Allow F2P and Premium players to earn PPs in game

Since we've gone to a new payment model , I've been interacting with a good deal of the free folk and this has come up a lot. So, I'm suggesting, in the interest of retention, there be a way introduced to allow non subbers to earn a Paragon Points in game. I'm not looking at large numbers mind you, just enough to entice those without other means to stay with CoHF and spread the word.

Suggested methods :

1- Possibly via badges- fixed number of points to be earned.
2- Via completing Story arcs
3- Via number of hours logged in to game.

Just something to think about.

I could get behind this, within some reasonable limit to give free players a taste without taking away any reason to actually buy points. After all, getting people to pay for the game whether in points or in monthly subscription is still the aim.

Still. I wonder if adding an option to receive a small number of points rather than merits for TFs and story arcs wouldn't be out of the question. If you keep the number large enough to be worth taking but small enough to not ruin the company's whole business plan, it could be beneficial.

I could see this being a good extra benefit in someways. However, it would need to be balanced with some type of cap or reset so that the benefits of being on the paid plan isn't overshadowed.

I remember linking Zwillinger to a discussion explaining the competition's inplementation of such an idea (small point rewards from reaching achievement milestones in game).

Apparently it was forwarded to the appropiate people, I'm hoping it'll pop up as an additional business pull.

Maybe gaining big badges for the first time, like ones rewarded by taskforces. One handful of points per badge per account. Gaining same badges on another character, or deleting all your characters and regaining them again won't gain more points.