Tricia

So...what would be the point of having them in the first place? If everyone has them, it's not a special reward.

There's *plenty* in the first year that's good. I don't think that veteran rewards that aren't *that* significant are going to be what causes people to leave.

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*shrug* Color me disappointed, but they certainly aren't in any way game-changing. Just fun bonuses.

[/ QUOTE ]I think that's the entire point.

For my Widow:

Base: 1.84
Stamina: 0.86
Numina: 0.18
Miracle: 0.26
Large Bonus: 0.04

Expected: 3.18
Actual: 3.10

hmmm. For my Widow:

Base: 1.84
Stamina: 0.86
Numina: 0.18
Miracle: 0.26
Large Bonus: 0.04

Expected: 3.18
Actual: 3.10


...very strange.

(edit: Sheesh. I wait a few to enter the post, and suddenly the post is off on a random tangent. But I guess it's only a little faster than usual, with this forum. )

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Especially since Lothic (last I checked) still not happy that the dves took the time to change the alakazamreact emote to bring up random objects when one the juggle emotes still don't work when hovering (even after it was pointed out that it BAB said it was fixed but got broken again).

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That was me...but in my defense:
1) I didn't know that the juggle emotes weren't working with flight at the time (technically, they were working, they were just being immediately interrupted by the flight idle animations)
2) It took about 10 minutes to copy the giant list of FX GEOs from Propel, and then remove the ones that were way too big
3) It made me giggle like a schoolgirl for a solid couple of hours.

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Go on BaB add a 1 in a 100 chance to randomly turn into Hamidon on that list, would be hilarious...

...or atleast a Hamidon Bud.

[/ QUOTE ]I don't want to get attacked by swarms of AE Babies. ;_;

Log out and back in, and it'll be fine.

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Dark Blast...ugh....pathetic damage and the self-heal isn't worth it (to me at least). Oh and then you have Dark Pit...weak...man I remember taking that power a LONG time ago (when I first started to play the game) and was playing on my Storm/Dark Defender. I got Dark Pit because, "hey it's a targetted AoE disorient!" My friend/teammate and I go to Perez Park (ah those were the days!) and get a few more people to join us and we just start killing mobs and I use Dark Pit and notice...wow...it hit maybe 2 out of the 10 mobs that I threw it at....oh and look the mobs have already 'snapped out of it' before Dark Pit recharged...Granted I didn't have any TOs/DOs in it but I hated that power ever since...it never seemed to get more than 4 mobs and didn't last more than like 5 seconds it seemed.

[/ QUOTE ]An AoE slotted with no accuracy, and not modified for Stun at all doesn't perform well...and that surprises you?

/screenshotui 1 turns the UI on in screenshots.

/screenshotui 0 will turn it off.

You got ripped off if you paid that much for a Miracle.

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Now to add a feature that everyone has been asking for... the tailor body option... to a booster pack... very bad idea.... leaves a bad taste in my mouth....

[/ QUOTE ]Sorry, it's not. It's *far* from a feature that everyone has been asking for. There are many people who won't use the feature at all.

And you know what? They won't buy the pack. That's exactly why it's in a booster. Those that want it, will buy it. Those that don't, won't.

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Height slider and model changing are not nearly as neglectable as the more convenient examples you've chosen.

[/ QUOTE ]They're even *more* trivial. Making your guy character into a girl isn't going to make you hit harder. Making yourself 8 feet tall isn't going to make you more powerful. It's completely, 100% cosmetic and fluff.

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A few money-grubbers, the most expensive MMOs, charge monthly and for major expansions.

[/ QUOTE ]Pretty much any successful MMO that's been around for more than a year or two puts out at least one expansion. Everquest, Everquest II, FFXI, WoW, Star Wars Galaxies, LotRO...the list could go on. And on. And on.

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(an industry topping $15/month)

[/ QUOTE ]You say that like $15 a month is uncommon. That's the price most MMOs are set at.

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and for major expansions

[/ QUOTE ]You mean the one paid expansion we've had, that is now part of the game as a whole? CoV was once completely optional, as will be Going Rogue. If you don't want to pay for it, you don't have to.

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and for minor expansions too.

[/ QUOTE ]...that are, once again, completely optional.

So we will soon have a completely optional major expansion, and a few completely optional minor expansions, with fees that are pretty much the same as other competiton, many of which have mandatory paid expansions.

And you also seem to have forgotten the 15, soon to be 16 minor expansions that are completely and 100% free to everyone (that subscribes to the game).

I'd say we're doing pretty well.

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... like changing auto turret to a mobile pet?

[/ QUOTE ]You mean like they did 2 or 3 issues ago?

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1.) See Power Customization
2.) MM pets aren't costume items
3.) See Power Customization

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See also i16 coming soon™.



[/ QUOTE ]...which we don't know anything about. Being able to make purple fire is not the same as complete pet customization.

That being said, while we may not get complete customization, having several different pets to choose from might be a nice touch. Or even different minions summoning randomly, like the Thugs do.

I want the Invasion zombies, dagnabit. *grumble*

...sheesh. I would be dead 2 minutes after I turned SS on.

Try "powexec_name Oil Slick Arrow" instead.

Since only one of the travel pools has a decent Tier 4, and the rest are just situationally useful...I don't see the problem with that.

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Also, not to sidetrack my own thread, but the current TP team from teleporation needs to go. It is ridiculous and really serves no purpose at all. It should definetly be replaced with the version you get as a Vet reward called Assemble the team that actually TPs any teamate on your map to your location.

Just had to throw that in there while I'm talking about the travel pools.

[/ QUOTE ]There is way too much potential fun with that power (with consenting teammates). Anyone who's joined an ITF with Smurphy will know what I mean...

That, and there are some legitimate uses for it, especially for MMs.

That being said, an *alternative* 4th power pick would be something I could get behind.

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Risk vs. Reward

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Too bad this metric is useless when it comes to Merits

Case in point Villain Merits vs Hero Merits.

[/ QUOTE ]Wah wah wah, devs hate villains...

Villains have shorter TFs and shorter arcs, so fewer merits. Is that *really* that hard to understand?

Considering you can't be automatically logged out in TF mode, people would just stay logged in for a week or more and just continue racking up merits.

Yes, that is correct.

however, a level 50 character with a full set of level 30 Pounding Slugfest will get better returns than the character with a full set of Level 20s.

Under your proposed system, they'd have the exact same. And the big question is...where would those numbers fall?

Giving a level 10 numbers for level 30 won't work...nor will giving a level 30 level 15 numbers. So...how would you suggest that would work?

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or are you talking about the set bonuses or enhancement numbers? i may be wrong, but i thought these were static and level has no bearing on them

[/ QUOTE ]Set bonuses are not affected by level. But enhancement bonus is *very much* affected by level.

Just like SOs, the higher the level, the more it gives you.

As long as it can be turned *off*...definitely agreed.

(Not that I wouldn't use it...but I think it would look awfully cluttery when *not* using it.)

It's...an interesting idea, but it's far too late to implement something like that. It would completely screw over a lot of peoples' slotting, especially builds that were designed to be exemp-friendly, and it would be needlessly confusing.

It would also kind of not work with the IOs that cap *before* 50...

So...yeah. Interesting idea, but needs a *lot* more polish to be viable for the current game.

You're welcome. Just ask if you have any more questions!