ALMOST perfect implementation

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All that you left out is a monthly stipend of cryptic points for gold members. Hopefully you'll address this before the system actually goes live.

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God no, let 'em earn their money!

But then, I have almost 6000 from referrals already, so I might be biased.

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All that you left out is a monthly stipend of cryptic points for gold members. Hopefully you'll address this before the system actually goes live.

Yep. Just a moderate amount should be an awesome Gold incentive.

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Just posted this in the SOTG thread, but I think, a la Turbine's LOTRO, that a Perk Point to Cryptic Points converstion could alleviate the sting a bit.

1:1 given the point's Ive earned since launch (although I have 29 toons and far too much time on my hands) seems like it would make subscribing moot, something like a 10:1 or 50:1 seems like it would go along way in alleviating the sting.

With that I mean:
- current subscribers would get a reward for having subscribed all this time
-Lifetimers would geta reward for having paid out in full
-and F2P memebers would get a carrot-on-a-stick to entice them to subscribe (ie: I could grind out enough perks to get what I want...OR...I could just pay the monthly and be done with it)\

Without crunching some time spent playing this bloody game vs. Perk Points earned, I can't really say what the ideal conversion rate would be, but It would kill two birds with one stone, so to speak.

EDIT: I might if I get home early enough tomorrow, I might actually add up all my /played times, and perk points, and just as a point of intrest, with my conjecture as to what I felt was fair for a say, offer a Demonflame AP vs Timeplayed already comparison.

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Considering Cryptic Points can be used in STO which is still sub based I don't see this happening unless STO goes F2P too.