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== Overview ==
A '''Premium Player''' is any non-subscription account holder who has ever spent money with [[NCsoft]] on the [[City of Heroes]] product.  [[VIP Player]]s whose subscriptions lapse turn into Premium Players.  Premium Players may have limited access to some game features and systems. It is impossible to downgrade from a Premium Player to a [[Free Player]].
 
Nicknames include ''preems'', ''freemium'', and ''premies''.
 
== Description ==
Premium Player account status is an intermediary access tier in the hybrid model adopted when [[City of Heroes Freedom]] launched, between Free Players and VIP Players. Premium Players include, but are not limited to:
 
* Players joining the game as Free Players after [[Issue 21]], who have purchased points through the [[Paragon Market]]
* Players joining as Free Players after Issue 21, who subscribe (including [[Time Card]]s and [[Game Card]]s) or apply a retail code, and then let their subscription lapse
* Returning players who applied a retail code to their account, subscribed to the game, or applied a game time card, at any time in the game's history, but do not renew their subscription after Freedom launch
 
The features and systems available to Premium Players compared to VIP Players are very strongly and directly tied to the [[Paragon Rewards Program]].  See also [[Reward Token#Converting from Veteran Rewards Program|Converting from Veteran Rewards Program]].
 
== Features Accessible ==
=== For Free ===
*Access at least 8 [[Archetypes]] ([[Blaster]], [[Brute]], [[Corruptor]], [[Defender]], [[Dominator]], [[Scrapper]], [[Stalker]] and [[Tanker]])
*At least two [[Global Character Slot Token]]s across all [[servers]] (details on the Global Character Slot page)
*Create [[costumes]] from billions of combinations
*Play as a [[Hero]] or [[Villain]] up to [[Level]] 50
*105 [[Power Set]]s
*Play in 45 different game [[Zone Overview|zones]]
*Play stories within the [[Mission Architect]] (no rewards)
*Access to Local, Team, Help, Pets, Friends, League, Arena, Leveling Pact, Looking for Group, Emote, and Architect [[Communication Channels]]
*Reward Drops including small [[Inspirations]], [[Enhancements#Training_Enhancements|Training]] [TO], [[Enhancements#Dual-Origin Enhancements|Dual-Origin]] [DO], [[Enhancements#Single-Origin Enhancements|Single-Origin ]] [SO] and [[Special Enhancements|Special]] [[Enhancements]]
*Player-to-Player [[The Players' Guide to the Cities/Trading|Trading]]
*[[Inf]] Cap of 25 million inf per character
*Limited Inventory
*Ability to buy anything from the [[Paragon Market]]
*Read the [[Official Forums]]
*Support by [https://help.ncsoft.com/ Knowledge Base] and [mailto:support@ncsoft.com email]
 
=== Paragon Rewards, VIP Status ===
*Access to all of the Communication Channels and Ability to Join [[Global Chat Channels]]
*Inf cap up to 2 Billion per character
*[[Mail System]] Access
*[[Mission Architect]] [[Mission Architect License|License]]
*Ability to earn [[Merit Rewards|Reward Merit]]s
*Ability to earn [[Vanguard Merit]]s (subject to Prerequisites)
*Medium and Large [[Inspiration]] drops
*Join [[Supergroup]]s
*Edit [[Supergroup Base]]s
*Increased [[Invention System Capacity]]
 
=== Paragon Rewards, Paragon Market, VIP Status ===
*[[Invention System|Invention]] [[Invention License|License]]
*[[Consignment House]] [[Auction House License|License]]
*[[Controller]] and [[Mastermind]] Archetypes
*Additional Character Slots
*Post in "All Access" sections of the Official Forums
 
=== Paragon Market, VIP Status ===
*[[Peacebringer]], [[Warshade]], [[Arachnos Soldier]] and [[Arachnos Widow]] Archetypes
*[[Alignment]] system access
*[[Praetoria]] access
*Praetorian Character Creation
*Going Rogue Power Sets: [[Dual Pistols]], [[Kinetic Melee]], [[Electric Control]], and [[Demon Summoning]]
*Going Rogue [[Costume Sets]]
 
=== VIP Status Only ===
*Access to [[Incarnate System]] content, powers and drops
*Access to [[Server|VIP Server]]
*Ability to Create or Moderate [[Global Chat Channels]]
*Interact with the [[Super Group Registrar|SG registrar]] (create [[Supergroup|SGs]], pay [[rent]], exchange [[inf]] for [[prestige]], server's top SG list)
*Post in any forum of the Official Forums
*Priority [[Issue 16#Queue Server|Server Queueing]]
*Premium In-Game Customer Support
 
==Benefits==
*Get everything a [[Free Player]] gets. 
*Retain nearly everything you already purchased including [[Super Booster]]s, [[Mission Architect Story Slot]]s, and directly purchased [[Character Slot]]s. 
*Retain access to most features and benefits enabled by [[Disc Releases|expansions]] like [[Going Rogue (Boxset)|Going Rogue]]. This could include game-play mechanics (such as [[Alignment|side-switching]]), zones (such as [[Praetoria#City Zones|Praetoria]]), [[Costume Sets#Alpha|costumes]], [[Emotes#Going Rogue: Expansion.2C Complete Collection.2C or Item Pack|emotes]], [[Inherent Powers#Shadowy Presence|special powers]] and powersets (such as [[Dual Pistols]] and [[Kinetic Melee]]). This does not include the [[Incarnate System]].
*Retain all the [[Veteran Rewards Program|Veteran Rewards]] you earned including character slots and [[Paragon Rewards Perks#Respec Tokens|respecs]]/character [[Power Respecification]].
*Retain all the [[Veteran Reward Badges]] previously earned.
 
===What you get by going VIP===
*At least 400 free Paragon Points per month
*One Server Transfer per month
*A [[Reward Token]] for every month of paid VIP subscription
 
== See Also ==
*[[Free Player]]
*[[VIP Player]]
*[[Reward Token#Converting from Veteran Rewards Program|Converting from Veteran Rewards Program]]
 
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