Dr_Darkspeed

If thats the case, then whats the point of the lower level mobs looking 'worse'?

Your money will actually go further, if you keep subscribing, thanks to the monthly extra PP.

Old model:

In one year you'll spend $15 * 12 and buy, say, 4 boosters (4 * 10) = $220

You'll recieved a years playing the game and 4 booster packs worth of stuff.

New Model:

In one year you'll spend $15 * 12 = $180
You'll recieve a years playing the game and $60 worth of PP, which will buy you about 4 booster packs worth of stuff.

You get the same amount for $40 less. You can use that $40 to buy 4 powersets (or 2 and a bit extra booster packs worth of stuff), meaning you get more for your money.


That is obviously assuming the Devs keep to their word about VIP players getting at least as much new stuff included in their subscription as they do now.

I'd disagree on that point, number 5 is actually quite charming and one of the better ones (and 6 has some fun characters and good moments).

Number 7 is an obvious abomination (Why are there Russain Chimp Policemen?!?!) but it surprised me just how bad number 4 was. I mean, ugh, a 3-4 minute skateboarding sequence, dull repeated jokes and no plot to speak of?

I'd recommend a 2 stage marathon over a weekened 1-4 on Saturday, 5-7 on a Sunday. That way, if you drink, you'll be soberst for the best bits and drunkest during the worst parts.

Thats a good question. It would be good if the NCSoft time cards could be converted into Paragon Points instead of Sub time.

Except you get $5 (or $6.88ish) included with your subscription, so if you are a VIP once a month you can buy a full booster pack worth of stuff for roughly $10, or get a free one every 3 months or so.

Which Team Inspirations don't grant benefit to your team and will they be sold for a discount?


And, yes yes, I'm sure it may be technically accurate and there will be one that only grants part of its benefit or only to teammates who are in range or only teammates who are currently dead etc...

I assumed they always did that.

Here is the thread with the photos from ComicCon

Thats not before implementing it. Thats before releasing it. In order for something to reach beta, a lot of development time and resources have already been spent on it.

The problem with that is that that comes very late in the development cycle, meaning if all the feedback you get is "I don't like it" you either have to waste all that time (and money) going back to the drawing board or ignore the feedback because you can't afford to do that. Certainly, most modern development lifecycles favour involvement of the user at earlier stages, through mockups, prototypes etc... rather than leaving the feedback until after the implementation phase.

This probablem might well be solved via the test server. In the past, buyable items have been free on Test and I wonder if that trend will continue? Possibly with only VIPs having access to the Test server.

You are seeing things wrong, because you won't be paying for all new content, just some new content.

For example, in Issue 21, the Time Manipulation set is free to subscribers, as is the revamped early game experience (new tutorials etc...), Powerset Proliferation, First Ward, Some costume sets and probably some other stuff I'm forgetting. And they have said that they will continue to launch Issues on a regular basis. And there are the Signature Arcs, 2 new arcs per month which are included in the subscription.

That seems to me to be a pretty descent amount of content, certainly comparable with what we currently get. If they keep that level up, then just keeping subscribed and using the free points you get will net you more stuff than you currently get. With the choice to pay for even more, if you want to.

But... The booster pack demanded the same amount of up-front investment as the proposed price for the powersets. If Titan Weapons went on sale today for $10 on the NCSoft store, what would happen? Would players go beserk for it and possibly crash the store?

I'm not sure about that, I think the x5 means you will get 5 of them. And from what they said, I understood it to mean that the booster will increase the level of the enhancement by 1 (like when we combine two regular enhancements).

EDIT: though it does seem unclear and I could very well be mistaken.