Psyte

Oh, and one thing for marketing: Please, please, PLEASE do not go crazy with store-specific/exclusive pre-order goodies like various companies are doing these days. Its rather annoying. I'm sure Gamestop will ask for something, and once they get something then everyone else (from Wal-Mart to Del Taco) will want in on it too.

If for some reason you simply must, then please keep them as timed exclusives and sell them ("the pre-order pack"), make them free in-game rewards, something, a sensible time later (maybe a year?).

A month at worst? I think our playing styles/idea of what "super casual" means are far different. It took me over two years to get my first 50, and that's before level smoothing and all that. My two other 50's also took about two years each, and that's with level smoothing. I've got a level 41 blaster that might hit 50 within a few months. Maybe.

Cape at creation would be a good idea, IMO. Actual travel powers at 6 would be also (versus getting the VR). CO does it. DCUO probably will too. Things can, and should, move on if it provides an improvement for the bulk of the playerbase. I know some folks who preferred Defiance 1.0 to 2.0 - oh well.

I don't think it will have zero effect on powerleveling. It won't make a huge dent on it, but folks who just want the EATs won't have a need to PL if they don't have 50's on the respective sides. It depends on *why* a player powerlevels. Let the powerlevelers who powerlevel because they can, they want to, do so. They'll do it even if there's nothing at 50.

I find the whole "cheapening" argument to be meh. We still get a chance for Purples, will be getting a new system devoted to them (whatever it is that Positron comes up with), can do all the content in the game through Ouroboros, etc. This will be something that can be enjoyed by the far more of the playerbase, and I feel that's a good thing overall. I've got my 50's. I don't feel that accomplishment is cheapened one bit, but then I don't seem to put the same value into the accomplishment as you do.

If the devs took all my VR costume bits and made them available to everybody from creation? More power to them - I think that would be to the game's benefit, especially since the competition (now and incoming) will likely have things like Trenchcoats, Wings, etc., available from the get-go. How do I feel that my pre-order COV:CE Arachnos helmets are now Veteran Rewards? I'm 110% okay with that. I think it'll benefit the game and the players in the long run. I'm hoping it'll make the game more appealing to new players. After all, level 20 is a short hop from level 14 - the trial level cap. One more thing to tempt folks with. Its more early level content as well to help alleviate some of the repetition of the early levels (which, lets be honest, gets old quick).

I've just got a different view on this. If its for the benefit of the playerbase and the game? I think its a good move.

I'm quite happy with all this, including the *EAT change.

* I've got a few friends, who due to chronic alt-itis, have never gotten *EATs, even after several years of play. And they're better than a lot of the *EATs I've run with in the past in PUGs.

* Hitting 50 is no indicator of player skill. Just that you received XYZ many XP. You could've been door sitting the whole time, paid someone influence to powerlevel you, etc. Hell, if the account is shared then they could be piggy-backing off of someone else.

* It takes away one more reason to make cap in the first place - its no longer a necessity to earn an *EAT! One less reason to rush, one less reason to OMGPL, etc. Maybe common sense for most of us, but not for new folks, certainly.

* Makes the game content more accessible.

* Admits that alting is such a MAJOR part of the game that its not even funny.

I am very happy with all of this.

edit: And if anything, its a slap in the face to RMT/powerlevelers. Your "services" just became *that* much more irrelevant, you got one less thing to sell. GO AWAY.

Just got done with one. Mercedes Lackey? Ma'am? You are a silly goose. Thank you SO much

Happy coincidence: my character recently got a beard and a new haircut, looks a bit William Frakes-ish, so the "Troy" dialog was perfect

Hail Seitan?

No worries. Just tells me you're wanting to be sure I don't make a bad choice!

Tis appreciated!

Well, again, this is assuming he started off "teh 110% ebil tyrant" he is now. I'm still curious to see if the old Praetorian arcs get retconned or not to the characters aren't nearly so shallow.

Well, I was referring to parts in general, not necessarily the PSU. But thanks for the recommendation

Well, I've spec'd out a nice, small, MicroATX machine at Newegg for $583.92. It has everything except a video card as I intend to use my Radeon 4670 1g for the time being. Long story short its a Athlon II X3 440 @ 3ghz, 4g RAM using an AM3 motherboard with plans in one to two years time to move up to whatever seems attractive. I like AMD's roadmap still has the AM3 boards being used then

I considered going with an i3 or i5, but this fits my budget nicely, I think it'll perform quite well for the price (the i5 doesn't do so well that I'm willing to pay more than double for the CPU), and all my other computing needs will be very well met

I realize the Radeon likely won't do Ultra mode, but, but I can save up and upgrade later on with a nice 5850 or something comparable at the time.

Thank you!

edit: I realized that I want a smaller machine (out of sight, out of mind), hence going MicroATX. Once I get it built, I have little to no intentions of going back in unless needed. This will fit up to a 12" card...

http://www.silverstonetek.com/produc...g01-f&area=usa

Also realized that I have no real desire to do SLI or Crossfire, which was rather liberating. No need to account for it!

Maybe folks with potentially dangerous powers (to Tyrant) are also weeded out. Not necessarily zap-zap type stuff, but time travel and what have you...

Also, it probably keeps the supers population more manageable. Less variables, less loose cannons, etc. And, who knows, maybe it is that legitimately brutal because once you step outside Praetoria and such it really is that horrifically bad. I mean, we all know that nuclear radiation causes all sorts of fun mutations and such :P

Why look for one singular reason when there could be multiple reasons for it? One solution for many problems (and "problems").

We'll see how things turn out in the beta/release of the game. I think its safe to say there's a wide range of expectations/hopes of how the story will be, how explicitly black or white things will be, etc. I've already gone over my hopes, reasons and disagreements with other views in another thread, so no point in repeating them here.

Question about Tyrant and Dominatrix (assuming they have had sex) - aren't those kinds of hijinks common not only with inbred rednecks Jeff Foxworthy jokes about but also royalty of old? Random thought/wondering, not especialy meant to go anywhere (so run with it if you like).

You know, the irony of this is that while I'm holding this position, there've been many, MANY times where I wondered why good guys can't just be good guys fighting an equally bad bad guy. I guess its more of a mood thing? Dunno. Ah well.

I think there's some built-in sympathies towards the resistance, giving them a "free pass" of sorts, which is why I'm asking these things.