Hi. This may be more of a rant than a question, or the other way around. Quite frankly I am a bit confused myself.
This account of mine is an ironman I started mid-fall last year, and since then I've taken breaks in my membership. Clearly I shouldn't be receiving any loyalty points for the period I didn't play. As far as all that goes I am totally on board with the system. But as it stands right now my ironman has reached a point where vamp aura and penance aura is extremely relevant, especially given how hard it is to get 92 prayer on an ironman. With the current rates I'll have to be a member for another two months before I am granted enough points to be allowed to by one of the most crucial auras in the game. In a manner of speaking it's massively holding me back because I can't do solo bossing and stuff like that as well as I'd like to at my combat level.
What I am confused about is why we can't just receive loyalty points for the months we've paid for. If I pay for a full year today, I've paid. I am loyal enough to pay such a chunk sum of money in one go. Why wouldn't I be able to access the loyalty points for the paid period and be able to enjoy the game? Premier club isn't even offered more than one or two months out of the year, so those who don't get on that bandwagon in january and decide to start an ironman, or a normal account, any other month is essentially stuck waiting for crucial auras for several months even though we've already paid.
I'd understand if you locked some auras based on loyalty time, especially the advanced combat auras and the advanced skilling auras, but vampyrism and penance are far too crucial for people that, by the nature of their account, can't duo or group up for difficult pvm content as well as others.
I may sound entitled, having paid membership flawlessly on a main account for years. I may be entirely in the wrong here. But surely there are others that agree with me, right?
Some insight into Jagex's thinking would be <3
13-Apr-2019 14:47:44