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| == Overview ==
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| A '''Premium Player''' is any non-subscription account holder who has ever spent money with [[NCsoft]] on the [[City of Heroes]] product. [[VIP Player]]s whose subscriptions lapse turn into Premium Players. Premium Players may have limited access to some game features and systems. It is impossible to downgrade from a Premium Player to a [[Free Player]].
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| Nicknames include ''preems'', ''freemium'', and ''premies''.
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| == Description ==
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| Premium Player account status is an intermediary access tier in the hybrid model adopted when [[City of Heroes Freedom]] launched, between Free Players and VIP Players. Premium Players include, but are not limited to:
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| * Players joining the game as Free Players after [[Issue 21]], who have purchased points through the [[Paragon Market]]
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| * Players joining as Free Players after Issue 21, who subscribe (including [[Time Card]]s and [[Game Card]]s) or apply a retail code, and then let their subscription lapse
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| * Returning players who applied a retail code to their account, subscribed to the game, or applied a game time card, at any time in the game's history, but do not renew their subscription after Freedom launch
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| The features and systems available to Premium Players compared to VIP Players are very strongly and directly tied to the [[Paragon Rewards Program]]. See also [[Reward Token#Converting from Veteran Rewards Program|Converting from Veteran Rewards Program]].
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| == Features Accessible ==
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| === For Free ===
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| *Access at least 8 [[Archetypes]] ([[Blaster]], [[Brute]], [[Corruptor]], [[Defender]], [[Dominator]], [[Scrapper]], [[Stalker]] and [[Tanker]])
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| *At least two [[Global Character Slot Token]]s across all [[servers]] (details on the Global Character Slot page)
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| *Create [[costumes]] from billions of combinations
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| *Play as a [[Hero]] or [[Villain]] up to [[Level]] 50
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| *105 [[Power Set]]s
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| *Play in 45 different game [[Zone Overview|zones]]
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| *Play stories within the [[Mission Architect]] (no rewards)
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| *Join [[Supergroup]]s
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| *Access to Local, Team, Tell, Supergroup, Coalition, Help, Pets, Friends, League, Arena, Leveling Pact, Looking for Group, Emote, and Architect [[Communication Channels]]
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| *[[Mail System]] Access
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| *Reward Drops including small [[Inspirations]], [[Enhancements#Training_Enhancements|Training]] [TO], [[Enhancements#Dual-Origin Enhancements|Dual-Origin]] [DO], [[Enhancements#Single-Origin Enhancements|Single-Origin ]] [SO] and [[Special Enhancements|Special]] [[Enhancements]]
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| *Player-to-Player [[The Players' Guide to the Cities/Trading|Trading]]
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| *+2 [[Invention Salvage|Salvage]] [[Invention System Capacity|Inventory]], +1 [[Recipe]] Inventory
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| *[[Inf]] Cap of 500 million inf per character
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| *Ability to buy anything from the [[Paragon Market]]
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| *Read the [[Official Forums]]
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| === Paragon Rewards Program, VIP Status ===
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| *Access to all of the Communication Channels and Ability to Join [[Global Chat Channels]]
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| *Inf cap of 2 Billion per character
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| *[[Mission Architect]] [[Mission Architect License|License]]
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| *Ability to earn [[Merit Rewards|Reward Merit]]s
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| *Ability to earn [[Vanguard Merit]]s (subject to Prerequisites)
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| *Medium and Large [[Inspiration]] drops
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| === Paragon Rewards Program, Paragon Market ===
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| *[[Invention System|Invention]] [[Invention License|License]]
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| *[[Consignment House]] [[Auction House License|License]]
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| *[[Controller]] and [[Mastermind]] Archetypes
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| *Additional Character Slots
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| === Paragon Market, VIP Status ===
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| *[[Peacebringer]], [[Warshade]], [[Arachnos Soldier]] and [[Arachnos Widow]] Archetypes
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| *[[Alignment]] system access
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| *[[Praetoria]] access
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| *Praetorian Character Creation
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| *Going Rogue Power Sets: [[Dual Pistols]], [[Kinetic Melee]], [[Electric Control]], and [[Demon Summoning]]
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| *Going Rogue [[Costume Sets]]
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| === VIP Status Only ===
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| *Access to [[Incarnate]] content, powers and drops
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| *Access to [[Server|VIP Server]]
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| *Ability to Create or Moderate [[Global Chat Channels]]
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| *Create Supergroups
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| *Edit [[Supergroup Base]]s
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| *Post on the Official Forums
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| *Priority [[Issue 16#Queue Server|Server Queueing]]
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| *Premium In-Game Customer Support
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| ==Benefits==
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| *Get everything a [[Free Player]] gets.
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| *Retain nearly everything you already purchased including [[Super Booster]]s, [[Mission Architect Story Slot]]s, and directly purchased [[Character Slot]]s.
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| *Retain access to most features and benefits enabled by [[Disc Releases|expansions]] like [[Going Rogue (Boxset)|Going Rogue]]. This could include game-play mechanics (such as [[Alignment|side-switching]]), zones (such as [[Praetoria#City Zones|Praetoria]]), [[Costume Sets#Alpha|costumes]], [[Emotes#Going Rogue: Expansion.2C Complete Collection.2C or Item Pack|emotes]], [[Inherent Powers#Shadowy Presence|special powers]] and powersets (such as [[Dual Pistols]] and [[Kinetic Melee]]). This does not include the [[Incarnate System]].
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| *Retain all the [[Veteran Rewards Program|Veteran Rewards]] you earned including character slots and [[Paragon Rewards Perks#Respec Tokens|respecs]]/character [[Power Respecification]].
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| *Retain all the [[Veteran Reward Badges]] previously earned.
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| ===What you get by going VIP===
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| *At least 400 free Paragon Points per month
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| *One Server Transfer per month
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| *A [[Reward Token]] for every month of paid VIP subscription
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| == See Also ==
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| *[[Free Player]]
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| *[[VIP Player]]
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| *[[Reward Token#Converting from Veteran Rewards Program|Converting from Veteran Rewards Program]]
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| [[Category:Gameplay]]
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