Sworn_Servant

100% agree. Exclusive giveaways for the very, very, very few players who were at the right place at the right time was a terrible idea when it was taking place at conventions and it's a terrible idea when it's taking place on Twitter. It arbitrarily excludes the vast majority of the players and it's always understandably caused anger, hurt feelings and fights on the forums. What could possibly be the upside of it?

I'm a big fan of this game. I think the people behind it do many more things right than wrong. But an idea that is guaranteed -- guaranteed! -- to make most of your customers unhappy is one that should be put out of our misery forever.

This is as utterly hysterical as it is soul-crushingly true.

By "homosexually-open Males", do you mean gay guys? I hate to think of you getting carpal tunnel typing out all those unnecessary letters, so I encourage you to use the shorter and much, much, much more common description.

And how are giving males dramatic costume pieces "a stance for the neutrality and acceptance of" gay guys? Aren't they just dramatic costume pieces? Isn't it possible for a non-gay hero to have a dramatic look and for a gay hero to not have one? And gay guys are aleady "accepted" by virtue of being human beings who exist, so that's not an issue.

And when you type "I am all for equality, however, but some things need to be considered from other point of views", do you really mean to say that equality for some ends when other people who are more equal don't like it? And do you really think that "transvestites" (I think you mean drag queens, since an actual transvestite would just look like a female hero, since that's the point) are a bad thing? For that matter, are drag queens?

I'm at a loss as to how a flat-heeled version of the Carnival of Light boots are significantly different from costume pieces Dave Cockrum has been putting on male heroes since the 1970s, for instance. They're simply not outrageous examples of drag queen-only footwear. They're just boots.

I think it's a shame to think that unfettered personal expression is "trolling", or should be stopped because it might lead to "trolling", or that footwear and sash parity are the same thing as wanting every hero to have access to every costume piece (an impossibility, anyway, considering how much time that would take to make).

tl;dr: It's "gay guys". Gay guys are fine, thanks. Drag queens are great. Equality doesn't come with qualifiers. Boots and belts are worn by everyone.

Also: I love the new Retro Sci-Fi pack! Thank you for even more backpack flying options! Even with the wonderful mecha pieces and these new jetpacks, by the way, we still don't have enough of those! Thanks!

Is this the winner of the first official forum complaint about i23? And it's a complaint, an insult and a threat all-in-one. The disgruntled player trifecta!

Hey, at least you're at home playing it! I'm stuck here critiquing the comments about it. I'd say you win.

Your post is the first I heard of it, but I just now read all about it and now I am of two minds: I can't decide whether it's the best thing ever in the game or only one of the top two or three best things ever.

Calling it a "Quality of Life Upgrade" is an understatement. I cheer every time the devs take away another artificial obstacle to enjoying the game. I'm not interested in playing City of Commuters or City of You Can't Get There From Here. I want to play a superhero comic book role-playing game set in a universe where things like this portal system would absolutely exist.

I also like how it's one more way that they're making Atlas Park not only relevant, but also the undisputed center of the city. And if so many services are going to be available in (and, in some cases, only in) Atlas Park -- as they should be -- then, yes, definitely make it as instantly accessible as possible, thanks. Just like it should be in a superhero comic book world.

And I agree with the idea that if you don't like it, don't use it. If I didn't like it, I wouldn't use it. But I already love it and I can't wait to use it.

I agree, and let me throw in my praise for the condescension, too. Well-done condescension is infinitely more entertaining to read than the inevitable complaints about how it's not Friday where I live or I hate this free thing you're offering me that I'm under no obligation to accept. More condescension, please!

And thanks yet again for the free thing, Paragon Studios!

That's the character known as Elf with a Gun, mentioned above. Close, but no leprechaun!

That hero sounds fun, and I so would not hold a lep-pet against him because it would be thematic. I've long wanted to do a leprechaun hero myself, actually, but so far no go. Tiny green top hats off to you!

Goldie, I have to say, and as a dyed-in-the-wool lep-hater, that explanation rocks. I'll remember it the next time I see one of them and not hate quite as hard.

Which I thought was brilliant! True, he was an elf, but if the CoH leprechauns had guns? They would totally have my blessing.

Those are leprechauns? I don't think we know the same folklore. Or watch the same grade z horror films. Or see the same advertisements every St. Patrick's Day.

The superhero genre can accommodate anything and everything (even though I can't think of a single leprechaun hero or villain, either) but there's no such thing as a comic book universe where all the heroes have access to and any utilize a companion leprechaun.

And -- seriously -- if they sold an extra-dimensional imp pet, I'd be all over that, because, as you've proven, that is genre-appropriate.

Exactly. And I cringe every time I see one of those damn leprechauns in the game. I really, really, really hate them because they have no business running all over the place in a game that's supposed to recreate a superhero comic book universe. Sadly, others disagree with me, but that's the way it goes. I wouldn't buy one (actually, I seriously wouldn't take one for free) and I'm sorry anyone did, but, when they appear, I simply roll my eyes and get on with it.

I'm sure others feel the same way about the panther power. So it's their turn to roll their eyes. I would point out, though, that at least shapeshifters, unlike leprechauns, are a staple of superhero comics. But if you think it's too expensive, just don't buy it. The end.

Oh, how I wish this weren't true.

Yes, the USA celebration of the USA-invented Mother's Day (you're welcome) is the one being referenced by this USA company, so no worries.

As to "pay to win" (learn something new every day), anything that has any customers paying any money to play the game works for me. I'd like to see the game be financially successful and be around a long, long time. If the people running the game are smart, they'll provide their players with lots more attractive (and useful and genre-specific and well-designed) options forever.

And other players buying anything I may not be able to afford or may not want means exactly nothing to me. It does not impact my enjoyment of the game in any way whatsoever. I'm never going to team up with the vast majority of the players on this game, how or why could I possibly care what any, let alone all of them, are doing with their time spent playing? And wouldn't I want my teammates to be as tough as possible, anyway?

Clearly, "pay to win" means that the more people who pay, the more we all win.

Agreed on all counts.

This is what I'm finding with Team Transport: I'm much more likely to hop on to the game for "a few minutes" now that -- between Team Transport, Mission Transporter and the Ouroboros Portal at level 14 -- it actually can be "a few minutes" of actual playing and fun, as opposed to spending too many of those few minutes just getting to the fun. Last night, I logged on for half an hour before going to bed. Thanks to instantly getting to my mishes (on opposite ends of Independence Port, no less!) by using all three of the aforementioned travel options, I spent all of that half hour enjoying myself as opposed to slogging my way across the map. Everyone wins when I have more incentive to actually log on and play the game.

However, I also know that Team Transport has a cooldown of thirty minutes, Mission Transporter a cooldown of two hours (!!!) and the Ouroboros Portal doesn't go everywhere. This means that I know I can have half an hour of fun, but any more than that is up in the air.

Fixing the trains was the single best quality of life upgrade to date. Instant mish transport on demand would surpass that. Just making a Mission Transporter with a half hour cooldown -- in addition to what we already have -- would essentially make that happen.

You want more of my money? Make it possible for me to make a single purchase to buy a variety of permanent ways (or even one single permanent way) for me to transport to (more or less) all of my mishes. What wouldn't I pay for that?

1) How would you know, if they're not available for guys?

2) We don't know the same guys.

It's also self-destructive. Why would you want the game to completely abandon product that they could be using to generate revenue that would help guarantee the continuation of the game? Why would you want new players to know upfront that they're not valued and that their desire to enjoy what other players enjoy is hopeless? I don't want to see the game not make money and I don't want to see the game not welcome new players.

Admittedly, I'm almost only an honorary geek and certainly not a full-fledged one, but this is just a game. My enjoyment of the game is not predicated on crushing the dreams -- however slightly -- of other people who play it. It just isn't.

And "*passive aggressive winkey*" slayed me.

100% Agreed.

No, I think it would be nice that everyone could get it.

Then more people would be happy with and have more incentive to support a game I enjoy.

And, sorry, but it's a largely crappy set. If it didn't have all that locked-in nonsense that keeps you from being able to even match one piece to another, it would be nice. But it does, so it isn't. Frankly, I'm embarrassed for the people who designed it. But I do like the wings.

That being said, it's always nice to have options. And it's better when everybody has the same options. And, yes, I've had the Celestial set for quite some time, myself. An exclusive window is more than enough reward for me. Other people having it means absolutely nothing to me except to be glad for them.