On Thu, 16 Jun 2011, Timothy Pederick wrote:
The way I see it, the "reader loyalty bonus" is that the player gets to compare their old bonuses to the equivalent new Grandmaster bonus and use the best bonus applicable.That's actually a really good way to explain it.
That makes me wonder, though: Suppose a player starts the series at Book 6 (and thus misses out on all the fun Special Items from the Kai series). Even if their initial CS is 19, by the time they get to Book 13, their mastery of the Lore Circles gives them +5 CS for a total CS of 24, which is less than the minimum CS of 25 with which a new player would start the Grand Master series. (And heaven forbid if the player's initial CS was 10, besides the fact that Zakhan Kimah and the Chaos Master would've made mincemeat of them several times over!)
Is this a major hidden loyalty penalty? I've always added 10 CS on top of the Lore Cirle bonuses when starting the Grand Master series to compensate.
Is this something we should address? Ben ~~~~~~ Manage your subscription at //www.freelists.org/list/projectaon
