Memphis_Bill

As a T9 player, who's been both VIP and Premium, I can say this:

It depends on what you like and what you value.

If you want to stretch points as far as possible, saving on some costume sets and power sets, VIP helps - yes, there are still some power sets you would need to buy to play, but that's a personal choice.

If you don't want to pay extra (or specifically) for points, VIP helps.

If you like Incarnates, VIP's the only thing available for you.

If you're a serious altaholic (like me,) VIP is a better deal, IMHO - even with all the character slots I'd picked up, I still had characters on other servers I wanted to revisit... but, while they were in the 12 "free" slots, I didn't have server (or spare global) slots to unlock them. VIP's great there (though they need an "Unlock all characters on this server" button.)

SSAs... I don't know, I don't mind going through them as part of a subscription, but I don't know that I'd be satisfied with purchase if I'd bought them with points.

If none of that applies to you, Premium's the way to go. Pick up points as needed for the occasionally interesting powerset, IO yourself out, let someone else lead the SG and pay rent, ignore the Incarnate trials, and have fun.

If he didn't scroll down past "Ancillary power pools," he wouldn't have seen the patron pools in paragonwiki - and thus would only have seen Chill, Charge, Heat and Field. (Or saw the note about "villain alignment" and just ignored it.)

In theory, great (and really, I wouldn't argue - if anything, this is a trial mechanic.) In practice... say the words "Orenbanga teleporter" and check the reaction. It's something that would have to be done carefully.

This, really.

You also mention "decent amount of people" - part of that, i have to say, is "Do you expect to be tripping over other people as you go from place to place?" Every server's population is pretty spread out, given the huge number of zones, the various trials, etc. - and the fact we don't do things like have boss spawn points you have to stand around waiting for for numerous missions.

On a *purely* personal note, I started off on Pinnacle, and it and Victory are my two "homes." Great servers, but I can't really complain about the others. (flipside being I'm not that fond of Freedom, which tends to be the server with the highest load... others love it for that reason.)

To be fair, the blaster is *always* a perfectly good target.

So, doesn't need gore, psychological thriller type thing is good?

May have to go back a bit... and I'll admit I don't dig deeply into the genre. (Had some friends that loved this sort of thing.) I do seem to remember The Changeling being decent (the version with George C Scott. ) Most of the ones I can kinda-sorta think of are black and white, and the titles escape me, though.

Just a passing bit of Halo knowledge makes Cryptum good. Not really quite so fond of the second book.

Had this and Saga of Seven Suns recommended to me in a bookstore. I think I enjoy the Uplift series more, but I haven't gotten deeply into Saga much.

Using an Ebook reader of some sort? Head over to... bah, don't have the url, Baenbooks or some such. They've got a library of free books. Eric Flint (and others) have this rather light historical-fiction-ish ... fi... series, 1632 (and 33, 34, etc.) - basically a W. Virginia coal mining town gets pulled up and plopped down in the middle of Europe in 1632. In the middle of the Thirty Years' War. (Well, *I* find it fairly light and interesting, at least.) There are also other works there of a few genres, from more sci fi to more fantasy (a few by Mercedes Lackey, as well.)

Either your comprehension needs work - given the number of times I've said in the thread I *would* pay for "above and beyond" features, such as fancier (past NoFX/tinting) custom effects in a pack, and have paid for other things - or you're just working on character assassination, and failing.

I mean, even in the post you quoted:
... note the "I'd be fine buying this." Hardly "want everything for nothing" as you said, is it?

Or as I said bluntly earlier in the thread:
... again, hardly "want everything for nothing," is it.

Do try to portray what I'm actually saying accurately.

Numpad0 used to drop form and immediately toggle QFly. Numpad2 used to drop whatever form to human and go right to fly. (Reasoning should be obvious when dropping from nova for a quick buff!) Now? No matter what order I put them in (I've tried swapping Energy/Quantum flight to the beginning,) it just drops to human and drops me to the ground without a fast second tap.

Recent alteration, something odd on my end, or something else? (I've been using these same binds for years on my Khelds, so I know they *used* to work.)

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(A) It's not a proc, it's a global. Just to nitpick. >.>

(B) Overpriced? At 10, I see them going from 1.5-3 million. At 50, still under 3 million. Now, while you may not have a million at level 7, for all it does (and probably because of people glutting the market due to that,) that's insanely cheap. That's "New Ferrari for $50, insurance guaranteed to be free for life" cheap.

(C) Overpriced pt. II - take a lowbie into AE, run an arc, burn on bronze rolls. With a decent arc - not farm, just arc - you're almost guaranteed enough tickets for rolls to get that. Sell what you don't use.

Does look that way to me, too.

How do we pull the triggers on our guns with our mitten-hands now?

And I'm done with you.

Yes, if someone produces *partial* work, I expect them to finish it.

If someone says they'll make a cheeseburger and gives it to me without cheese, that is incomplete work.

If someone says they'll paint a room but only finishes 3 walls, that is incomplete work.

If someone says they'll install a printer, and they just unbox it, plug it in and leave it sit there, it's incomplete work.

And yet you sound like you'd be perfectly happy with your no-cheese cheeseburger in your partially painted room with a printer that does nothing but suck down power, and be thrilled at the thought of paying those people *even more* money to get what you were supposed to have delivered in the first place.

Expecting work to be *finished* - which power customization *is not* - is not being "spoiled." It's a fairly common expectation of a customer paying for a service.

Again, *If it did not exist in game at all at this point,* there would be a wholly different conversation about paying for it. However, it does. It's a system put into game *free* that is not finished, that they have had six issues to finish so far.

Last, this game is not a gift. I have been a subscriber for nearly seven years, with one small recent break. I *am* paying for access with an expectation of a certain level of service and professionalism - including *finishing what they start.* I don't mind paying extra for "above and beyond" extras they may come up with. FINISHING WHAT THEY STARTED is not "above and beyond."

However, as stated, I'm done with you. It's not worth putting up with your BS arguing against a position the devs have not stated they'd take, and which I have some faith they'd realize would be foolish to adopt. In the various things the devs have disappointed me in - I doubt they'd disappoint me in this.

What I *do* think will happen:
They finish the basic (NoFX/tinting) power customization for pool/APP/PPP powers eventually.
They fund (or recoup) those costs with extra, 'fancy' or alternate animations that take more work and are sold, probably as a pack, in the paragon market. (And this extra pack, I'd be more than happy to purchase, not just to have the animations but to show support.... just like the wedding pack, way back when.)

Incorrect.

They have given us *part of* something. They have done *partial* work. If there were no power customization *right now,* and had not been as part of the *base game* for six issues, you would have a point.

However, you may notice we currently have *partial, unfinished* power customization. And given you *cannot* go from 1-50 without dipping into at least two power pools (taking all primary/secondary powers, you'll have nothing to take at 23 or - I believe 29, as well as 41, 44, 47 and 49,) it's not unreasonable to expect them to *finish* this. You *will be exposed* to it.

I assume you work for a living. I also assume your boss doesn't (a) have "He's not going to do anything" for a base expectation, nor (b) is he perfectly fine with you starting a project, getting 80% finished, and then insisting on charging for the last 20%. (Or 90/10, somewhere in there.)


"Entitled," as you insist on incorrectly using it, would be if I were saying "Not only should they finish it, but they should add 5 alternate animations for every power and give ALL of that free."

If you bother reading again, you'll notice I:
1. Want the basic work finished - tinting/noFX - that they started in Issue 16, thus finishing (without extra charge) what they started to give us (without extra charge, and do note they were selling costume packs and the like at the time so charging was not an unknown idea,) and
2. have *no* issue whatsoever with having to pay for extra, custom animations, as that would be perfectly reasonable to ask for more money for.

No, it's meeting base expectations.

If power customization were called "some power customization" or "partial power customization," you might, almost have a point. Much like I said in the post you responded to - if someone offered a *car* (expectations: complete) as opposed to a "project vehicle" or "fixer upper" (expectations: it will require money and labor on my part to get it to run.)

Me, I want them to *finish what they start.* Specifically, what they started in issue 16 and have talked about finishing since then. They've had six issues to do so, which, frankly, is yet another reason *not* to expect to have to pay extra for the basic (again, tinting/nofx, not fancy new alternate animation) work to get done.

Also, bravo on completely ignoring the rest of the post.

No, I expect them to finish the basic work they started. (See prior notes about finishing work from issue 16.)

And yes, I would complain if someone tried to "give" me a car - not listed as a "project car" or "parts missing" - and it were missing basic parts. Yes, like a steering wheel.

If Paragon were a house construction company and Power customization were a house, they'd have the walls finished, most of the floors, half the cabinets, no doors or windows, and the crew would have taken a break for lunch a year ago and not come back. It is not a finished product. Wanting the house finished is not an unwarranted sense of "entitlement."

*AGAIN,* I'm not including fancy new animations. I want the *basic work* they started - NoFX options, tinting - with the other powers finished, as they've talked about for several issues now. If they want to sell "premium" bits (custom animations and the like,) that's fine - but *finish the basics.* Which they have not done yet. And should not charge for.