Originally Posted by
Jainzar
If you exclude the moment you attain status, then there is pretty much no difference between an earned one and a gifted one.
That's what I assumed. But I do not know how the earned one works either. I have never went down on tiers, so I am not sure if there is a one month grace period when gold is still valid after the tracking period has already ended? Making the gifted gold be valid in practice for nearly 14 months?