Grouchybeast

If that's the main issue, then your friend should open a support ticket, and get some help from CS to get back into their account.

And we know how well that worked out last time.

So...being insane is something you need to sign up to?

Nice! I have Sundae Girl for an ice cream-themed Dark/Dark Dom.

Me, too. Although I'd say that true evil would get Peeing-in-your-shoes-where-you'll-only-find-it-when-you-put-them-on Affinity.

So...

...there exists this hypothetical pool of people who value a sub solely for access to the VIP Tier 9 costumes. Of these people, there is a subset who aren't willing to maintain their subscription for the 550PP a month they get right now, but would be willing to maintain a subscription for 550PP a month PLUS 300PP every three months.

I think that pool of people is small. I know they're bad at maths.

If you're broke, and you really don't want anything else that a sub gives you other than access to the VIP costumes, then you should probably unsub to get the best value for you. You'll be able to buy far more PPs than you would get in VIP bonuses, sub for a month a couple of times a year to pick up the costumes, and still spend less money to do it.

I don't know about childish, but if people can't accept that a computer game is not a book, or a computer game is not a tabletop RPG, or an MMO is not a single player game, etc, then they're pretty much starting from a doomed position.

Somehow, "things have always been bad like this, so they should continue to be bad like this" doesn't strike me as very compelling reasoning.

No, the market players picked the OF set up cheaply on the market during the event and filled a few storage bins with them, ensuring they have all they want for personal use plus plenty to sell.

Can we get this moved to Suggestions, please?

Apparently, she was always supposed to be 18 in the Faultline arcs, and is 23 'now' - i.e. when she replaces Sister Psyche in the Phalanx. That boggled me a little, but when I went back ad read the Faultline arcs there wasn't anything specifically that contradicted it. I guess she's just a slightly immature 18.

I'm not sure how you could solve that one, though. I really don't think many people would want RoF to cancel just because it missed a target -- I know I wouldn't. If I cast RoF on my location, and it missed the first of the pack of melee critters steaming towards me, and then self-cancelled instead of staying there as a nice keep-away power, that would be bad.

In general, while I agree that the punching animation for Shadow Maul looks really stupid when you miss, I think your solution is overly elaborate. It seems a lot more complicated to start building a whole new system that can change one power activation into another depending on whether the first power hit or missed, than to just change the animations for the handful of silly-looking powers.

The Going Rogue box set is definitely a good buy. As well as a month's free time and the accompanying 400 Paragon Points, and two reward tokens (or one, if you've already applied another retail code), you get access to a bunch of stuff that will stay unlocked when you drop back to Premium.

Amazon are currently selling it for $6.74.

Just adding to this -- if you want to have in-game side switching, don't buy the Alignment System on the Market, either! You can pick up a cheap copy of the Going Rogue box set, instead, and apply the code to your account, which will give you the alignment system, a month of VIP time, plus other goodies that you'll keep once you drop back to Premium. I just had a look on Amazon, and you can get it at the moment for $6.76.

(Just make sure that the copy you buy is described as 'new' or 'factory sealed' or in some other way indicates that the code has not been used. Anything that says 'played once' or similar avoid completely, as the code will be useless and that's the only part you care about.)

I always like the day-at-a-time post for things like this, but if it's going to feel like a chore for you, then dump away :-)

As someone once said, it would be quicker and easier to make a list of things he did like.

It's possible, but it can be painful. Unless you can put together a team, or crank up the difficulty solo, then you're very likely going to end up with a gap of a few levels between the end of First Ward and be beginning of Night Ward. Be prepared for a lot of street sweeping and repeatable missions.

The best way around it that I've found is to, if possible, send someone with ranged AoE to Boomtown. As long as you can get a point of damage in, then the kill will go towards the hunt count.