149588-convince-me-to-keep-signature-status

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I've been thinking about this quite a bit since they announced that, once again, the non-housing items for an event would only be available from cash shop RNG boxes. Looking at the perks from subscribing, I'm going to lose very little by cancelling since I bought a box copy of the game and I'm halfway through the tier 3 cosmic point tree already. Signature status does jack squat to help me participate in the gambling for the mount or pet so why keep it? Would I not be better off, considering the format of these events, to just drop a few bucks every couple of months on nCoins for RNG boxes (gaining even more Cosmic Points in the process) rather than giving Carbine a nice, steady, dependable income from my subscription? Besides, I could probably generate enough plat during the month to buy CREDD once in a while if I really missed the "perks."
 
So, why should a person pay for Signature status?	
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			this is not the first time this was brought up.  at max level the sub loses a lot of its perks.  you are better off spending the money on ncoin and cash shop purchases as you would get more bang for your buck at max level.  i normally wouldnt steer people away from paying for a sub, but i am not going to lie to people either and tell them that it is 100% worth it.  I keep mine up for the few extra perks, and hopes they will get better.  plus with all those boxes going for $5, i got game time that may last longer than the game lol.	
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I've been thinking about this quite a bit since they announced that, once again, the non-housing items for an event would only be available from cash shop RNG boxes. Looking at the perks from subscribing, I'm going to lose very little by cancelling since I bought a box copy of the game and I'm halfway through the tier 3 cosmic point tree already. Signature status does jack squat to help me participate in the gambling for the mount or pet so why keep it? Would I not be better off, considering the format of these events, to just drop a few bucks every couple of months on nCoins for RNG boxes (gaining even more Cosmic Points in the process) rather than giving Carbine a nice, steady, dependable income from my subscription? Besides, I could probably generate enough plat during the month to buy CREDD once in a while if I really missed the "perks."
 
So, why should a person pay for Signature status?
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			The only reason I have signature is because I needed 6000 more cosmic points, so I redeemed a bunch of CREDD. lol :s	
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Omnibits and more of whatever in-game currency you like to acrue for whatever reason.   Aside from that, go crazy in the character creator and fill up all your spots in case you want an alt at some point during the time you aren't sig status.  \
 
I think my sig is up this month too.  I'll keep it up just for the xp boost to get alts up.  	
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I think there's one thing you're forgetting, there's a reason the "whales" spend hundreds of dollars on these events, because the items you actually want (the mount and maybe pet) have a TERRIBLE drop rate from them. You'd be EXTREMELY lucky to spend a subs worth on them and get what you want.
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I subscribe to games I play in order to support them. Unfortunately, either the f2p model here is too generous or the Signature plan is lacking or both and I don't feel that I get my money's worth. I look forward to more opinions on this and maybe Carbine can chime in with their reasoning on the current state of Signature status.
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So, why should a person pay for Signature status?
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I subscribe to games I play in order to support them. Unfortunately, either the f2p model here is too generous or the Signature plan is lacking or both and I don't feel that I get my money's worth. I look forward to more opinions on this and maybe Carbine can chime in with their reasoning on the current state of Signature status.
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Well with the shambles that was Carbine PR I did start to have second thoughts! HOPEFULLY with Pappy in charge we will see this new openness last longer than a few weeks, my sub runs till November, I also drop £16 per month on the game. Good PR and content, will keep me doing the same  	
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We can't convince you of something that's not worthwhile.
 
I have been telling long-time subscribers to shuffle off their subscriptions and just purchase NCCoin to buy the good stuff for a while now. Apparently, that's too logical and "breaks immersion" because people have to *gasp* think about their money.
 
I know, I know ... 	
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			The reason I have not sub is because the perks lack a lot, in other games you get extra slots (plural), you get exp boost, other boosts like attack, hp etc, you get money like NC Coins, you get mount, you get so many other things that make the sub a good thing, here, honestly there is no incentive to be sub.	
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We can't convince you of something that's not worthwhile.
 
I have been telling long-time subscribers to shuffle off their subscriptions and just purchase NCCoin to buy the good stuff for a while now. Apparently, that's too logical and "breaks immersion" because people have to *gasp* think about their money.
 
I know, I know ... 
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Omnibits
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I have been telling long-time subscribers to shuffle off their subscriptions and just purchase NCCoin to buy the good stuff for a while now. Apparently, that's too logical and "breaks immersion" because people have to *gasp* think about their money.
 
I know, I know ... 
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I have been telling long-time subscribers to shuffle off their subscriptions and just purchase NCCoin to buy the good stuff for a while now.
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			I dropped my sig status. I may keep it up with CREDD in the future, but I don't run out of time for a couple of months still. I just didn't see any point to continuing it at this time. There's things that would change my mind (like a store discount and stipend to spend in the store), but I don't see that happening anytime soon. So, instead, I just buy stuff from the store that I want when I want it and save the sub fee.	
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This is the problem you get when you're  too generous with F2P Yes, you don't want it to be unfair for F2P players, you need to give much better incentives for sub players.
 
Just look what's happening to Rift and most of Trion games, they offered too much for free with their F2P model that now they're in a crunch and putting everything in the cash shop and it's causing an uproar.
 
I know people don't want to pay for things, but this is a business not a charity.
			
				
	Edited February 11, 2016 by Azzurri	
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Feels dirty for me to say, but Carbine's signature status might be too lenient. The F2P model is amazingly fair to F2P players, but it doesn't make for a super compelling subscription model in return. 
I think signature players should get some kind of awesome reward that relates to the recent chase events. Something that makes them able to farm those boxes with the pet and mount inside. Just a thought. 
 
Honestly, I didn't think I'd be 'complaining' about how good a F2P model is, but Carbine has to get money from somewhere. 	
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			i played last 3 months and now cancelled it 	
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			To be clear IMO the ingame CREDD purchase for around 10-12p is an absolute steal for the +xp and +money alone. It's paying for it with real money that absolutely does not feel worth it.	
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To be clear IMO the ingame CREDD purchase for around 10-12p is an absolute steal for the +xp and +money alone. It's paying for it with real money that absolutely does not feel worth it.
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