Patreon Update Follow-Up (PLEASE READ) (Patreon)

Hello gamers! Thank you all so much for giving me your feedback with the survey. I would first like to say, if you have not already, please consider joining the new:

ANNPLAN MODDING DISCORD 

I often post wips and chat there, so if you'd like to talk to me or just be notified on public releases, wips and other stuff come join! 

Now that that is out of the way its time to discuss the changes I have decided upon for the patreon in this and the coming months!

TIER AND CONTENT UPDATES:

This is of course, the most relevant to all members so I will keep it brief. As mentioned in the previous post, HSR, Genshin, Combo and Voting Tier are the current tiers on the patreon. I'd first like to talk about the content changes to each tier and then will discuss future tiers and changes.

- For the Railing Tier you can expect about 3-4 posts a month for HSR mods.

- For the Genshin Tier you can expect about 4-5 posts a month for GI mods.

- For the Combo Tier its obviously just the addition of both, about 7-9 posts a month. 

- For the Voting Tier, I will do my best to add a poll at the beginning of the month that ranks my attention for the current mods planned. Some things like new characters/popular reruns may override it but generally I will try to follow those selected.

I might also start posting for frequent, non-downloadable wips to the voting tier on here as well, although many of these will probably also be on my discord :3

If you are unhappy with the stated future output, I apologize, but for now its the best I can do as a full-time student. That being said, hehe here is the segway into future tiers and goals.

I plan to add two tiers eventually, one is a Support tier for patrons interested in supporting extra tee hee and another is the request tier which will be priced around 50-70 and will be limited, but probably both will not be added until April or May since I still have to finish out my college semester. These two are being added so that I could possibly become a part time student which would allow me to double output, but obviously is a pretty far away goal at the moment. I will talk more specifics in personal updates, so read on if interested, but for now that should be the most relevant things to the majority of patrons :3

PERSONAL UPDATES:

Alright, I will just start off by being transparent. the goal of becoming a part-time student is an expensive one. I don't like to think monetarily, but unfortunately I have been forced to by both life circumstances and concerned friends and family. 

Currently I make about $1,000 a month on patreon which is pretty great and I am incredibly lucky to have so many supporters but I also have to be realistic in that that's obviously not a sustainable income and I can't be sure of the future. At my old output rate I would go weeks with very quick and frequent updates and then slow down as I burned out from dealing with both work and school. Therefore the slowed set pace is for my own sake. 

My current expenses are as follows. About $700 in rent each month, and about $200 in groceries. Obviously, the current patreon can take care of this but the biggest obstacle for me is my current schooling. I am lucky enough to have earned a scholarship that covers for me, however, it does not cover part-time students. 

If I theoretically switched to part-time schooling, I would have to cover these costs myself as my parents do not make enough to cover for me. The fee for a semester is about $2,500-3,500 for a part time student, and of course I could save this over time but that still requires a lot and so to comfortably switch to part time in order to increase content output I have determined I would need about $3,000 a month, as subtracting rent and food would still allow me to pay for the semester upfront (since it's what the university requires)

I know this is a pretty lofty goal, but I thought I'd be honest with you guys and I hope you will still continue to support me.

As always, I can't thank you all enough for your support regardless. It means the world to me to be able to create models and such and I am forever greatful. <3