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Originally Posted by Aggelakis

Uh, no, "you have to play out the MONTH of game time" not "you have to play out YOUR SUBSCRIPTION LENGTH". Tokens are monthly.

Originally Posted by FloatingFatMan

This is why I like fighting him on my PB. One good punch and he's in the lava anyway.

Of course, that also means a Void Stalker spawns right next to him...

Originally Posted by Dispari

As long as it's free, I'll eat it and not complain.

Beggars can't be choosers, I've been told. There's also something about a gift horse.

Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha

There needs to be another option;

[Headbutt Hardcase]

In fact, I'd love that for a few of the contacts/talkies some of the red side contacts really need putting in their places.

Originally Posted by Venture

The entire First Ward storyline just reinforces the notion that Primal Earth should deal with Praetoria by saturation-bombing.

Originally Posted by Forbin_Project

Just because the service is automated isn't justification for lowering the price. From looking at other hybrid MMO's in the industry it seems to be in the same price range. Some are lower, some are higher, and some are right around ten bucks.

Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim

Yes they are. Before, your $15 got you access to the game and all it's goodies. These were added on as a bonus to your subscription. They are free. Now, considering that 400 points is $5, and a server transfer is $10, you're essentially getting back the $15 you paid, whether you're going to use the points/transfers or not.

Originally Posted by Fiery-Enforcer

I don't see what the issue is. After the first time this happens you'll be receiving your points on a consistent monthly basis.

You're really making a big deal out of nothing. And your example above doesn't apply because you're not paying for the free 400 points.

Originally Posted by Mallerick

I'm just curious why the OP is calling out Positron when he views this as a customer service issue.

Originally Posted by TrueGentleman

Given that digital purchases, whether downloads or subscriptions, are typically expected to be immediate "delivery" on payment, I see no reason why CoH should be different. Would it be acceptable to purchase 400 Paragon Points at the Market and have to wait a week for delivery after payment was approved?

Originally Posted by FloatingFatMan

Generally, when one buys something, one usually gets what you've paid for at the time you pay for it, no?

Of course, if it's laid out clearly at the time you buy it, on the page where you pay, that it's spread out over a time period, then that's fair enough. If it DOESN'T, then UK law at least requires that you should receive all you paid for at the time you paid for it.

Originally Posted by FloatingFatMan

Just a point I'd like to make, these things are NOT a stipend. A stipend is a form of salary and that's absolutely NOT what these are.

They're a paid for item that we get as part of our month subscription, and as such, it should, by rights, be allocated on the day our subscription is paid.


Not that I'm anything other than mildly annoyed by the delay or anything, though I do roll my eyes at their lack of programming ability to issue the things when people pay their subs.

Originally Posted by 15bribri15

<-- Extremely PO'd player. Where have they all gone? And before you all go "LOLGOPLAYTHEGAMENOOB" I pay my money for VIP, I choose HOW I want to play. My question is why is there a lack of farming? Maybe it's because there is now 501234123314 AP's? Why was that done again? Really?

Originally Posted by Giant2005

You are right, it is a poor analogy - part of my $15 sub goes toward that server transfer, so it isn't as free as the flaming bag of poo... But then again, you are paying for that poo with the punch .

Originally Posted by Aett_Thorn

That we're awesome!



Or that we've changed our names to reflect that we're VIPs, which you can do in the USER CP forum options area.

Originally Posted by Ultimus

For characters that have no access to Knockback protection, how many points of protection do you need to be protected from 90% of the KB in the game? Just curious how many IO's I'd need to buy.

Originally Posted by St_Angelius

And just looking at his location tells you he isn't a native english speaker.

Originally Posted by EnigmaBlack

Yup, I tried to check out StJ on Beta when I had the time in my schedule, but I'm a Mac user so I got bent over. It's for this reason I decided to pass on spending 800 points on something I might not like. I'm going to horde my points for Staff fighting and/or Titan weapons and cross my fingers that Mac users won't get shafted in beta when those come out.

Originally Posted by Arcanaville

I cannot agree. Saying *by rule* the devs must release all numerical powerset information to the players prior to the set being offered for sale implies strongly that the players are actually paying for *those numbers* which then opens the door to players demanding refunds if the powerset is changed from those numbers in any way they find disagreeable. I would strongly recommend Paragon Studios not open that pandora's box.

Its one thing for the numbers to just happen to be available, just like all other powersets are, with the same understanding they are subject to change just like all other numbers are. Like oh say in the character creator screen, perhaps. But once you say its an obligation to release numbers, and you set up a specific system for releasing those numbers that goes beyond what the game automatically allows for all other powers, you cross the line into territory that frankly I would prefer not have to witness the fallout of.


No MMO player has the right to expect that any specific element of the game will not change, particularly powers. If you can't handle that at all, you shouldn't play MMOs. If you can handle that in theory, but not for powersets you purchase separately, you shouldn't purchase powersets. Anything else is impractical.

Originally Posted by Von Krieger

Chat thinks Rock Band: Van Canto would be awesome. Van Canto is an acapella metal cover band.

Originally Posted by CaptSammy

I hate to disagree, but it was quickly announced. It was announced less than 2 hours before they did it. Usually maintenance is done at 7am or 9 am EST, not 11 EST and usually announced the evening before. Seems like something that just came up this morning. Now we probably do not know why, but I asked because sometimes it is a reported problem (like 100 people reported something wrong with Street Justice after it was released, etc. or suddenly nobody could launch a BAF trail)