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Quote:I think the following speaks well more than 1,000 words on the subject. A fan (Leatherpup) photo of the costume window from Comic-Con:Originally Posted by Djeannie
How do you even know it will work that way? Have you tried it? Has a dev said thats how it will work? What if you buy 5 slots and it then shows slots 1-6 open for you and then when you do your first costume mission slot 7 shows up? Maybe you're right and slots 2-5 will be blacked out and slot 6 will show up as your paid for unlocked slot.
There are so many people making assumptions in all of these threads based on what they think a dev said due to the way things are worded.
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Quote:Not tier 3, tier 5: Dev Chat Highlights, July 20: Paragon RewardsOriginally Posted by Zombie Man
Just using this to collate prices as we hear them.
Points * Dollar Equivalent * Item
- 1200....$15.00......................an ArcheType (e.g., Controller or MM)* (VIPs get all ATs automatically; going premium loses access unless 'bought' or having reached Tier 3 Reward status)
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I'm sure that Zwillinger tried to send Avatea this to explain why he didn't come into work today:
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Quote:How? You do not have access to any of the Incarnate System as a premium player, including the Alpha Slot. That means you fail to meet the minimum requirements for both Apex and Tin Mage (Alpha Slot unlocked).Originally Posted by Citizen_Razor
can do the Apex & Tin Mage TFs, but that's it.
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Apparently the developers do consider the Alpha Slot to be in the Incarnate System:
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Quote:However I answered that question as well.Originally Posted by Mjolnir875
I think you misunderstood, the OP was asking if they still did 15 a month, as in $15 a month. The answer is of course yes.
That goes to show you that if you ask a question, you need to do it in a clear manner. Punctuation, capitalization, and grammar go a long way to being understood.Quote:Originally Posted by Snow Globe
...the following credit card options:
1 month: $14.99*
3 months: $41.85* (equivalent to $13.95 per month)
6 months: $77.70* (equivalent to $12.95 per month)
12 months: $143.40* (equivalent to $11.95 per month)
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Quote:You are mistaken. In no way, shape, or form will premium players have access to the Incarnate System.Originally Posted by darkangel32
if im not mistaken you can buy incarnate access for them
Quote:Originally Posted by Zwillinger
I have been advised that if you let your VIP status lapse you will lose access to these abilities. You won't lose the ability itself, however it will not be usable.Premium accounts have no access to the Incarnate System.Quote:Originally Posted by Clockwork O1
To clarify this definitively:
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Quote:To paraphrase Douglas Adams:Originally Posted by Zwillinger
Today's lack of information was caused by two things
1. We had a power outage this morning at Paragon. It took awhile for all of the working systems to come online, like intarwebz, but we're back up and running now.
2. On a less world impacting note, I am sadly at home sick, having finally succumb to the Con Plague. This means that if I were to host Ustream, it would be from my bed, me hacking and coughing, unshaven and unshowered, with my kids jumping on my head and pointing at the camera going "I WANT TO SAY HI TO EVERYONE!".
Granted, this would be more entertaining than one of my tangents, however my energy level just wouldn't be there...
Though the Ustream is a major spectator sport, the frustration experienced by the audience at not actually being able to see what's going on leads them to imagine that it's a lot more exciting than it actually is. A crowd that has just watched a rather humdrum Ustream experiences far less life-affirmation than a crowd that believes it has just missed the most dramatic event in gaming history.
I'm actually a bit shocked that I only had to replace 3 words in that quote.
Quote:Originally Posted by Zwillinger
Our apologies for how things played out this morning, but all things should be fully operational moving forward. I'll see you guys on Ustream tomorrow morning at 10:30 Pacific/6:30 BST come hell or high water.
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Quote:Go to any trainer and change your title... But then again, it couldn't be that simple.Originally Posted by flipside
Still missing it. I see where it says "Ability to change the colors of your Titles", but nothing on actually how to do it. I viewed the page on Titles but didn't see anything there on how to change colors.
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Even better: They sent me a duplicate email to the same address. I wonder if the person responsible is using Outlook and tried to recall the email after it was sent.
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Quote:Follows Rule #3:Originally Posted by Zombie Man
Makes note: Players showing up for a non-event caused anxiety and frustration. Stress test was a success!
Quoted for truth!Quote:Rule Three:
Put your team and the opposing team in a large field and build a high wall round them.
The reason for this is that, though the game is a major spectator sport, the frustration experienced by the audience at not actually being able to see what's going on leads them to imagine that it's a lot more exciting than it actually is. A crowd that has just watched a rather humdrum game experiences far less life-affirmation than a crowd that believes it has just missed the most dramatic event in sporting history. -
Quote:I can't transcribe today's Ustream post, but I can quote their facebook page:Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards
Today's highlights for the Coffee Talk are:
*cricket*
You're still here? Come back tomorrow for the August 4th edition! Coffee Talk has been delayed for a day.
This has been a parody thread. We now return you to your regularly scheduled serious business.
Sadly, they didn't do so on the forums.Quote:City of Heroes
The Paragon Coffee talk on Ustream has been postponed for today. We apologize, but we'll keep you posted for when you can get your Ustream--and tangent--fix!
Even better:
Quote:City of Heroes
The 11 am PDT event on the Training Room has been cancelled. We'll keep you posted for the later event! -
Well, if you didn't see the facebook announcement:
Quote:City of Heroes
The 11 am PDT event on the Training Room has been cancelled. We'll keep you posted for the later event! -
Quote:Yeah, same.Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
Now imagine that you have nothing to do with Aion at all, and you're getting e-mail about this.
Then it is showing yet another area of NCsoft's rampant web staffing incompetence. There is NO OPTION to select which games you want to hear from.Quote:Originally Posted by Lemur Lad
*shrug* like it says at the bottom of the mail, it came because we're signed up to receive NCSoft newsletters. We're playing an NCSoft game, and that's another NCSoft game. If you only want to hear about this specific game and no others, I'd go see if there's an option for that in your account settings -
Quote:No, for EU players. The PM version is for NA players.Originally Posted by Taiyanna
Eleven AM on a Wednesday is scheduled for westcoasters?
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Quote:Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that the studios are in California. Yeah, that is just crazy-talk, I'm sure.Originally Posted by Psylenz
Oh Look Lovey, they scheduled another event on west-coast time.
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Quote:As I said, the phrasing is a bit odd and I wanted to have a bit of clarification.Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards
I assumed Premium players would be able to purchase Monthly Story Arcs as a permanent item. I don't think they've ever mentioned the word Renting when talking about purchasing the new zone or the MSA's.
Oh, and I can see one other choice: Are you able to (permanently) buy a Monthly Story Arc bundle of the complete story?
Worst case scenario, don't spend the reward tokens or paragon points while being an active subscriber and spend them after you drop to premium. You don't lose those until you spend them.Quote:Originally Posted by Drakos
Ok, this may have been answered before but I haven't seen it so I wanted to ask...
Will players that maintain a VIP account be able to purchase items that they have acces through being VIP but would loose if they go premimum? So lets say as a VIP I have access to all power sets and AT's, but if I drop to premimum I would loose some of these; will I be able to purchase access to these while still maintaining the VIP or would I have to let the account slip into premimum before I can buy them?
I ask because I also play another MMO that has the VIP/Premimum/Free2Play model, but VIP accounts cannot buy content granted by the VIP status, they have to let the account slip to premimum first. -
Quote:For the European players.Originally Posted by Steelclaw
One wonders why exactly they schedule this mid-way through Zwillinger's Ustream...
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Quote:Originally Posted by Gunbunny
As I said, the veteran rewards used to be an nice addition. Making life a bit easier for the Veteran. Sometimes as good as a nifty power or costume pieces. Other times just 5 merits or so.
It was nice to have but that is all.
The things that level 9 VIP players get is on a totally other scale. It is not similar to the 'old' veteran rewards.
So far all we've seen of the Tier 9 VIP rewards are "nifty costume pieces" (Celestial Set I, Celestial Set II, Celestial Set III). I fail to see the difference between the Celestial Set and any other costume reward other than the "ooh shiny" effect. There are 4 path auras in the Paragon Rewards table (replacing/expanding other vet rewards): One in Tier 6, one in Tier 7, two in Tier 8. The GR enhancements are being added to Tier 7 as well.
The other tier 9 choices (Signature Summon, Windfall, XP Boosters, Unslotters, and Enhancement Boosters) are available to anyone that has unlocked Tier 9, or from the Paragon Market. Even those Tier 9 claims are only 1 per reward token. Personally I'll probably not spend the reward tokens on the consumables often though.
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Paragonwiki has the above slide in text for easier reading:
Yellow are the Tier 9 VIP choices.Quote:- Tier 9 VIP: Celestial Pack I; Celestial Pack II; Celestial Pack III
- Tier 9: Signature Summon; Windfall; XP Boosters; Unslotters; Enhancement Boosters
- Tier 8: Radiant Aura; Streak Path Aura; Colored Titles; Remote Auction; Remote Vault; Inner Inspiration; Return to Battle
- Tier 7: Seismic Path Aura; Prestige Bonus; Inventory Bonus; Inspiration Bonus; Experienced; Reveal; Going Rogue Enhancements
- Tier 6: Boxing; Helmets; Blazing Path Aura; Tailor Discount; Combat Pets; Attack Powers; Assemble the Team
- Tier 5: Sleek Armor; Chest Emblems; Vanity Pets; Base Teleporter; Ranged Powers
- Tier 4: Wings; Samurai Armor; Shoulder Capes
- Tier 3: Greek Symbols; Shirts & Kilts; Weapons & Sprints
- Tier 2: Trenchcoats
- Tier 1: Free Players occupy this tier (listed as "Rookie")
Orange are the other new Reward choices.
As you can hopefully see, other than the look, there is nothing that is on a "totally different scale" for Tier 9 VIP. -
I'm guessing the in-trial invites is STILL not working properly?
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Quote:Follow-up to this, so I can wrap my head around it.Originally Posted by Zwillinger
Per Month (as we'll be releasing a new "chapter" each month), with the huge caveat that they're included at no additional cost for VIP's. Account wide.
The "which hero will die?" arc is, from information around, going to be about 8 months long.
VIPs will have access to the complete stories as long as they are subscribed.
Premium players have to unlock them. Does this mean:
1) A premium player can unlock episodes 1, 3, 7, and 8 permanently.
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2) Unlock all available stories for that arc of stories (1-8, after it is "done") for only a month at at time.
How you are phrasing that could be interpreted either way... If it is the first, will there be a bundle for each signature arc? -
Quote:September 2010, pre-beta was testing BAF and Lambda... with ONLY the first (common & uncommon) Alpha Incarnate slots.Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
And FYI, Issue 20.5 was already planned and in the works well before Issue 20 was released. It wasn't a bone thrown to keep the complaining about "only two trials" down; it was the opposite--the other two trials were released "early" so we'd have something to do while they finished work on Keyes.
Shortly after Issue 19 went live (November 30th, 2010), Keyes trials were being tested... again with only the first two tiers of the Alpha Slot. Keyes is very close to what was being tested prior to Issue 20 release. Some of the animations and effects needed to be changed to make them more visible (something that I think still needs improvement on).
It wasn't until mid-January 2011 that pre-beta got tiers 3 & 4 of the Alpha slot, and the other Incarnate Slots. Incarnate trials need a LOT of testing due to special mechanics. -
Quote:Need some brain-bleach. STAT!Originally Posted by TamakiRevolution
unlike some people!
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There was a special for a month last year where they had a 12+2 month and a 6+1 month offer, but now there is the following credit card options:
1 month: $14.99*
3 months: $41.85* (equivalent to $13.95 per month)
6 months: $77.70* (equivalent to $12.95 per month)
12 months: $143.40* (equivalent to $11.95 per month)
Go to your master account, then the game account, then "subscribe" in the Actions section:
Subscribe to Game
Purchase Additional Time
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Quote:If it happens, that's great, but I'm not getting my hopes up to be crushed. Instead I'll just spend my free time playing flash games or something else.Originally Posted by TerraDraconis
I'm holding out for my being in a later wave of the beta.
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Quote:If the badge requirements for a couple of the Underground Trial badges haven't changed since Issue 20 pre-beta, you aren't getting your wish. I don't know though as I'm not in this beta.Originally Posted by Energizing_Ion
I definitely agree that the badges could have been different for the Keyes trial and hopefully badges like these "won't happen again".....