I don't know if Green Storm still reads this feedback thread... but I do have some amazing suggestions for the Premium tab... and it's great this is finally a consideration because it has been outdated for so long now.
Okay, here we go:
Keep the weekly chests for Sacred Vials, Pet Packs and Sterling Scale Crystals
Nothing should be changed here. They should stay as they currently are, with the difference of spending the Solar energy directly instead of having to transmute Spectrum Stones. Maybe increase the limit and require less Refined Honing Oil and Solar Energy if that is possible.
Outfits
This has been a problem for so long now. This game offers a variety of amazing costumes, head/body adornments and hairstyles that people simply can't get. The problem isn't that they aren't available by playing the game, the problem is we can't get them in general! 3 outfits in a monthly rotation and a new outfit with some promotions is way too less ways to get some good looking outfits in the game. There is also a very limited amount of dungeons you can still get dungeon outfits from. Now... here comes my great suggestion that would absolutely be a big plus point for Premium membership:
We do have a clothing merchant in the game. This person offers outfits and RNG outfit boxes in exchange for Chromatic Threads or Designer Threads. Right now, we have a very limited way of getting these threads... Chromatic Threads can only be bought on the Hongmoon Store (You also need these to recolour cosmetics!) and Designer Threads are especially hard to get without any promotions happening in the Hongmoon Store.
Put Chromatic Threads into the Premium tab. There should be two exchange options: 1x Chromatic Thread for 1x Fabric OR 1x Chromatic Thread for 1x High-Quality Fabric. Maybe also consider to add a small gold fee per exchange (5 gold).
Put Designer Threads into the Premium tab. There should only be one exchange option: 1x Designer Thread for 1x Fabric AND 1x High-Quality Fabric. The fee per exchange should be around 10-15 gold.
This includes some fixes: Making the clothing merchant actually being used more, give people a way to finally obtain Designer Threads, making it a strong selling point for Premium membership. Please, consider this. We need more ways to obtain more cosmetics in the game. It's one of the strongest points this game has. This would be a great start.
Obsidian gems
We still lack these gems. There is very limited ways to get them and we do need more help with that. All gems except diamonds and obsidians can be acquired by running the Chaos Supply Chain or doing Koldrak.
Put a monthly limit of 3 Premium Obsidian Chests into the Premium tab. These would offer a RNG selection of Gilded Square, Gilded Pentagonal and Gilded Hexagonal Obsidians with the highest chance to obtain the Gilded Square variant.
You can also consider nerfing this by one tier: Triangular -> Square -> Pentagonal.
Scales for upgrades
We need ways to exchange older scales for newer scales as they no longer have a purpose in the game.
1x Blackstone -> 1x Elder Scale
1x Silver Scale -> 1x Nocturnal Scale
1x Onyx Scale -> 1x Shimmering Scale
I know... this might be a problem for NCSoft with people having stacked up a lot of older scale fragments or scales in general. Consider to add a weekly limit around 20-25 per scale option so people can't dump them in one go and have huge amounts in a matter of minutes. There's need to a balance, this is a good way to start.
Soulshield options
The current selection of soulshields is very outdated. This need a long overdue change:
Remove Fallen Soulshield parts
Remove Celestial Soulshield parts
Remove Scarlet Soulshield parts
Remove Steelbreaker Soulshield parts
And add these for a discounted price per item into the Premium tab:
Serpent's Den Soulshields for a discounted Twisted Heart price
Poharan Soulshields for a discounted Chaos Emblem price
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Many people said to also add True Poharan Soulshields to the premium tab. I disagree with that, unless you put a achievement requirement behind this. This is the current best in slot in the game and it should only be obtainable by doing Stage 5 of Chaos Supply Chain. However if you do add them, require characters to have finished atleast Stage 5 of Chaos Supply Chain in order to obtain them. Also, make these RNG only. They should be harder to obtain than their weaker counterpart.
And that's pretty much everything I can give feedback for. I really hope this will be considered and brought to attention with NCSoft. I don't know how much of these suggestions might ever make it into the live game, but I do hope some of then can.
Please, strongly consider my point about outfits. I don't know why this is such a overlooked problem when the fashion in this game is one of the most strongest selling points in Blade & Soul. There should be a paid way to obtain more outfits and I think this idea is a great way to start.