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additionally, those who preordered gr also got the dp and demon summoner sets availaible well before launch, so we have enjoyed some benefits far longer than that. plus, those who pre-ordered but did not qualify for the loyalty beta or vet beta still got to influence the flow of gr, something people whole waited did not. if youa re cool with waiting, cool, but i prefer to have the new content when it is available, not a year to a year and a half later.

two things first @#$%ING AUTO LOG OUT!
second thing, which is a more condensed version of what i had just typed before..well, point one. there is a precedent of a similar game using a similar system and this far it has lead to huge benefits for people who maintain their current subscription style. it also indicates a model for pricing where extra points, while not able to get everything, will cover the majority of non-consumables. we already did pay extra for consumables under the current system (respecs, more ma slots) so i suspect that if they have followed a similar situation, this will work out to the strong benefit of continued subscribers.

ok, is this where we go into the animated tails and new costume slot for tails to open them with more costume options and two flavors of incarnate armors or is this just being snarky?

for once, we are in agreement. just got home from work, so just digesting the details, but im staying put. the vip server will only be used if i start to feel all alt-y again.

I am in uncharacteristic agreement. i keep hearing about how touchscreen media players will make dedicated gaming consoles, particularly handhelds obsolete, and at least for the near future, i dont see it. it would require a re-conceptualization of control and ui to play a "real" game like skyrim or zelda, or a fast paced action shooter that requires both analog sticks and buttons just to play, that im just not seeing the current generation of. maybe in 10 or so years, but id say touchscreen exclusive gameplay is in its "atari 2600 controller" stage at present. and yes, i have a ds and have played some touch screen heavy games, i have always gone back to whatever button controls have been offered.

enough with the "you americans" schtick, i have known him since he was on "who's line is it anyway" way back when clive anderson ran it and it was funny. so some of "we americans" know him quite well.

as per the high number of "fanserivce" bits for females, not a disputed opinion, though considering the source material, cant exactly say it is untrue to it. heck, most of the steampunk outfit can be used to recreate the pic dave put up before of the "lady mechanica" comic, so its not as though it is significantly more revealing than most mainstream comics. and shall we get into anime and manga's outfits?

yes.

17 had animated tails, as well as tails in their own slot. of limited use to some, but since previously tails were gated from martial arts robes, togas, any belts and even the pay natural booster, getting them was, to this dragon themed martial artist, an opening of several magnitudes for costumes.
issue 18 was basically going rogue- you either bought the pack or not, same as issue 6 or issue negative 0.
issue 19 had the alternate animations for several ranged powers. not costumes, but customization options nonetheless.

well, i guess that wanders into some strange semantics when one looks at an abundance of choice as an anti-choice, but you know, harsh as it sounds, some time, removing the choice of someone, particularly someone who may be unfamiliar with a facet of the game, to screw up and miss a defining characteristic of the game i.e.inability to take a travel power because you want all your prim/sec/epic powers, is beneficial because it protects them from ruining their game.call it hand holding or whatever, it happens and it is justified by reality. so they make sure you have the number of slots, even if it may cramp a meta-concept by making you take a power of some sort, even if you just bin it and maybe slot a io.

the biggest problem i see is that if you give all players the same number of available powers, there is simply no way to give people who want some looseness in their build to take most of their prim/sec/epic and still have some variety and also support the ones who want that meta-purity, the math doesn't work out. so you have to look at who is inconvenienced less, people who are cramped build-wise, or people who take a dog power or so, but still can keep an effectively concept pure character. and looking at those options, the person binning 2 powers simply is less inconvenienced than someone who is straitjacketed by overly tight builds. This is not saying there is NO inconvenience to you, but i dont think you could conceive of a solution that did not inconvenience the second group far worse.

its not "doing it wrong" its just not unfair, its just a very odd complaint. i mean yeah, its assumed you will want a travel power, pre boosters, readily available buyable ingame powers and stuff from mayhem/safeguards travel powers were a big step in a players life, you start getting the ability to get to missions faster and access difficult to reach places in mission. i mean, you can take a power and bin it, or use it as a io mule if you like, but the design is more beneficial to more players than it is harmful, if you could call it a harm.

ok, im not even getting in the middle of this pirahana filled minefield of understated gender politics, but this one sticks out, which specifically steampunk options for a female top were we asking for that we wanted but didnt get? ill admit, im not super into steampunk, but based on what i have seen in abney park costumes, girl genius, and that lady mechanica comic david posted up, the outfits we were asking for were pretty much as exactly as we could get without getting us sued. what specific steampunk type for women was asked for that was not addressed? i tend to haunt the costume threads and i missed the steampunk thing that was asked for for years that we didnt get. can i get some links?

funny aside due tot he "its all skimpy lingeree" crowd here, i actually used the corset and long dress to make 2 of my character's outfits more modest, i apparently am doing it wrong.

was going to edit in that joke, but the forums went maintenance mode on me and i had to go to work