VIPs and Intercept Rewards

AionTeleos

I've been a VIP since they rolled out the feature. The rewards for it aren't great, but initially it was a way to support the game, and then when they rolled out the intercept feature, not having to watch videos to claim the rewards suddenly made the VIP membership worth the money to me. Since the last update, though, that perk has gone away for me. Is this intended, or is it a bug that will be fixed in a future update? If it's the former, I don't think I'll bother renewing my VIP membership when the current cycle ends.

bluewolf

Do you mean you still have to watch videos?  Or that there are no intercepts?  I am VIP, get intercepts, no videos.  Any purchase in game is good for avoiding videos for a time (I think 28 days?).

AionTeleos

I mean that although I am a VIP, I have to watch the videos in order to claim the intercept rewards. From what you're saying, it sounds like I need to enter a ticket with customer service. Thanks!

Phumade

right.  its a common misconception that vip eliminates watching videos.

What actually happens is this:

1.  VIP counts as an In App purchase.  Any In app purchase allows you to skip videos for 30 consecutive days.

2.  The timer on VIP is tied to your daily login.  So you have the option to not play for a week, and upon return, the vip starts up where you last left it.

So its important to realize that:

1.  you can join vip.  take a week off, and the vip will resume upon return.

2.  the skip video timer never stops.  after 30 days you have to to make another IAP.

AionTeleos

Oh, that makes so much sense. I took about 10 days off from the game recently (the only time I've missed so much as a day in 1105 days of playing), so that explains it. Thanks!

SkadenFrudee

I received a shield intercept from my daily resupply today. No video, since I'm VIP, but I had no idea that was even possible. 

DarthDeVo

SkadenFrudee said:

I received a shield intercept from my daily resupply today. No video, since I'm VIP, but I had no idea that was even possible. 

I imagine it came from whatever match you played to get the resupply, not the resupply itself. I believe way back when they introduced Intercepts, they said you should be guaranteed one after the first match you play for the day (whenever that resets for you), which also triggers the resupply. 

Of course, plenty of people say they go days or even weeks in between getting them, so who knows if that was accurate or not. 

SkadenFrudee

That's actually possible, I started playing 15 minutes before the daily reset, so maybe I didn't notice the bonus. My luck has been stealing them from some of you unlucky folks for awhile now, I average double digits intercepts daily. RNGesus punishes me on all my vault pulls (especially tacos), so it balances out.