BigBlackAfrica

Enjoy the time with your family and good luck in the job hunt. You have been a great community manager and I will miss those coffee talks. I expect to see you back after we have saved the game. Until then, be well.

You said in the coffee talk that the sustainability powers would not stack. Does that mean that the click powers need to be activated every 60sec or will a new activation after 45sec restart the the clock at zero?

I only ask because some of the language used to describe how they work seems to imply that the power lasts for 60sec and then needs to be recast. Other times it seems like the counter will reset with each new casting regardless of whether the 60sec duration has expired.

So glad I held off on the CoT and CoL costume bundles. So sad that I am down to 700pp and will have to buy some more if I want Retro Scifi next week.

You win Paragon Studios.

Okay. Since this is a feedback thread I thought I'd mention something that I'd like to see that isn't on the survey.

More Blaster secondaries. Specifically a "Natural" secondary that isn't Devices. Maybe something that uses some of the powers or animations from Martial Arts and/or Street Justice (without the combo mechanic obviously) that could cover the melee/PBAoE powers generally provided with the Manipulation sets with a little Devices and/or Traps thrown in for utility.

Something along the lines of:

1. Web Grenade
2. Thunder Kick/Initial Strike
3. Caltrops? (not sure what to put here, maybe something new even)
4. Cobra Strike/Storm Kick/Heavy Blow
5. Build Up/Focus Chi
6. Dragon's Tail/Spinning Strike
7. Acid Mortar/Smoke Grenade
8. Center (a variation on the +End powers in some of the sets that maybe works like Conserve Energy or just gives +End)
9. Crippling Axe Kick/Sweeping Cross

This is just what I came up with using existing powers as an example of the kind of thing I'd like to see. Obviously entirely new powers could be just as cool if not cooler. Regardless, I'd like to see a new Blaster secondary that allows for a "Natural" Origin w/o being Devices.

Finished the Survey and sent an email to my SG mates who don't frequent the forums.

I forgot so much in the "what would you like to see added" section. Then again a lot of the stuff I'd like to see added is already there, just locked behind a specific gender model.

At least I remembered to note that while there isn't much I'd like to see added to Super Packs, I'd love to see some of the consumables removed or at least limited to the COMMON drops as opposed to getting 3-5 of some single use power I don't give a hoot about as my RARE drop. That is a terrible idea and should never have been implemented.

I realize that Super Packs aren't going anywhere and are probably making you guys a boatload of $$, but I certainly don't want to see MOAR stuff locked up behind gambling and random chance. I still don't have the entire Elemental Order set (after buying a 24 pack) and will probably never get the Black Wolf pet with it's horribly low drop rate. I've opened around 1000 Super Packs on the Test server and have yet to get all 6 of the Tanker ATO set.

EDIT: Wow, that came out way more ranty than intended. I'm just having flashbacks to when I played Magic the Gathering and it's making me cranky.

EDIT2: To add something constructive to my rant. Add me to the group that wants global Midnighter membership, Global Patron Powers, and Power/Ancillary Pool customization. I would also like to be able to obtain anniversary badges on newer toons as I rerolled my main when WP dropped. Before the reroll he had them all.

I have been lamenting not buying the Going Rogue item pack since Freedom went live. Now I can get the costume pieces (which have never been part of a bundle) for Free. This Rocks!

I doubt anyone wants to use them as the brooch option with the spacesuit/cape combo, but for other costumes they would be awesome.

Great sales this week gang. I've been looking forward to staff fighting for some time.

That's a really cool idea Z. Just out of curiosity, did you intend to include 2 different stances that give +dmg? I'm not saying that Tiger style and Mantis style can't both give the same buff, but 4 stances rather than 5 does make for 20% less work for the devs.

I'd also expect that were this idea to grow legs, it would probably evolve into a whole new "Kung Fu" powerset that included a power similar to Swap Ammo or Staff Mastery with 3 different toggles to change your stance. THAT is something I would buy in a second and use to reroll one of my first scrappers.

This weeks sales are excellent. I've already purchased more slots and am seriously considering some of the dual inspirations and the Warwolf Whistle. I'm just glad I didn't buy slots a few weeks ago when they were just 25% off.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. The 50% off prices are much better than the regular prices for the exhaustable items like inspirations and temp powers with charges.

$0.50 US for a 5 use temp pet power
roughly $0.35ish US for 5 dual insp

Yeah, that sounds about right for a micro transaction. I could see people blowing through their stipend on DIs and having to purchase points for the big releases like Powersets.

Oh and RAWR!!!1!1!!1 no STAFF FIGHTING... slap in the face.