per year, or the initial two freebies that were granted for logging on within a particular period of time), and there is no way for them to be removed once they are on your account.
The wisdom of Shadowe: Ghostraptor: The Shadowe is wise ...; FFM: Shadowe is no longer wise.
; Techbot_Alpha: Also, what Shadowe said. It seems he is still somewhat wise ; Bull Throttle: Shadowe was unwise in this instance...; Rock_Powerfist: in this instance Shadowe is wise.; Techbot_Alpha: Shadowe is very wise *nods*; Zortel: *Quotable line about Shadowe being wise goes here.*
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Secondly, respecs are every 12 months not 9. Starting from month 9.
[/ QUOTE ]ermmmm ok it every 12 months ????
for my maths for a year is there 12 months
the badges are broken into 3 months each for a year so it 4 badges a year
so every 3 and 6 month you seem to get a tailor token
every 9 month is a respec and finall on the 12 month is a power or something might or not so might in some people cases and the free account slot space
Oh, I know how it came about - there was a lot of speculation, because the wording was originally ambiguous. In fact, it was so bad that a Redname did confirm that they would drop away if they weren't used quickly. However, a stink was kicked up about this - those players without chronic altitis or who didn't want the hassle of creating placeholder characters, mostly - that it was verified with the Devs, who confirmed that once the slots are on the account, they can't be removed, and a definitive statement was issued to clarify.
The wisdom of Shadowe: Ghostraptor: The Shadowe is wise ...; FFM: Shadowe is no longer wise.
; Techbot_Alpha: Also, what Shadowe said. It seems he is still somewhat wise ; Bull Throttle: Shadowe was unwise in this instance...; Rock_Powerfist: in this instance Shadowe is wise.; Techbot_Alpha: Shadowe is very wise *nods*; Zortel: *Quotable line about Shadowe being wise goes here.*
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The vet spec free slots are only on a limited time period before they vanish.
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Utterly and categorically untrue! Ghostraptor has confirmed it, Lighthouse has confirmed it. Once a character slot is on your account NC have no way of knowing how it got there (purchase, bonus per year, or the initial two freebies that were granted for logging on within a particular period of time), and there is no way for them to be removed once they are on your account.
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Were that only from the freebie ones then?
Cause there was a post about having to claim em before month was up else they would vanish.
I know there was - it was retracted, later, once it had been clarified. To completely clear this up, though, let's take a look at my main account on Union.
12 Normal character slots. All used.
2 Bonus free slots. 1 Used. 1 Floating
3 for 3+ Years subscribed. 0 Used. 3 Floating
0 from purchases. 0 Used. 0 Floating
I got my 39 month Vet reward on 3 December.
I have 4 spare slots available to me, which I can apply to any server. I'm going to end up putting them on Union, certainly. But they're still floating slots. I have only applied one of the slots I've been given for free. There is no way to explain the continued existence of those slots if they are time-limited.
The wisdom of Shadowe: Ghostraptor: The Shadowe is wise ...; FFM: Shadowe is no longer wise.
; Techbot_Alpha: Also, what Shadowe said. It seems he is still somewhat wise ; Bull Throttle: Shadowe was unwise in this instance...; Rock_Powerfist: in this instance Shadowe is wise.; Techbot_Alpha: Shadowe is very wise *nods*; Zortel: *Quotable line about Shadowe being wise goes here.*
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The vet spec free slots are only on a limited time period before they vanish.
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Utterly and categorically untrue! Ghostraptor has confirmed it, Lighthouse has confirmed it. Once a character slot is on your account NC have no way of knowing how it got there (purchase, bonus per year, or the initial two freebies that were granted for logging on within a particular period of time), and there is no way for them to be removed once they are on your account.
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Were that only from the freebie ones then?
Cause there was a post about having to claim em before month was up else they would vanish.
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There was never a red name saying (or at least meaning) that, just a rather confusing one about how to get the first 2 "free" slots.
Those slots never appeared then vanished, you were just only awarded them in the first place if you logged in within a particular time window. If you did that and got them, they were yours forever - no expiry.
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There was never a red name saying (or at least meaning) that, just a rather confusing one about how to get the first 2 "free" slots.
Those slots never appeared then vanished, you were just only awarded them in the first place if you logged in within a particular time window. If you did that and got them, they were yours forever - no expiry.
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There were such a message, but Shadowe explained it good ^^
Hmmm - you're right. I blame Bill Gates.
Hmm dont know where i got my thoughts of per vet reward from but thanks all for putting me right. Just sorry it started such a debate :-s
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Secondly, respecs are every 12 months not 9. Starting from month 9.
[/ QUOTE ]ermmmm ok it every 12 months ????
for my maths for a year is there 12 months
the badges are broken into 3 months each for a year so it 4 badges a year
so every 3 and 6 month you seem to get a tailor token
every 9 month is a respec and finall on the 12 month is a power or something might or not so might in some people cases and the free account slot space
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Well, if i understand what you meant, every 3rd and 6th month of each year we get a costume piece+token.
Not entirely correct tho. at 9 months we get one at 21 months (9th month in year 2) we get one, and we don't get one at 42 and 54 months. (6th month in year 3 and 4).
Only respec and char slot seem to be on a recurring scedule... so far.
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Well, if i understand what you meant, every 3rd and 6th month of each year we get a costume piece+token.
Not entirely correct tho. at 9 months we get one at 21 months (9th month in year 2) we get one, and we don't get one at 42 and 54 months. (6th month in year 3 and 4).
Only respec and char slot seem to be on a recurring scedule... so far.
[/ QUOTE ]ok i was think every year, my fault for not making that clear (my own black and white world) but i didn't state we always will get a tailor token only it seem to be. but none of it is really set in stone
I was under the impression that with each new veteran reward badge a new character slot was attained with it am i right in assuming this or wrong? I recently attained 39 months and still have only a buy slots option