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Wow, I've seen the card trick issue but never the avatar thinning. Wish we could actually build weird-looking thin avatar like that - very alien and interesting

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DAoC had something like this at one point (not sure if they still have it since they have done some server cosnoldiations, etc.). Basically, if you had a max level character, you could create a new character on a lower-population server starting at level 20 or 30. On paper, it looked like a good way to help prop up populations on lower-pop servers. In practice, brand new players had very few people with which to team from levels 1 to 19.

Any way you present the idea of instantly starting a character at Level X, it will affect the New Player Experience. In terms of attracting new customers, it's detrimental. This sort of thing is especially important in community, team-based MMOs. You need a good amount of characters at any level in order to sustain new players and vets alike.

So the likelihood of anything like this happening, whether it be a vet reward, micro transaction, low-population server incentive, etc. is going to be low.

Here's some MOOOOOOD Lighting courtesty of Virgin Air:

This is why I took GA - Absorbing alphas. Brain bleach attack? Minerals!

I heard that there will be some improvements this holiday season. No specifics, so we'll just have to wait and see

I live on the West Coast and have been to meet & greets a couple of times, and have earned various codes.

But I was thinking of this same suggestion earlier today.

Yeah, I support costume codes as either Vet Rewards and/ or microtransactions.

Stealth affects taunt aggro once you attack.

Looks like Champ's on the chopping block, but Protector needs to be taken down quite a few pegs in retrospect.

Are you using a Fatal1ty mouse by chance?

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Got online last night for the first time in a while (base editing aside). Didn't get much of a chance to play with the CC because I was asked to team. It did however give me a chance to check out the new SuperSK system, which worked great Even on a small group of three (or especially, given it was an odd-numbered team), the SuperSK system worked fabulously, allowing my two friends to SK up to my level so we could take on some Lost and Rikti in my lowbie's Midnighter arc. No more worrying about even-number groups for SK or doing the SK Tetris

The only thing I'm miffed about so far is that there's no pure black option for Stone Armor. The closest one can get is very dark brown... but it still looks like Burnt Umber, not black. I might be able to come up with a reasonable facsimile, but I wish I could just go with good old #000000

Hopefully without any lunch ladies

If you're ever in LA again, let me know; I'm in the OC

Must have been channeling you Rhynwa, because I woke up this morning with a hangover.

Of course, drinking that 40 on a nearly-empty stomach probably didn't help either

I'll don my top hat tonight to celebrate

Damn, would have crawled back onto the server had I know this was going to happen.

I think you should make more threads, one for every point on the I16 patch notes, or at least one for every topic that's been discussed several times on the open beta boards. That would be fantastic.