Christmas and New Year bonuses!

[AW "Dr.Butler" SSB Officer]

The Christmas and New Year is very close and, unfortunately, we will not have "Christmas tree" in game...
But there is something else, and even better!

For one months period (starting today and until Jan 15th, 2013 23:59 UTC) we will change the rules for donations.
Added on Jan 14, 2013:

In a last couple of days we have received a lot of requests from players... Asking about the possibility to have the promotion extended... And we, in DL, agreed with that move!

The offer discussed in Christmas and New Year bonuses thread is officially extended and now valid until the end of January 2013 (offer ends on Jan 31, 2013 at 23:59 UTC)!

All items will be given to participants at the beginning of the February.

First, we will not count the fees, which PayPal takes for the transaction. So, for every donated USD you will get exactly 10 x AWD.

Second, and most important, we will give out bonuses for every donation:

• Donate from $10.00 USD up to $49.99 USD and get +5% AWD
• Donate from $50.00 USD up to $99.99 USD and get +10% AWD
• Donate from $100.00 USD up to $299.99 USD and get +15% AWD
• Donate from $300.00 USD up to $599.99 USD and get +20% AWD
• Donate from $600.00 USD up to $999.99 USD and get +35% AWD
• For donations starting from $1000.00 USD and over we will give +50% AWD

So, $10 USD donated will turn into 100+5 = 105 AWD.
$100 USD will turn into 1000+150 = 1150 AWD.
$500 USD will give you 5000+1000 = 6000 AWD.
$1000 USD becomes 10000+5000 = 15000 AWD.

Donations less than $10 USD will be processed at 1x10 rate.

And there is more than that!

All donations will be summed up during this period and, on January 16th, 2013, we will give out presents, depending on the total donated amount per avatar:

• $20.00 to $49.99
  
  • Alpha Steel Pick 6/100% and Alpha Steel Axe 6/100%
  • Health-Kit E1 6/100%
  • Grom Hunter Imp 6/100%
  
  
• $50.00 to $99.99
  
  • Alpha Steel Pick 9/100% and Alpha Steel Axe 9/100%
  • Health-Kit E1 9/100%
  • Kulak F572 9/100%
  
  
• $100.00 to $299.99
  
  • Alpha Steel Pick 12/100% and Alpha Steel Axe 12/100%
  • Health-Kit m4 12/100%
  • Kulak F2021 12/100%
  • full set of "C135-D9" 6/100% armor
  
  
• $300.00 to $599.99
  
  • Alpha Steel Pick 15/100% and Alpha Steel Axe 15/100%
  • Health-Kit E2 12/100%
  • Kashtan Mi-12+ 12/100%
  • Enh Machete Lading 12/100%
  • full set of "C180-D9" 9/100% armor
  • set of mining tools (xP-146 scanners, Orpull B Mod-4 Holer, Mextrax LA-L4 Chinara, all 9/100%)
  • set of white or black clothes (per choice)
  • Backpack with +35% weight enhancement
  
  
• $600.00 to $999.99
  
  • Alpha Steel Pick 21/100% and Alpha Steel Axe 21/100%
  • Health-Kit E3 15/100%
  • Kulak 2120 15/100%
  • Enh Alshpis Blood 15/100%
  • full set of "C225-D9" 9/100% armor
  • set of mining tools(xQ-242 scanners, Orpull I Mod-4 Xu, Mextrax MB-L4 Bru, all 15/100%)
  • set of colored clothes (color per choice from 12)
  • Backpack with +40% weight enhancement
  
  
• $1000.00 and over
  
  • Alpha Steel Pick 30/100% and Alpha Steel Axe 30/100%
  • Health-Kit E2 and Health-Kit E3 both 21/100%
  • B&V Ripper Mod 30/100%
  • Enhanced Xayerim 'Snake Tongue' 30/100%
  • full set of "C270-D9" 12/100% armor
  • set of mining tools(xT-338 scanners, Orpull S Mod-4 Xondra, Mextrax TT-L4 Sinka, all 18/100%)
  • set of leather clothes
  • set of colored clothes (color per choice from 12)
  • Backpack with +45% weight enhancement
  
  

Every single item is unique and labeled with a special "Alpha" tag + avatar's name.
All items does not affects avatar's skills or attributes. Everything works at maximum effectiveness level and doesn't give any SAU/skills.

Of course all that time, we will continue working on fixing bugs, improving the game and adding new features.
We are very limited by human resources so the progress can be slow at some things.
We can't do a lot of different things at the same time, but will try to bring the Survival to higher quality level.
Expect updates to be pushed on a more regular basis.

Have a good time!

[Serenity "SerenityFireFly" FireFly]

Sounds really cool, but people will probably be spending cash on there families, i personally would have liked to have seen this happen for donations during the period of 2006 to 2012 as it would have been nice to reward the players who donated/tested during that period.(which was what players were kind of hoping/expected). in my opinion rewarding items for cash donated is an insult to the players who have openly donated alot in the past.

[Paul "Cuey" Darkmane]

Sounds really cool, but people will probably be spending cash on there families, i personally would have liked to have seen this happen for donations during the period of 2006 to 2012 as it would have been nice to reward the players who donated/tested during that period.(which was what players were kind of hoping/expected). in my opinion rewarding items for cash donated is an insult to the players who have openly donated alot in the past.

I totally agree but what about the past donators? there was posts on the old tech Forum about rewarding donators/testers when the game goes commercial/live ... i would like to see this honoured as well.

[dale "dalewj" ofj]

I see this is as a good way for the devs to get the money they have been badly needing for a long time and give somethign back to those that do it.  I have no problem with it.

But I do agree that the long term players and depositers at some point need to get some recognition.  That in itself would be a great advert for the game and you could use it in many ways. 

The problem you have i understand and the cherry you put in front of our eyes is very nice and tempting.

[Hugo "Lossehelin" Santos]

this sounds great. I see no problem with this promo. it is quite natural.

And cuey, the game cannot be considered comercial/live yet. Live testing is more like it.

Good to know that updates will come more regular.

[Paul "Cuey" Darkmane]

It means that the "Survival" now runs in "live mode", e.g. the database will not be purged/reset anymore, as the Alpha is now closed and everything was moved to the Survival.

Regarding "Alpha" -> "Beta" -> "Gold" - we don't go this route, but instead use "live development".
Of course we are still working on it and will continue moving it forward by adding missing features and fixing bugs.
Participation Agreement is still applied. Test is always welcome, as the game advances every day, but regular playing is also "test", so just by playing you already providing us a lot of data (more than 1GB of data  generated each day).

Hope this answers everything

It is said here ... gl

[Zen "ZenX" Star]

For a company that struggles to have enough monetary resources this is a good idea.
If i have some money spare after Christmas presents i will see what i can do to support the game.

It wouldnt be feasible to always give bonuses, but at an important phase that the game is at now it is understandable that incentives are provided.

Money donated in the past has never had promises attached to them, the advantages of previous donations have been skills and experience and equipment.


Zen

[rumbling "kl4ws" god]

For a company that struggles to have enough monetary resources this is a good idea.
If i have some money spare after Christmas presents i will see what i can do to support the game.

It wouldnt be feasible to always give bonuses, but at an important phase that the game is at now it is understandable that incentives are provided.

Money donated in the past has never had promises attached to them, the advantages of previous donations have been skills and experience and equipment.


Zen

Excellent said Zen,

All the skills we have gained in Alpha and get to keep in Survival are the best gift we could get so far for playing/donating and testing.

This new initiative is great both for Devs and players to stir up the things a bit!

Its a great way for the new players to close up the gap this being said: "All items does not affects avatar's skills or attributes. Everything works at maximum effectiveness level and doesn't give any SAU/skills."

Expecting gifts for donating and testing in the Alpha stage it is a bit more in my opinion, though i wouldnt mind a small piece of something with the "Alpha Veteran" mention somewhere on it 

[dale "dalewj" ofj]

[ i wouldnt mind a small piece of something with the "Alpha Veteran" mention somewhere on it 

Exactly

[Kaywinnit "Kaylee" Frye]

Totally agreed with first 2 posters. You won't see a cent from me until the game allows withdrawal.

[Zwarka "Zwarky" Stonehenge]

Expecting gifts for donating and testing in the Alpha stage it is a bit more in my opinion, though i wouldnt mind a small piece of something with the "Alpha Veteran" mention somewhere on it 

Maybe in Avatar Info Window. Wouldn't
it sound much better then only Citizen?




Greetings - Zwarky

[Zaelkaer "Allfather" Vampyre]

I think promotions like these are a great way to fund-raise for the devs. Totally support it, i've seen it before in other games. Usually these promotion sales come with the holidays. A month for christmas, a week for Easter, a day for my birthday? lol.

but on the other hand....... if i had known that there was going to be a promotion like this, i would have waited until now to donate to the game. Perhaps a separate 1-time bonus system could be made for those who donated in Alpha? im bad with quotes and stuff i haven't figured out how to completely use the forum yet. ^_^, but whoever posted about the gains being exp and skills and equipment in Aplha - ok yes, partially. But the only thing 'given' back then for donating was Survival Points, and i'm still not sure what they are for..

and then again - because of this promotion (i love promotions, don't get me wrong), if i am unable to donate by the time time is up, then i won't donate again until the next promotion, because i wouldn't want to miss on something like this again, if you know what i'm saying... my 2 cents

[AW "Dr.Butler" SSB Officer]

Do not think we have forgot about Alpha.
Previously (actually many times) we have said that there will be reward to those who helped the project. This still applies, we confirm it, and there will be reward. Not everything at once.

Let us fix the bugs and bring the basic functionality (from Alpha, like UG mining) back in game first.

[Serenity "SerenityFireFly" FireFly]

Do not think we have forgot about Alpha.
Previously (actually many times) we have said that there will be reward to those who helped the project. This still applies, we confirm it, and there will be reward. Not everything at once.

Let us fix the bugs and bring the basic functionality (from Alpha, like UG mining) back in game first.

Good to hear about UG mining, also will taming be coming back? just for those who had rented chambers before AWS theyve lost out on awd paid for chambers since update i too would like to see more focus on bug fixes, i think your doing really good work with AWS.

[Zaelkaer "Allfather" Vampyre]

Yes, i have a feeling that the team has a very big list of things they are constantly working on. I think they are accomplishing a lot, and are doing a great job.