Yet another VIP to Premium question...soz.

I'm thinking when my current 3 month sub ends mid December i'm going to drop down to a free account status. I've not been on as much these days and when i am it's only for an hour or 2.

From reading through these threads i think i know what i'll be loseing and missing out on and i'm ok with most of that. Incarnate i don't do anymore for example and have more fun just lvling alts to the early 30's.

I believe as a 7 year Vet with all the packs bought i'll have a number of slots to use to unlock toons with but here's a couple of points i'm not sure on.

I have around 12 toons on Exalted just now , i won't have access at all to them , is that right? That being the case i'm best to strip them and sell up to get the inf from them.
Follow on question is as a Premium player am i capped at a certain lvl for Inf? and is that cap per toon or my account?

What do i need tier wise to be able to still chat on Globals , don't want to miss out on my friends chat.

I did do a fair bit of IO crafting and enjoyed what i was doing but it's not essential to my new casual gaming style i reckon. I hope i can just get by on SO's but is crafting out of my reach with out spending more cash every month , something i was aiming to cut down on?

Sorry if these have been asked before but i'm just trying to see where i stand if i drop my sub.

Cheers.

If you've been subscribed all that time you'll have a lot of things available and are probably tier 9 or so. Go to the Paragon Rewards screen and check.

At tier 4, which you probably have surpassed, you'll have the same cap as VIP players, 2 bill and that's per character. You'll also have IO and Auction house license, so you don't need to worry about making SO builds.

At tier 3 you get access to all the chat channels you normally would as VIP

You'll also have quite a few characters slots, but I'm not sure how many. I can't find that data atm, but I'm sure someone else will post the answer.

edit: According to the wiki, you'll get 1 slot per year you subscribed plus 2 more if you applied a Going Rogue serial code. I believe that last bit must have been done before I21 hit.

2 Base slots + 2 For Going Rogue + 1 per new (annual) veteran reward badge + 2 (I think) if you have the "We Bought COH" gift from NCSoft + 1-for1 on any slots you've actually purchased.

So at least 11+bought (going off 7 year vet status), possibly 13+

Thanks for the reassuring words guys.

I think im tier nine , one of the top row?

Did not realise i would still have all these benfits , so good news for me.

Thanks again.