Electric-Knight

When I21 launched, I started off with 1600.
My monthly billing date is the 21st.
I received an additional Reward Token and badges and such, but I did not get any additional points.

I'm not entirely sure if that was working as intended or not.
I was surprised that I started with 1,600 (I thought it would only be 1,200, so I thought that maybe I already received my September allotment, even though the billing date hadn't arrived until a bit later).
Just looking for any clarification/info that I may have missed/forgotten!

Thanks!

From what I understand, they were planning the new business model before Going Rogue was released.
Therefore, they knew full well not to include the Incarnate System on the box and such.
There's nothing wrong with that at all. It's just somewhat funny to me (given people pointing to the retail box as evidence that the system you had to buy that box for wasn't part of that expansion).

Ah, right... not the two slots.

Anyway, I don't want to cause confusion in this thread, as the answers have been given and all is good there...

About this:

EDIT: beaten by better answers!

I'm pretty sure that it would all apply. I can't see how it wouldn't (but since I'm not 100% positive, I don't want to mislead anyone).
Plus, that version includes the costume pieces, auras and emotes (which are nice, in my opinion).

But yeah... if you buy the box and apply it... it's yours. I don't think they would/are going to pull anything against all of the retail boxes still out there.

Whether he does it now or later, that should give him the month of play and all the goodies.

Hope I'm not wrong about that!

At least it wasn't a "siberian hamster".

Oh, and thanks again to the team over there for running the ustream.

I hope Posi and Zwill make it out to NY for the con!

How could anyone who's watched Zwill for as long as he's been here - find it hard to believe that he'd miss such a thing as VEAT genders?


And I say that lovingly, Zwill!


Sheesh... never admit to not knowing something!! It will prove your complete unworth!!


Thanks again, again, again, again, again, again, Von Krieger!

And shame on you, Zwill, for NOT mentioning VK's transcription during the ustream!!!

I've mostly skimmed through the replies, but...
I didn't see any jokes about SAM being MUTE!?!?!
Too obvious?


Hats off to you, Sam...

In all seriousness (well, as serious as one can be about such a subject), since you're asking more about contacts and their content, I see this two ways...

1) I would most likely just ignore the game writing/speaking for my character... click the options without thinking (for a second) that my character said a word. I basically do that already. I generally rewrite everything in my own head as I go through it in these games. Sometimes things work well, sometimes they don't... often times I tweak them, regardless, to work much better.
So, just lock your mind around that concept. And don't let any of those little lines of dialog register. Silently click accept and imagine that your character just learned the info or didn't respond or whatever you think works best (I think that, most of the time, my characters learn things through their own senses, detective work or happenstance, as opposed to learning it from this contact mission giver person NPC thing).

2) Go for this really hardcore video game approach where you scout out the interaction options (maybe pour through paragonwiki), walk away from any mission that involves dialog options that go beyond your preference... and really stick to this approach as some sort of challenge.


1 may allow you to relax, enjoy, have fun and explore that side of role-playing and using your mind to reshape what exists and craft it into what you like more.

2 is more of an out-of-character challenge upon the player. It could prove to be nearly impossible (short of street sweeping) and/or unfun, as you might get upset when you're enjoying an arc, when it suddenly writes your character as saying something.


My choice would be number 1 (with some attempts to try and see if method 2 could work at all), but I am a role-player, so that is more akin to how I play (solo and/or with other people... although, obviously, I don't rewrite my interactions with other role-players, haha).


Also... as a bit of practice Sam...
I'd suggest trying out the mute thing on the forums...


Just kidding, sir!!

I'd enjoy the arc a bit more with a few panels during the load-in and I definitely think it'd make it a better sell.

I agree with and share the opinions expressed by my Electric kin above.

I still like the idea.
Just for the fun of discussion... I'd say it'd be cool if you could select an archenemy for your character.
You could leave it blank/default... and get the Rogue Gallery/Or-Whatever-The-Devs-Determine enemy instead.
Or, you enter your own archenemy character's name and costume and powers, just like a custom AE enemy (hopefully with power customization).

Whether it is pie in the sky stuff or not... I think it is a good idea. You never know what may happen eventually.

Indeed, the AE is a great way to create these sorts of possibilities.
I think, maybe, the answer is in improving and expanding the AE (in fact... overcoming the "AE" aspect of it and focusing more on the Mission Architect outside of the AE building. I think that is a big aspect of that system's failure. It feels far too cut off from the rest of the game...).


I remember!

As per this announcement:
Where they state that tomorrow's downtime will begin at 3:30 AM PST (5:30AM at the location of the servers, I think)...
And some of the previous planned maintenance downtimes had been shifted earlier than usual as well...

I thought that the team over there deserved some credit and kudos for adjusting the hours so much - obviously to do their best to avoid negatively impacting certain time-zones' prime time hours as much as possible, as they continue to upgrade the new hardware.

No one likes the down time (except for those lazy hamsters) - Not the players and not the developers, staff, nor the company as a whole.

Hopefully, the new hardware is going to make all of our game experiences better, in the long run.

Regardless, I think it is great that they've been moving the schedule around to make things better than otherwise.

So, hats, helmets, scalps, skulls (and whatever equivalent attributed to your species' culture) off to the team for adjusting their schedules as they work to make the magic happen that allows us to play this game.


P.S.
I accept monetary donations for my politeness.

First, I didn't know we could go to the echo that way, neat...

Secondly... good grief... While I'm pretty sure it is the beacon that is the problem...
It could be either or...

Light bulbs and sockets are nothing like the coding that makes these virtual objects.

Silly nitpick and continued insistence is silly plus something else.


I suppose I should possibly explain...
It is just as possible that the arcane teleporter has a missing/messed-up bit of coding that would normally enable it to read that specific beacon correctly. See? It is possible.