The XP bonus for a beginner is a must, not to mention the other advantages. Funny thing, that after 16 months of play, I got to the point where even VIP is not necessary... so I cancelled it. Let's see why:
- XP bonus. I think it's about since 5 months I maxed out my level and all my talents. XP is useless to me. And since I'm on S181, I wonder how people on the early servers feel. This is a huge failure from Wartune designers. They should have added more talent levels, if nothing else so XP does not lose it's worth.
- No honor lose in BG. I'm Lord Divine since... I don't really now. So I go into BG only when a Hot event requires.
- VIP tokens. Breaking down, it's about 150k gold and 2 mount whips per day...
- VIP chest in dungeons. I have full lvl 80 set, so no thx :)
- Extra kyanite for plunder. Nearly all academy skills maxed out, and that few k kanyite doesn't make a difference.
- No cooldowns. These were the best part of VIP. Too bad I'm doing only one sylph arena max, the 5 claim gold in town heal I can do without VIP. Also duels are doable too. Astral - I never use it, because the VIP astral capture is still bugged, and gives 30% less astral XP and astral points than manual.
- Weekly pack - will miss the luck stones, and my 999 skeleton key pack might run out one day, but we all have to make sacrificies... Same for the +10 mount :)
- Mystery shop, alchemy, daru limit... never click on those hoaxes.
So in, short, I'm not a VIP anymore. As soon as xp has any use again, I will renew it. Also correcting the astral bug, adding more honor levels, updating the VIP pack and chest would help.
I know I'm going to extreme in "minimizing balen spendings", but right now, the above pack does not worth me even 800 balens a month... For the same reason I'm not subscribing to Spirit covenant either, only 1-2 components.
