We're actually going with 83 available from day 1, the EXP was tweaked a little bit easier towards the start, and much heavier on the end (80-83) - as such there'd be little point locking people, as they won't be progressing nearly as fast through the last 3 levels
As for implementing a 7-day premium, I can see that work - however not before official hits in ~21 hours. The time after that would really depend on how busy we get
Alpha rewards are part of the manual rewards group, so yes - that'll take a fair bit to get to
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