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ActiasLuna thanks. They never really explained how this premium thing worked.

    If I use spirit stones to read ahead for 2 chapters, do I still get 7 free chapters a week or only 5?

      let say we have premium chapter from 10-20.. on normal occasion.. eventually chapter 10 will become free chapter to read after given of some time.. so let say that if i use ss to unlock chapter 10 now.. then by the time that i can use free chapter on chapter 10.. should i be able to use this free chapter on chapter 11 or i will have to wait for some other time until chapter 11 is scheduled to become a free chapter?

      if that is the case.. then it is no point waiting for a chapter to become free once u use them to unlock these chapter if it is suppose to only become free chapter on scheduled time

        thestatsguy Uh, no. They fucked the Free user system too. 8-15+ SS to unlock a chapter now. And I think they removed the referral system too.

        DarkGem For how long tho? That's the question... This is how Qidian works. They implement things slowly. We are like frogs that are slowly boiling. We don't notice it since Qi doesn't throw us into a boiling pot immediately. If they did that we would just jump out. But by increasing the temperature slowly, us frogs will stay untill we boil and die...

          @WEBNOVEL_OFFICIAL @CKtalon I didn't read the 200 or so messages so idk but from what I understand basically 1st chapter free 2nd paid, and next day 2nd becomes free and 3rd and 4th is paid, that means the stockpile of premium keeps increasing, and free keeps getting behind the premium, as on 3rs day it's 3rd free while 5th and 6th is paid which sucks for people who paid as for them the chapter which got free was already paid, so for them it's like all are paid as the chapter which gets free is which they already paid and then later for free, as the chapters which becomes free is the chapter you already bought, (assuming you bought it that is)
          So instead it should work like this, 1st free 2nd paid, if you don't pay for 2nd then next day 2nd is free but 3rd and 4th paid, and if you pay for the 2nd then 3rd is free and 4th is paid, this is imo how it should work, but best case scenario is all 14 are free and premium is always 10 ahead, so the gap between free and premium doesn't increase

          SRandom yeah my above post was the same question I hope someone answers me or links me to if they already did

            Krovick it was always mentioned that they expire after some months.
            But if you look at my SS history it looks like this:
            17 SS expire today. 15 SS earned today.
            So I would I say that I would roughly stay where I am currently.

            So Immortal mortal will become 11/w instead of 21 for free readers now??

            It's all good but you do understand that free chapter start being not a thing then you did bonus chapter's every day. As much as i want to say that it's Not a Paywall for people who keep up on there daily chapter and as much as you say they are free all things point to word PAYWALL.

              Why are people even complaining? WW and GT also keep advanced chapters behind Patreon wall where you have to pay. In that case the entire money goes to translator but not a penny to author.

              Now QI system would support not only translator but author as well. Something good as far as I'm concerned.

                As long as I have my free 1~2 chapters per day it will be good ('paid' with free SS or ads).
                As long as I can read old novel as much I want it will be good.
                If it is not that way, then it will not be good to your, Qidian. As I said in another post, this isn't China.

                i don't mind the paying its business but this method paying per chapter buying the SS again and again,
                in patreon i know how much i spend and how much i get very clearly but here it will be hard to track if it was a monthly subscription for each novel and clearly says how many chapter extra i get cool
                you could even make packages with different novels
                but hey not like Qidian would listen so .......

                  True_Seeker It is not the same thing tho. For example translator can pop out 14 chapters per week, and then free readers might get 4 chapters that week to read, so 10 more chapters to the premium pool. The next week, 10 more chapters. After a few months, the free reader will be hundreds of chapters behind the premium. You understand that right?

                    Sphiinnx One question here. Lets assume that RTW has 14 chapters a week as you said before. First week they release 14 chapters, from which there are 7 that are free, and 7 that are premium. Next week they release 14 more chapters. Now we'll have 14 chapters that are free and 14 that are premium, right? Or will you have the previous week's premium chapters become free, and then it would become 21 chapters free and 7 chapters premium? If my first guess becomes reality, by the end of the series, wouldn't we have something like 200 free chapters and 200 premium chapters? When the series ends, we free readers would still have to wait for months till the series ends for us, right? And that's only IF they want to make those chapters free. It's not a bad thing NOW, but it can become pretty scary in the long run.

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