2022-11-27 - Premium - OOC meeting (summary)

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November 27, 2022 Discord Stage Town Hall Meeting Notes

Approach to Premium

Feedback/Communication

  • - #premium channel in Discord
  • - Feedback Email

Trial/Error approach, where oddball ideas are tried, and whatever doesn't work is discarded with lessons learned to help do better next time.

Review of Premium Benefits

  • - Premium 2 Revision Forthcoming
  • - Automation of as many Premium Services as possible
  • - This is a Work in Progress
  • - These items will be released as they are completed

In-Progress Projects

Sorcerer Guild

  • - "Real Soon Now"

Hunting Grounds

  • - Near-Cap Undead grounds currently underway
  • - Restated goal to have hunting available for levels 5 through cap
  • - This is a very long-term goal

Premium Fest 2023

  • - Rebranding to 'Isle of Four Winds Craft Faire' going forward
  • - Fluff/Mechanical balance to remain unchanged from years past
  • - Potential Timing change to May (Date TBA)

Premium Contest End of the Year Event - "Premium Prom"

  • - Emails forthcoming for those who are qualified
  • - Final year for the Prom

Premium Contest Revamp

  • - Quarterly contests, with 30 winners chosen by random chance

Longer-term Projects

Sadie Rewrite

  • - Allow rare alter fodder under new system
  • - Tie-in new system to in-game mail

Premium Homes Revamp/Redo

  • - This is a big project that we're planning to undertake


Q&A/Feedback

Premium Enhancives

  • - These may be changing soon
  • - Any changes will be improvements over current system
  • - As soon as there are any pending changes, word will be sent out to allow those intending to purchase one to wait if they so choose

OSA

  • - This is an item of interest, but is on the back burner for now

Premium Homes

Silvers or Simustore?
  • - Likely both, still to be determined, though
  • - We will attempt to keep any existing Premium Homes usable with a new system via some sort of automatic upgrade.

Mist Harbor Citizenship

  • - We plan to offer more here

Storyline

  • - 2023 Storyline is coming
  • - There will be a Session Zero (OOC gathering to discuss particulars) ahead of time to allow people to catch up before the story starts