Rubberlad

But it's not a "Post Apocalyptic" costume set... It's a homeless person's costume set (which is great if you want to roleplay a Lost gang member).

To me, the concept is all wrong and there were a lot of good concepts/images people suggested at the summit that would have worked better than these. Don't get me wrong, I'll take this for the welder's mask but otherwise I'm really disappointed that its the best we'll ever get for a "Post Apocalyptic" costume set. These pieces are done well but... meh whatever, its too late now.

Same - I was gonna re-VIP for I24 but now there's nothing in the overview that's compelling me to pay (at least nothing that I couldn't hold over to enjoy with I25). I've got another brand-spanking new MMO game to keep me busy right now, so I can definitely wait until next year to re-VIP.

Premium for the win! (Although I'm very annoyed that the toons I unlocked the *last* time I downgraded to Premium are now locked again - seems like a bit of a scam to keep using slots to unlock toons that were already unlocked with slots once before...).

If there's any ounce of truth to that "speculation," I'll tell you now it's time to advertise another "CoH subscription" deal. I'll gladly pay a full year's subscription now just to ensure this proposal comes to fruition in 2013 (or sooner if the document's original source date is true).

GLADLY...

I was gonna say: who vomited all over the game? lol

Have I told you how much I love it when you prove me wrong?

True... but there's also NCsoft's other brand to think about, ie. Guild Wars 2. It's become clear from brand launches in years past that NCsoft likes to slow down development on "old" games so they don't become a competitive distraction for the shiny new game coming to market. I remember CoH having a particular dry spell around the time Aion launched so I'm not at all surprised its happening again.

If my theory's correct, it means you guys won't start openly beta-testing for I24 until *after* Guild Wars 2 officially launches at the end of August. Which puts I24's "go live" date in early November (following October's Halloween event). Oh I'm sure you'll let loose some new powersets and costumes just in time for the start of 4th Quarter (unless 3rd quarter metrics aren't up to snuff in which case, one highly anticipated Market asset will be released prematurely to help bump the numbers). In the meanwhile, you'll tease us with juicy tidbits of information here and there regarding upcoming releases - sorta like dangling the carrot in front of the horse. But beyond that, it's gonna be relatively status quo for CoH (which means we're in for one helluva long marathon run until Black Pebble gets the green light to promote something "new"). I like your new hat btw - much nicer than the same old spin we got in years past.


Oh, and should you try to whip out your krinkly little Obi-Wan Kenobi on me...

*groan*

All kidding aside, there is a reason why I made the initial suggestion (politely, I might add, by using the words "please" and "thank you" in my original post which I don't hear used none too often on these forums anymore - at least not like I used to). This game's got a lot of MMO competition coming into the market - and I'll be honest, despite my being a 7+ year CoH player, a more recent MMO game I wasn't expecting to interest me has genuinely got me hooked to the point I'm ready to throw a lifetime subscription at it and drop CoH altogether (regardless of my longtime VIP sub and despite CoH being free to play). I was waiting on I24 news to help sway my resolve before changing investments but no such luck.

Bottom line: I expected a juicier marketing promo by now (something besides "hey, we made certain legacy powersets feel more in-line/competitive with other MMO games") - and I say that knowing full well that development takes time; marketing takes time; testing takes time and I really don't expect nor want I24 "now" (contrary to Michelle's sassy little song; I was all hot to buy water blast and then totally forgot about it after playing this *other* MMO game and I've still no desire to log in and buy it now - so yeah, I really can wait for good things, after all, lol).

At the same point, this is the Insta-information age where headlines move faster than marketing and diplomacy can handle. You guys are so busy throttling, fragmenting and slow-tracking information to support other websites, other conference events, and other media venues in the hopes of drawing new players in that its really hard for "current" and "longtime" players to get excited about what's coming next until it actually comes. Again, in my mind, a reasonable I24 preview announcement would have been nice (with the caveat that more detailed info would come later via other media channels would have been completely fine) but clearly you're not ready to share yet.

That's cool.

At this point, I'm gonna stop worrying about what's in I24 or what any of the forumites have to say about the obvious question on people's minds and log out. I hope everybody has a great day, and I wish the dev team only the best - as I always have.

Thanks.

Oh! Well that explains everything! Can I watch it on U-Stream? Twitch? ABC? NBC? USA Network? Or Netflix? I do still have some rabbit antennaes in the attic somewhere... Maybe I can catch the announcement on WHYY in Philadelphia when it airs...? No?

You know, for a minute there I thought you were trying to be clever. But just in case I was wrong...

We do... but once you see how it's used in AL:VH, you really appreciate how fast and furious and ruthless a powerset it can be. Axe wielding in the movie utilizes a lot of extremely quick "baton swing" movements and potentially offers melee toons a bit of ranged damage which is ultra rare.

Slow-motion battle axe just doesn't compare.

I'm okay with these so far...

That's exactly right.

I don't read the AT forums, I don't crunch numbers, and I don't optimize my build every single time I roll a new toon. I'm a casual player with a *very* busy work schedule so I leave it to the brainiac forumites like Arcanaville to help make sure everything works right. That said, I know what feels comfortable when I play without mapping out the exact magic numbers involved, and I've never had any real issues with my blaster builds (even at cap level Incarnate content).

So if anyone said, told or otherwise misled the Devs to consider Blaster AT changes that weren't merited, I'm going to collect some ******* heads... (and I mean old school O-Ren Ishii style).

Do NOT touch the blaster AT unless its a really awesome change...

(bows and walks away with his Hatori Honzo sword sheathed - for now...)

I am, and your explanation is mind blowing (at least for me). I really need to sit back and think on what you've said here. It sounds so uber-intelligent yet so utterly lonely. I don't know if I should team with you our just give you a hug.

More later (maybe).