Station cash not being front-loaded on the six month sub'?

[haticK]

So technically if we bought 6 months we could cancel auto-renew after getting 500SC for the 6th month...guess you just gotta make a reminder to do it.

[Piper]

Ok, thanks for input folks. Looks like the way it is (500 being every month and not a lump sum) is intended then.

Originally Posted by Quovatis

Also note that if you cancel a multi-month membership early, you will still receive the bonuses until your paid time expires, however, you forfeit any remaining monthly station cash allowances you would normally get.

That does strike me as weird though, wonder what the reasoning is behind that.

[Helwyr]

Seems to me you ought to get all the SC up front, you've already paid for it.

[derito]

With 500 SC each month you will want to use it without waiting for the next batch, and chances are the item you want is 700 (or more for some camo).
Well, lets just add 2 bucks to your account.
Repeat each month.

They aren't a charity after all.

[Thunderhawk]

I have got the 6 month subscription, but looking at the numbers, SOE will be raking in the cash with this game, even more so than if they just had a monthly subscription (which we have all already paid for) and free weapons.

F2P is indeed a cash cow !! - and fair play to them.

[Zanzazzin]

I don't know about a cash cow, if you are on these forums you are the exception to the rule, I bet 75% of the people on these forums are in Alpha and will Subscribe because you are dedicated enough to the game already to be visiting forums pre launch

At least 1/2 the population will be playing because it is Free to Play and they do not want to spend money on it.

[Helwyr]

Originally Posted by derito

They aren't a charity after all.

Charity would imply people we're saying they should get free stuff, what is actually being asked for is what people will have already paid money for, that's not charity.

[Piper]

Originally Posted by Helwyr

Seems to me you ought to get all the SC up front, you've already paid for it.

Frankly I agree, if those who had bought A-squad had been given their extra weapons drip, drip over a few months that would have been....well not popular I expect.

But it seems to be the way they are doing things. More than likely as derito said to encourage extra SC buying (something I might look at doing and wasn't planning on as I thought I'd be getting 3k up front).

Que sera, sera.

[BigpermCML]

If I am willing to frontload the money for a 6 month sub., I should be frontloaded the virtual monies associated with the full term of my sub, imo.