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So now we have Free Updates, Paid Expansions, and Paid Boosters. The game is evolving. It's not rocket science.


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Too bad it isn't an entirely positive evolution to many of us.

I'm curious as to what it would take to upset people when it comes to the boosters. Would you still be fine with it no matter what was put in them?

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Why would I be upset no matter what's in a booster? If I don't like what's in it I won't buy it. Don't you think the company knows that? Don't you think they'd dangle at least one carrot that they know players will want badly? In this case the gender swap.

I just don't understand the mentality of wanting everything at the same $15 a month price in perpetuity. I don't understand the mentality of people that don't want someone else to have something they don't. And people call NCSoft and the devs greedy. Go figure.

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And for the record, I never claimed this was a "full-fldged" expansion pack...I said it is an expansion pack...which it is. It added to the game and there is a fee for it...that makes it an expansion.

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MC Soft = Sony now I guess...no, wait...at least Sony gives you a bigger world with each paid expansion...and more levels.

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You compared the Science Booster to a paid expansion of the type that Sony puts out. To which I replied that this was a mini-pack, not an expansion. I played EQ, I don't think I paid less than $50 for an expansion. Please tell me what expansions they put out that gave more content and more levels for the price of the Booster. If you're now going to say you weren't comparing the two, why did you mention Sony at all?

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Updates add to the game and are free. There's the difference.

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Updates will continue to be free.

So now we have Free Updates, Paid Expansions, and Paid Boosters. The game is evolving. It's not rocket science.

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Meh. I'd play around with the colors on a couple of character's powers but that's about it. The new powers being proliferated don't tempt me. The enhanced difficulty options won't be used by me. Not sure what else they could be saving to announce but all in all not very exciting to me.

Maybe I'm just tired of the same missions and contacts and story arcs, and GR if it's done right could renew my interest in the game, but as of now, I'm looking forward to trying the competition.

I need to have an affair.

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It's not an expansion, it's a mini-pack.

But y'know, you're right. They shouldn't put out anything to make some extra money to keep a 5 year old game afloat. I'd rather they just shut the game down when they don't make enough each month to run it anymore.


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Oh please. $15.00 per month from over 40k subscribers...this game isn't going anywhere right now. This is all about lining their pockets by selling us features that should have been there all along.

I can understand paying for things like the Mac Pack and the sort,,,but this one is a total, complete rip off.

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I don't know that they have over 40K subscribers. Link please. Last I heard NCSoft stopped giving subscription numbers. I thought Guild Wars brought in more money for them and that doesn't even have a monthly fee.

In your opinion they should have been features all along, that doesn't mean everyone thinks the same.


It really irks me when people moan about the cost of something like this when they don't seem to have a grasp on the reality of what things cost outside of this game:

I know of no MMO that lowered their monthly fee as the game aged.

I do know of two old MUDs I played back in the early or mid 90's that were, and still are, 15 bucks a month to play. One gives you 1 character, the other gives you 3. Talk about overpriced. It's text! They get no updates!

Most games give you a discount on your monthly fee for pre-paying, if you can't take advantage of the savings...too bad? Oh, those MUDs offer no discount.

I bought The Sims 3 collector edition for $70. They have an online store to buy extras that they created. I wanted some extra furniture and decor items that I had to buy with SimPoints which cost real money. It cost me $50. That's an expansion right there, but I didn't get an expansion's worth of stuff. But, I wanted it so I bought it.

If you don't want something, don't buy it. If you want it but can't, or won't, spend the money for it keep it to yourself. You can always write a letter to corporate if you want to do the adult thing. [censored] about the game on the forums because you're cheap, or poor, doesn't endear you to anyone.

I'm not even a fanboi and it annoyed me.

Nah, it's just the angle of the pics.

To the OP: That's an adorable pup, lots of luck!

Yeah, you're right. Thanks!

I had a good time tonight. Got to 43 with Grey_Pilgrim's team and then finished up the night with Hamster's team. Looking forward to next week.

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but giving them access to the ability to make farms is not the farmers fault,

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I'm sorry to disagree with you but that's not a valid defense. That's like saying that since the car manufacturers build cars that go faster than the speed limit it's ok to speed.

Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should do something.

Next someone will trot out the "It's just a game" excuse and by doing so imply that it's ok to break the rules as long as you can trivialize it.

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Well, speeding can kill people. While this is...just a game.

I'm not saying that means you can break the rules, it's just not as serious by comparison.

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Wait till all the "There's not enough to do at lvl 50!!!" threads start . . .

Good times.

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I thought they were all going to be burned out from farming and quit when they reached 50.

I also want to say, there's not enough to do at lvl 50!

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Your drunken slurring and contempt for hero side has always confused me.

Sorry

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That's the best you got? Oy.

I don't slur, especially not in text. I don't even drink that much anymore, especially not during Isos. And my contempt isn't so much for hero side as it is for the players of heroes. Many of them are nastier than any villains in this game. Take you, for example.

It's not an expansion, it's a mini-pack.

But y'know, you're right. They shouldn't put out anything to make some extra money to keep a 5 year old game afloat. I'd rather they just shut the game down when they don't make enough each month to run it anymore.

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play money rains down from the sky in this game- all anyone needs to do to become filthy, stinking outrageously disgustingly rich is hold out their hands to collect some of the downpour...





...I kinda like the current price madness- it makes the stuff you want worth going after again, instead of casually picking stuff up at BUY IT NAO prices just because you can.

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For a minute there, I thought you were talking about Monopoly... which prompts me to ask:

What's the player's ultimate goal in City of Heroes nowadays: to make money or play a superhero/villain?

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The two are not mutually exclusive.

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And considering that you don't need purples to play the game all the way to the end you can still do either or both. All is right with the world! Glad we cleared that up.

/phew

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I won't be happy until I can make a male hero weaing female clothes.

I've been wanting to make a character inspired by the Rocky Horror Picture Show for years.

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I had made one awhile ago. I wish the chest slider went lower though.

Don't dream it, be it.

Yes, I have. More than once.

See how much YOU noticed?

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Quitter

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I was looking back through the thread and saw that. I had to quote it for the irony.

@ Voo

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Meeting no.: 13
Target level: 41
Meeting Location: SG Base

Agenda: G'ville

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D'oh.

I'll be there tonight, but I got to 42.

I'd believe BAB's post before I believe speculation, but that's me.

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Threadjack here, but I have to ask this...

Why would you leave because of ads that you can turn off? I can understand people being miffed about ads that can't be disabled, but seriously...you click "Disable ads" and the issue is resolved.

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That might be good enough for some people. That might even have been good enough for the hypocrites that wanted to reap the rewards from ads while keeping ads turned off themselves. But for me it was the principle of the thing. I am against the whole idea of in game ads and I backed it up by quitting.

It's like the AE mess. I didn't get banned, or lose any characters, nor do I know anyone personally that did. That doesn't mean that I agree with the way it was handled by Posi. It's the principle of the thing.

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Oh well. Enjoy your power leveling and lazy style of play while you can because it won’t last forever.

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What makes you think he power levels and is lazy?

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If you were going to change things about the zones, what would you do?

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The zones don't need to be changed, the players do.

If any new player would bother to read their mission text they'd realize there was more to the game than AP and AE. If they'd bother to look at the map and click the other tab they'd see there's more than one zone. Taking the AE out of AP won't fix stupid or lazy, but hey, they could take AE out of every zone for all I care.

Me, I'm going to CO when it comes out. Whether it sucks or not, at least it won't have AE and all the B.S. that seems to have accompanied it.



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This is one of the things that I feared would happen.
See the "conspiracy" part of this post ::
https://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthre...ue#Post13740503

I'm wondering why you are posting here though. Your signature indicates that you have been playing WoW instead of CoX since "4-9-08". You even go on to indicate that CoX has been dead since that point.

CoX is alive albeit not so well since the AE was released.

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I suppose if I cared I would change my profile but since I don't, I won't.

I rarely play WoW anymore, and I left this game when the ads came in. Those flopped, I'm back killing time till I find another game I'd rather play. Maybe I'll still keep my account here, I usually have game accounts in 2-3 at the same time. As it is now, I play CoX once a week. I still pay every month and that entitles me to post.

So y'know, if you don't think anything I have to say is relevant you can put me on ignore. I won't cry, promise.

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I'm not saying they're turning it into The Sims

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You say that like it's a bad thing.

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Defeat 10 Circle of Thorns.

Ok, now go defeat 10 Lost.

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ROFL - no kidding!

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If you were going to change things about the zones, what would you do?

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The zones don't need to be changed, the players do.

If any new player would bother to read their mission text they'd realize there was more to the game than AP and AE. If they'd bother to look at the map and click the other tab they'd see there's more than one zone. Taking the AE out of AP won't fix stupid or lazy, but hey, they could take AE out of every zone for all I care.

Me, I'm going to CO when it comes out. Whether it sucks or not, at least it won't have AE and all the B.S. that seems to have accompanied it.

Welcome back, Tex!

I may be able to make it late, but I probably won't be able to make it at all. It's my dad's birthday, and since he now has cancer for the 4th time, this could be his last. I'm spending it with him.

I'll try to catch up before next week, don't ding too much.

Welcome back!