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I'm getting tired of these $10 costume packs. I could possibly understand ONE special $10 pack. But now there are 4, with more coming. I don't think people should have to pay $40 extra if they want to access costume pieces other than veteran ones. It just strikes me as majorly low and cheap.

[/ QUOTE ]Consider my situation:

Previously, I had about a game a month habit. That's $50 a month, if not two or three during big game release months. Now, because I play this game, I don't have that habit.

So, it's $45 dollars every three months.

I don't even have one of the latest consoles. Which, if I wasn't playing this game, I more than likely would have one.

So, an extra 10 dollars every few months, isn't going to kill me. Especially compared to what my spending habits were before City of Heroes/Villains. $10 is cheap.

Some fine capes, hoods, boots and assorted costume pieces here. Glad to see that it doesn't all have to be super glossy armor time. Looking forward to seeing what's up your sleeve next go around.

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My latest character concept is for a Brute golem, who's costumes are going to vary as he levels up based on different materials. His initial costume was going to be a "trash golem" composed of basically random junk.
The secondary is going to be /Shield, so the obvious choice there is the manhole cover, but I'm having a really hard time making a convincing 'this thing is a pile of walking junk' costume.
If anyone has any suggestions on various parts I'd really appreciate it!
Thanks!

[/ QUOTE ]Robotic Arm option that gives you just one robotic arm. Use Steampunk as that's the most grungy looking of the arm choices, then use something else for his other hand, or use Steampunk again, but color it differently than the arm/hand combo. Chains are good, there's at least one asymmetrical chain look for chests that I think would work fairly well for a character, like it's the only thing holding his torso together. I think there should be a chain in shoulder options, but I don't know if those are usable with the one robotic arm function, as it may clip with shoulder bits.

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Heck, do Males even get a Tops with Skin category, at all?

[/ QUOTE ]They don't, but they can add patterns to both bare chest types. So, male characters sorta get an Tops with Skin category. The difference being, as they're male characters, there's no concern for male nipplage showing or not showing. And yes, they suffer from the same issue with lighter colors and flesh tone shading that female characters do.

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I just wish they would rename Jump Kick so people who hadn't seen it wouldn't take it expected a normal jump kick.

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This, I would like. Call it something like "Spring Kick". I know that the first time I took Jump Kick it was completely different from what I was expecting.

[/ QUOTE ]This however, would be fine.

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Frankly, There's already and entire set of Martial Arts kicks.

I like Jump Kick because it's silly and cartoony.

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Yes, but that set is just kicks, and not much help if you just want to add one good-looking (or thematic) kick to a character using a more punchy/bashy/shooty/slashy powerset.

[/ QUOTE ]That's what the Fighting pool is for. Which, for my money, could be a nice place to just throw in a couple more hand to hand attacks, so if somebody wanted to have more ways to combat mano a mano, they could just use that to add in melee based attacks.

Y'know, if she's thanking like that, people probably should start talking about it.

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Geek Sugar seems to be saying that the boxed retail version of the Architect Edition will be released on March 12, but that conflicts with several other sites showing 4/14 for the box, so GS is no doubt mistaken.

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This link actually just mentions that Architect will be out on the 12th. I doubt that it'll be live this early, but perhaps open beta will start then?

[/ QUOTE ]Yeah, that does seem early considering it's not even in open beta yet. Also, awful specific, that's not normal, is it?

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Objective: King's Row and Galaxy City still appear to have had their level ranges swapped for the spawns from presents. Specifically, KR presents spawn under 5s, GC spawns level 9s. I bugged this last year, too. I don't understand why this hasn't been fixed.

[/ QUOTE ]I actually came in to point this out as well. I petitioned it same as last year, at least, I believe I petitioned it last year too.

But, you got here before me and pointed this out already. But, I think it wouldn't hurt to type it out again.

Galaxy City-- Winter horde spawning at levels 6-9 (May go up to 10, but I only opened a handful of them before deciding that my new lowbie wasn't going to be able to run away fast enough.)
Kings Row-- Winter horde spawning at levels 2-5(possibly 6, did not personally check enough to be certain)

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I don't believe halos should be auras at all. They either belong under hats (assuming you can fix the hair issue) or under Head Detail 1. Why should I get screwed out of using a regular aura when I finally do hit 30? I had my angel's 'heavenly aura' already picked out in my head and now I'll have to decide between that and a halo. Not fair. Put em under Head Detail 1 and you solve all the problems people seem to have with them.

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Same thing with the ear muffs. Why are they under Detail 1 and not hats? Having to choose one or the other I can't keep my ears warm and protect my eyes from the blinding snow at the same time. This is poor design IMO.

[/ QUOTE ]Or under Ears. Granted, the pointy eared folks would then be unable to use them, but considering it is intended to cover ears, folks with large pointy ears wouldn't really benefit quite as much from the covering that these things would provide.

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- Drop rate for Costume Salvage is really extremely low now. Intentional? Anticipate prices on those things skyrocketing after this event.


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I don't know how the drops compare to last year but they do seem to use the standard "streaky" random number generator that other parts of the game suffer from (like loot drops). I dual-boxed a bunch of doors earlier today and on one character I got 8 costume piece drops (3-2-3, 0 of the 4th) and on the other I got one drop and I got that near the end after my other character got 8.

[/ QUOTE ]I'll attest to a similar result.

Though, not dual boxing, I found that for one character it took nearly 2 hours to get 3 different pieces, a friend gave me the fourth. Whereas, with another character, I received all 4 within about half an hour.

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You all massively fail for not posting this idea yet (except Ex Libris)

Reporter MUST be one of the day job options.

Edit: Also, I don't think the Architect would work, at least not with the SG base as the location; as it stands, if you log out there, you are booted back out the main portal.

Now, NEXT to the base portal on the maps might work.

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Was thinking reporter as I was reading. Suggested location: next to a newsie.

[/ QUOTE ]Might be too close to the tram station though.
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As for my suggestion, could you open up some of the police stations in other parts of heroside? I noticed that the Skyway police station(behind Westbrush), which used to be open when you first introduced radio missions is closed now.

Also, Atlas and Galaxy both have police stations, of which I'm certain that the Galaxy one's door does not open, it's somewhere between BaB in there and the Kings Row entrance. Speaking of which, I'm no longer sure if you can enter the north end Kings Row police station. Pretty sure it was available at one point. Those are all the one's I can think of off the top of my head, but I wouldn't be surprised if a few of the other stations that don't have any policeband detectives are probably closed as well.

I wonder if part of this has to do with the Kings Row's and Skyway's PD stations being a part of the safeguard police station rescue mission.

15 people since '06?

How the heck do you keep this game so awesome?

Regardless of all that, if Gamezone has banner ads, it's really too bad, that my looking at that page won't net them any extra clicks on account of me having numerous adblock type features. Ha ha. Jokes on you.

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As someone with more Alts than common sense, I have high hopes for this update.

I'm sooo sick of Hollows... While the initial storyline and much about it is great, the fact is that its a real annoyance to have to go talk to David Wincott every time you hit 5th just to keep from having every contact you have send you to him. Thank you for doing something to help the alt-aholics.

---Mal

[/ QUOTE ]I've been using my once every 7 days drop mission to drop the go talk to Wincott since they implemented the drop mission feature.

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I have not been able to locate Sela Vermont on the live server, seems odd that you can't, but the wedding usher is plain to see.

So, will we be getting the wedding co-ordinator on live servers? Or is that just for test and only during the event?

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She's there now it's all live, shes in the same area as the usher and Liberty.

[/ QUOTE ]And apparently, I looked everywhere but to the left of the usher.... Thanks!

I have not been able to locate Sela Vermont on the live server, seems odd that you can't, but the wedding usher is plain to see.

So, will we be getting the wedding co-ordinator on live servers? Or is that just for test and only during the event?

I thought they said they were going to tone down Willpower.

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Current power sets that benefit from this upgrade include Assault Rifle, Mercenaries/Assault Rifle, Bow, Broadsword, Claws, Villain Claws, Dual Blades (see below), Katana, Ninja Blade, Mace, Robotics/Pulse Rifle, and Thugs/Dual Pistols.

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I am totally surprised and happy to see this option, However where is the Battle Axe.

Please tell me that this is just a textual oversight not a powerset oversight.


~MR

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will the weapon customization effect ninja katanas or bows?

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Yes, and this was actually a tricky combination to figure out. A Thugs/Trick Arrow Mastermind for example will be able to customize both their left and right hand pistol as well as their bow.

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I don't know (yet - it'll take a while to catch up on a monster thread like this) if this has been asked yet, but:
[*] Crossbows - yes or no?
[*] If crossbows are in, what about pistol-crossbows? (They really do exist, mind) ...?

[/ QUOTE ]The other thread says no. But, that's due to weapons that you use have to be able to use the same animations already made for that particular weapon.

And no, I don't know which post it was, or which dev said it. But, wait a day or so and it'll be indexed in the Dev posts.

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I have a feeling more dark elves will be invading both the Isles and Paragon City with the new Dual Blades. I for one think they look AWESOME.


[/ QUOTE ]To be fair, there's already plenty of dark elvish folks, as well as a handful of Dr'zzt clones, running around Paragon City and the Rogue Isles.

I think the blades look fine. Kinda glad they aren't knives, if for no other reason than it won't be a direct copy of what the redcaps use animation wise.

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Time travel will require phone booths next to a Circle K.

That is all.

[/ QUOTE ]Need to make Wyld Stallyns supergroup rising....

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Ya know, I may just be grasping at straws here, but the second article looks like they may be adding in a "breakout event" in Brickstown finally in Issue 11.

[/ QUOTE ]That'd be nice. I'd really like to see that. Maybe drop in one or two of the handful of safeguard bankjob mission villains trying to make their way out.

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Mayhems and Safeguards have the same fatal flaws

1: There is really no reason to do the same Mh/Sg more that once. The reward is 1 time, the mission is long making regular missions worth more XP, and the novelty dies quick.

[/ QUOTE ]Side mission badges. Not everybody cares, but there's a badge for doing a number of each type of side mission.

*sigh* I may be considered the kid complaining about not getting quizzes...

But, Rescue missions without ambushes kinda seem pointless. All the standard missions you get from contacts there is usually an ambush that comes charging for you within a fair amount of time of you rescuing the hostage. However, I have not had one ambush within the Rescue mission in all the time it's been on live servers.

Sure, there's a fair amount of ambushes pre-mission, but none inside the Rescue missions themselves once the rescue portion is underway.