Darth_Khasei

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  1. Darth_Khasei

    Water Works

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Von Krieger View Post
    And named her Death By Tang.
    Catchy.
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by BellaStrega View Post
    No way. That'd make it entirely pointless to have a premium category. The current system is really fine. If you do not need the VIP options, then don't pay for them.
    Amen.
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kyriani View Post
    That's easy!

    First take a look at the powersets... is there one or more you really want? Those go in the "free" pile!

    Then look at the rest... meh those can go in the "pay" pile.

    That's how anyone who complains about which power sets are free which aren't wants it to be. Unfortunately they can't all agree on what should be free and what should be pay so they decide ALL of them should be free or at the very least all of them should be included in VIP.
    This post is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by CactusBrawler View Post
    I can see that some of the powersets that V.I.P have to pay for shouldn't have been released as a paid for option.

    Nature Affinity for example fills in a spot that we've been missing, we've had Plant Control, but no plant based support to go with it. Likewise if they ever add a storm/air control.
    How does a customer decide what should have been a free set what should be a paid set? I don't get this?
  5. That is a good question. I'd bet dollars to donuts Golden Girl knows.
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ultimus View Post
    Like is it planned before I24 goes live? Or when I24 goes live? etc?
    They did not give a specific date, which means it is at least more than a week away. They did mention the proverbial trademarked soon™.
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by RemusShepherd View Post
    Basic math says you're wrong. If 13560 (Premium) > 6600 (VIP), then there's something wrong with the VIP rewards.
    Not really sure WTH you are talking about here mate.

    The bottom line is VIP's get a great deal for the sub, if you don't feel you are getting the value you desire for your sub, there are plenty of other things you could spend your money on that gives you the value you seek.
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by RemusShepherd View Post
    You're completely missing the point, so let me explain:

    There are two kinds of content being discussed; free to VIPs and purchasable.

    VIPs have no choice in what they get for free.

    If VIPs do not want some of the content given to them, tough. They have to take it. They paid for it with their subscription, whether they want it or not.

    Premium players do not have this lack of freedom. They can pick and choose what content to pay for.

    This is yet another way in which the current microtransaction system favors Premium players over VIPs.
    VIP's have a choice in how to spend the 400-550 PP's they get each month. Those points can be spent on a myriad of things that cost "that are NOT included" in the sub.

    Not really seeing how anyone can say VIP's that get free points each month to spend on the same non-free items for all(prems too) don't have a choice. They absolutely do and your logic saying they don't is fail....sorry.
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by RemusShepherd View Post
    I'm not questioning the business decision to Freedom. (I have and I do, but I'm not right now.) I'm just debating the specifics of the plan.

    People post about how disappointed they are with VIP status every time a new powerset is released. A simple tweak to the VIP rewards would make all these threads go away.
    There is nothing wrong with the VIP rewards. People with overly entitled attitudes and unrealistic expectations of a for profit company, oh yeah that needs tweaking BAD!
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by _Hush_ View Post
    First off, if that was true I wouldn't have to shell out for staff fighting then because like I mentioned previously I save my points for powers. I don't use my points unless otherwise.

    I see what is there and it's system somewhat stinks. Not all powers release are top notch so if I am going pay for points and dish out the green it better be damn good.
    You are not making any sense. You get more than enough PP's to get the sets for free eventually. If you are one of those types of people that has to have it nao! Then that is nothing more than you deciding to pay nao instead of waiting for the points to build....your problem not the devs.

    Expecting every set to be top notch is beyond stupid and so is your entitled attitude at this point in the thread. People have already showed you where the value is and the best you can come up with is even more of a childish petulant attitude about it.

    Well bugger if that does not beat all. Your type of customer can never be pleased because to please you a company would have to do things that would put them out of business, they are MUCH better off without customers like yourself.
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by _Hush_ View Post
    However, you shouldn't have to pay for powers as V.I.P period their apart of the game. Everything else doesn't matter me that's my only "gripe".
    Unfortunately what you still fail to realize is not "all" of the powers are "part" of your sub. They said this would be the case BEFORE freedom and I can't understand why some people refuse to be real about this ish.

    You "do" get "some" powers free, the free ones, but not every single powerset is going to be nor should it be free. The reality is as shown "if" you did save all of your points you could have bought every single for pay powerset with the points that "are" part of your sub.

    Take you head out of your bum and see what is there. Otherwise you just come off as some petulant child saying gimme gimme gimme.
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    It's not "news" - they didn't mention anythinG about it at all - I'm just trying to think of things that they could do to powers in general that'd count as "mind-blowing"
    Roger.
  13. Darth_Khasei

    Of TankMages

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Profit View Post
    Wow, I can't believe how quick you guys jumped on the "I know the content bandwagon cause it's Johhny "Tank mage" Butane." Read the post first guys, it's probably one of the sanest things he's ever written.
    Considering some of his past prose that is not really saying a lot. Having said that in general I do think people are ok with more power pools(already coming well before this thread) and a general beef up of existing power pools(already coming before this thread).
  14. Darth_Khasei

    Of TankMages

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    But it does still follow some comicbook rules - like characters as AVs need a team to take them down, but can be soloed when they show up as EBs
    People have been soloing AV's in this game since I came in I8.
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lemur Lad View Post
    Unfortunately probably Bioware. The bulk of the complaints I've heard is that it is 8 pretty good single player games tied together, and the multiplayer aspects are all a lot weaker/bugged/outdated than they ought to be for a game with such a long development window.

    Though on the other hand, a lot of the issues people had with server populations due to early poor choices about adding servers instead of capacity, I think falls on EA's head. Not sure though.
    I think the things you mention are pretty accurate and because of that I think they both deserve a share of the blame.

    The sad thing is so many people predicted this the second they saw the EA marriage.
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    Below 1 million, actually - and the phrasing of the numbers statement makes it closer to 500k than 1 million
    Ah, you are right that was three months ago now they are reporting under 1 million. That is more than a 100,000 lost per month...WOW.

    I guess John Riccitiello's calling the performance disappointing is an indication of a coming catastrophe...Possibly.

    So they are going to try to adopt a F2P model but have no expectations on what the response will be? Hmm, sounds like the proverbial throw it up against the wall and see if it sticks mentality.

    I wonder who is going to get the bulk of the blame Bioware or EA?
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    And some, like Bioware's galactic fanfiction catastrophe, take the concept of failrue to a new level
    Needing only 500,000 subs to turn a profit they still have room to fall before reaching the "catastrophic" range. Currently numbers are anywhere from 1-1.3million subs, which puts it in the lower top ten of sales for that company.

    Having seen nothing but decline in subs since release there is reason to be concerned and without some kind of change the predicted catastrophe might come to fruition.
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    Maybe they might look at removing rooting when using some/all powers? I think that'd count as "mind-blowing", even if it might need a bit of animation work.
    While I will never spend time watching these coffee talks again, this does indeed sound like excellent news and something that would in fact blow this old mind if they did it.
  19. Darth_Khasei

    Of TankMages

    But as mentioned the game is not the comic or the movie etc..you cannot ignore this fact. If you cannot grab hold of that basic concept I would not blame the devs for putting you on their ignore list.
  20. I am moving my Kin/Psi defender to another server since I don't play her much these days.
  21. Not top tier, but it will work.
  22. Happy belated birthday. Hope you enjoyed yourself.
  23. Darth_Khasei

    Of TankMages

    I am not sure the devs are going to be persuaded to come around to your point of view when your similar past attempts failed to garner the attention you seek again at this time.
  24. Darth_Khasei

    Salut!

    Welcome back Angry and yes Synapse and Arbiter Hawk has done a brilliant job working on the powers.