Quote Originally Posted by Aster_E View Post
What it sounds like, to me, is we have to spend our achievement points to get the missing rewards we want. Perhaps some clarity is or was in order.
What remains unclear about that part? It explicitly stated that we SPEND the certificates, and that we can choose which rewards to get for them. You can trade them in for whichever things you want, which seems exactly like what you asked for there.


Quote Originally Posted by Aster_E View Post
... and the vet reward system has been turned into campaigns that are timed so as to keep people paying for a sub in the month or three before the next content patch (additionally leaving some vets feeling more jilted than others)
No, they did that before (with the falcon mount), but it sounds like this new system is taking its place. I wouldn't expect any more timed campaigns like that.

In fact, the one thing that does remain unclear is whether the falcon mount is included. They did say that "all items no longer available as veteran rewards can now be obtained through in-game means." And the falcon mount campaign was a type of veteran reward. It was, in fact, SE's first attempt to change the vet rewards program to have shorter timeframes. It seems they've abandoned that idea now, and are going with this achievement certificates version instead.