Any update on getting all your reward tokens on your renewal date?
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Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2011-11-02 06:23 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
You wont get all your reward tokens at once if you sub long term. You get them once a month, IF you get them at all.
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Hew in drag baby
I hope they're not gonna change it too soon. I'm only 1/3 into the celestial set.
If you want a bunch of tokens at once, you need to put the money into buying points. Buying a subscription means that you can't have the points you pay for until sometimeS in the future.
I know that. At one point, however, it was stated you'd get all your tokens at once when you subbed. This apparently broke between Beta and live, though, so it couldn't be implemented. There was, and I admit this is a very hazy memory, some mention of "seeing what could be done" about it, but we haven't heard anything more since.
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Your thread is the latest I have heard about it.|
Originally Posted by Spectral_Ent
I know that. At one point, however, it was stated you'd get all your tokens at once when you subbed. This apparently broke between Beta and live, though, so it couldn't be implemented. There was, and I admit this is a very hazy memory, some mention of "seeing what could be done" about it, but we haven't heard anything more since.
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I wasn't even aware that there was any intention whatsoever of revisiting the issue. I figured it was working from the company's standpoint and additionally functional for them in that it created a void players could fill with cash.
I hope someone has some update. I am curious to see if there's any intention to ever give us our tokens in a lump like they do the premium players.
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Zwillinger's post notifying us of the change (the day before implementation) says that they will continue to try to implement this in the future.|
Originally Posted by all_hell
Your thread is the latest I have heard about it.
I wasn't even aware that there was any intention whatsoever of revisiting the issue. I figured it was working from the company's standpoint and additionally functional for them in that it created a void players could fill with cash. I hope someone has some update. I am curious to see if there's any intention to ever give us our tokens in a lump like they do the premium players. |
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showp...82&postcount=1
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
Since announcing City of Heroes Freedom weve been extremely excited to share all of the new features coming with Issue 21, one of the most exciting being the Paragon Rewards Program.
Weve fielded several questions over the last several weeks about the Paragon Rewards Program, one of which being about how Paragon Reward Tokens are awarded for players who purchase Multiple Month Subscription plans. Our original design, and what weve been sharing, is that VIP players who purchased multi month subscription plans would be awarded all Paragon Reward Tokens at the time of purchase. Unfortunately due to technical limitations that we have been unable to overcome, this will not be the case. Instead, VIP players who purchase multiple month subscription plans will receive their Paragon Rewards Token each month on their billing cycle, at the same time they receive their monthly allotment of Paragon Points. Please note that Paragon Reward Tokens granted by the purchase of Paragon Points will grant at the time of purchase. We do sincerely apologize that we were not able to launch Issue 21 with this feature and will continue to endeavor to implement it in the future. |
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They'd be fools if they were coming at if from that attitude.|
Originally Posted by all_hell
and additionally functional for them in that it created a void players could fill with cash.
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But, as they were originally intending to give them up-front, it's is unlikely they are.
Giving the tokens monthly just means people are going to save up for what ever they want. Sure, a few people will buy extra points to make up tokens, but most will just think "Well I know I've got another one coming next month, I'll just wait for that."
Giving the tokens up-front not only looks good, it also gives people an added incentive to buy large subscriptions at once. Further a lot of people are quite likely to spend all the tokens they get at once on the repeatable tier 9 stuff. So, when the next lot of VIP rewards come around, they'll have no more tokens to spend on them, won't have any more due and, importantly, will have no-one to blame but themselves.
So they'll have stuff they want, won't be able to justify a boycott because "It's unfair the way it was set up" because it was fair, so they'll have to buy more points to get more tokens.
Main Hero: Mazey - level 50 + 1 fire/fire/fire blaster.
Main Villain: Chained Bot - level 50 + 1 Robot/FF Mastermind.
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The other advantage is people buying up the ladder. I'm currently on a monthly plan but if they gave tokens up front I would almost certainly get a year long sub to get to T9, I would probably then spend even more money on Paragon Points to get the Celestial Armor.
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Originally Posted by Mazey
Giving the tokens up-front not only looks good, it also gives people an added incentive to buy large subscriptions at once. Further a lot of people are quite likely to spend all the tokens they get at once on the repeatable tier 9 stuff. So, when the next lot of VIP rewards come around, they'll have no more tokens to spend on them, won't have any more due and, importantly, will have no-one to blame but themselves.
So they'll have stuff they want, won't be able to justify a boycott because "It's unfair the way it was set up" because it was fair, so they'll have to buy more points to get more tokens. |
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They don't have to have intended it for there to be an advantage to it.
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Originally Posted by Mazey
They'd be fools if they were coming at if from that attitude.
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No, they don't.|
Originally Posted by all_hell
They don't have to have intended it for there to be an advantage to it.
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Although I find that a fairly odd comment as my entirely post was an attempt to explain how their was no benefit to it.
Main Hero: Mazey - level 50 + 1 fire/fire/fire blaster.
Main Villain: Chained Bot - level 50 + 1 Robot/FF Mastermind.
BattleEngine - "And the prize for the most level headed response ever goes to Mazey"
I'd like to get ANY of my tokens on my renewal date.
I pay monthly, I got one token late in October and my renewal date is the 3rd. Didn't see one for October (I'm assuming the one I got in October was the one I didn't get in September) and haven't gotten one for November, despite the fact I've already paid for that month.
I'm contemplating dropping to Premium til they sort this crap out. I'm starting to feel like I'm rewarding them for some very bad behavior.
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Nothing odd. I merely dismissed it.|
Originally Posted by Mazey
Although I find that a fairly odd comment as my entirely post was an attempt to explain how their was no benefit to it.
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Also, what you did was explain advantages for giving tokens up front, which is something other than showing how there was no benefit from the current situation.
I've heard mutterings that they're announcing the next VIP set at the player summit. Is there any corresponding info about getting all your reward tokens at once? If I'm wrong please do correct me. Thanks!