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I'll be buying the full set, as I think the chaps will work well on a biker I have, and the female options are just what I need for the "cheap Pocket D trash" character I have in mind.

My characters tend to take the view that there's several things (some related, some not) that go by the name "werewolf". By and large, they're not suprised in the least when the encounter some variation they've never met before. Ditto that for other weres, vampires, "True" mages, ect...

I think this is the best way to go with it. Don't get hung up on the names, someone else will use the same name for something quite different. Just shrug, accept it, and deal with the charcter. It's the character that's important, not the name.

Mostly, they need to sell things to use in-battle.

A 5 minute summons of a MM pet (no controls, it works like a normal combat pet).

The various temp powers that already exist in the game. Iron Sword, Kinetic Shield, Chaingun, ect...

Warburg Nukes, and Bloody Bay Shivans.

One-shot Judgement/Destiny powers (likely only useable by level 50 characters).

A 15-30 minute temp power that grants Super Speed. (We have them for flying and super jump, after all.)

A one-use version of Inner Inspiration, with no timer on how soon you can use another. (The lack of timer will encourage people to use a bunch of them if they're low in Insps and about to need a boost.)

First, the exclusive stuff has got to either go, or become non-exclusive.

I'd suggest that they be put in as is, but later they need to be put into the store like normal. Maybe rotate which of the ATIOs is for sale every week, so that you can get specific sets if you wait, or you can buy packs and hope.

Beyond that, though, is what else is in the Super Packs. The simple fact is, I think they're selling the wrong things. If they want people to buy them and keep buying them, then they need to fill them with things that people KEEP reusing and needing/wanting more of.

Something to upgrade an ATIO? Nope, not going to be using those left and right. The Chaingun temp power? Oh yeah, THAT I'll use. And if it's for a limited number of uses, and only claimable by one character, then I'll need another for the next character even if the first still has charges on it.

Most of the temp powers you can get in the game would be good for this. Iron Sword, Kinetic Shield, Bow and Arrow, Prismatic Taser... all useful, at least at low levels. There's options for new powers, too. A one-use (no timer) version of Inner Inspiration, for example. Or maybe a 5 minute duration summons of a non-controlled version of one of the MM pets? Very Rare chance of a Shivan or Warburg nuke, maybe?

Give us things we use in battle, not things we use when we're checking our notes and carefully planning out our build or shopping at the market. Market/Build stuff might be valuable, but it's not as intense as actual combat. I'm far more likely to use a temp power on impulse because that EB is a bit too tough, or because while I can Foostomp those Rikti....it's a <bleep>ing CHAINGUN, and that's just more fun!

Final thought (for now):

I would suggest that, if you do wish to put costume stuff in there, you also include account-wide unlocks for things like the Dragon Wings and Rocket Boots that are currently recipe drops in-game. That does open up the idea of also making the costume sets in the Super Packs available in-game as recipe drops. I do not think that would work as well, however, as there's a big difference between trying to get one item (wings) as compared to trying to get every item in a full set.

If the power is coming from outside, then it's Magic.

If the power is coming from within, and their faith is only used to channel it, then it's Natural.

I expect something far too slow and annoying to be practical. Then, hopefully, they'll listen to enough feedback to make it a bit better, though still not as good as it should/could have been.

I expect it in 2nd Quarter of 2012, at the earliest. It would not surprise me if we wait nearly a year for it, especally as they'll keep putting other things before it, so that it keeps getting pushed back.

I expect only a hand full of missions, which we will all quickly grow deathly tired of.

I expect that you'll be able to earn a few Astral merits and one Emp merit a day. I do NOT expect threads to drop, as you could then farm the missions for just the threads to speed things along.

I expect a possible Common/Uncommon salvage drop every few missions or after every big mission. I do NOT expect Rare or Very Rare salvage to be rewarded this way at all. That's what the Emp merits are for, after all.

I do NOT expect them to directly grant iXP for doing the solo path.

I do NOT expect them to change the Inf cost of turning threads into iXP, or adding in an option to turn an Emp merit in for a huge chunk of iXP. They should do these things, but I don't expect it will happen.

I expect that any new slots will use new currancy. Shards will be able to be converted to the new currancy, but threads and the such will not. This will make the solo path worthless for the next group of slots, and force us to iTrial them until such time as they're ready for the next big thing and finally add in Incarnate Gobstoppers (or whatever it will be) into the solo path.

To quote the Tom Smith song "Rocket Ride":

"....
Give me a villain with style and grace, and a little bit of fencing skill.

They used to be angular, sneering, and bald.
If someone got killed even they were appalled.
They tried to marry the heroine, no thought of ****,
and they sure as hell knew how to wear a cape!

They never tortured, they never lied.
They'd honor a promise if it meant they died.
Let's find a villain with professional pride.
Come on with me, baby, on a rocket ride!"

It looks good to me.

The pillar can take the powers from one person and put them into another. It can't affect Numina or Citadel (in theory), but the others are fair game.

I'm hoping that it shifts some of the powers around. Statesman can get Positron's power. Manticore can get Synapse's power. And so on.

After the power switch, someone loses control of Positron's power, and vaproizes Synapse (likely holding Manticore's power of "nothing"). This sets the powers in place for good.

Agreed. It's ugly as hell, and it needs to stop.

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