DBM Supporter Benefits Info

Many supported me when my health was in need and I'll always be grateful for those that helped me through that. There were a lot of you that didn't even use DBM anymore (or never did) that came to support short term during that. It's something I never asked for and will never forget.

As for those of you that continue to support. Your continued support means you truly believe in my work, for the long haul. It's because of all of you that I continue to work hard for all of you to keep making DBM for years to come. You allow me to continue focusing on DBM with unparalleled dedication. This journey has had many ups and downs, but it's because of you that I've been able to keep going for so long. I could not do this without all of you and I appreciate all of you that continue to help with your support. Thank you.

Also, don't forget to join the discord, sport your discord support rank and enter discussion with myself and other members of this great and large DBM community in both public and private supporters channels. :)

Here is a break down of supporter benefits

Uncommon (Patreon):

Access to Patron only feed on this site and a special "Uncommon" supporter color on DBM Discord server (Patreon Only)
Access to Supporter only discord channel on DBM Discord, which may have additional DBM status updates and conversations.
You gain the ability to embed links on DBM Discord Server.

Rare (Patreon)/Rare Discord Supporter:

Includes benefits of uncommon rank, but with "Rare" supporter color on DBM Discord server
In addition, if you are a Discord Nitro user, you can use cross server emoji on DBM Discord.

Rare Titanforge (Patreon)/Rare Titanforge Discord Supporter/Twitch Subscriber (Tier 1+):

Includes benefits of previous ranks
In addition, you can also embed files/images in Discord (great for the gifs/memes channel)
Access to twitch emotes, including access to them on any discord server. (Twitch only)

Epic (Patreon)/Epic Discord Supporter/Twitch Subscriber (Tier 2+):

Includes benefits of previous ranks, but with "Epic" supporter color on DBM Discord server
In addition, if you're a twitch streamer, your stream will be advertised by bumping you to top of the Discord user list with LIVE role any time you're live.

Legendary (Patreon)/Legendary Discord Supporter/Twitch Subscriber (Tier 3+):

Includes benefits of previous ranks, but with "Legendary" supporter color on DBM Discord server

Artifact (Patreon)/Rare Discord Supporter

Includes benefits of previous ranks, but with "Artifact" supporter color on DBM Discord server
In addition, you will also gain contributor rank in discord and have access to and be able to take part in behind the scenes development conversations and your opinion in this conversations will matter strongly.

What are differences between supporting on Patreon, Twitch, and Discord?

Patreon Pros:

Patreon only takes between 5-10% for their fees, giving most of your support to creators.
Patreon gives access to more support options. You can give as little or as much as you want using more tier options or the custom option to plug in your own support amount. If you want to give 3.54 for some reason, you can.
Patreon has clear and defined goals that let users know where DBMs support stands

Patreon Cons:

Not everyone likes Patreon, or wants to create a new account for it.
Patreon is blocked in some countries (like China)

Twitch Pros:

Twitch gives access to Twitch only features (like emotes).
If you have Amazon prime, you are provided with 1 free once a month sub at NO ADDITIONAL COST to you. If you aren't using your free sub for another author or streamer, you can use it on DBM and not let it go to waste. Caveat, it doesn't auto renew, so you have to use it manually once a month.
Users who don't have access to Patreon do to country blocks can offer their support via Twitch

Twitch Cons:

Twitch takes about 50% of your support amount for their fees (ouch). A lot less of your support actually reaches the creator.
Twitch has less financial options. You can only do subs for 5, 10, or 25, period. This Means no less than 5 dollar options or greater than 25 options and far less options in between as well.

Discord Pros:

You don't a Twitch or Patreon account. Just use the discord account you already have to support DBM through Discord.
Users who don't have access to Patreon do to country blocks can offer their support via Discord

Discord Cons:

Doesn't grant any off discord features like Twitch and Patreon do. Twitch gives emotes usable all over twitch and patreon enables reading patreon blog posts (which I make a point NOT to post very often because I try to post most updates directly to Discord for all sub types)
It's a brand new feature that's bound to have quirks with it's rollout.

Why are you suddenly offering Twitch options?

To be honest, this is always something I thought would be pretty cool, recently the discord integration became better as well.
It's good for users to have more options. Especially users who do not have access to Patreon

Which should I use?

As a creator, I'm biased to say Patreon has far lower "man in the middle" fees than twitch. If you can use Patreon, this is ideal way to give support. If you're already a Patreon supporter, #nochanges
However, I also fully recognize many avoid Patreon for various reasons and Twitch gives an alternative option to those who do not want to (or can not) use Patreon and has great potential to bring in new support.
I also recognize that some current Patreon supporters likely will prefer twitch and might move their sub over to it, which will likely have a fairly negative financial impact to addon authors initially, but will hopefully balance out by the new users that are brought in.

What about Discord integration?

Patreon integration supports custom role assignments to every single sub tier level. As such, Patreon users receive additional perks at higher tiers that Twitch users sadly do not get access to.
Twitch integration seems to only offer syncing of subs to a single role, regardless of sub tier. This means tier 3 2 and 1 subs all go to a single "Twitch Subscriber" role. As such, it makes it difficult to offer additional perks (on discord) for tier 2 and 3.
While I wanted to match Tier 1 2 and 3 Twitch subs to existing 5 dollar, 10 dollar and 25 dollar patreon tiers, it's simply not possible at this time. As such, all twitch subs are matched to the 5 dollar Titanforged Rare tier and benefits. If the Twitch integration improves in future, I'll grant access to the "Epic" and "Legendary" tiers to tier 2 and tier 3 Twitch subs. Twitch does gain access to cross server access to DBMs twitch emoji's though.
All the tiers are broken down above that explain what is unlocked as a Patreon sub or as a Twitch sub.