User blog comment:Luperza/PlanetSide 2 Roadmap: March Preview/@comment-7121219-20130312051946/@comment-122.111.252.225-20130312093601

I think this might be a poorly communicated piece of information. As is, regular players get 1CP for every hour of gameplay. Therefore, as a 'copper' rank member, their CPpD is 24, assuming they play for 24 hours straight. At Auraxium, they're now earning 2CP every hour, making it 48CPpD, as indicated in the splash page that says "+100% Passive Certification Bonus"

So at the end of the day, instead of getting 1CP every hour, you can be a paying member and get 2CP every hour, which IMO isn't so unreasonable, especially since it takes 6 months to get to that level anyway :)