Expiration – MMO Fallout

Lineage II players by now are used to the annual reset, an event that takes place every January and resets your Hero Coins. As it turns out, the reset has been causing a great deal of frustration and confusion in the community, and NCSoft has taken notice.

In an announcement posted to the official website, NCSoft has announced that the annual reset will be going away starting this year, meaning there won’t be a reset in January 2017 or afterward. As a result of the change, there will be alterations made to the hero coin store. Details will be coming in the future as to those changes.

Hero Coins in Lineage II are accumulated by buying and spending NCoin, the cash shop currency.

Our thoughts: I have a feeling that costs are going to rise for items in the Hero Coin store now that NCSoft has a reasonable expectation that the amount on hand is universally increasing.

(Source: NCSoft)

An intrepid explorer on the RuneScape forums came across an interesting update to Jagex’s Terms of Service. Specifically, Jagex’s virtual currency (Runecoins) expire three months after purchase.

Virtual currency expires and will be deleted if it has not been redeemed within a certain period after acquisition so you should redeem it as soon as possible. The expiry period is whatever we specify when you acquire the virtual currency or, if we haven’t specified a time limit, three months from acquisition.

Heading on to the forums, players asked if this was simply Jagex covering their backs or if the developer actually intends on allowing a player’s purchased coins to expire. Mod Crow responded to this thread with a confirmation that, while Jagex has not enforced the policy, they “reserve the right to have virtual currencies and items expire after a period of time.”