Here is just a new premium member, who became a member on the 12th of June. 'Lucky me'.
I became member to get the bonus points and AA points stuff. And because I think it is a good game it deserves some money. Because my knowledge in limited I have some trouble how good or bad the losses are. I got completely nothing yet and got my first mount yesterday. Never bought anything from the store.
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[*]UPDATE: Access to Members-Only sales in the store.
not my thing, but other people like it
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[*]A passive 30% bonus to PvE and PvP XP, including AA for as long as you’re a member. This replaces the Blessing of Asura. The Blessing of Asura will be removed from all characters.
If this is just an XP bonus, it is not interesting for me. I enjoy the game without it just as well. But I understand other people love it.
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[*]15 Teleport Coins, per character, each month for free.
As I understand it. When you get 1500 achievement, you can do the same without coins. And I know there are some very very fast mounts. It does not sound really needed
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[*]Boosted Token gains from Raids, PvP and Khitai areas.
no clue
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[*]A passive 30% increase to all faction gains.
If this is just an bonus, it is not interesting for me. I enjoy the game without it just as well. But I understand other people love it.
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[*]The ability to unlock Alternate Advancement perks via time, starting at Level 20.
This is interesting
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[*]An additional AA point per level gained.
now I am lost, is this not the same as above ? sounds interesting
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[*]+7 Character slots. New, Free accounts made after the transition start with 1 character slot by default. All existing accounts will keep however many slots they had.
A friend has a free account, and she should be playing free as she plays one a week. But she has two characters slots. The change tells me she keeps the two slots, but I am not so sure after reading this thread
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[*]Increased Quest Journal capacity.
wohoo!
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[*]Unlimited gold capacity.[/list]
Was there a limit for premium membership ? I know there is a limit on free membership.
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Important: Offline Levels are being completely removed from the game once the new membership system goes live. We’re aiming at June 30th; this date is subject to change, but you should use your offline levels by then, as they will disappear after the changes go live!
I got maybe a day in offline levels spared. But I guess the AA points are the replacement for this.
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Monthly bonus points are not a part of Membership.
That is too bad, I was hoping to collect enough to buy something really interesting, something like an expansion. It was a big reason to become member. Now it got replaced by Veteran Rewards, which are only ingame items as I see it. I call this a big loss.
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Veteran Tokens are no longer gained with Membership, but players will keep what they had and may still use them at Veteran vendors. Instead of Veteran Tokens, Members will be enrolled in The Loyalty Rewards program. This offers awesome new rewards for our Members at 30, 60, 90, 180, and 360-day tiers, including a brand-new mount type as the top-end reward. Additional rewards will be unveiled every 6 months.
no clue
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We are also implementing a daily login reward and challenge system which will grant various rewards for free, including consumables, tokens, AA XP, and more.
I hate being forced to play. I normally hate monthly fees. But I play this game enough for a monthly fee. But a daily login is a forced login. I rather get a reward for playing x number of days that I can spread over weeks.
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An active membership will not be required to enter *any* content you have already purchased. This means any Rise of the Godslayer or Dragon’s Spine playfield, including associated raids and Unchained dungeons.
Good
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Dragon’s Spine will be sold separately in a new content pack. UPDATE: If you have ever made a purchase in Age of Conan up until the new system launches, you'l get Dragon's Spine for free!
I better buy something quick, sigh... just spent my money on membership. Would buying some cheap treasure chest do the trick ?
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Membership and Rise of the Godslayer are no longer required to use the Alternate Advancement system.
Good
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And, last but certainly not least, we’re going to have a new, lower price point for the 30-day membership. More info to come.
Good, Only the 30 day membership ?
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That about wraps up what’s going on; if I missed anything, I’ll be sure to add on to this. I'm sure you all have plenty of say about all this, so please, again, feel free to leave your feedback here in this thread. :)
I have a hard time reading what goes away and what is a gain. I am too new to the game. But the loss of bonus points is a real loss and if I could I would reconsider membership, from a financial perspective. I do not see a real compensation. But I am rather new.
I am not sure if the first post is a complete list anymore I see a lot of rants and some panicking people who think they lose character slots. But sometimes there is an update or answer in between. Is the first post updated ?