Roderick

It was fixed quite some time ago, IIRC.

I'm hoping that they use the same tech that they just added to the DA arcs to give you an extra reward for running all the SSAs in a single story. Since the arcs are already on a weekly timer instead of the daily one that DA uses, I'm not sure exactly how they'd time it, but I'd still like to see something extra for running the whole arc.

Remember that the token isn't awarded at the end of the month, but at the end of every 30 day period as a VIP.

If you got free time under any of the old, pre-Freedom promotions (like the 10 day trial, or the 15 day bonus from the refer-a-friend program), it moves the day that your reward token is rewarded on.

If a player started playing after Freedom went live, then the token should always arrive on the last day of the subscription. But for some people (I'm one of them), it shows up a bit off because of the effects of bonus game time.

I always build for concept first. If that means skipping certain powers, or taking weaker ones when a better option is available, I will. Once I've met my conceptual requirements, I'll min/max the build as much as possible.

If there are certain things that I can't do within concept, that truly gimp the character, I usually won't play the character. But a minor loss in power to stay within concept is totally acceptable.

While I can infer what you mean from your previous post, your last one isn't really clear if you want the former and have the latter items, or have the former and want the latter. Since people aren't consistent with their phrasing, it's best to clearly state what you have and what you want, otherwise, you may eend up with people who want the same stuff that you want, offering you the things you already have.

How do the Trial badges work? I've never really pay attention, so all I know is I get some extra salvage occasionally; I don't know if certain rarities are tied to certain badges, or if it's completely random.

If earning the badges gets me a few extra uncommon or better salvage, then I'm all for it. If it's just going to get me more commons (or a roll on the end of arc table, which is mostly commons), then no thanks, I get more than I can use of those already.

Or, you can just ignore the Assassin Focus, and smack something when Assassin Strike is recharged, knowing that even one stack of AF gets you a 33% crit chance, which is higher than your other attacks get.

Yeah, the "Low", "High", "Extreme", etc values date back to Mr. Emmerts "Number crunching makes the game not fun!" days. At one point, those descriptions were the only way (outside of third party apps and websites) to tell what a power did. If I remember correctly, recharge numbers were as obscure as the damage.

The vague descriptions being left intact (and even added to new powers) is just a throwback to that system, and I don't think anyone would really miss it if it was completely removed.

Do you use the forums a lot? You lose posting priveleges on them (except the four ALL ACCESS areas), and you lose all access to the Beta Forums s its like they don't even exist.

Other than that, everything's been rehashed to death.

What I don't get are the "VIPs are getting ripped off!" sentiment that a few people have expressed. I play a LOT. Probably more than the average player. 100 hours/month is a totally believable estimate. That means I pay $0.15/hour I'm playing the game. I've heard of some people who play 5 hours every day. That's $0.015/hour. If you are super mega casual and only play 1 hour a day, only on Saturday and Sunday, you're still not even paying $2.00/hour.

I don't know about anyone else, but when I was a kid, and I went to the arcade, I'd cram $5 or more per hour into those machines (holy crap! Was I really feeding them $20-50 every month?). As a teenager buying console and computer games, I'd drop $40-80 a month on new games - most of which are still sitting - uncompleted - on my shelves 10+ years later. Now, I pay $15 a month, and once every 3-4 months throw them an extra $50 for some extra points.

Now that I think about it, I *am* getting ripped off! All the other VIPs are getting a free shaft, and I've never received mine! That's it, I quit until I get personally shafted by each and every one of the devs!