Zyphoid

Tell you want I did notice tonight that was very weird. Villians are better at working together than heroes are.

A very good friend of mine Lord Seeth was his global left not long ago because the i13 changes took a lot of the magic out of the game for him. The person who made those changes is gone now though. The current powers team is a group of really good guys, I would bet that they will revisit it and find way to make it fun again.

I am not sure melee will still have a real place, but hey it never did before either....unless you were a stalker.

And ZM, those of us who love costumes will tell them where they can head straight to, and what they can kiss on the way there.

This is subjective. Quivers would be useful even to the non archers because they would make the game look better. Which means even the non archers would find enjoyment in them.

I think the real answer is just that they have not gotten around to it yet. From what I gather there are 2 people Dink and a dude names Charles that never posts, and perhaps a 3rd guy they may or may not have hired at this point. There is only so much time in the day.

IMO, there should be more player costume artists than anything else working at Paragon. I also feel that any new enemy group should be designed on the player rig so the players can have access to ALL of those costumes.

David told us that Jay designed the new CoT costumes on the PC rig, so I found it very odd that we did not get ALL of the CoT parts. Honestly I was pretty ticked off at what was left out, and can only hope this will be corrected in the future.

Hey Devs, we want the CoT long skirt, big hat, belt, big gauntlets, and back detail. Just in case you didn't know, you do now. The devs need to stop holding back items we can take off of the majority of mobs on the street.

I was under the impression that going forward all of the revamped and new NPC groups were going to use the player rig. If I misunderstood it would be awesome if a red name (which includes Zwill imo) would correct me. Why? Because that would keep my expectations low, and I would not be as disappointed as I was over the CoT costume set.

I have 15 incarnate lvl 50 characters, each of which could stomp a mud hole in a CoT death mage, some in a single hit. I should be able to get me a long Cot Skirt, some spiky gauntlets, or a pope hat. Dang, just release a CoT pack 2 already so we will shut up about it.

The next issue has some beautiful costumes in it, that any VIP can log on and look at. I really hope the Devs were intelligent enough to design those with giving them to the players in mind. Character Customization is the strongest aspect of this game. I like the writing and the zones, but let's be bluntly honest for a moment. Character Customization is the strongest thing this game offers. Everything they do should in some way add to that aspect of this game. Bottom line.

If costumes are made that the players can not use, then that is a failure on the part of the art team. I love you guys (the devs) I have been a member of this community for over 7 years. This game has seen me through the loss of a lung, the birth of 2 children, and now it is helping me deal with cancer. So I feel the need to be honest and say this is out of love.

Please for the love of all that is good in the world STOP making character art assets that the players can not use outside of the signature character items, and Death Mages are NOT signature characters.

I can do the same missions over and over as long as I can look different while doing them.

Love you guys, really do.

I take that as a complement, as I am also a southerner. I have seen my fair share of bad in humanity, but something always seems to happen to renew my faith.

I think the time for the game to just merge is fast approaching. Go gray and you have access to the whole of the game. For whatever reason, the majority of the players just don't find red side to be fun. I am not sure that a huge influx of content would fix it either.

But the set is just plain fun. There is nothing else to say about it but that. I know that is subjective, but hey it is my money. It is so 70's and 80's king fu that it is just a blast to play.

Yeah, I didn't pay a huge amount of attention to it because I was t9 with all the celestial items when freedom launched. I knew it was something like that though.


I said it on the beta boards, and I will say it here too. I really don't care if they sell them in the store. More money for the game is a good thing IMO.

I had 33 or so reward tokens just sitting there....then they added super packs to the table.

This may actually be a good thing.

I did however include that fact in my reasoning.

Oh, and I HATE Sharkhead with a passion. That is one of the worst zones ever created in any game.

Gotta call bs on this one. We VIP players did spend money on the set, and I say this coming from the position of having it (celestial) on day 1 of freedom. Fact is I kept up my sub for that long.

I really don't care if they sell it in the store, but please don't imply that VIPs didn't pay for the set.

Me too, I have a good excuse though.

Here is what I know for sure. The original plan was to phase them out and vault them every 6mo iirc. But there ended up being a technical issue with removing and replacing them. So, the goal was always to remove them, but the goal was also for people to get all their tokens for long term subs up front also.

Honestly, they may, or may not remove the celestial set for the mecha set. I know the goal was to do so, but there is no guarantee that will happen.

So, you guys may get lucky, and they may extend the tree rather than remove what is already there. I think that is the better idea any way.

If you really need us to. I am pretty sure you can find it on the beta boards though. I personally think they should just keep expanding the top of the tree, but I have 7 reserve tokens, and a full tree already. My view on the subject may be clouded.

I hate the content too. I LIKE being the good guy, and have no desire to be a bad guy. I am a good guy in real life, I am happy with being the same in this game.


The zones are depressing, and lag is worse, and people like playing super heroes.

However, at one point in time the stories were better written and implemented. With far less hunts and fed ex missions. Another problem is the contacts all treat you like a chump (they are evil after all) and if I don't have the option to stomp a mud hole in them, then I don't want them talking to me like that.

Now that I can start with any AT blue side, I will NEVER play red side again. I don't really think there is anything short of letting me beat the hell out of my contacts at the end of every arc that could get me to play red side again.

Shoot the only contact I like (Hardcase) everyone else hates.

I don't think you were replying to me, but I do want to be clear that I was not saying that at all.

I will be the first to admit that in the past I have directed a lot of frustration at marketing.

However, I had the chance to team with Black Pebble a few times over that past week, and he is actually pretty cool. When we chat with the devs in a respectful manner, they tend to respond in the same way.

Yeah, I am not a huge fan of the way marketing does certain things. That is on me though, not them. My selfishness and desire to know what is coming and what is in development is the sole reason for my dislike of marketing. I love the game, I am passionate about the game, and I just want to know.

I get however that their job is to release the information in a way that has the greatest benefit for the game. Like anything in life, sometimes it works masterfully, and some times it fails horrible. IT is what it is, but it is their job.

I really advise all VIP players to take the time to log in and test on the beta server. Not only to test, but because it also gives you a chance to talk to the devs here and there. You get to see that most of them are pretty cool, and even honest.

There is a long list of gripes I could list here. The lack of a male sash, and the CoT costumes left out would be at the top of the list. No one person is responsible for these things though.

What I would suggest is that marketing allow more communication like what Dink has done. Costumes are one of this community's greatest passion. Knowing what is in the pipes, and seeing behind the curtain makes us happy. It makes us excited about giving your our money.

In that, I ask that certain things be reconsidered. Like what items were released with the CoT set. If more is to come just tell us, yeah we may post begging for them, but that is better than us complaining that we didn't.

I guess what it boils down to is communication. While those of us who visit the board may only be about 10% of the game's population. I promise we are in contact and sharing information with the other 90% of the players.

I mean more like the gender equality threads.

If I were the boss (which I am not yet, but one day!!!!!) no realy. If I were in charge I would pause Dink, or the other guy that never posts, and have them make a male and huge sash to include in the next issue.

It would solve a long standing complaint.