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Originally Posted by Golden Girl

Well, technically, you choose to be a Hero or a Villain at level 20 when you leave Praetoria, and stop being a Praetorian, as you're now living and working on Primal Earth, to that would be covered by the "Primal Earth heroes and villains" bit.

Originally Posted by Redd Rumm

Any one know what the merit costs are for the incarnite armor ?

Originally Posted by Ironblade

She's impervious to that, despite being Natural origin.
That also explains why she can fly and is bullet-proof and super-strong . . . um . . .

Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man

Not even if we let them steer?

Originally Posted by StratoNexus

Will there be an in-game Carnival of Light character of the same name?

Originally Posted by Postagulous

I saw that E posted the F2P thing on Facebook, but that's blocked at work, so I thought I'd get in over here so more people can see.

The thought is, there will be players coming in, some who are vets returning, who'll want to get in on the planned events. But they can't use the forum. Hmm.

Another thing I thought I'd mention, is anyone thinking/planning on sending a toon to the VIP. To flee the proles, as it were.

Originally Posted by Texas Justice

Perhaps have her go fuchsia instead.

Originally Posted by Luna de Nocturne

Heh, I have a feeling that's what that means.... Like VIP's get pushed to the front of the line if the server is full enough to warrant a queue. I had been wondering why on earth they were developing the queue system in the first place since the only remote time we need it is if you're trying to get on the test server for the first day of open beta, or if it's double xp weekend.

After reading all 80+ dev posts that popped up in my Google Reader acct yesterday, I'm feeling better about the change. I'm not too worried about the monthly fee versus the charges for cool content I specifically want (although I will be interested in the pricing structure of the extra stuff). I view CoH as entertainment. *I* get my $1ish worth of entertainment a day out of the game (2 accounts). And the same way I view digital downloads, and other games I've played in the past with virtual content..... I'll spend money on occasion if there is something I want. I view it as entertainment. I waste money on going to the movies, at least this is something I can enjoy more than once (versus the cost of buying a movie ticket).

I like the fact the dev's appear to really be listening to what their dedicated customers are saying about this, and I think they will continue to evolve the system to fix any exploits or annoyances that pop up (from griefers on free accts).

Basically they are taking the 2 week/level 14 max free trial and turning it into the basic free to play tier. If people like the game enough, they can shell out some cash, and become a premium or VIP member.

Vets who have money problems, or busy lives can come and go as they want. Which makes me happy cause it's been very sad to see so many of my friends in game drift away.

I think my initial reaction was to the stigma attached in the past with Free to Play games. In the past, it's been viewed as the death knoll of the game. And I enjoy this game, and the community and friends I have made from it. I am not ready to give that up yet. So it did worry me at first that they were marking the beginning of the end of the game.

But after reading the dev posts last night, and what some of the people I know have to say about the situation, I feel much more optimistic. The world (especially the business world) continues to revolve around us. If this game wants to survive and grow, it needs to change to compete.

My one "semi" complaint is the introduction of the Reward Tokens and Paragon Points. It seems too overly complicated to introduce two separate systems (Reward Tokens for vet reward type powers, and Paragon Points for in game loot, costumes, what would have been a booster pack type of stuff). Just introduce one system, and let me as a player choose how I want to spend the points or tokens I earn each month. If I want something bad enough, I'm going to drop the money on it if I don't have enough points saved up.

Okay, that's my thoughts of the matter on this. Sorry if they seem a bit jumbled up, I'm fighting a really bad headache and I've already caught a ton of words come out wrong as I've been typing.

Originally Posted by Golden Girl

I'm actually in the middle of working on a follow up to my first one, which might not need too much tweaking - I've actually planned out several more to expand the intro to the game world, and feature some info on some of the bigger plot elements like the Paretorians and the Coming Storm - so technically, the intro comic is set before the Praetorian invasion and zone revamps anyway