Thinking of buying Explorer Pack but have questions

[QQ Nub Gaming]

here is what the explorer pack lists:
2 Value Pack (30 Days)
-This apply to the account or just a single character?

10 Elion's Blessing
-I'm guessing this is 10 for the account. Are these account bound or character bound?

2 Character Slot Expansion Coupon


Inventory Slot +16 Expansion Coupon
-Sounds like this is just for one (which is stupid imo). Is that true or have they changed it?

Tier 5 & Tier 3 Horses
-I dont know what this means. What is the difference between a t3 and t5? Is this a temporary thing or does it apply to the entire account?

Horse Flutes (Permanent & 7 days)
-Why horse fluteS? Is the permanent apply to a single character or all characters? if I have a permanent, what is the point of a "rental" item?

Silver Embroidered Life Clothes Exchange Coupon
-All characters or one?

5 Housing Coupon
-All characters or one?

Pet of choice
-Combat pet or just cosmetic? If combat, is one better than another? All characters or just one?

AND FINALLY - some games force you to apply these items to the FIRST character you create. I'm an altaholic so generally my first character is never my main. Can I redeem these items whenever i want and on whatever character i want?

[Reistrix Hunter]

"2 Value Pack (30 Days)
-This apply to the account or just a single character?"
Applies to all characters. Gives buffs for 30 days per value pack.

"10 Elion's Blessing
-I'm guessing this is 10 for the account. Are these account bound or character bound?"
Character bound, I believe. They're instant revives that help stop EXP loss.

"Inventory Slot +16 Expansion Coupon
-Sounds like this is just for one (which is stupid imo). Is that true or have they changed it?"
Just one character.

"Tier 5 & Tier 3 Horses
-I dont know what this means. What is the difference between a t3 and t5? Is this a temporary thing or does it apply to the entire account?"
Apply to entire account. Tier 5s are faster than T3s.

"Horse Flutes (Permanent & 7 days)
-Why horse fluteS? Is the permanent apply to a single character or all characters? if I have a permanent, what is the point of a "rental" item?"
When used, it is bound to one character. Hence why you also got a rental one. (I think the permanent one gets bound, I know the 7 day one does.)

"Silver Embroidered Life Clothes Exchange Coupon
-All characters or one?"
Should be for all

"5 Housing Coupon
-All characters or one?"
All characters use the same house and furniture.

"Pet of choice
-Combat pet or just cosmetic? If combat, is one better than another? All characters or just one?"
All characters. They loot for you and give some buffs depending on the pet.

Can I redeem these items whenever i want and on whatever character i want?
I'm not sure, I never bought the package. It'd probably be safe to assume you'd want to use your main.

[QQ Nub Gaming]

Thank you for the reply.

I wish they would just make this stuff for every character. I know they want to monetize everything and think making people buy bag storage for every character means more $$ but I rarely spend money on games/packs that are single use or "rental". On the other hand, I have spent a TON of money on Neverwinter and Star Trek Online. I think they both get the store markets right. The packs in each game apply to all characters. There are single item purchases as well but you have options. As a side note, I am a lifetime sub on STO and I still probably spend a couple hundred a year on it. A game like Archeage? Zero because everything is for a single character. At $24 I may just try it anyway because it's cheap but it will definately affect if I buy items in the future.

Thanks again!

[n00bsBelow]

2 Value Pack (30 Days)
-This apply to the account or just a single character?
Entire Account uses it

10 Elion's Blessing
-I'm guessing this is 10 for the account. Are these account bound or character bound?
Tough to say, there are character bound ones but lately only Santa has been dropping bound ones, but you can claim them when you want and the number you want from your mail (don't bother until you're beyond lvl 56.

2 Character Slot Expansion Coupon
-These are, of course, account wide.

Inventory Slot +16 Expansion Coupon
-Sounds like this is just for one (which is stupid imo). Is that true or have they changed it?
-This is single use, use it WISELY as you can get 55 free slots from missions, don't use this until you know you love the character's awakened weapon at 56+

Tier 5 & Tier 3 Horses
-I dont know what this means. What is the difference between a t3 and t5? Is this a temporary thing or does it apply to the entire account?
-Put them in a stable and any character can take them out, horses, boats, wagons are all family shared but only bound to the character when they are not put away.

Horse Flutes (Permanent & 7 days)
-Why horse fluteS? Is the permanent apply to a single character or all characters? if I have a permanent, what is the point of a "rental" item?
-These are sadly, character bound, use it when you focus on a main, may even want to use it for your boss toon (you'll die a lot, nice to be able to whistle your horse from where you'll spawn) or on your gathering toon (my mains are my gather toons).

Silver Embroidered Life Clothes Exchange Coupon
-All characters or one?
You get ONE set of your choice of life clothes, this is SERIOUSLY worthless. You can swap them between family but they are super easy to buy on the market.

5 Housing Coupon
-All characters or one?
Houses are shared, you get 5 house items, get them unique and you get a house bonus OR get 5 beds, you can carry them with you in pearl inventory and they weigh nothing. Run out of energy, rent a house, pop down the bed, recover extra energy whenever you need it. Housing points aren't really worth it, people spend hundreds to get their housing points up for a near worthless monopoly worker node no one uses.

Pet of choice
-Combat pet or just cosmetic? If combat, is one better than another? All characters or just one?
You going to grind or life skill? Dog for combat, cat for life skill. They will pick up loot and give you XP/stat buffs, nothing more.

AND FINALLY - some games force you to apply these items to the FIRST character you create. I'm an altaholic so generally my first character is never my main. Can I redeem these items whenever i want and on whatever character i want?
You have to login to their website to redeem them, initially the claim was a single package from mail, this made a bunch of people angry, my friend even claimed his stuff on a toon he no longer plays so just look at what the mail gives you, should be individual items now, not a single "box".

[Reistrix Hunter]

Originally posted by BmcD73:

Thank you for the reply.

I wish they would just make this stuff for every character. I know they want to monetize everything and think making people buy bag storage for every character means more $$ but I rarely spend money on games/packs that are single use or "rental". On the other hand, I have spent a TON of money on Neverwinter and Star Trek Online. I think they both get the store markets right. The packs in each game apply to all characters. There are single item purchases as well but you have options. As a side note, I am a lifetime sub on STO and I still probably spend a couple hundred a year on it. A game like Archeage? Zero because everything is for a single character. At $24 I may just try it anyway because it's cheap but it will definately affect if I buy items in the future.

Thanks again!

Things like outfits in this game from the cash shop are bound to one character.

These can be bid on at the marketplace with in-game silver so that you don't have to spend money on outfits. My husband and I have won 10 or more outfits each just from camping by the market and bidding on outfits. You can also get things like pets off the market (a lot harder than outfits), more value packs (quite hard, but possible), and cosmetic armor for your horse if you want it.

The only time you'd want to buy outfits is for the lifeskill costumes (bound to one character, can not get on the market) or limited time outfits for like Halloween and Christmas (if it interests you).

Weight can be increased via the value packs and also from varies ways in-game. Inventory is the one thing you'd want to buy if you plan to do lifeskills like fishing.

[Reistrix Hunter]

Originally posted by Queue:

You have to login to their website to redeem them, initially the claim was a single package from mail, this made a bunch of people angry, my friend even claimed his stuff on a toon he no longer plays so just look at what the mail gives you, should be individual items now, not a single "box".

You don't log into their site if you have the steam version.

[n00bsBelow]

Originally posted by Mrs.Dabzy:

Originally posted by Queue:

You have to login to their website to redeem them, initially the claim was a single package from mail, this made a bunch of people angry, my friend even claimed his stuff on a toon he no longer plays so just look at what the mail gives you, should be individual items now, not a single "box".

You don't log into their site if you have the steam version.

Pretty sure you do to claim your free items, but I've played since pre-release so not sure how steam would do it.

[Reistrix Hunter]

Originally posted by Queue:

Originally posted by Mrs.Dabzy:

You don't log into their site if you have the steam version.

Pretty sure you do to claim your free items, but I've played since pre-release so not sure how steam would do it.

You just go in-game, hit ESC and click redeem.
We only have access to their forums from logging into steam, I'm pretty sure.

[n00bsBelow]

Originally posted by Mrs.Dabzy:

Originally posted by Queue:

Pretty sure you do to claim your free items, but I've played since pre-release so not sure how steam would do it.

You just go in-game, hit ESC and click redeem.
We only have access to their forums from logging into steam, I'm pretty sure.

Gotcha, you can make an account on their forums that doesn't match your steam used e-mail and participate on their forums.

[QQ Nub Gaming]

Originally posted by Queue:

Inventory Slot +16 Expansion Coupon
-Sounds like this is just for one (which is stupid imo). Is that true or have they changed it?
-This is single use, use it WISELY as you can get 55 free slots from missions, don't use this until you know you love the character's awakened weapon at 56+

Tier 5 & Tier 3 Horses
-I dont know what this means. What is the difference between a t3 and t5? Is this a temporary thing or does it apply to the entire account?
-Put them in a stable and any character can take them out, horses, boats, wagons are all family shared but only bound to the character when they are not put away.

Horse Flutes (Permanent & 7 days)
-Why horse fluteS? Is the permanent apply to a single character or all characters? if I have a permanent, what is the point of a "rental" item?
-These are sadly, character bound, use it when you focus on a main, may even want to use it for your boss toon (you'll die a lot, nice to be able to whistle your horse from where you'll spawn) or on your gathering toon (my mains are my gather toons).


Pet of choice
-Combat pet or just cosmetic? If combat, is one better than another? All characters or just one?
You going to grind or life skill? Dog for combat, cat for life skill. They will pick up loot and give you XP/stat buffs, nothing more.

super useful info. Thanks!