New Patron Policy (Patreon)

You've probably noticed that King's Valley is really starting to feel "complete".

Looming on the horizon is a problem though - many, many Patreons (more than 20!) will earn new items in the next few months based on our current Patreon rules.
Making these items is a lot of work - especially because it is becoming harder and harder to fit them into Region 1 and still make them feel fun (Region 1 has more than 500 items!).

Let us be clear - we are still committed to honoring our own Patreon rules as they are written today.
If you have already earned an item or are 30% or more towards earning an item as of your donation on June 1st, you will be "grandfathered in" and will still receive the next item reward when you have earned it under current rules.

The goal of the changes described below is to add fewer Patreon items into the game long-term while still making you feel like you are getting something for supporting the server.
We think we have a good plan - but feedback is very welcome. The new idea we have is to reward Patrons by allowing them to activate a special shrine in Sierhaven. 

This shrine would grant long-duration buffs to any player (Patron or not) who visits the shrine. After some period of time that shrine effect would deactivate again. The current plan is to replace the "get item" reward for $10 and $20 Patrons with 1 and 2 shrine credits, respectively, which could be used each day to activate the shrine with a buff of their choice.
The details of the Shrine are in a separate post available to Patrons. 

Since we still want to add some Patreon items to the game, we would create a new Patreon tier - $30+ Patreons - who would still get 2 credits like $20 Patreons but would still get items created for them at the current rate (2 consecutive months / $60 for first item, each consecutive item after an additional $100 while maintaining the $30/month rank).

Proposed new Patreon reward structure:

Tier 1 - $1/month
- Patron only donator rank and chat room for the Monumenta Discord!
- Be able to support Monumenta and help us pay server costs!
- Bonus Patreon flag for plots!
- Recognized as Patron in in-game chat

Tier 2 - $5/month
- Get your player head in the upstairs donation hall!
- Cool enable-able particle trails!
- Early looks at future Monumenta features and areas!
- Plus all previous rewards

Tier 3 - $10/month
- One daily credit to activate in-game server-wide buffs
- Get your player head in the main donation hall!
- Votes on future builds and mechanics!
- More types of particle trails!
- Gold bonus Patreon flag for plots!
- Plus all previous rewards

Tier 4 - $20/month
- Two daily credits to activate in-game server-wide buffs
- Even more types of particle trails!
- Plus all previous rewards

Tier 5 - $30/month
- EVEN MORE types of particle trails!
- You get to help us design custom in-game items as a tribute to you! Two consecutive months ($60) for 1st item, additional item every ~4 months ($100).
- Plus all previous rewards