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As much as I bagged on the online store yesterday (not that I don't stand by my points towards improving how things work in the background), I want to thank everyone who got the store back in working order. My wife will be pleased

More like "rental slots" if you ask me, am I right?

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Supposedly the store will be fixed in 1-2 hours.

Me? Not holding my breath

Not to be overly critical, but with the foreseen popularity of the game with the launch of Going Rogue (as indicated by the recent forum cleanup), wouldn't it have been a forethought, in addition to the free character transfer service on top of the release of a major expansion, that bolstering of the online store may have been a necessary step before launch day?

I just don't see how this slipped by the development or net opps teams.

I also always thought the implementation of purchasing characters slots (as a dependent symbiotic relationship between the online store and the database server) was poor - but perhaps there wasn't a better way to do it?

Edit: I would hate to suggest it, but perhaps there needs to be a way to prevent the "freename" exploit that goes along with free transfers. Not sure how much it hammers the online store, but suspect that two transfers per character (x) number of character (x) number of players is probably detrimental the load of the online store.

Read here. No one will be able to access anything beyond the initial 12 slots until the store comes back up. Sad, but true :/

You aren't. The storyline is meh, some characters are just graphed on, and the wirework is atrocious. Let's not even talk about what they did to Deadpool.

You won't get the special IOs or the mouse pad, but there's always the NCStore option. Sorry to hear about this dickery.

She did not use "the next level"

That being said, congratulations on a job well done!

Picking up my boxes tonight after classes! <squees>

Agreed. Store is a big deal for many players, especially those over their initial twelve slots on a server (to include my wife). Hoping that store stability gets settled and rectified soon. I won't need it personally until tonight, but many players are currently stuck with slots they cannot use and name placeholders that have been deleted for characters that cannot be created due to those stuck slots (meaning that camped name is now up for grabs by anyone).

I support not only more APP variety (especially since villains can now utilize them, further increasing their utility) but also Power Customization for APPs (no small task, but another thing that would increase their ability to fit a character's theme).

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