Hi,
I had a couple questions about ink points after reading the blog posts and online info.
Firstly re: the initial announcement:
•The first week of ink points, there was a
post on the kraken site building some
hype surrounding ink points, explaining
there are six levels, a leaderboard
structure, etc. Regarding the benefits of
earning points, the summary was
essentially ‘we can’t reveal this to you
yet but we’ll be announcing more info.
soon’ (ref: https://blog.kraken.com/product/pro/introducing-ink-points)
Q: I’ve looked around (and it’s been definitely over half a year since they’ve been out) but can’t seem to find any more benefits or announcements of that type. I know it tells you a rank within your level, and you can acquire points, but there is no obvious info on any additional benefits that come from this ‘rewards scheme’ type system. Even when you move up levels there is no difference at all as far as I’ve found in my experience. I was wondering if someone could help me understand this system more?
Q2: *Just to add to the above, I saw a note about certain countries having regs and a finite disclaimer that INK points are not available for the UK. I have a couple of friends across regions w restrictions as well as in the UK, and their points system seems the same as everyone else’s - just kinda a form of data summation. I’ve spoken to UK friends who have earned points and progressed levels but didn’t know they would be excluded from any earned benefits if some were introduced. Their experience seems similar to non restricted global regions despite saying excluded on site (?). Either way, other global users seem to have the exact same points experience anyway, where currently there isn’t a clear utility more just usage data for user accounts grouped by level of activity (although if points have been earned and granted for say UK and US users, if any level / point benefits become available or are already but just not clear then hopefully they would hold the same weight for both regions rather than being earned then invalidated for some users as soon as they have utility?)
I know the VIP thing exists at the very top of the ladder, but the criteria is not only based on points, so you could get to that level and it not make a difference to eligibility. If there are benefits to the levels in between or to earning points / a way they can be utilised it would be great to understand if some of us are missing the full potential. (ik they’re not monetised, but was under the impression there would be info released on the benefits of this, and the icon for them is a little present / boosts are a thing suggesting more purpose than user data)
The last Reddit post I saw about this when I googled was >190 days ago, which suggested again there would be perks to the system / info coming soon. I honestly don’t mean these questions as a critique in any way, but with the info kind fading away and (at least in my experience) finding it challenging to understand the system, I was hoping someone from the team could help me and others understand the purpose of wanting to gain + accumulate points and (other than the partially related VIP level) the benefits of level progression in between?
Many thanks in advance if anyone is able to break this down! Would be helpful for me and other curious users to understand the program :) (pls no DMs)