stormydove Posted August 23, 2013 Posted August 23, 2013 Hello all, I just subbed to the game but am afraid that I will not be able to continue each month with the fees. I will def sub again in a month or so however I found on the cartel market a bundle called the Preferred Access bundle and it is on sale. My question is that, by subbing (still currently subbed) am I now in the middle, up from free to play and am known as a preferred player? and if so what of these items will I already have access to? What I mean is that, is buying this redundant because I would get these unlocks as preferred? Here is what is included: Display legacy titles, Display titles, Unify Colors, Piloting 1, Crew Skills 1 slot, inventory 1 slot. Wanted to get it while on sale if those will be locked out to me, but if they are not locked out now that I spent money to get to Preferred I would love to know to not buy something I already have. Ty community!
cabled Posted August 23, 2013 Posted August 23, 2013 Hello all, I just subbed to the game but am afraid that I will not be able to continue each month with the fees. I will def sub again in a month or so however I found on the cartel market a bundle called the Preferred Access bundle and it is on sale. My question is that, by subbing (still currently subbed) am I now in the middle, up from free to play and am known as a preferred player? and if so what of these items will I already have access to? What I mean is that, is buying this redundant because I would get these unlocks as preferred? Here is what is included: Display legacy titles, Display titles, Unify Colors, Piloting 1, Crew Skills 1 slot, inventory 1 slot. Wanted to get it while on sale if those will be locked out to me, but if they are not locked out now that I spent money to get to Preferred I would love to know to not buy something I already have. Ty community! if you are a current subscribe3r, you will be dropped to preferred status when your subscription lapses. Features may be found here http://www.swtor.com/free/features
mike_is_valid Posted August 23, 2013 Posted August 23, 2013 (edited) additional question: Lets say you drop from sub to prefered with a bunch of 55's and some in the leveling phase and you take two 55's (one with full augmented PVP set and one with full PVE set) with you. Then you pick 4 from the ones you are leveling. The other toons will be "parked" until you sub again and i guess you can choose which toons shall be active when you first log on as prefered. Is that right? Prefered can not use artefact equipment, does that effect the gear you have already on the toons or does it only mean you can not add/change purple pieces anymore? With the prefered access bundle you can unlock the 3rd skill slot and titles and stuff, so there is no change to gameplay anymore, except the credit cap (and XP and cost/reward issues). What happened to items already unlocked through legacy like prefred transport, reduced cooldowns and such? do they stay? Edited August 23, 2013 by mike_is_valid
cabled Posted August 23, 2013 Posted August 23, 2013 additional question: Lets say you drop from sub to prefered with a bunch of 55's and some in the leveling phase and you take two 55's (one with full augmented PVP set and one with full PVE set) with you. Then you pick 4 from the ones you are leveling. The other toons will be "parked" until you sub again and i guess you can choose which toons shall be active when you first log on as prefered. Is that right? correct Prefered can not use artefact equipment, does that effect the gear you have already on the toons or can you only not add/change pieces? iirc it does not affect pieces that are already equpiied. there is definite answer to this in the support faqs (which i cant access from this connection) With the prefered access bundle you can unlock the 3rd skill slot and titles and stuff, so there not change to gameplay anymore, except the credit cap (and XP and cost/reward issues). iirc there may be a cap on flashpoints, ops and pvp per week What happened to items already unlocked through legacy like prefred transport, reduced cooldowns and such? do they stay?yes replies in the quoted paragraph
Heal-To-Full Posted August 23, 2013 Posted August 23, 2013 Don't waste your coins on the preferred bundle. What you need is the artifact unlock, and IIRC it's not in there. It costs a lot of coins, but you might find it on the GTN. Can buy and GTN some packs if you need creds. The other toons will be "parked" until you sub again and i guess you can choose which toons shall be active when you first log on as prefered. Is that right? Yes. Alternately, you can buy unlocks on the GTN, worth in the range of 100k. Prefered can not use artefact equipment, does that effect the gear you have already on the toons or does it only mean you can not add/change purple pieces anymore? AFAIK it makes the purples you're wearing ineffective as if they were broken at 0 condition. You don't have to remove them. This is the biggest restriction on f2p/pref players. What happened to items already unlocked through legacy like prefred transport, reduced cooldowns and such? do they stay? All stay.
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