What concerns the Patronage, I have informed myself concerning this because I was a life time Patron on AS.

Whta I was told was that the current Patrons will have an extension before having to pay for some of the services and so on afterwards since we had at some point contributed to the site. For example, I hae the highest Patronage, but this will not be the case on May 1 2033 where I will have to chose whether I want to continue my Patronage or come back as a citizen.

When a member pay for Patronage, their persona never changes, the only think different is all the extra advantages that you can have and a different plaque as well as the purple star before your name within the lists. I have always enjoyed the Patronage and will probably continue as well... depending if I figure out the site enough.

To Arianna, if you chose a Patronage, you will keep the same identity as the Patronage you subscribe as. But if youhave several personas, only the one that you paid to have a Patronship will have it since it only works for one. All additional patronage to other personas will have to be paid again.

I hope that this was helpful.

Pros.