Cosmic AMA Recap

This afternoon CRB_Bardic braved the hive of scum and villainy.. Errr… wrong game… ย She went to Reddit to answer a whole mess of questions regarding the Cosmic Rewards program announced yesterday.

Here’s the reddit thread if you’d like to read them all yourself (and, see the Qs that went A less).

Now on to the Qs, and As…

Q: If I had a Standard Edition, then bought another for the Mystery Box, would I get 12k for each box code I used?
A: Yes! Each standard edition box is worth 12,000 Cosmic Points when redeemed, regardless of when or where ya bought it. Thanks for buying one for the promo!

Q: So, we can apply multiple game codes to one account aka buying more than one standard edition of the game?
A: Due to our Mystery Box Promotion, yes, you indeed apply multiple game codes! Please remember, this only applies to physical box copies, STANDARD edition, of the game. See here for more info: http://www.wildstar-online.com/en/news/2015-04-15-announcing-the-wildstar-box-mystery-box-promo/

Q: I’ve applied 2 retail boxes codes after the promotion and more than a few months of sub… but only getting 36k loyalty points?
A: Ah! The grandfathering script that was run for past purchases on CBT at the start of CBT does not include subscriptions. We’ll be testing that with the next grandfathering script in Phase II of CBT.

Q: Upon reaching a rank (i.e. “4,000 points: Pet – friendly furrelope”), do your points reset to 0 (meaning to get the next reward at 5,250 you need to earn 5,250 more points), or do they stay at 4,000 (meaning you only need 1,250 more points to get next reward)?
A: Cosmic points never reset! When reach a reward threshold, you get the goodie(s) and keep right on going. We’ll continue to add more Cosmic Reward tiers over time ๐Ÿ™‚

Q: What are cosmic rewards?
A: Check this out for the lowdown! http://www.wildstar-online.com/en/news/2015-08-19-level-up-with-cosmic-rewards/

Q: What will be the “cap” for the max loyalty stage ? (level 6 i guess) ?
A: Our maximum Cosmic reward tier for launch is Tier 6. However, you’ll continue to accrue points from your spending if you exceed it. When we introduce new tiers in the future, you’ll automatically receive the rewards you qualify for!

Q: Does the 30 days included with promo box purchases count as monthly game time for cosmic points or is it a standard box purchase that awards 12k cosmic points each?
A: The game time tied to the Standard or Deluxe edition is included as a part of the Cosmic Point total for that code redemption. That is, the 12k you get from the Standard Edition is the full total, there are no extra points added due to the game time in the edition.

Q: Are there UI improvements in the pipeline to make my level of Cosmicness easier to understand in game.. since currently the UI ‘bar’ shows one thing, while account inventory shows another.
A: All of our Cosmic Reward UI is currently in progress. We’ll have better UI coming soon to CBT.

Q: Is the amount of Cosmic points we have on PTR accurate to what we will get once system goes live? I would gladly welcome some UI overview of all Cosmic Rewards Tiers, where player can see how far are they in progression and what they have unlocked. When I log into ptr I see only bar and number 11 000 points (even though in claim page it says I can claim 35k) and I have no idea what I have unlocked so far and what I can unlock.
A: We’ve got a bigger better UI coming soon to CBT ๐Ÿ™‚

Q: Glad to hear that! Will Omnibits purchases award us with Cosmic Points?
A: No. Only NCoin store purchases will award Cosmic Points. If you’re not a big spender, you can also redeem CREDD and earn Cosmic Points!

Q: Let’s say the maximum point number cap (at tier 6) is 50,000 (random number), and there are no rewards after that yet. If i earn more than 50,000 cosmics, will they be lost? Or will i go above the cap?
A: Our maximum Cosmic reward tier for launch is Tier 6. However, you’ll continue to accrue points from your spending if you exceed it. When we introduce new tiers in the future, you’ll automatically receive the rewards you qualify for!

Q: If I buy, say, three standard edition boxes. Can I redeem all those codes on the same account for 36000 points?
A: Si senor!

Q: Even if the boxes were bought prior to the game being Free-to-Play? Also, do they need to be physical boxes or can they be digital codes?
A: Yes, even if the boxes were bought prior to Free-to-Play. You can only stack box codes on an existing account if they are physical boxes. Digital codes cannot be stacked.

Q: Is there or will there be a way to check how many cosmic points you have before the patch, other than just doing mental math and hoping you didn’t miscount something?
A: Good question! Currently for CBT, we are testing our grandfathering script for issuing Cosmic points based on your past purchases. Purchases after the script won’t be caught on CBT environment at this time. We will be doing another script run for Phase II of CBT (but note that purchase past that point won’t be counted for CBT). That will give you a good idea of what to expect for live, however!

Q: Are the correct Loyalty Points (Cosmic Rewards) given out on the PTR at this time? Because I only have an impossibly low 3000 points on both the Ncoin store UI and in my Account Inventory. If I go by the Deep Dive, I should have at minimal 27,000, assuming the Mystery Boxes that I used as time codes only count as so. If the Mystery Boxes count as Standard Editions despite being used as Time Codes, then with the upgrade to Deluxe, I should have 63,000. Or is this an issue to take up with Support? Which is fine, I just need to know.
A: Hi there! We do a have a bug at the moment where the visible totals on the UIs (store vs account inventory) are not matching. We’ll be fixing this soon!

Q: After the initial surge, what do you think the best way to earn cosmic points will be? Also, can you give us a hint at further rewards after the initial cap?
A: We assume the standard methods will be: Buying NCoin Bundles, Buying CREDD, buying items in store with NCoin, redeeming CREDD. We’re still brainstorming assets for rewards after Tier 6, so nothing to show at this time!

Q: I noticed that some of the Cosmic Tiers have various themes. (Tier 5, for instance, has a Technophage theme). Should we expect that for theoretical future tiers? Will we see an Ikthian Tier? An Eldan Tier? Also, what’s your favorite cosmic reward?
A: There may be themes with later tiers, please let us know what you’re interested in ๐Ÿ™‚ My favorite cosmic reward is an early one: the fuzzy Furrelope. It’s adorable. However, the Li’l Beast pet and the mounts in the reward system are pretty awesome too!

Q: I am a huge fan of Ikthians! And Datascape stuff! Think you can put a word in? ๐Ÿ™‚
A: Consider it put. Or in. Or something.

Q: I originally bought the limited edition copy of the game. After 3-day head and first free month I began to pay with CREDD from then until today. During that time I also bought a mystery box copy of the game. What kind of points are those things worth? (Limited edition copy, CREDD monthly, Mystery box promo copies).
A: YAY Math! Limited edition I assume is the Deluxe edition: 15k Cosmic points Standard edition/mystery box: 12k Cosmic points CREDD (assuming you bought them through the Exchange and have redeemed 13 to date): 13k Cosmic points (1k per redemption). Total: 40k Cosmic Points!

Q: I was wondering if there would be any cool housing items but the new house is amazing looking! I think a bigger ship would be fantastic too. I live my ship but its just a little on the small side.
A: Will totally steal this as an idea for later rewards ๐Ÿ™‚

Q: Will i ever be able to change my gender?
A: It’s a good idea, and something I’d personally like to offer. It’s not in the schedule right now, though glad to pass on the feedback/request.

Q: Are all Cosmic Rewards accountbound? For example, if I get the House teased in the deep dive.. can all my alts use that? or just the first character to claim it from Account Inventory?
A: All of the Cosmic rewards are account bound. Anything that is not a direct account entitlement (aka the item rewards) should be multi-redeem, so you can claim them down for all characters on your account.

Q: Any plans to include things like Boomboxes in some of the tiers?
A: We’d like to leave Boomboxes as it’s own sort of thing. Cosmic rewards will generally be exclusive account entitlements or items.

Q: Do you get any Cosmic Points for spending Omnibits? Or is it purely Ncoins, subscriptions, and CREDD?
A: No. Only NCoin store purchases will award Cosmic Points. If you’re not a big spender, you can also redeem CREDD and earn Cosmic Points!

Q: I suppose this is more of a suggestion than a question, but have you considered adding the fact that cosmic points will be awarded with every month of Signature as one of the benefits of subscribing? The PTR shop doesn’t list that among the benefits of Signature, and it’d likely make the service look even more appealing.
A: Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll ask that we add that in somewhere ๐Ÿ™‚

Q: Will any previous Boombox/Gamescom/Other Limited Items (i.e. Fancy Pants Set, Rest in Peacemaker, etc.) be made available through Cosmic Rewards?
A: Boomboxes, Gamescom items, and the other things you listed remain exclusive. We will have our own unique rewards sets for the Cosmic Rewards program.

Q: Any plans to tie in yearly gifts or random acts of kindness to cosmic rewards? Say on the anniversary of your subscription date, get a Protostar cake-day box depending on tier?
A: This is also a very cool suggestion, and something we’d like to figure out how to tie into either the Daily Login Calendar or some other mechanism. Future plans!

Q: My account inventory says I have somewhere are 49000 points, while the shop says I only have 25000, Also in the shop it says the next tier after warpiglet is dreg white, While the deep dive says it’s a mount?
A: Dreg white is a dye reward. Warpig of the Devoted is a mount. We have a bug where totals are not matched up on CBT. It will be fixed soon.

Q: I recall reading somewhere that there might be more restrictions on the number of objects placed in player housing for f2p players, but this is not addressed in the Cosmic Rewards tiers you published. Do you have any information regarding the differences in player housing experiences between f2p players, returning players, and new signature players?
A: For the decor limitations between Free and Signature, check out this: http://www.wildstar-online.com/en/news/2015-05-28-wildstar-is-going-free-to-play-heres-all-you-need-to-know/ Please note that for the Free Player, the 1k limit is our current limit on live today.

Q: Are there cosmic cupcakes?
A: Yummy

Q: Why don’t Dominion get an Exile mount?
A: Keep an eye out. Some things that were traditionally faction based may be available in other ways in the future (Store, Cosmic Rewards, Daily Login Calendar, etc).

Q: How will various non-cosmetic cosmic rewards (circle access, % crafting rate, etc) compare to the subscription model? Will subscribers feel “pressured” to spend extra cash because some cosmic tier will offer some kind of strong reputation bonus or crafting bonus?
A: The percentage benefits (like the crafting rate mentioned) will all stack with Signature bonuses. The social reward (circle, warparties, guilds) is the exact same thing as the Signature offering. So you have two ways to remove this restriction, either spend for the Cosmic reward or get Signature!

Q: Slightly more difficult question: Will the Cosmic Rewards only be available that way? Will the items ever be available another way, either through gameplay, or through item stores? Bonus question: Will the Cosmic Rewards ever change? Will the Fuzzy Furnellope be changed out for something else, making rewards time-limited?
A: Cosmic rewards will be exclusive to the program. Once we have launched the cosmic reward tiers on Live, it is unlikely that we will be removing, changing, or swapping.

Q: Will the Cosmic rewards stay mostly cosmetic/pets/mounts/titles/housing stuff mostly?
A: Our first tiers of rewards are primarily vanity, but we will not exclude other item types from being a potential reward.

Q: I’ve been subbed since the game started. But I haven’t been playing much recently. Do I have to do anything to get rewards? Or will I get them when I log in automatically?
A: You’ll get them when you log in! Don’t need to do anything special. They’ll show up in your account inventory!

Q: are the costume items in PTR shop place holders?
A: No, everything you see in the in-game store in CBT will be available as a launch purchase. We also have some super sekrit things we’ll put on there launch day.

Q: what will it take to make you guys let me change my path on my main?
A: Or, how about, add a path? (Note: I am not promising anything at this time) ๐Ÿ˜€

Q: Hi! So in the 2k cosmic point tier, you unlock “full access” to circles, guilds and warparties. Could you explain a bit what full access means? How are players restricted if they have not yet reached this tier? Are these the same rewards mentioned under as “Loyalty perks” in the f2p FAQ?
A: They are the same rewards mentioned as Loyalty Perks in the FAQ ๐Ÿ™‚

 

My favorite little tidbit snuck in… was that there is apparently the possibility of having a second path in the future! ย Lots of good info in the FAQ, yesterday’s deep dive, and now the AMA..