New Graphic Changes and Tokens

[Sarsilas]

There are no plans to remove double EXP month. Also, the EXP potions do not stack with the month's bonus either, so there will not be anyone running around with 4x EXP boosts.

The Vials of Rest increase your rate of healing when at rest (sitting or sleeping), so you can heal back up to full faster out of combat.

[Machaeon]

The Vials of Rest increase your rate of healing when at rest (sitting or sleeping), so you can heal back up to full faster out of combat.

I'm sorry, but why is something that's a feature in essentially every MMO, and heck, nearly every game behind a paywall?

My biggest gripe outside of that is with the loyalty bot pets. They were nice, if expensive, to have before that change. They were worth the months you had to pay in. But having to buy something with loyalty tokens (even a re-usable form) to make an item I already paid in for useful? Hell nah. The bots are just wasting space for me now. Not worth it.

I've got to agree that the rate on the potions is pretty pitiful: 5 months for 5 potions? 5 months = 10 hours max. Something's seriously wrong there.


EDIT:
Now remembering this thread about a cash shop... everything was supposed to just be cosmetic, and not put paid players or long-standing players at an advantage over new or free players.

[Racktor]

I gotta agree with you guys. I've been here for 8 years and only bought 2 full sets of vault upgrades, so I'm swimming in tokens - probably hundreds of them. And I still feel iffy about these pots. I can afford them, sure. But 6 months of my membership for 10 hours of double exp? I may as well just wait for a few months for dbl exp month.

Nevermind how it makes me feel for new players.... these pots came about from suggestions ages ago for log-in rewards, which would be available to everyone. And instead of that... we get them on loyalty tokens. Which punishes newbies who don't have any loyalty tokens and won't get enough for months. The counterargument to that from Discord was 'well people can sell tokens' but who is going to? How many people are gonna sell months of their sub rewards in return for in-game gold? A 25% boost was added to pawnbrokers for 200s, but what new player has 200s to spare?

It feels a bit fishy and makes me uncomfortable. I don't like locking useful items out from new players. We were promised loyalty rewards would stay cosmetic and not outclass in-game items and now.... iunno.