Electric-Knight

Understood, and logical, MaestroMavius.
And, just for the record, the things in my post were not directed solely at you.
I've seen people expecting/anticipating/hoping-for more content/goodies throughout the forums.

And I am certainly not saying that it won't happen. It might!
It may happen just because they've got a good-sized team, have come up with more efficient ways to do more things and/or they've decided to commit more time and resources on adding more stuff! The team is still vastly bigger than it was before Going Rogue, right? And Going Rogue ate up a lot of time and resources. If they've been toying around and holding things back... the regular flow of things in the future could be greater than we've seen so far (see? Now I am one of the people talking about expecting/hoping for more bang for my buck).
And... hey, I hope that this new business model does bring in more money and that pays for them making more stuff and they can keep right on making more awesome stuff and so on and so forth.
I absolutely feel the same way as Arcanaville... in that they are going to be watched with wary eyes from their existing customerbase and if they try and pull more money out of us or give us less stuff with our basic subscription, it will be noticed and will cause much havoc, hehe.

They'd be crazy to pull that and it'd be fantastic to get a bit more for our money... but we'll see.
I'm optimistic that this could happen, but also have the same opinions as BillZ about corporate interests being completely counter to that (and untrustworthy).

The Power Set being cited as being "in the store" could just be for Premiums/Free... Where as VIP could get them automatically (just like MMs and Controllers).
It could also be a mistake, but that probably would have been corrected with an official statement by now.

Another thing...
If the points make things free for VIPs, how would they make money off of VIPs in order to increase revenue? Just from some players buying things because they want it NAO instead of gradually collecting it all through points?
Impulse purchases?
I understand that they hope to get more funds in from Free/Premium players... And that, theoretically, the Booster Pack expenses we've had the option to buy will be achieved through the store by providing more items than we can afford with just in-game points...
But to think that they'll be able to kick out a noticeable amount of content greater than before, due to incoming revenue, I think that is only possible if VIPs are paying for it (other than the simple increase through Free Players becoming VIPs = more subscriptions... but we'll see if that happens. We could end up with less paid subscribers... *shrugs*).

I was away form the forums the other day... Did I miss anything?


If Males are not given the time-piece belt (or belt buckle) before or with Issue 21...

I am going to use Time Manipulation to go back and change the Design Docs for the Steampunk Pack to include that belt buckle for Males and Huge character models.

I think this is an interesting observation/opinion.
I think things are okay, but I also get that you're not saying things are terrible.

What really stood out is the comment about Fiery Aura compared to Will Power... Not even in pure game mechanics/numbers, but just thematically/conceptually and how things generally go in the game with those examples.
The character, in this case, that should be more of a cosmic level character is squishier than the thematically squishier down-to-earth character (assuming that is relatively true, as I do not have any firsthand experience with playing Fiery Aura... yet...).
Just at a glance, this seems so (although, of course people play Fiery Aura quite effectively).

Anyway...
I do want to add this in though...

While your initial sentiment might seem logical (that the most iconic strong powers should be... the strong powers, or just as strong as the strongest...), perhaps it is best that they aren't, for this one reason.

People will absolutely use those powers because they are iconic.
However, the people who base their decisions more on the numbers and efficiency would then also choose those same iconic powers.
And then.. there'd be far less diversity.

All of this is being said with a full understanding that every single powerset in this game can be used with great effectiveness and fun. So, none of these comments about more/less powerful should be taken as meaning anything too extreme.


EDIT: Also, what Techbot says above is also a very important point!

You heard it here first...

CONFIRMED: You will be able to use Paragon Points to get the Animated Atlas Park Statue COMBAT Pet!

If I were to include fully animated movies in my list...
I may have to put Twice Upon A Time rather high on that list...

OATMEAL!!
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh08DfJgwGE )

Father and Mummy, and boarding school, did not shape me to be a man who socializes with riffraff such as the scoundrels who can't afford to pay for their video games.

It is with a slight amount of regret with which I must inform you all that I shan't be spending a single moment here once the VIP server is up and running.

...


Haha, I have no plans to evacuate the premises.
I may just hop over to the VIP server with some new characters... spam about false RMT opportunities in broadcast...

I don't watch any other programs right now, but I decided (back when I saw the previews for this) that I'd give this one a shot.

So far, it is about what I was expecting (on the good side).
Not that it is super awesome perfect... but I enjoyed it!
Of course, it's just been one sitting so far... we'll see if I lose interest.

My only major negative was this (and it is just personal opinion/preference for what I want): The second episode (That was really just two 1 hour episodes) was already the encounter gang of human outlaws episode. Not that this is entirely bad, but I felt it was a bit less of what I want to see (Aliens) and a bit more of the delaying, budgetary tactic of having human antagonists instead.
Now... Don't get me wrong. This is not a huge complaint about the show thus far and I completely understand and even think there should be such stuff. It just felt weird, to me, that the second episode was so lacking in the aliens. Again, just my wanting-as-much-aliens-as-possible selfish mentality there... and I still mostly enjoyed the episode.
It just bugged me that such an episode came in just the second episode.
Of course, maybe the focus of the show will be far more on such things, as opposed to an alien action romp.
And I may still enjoy it.
It's just the one main negative I had with our little venture into the world of tv watching! Delay tactics are usually what kill my interest in tv series. Not because I don't like major plot devices being teased and held off, but usually because they are done poorly and only because they are trying to keep you around, but fail to deliver in the meantime (*ends anti-tv show rant*).

Ahem... did I mention that I ENJOYED IT??

I had the pleasure of meeting EMPulse at the first Boston M&G (and interacted with her on the forums) and she was as super nice and helpful as can be!
All the best to you and yours, EM!
Don't be a stranger!

Well said, Silver Gale!
Congrats to you two and to CoH!

Not a bad idea at all.
We might have to wait 7 years for it, but I can certainly see use for it!

Huh... I just clicked on this to see what powersets were mentioned, out of curiosity...

And, I have to say... I feel compelled to say that Electric/Electric/Electric Blaster feels pretty flashy to me.
I mean, I know I love it for a ton of reasons, but with all the electricity I toss around in my Blasts, Lightning Field, Charged Armor, melee attacks, cages, shocking grasps and bolts and drains...
I can hang in one spot and send bright flashy lightning in each and every direction as foes drop all around.

I don't know if it is the flashiest, but it is flashy! (Plus I love being a Blaptroller!)

Warshade is certainly another choice that came to mind.

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have reached the here are example names and the subsequent those aren't good names to me vs. they should be debate!

If you head out for a quick snack, be sure to be back in time to catch the retreading previous arguments portion of our show, along with continued ignoring of logic!!

And stay tuned for admonishment from the moderators to stick to the topic at hand with respectful manners!