Eden's Fall

Thank you

Thank you for letting me know.

Thank you. I've always been a huge detractor from the idea of "for a limited time" rewards in MMO's, since it seems (to me) to punish players who either aren't around for that reward, or haven't been around long enough to earn it when it is released.

I'm especially a detractor when it comes to something as cool as the Celestial Armor, since I've not been a player long enough to earn yet.

(BTW, I had to edit my post because I was confusing the Celestial and Ascension pieces, but your answer still works)

This part concerns me a bit. I'm a huge fan of the Celestial Armor, but if I understand how the Rewards Program works, I (as a 24 month vet) do not have enough of the points available to me (short of spending more, real, money) to access Tier 9. As such, costume pieces will be unavailable to me.


Short of spending real money to hit Tier 9, does this mean that the Celestial Armor pieces will forever be out of reach for my characters?

I'll admit, I am still having trouble understanding the nuances of the new (and, admittedly, rather disliked by me) Rewards Program. So, if someone can help me with this, I'd be very appreciative.

Thanks for letting me know that.

You are still entitled to the slots once you have unlocked them. For reasons I don't understand (because I'm not a computer tech), when the NCSoft Store goes offline for a bit, the slots that were purchased or unlocked above your base 12 slots become unavailable. When the store comes back online, your slots will too.

That said, it doesn't make it any less annoying or aggrivating, since the NCSoft Store seems to go offline anytime a cat farts within a mile of the server. I just tried to re-roll a toon of mine, only to find that his slot is now locked. I don't mind waiting, but I'll be beyond livid if I lose his name because someone who didn't lose a slot poaches it in the meantime.

While I know it is a pie-in-the-sky dream, I'd love to see people be able to make their own AT's in a sense. So, you want to be an Invuln/Kin Tankfender? Cool...not that you could do much but be a buffing meatshield, but why not?

Yes, this! 1000x this!

I've been wanting to play an Ice Scrapper since I joined. I don't see why we can't have Ice Scrappers and Stalkers, Dark Blasters, and the like.

I've actually done that. My partner and I were laying in bed one night, almost asleep, when I nearly knocked him out of bed by sitting bolt upright and shouting "I have an idea!" I then rushed to my computer to make my (now deleted) Invuln/Energy Melee tanker.

I agree. I would fully support some sort of revamp of the AE mission select menus.

Perhaps categorizing the missions and arcs would help players find something they are interested in.

"What are you looking for?"
-Click "single mission" or "multi-mission arc."-

"What style of mission?"
-Click "comedy," "CoH lore," "Player created lore," etc-

"Would you like to face EB's and AVs?"
-Click "Yes" or "No."

This is just an idea, but I think giving players a better way to sort the missions available to find what THEY like and will fit THEIR playstyle could help with two problems. First, it will get the lesser-played arcs out of the AE purgatory basement (helping the authors), and second it will help stop the flooding of missions that pop up for you to have to sort through on your own (helping the players).

Fair enough. You make an excellent point, and I apologize. I shall edit my post as well.

To be fair, LOLBat is not my cup of tea, and I do not enjoy it. However, given how many players DO enjoy it, I fully admit that there must be something there worthy of drawing others in.

Thank you, I stand corrected...and sheepish.

I had the same thing happen to me.

I spent a good week building, editing, testing, retesting, re-editing, scrapping, starting over, and tweaking an AE arc that I absolutely loved. I wanted something a bit different than the standard "look, crazy people with bats" stuff. So, hearkening back to my childhood, I wrote a four-part arc based around Alice in Wonderland. For each mission, you had to fight a different "suit," ending with an AV fight with the Queen of Hearts. This was a STORY arc, not a "let's see how fast we can run it, maxxing our XP and tickets along the way" arc.

I loved it. It was challenging, but not impossible. It had a good mix (IMO) of melee, ranged, and CC wielding enemies, and was just fun (again, IMO).

But, as soon as it got published, I was being one-starred constantly with feedback complaining that it wasn't farmable, didn't give enough XP, or that it was too tough to solo.

The AE community is not a kind one, and gives off the impression that they only care about arcs and contain one or more of three things: 1) Farms, farms, and more farms. 2) The "OMG..it's teh uber-funny" missions that are hard to follow or understand. 3) Arcs that can't be run unless you are a fully purple IO'd melee toon.

So, why don't I play AE? Because, outside of arcs friends have written for RP purposes, I haven't found anything worth playing or any sense that the AE community cares to give anyone else a legitimate shot.

Like I suspected, no reasoning for why your "But, MMO's should require team-play" line. Very well, carry on.

I am so sick of hearing that ridiculous argument. Yes, it is an MMO. Now, please, tell me where it is written that one MUST be forced to team by the simple virtue of this being an MMO. If you choose to do the semantics argument of "but..but...MMO stands for...," I will know you have nothing of actual substance to contribute to the discussion and will therefore ignore you accordingly.

Yes, I understand how MMO's work. But, honestly, making content available for the solo-player, even if it is harder to do, is not a bad thing. We already have TFs, SFs, Raids, and Trials that require teams. Why is it so wrong to allow a player who prefers to solo the ability to get their Alpha slot unlocked without having to resort to playing in a way they don't like?

I am with you 100% on this one. Now, I am not a HUGE Kheldian player, but I do have both a Warshade and a Peacebringer around the mid-to-late 30's. Both are fun, but I am getting so tired of their attack animations and power colors always having to be the same.

While it is partially due to my own OCD issues, I can not play characters whose power colors don't match their costumes. Before power customization, I was constantly making blue-costumed Energy blasters, red-costumed fire blasters/scrappers/etc, and so on. Then power customization came out and I thought "Yes, having the ability to match my costumes and the colors together is great!" In fact, my fire/mental blaster is the one I have the most fun with when it comes to colors (I love her purple and green costume with matching fire).

Then, I get on my Kheldians. Oh, look...my PB will always be in whites and blues. Oh, look...my WS will always be in blacks and purples. Why? Because once the Kheldians were introduced to the game, the devs promptly gave them the finger, forgot about them, and made is so we are forbidden from changing something as simple as what color their powers are.

For being the "epic" archetypes they are touted as being, it seems the devs just stopped caring about them at all.


Now...beyond Kheldians....

Can we please, for the love of all things holy, have the ability to TURN OFF the colors and glow effects of the energy melee and energy manipulation sets?

I LOVE _____/Energy blappers. So much fun to play, so much more interactive than your standard blaster types, but I get so tired of the glowing "pom-poms" every time I activate my powers.

As a case in point: I have an Archery/Energy blaster who is a blast to play. But, the glow from /energy just doesn't fit the natural "Green Arrow" type of character that I am trying to make her be. She is a natural origin blaster, who does not even have a travel power (instead, she keeps the Shadow Shard's jetpack supplier in business, constantly). I'm okay with that. As much as I would love for there to be an option for a flying character to have a permanent jetpack as a costume option, I know that I have better luck getting Santa to bring me the Easter Bunny for Christmas than I have in getting that wish fulfilled. But, it seems wholly reasonable for us to simply be able to turn off the effects on something like Energy Manipulation/Melee.

Please, let us have some options for our natural origin blasters that don't include traps! (Sorry, not a fan of traps, never will be).