Reward Ideas Discussion (Patreon)

So a number of you know I'm always trying to balance value between the tiers and throwing ideas round a bit. At the moment I think $1 and 5$ are good and in-line with similar Patreons, perhaps 10$ as well, but 25$ moreso, just might need something more than bonuses that only turn up once in a while. But I'm not opposed to making something that's available for everyone.

I just want to hear some thoughts or feedback on the ideas, none are set in stone. This is just tossing around/sharing ideas mode! Nothing's changed yet.

1: Patron-only streams/Tier streams?

I did one earlier this month for 10$+ patrons. Was just a simple drawing stream, just to try it out and see how it went. I didn't want to deal with a high-activity chat at the time, so I figured it could kill two birds one stone: give 10$+ patrons another bonus, and let me have an easier chat to deal with. Normally I don't have a problem with my chat. I just wasn't in a very social type mood, or awake enough.

So the first question is how do you guys feel about private streams?

Whether it's Patron-only in general, or of a specific tier. It's a very common reward I've seen other artists distribute to 10$+ tiers and such, but that doesn't mean it's a well-liked one. Some people I'm sure feel cut off or divided by the idea, but at the same time, I can't please everyone. So if people on the whole think that's a good reward to add, I can, either to all Patrons, or a certain tier.

2: Comic direction

This is one I'd thought about for a while, especially in my next comic for Predators. There are a lot of ideas, too many, to draw all of. So the idea would be to progress a comic to a certain point, say right before sexy stuff, and then query 10$ or 25$ tiers about which direction to take it. It wouldn't be every page, and wouldn't be enough to alter my plan for the general flow and story. But things like offering a choice between A, B or C to happen next, or, these two characters are going to fuck, what should they start with, character A going down on B,  or B exerting their dominance and topping A?

Stuff like that.

That also seems to be a good two-birds-one-stone thing for me since I'm very indecisive about what to show or do next at times, and this can be a good additional vote, or bonus for the higher tiers to help me decide and move things along. You'll get a good comic either way, no matter what's picked and no matter what tier you are, but I think keeping this to a higher tier would give incentive or a good bonus to it without impeding on other tiers.

Anyway, I don't want to toss up too many ideas at once, but these were the two more immediate ones in my head that i feel could be added without creating additional work, given I'm slow enough as it is... Let me know what you all think! It helps!