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Why Elite?
It seems like much of the Elite-status perks have been diluted by Arsenal to the point where I'm wondering if it's worth it.
* GG limit isn't doubled anymore
* Prime Battle now rains from the sky -- it's free with or without elite.
* In-game mounts are plentiful (and my 65s have unique ones anyway)
* Gold bonus doesn't apply to VGs
* XP bonus is for leveling and imho, it's far FAR too high (likely much more fun to level without it)
* I don't craft, so the free daily cureall is useless (and it can't be sold)
* I've never used an instance reset scroll -- they're just stockpiled in bank
* I almost never run more than 2 of a dungeon on any given char (typically just 1 other than GG)
There are still a few things that are nice, but not sure if they're worth it
* travel journal and atlas -- pretty sure you can buy ingame versions (fed bills?)
* double VG count
* broker limit -- could spread things out and/or skip selling the tiny junk
* broker fees
I'm wondering if there's something I forgot about what Elite is doing. The big one that has me pondering dropping it is the reduced GG count. The only reason to run GG is for the inner tokens and the 50% reduction in rate is pretty painful compared to pre-Arsenal. The Arsenal GG does drop more junk, but it's all in such small quantities as to be meaningless and not worth the time by themselves -- tokens are about 95% of it with gems making up about 4.8% of the rest.
* GG limit isn't doubled anymore
* Prime Battle now rains from the sky -- it's free with or without elite.
* In-game mounts are plentiful (and my 65s have unique ones anyway)
* Gold bonus doesn't apply to VGs
* XP bonus is for leveling and imho, it's far FAR too high (likely much more fun to level without it)
* I don't craft, so the free daily cureall is useless (and it can't be sold)
* I've never used an instance reset scroll -- they're just stockpiled in bank
* I almost never run more than 2 of a dungeon on any given char (typically just 1 other than GG)
There are still a few things that are nice, but not sure if they're worth it
* travel journal and atlas -- pretty sure you can buy ingame versions (fed bills?)
* double VG count
* broker limit -- could spread things out and/or skip selling the tiny junk
* broker fees
I'm wondering if there's something I forgot about what Elite is doing. The big one that has me pondering dropping it is the reduced GG count. The only reason to run GG is for the inner tokens and the 50% reduction in rate is pretty painful compared to pre-Arsenal. The Arsenal GG does drop more junk, but it's all in such small quantities as to be meaningless and not worth the time by themselves -- tokens are about 95% of it with gems making up about 4.8% of the rest.
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Gold Bonus - Literally pointless since all of our gold is picked up through Vanguards, and the few drops in dungeons amount to completely inconsequential amounts of gold (Bathysmal Rise chest is a good example).
XP Bonus - Sure some can use it, but let's be honest here.... Leveling a character in Tera is an absolute joke as it is right now. Joy of Partying already bumps you up 400% while in dungeons (or was it 500%?). Then add in the inherent 2x XP bonus from Elite, and then the XP bonus from Rewards. It actually breaks the game with how fast you level your characters now.
Reset scrolls are almost pointless, unless you are in a group that blitzkriegs dungeons, or are just someone who ONLY runs dungeons, then they'll just pile up in your bank.
However Elite does have some good perks:
Atlas and World journal are basically required necessities with how much I use them now. Going without them would be extremely time-consuming and I'd inevitably burn all of my fed bills getting them from the store, lol.
Double dungeon entries before needing those rarely needed and far-between use reset scrolls. Most days I don't do more then 2-3 dungeons anyway so I never hit a limit.
Double vanguard rewards is also really nice too when trying to get VG credits quickly. Maybe instead of having double gold from drops bonuses for an hour, have a 'double gold received' bonus instead, but only have maybe 4 of them to sort of regulate things a little (even I'm starting to feel the squeeze on gold in this patch, and I started with 400k+ gold two weeks ago).
I will admit crafter's cures are nice now because you'll need them when trying to make gold/silver darics/plates for upgrading, as are the other few bonus items in the daily packs.
The 15 EMP a day isn't huge but after having it for 6+ months, I'm going to have a nice little extra bonus EMP to spend when something I want pops up in the store. Plus, effectively you're getting a chunk of your monthly cost for Elite back, which is a nice plus (you just have to use it in the store is the only 'catch' if that can even be considered one).
This. Only reason I got Elite when I came back....though, after my Elite is up, think I'mma bounce back to retirement and wait for next patch.
I don't really care about advantages in-game but something I expect when paying suscription as a costumer in a company is to get better prices/prizes than those who are don't pay a for a suscription.
standar acount have 1 run per day x character
elite have 2 runs x day x character
im no sure but this mean double, is no like before pacht you get 2 runs for standar acount and elite get 4 runs ( this means double too )
as i know , GG is bug right now , non elite user get 2 entry same as elite user
Elite receive 450 emp a month (sometimes 465.)