Noobian_Prince

Could have been worse. Coulda have been that ever-present, all-watchful Eye. The Guardian of Gazes. The Orb That Doesn't Sleep. . . Da Facebook !!

You mean like [13 year old SPOILER here] "Fight Club" ?

The mind boggles with possibilities. . .

"The First Rule of Monkey Fight Club is . . . Thou Shall Not Waste Bananas."
"The First Rule of Arachnos is . . . We don't step on spiders."
"The First Rule of Malta is . . . We don't play nice."
"The First Rule of Bite Club [Mako vs. Barracuda] is . . . No shirts, no shoes."

What, I no longer have to memorize my icon placement or hover over them for a few seconds (bottom trays only) to identify? I can just LOOK?

*waits to +1 "The 'I'm an Icon. Guess what _I_ do?' mini-game is nerfed."

It's where we'll put them when we finally get vehicles we can operate. (They already have the carparks in PI and Bricks.)

Which will soon be followed with another pet power: Instant Valet !

Twiki ! (although it wouldn't be the same "left Blanc" )

Dare we hope Princess Ardala or Wilma Deering make an appearance?

Technically not the Silver Age (and technically not a leprechaun) but there WAS that annoying "Elf with a Gun" storyline in the "Defenders" waaaay back in the 70's.

I remember seeing lots o' outrage about super packs when they came out. I must have missed the memo when they suddenly became popular. I bought superpacks when they first came out, but have no intention of EVER buying them again. So count this as a vote against putting T9 rewards in super packs. That wouldn't be rewarding loyalty, just $$$ spent.

I wouldn't object to this, especially if it were still restricted to VIP players.

Well, if you're halfway through Tier 8, in six months you'll have at least one Tier 9 token to purchase stuff like this with.

I get your point, though. NCSoft is trying to balance "attracting new customers" with its features and "rewarding longtime supporters." Unfortunately, there's no way to accomplish both without some kind of "gate." Giving it all away to new players can be needlessly overwhelming. It also encourages vets to un-subscribe and just purchase things "ala carte."

I totally understand a new player who feels that they should have access to all the cool stuff naow and to reserve just the less exciting things like belly shirts (9 month reward) or Greek symbols (6 months) for vets. That's human nature. *shrugs*

The good news is: under the current model, if you started today, you will have access to Tier 9 rewards in 35 months, as opposed to the 7+ years required under the old system. Not only is it much faster, you also have to option to choose which rewards within a tier you want to take first, instead of it being automatically chosen for you.

I do understand your impatience. I'm just saying it's a lot better now than the old system of waiting 3 months for a reward of ANY kind, even a lame, err, LESS THAN EXCITING one.

Quite right, TA. Demand your money back !

Must be "Gang Up on GG Day." How did I miss that on my calendar?

It is? You must be using a Delorean or something. It's only April 3rd here.

In the last 8 months, we've gotten the following powersets:

• beam rifle
• time manipulation
• darkness assault
• street justice
• dark control / darkness affinity
• titan weapons
• beast mastery

That's nearly one powerset a month. (It IS one a month if you count Darkness Affinity -- which I don't.)

Some of you will protest that not all of these were retail. That is irrelevant. Free to VIP's or not, they still took resources, personnel and testing. Now ask yourself this: from a business point of view, which is more effective? Releasing TWO powersets the same day (one retail, one free) or spacing them out? Even something as popular as Street Fighting would have seen FEWER sales if it had come out the same day as, say, Time Manipulation. With TWO shinies competing for people's attention, some potential SJ buyers would play with Time instead and might not get around to buying the retail set before another one was released.

I am NOT trying to justify releasing a bugged powerset before it's ready. I'm just saying that we've gotten MORE stuff more QUICKLY than we have in the past and all the "I want it nao" posts don't change that.

In the movie "The Three Musketeers" (the 1973 version), Porthos announces he's invented a new sword fighting technique. It consists of pulling your sword from your scabbard and releasing it so that it flies away and stabs your opponent. Aramis asks him to try this out on him, but this time Aramis easily knocks the blade away and then threatens the now-disarmed musketeer.

ARAMIS: "Only Porthos could invent a new way of disarming himself."

Let's see. . . .

In the last 8 months we've gotten the following:

• beam rifle
• time manipulation
• street justice
• dark assault
• titan weapons
• darkness control / darkness affinity
  
  and, oh yeah
• beast mastery

That's practically one a month. And you're complaining the devs are rolling them out too slowly? When did we ever get that many powersets that quickly?

And, for the record, in the past the devs may have told us what features would be in an upcoming issue but they never told us when said issue was being released. It was just "soon."

They told us issue release dates once and now you want that set in stone for everything. Demanding much?

If being afraid of Ann is an actual disorder, I'm afraid it's pretty widespread.

Leperchaun is correct.

It's a form of Irish zombie.

I was skimming this thread (to see if they fixed the lvl 40 Carnies bug) and must have been reading a little TOO quickly.
I was positive you said "We are not playing Monty Python's Let's Make a Deal."

Too bad. THAT would have been an interesting gameshow.

Then it's a good thing they're only charging 600. See? It's already 25% off !


Sorry. I'm holding out for the "cheetah-with-a-rocket-attached" travel power.

I'll be very surprised if the missing word doesn't turn out to be "One (1) hour."

One day is too long; one mission could be really short; and "one afternoon" or "one game" too ambiguous.