While I understand the idea of fairness to those starting the game for the first time on launch I disagree with the packages being labeled as a thank you to those who have contributed to the game over beta and prior. They are all merely accelerators to those people who wish to pay the cost of subscription for 3-13 months.
if you truly want to thank those who have contributed to the game development the reward needs to be something that somebody signing up for the first time on the day before launch can’t get.
There are two ways that this glaring absurd play on words can be remedied.
1) Call the packages what they are: Accelerators for those who want to front the cost of subscription
2) Actually thank the beta and alpha people in the community that actually pulled money out of their wallets believing in this game, by providing them with something that others won’t get.
I love this game, but we are not children.
A brand new player who signs up for 13 months, 1 day before launch, is gonna get the same “reward” as those that have already put time in.