Sermon

Glad to know you care.

I think there is limit of purchases which you can make in a 24 hour period. I think it is 1 purchase per day. If you are trying to catch up by buying various booster packs, it can be a real inconvenience. Sorry!

so true

No, but apparently it does have a second copy of the beta inside of it . . .

Huh? There will still be bundles in the store. Even today's update about the Paragon Market gives a price for the complete magic costume set (which is presumably cheaper than buying the pieces individually). They may well still sell the whole magic booster pack as a bundle in the new store as well.

edit: The store screenshot even says "bundled offers" as one of it's tabs . . .

Surprisingly, I understand how bundles work.

One reason I wonder about this particular instance is that the party pack seems to be cheaper in the new system (even than the old bundled version).

Also, being 65% much more expensive for non-bundle v. bundle is more of a mark-up than I would expect. Something like 20% would be much more reasonable. A 65% markup makes me worry that even the bundle will be more than $10 in the Paragon Market.

I wonder about this as well.

This is the way I feel about the enhancement tray.

I think they said that transfers stock up.

Well, the 3 power choices freed up by inherent fitness balances this out i think. If only the two changes came at the same time, there would have been great rejoicing. As is, i see these new powers as a way to balance the investment in travel pools over the many temp powers that they will be releasing in the store. In a sense, it is an incentive for some of us not to buy some of their new shinies!

Well, with them expanding and improving their rewards system, it seems perfectly fair to be disappointed if the system goes unimproved in terms of forced rewards.

Personally, I am fine with the proposed system as long as I never miss the chance to obtain a costume piece due to arriving too late to the party.

I think my comprehension problem stems from my impression that the new system was previewed as offering players a new level of choice. I expected to be able to opt out of rewards in the process. Instead, I think my only choice is the order I choose rewards within a tier (unless that is fixed, i'm not sure I saw). The other aspect of choice only arrives at tier 9, when there will be a larger field of rewards, no specific reward being requisite.

I just worry that means I could miss out on costumes because I could be stuck in previous the first several months of Freedom. That would horrify me.

Pardon the hyperbole. The problem is that I have been very confused about whether I have to re-unlock all of my veteran rewards. Also, it doesn't say you can or can't skip rewards (and still move up the rewards "bush"). Anyways, the explanation just leaves me with many questions, and I await official answers on some issues. I went from thinking I could stockpile points since I already have sands of mu and such, to now thinking that most of my tokens will be used up re-unlocking most of these things (buying all slots in order to advance) and that my 72 month progress will only be incrementally further in the new system (with the best stuff just out of arms reach... unless I find a few barrels of cash to stand on!)