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Also - after much pushing and shoving - we were told that there will NOT be data mining for TF badges. So if you did a TF before I5 - when I5 goes live you will not get a badge for it auto-magically.
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Cuppa, first off, please allow me to thank you for getting us this information as soon as you could. I appreciate all that you do for the game and the forums. You are truly an asset and I just wanted to let you know I value everything you do for us. *(Also additional thanks for answering the PM I sent to you, a few weeks back, so quickly)*
Now as you can see I am not a big poster to the forums. I come here mostly to see what the Dev Digest has to say. I prefer the Red name comments as opposed to so much of the non-game related content. That is unless a Red says something about what someone else has said, then Ill browse through it a bit, any who, kind of off track now.
The reason I'm posting today is because after having read this post, I was taken aback. I am very much one who can accept change and/or learn from it. I respect that the Devs are trying hard to make the game "fun" and well good for them. I am/have enjoyed the game since I started playing, back in Dec '04, both my wife and I. We fell in love with it so much we convinced our best friends, a married couple as well, to purchase 2 accounts to play with us. I guess that kind of makes me as valuable as a 4x paying customer (honestly I use all 4 accts more than anyone else...hehe *no Im not addicted*)(ok maybe a little).
Any who, I wanted to express that although I may or may not agree with the changes that are made for whatever reason; I know that there is a greater purpose as to why the changes are made. For example, I loved having concealment on my defender for the sole purpose of Phase shift. I don't agree with the change that is being made, so my hero has meditated and soul searched until his powers changed (I respec'd :P). Basically what Im getting at is if there is a problem I am faced with I'll take whatever necessary steps are needed to make me happy with my hero.
Here is my problem. I started doing the SS Trials when I learned there would be a badge awarded for doing them. Honestly I didn't really have the desire to do them because of a few reasons. One, getting around that place is really a pain (this is being fixed - a little - thx!). Two, the missions I understood to be very ....hmmm... (How to put it) not Fun (yes I think that works). Three, it's not easy putting a team together to do them. Four, they are very time consuming. (Ok enough reason why I didn't care to do them). I was so excited when I found out that badges were going to be awarded. I am an official badge wh*** {not sure I can say the word, so use your imagination
}. The idea of knowing that I would have a badge to show others I completed them really turned me on to playing my Lvl 50s through them. So far I've done two (the first and second). Man, the first was horrifically (is that even a word) boring. I was very disappointed to find no AV at the end. (kind of the same feeling I got when I completed Positron - I felt kind of empty but was still quite pleased to see those shiny letters telling me I was awarded a badge!!).
What I'm getting at is please re-consider the decision to not data mine (I think it's what you guys call it). As a paying customer, who has brought currently 4 active subscriptions (rest assured, it will be 8 when CoV comes out) I hope that my opinion is more than just the time you spend reading this post. Please permit us who've gone through the SS Trials to "auto-magically" receive our just reward for spending the additional time playing even after you guys have already admitted to the lack of end game content. I fully intend on doing them all (esp. since there is a badge) and I will with all my alts who will reach the appropriate levels to complete them.
*A side note: You do not need to answer my next question - just consider it. Is there anyway you could impose some kind of real penalty to Lvl 50s. While doing the SS Trials, it was really quite irritating to watch the numerous times that, blasters for example, would just run into any group and "blow up" and die without a concern since debt isn't a penalty for Lvl 50s. Don't bite my head off, maybe reverse leveling (mostly joking here) or power use penalty (for dying X number of times today you are restricted from using a certain power for X amt of time) - {these are just ideas - don't flame me- it's just a thought to consider} |for those who are still going to flame me anyway :P - sorry to let you down but it's not likely Ill be back to this thread unless a Red name leads me here|
Thank you again for everything you do!
