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ISeeker · 12-15-2011, 10:24 AM

Persyphony@Antonia Bayle wrote:

You can all stop arguing about this now, its fixed in todays update Thurs 12/15, here is the note
GENERAL
All Membership levels may now claim Veteran rewards.
Fixed a bug where expertise AAs would not load properly from a mirror.
When using an AA mirror to switch profiles you will no longer be spammed with onscreen messages or having icons autopopulate into your hotbars.
Fixed a bug where the character tree would not show in the respec window when attempting to purchase AA respecs.

Just saw that, so the question will be answered today on how it works

I have one two old accounts (silver) created in 2005, showing 1200+ days, (no expansions bought, they were actually mule accounts, that had no characters on them, but I must have created them way back in the day, so check how many registered accounts you may have). 1 gold account showing Nov 2004 as the creation date, every expansion bought except DOV, was showing some 2200+ days, and two other silver accounts from 2006, showing around 1200+ days, but multiple expansions bought...

Honestly, the fact that Sony has been generous has made me generous. The three things that got me to "invest" in AOD, were grandfathering accounts, the SC refund for the races and classes, and the vet awards. When EQ said it was going F2P, I decided I would spend X dollars on it... Due to refunds, I had more SC, and I decided to up my limit because Sony (for once), made me feel welcome. I have subbed two accounts, bought the AOD expansion, and even bought around 5000 SC points, so their free to play just from me alone got them around 80 bucks plus, from someone that wouldn't have given them any money otherwise..

Had they not grandfathered the accounts, I personally would probably have only spent about 30 bucks total, not subbed at all. To make me even happier, I found I had about 30 LON cards on my old accounts; I was able to get 1 extra char slot on both accounts, so now with silver I will have 5 accts on both of those accounts.

Hell, I even unlocked the floglok, so my account info says Entitlement: Floglock, but am I complaining I can't make one without buying the pack... noo... (Well if they would give it to me, I wouldn't say no )

Now some will say, a person like me is bad for the game.. Well, my highest char is only 81, I don't raid, I mostly putter around and harvest, oftentimes in zones that area ghost town and raise tradeskiller alts from scratch so I can be self sufficient.. I don't really interact much with the economy at large. When I have the time I play, which with a family and kids, isn't what it used to be.

I am the type of used I expect they want... a person that showed up, that wouldn't have normally without this f2p, dropped some money; and will probably occasionally log in from time to time to blow through a few hours..

And for those that only listen to "true vets with street cred" check my forum registered date.. I was a 3 sub paying customer, all expansions purchased, for around 5 years solid, and on and off for the rest, oh and EQ1 launch account player as well. My opionion on giving vet rewards is this, if it attracts people to the game, and they spend money, that they otherwise woulld not have, that pays for the development of the game. If there is no revenue stream, the game dies, then any veteran awards that ANYONE may or may not have earned don't exist in a dead game.. Oh and I bought SWG and Vanguard too....

Edit (aparently cut and pasting from word messes up font colors..)

12-15-2011, 10:24 AM	#157
ISeeker Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 40	Persyphony@Antonia Bayle wrote: You can all stop arguing about this now, its fixed in todays update Thurs 12/15, here is the note GENERAL All Membership levels may now claim Veteran rewards. Fixed a bug where expertise AAs would not load properly from a mirror. When using an AA mirror to switch profiles you will no longer be spammed with onscreen messages or having icons autopopulate into your hotbars. Fixed a bug where the character tree would not show in the respec window when attempting to purchase AA respecs. Just saw that, so the question will be answered today on how it works I have one two old accounts (silver) created in 2005, showing 1200+ days, (no expansions bought, they were actually mule accounts, that had no characters on them, but I must have created them way back in the day, so check how many registered accounts you may have). 1 gold account showing Nov 2004 as the creation date, every expansion bought except DOV, was showing some 2200+ days, and two other silver accounts from 2006, showing around 1200+ days, but multiple expansions bought... Honestly, the fact that Sony has been generous has made me generous. The three things that got me to "invest" in AOD, were grandfathering accounts, the SC refund for the races and classes, and the vet awards. When EQ said it was going F2P, I decided I would spend X dollars on it... Due to refunds, I had more SC, and I decided to up my limit because Sony (for once), made me feel welcome. I have subbed two accounts, bought the AOD expansion, and even bought around 5000 SC points, so their free to play just from me alone got them around 80 bucks plus, from someone that wouldn't have given them any money otherwise.. Had they not grandfathered the accounts, I personally would probably have only spent about 30 bucks total, not subbed at all. To make me even happier, I found I had about 30 LON cards on my old accounts; I was able to get 1 extra char slot on both accounts, so now with silver I will have 5 accts on both of those accounts. Hell, I even unlocked the floglok, so my account info says Entitlement: Floglock, but am I complaining I can't make one without buying the pack... noo... (Well if they would give it to me, I wouldn't say no ) Now some will say, a person like me is bad for the game.. Well, my highest char is only 81, I don't raid, I mostly putter around and harvest, oftentimes in zones that area ghost town and raise tradeskiller alts from scratch so I can be self sufficient.. I don't really interact much with the economy at large. When I have the time I play, which with a family and kids, isn't what it used to be. I am the type of used I expect they want... a person that showed up, that wouldn't have normally without this f2p, dropped some money; and will probably occasionally log in from time to time to blow through a few hours.. And for those that only listen to "true vets with street cred" check my forum registered date.. I was a 3 sub paying customer, all expansions purchased, for around 5 years solid, and on and off for the rest, oh and EQ1 launch account player as well. My opionion on giving vet rewards is this, if it attracts people to the game, and they spend money, that they otherwise woulld not have, that pays for the development of the game. If there is no revenue stream, the game dies, then any veteran awards that ANYONE may or may not have earned don't exist in a dead game.. Oh and I bought SWG and Vanguard too.... Edit (aparently cut and pasting from word messes up font colors..)