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Massive, epic FAIL. Something so profoundly, massively balance altering as being able to skip a travel prereq being doled out as a veteran reward? I thought these were supposed to be perks and conveniences, not ways for vets to ignore the power rules the rest of us have to follow.
Seriously, this is an absolutely insane change to give to just a small segment of the population. Given that this reward kicks in at 5 years, it's frankly unlikely that most will *ever* get to this reward during the lifetime of the game.
And, yes, I'm mostly annoyed that I doubt I'll ever get to use this. I have about 8 billion builds that would benefit immensely from being able to drop the travel prereq. But, seriously, this is by far the biggest thing they've ever given out in a vet reward, and frankly I think it's way *too* big to give out as a vet reward. I obviously can't say for sure how I'd react if I *was* in line to get this - I know I'd be quite interested in the options it would open up - but I'd like to think that I'd find this a bit iffy even then. Allowing just a small portion of the population to ignore such a fundamental rule seems more than a bit unfair.
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Yep.
Things like this will only alienate new players and make them feel like they can never compete or catch up.
Things like this don't encourage me to stay subscribed, in fact, they only re-enforce why I should not waste my money staying subscribed because there's no way I'll ever be able to "catch up" and have access to half this stuff. I'll always be perpetually years behind everyone else, even if I were to stay subscribed permanently right now from this point on.
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All i can say is.. wow.
I'm very disappointed seeing something this huge to be given out as that 60 month vet reward, as though it is a extremely nice reward, fact is that many will never reach it, leaving them out in the cold, so to speak.. while the vets who've likely been here since the beta are able readjust/modify their builds around this benefit.
*shrug*
So yeah, seeing that this is something i'll never be able to achieve, doesn't exactly make me want to stick around, but.. heh, nice reward, for those who actually can get it.
