From what I've seen, the free account has one costume. Apparently you get a free costume slot if you join a supergroup, presumably so everyone can have an SG-centric outfit. Gold accounts have more outfit slots, but silver accounts have to buy them.
Also, from what I've seen so far, if you're going to do that (and I assume many will, including myself,) it's more cost-effective to buy the two slots for the account. It's the equivalent of about $5, but it would have the effect of giving every character 3 costumes. Buying another two for the account would give every character 5 costumes, like before.
From the stuff I've seen, the gold account has 8 character slots to start, and every character you max the level out on opens up another free character slot, up to some maximum I don't know. Silvers get 2 slots and have to buy more slots.
Since the cost for a 1 year gold membership is about $150, the lifetime membership is the equivalent of 2 years of subscription access, and unlocks a good chunk of the game, most of the archetypes, and a chunk of the extras. If this game becomes where we go after CoH, then it may something worth looking at, depending on how much you decide you want to play going forward.
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Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do.
Also, from what I've seen so far, if you're going to do that (and I assume many will, including myself,) it's more cost-effective to buy the two slots for the account. It's the equivalent of about $5, but it would have the effect of giving every character 3 costumes. Buying another two for the account would give every character 5 costumes, like before.
From the stuff I've seen, the gold account has 8 character slots to start, and every character you max the level out on opens up another free character slot, up to some maximum I don't know. Silvers get 2 slots and have to buy more slots.
Since the cost for a 1 year gold membership is about $150, the lifetime membership is the equivalent of 2 years of subscription access, and unlocks a good chunk of the game, most of the archetypes, and a chunk of the extras. If this game becomes where we go after CoH, then it may something worth looking at, depending on how much you decide you want to play going forward.
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Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do.