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Quote:Originally Posted by UberGuy
I've no intention of switching characters who happen to be ranking members of SGs to some other server, losing all their history of earned prestige and the like. Of course, those characters who I would bother with such minutiae on are the ones I do things like badge with.
Now, if I can send any character over, because it's an account-wide reward, then fine. I still won't transfer anyone - I'll just create a disposable character on Exalted.
I've spent seven years on the same server. All my investment in server-specific things is there. I am not going to uproot to avoid the "unwashed masses" of F2P players. (I learned how to avoid the unwashed masses long ago!) As such, I certainly don't expect to be left out of anything VIP-relatd just because of that server loyalty. I am not predicting that outcome from this event, but if that does end up happening, they're going to be getting some nastygrams from me.
Yup, this is my boat.
IF they allowed SG bases to be saved like costume slots, and ported over with the SG leader, then I might consider moving to Exalted when I built up enough transfers to move all my characters.
But my characters are all linked, I've spent a TON of time and resources on their bases, they RP, and there's no way I'm going to move any of them off to be a stranger in a strange land with no resources.
And for what? So I can play with a bunch of strangers? I can already do that on Virtue if I want to!
I also have at least 3-4 real life friends who've had a tough time the last year who haven't been able to justify sub money for an MMO in their lives. They're planning on coming back as Premiums, and I'd rather play with them than a bunch of other strangers just because those strangers, like myself, pay a sub.
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Quote:Actually, I see this on Virtue all the time.Originally Posted by Aggelakis
I have only seen it happen on Freedom, except for once on Champion where some dude announced a pay-for run, which was responded to with a bunch of lols and a couple offers of free runs.
My gaming partner and I have discovered that some tip missions, no matter what, will always bounce you into another zone than the one you take it in... unless you're in Atlas. For some reason, aside from the two 45-50 "go to the Rogue Isles" missions that always start on Statesman's helipad, all tip missions you take in Atlas will stay in Atlas.
So... after 7 years of avoiding Atlas like the plague, suddenly I spend more time there than any other zone. And yeah, there's a lot of that spam going on constantly.
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Quote:Man, I'd love to see all these things.Originally Posted by Zortel
A year on, Going Rogue is missing these things for me:
1: Rogue content in Paragon City + the Rogue Isles outside of tip/morality missions (conducting deals, making money, smuggling, keeping the law off your back as you chase the almighty dollar.)
2: Vigilante content in the Rogue Isles + Paragon City outside of tip/morality missions (Taking down crooks who the Zig is too good for, going to the Rogue Isles to hunt down someone who's crossed the line, fending off people wanting to bring you in for your brand of justice.)
3: An expansion to the selection of tip and morality missions across the level ranges they occur in. (We had some vigilante and rogue tips added, and 1 new 40-50 Morality mission to each side, but that's it.)
4: Praetorian content on Primal Earth (Primal-fled Resistance trying to take action on an ex-Loyalist, possibly suspecting espionage, Loyalists tracking down Crusader Resistance members for heinous crimes they committed, persecution from Primal residents, a Praetorian-on-Primal subculture, or even Primals wanting to go to Praetoria, thinking it a 'better way'.)
5: Incorporating morality choices and points into story arcs (the arc where you get a warrant put out against you by Crey would make a great point to go Vigilante, or maybe the heat of Arachnos convinces a villain that Paragon might be a safer place to operate.)
6: A chance for heroism in the isles/villainy in the city. More chances to do evil on your own terms, or go to the isles to try and do some good. Especially lacking on the latter.
Of course, the devs tend to release things "into the wild" and then never come back to them, so I can't really see it happening, but I agree with you that it would be awesome and add huge depth. -
Quote:Yes, yes I do.Originally Posted by Thany144
Really? with all the toons you can have at once you think 10 bucks for a slot for all of them is expensive? I dont. Heck if I have 20 toons that $.50 a slot...............To me that seems a bargain.
It is a costume slot.
It should not be the same price as an entire playable powerset for ONE costume slot. That's TWO MONTH'S worth of VIP points for ONE costume slot.
I would not protest it being even 400 points, but let's get real here. 800 points is way too much. -
Quote:Oh, I'm aware of all of that. And I do appreciate it. It just seems pretty high to me to have a single slot cost as much as a whole new powerset. If all 5 new slots were opening for 800 points, I'd be overjoyed, but each single slot? Ouch.Originally Posted by Tenzhi
While I agree that the costume slot price is perhaps a bit high, we should also keep in mind that the price is for newly-added slots 6-10, and slots 2-5 are still opened in the regular fashion. And if I'm not mistaken, each slot purchased from the Market opens the extra slot for every character, which may justify the cost.
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Quote:Global friend your friends.Originally Posted by CommunistPenguin
not everyone is looking to spend money right away on a mmo. I played DDO for months and never spent a dime. But if you make playing with your friends a chore, then you will just scare away your customers. There are enough F2P games out there that we shoudnt have to give our friends a breakdown on what they can and cannot do. Basic expectations based on industry standards should be enough.
Send them team invites when they are on.
Bingo. It is no longer a chore for them to group with their friends.
And spending a few dollars lifts this onus. -
Quote:Yeah, I gotta agree with that. The Beta price list I've seen is really kinda insane on some points. $10 for a costume slot, 800 points? Yeeesh.Originally Posted by venombeyond82
I'm really, really worried about what the prices are going to be for the Paragon store. We've heard some things have changed, and some things have not. I see there are "Sales" going on for items so far, but none of which I had hoped there would be a sale on. A few things from the old prices are so amazingly expensive, that it doesn't seem worth it in the least, and I'm praying some of those went down in price to make them actually affordable and worth the cost of actual money, and not that I have to wait 14 months just to get enough, and nothing ELSE just to get them.
I love everything about Issue 21 and Freedom, just the old prices scare me greatly, and I truly hope the new ones are worth it. I'd hate to have to leave the game, on the ideal that all Paragon Studios cares about is $5 and $10-ing people, rather than nickle and dime-ing. -
Quote:+1Originally Posted by Lazarillo
Yeah, I'd imagine you can't wait for all that new Mercy Island content, huh?
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Quote:So what if it does clip?Originally Posted by TheDeepBlue
If they made it a Hair slot, it might end up clipping with jackets and robes or whatever.
If they made it a Shoulder or Chest slot, then wut?
Also, your quote and your sig kinda make me lol.
And what's funny about my sig? I want a new hairstyle shown in these screenshots, so therefore... as you say, wut? -
Quote:Uh, didn't bother to read the thread, huh?Originally Posted by evil women for pinn
well im so NOT expecting a specific date one day someone says "late fall" next thing "september 1" now its "september 12" ????? Honestly i feel like its will happen at like august 21st or something. And a full moon? Oh my f***** god yea im sry i don't think to my best knowlege thats happening. here is a piece of advice expect the werest you get the best. But im sry this post DOES NOT have vaild info as of yet. But i would think if they were doing it 3 days from now there would be a message.
Zwill linked to the message in his post. -
Quote:Maybe not everyone wants to spoil themselves on new content ahead of time.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I'm surprised that so many people haven't seen these yet - the open beta's been going for a while now
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Quote:We need to do this. Get SOME use out of the damn Party pack!!!Originally Posted by SpittingTrashcan
3) Flashmob Ms. Liberty.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Not so fast Zoidbergilinger. That's the head start. Looks like head start will last at least until September 22. If that's the case, and launch happens the following week, then I'm still within the margin for error for launch which I predicted to be between the last week of September and the first week of October.
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Quote:You're the man, thanks for the quick reply!Originally Posted by Zwillinger
Yes
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Quote:HOT DOG!!!!Originally Posted by Zwillinger
Zwill, quick question - do our free character xfers stack? And if we bought the 6-pack of xfers, would they stack with the VIP ones? -
Quote:Please god. I am PRAYING we get that piece, even if we get nothing else.Originally Posted by TheDeepBlue
Conveniently-placed hair is a go.
...of course, if we get NOTHING else I'm going to be mad... LOL -
Quote:I uh... would really really rather have the hands we have now than have my characters look like that O.oOriginally Posted by Sargatanas
One thing that caught my eye was that The Talons of Vengeance seem to have individual fingers rather than the usual 'mittens'. I wonder if this tech will eventually be made available to the player character models?
I presume that's a separate hand rig that must keep the fingers in that particular configuration, not one that could hold weapons or change poses for casting. -
Quote:I would seriously kill for more subtle effect on both those powersets. A nice, sparkly snowflake aura would be fine and not turn other people's characters into rock candy!Originally Posted by Zamuel
Fire and ice shields have been commented on as effects that block character outfits. There's actually two options already available for alternate effects that are more subtle. It's surprising that one of the most obnoxious powersets in the game, Demon Summoning, has one of these. The aura from the Ember Demon has a variant of the Ember Shield that's small and rather nicely done. The effect for ice shields could be pulled from the small crystal effect of Frostwork.
The original effects should be kept by those who want them but the more subtle effects would probably be best as default for newly created characters. -
Well since I believe the Packs were removed from the store on the 29th, I'm not sure what it avails to know!
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Quote:That is a sig line waiting to happen.Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Either way, if you want to offer the entertaining distraction of parading your wit and ignorance around as target practice, you'll find I'm really not kidding around when I say this particular bug is really pissing me off.
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All I have to say is we'd BETTER GET THOSE COSTUME PIECES.
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Quote:But there already IS. You can go safely through the Vanguard base at level 1 and access the tailor there immediately.Originally Posted by Gemini_2099
I am looking forward to the tailor shop in Atlas park. Yipeee!
That's one of the design decisions that's really made me scratch my head. -
Quote:Yeah... I knew TW wasn't going into this issue, but up until very recently StJ was. I'm so bummed out about that. My name camp will sadly sit there at level 1 until that comes out. I've got zero interest in Beam Rifle.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
What I'm mostly looking forward to ain't in Freedom. That is to say - Street Justice and Titanic Weapons.
The ONE thing I look forward to over all is the 10-costume-slot item. Oh my god, I'm getting that IMMEDIATELY.
I am going to roll a Time character and am looking forward to that.
I'm definitely looking forward to the new tutorial, because my favorite AT is Corruptor (but I hate redside) and getting them blueside is a 20+ level pain right now. -
Quote:Manoa,Originally Posted by Manoa
It's THIS that I personally feel returning players might have a problem with.
I read your blog, I liked your blog, I thought it was full of interesting thoughts and linked it to this thread first thing.
That said, could you address the question I threw out that it seems the original addressee will not answer?
Previously, a returning vet had to plunk down $15 in order to play for a month, see their characters, have access to their loot, etc.
Now, presuming they don't have enough accumulated vet rewards to have permanent access to IOs, they now have to plunk down $2 in order to access their loot for a month.
How is that not a step up for the returning player? -
Quote:I've always spent all my new slots immediately on Virtue, and have no plans to play anywhere else.Originally Posted by warden_de_dios
I claimed my 36th slot on Virtue years ago. Since then I've been rewarded 6 more slots for various things. Vet Rewards, Going Rogue, etc. Freedom is going to raise the max limit per server from 36 to 48.
I'm wondering how many other players have free Character Slots saved up and which server are you going to redeem them on?
Interesting fun fact: if you spend your monthly stipend on nothing but character slots you'll earn the 12 new slots in 10 months.
I've got 2 empty spots there, and 2 "name camps" holding names for characters I intend to make with new powersets when they are released to the public.