Oakster

Atlas Park 30 representing. I realize I'm a little late to the game and unfortunately I only got one screenshot fairly early and then never again, so some people who came aren't there.

Also dunno if I'm using the proper image code. Let's find out together.

People do not necessarily WANT to come back to this game so that they can redo their entire build around SOs and play a dumbed down version of their character. Not only does it lessen the experience, but it's likely more work than anyone wants to put into coming back to the game.

Yes, SOs are fine and there's nothing wrong with them. They get me to level 50 perfectly well. The problem is that these people in all likelihood worked hard to put together a build to have an efficient character that they enjoy playing, and are arbitrarily denied all of it.

SOs work for some people, and that's wonderful for them. I merely do not see the point in taking IOs away from people who had already used them in the past.

P.S.: I've seen your character in game once or twice, and she has a nice costume.

I realize this is probably stuff that's been said time and time again, and that's fine. I realize there will be people who disagree, and even potentially flamers. That is also fine. But the fact of the matter is that if I disagree with something being done, I feel I should be allowed to voice my opinion. And I am, so here I go.

Ever since the VIP head start into Freedom, I have been noticing a few things added that I feel are bad decisions both as a business and as a game. My friends are sick to death of hearing me talk about it, so I figured I'd post it both to get it to the eyes of any devs that may read it, and to vent and get the feelings out in the open rather than bottle them up.

First, I would like to say that the price for costume slots is ridiculously high verging on gouging. I'm sure there are many who will say that the 800 points is nothing, and/or that it's optional so it doesn't matter. However, in this current economy especially, ten dollars for something completely aesthetic seems pricey, particularly for something of no real world value like an extra costume slot. Personally, I'd love extra costume slots if for no other reason than to have them, but want to go on the record in protest of ten dollars per slot. I would be willing to pay at most half of that.

That brings me rather nicely to my second point. This is probably the purpose, and I understand and respect that, but given the prices on the market, I feel like the VIP stipend just isn't enough to get as far as I feel it should. I have to wait two months for a powerset, and if I want to buy all of the new costumes coming out, that five dollars a month isn't going to do a whole lot for me. This is a minor criticism, not to be taken too heavily, and I realize it's likely by design rather than accident, but at the rate things are currently being released, the monthly stipend does not quite net VIPs everything they might want.

Finally, I wish to express my distaste in the inability of Premium players to use any Invention Origin enhancements they have already slotted into their characters. Denying them the ability to use the invention system henceforth is one thing entirely, but rendering their hard-earned character builds useless is unacceptable. The $2 a month fee for the Invention system should, at WORST, be a one time $2 fee. The point of free players is that they cannot necessarily AFFORD monthly fees, and denying them their past characters as such will undoubtedly turn many away who wanted to play the game again. I'm aware that there is a certain Paragon Rewards tier that nullifies this bar, but there's a solid chance the people to whom I'm referring weren't able to make it that far in the first place.

In conclusion, I would like to make one final point. In many debates I have read, heard, or been involved in, one point always comes up, and it's frankly tired to death already in our few short weeks of Freedom. "Well they have to deny the free players SOMETHING so there's a reason for them to pay! :P :P"

My rebuttal is thus: While that's true, they also have to PROVIDE incentive to returning free players to want to play the game. Denying the ability to play their old characters is the direct opposite of that.

I don't think the billboards rotate since I always see the same Zombcare sign in Kings Row.

And I'm actually quite surprised a Praetoria-only television station bought advertising space in a small chunk of an alternate dimension with which they are presently at war. Obviously there was a mixup at the billboard company, and they meant to show a beautiful view of scenic Praetoria with the words, "SEE WHAT YOU'RE MISSING?"

The sign itself is no problem. It's the zone in which I found it.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...faultline.jpg/

Here's hoping Imageshack works better for you, my friend.

I'm sure somebody else found this by now, but... Well... Perhaps I'll let the picture speak for itself.

http://i51.tinypic.com/xdebeb.jpg

Okay, forums. I give up. How do I play demos with the new NCSoft launcher?

Haven't been able to find anything about it and it's finally bugging me to the point I'm willing to ask. Any help is appreciated.

Gentlemen! Behold!

The secret is revealed. Burkholder is THE BOOOOOOOOMB!

Surely this conspiracy affects us all and we must rise up against it before we are all doomed to a life of <insert anti-player base conspiracy here>! We cannot let this stand! Join me in my movement against this insult! HAOOH! HAOOH! HAOOH!

I've got it! It's all so clear to me now! Hear me, my people, this is the story of the way the world stops spinning! And then turns back around and spins around backwards for a bit before it realizes what it did!

PsychoChronoMetron. Like IantheM1 said. This is the fault of the PsychoChronoMetron! But what villainous fiend would want to unwind time and essentially turn our world into a living Hell?

What supervillain extraordinaire would go so far as to damn the world?

Which of the villain groups would be insane enough to unravel the very fabric of reality?!

I submit to you, dear friends, that this is the fault of FUSIONETTE. Fusionette finally screwed up one too many times in a big, big way. She and Faultline were playing with the PsychoChronoMetron around Penny Preston and Penelope Yin. They tossed it back and forth and Fusionette accidentally turned it on right as Yin had a thought about ice cream or flies on the windshield or something!

And they doomed us all! But fear not! Ultraman will save us!

Recluse: Where is Padme?
Scirocco: She's dead, sir.
Recluse: NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!