I know the game hasn't even launched but that's no reason not to let players know what they have to look forward to as they keep playing. NCsoft has announced a Veterans Rewards Program:

Veteran Players to be Rewarded in Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa

As the November 2 release date of Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa nears, NCsoft today announced a Veteran Rewards program for players of the upcoming sci-fi MMO game. For each increment of three months with an active account*, AFS recruits will unlock exclusive in-game content and items such as emotes, gear, crafting schematics, titles, pets and more. Players will also receive an initial one-month reward that includes access to three exclusive in-game emotes. For more information about the Veteran Rewards program, please visit the official Tabula Rasa site at http://www.rgtr.com/.

The Veteran Rewards Program page can be found here: http://www.rgtr.com/community/veteran_rewards/index.html

Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game that takes you, the player, into lush forest planets, volcanic moons, and exotic alien civilizations. Face off against powerful alien soldiers, armored mechanoids, and vicious creatures! Use a wide range of weapons and unique alien powers to help the Allied Free Sentients (AFS) in their desperate fight against extinction. Tabula Rasa combines a vast, persistent game world and ongoing storyline with fast-paced action, resulting in a striking new approach to the design of multiplayer online games.

This sounds a lot like the current City of Heroes/Villains reward system and there's nothing wrong with that at all.