You have an older account, based on your board reg date. Your account was probably hit by the benefits of the new Vet reward system fix, which was necessary after most of the old Vet reward system database was corrupted. You should be fine, but if you're worried, contact account support.
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Actually it's probably #3 for the reasons DumpleBerry said. Many people reported getting "bumped up" that way. I doubt it would hurt you to keep more Vet awards than you're entitled to, but obviously it's up to you if you want to get Customer Service involved with it. |
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I am kinda hoping it is not number 3 because my conscience is killing me.
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Actually it's probably #3 for the reasons DumpleBerry said. Many people reported getting "bumped up" that way. I doubt it would hurt you to keep more Vet awards than you're entitled to, but obviously it's up to you if you want to get Customer Service involved with it.
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Not realizing it, I used the vetspec I was granted in that fashion. Since I had already used it, when I legitimately earned that Veteran Reward, I did not get a second vetspec on that character (but the ones who did not get hit with the bug all received theirs)
So, you can use things that were granted by accident, and it won't grant you a second one. I doubt you'll get in trouble for using anything you get like that, I didn't, and after I got the legit reward it all evened itself out.
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Yep, there was a bug of some form a while back that granted a lot of extra vet rewards. One of my buddies who'd been here from Beta but left for a year or so to play with trolls suddenly got an extra year of vet rewards.|
Originally Posted by droidsinc
I believe I have more Vet rewards than I should have. I have a few idea's about why this is.
1. It was a benefit of prepurchasing Going Rogue. 2. They add all the time of both my accounts together. 3. It is a mistake. I am kinda hoping it is not number 3 because my conscience is killing me. Does anyone have any idea why my vet rewards and actual payed time should not match up? |
As far as I know the official response is "Oops our mistake. Well, enjoy". You just got the lucky break there like my buddy did.
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Originally Posted by Avatea
In order to resolve some long standing issues with the City of Heroes Veteran Rewards system, we have recently upgraded to a new one that will be better able to manage the automatic delivery of those rewards.
As part of the switch, some of you may have gained a few additional Veteran Rewards. We were aware that this might happen but decided that we would rather choose an option that was in the favor of our players than one that might penalize them. If you did receive some extra Veteran Rewards for a short amount of time that you weren’t actually subscribed, please know that you can keep them and we won’t be removing them from your account. If you didn’t, please do not contact Customer Support, for this means that the new system now is in place and working as intended. Any problems you previously had with Veteran Rewards should now be resolved due to the switch. That being said, we are aware of the issue regarding Veteran Rewards displaying incorrectly on the Accounts Management page. This is being addressed and we hope to have it resolved as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding with this matter. |
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Pretty sure it's more like #4 (Community Chest; Bank error in your favor, collect $200).
It's likely what DumpleBerry said, a while back there was a problem with the database that kept track of vet rewards, many were awarding late or just failing to award. For a few years, the only solution was to have support review your account and manually award them (which often turned into contacting them monthly if the support agent did not also manually set the date for future rewards).
With more and more accounts being affected by the increasingly corrupt database, it seems they took the "nuke it from orbit" approach and started with a new database. Which in most (if not all) cases only knew the registry date of the users.
So, look at the veteran rewards you have, and see if they would be correct based on when you created your CoH account (ignoring any time off). Probably wouldn't hurt to contact support though.
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Great! Thanks for all your responses. I guess the database reset thing happened on one of my many breaks.
I believe I have more Vet rewards than I should have. I have a few idea's about why this is.
1. It was a benefit of prepurchasing Going Rogue.
2. They add all the time of both my accounts together.
3. It is a mistake.
I am kinda hoping it is not number 3 because my conscience is killing me.
Does anyone have any idea why my vet rewards and actual payed time should not match up?