What Sylvain is saying is that just because an account if 15 years old doesn't mean it has 15 year veteran status because it may have not been logged in on for over 14 years - yet it is still able to buy the cape.
Likewise, if a player has been playing for 15 years, but has created a new account (standard, ironman, or hardcore ironman) in recent years, then that player would have to wait till that account is 15 years old to receive the 15 year cape, even if the player already has 15 years experience at the one year mark.
Essentially, I think Sylvain is trying to allude to total amount of hours put into RS across multiple owned accounts should be the identifier as to when you can buy a veteran cape, not the age of the account.
Personally, I quite like how there are capes every 5 years, but I understand there's also got to come a point where new capes are not necessary. Perhaps for the 20 year or 25 year cape, as well as being recolourable, they could update with the number of years that account has been active, so on the 27th birthday, the number on the back updates to XXVII from XXVI. I suppose there could be a toggle as to which number you want to see on the back up to and including the current age of the account.
This of course isn't necessary, but it could be a solution to the problem.
~A~
13-Mar-2021 15:23:47
