First year of Veteran Rewards revealed

[Creole Ned]

The first four Veteran Rewards have been revealed in detail on the Veteran Rewards page (http://www.cityofheroes.com/community/veteranrewards.html). For the link-averse, here's what each gives:

3 months:
Trustworthy badge
Trenchcoats
1 costume token per character

6 months:
Faithful badge
Greek symbols available as chest symbols
1 costume token per character

9 months:
Dependable badge
Belly Shirt for female characters, Scottish Kilts for males
1 costume token per character
1 respec per character

12 months:
Loyal badge
Choice of permanent temporary power: Undead Slaying Axe or Sands of Mu
Base item: wall-mounted weapon display
All pre-order sprints available: Rush, Dash, Quick, Surge

My take:

3 months - Not so into the trenchcoat thing, but the costume token will be nice for characters that aren't sitting on 27 of them like Angry Carrot.

6 months - Greek characters? Oh my, I feel faint! :P This one is just lame. Again, the costume token will be nice.

9 months - This is a good one, with the free respec to all characters, especially since it doesn't replace any existing respecs. Carl the Bat may look good in a kilt.

12 months: Base item is fluff, the prestige sprint powers are marginally interesting but still fluff. It will be nice to have another permanent temp power, though. Plus it's fun to say Sands of Mu.

Conspicuously absent from the first year of rewards are wings. I suspect they will be the two year reward. The next set should be revealed soon(TM).

[Creole Ned]

Also note that the trenchcoat screenshots show off some funky new flight animations.

[Tai]

Wait, this is based on subscription time? Woah, what's the year 3 reward, cancellation of all debt? DepletedUranium might have to take them up on that one.

[Q]

Two years for wings? That kinda sucks.

[Creole Ned]

Actually, as someone pointed out, making wings a two year reward would put them well out of reach for anyone who has CoV only, since that game is only about a year old, so the thinking is they are more likely to be the 15 month reward and CoV players who got the game when it came out will qualify for wings about three months after.

But all speculation, of course.

[Circuit]

These rewards are cool and all, but this one in particular concerns me: "All pre-order sprints available: Rush, Dash, Quick, Surge"

I'm going to go ahead and assume that I'll now be removing all 4 versions of Fancy Sprint from my power tray for every new character I make. I'm also curious how those flight animations are going to work. I wonder if you get to choose or if they just cycle randomly whenever you activate flight.

Oh, and Tai, "cancellation of all debt" takes like one playing session. :)

[Creole Ned]

As always, the cries of DOOOM and "Unfair!" on the official forums are amusing and/or depressing. Veteran Rewards will cause people to cancel accounts and lead to servers being consolidated, if not the entire game closing down forever.

Yes, people are actually saying that. People are funny. :)

The EU rep Bridger confirmed that some EU players will qualify for wings when Issue 8 is live, meaning they are likely the 15 or 18 month reward, since CoH launched in Europe in Feb. 2005.

And to confirm Circuit's assertion on debt, I maxed out debt on Johnny Saturn during one Hamidon raid (five deaths outdoors, where you get full debt, not half-debt like in missions). I ran with a group afterward, did a few missions and the debt was gone. It's pretty trivial now (also another subject of DOOOM).

[Tai]

It's the end of the world!!!! :) DU has 80k debt. Maybe I'll pay to transfer him to Triumph some day.

[Circuit]

We're mostly on Pinnacle at this point. :)

[Tai]

Oh, then I'll have to fight against you!

[Creole Ned]

Q killed a scrapper in PvP once!

[Q]

As always, the cries of DOOOM and "Unfair!" on the official forums are amusing and/or depressing. Veteran Rewards will cause people to cancel accounts and lead to servers being consolidated, if not the entire game closing down forever.

Yes, people are actually saying that. People are stupid.

Fixed.

[Sir Lucius]

Well if I can't get a belly shirt I certainly won't be resubscribing!

[Creole Ned]

The second year of vet rewards are up and apart from wings and another respec are not super-jazzy or anything (taste depending):

15 months:
Zealous badge
Costume Piece: Angelic Wings, Demon Wings
Costume Change Token given to all characters on account

18 months:
Unwavering badge
Costume Piece: Samurai Armor
Costume Change Token given to all characters on account

21 months:
Steadfast badge
Costume Piece: Shoulder Cape
Respec given to all characters on account
Costume Change Token given to all characters on account

24 months:
Devoted badge
Prestige Power: Emergency Base Teleporter (long recharge item that teleports you to your Base)
Base Item: Posters of the City of Heroes Comic Covers
Veteran's Titles for Level 15 characters

[Tai]

They are cumalative, right? Is the "shoulder cape" the same thing as my current cape?

http://www.againsttheherd.com/images/sigs/du_fly.gif

[Creole Ned]

No, the shoulder cape only goes over one shoulder.

The rewards are indeed cumulative.

If you have 24 months of paid and/or free time on your account (free time = free month included with any CoH/CoV box) you'll get all of the first two years of rewards with any character.

That means any new or existing character would get:

8 badges
2 respecs
6 costume tokens
trenchcoats
Greek symbols available as chest symbols
Belly Shirt for female characters
Scottish Kilts for males
Choice of permanent temporary power: Undead Slaying Axe or Sands of Mu
Base item: wall-mounted weapon display
All pre-order sprints: Rush, Dash, Quick, Surge
Angelic Wings, Demon Wings
Samurai Armor
Shoulder Cape
Prestige Power: Emergency Base Teleporter (long recharge item that teleports you to your Base)
Base Item: Posters of the City of Heroes Comic Covers
Veteran's Titles for Level 15 characters

[Tick]

Man, that's quite a pile of goodies. If I had free time, I'd be tempted to unretire Blue Axe

[Circuit]

The Samurai armor looks pretty spiffy, actually.

[Tai]

K, I'm gonna update my client just so I can claim all my rewards :)

[Creole Ned]

The third year rewards are up now:

27 Months:
Dedicated badge
Costume Piece: Anime-style tech armor
Costume Change Token given to all characters on account

30 Months:
Committed badge
Costume Piece: Signature Group Chest Emblem (Freedom Phalanx, Vindicators, Vanguard, Arachnos, PPD, Cage Consortium, CoT, Council)
Costume Change Token given to all characters on account
Base Items: Hero: Scirocco's Sword, Ghost Widow's Cape, Black Scorpion's Armor, Captain Mako's Tooth, Lord Recluse's Helm, Hamidon Goo. Villain: Positron's Helmet, Synapse’s Goggles, Numina's Cape, Sister Psyche's Belt, Citadel's Brain, Manticore's Bow, Statesman's Faceplate.

33 Months:
Unswerving badge
Power: CHOICE: Permanent Nemesis Staff or Permanent Blackwand
Respec given to all characters on account

36 Months:
Addicted badge
Base Item: Arachnos Flyer (Villains), Longbow Chaser (Heroes)
Power (Choice): Demon Pet, Clockwork Pet, Red Cap Pet, Rikti Monkey Pet, Robot Pet

Pics and junk available via the dropdown menu on the main Vet Rewards page (http://www.cityofheroes.com/community/veteranrewards.html).

[Creole Ned]

And the summation of the first three years of rewards:

12 badges
3 respecs

8 costume tokens
Angelic Wings, Demon Wings
trenchcoats
anime-style tech armor
signature group chest emblem
Greek symbols available as chest symbols
Belly Shirt for female characters
Scottish Kilts for males
Samurai Armor
Shoulder Cape

Choice of permanent temporary power: Undead Slaying Axe or Sands of Mu
Choice of permanent temporary power: Nemesis Staff or Blackwand
Prestige Power: Emergency Base Teleporter (long recharge item that teleports you to your Base)
Power (Choice): Demon Pet, Clockwork Pet, Red Cap Pet, Rikti Monkey Pet, Robot Pet
All pre-order sprints: Rush, Dash, Quick, Surge

Base item: wall-mounted weapon display
Base Item: Arachnos Flyer (Villains), Longbow Chaser (Heroes)
Base Item: Posters of the City of Heroes Comic Covers
Veteran's Titles for Level 15 characters
Base Item: Hero and Villain costume parts

[Tick]

That is a lot of rewards.

[Creole Ned]

Veteran Rewards are on the test server as of today. Doom! (Also, wings and trenchcoats.)