I have to say the pledge system is somewhat confusing to me. Maybe I’m used to Kickstarter where each tier includes the stuff from the previous tier until you get to the limited/unique items. It almost seems to penalize original backers or those who pledged big initially.
Based on everything I have read, you will keep your previous rewards when you upgrade. This is both to protect pledges with no longer available rewards, and to encourage additional spending to increase pledge levels.
That said, if I am willing to pledge $500 and start pledging today I could easily get more free stuff than prior backers. And please tell me if this is not correct…
Initial plegde at Legate ($100) to get basic access and Legate only specials like bag/nameplate/tunic/title.
Then upgrade to Protector ($150) to pick up the general Pantheon Explorer title, Explorer bag, 5 special items, and renaming vouchers.
Then upgrade to Bloodsworn ($200) to add another special title and nameplate along with a shirt.
Then another upgrade to Black Rose ($500) to additionally get yet another unique title, another unique nameplate, and another unique bag along with the other $500 tier stuff.
So basically I would get everything a plegde at Perciever ($500) gets, plus 3 additional titles, 3 additional nameplates, 2 additional outfits, 2 additional bags, a second unique pet, and even a shirt or hat.
Is this really how it works?
Updated with response from support below:
“We are awaiting our new web site and it should have newer pledge offerings that synergize more with the new Bloodsworn and Black Rose pledges. Currently, the items in those pledges are not transferable to other pledges. In the new store, we will have the ability also to add on single pledge reward items as well.”