Stormbird

License to pay: would have to be something like 3 months at a time or something to make it worthwhile even slightly, but I like the idea for both convenience and for getting money directed to base attention.

Account wide "base maintenance" license for things like rent:
3 months, 800 points
6 months, 1400 points
1 year, 2500 points

Prices so high for so little because it *is* account wide, as long as you have SG rank.

Wanted to add this quote instead of responding to this part in the last quote - the biggest problems I see with it?
1. You buy it, but don't have a base - too bad.
2. You buy it, but don't have rights to place it on the character you claimed it on - too bad, again.
3. You buy it, have rights to place it, do so, then you or someone else deletes it - no refunds, too bad.
4. Pre-made bases - what if you try to use it on an existing base?

Too many problems with that. It's a CS/Support nightmare waiting to happen. Otherwise, I'd be for it - more money focused on getting base fixes and improvements.

Didn't take long for that to show up, did it. "Other people paying to have fun with something specific devalues my paying to have fun with access to almost everything! How dare other people want to give money to have fun!"

You can almost count on it as a response to everything. Some people are *so* insecure about their precious "VIP status." Kind of like people being insecure about posting their builds because other people can "steal" them - oh, yeah, and they can buy the IOs they "worked so hard" to get in game to fill out the build. Guess what. It doesn't hurt you *one bit.* In fact, it would help you, because there's more money coming into your favorite game to get stuff done and keep it alive.

What an *awful* thing to have happen!

Emphasis mine.

No, it isn't an exaggeration. Done with a new character - you know, the sort that may *want* to go in instead of screwing around with trials - with a full attack chain, SOs/common IOs, nothing really fancy. I think I had T1 Alpha by that time.

While they're *individually* faster, timing each mole machine vs each tentacle, the fact that it's a lot of wasted time for no reward for someone not "tricked out" is what I'm saying "It's the mole machines all over again" for.

So, how about not going through and saying I'm exaggerating because you're +3 and loaded up on a high damage character? Get one or two of your other characters - yes, *go* for a defender! - with no level shifts and other "help" and see what you think after spamming a bunch of attacks for no reward for a few minutes. Otherwise, it's like saying "Oh, I had no problems with the hellions at the Steel Canyon fires!" to a level 13-15 - then adding "Of course, they were grey to me, because I was on my 50." Not even close to the same.

Er... I don't remmeber them actually giving us more free slots. They made Fitness inherent, and all of those, like most inherent powers, come with a slot.

That's a lot different from giving us four more placeable slots. In fact, I'd say it made slotting slightly more difficult, as you DO have more critical powers to pass the same number of placeable slots in.

If it weren't for the IO system, which gives some nice combos, I think some builds would really have ended up hurting because of it.

(Remember, I *do* actually want the choice of more slots.)

Which is also far different from actually giving us more slots to place. If they had trouble when beta testing something like this (if I understand Airhammer right,) then there's something else going on that needs work.

I do hope they find a way to do this, though.

I actually don't think this would be a problem, going back to your own example of when we got fitness. No respec, no extra slots. When you respec, you get the choice.

Think I've heard this or a filter asked for over and over. Still want it. (Actually, both would be nice. Tab it, and for the bigger stores, filter by level if you want.)

These. (I don't think I go with #4.) Even if #3 is the 10% reward merit bonus or something.

Which would make them different from a VIP with their first 50 how?

Or from anyone who ran the trials the first time?

Or everyone the first time a trial is launched?

And, frankly, I see "vets" who still don't know what they're doing after years.

How is stomping your foot to knock them down/damage them any different than going in and doign a spine burst (Spines, obviously?) Or jumping in via lightning rod?

How is chucking a rock any different than Focus or Impale?

Crazy fist swings... see Martial Arts, Street Justice.

Just went in, used it on one character, logged out right away and into another one and could use it there immediately. I'm thinking hiccup on your side. See if it happens again.

No BP at all.

At least there's a story reason for it (and I have to admit my lower power characters like "wiping out" piles of greys.) Though it could use some trimming.

On an organized team, Numina takes less than an hour

Foot stomp would probably be sacrificed for either Placate or the AS. Though there are some other questionable powers (taunt, hand clap.) Or it'd be turned into a cone or something.

Hmmm. how about:

1. Jab
2. Punch
3. Haymaker
4. Assassin's ohmygodnothefacenottheface.
5. Rage? Or would they just get build up because that's "too powerful?"
6. Placate
7. Hand clap turned into an AOE stun? Or KO blow?
8. Hurl (or move HC here)
9. Foot stomp.

(Alternately, would they turn KO blow into the AS with the new mechanics? Probably not...)

That's not tied to premium or VIP status. Argument fail.

Purchaseable license. And usable without the license by longer term Premiums. Your argument fails again.

Strawman.

Another strawman.
Argument fail on your part.

The game can detect that you're VIP already, since it already disables Incarnate powers/zones. No new tech needed there. If those are greyed out, *don't pop up the window.*

Wow, real stretch there.

Want to try again?

And watching these boards, I can see why the "forum cartel" accusation comes up. Same people arguing against virtually anything and everything. (No, I don't agree with it, I'm just pointing it out. Seems more like there are just a few people that are so jealous of their "elite" status *cough* they want nothing to change.) Worse since some of the more helpful vets left a while ago.