Current information on Subscription RewardsFollow

Here's some useful information I pulled out of the Mog Station while registering, since there seem to be several threads wondering about character changes and subscriptions. Signing up now does not get you the items yet seeing as they have not set the process up yet to charge your card, but does sign you up for the service plan you selected, so the items will likely come when they get the process set up. My estimated billing date for my 180 day subscription is Sept 29, 2013 and for 180 days will cost me $77.94. Also, it seems that world transfers will be dealt with at the Mog Station as well. I am assuming that by the end of this 30 day free period we get for buying the game, they will set up to charge the accounts based on the service plan you select. I apologize if this has already been posted, but I have not yet personally seen it all in one place.

About Veteran Rewards

Veteran Rewards are special in-game item bonuses received based on how long you've had an active subscription.
These rewards will be distributed via mog letter once you've reached a certain number of days subscribed.

Rank 1
Accumulated Subscription Days: 30 days
Wind-up Cursor Minion
Fantasia
* You may change your character's appearance only once.

Rank 2
Accumulated Subscription Days: 60 days
Black Chocobo Chick
Cascadier Uniform Voucher

Rank 3
Accumulated Subscription Days: 90 days
Beady Eye
Voidal Resonator

Rank 4
Accumulated Subscription Days: 180 days

To Be Announced
Scheduled for Version 2.1

Veteran Reward Requirements

Accumulated Subscription Days

Accumulated Subscription Days" refers to the total number of days subscribed to your service account, rather than actual play time.
This total will not be reset. Selecting 30 days for your first subscription purchase will grant you the Rank 1 Veteran Rewards automatically. Purchase of an additional 30 day subscription will bring your total up to 60 days, granting you the Rank 2 Veteran Rewards.

Furthermore, purchase of a subscription exceeding 30 days will grant Veteran Rewards based on the corresponding subscription period.

Ex: Purchasing a 90 day subscription will grant the following:
Rank 1 (30 days): Wind-up Cursor Minion, Fantasia
Rank 2 (60 days): Black Chocobo Chick, Cascadier Uniform Voucher
Rank 3 (90 days): Beady Eye, Voidal Resonator

Periods of Inactivity

In the event there is a break in your subscription, the period between the expiration and renewal of your subscription will not be included in the total.

Receiving Veteran Rewards

Veteran Rewards will be distributed to all characters associated with the corresponding service account via mog letter.
* Veteran Rewards will also be distributed to newly created characters.

Precaution Regarding Rewards

Please note that Veteran Rewards will only be distributed once per character.
Square Enix cannot be held responsible should these items be lost or accidentally sold in-game. Please take care when keeping track of these items.

About Fantasia

Fantasia grants you a single opportunity to edit your character.
You will be allowed to change your race, gender, appearance, date of birth, and patron deity.
*Your starting class and name cannot be changed.

Changing Your Appearance

After using Fantasia, you will be allowed to change your appearance in the character creation screen upon your next login.
At the character selection screen, right click the character or press square to proceed to the character creator.
* Before using Fantasia, you must remove all equipment except for your main hand.

Precautions

- If you do not choose to change your appearance at the character selection screen, you will not lose the effect of Fantasia.
- When you have finished using the character creator, Fantasia will be consumed even if there are no changes in your character's appearance.
- The appearance change granted by Fantasia will not be saved until you have completed using the character creator.

About the Cascadier Uniform Voucher

So that players can receive both body and leg gear, two Cascadier uniform vouchers will be distributed.
The vouchers can be exchanged for a Cascadier uniform by speaking with Aelina, who can be found in Mor Dhona at Revenant's Toll.
* When exchanging your vouchers for a Cascadier uniform, please note there are two sets based on gender.


Edited, Aug 28th 2013 12:57pm by Valkayree

Edited, Aug 28th 2013 12:57pm by Valkayree

ok Im confused. Lets use the 90 day rewards as an example. lets say i buy 90 days right now are you saying I get my rewards when I get charged for my 90 days (which will be at the end of sept) or AFTER 90 days has passed.. which would be at the end of December?

Source: official forums TL;DR: Upon the end of their free trials, players' payments will be processed and they will receive their veteran rewards.

Edited, Aug 28th 2013 3:30pm by Klarus

I heard a few rumors, quite unsubstantiated, that they're considering free character transfers for the 180 day sign up, with the normal transfer rules of legacy to non-legacy and whatnot, in part to address the player die-off that always happens shortly after free trials end, and in part to help people get on their friends servers with some of the launch problems. Just a vague rumor I ran across at work that I should have saved, mind you, but one that may have merit. I signed up for 180 anyway, since I'm not really in it for the rewards, just getting the bills outta the way for months at a time, but if that rumor turns out to be true, I'll feel much better with how seriously they're taking the server backlogs and character creation halts.

As A 1.0 player I was charged over a week ago.

Thanks for clarifying. There is a lot of mixed messages floating around out there, a lot of people saying it is possible to pay immediately and others saying definitely that you can't.

So, can anyone confirm that the EU game time cards will definitely not work for NA accounts?

Or does anyone know when/if there will ever be NA game time cards - not Crysta, game time like EU and JP have - actual, immediately charged game time cards? I called EB Games a few days ago and the owner of the store said he had no idea and that if I find out let him know because he has no idea and he has a ton of people calling or showing up wanting to buy them.