Premium levels

[Castyles]

If I buy the premium journey do I unlock 25 levels from both the standard and the premium rows or only from the premium row?

[Lokiator]

You're always at the same level for both rows. If you buy it now, you get a 25 level boost and your premium is set to the same level as your standard.

So if you were standard 75 and bought premium + 25 levels, you'd got to level 100 on both.

[Castyles]

Originally posted by Lokiator:

You're always at the same level for both rows. If you buy it now, you get a 25 level boost and your premium is set to the same level as your standard.

So if you were standard 75 and bought premium + 25 levels, you'd got to level 100 on both.

That's actually great, even if I don't care about the cosmetics. Now I see the appeal. Damn you, CDPR...

I'm thinking of getting it just for the keys, though. Should I save up for a "better" journey? Like, when the Geralt or Alzur journey begins?

Thanks for the quick answer, btw, Loki.

[Darth Joules]

If you just want the keys then don't buy Premium Journey. It doesn't add a lot of extra keys over non-premium.

The extra 26 level special Premium Journey is only worth while if you're some one who plays the game infrequently and you want the cosmetics. I bought it because I can only play two or three days of the week usually.

[Castyles]

Originally posted by Darth Joules:

If you just want the keys then don't buy Premium Journey. It doesn't add a lot of extra keys over non-premium.

The extra 26 level special Premium Journey is only worth while if you're some one who plays the game infrequently and you want the cosmetics. I bought it because I can only play two or three days of the week usually.

But, according to my calculations, I'd earn way, way more than 50 keys with a single transaction. I can get lots of cards that way by milling garbage. I'm almost level 58, on the journey.

Another user told me that the next season is the Season of Magic. Who is the main character of the journey? I can't think of anyone else other than Alzur. Am I correct?

[Darth Joules]

50 keys is not a lot. Year of the Wererat tree needs 48 keys to unlock all the story nodes. That gets you 2200 ore which is 22 kegs. So long as you're Prestige 1 and every card was a dupe then you'd only get 1540 scrap. That isn't enough for two Legendaries.

Most of your keys will come from daily quests, Prestige levels (early on), and standard Journey, but over a very long period of time.

There will not be a new Journey character for another two months and Alzur has already had his Journey (seven months ago) so sadly you missed the boat for him.

[Odium]

Journey is the best way to spend money on this game if you do play on a regular basis.

You get so much for $10. If you are just starting the game/journey now then the extra levels are a good value to catch up.

I started the game midway through the last journey. Bought the journey with the 25 levels and got to 100 pretty easily but I was played quite a bit.

[Lokiator]

Originally posted by Castyles:

Should I save up for a "better" journey? Like, when the Geralt or Alzur journey begins?

Those Journeys are done and CDPR hasn't given any indication that they intend to bring old ones back. They've hinted that maybe, just maybe, you'll be able to buy the cosmetics from Shupe's at some point.

Originally posted by Castyles:

I'm almost level 58, on the journey.

Another user told me that the next season is the Season of Magic. Who is the main character of the journey? I can't think of anyone else other than Alzur. Am I correct?

If you're already level 58 and are considering buying premium, don't bother with getting a level boost. You're over halfway there with 8 weeks left to go, so you'll easily hit 100 if you keep playing at the same rate. There's no bonus after 100 except 2 RP per level, which was the old default reward before Journeys were introduced.

We still have two months left in the Triss Journey, so there won't be a new Journey character for the next two seasons.