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I subscribe in order to amortize the shipping cost over multiple physical items.
The next shipment is apparently a single flip mat.
This will cost me USD$45 in shipping for a single USD$19.99 Flip Mat.

I couldn't even pick up physical items from the recent sales to ship with the next sub order, as they were all going to be charged at full price.

No, I need to skip this next sub delivery and look at how things ship next year.

So I picked up the new bundle, I have most of the items already but that doesn't matter.
however I am unable to ship the Elemental Stones with my next subscription order. adding the item to ship with my next sub adds it at full cost.

I do not think I want to pay $45USD to ship the one physical item to me by itself. I am already going to have to skip the next sub order because shipping a single flip mat for USD $45 is insane.

I am not even able to remove the Elemental stones item from the order.

Another CS ticket raised for a pricing bug in the store
support ticket ID is 258771

edit:
And rectified - CS responded in under 15 minutes

Paizo Plus gold calculation is off.

When the site went live, I had 40 gold:

* 25 for joining the party
* 5 for Bluesky
* 5 for Twitch
* 5 for Youtube

After the gold update for past purchases, I am now short the 40 gold. In my case, the math looks like this:

Total spent: 4196.61

Expert = 250*1 = 250
Master = 750*1.25 = 937.5
Legendary = Total Spent - (Expert 250 + Master 750) = 3196.61*1.5 = 4794.915

Total points = 250 + 937.5 + 4794.915 = 5982.415

5982 points is my current gold amount.
6022 points is what my gold amount should be with my initial 40 gold added.

This should be a bug (and a big one IMO)

the FAQ from July's "Introducing Paizo Plus" stated:
Can I earn gold for past purchases?
No. Only purchases made after Paizo Plus goes live and you’ve opted in to the program count. You can, however, write reviews for purchases over the last 5 years and earn gold on those reviews.

when the store launched, there was an issue with the calculation of some/many/everyone's Tier (I was Master, I should have been in the top tier)
the tiers were recalculated a day or two ago, this seems to be when the gold appeared, it seems when previous purchases were applied to correct the member tier, they started earning gold.

I would love to go claim a bunch of the gold and go wild purchasing PDF's, but that is not right until we get confirmation one way or the other from staff.

I have messaged CS to get clarification on this myself.

aside from my subscriptions I am avoiding using the store until the dust settles

I have emailed Customer Support to ask this, but I though I would also ask the community.

My Paizo Plus tier has been corrected, and is now showing correctly.
But my gold has gone from 20 (YouInstaTwitBook) to much much higher.

have purchases from the previous year been included in the gold accrued also ?
I though it was just being used for the initial Tier calculations.

aside from the initial points, I have only had this months sub ordered, which is not that many GP

Curious what others are seeing / what should be expected.

Ohh darn,
I didn’t realize. Might need to hit up CS with changes

Hi Jim,

Thanks for continuing to engage with the community on the Paizo Plus announcement, it is very much appreciated.

I have a few questions about how the new system will work for Society Scenarios:

1) Will Society scenario subscriptions still be available at the existing 20% discount?
* This will maintain a convenient way to automatically receive all new scenarios on release.

2) Scenario rewards under Paizo Plus
Based on the blog post, it looks like 50 gold can be redeemed for a $10 coupon on Society scenarios. If an average of 4 scenarios are released per month, and we maintain the Legendary tier (with the 15% discount), then:
* Each scenario would cost $7.65
* 2 x $10 coupons would (almost) cover 4 scenarios
* That would require earning 150 gold per month, which means spending $100/month at the 1.5 gold per $1 earn rate.
This will keep us firmly within the Legendary tier
(sorry not really a question, I guess I lost my train of thought somewhere there... Lemon Sherbert)

3) How will gold redemption work in practice?
* Will the coupons function similarly to current store credit vouchers ? (such as the PaizoCon voucher - thank you for that by the way)
Specifically:
* Can we redeem multiple Society scenario coupons ahead of time (e.g. pre-claiming for the month)?
* Could those be applied to an active Society subscription to automate fulfillment?

4) Does any unused Society credit carry over?
For example, under the Expert tier, a scenario would cost $9, or $18 total for two Pathfinder Society scenarios in a given month.
If I redeem 100 gold for $20 in scenario credit, will the remaining $2 balance carry forward to the following month?

Thanks again for your time and transparency. I am looking forward to see how Paizo Plus will evolve.

As much as I'd love to turn on the ability for people to write reviews for whatever products they'd like, the current system has been damaged by bots, international spammers, and those who hate particular product lines or editions. Paizo just doesn't have the resources to police a vast catalog constantly under assault by bad actors.

We know you're not the bad actors, but to start we need to leave the baseline as "only verified purchasers." In the future, feature gods willing, perhaps we can change that to unlock as you move up reward tiers. One more item for new feature requests...

-Jim

I understand this new subscription / storefront suite Paizo is adopting is no doubt in part due to wanting to get away from maintaining the custom build system deployed previously., however..

Perhaps once Organised Play is upgraded (I'm making the assumption it would be) then the review system could be expanded to allow confirmed players (or GM's) to submit reviews on scenarios or adventures they have a chronicle for ?

It sounds to me like you DO get it.

Secret Lairs are definitely predatory. Artificial scarcity and a horrendous purchasing policy.
Holiday sales ARE employing the same techniques. Watch a TV commercial for one and count how many times they remind you that it's a limited time offer. They want to create that feeling that you'll be missing out if you don't buy now.

This reward program isn't as bad as those in its manipulation. It's more boring and ordinary.

But reread the description for Legendary Loot and tell me that's not designed to induce fomo.

You may have missed Jim's clarification on the Legendary Loot concept;

We don't have any plans to gate new content behind legendary loot, but it's possible you might see ultra-deluxe editions available there. You'll be able to get the current editions normally, though.

-Jim

I have absolutely no concerns about this aspect of Paizo's business plan.

How about a Mythic Tier for those of us that have spent over $1500 in the last year *whistles and side-eyes*

Or a lifetime status for those that have spent over a certain amount lifetime like airlines do for their million mile flyers?

Ohh Cori, I love what you are thinking with the Mythic tier, but my wallet does not.

Lifetime status, would be nice, Anniversary gold for each year in your Tier. (anniversary date may change when you level up (or Abadar forbid, if you level down)

I will throw my 2 Aussie cents in

first off, the "Follow us on Social Media" reward and arguments for or against any specific platform, just cap it at 3 platforms. We don't have to catch them all, and nobody spends meaningful time on 6 platforms anyway.
If a new "Must Have" social platform comes along, offer a bonus gold reward then to get the follower numbers up.

I like the idea of offering Legendary Loot exclusives personally, and if I dropped out of Legendary tier it would not be the end of the world. This is assuming it is inconsequential items like hero point coins or pins, and not exclusive story lore that only the legends can know.

Society Scenarios, I can not work out the math right now, but the $10 off a society scenario at a list of $9 each, and discounted to ~$7.65 makes odd numbers which hurts my brain.
Will society subscriptions still be available at the 20% discount ?
It feels like to me it would be better :value" to hold off on purchasing society scenarios into larger groups to get the most out of the gold, which could delay playing society games for some GM's.
(I am sorry to be looking at the $ and c but most people will, sorry) (no I am not Canadian)

overall, I can not wait. THANKS!

Again I have awoken, now I find my watch is ended.

I have awoken to my watch beginning

Treasure Vault is not in the bundle. It was in an earlier draft of the product list, and it looks like I didn't catch it here when I was putting the blog together. Sorry for the confusion.

Thank you for clarifying,

Will this include digital versions of the maps as part of the subscription?

Not for being a subscriber, but I have good news! Anyone who preorders any edition of Treasure Vault (Remastered), standard hardcover, special edition, and sketch cover, by June 3rd will get a free PDF with their pre-order!

This is great, Thank you.

though it will sit in my sidecart until after PaizoCon. I don't really need to use TV items for those characters.

IMO This would have been better than the discounts for the Earth Day promotion.

It also serves to alert otherforumites that the shipping process is beginning, and to provide some proof that shipping is in process during the seemingly never-ending waits while it’ss not your order that’s shipping.

Thanks for the responses, now I understand and may participate next month, as I did not take the black this month.

Can someone please explain this watch ?
My order has not shipped yet.

Or pay full price on their platforms, sync your account, and get a complimentary PDF on the Paizo Store.

I asked Demiplane about this, the pay full price comment may be misleading, if the partner offers discounts for bundles for example.