When Trion took things away from F2P players in hopes of making more patrons, it has been in my perception of the responses from players in my own guild alone, they instead drove F2P players from the guild with little to no hopes of ever getting more out of their game play experience in Rift and cost the game some Patron players who either followed their friends or determined that no matter how long they played the game they would never get more bang for their buck, which in the eyes of many has been stingy at best.
I think that @Ocho, @Trion_Brasse, @Dev_Trion_Vladd and @Dev_Orren need to make a big red flag wave in front off the Trion executives and say "hey our player base is not growing as a result of the changes you have made and there are Gov't Intelligence Analysts telling us that we could rebound from our choices by giving back to F2P players what they had before and adding to what Patron players get"
Now while I cannot see the real time numbers of the fallout from that change I can say that the following changes could reenvigor this game in the wake of a 4.0 announcement with players returning to find more afforded to them.
F2P:
7 charges per week stackable for players who cannot log in everyday for NTEs and WFs with double rewards in WFs v NTE or rewards for a set amount of random losses
1 Lockbox weekly for logging in 7 days in a row for players who can play for an hour or more
Ability to manually queue WFs to enable weekend players the ability to win the necessary matches for Guns for Hire which often takes myself 40 - 50 matches across 5 days to get
NTE boss gear drops made into Uncommon and Rare caches like in IAs and WFs that only offer class appropriate gear to players
1 100% soul sickness cleanse per week
F2P fast pass with 2hr CD
Artifact Tracking Charges
Patron:
14 + 6 charges stackable weekly usable for either NTEs or WFs to separate "bad" aka PvE players from PvP players by offering us a better option and double the rewards from random win WFs due to the amount of time and matches necessary to be played ffor said rewards
NTE boss gear drops made into Epic and Relic caches like IAs and WFs that only offer upgraded class appropriate gear to players
2 weekly transcendent lockboxes
Double random rewards from NTE and WF
Keep the no soul sickness
1 of each Artifact tracking vial per month
Instant CD on Patron Fast Pass
5 free role slots for first time patrons
More affinity rewards to shop from
4 extra Minion adventure slots
Third Patron Only PA trees in the Second Tier Attunements or a separate attunement altogether for patrons with more charges and recharge as well as run speed, mount speed and soul walk speed
Instant Guild Rally Banner and Scroll CDs
Patron only Weapon and Shield dye for wardrobe
Patron only store mounts like Large Wing Levitation, Levitating Griffons, and Levitating Drakes
Raid and Crafting Ascended Rift Summoning Skills
Double Salvaging Mats Returned
Increase the Patron Passive Bonuses per time spent as Patron Achievement
Increase Loyalty Passive Bonuses per time spent as Patron Achievement
Offer Glowing Demon Horns, Glowing Spell Effect Eyes, and Trailing Spell Effects for running as an alternative to Patron's Radiance
50% duration on Planewalker summons
Permanent Track Rare Mob General Skill once Epic Loyalty is Achieved
Permanent Track Common Artifact General Skill
Permanent Track Bounty Mob General Skill for reaching Black Tier Loyalty
Patron Only Crafting Recipes both trainable T1 upgradable and credit bought T2
Patron only Black Tier (Heroic?) Boosts in Rift Store
Patron only Black Tier (Heroic?) Lockboxes in Rift Store
Patron only T2 Accessories
Patron only Ascended Trove in addition to the starter pack for all new toons
Patron only bought feasts, food and potions in Drinks Category of Rift Store
Patron only bought 40 slot bags
Patron only Cross shard bank vault and cross shard AH access
Patron only boosts added to Rift Store Companions
Patron only Combat Pet Skins in Rift Store
Patron only Relic Minions in Rift Store
Patron only Transcendent Dimension Keys, Items and Interactives
Patron only Referral Rewards
yes I have suggested a lot but I have attempted to focus on things that would either add more revenue from the Rift Store for you from patrons without adding P2W items or things that would avoid effecting the current sales of what you make the most money on.
If you check my account I am 430230/4100000 of silver tier loyalty, I am somewhat keen on what resistant buyers with financial limitations as I currently have will pay for as well as what shopaholics like me will buy when money is of no object.
I hope this is given serious consideration as it could revitalize this game incredibly in the light of pending content to be released in the near future and might even help your budget to the effect of affording more manpower to help develope that content
Ideas on how to resurrect Rift Patronage and Free player interest
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