Matthias said:"There is now a new subscription option, which is monthly for $8.99. This monthly subscription is everything the previous subscription option had, except for an added incentive: unlimited ashes in the sense that your staff will no longer decay at all. Gold Subscribers (with the aforementioned subscription service hence forth bronze), have staves that are permanently affixed at 150.00 Power."
I would assume that a gold SUBSCRIPTION must be maintained to keep one's staff at 150.00.
What would happen to a player's staff in the event that his gold subscription is cancelled? I do not know what Matthias' plans are.