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Little sad the regular Praetorian DE seem to be just palette swapped Primal DE... but the Avatar and Seed make up for it
Time Manipulation looks sweet! Wish I knew what exactly it was doing in the trailer. -
Quote:Heh... there's a reason I only have 100 or so posts in my time... I make a jerk outta myself.Time paid for subscription in the past. No reason to believe it entitles you to any free stuff in the future. You should be glad they are actually giving you free stuff in the future instead of starting everyone off at zero. That would be completely fair, you know, starting absolutely everyone off with zero point.
It's silly to pay for one thing and get upset when they don't give you something totally unrelated. That is especially true when the product being discussed is a totally new offering. I mean, I've only been able to play my DP and DS characters for 1 of the 5 years I've been subscribed, a new player gets to play one for all 5 years they pay - how is that fair? Oh, that's right, it is fair.
No. By the time they have been subscribed for 3 years, you will have accumulated just as many more points as they will have
Over what mark? The mark is "three years of accumulating paragon points". Since you have none, you aren't over any mark. When I get a raise at work, they don't back date it for the entire length of my employment. Time based things have this odd feature of usually only happening in the future.
You're right. But I still think our little "jumpstart" should move the vets further up the tree.
(And I'm not just sayin that for myself! The 84 monthers oughta be neck deep in Teir 9 IMO) -
Quote:Exactly.And did nobody see the last panel where it says "Veteran players may start at Tier 7+." And then goes on to say, "They'll get nearly everything for free."?
That part really worries me. I've been playing almost five years now. Perhaps by the time i21 hits, I -will- have six years under my belt. I surely don't want to pay anything to get back to where I am now, nor wait until it becomes available to me again.
Prefer redname confirmation on this.
How am I only teir 6-7ish when "they'll get nearly everything for free?" Spending points of stuff I've ALREADY earned is just ridiculous, regardless if the points are handed to me or not. -
Quote:This is a bit bigger than an expansion being added for free.You can. Wait 3 years-the credit time they give you.
It isn't. Nothing is taken away from you. There are now more options and a different system to get it. There is even another new currency. You lose nothing and get a very significant jump start on the new stuff. They have to wait 3 years and you don't.
Your complaint sounds suspiciously like the people who complained about CoV becoming included in the base game after they had to pay for it.
I've been subbed for 6 years... Paragon has gotten over $1000 dollars from me during that time.
Someone else can come in, spend half that, (a 3 year sub being about $540...) and get all the rewards I have access to and MORE (the tier 8, 9, and VIP). But why doesn't my extra $500 entitle me to THE SAME?
If a newbie can sub and get to tier 9 in 3 years, then I and everyone else over that mark should be there already. Especially given the whole "we care about our loyal customers" schtick. -
Quote:If a new sub can join and get to teir 9 in 3 years, why cant someone who's already given Paragon their money get there as well?No one is saying that everyone who has been paying for 3 years jumps to tier 9. What they are saying is that anyone who starts paying today will be at tier 9 in 3 years. The people who have been subscribing longer get a jump start on that 3 years depending on how long they have been subscribed.
But the jumpstart is LESS than the actual time you have been subscribed. If you've been here for 5 years, maybe they knock 2 years off that 3 year requirement. and you only have to wait 1 year to get to tier 9.
The time you have been subscribed in the past is worth less than the time you are subscribed once the new system goes live. But the good thing is you don't have to pick one or the other. Your future (full credit) subscription time will simply add onto your past (partial credit) time.
But it does mean that new players will be able to get to t9 while being subscribed for less total time than someone who has been here all along. That's the whole point. They don't want to put the highest rewards out of reach of new people. Doing that is a disincentive to start the game at all if you know you are coming in at an insurmountable disadvantage compared to everyone already in the game. They made that advantage surmountable - you can effectively "catch up".
Why should the veteran player's $15 a month be valued any less than the newbie's? -
What Tier? Vet status
Tier 1: 0 F2P
Tier 2: 0 Premium - 7 Months
Tier 3: 8 - 16 Months
Tier 4: 15 - 21 Months
Tier 5: 22 - 33 Months
Tier 6: 34 - 50 Months
Tier 7: 51 - 67 Months
Tier 8: 68 - 83 Months
Tier 9: 84+ Months
Positron said that existing Vets will have what they got auto-filled in the program.
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So if I understand this right, I dont have to waste my Paragon Rewards on stuff I've already earned... and can conceivably be further along the tree than shown here? -
Lower the damage Phantom Army does.
Replace Spectral Terror with Terrify/Fearsome Stare-ish type power.
Replace Group Invis or Superior Invis with a Cloak of Fear-ish type power.
And a bit of a pipe dream... have Domination remove the Illusionary damage healback when its active. -
I'll bring the grenades!
@EverythingXen - Xensational (Arach Soldier) -
Just the thing to get my Soldier out of the high 30 lvl doldrums. Sign me up!
@EverythingXen - Xensational (Arachnos Soldier) -
My fort would love to careen through hordes of Rularuu at breakneck speed for hours on end. I'm game!
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I've logged all my characters on and none of them have anything in their email box. Still not able to send/recieve emails. Hope that's not the only solution for this, because its not working.
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I'm having the same issue still today. My emails keep getting reclaimed by the same character.
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Go to the Rikti War Zone and stand there. Theres almost ALWAYS a trial forming broadcasting for members... most of the time open to all takers.
If you can wait for over an hour in the queue, you can wait a few minutes in zone getting a team the old fashioned way... with much more success! -
*clicks on Ricochet*
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SPEAK! ENGLISH! -
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"Crumpets?! Nobody understands crumpets. You gotta know what cricket is to understand crumpets."
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*swings large crumpet* I'll teach you!
That out of the way...
My favorite was from one of those mission entrance boxes.
"You hear voices. Time to SMASH!
I laughed maniacally through the entire mission. My roomate got scared... -
Bosses... Lts... Minions... Civilians... Phone Booths... Kittens...
Its not temptation, its necessity.