Vault, Voratun Coins and Storage Vault Spaces

[kulakless]

Hey everyone. I'm planning to buy the Tales of Maj'Eyal - Collector's Edition on Steam to get the game and all the dlc's but I'm very confused on the subject of Items Vault, Voratun Coins and Storage Vault Spaces. I suppose Item Vaults make life easier on this game. Will I get any of these if I get the game from Steam? What do they actually do? Would I be better of purchasing it from the website? I am confused. I appreciate your answers.

[zoutzakje]

If I remember it correctly, more stuff you buy = more vault storage spaces. Regardless where you buy it from.
The item vault allows you to transfer items from one character to another. Technically if you're patient enough to swap back and forth between characters, you only ever need one slot. But I'd imagine it's significantly more convenient to have more slots.
Some people also like to start each run fresh, and only equip what they find in that specific run. Which does provide a more balanced experience imo.
Some people like to use their storage vault as a sort of museum. To dump the best gear they've ever found into and then never touch it again.
Keep in mind that you have to get through a significant portion of the game (at least in the main campaign), in order to even gain access to the vault. There's a potentially nasty boss guarding the door as well. You will not have access to other characters' gear right from the start of a new one.
I don't know much about Voratun Coins, just that you get them from buying/donating stuff.
I do believe it is exactly the same if you buy it from steam or the website. I personally never paid any of it much attention. I bought it all from steam and have no regrets.

[Moasseman]

Buying the game via any means counts as a donation. When you buy the game from Steam, what happens is that you get Voratun coins equal to the cost that then immediately get used to activate the game for you (so on the homepage in your profile the balance would look like "+109 coins -109 coins", assuming the on-sale price is the same 10,91€ for you as it is for me)

Since you gain a vault slot for each 2€ donated, this means you'd gain 5 item vault slots to your account. I personally use the vault as a sort of a museum because the items in it are visible from your profile on te4.org and it's fun to look at odd/bugged/event/etc items so I wouldn't fret too much about available vault space. Lotsa people don't use it at all while others like it (using the vault will also leave a mark on your character sheet so if you look at existing winners, you can see who used it and who didn't but that's just a cosmetic tag, doesn't have any function)

[kulakless]

Thank you both for your answers. I first thought vaults were more like regular MMORPG bank slots but I was wrong. I'll not worry about them for now as you suggested.