Patron tier changes

Hello everyone,

I want to give you some info about the patron tier changes and additions coming along with the first public release and next patron release of GoV hopefully later this week, to let you know what to expect and perhaps decide on a different tier, if you're already a patron.

Level 2 (formerly known as 'Mansion Heir') tier will see the biggest changes, as the tier was always in a bit of an awkward spot in terms of early access, less popular than Lv1 and Lv3 tiers, and relatively much extra work for me, for fairly little gain over Lv1.

No worries, the changes won't affect TM 0.27 early access, which will definitely be released long before the Lv2 price changes start to apply in 31 days for existing Lv2 patrons.
So if you're a Level 2 patron right now, you should have more than enough time to decide whether to stay on that tier (for full GoV early access at a moderate price bump), or downgrade to Level 1.

Anyway, now on to the exact changes.

Tier changes:

• Upcoming changes to Level 1 (Supporter) tier:
  +- Only until TM's story successor arrives: Tier 1 early access to GoV (1 week after 'Gardener' tier).
  +- in the future: Tier 1 early access (7 days after Lv3) to updates of TM's story successor instead of TM

• !!! Changes to Level 2 tier !!!:
  +- renamed tier (and discord role) to 'Gardener'
  + immediate early access to GoV updates!
  - price will increase to 3€/3.50$ in 31 days for existing Lv2 patrons and immediately for new patrons, to reflect the increased early access value of this tier.
  - TM-specific benefits will run out after 0.27 for early access and effective immediately for the rest (no 2x voting power anymore, no credits entries for new Lv2 patrons; old Lv2 patrons keep their entry in TM's credits, though)

• Changes to Maid Charmer (Lv3) tier:
  + immediate early access to GoV updates!
  +- in the future: immediate early access to TM's story successors' updates (instead of TM)
  + some future polls about TM's story successor will be exclusive to this tier!
  +- Voting power reduced to 2x, and now only applies to non-exclusive polls about TM's story successor (or some general polls)
  +- Credits entry only applies to TM and TM's story successor, not GoV

• NEW: 5$ Flower Admirer (Lv3) tier: Like Maid Charmer, except
  +- 'Flower Admirer' discord role instead of 'Maid Charmer'
  +- 2x voting power in GoV-related polls (and some general polls)
  + access to some exclusive GoV polls
  +- credits entry only in GoV

• Changes to Maid Master (Lv4) tier:
  + Price reduced to 7€/8$ (for existing Lv4 patrons, this will take effect after 31 days)
  + (early) access to upcoming 'dirty' TM special (release date TBD, could take a while)
  + in the future: additional benefits specific to TM's story successor (details TBD)
  - 4x voting power now only applies to TM's story successor, not GoV polls

• NEW: 8$ Flower Lover tier: Like Maid Master, except
  +- different Discord role: Flower Lover
  +- 4x voting power in GoV-related polls
  +- Can request up to 2 GoV KK cards per month of tier membership

• Changes to Level 5 (Lord of Love) tier:
  + Price reduced to 13€/15$ (for existing Lv5 patrons, this will take effect after 31 days)
  + increased poll voting power (from 5x to 7x)
  + first tier whose voting power applies to all content/design polls for all games
  + faster access to GoV KK cards

• Coming soon: new 30$ Level 6 tier
  + exclusive credits category
  + 10x voting power
  + can request unique custom discord role
  + more benefits TBD

Level 3 and above may get additional side-benefits later, I mostly listed the guaranteed stuff for now.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to comment here or DM me.

-OCN