Triplash

Okay, I only found out about the game itself in 2009. These were well before my time, I had no idea they existed.

Thanks for bringing this up! These are hilarious!

Congrats to the winners! And to the host for getting some great group outfits too

Lets you trade in cards you don't use to get the costumes and rares, or other cards you like better.

The idea I had was to create a vendor and a new function in the character item window, which together would let you turn the super pack cards you don't use into things that you do want. Selected entries in the Character Items list (specifically, all the items you can get in Super Packs * ) would have a new "Trade" button available. Using it removes the item from your list, but rather than getting the item itself you gain its value in a special salvage called "Super Cards".

( * Except for Catalysts, since they can drop in-game. They could lose too many potential sales due to people farming Catalysts to get all the high-end rewards.)

Super Cards by themselves are untradable, but you can use them at the "Card Collector" vendor to purchase certain items. Their list includes:
- Consumables from Super Packs (maybe other consumables as well)
- Costume pieces and rare prizes from Super Packs
- Retired Tier 9 VIP costume pieces (possibly other retired items as well)
- Holiday-exclusive powers, costume pieces, emotes, etc (thus making them available year round, although at a considerably higher price)
- Brand new powers or costume pieces exclusive to the Card Collector

Of course there has to be a price paid for convenience, so the conversion rate would be adjusted to reflect that. Meaning you would have to Trade in, say, three Common cards' worth of items to get one Common card's worth in return. For example, Trading in one charge of Restore gets you one Super Card, and it would take three Super Cards to purchase a Dual Inspiration.

One hitch I thought of was that many of these items can be bought on the market directly. But then I realized, so what? That still leads to the same end result... players spending money in the market. The key point here is that players can only get Super Cards through things they have spent actual money on, whether that's Super Packs or direct purchases. Even the bonuses from assigning Reward Tokens are (1) very limited in number, and (2) the direct result of spending money.

What this would allow is:
- Greater versatility in the rewards that players get from spending their money, particularly considering what many call the "gambling" nature of super packs
- A reliable and permanent means of getting certain items that are otherwise frustrating or impossible to obtain
- A way to help players feel like they are getting better value from the purchases they make, regardless of which reward types they prefer
- Players may become more willing to buy bundles of items, knowing that "leftovers" will no longer go to waste. Rather than sit unclaimed in their inbox for months, they can be turned in for things the player can and would use regularly

This is a cool way to hold a contest, first time I've seen it. I like it! Hope my entry's not too late... for some reason I kept remembering the deadline as the 29th. Good thing I checked again tonight

So here's my entries:





In fact looking at it now, I think it would look better without the Tri-top on the helmet. Anyway though, I hope you end up with a uniform you're happy with - and you probably will, these entries are pretty cool

Waaaaaiiittt a minute. Everything I can find says Offense Amplifiers grant a 10% ToHit bonus. Not Accuracy; ToHit. If that's true... *looks at the upcoming Snipe changes with a small grin*

Bayou Set

Hat: similar to the duster with a ring of gator teeth tied around the bowl; Option 1: shaved head showing stubble; Option 2: mullet
Hair: Option 1: shaved head showing stubble; Option 2: mullet
Face Detail: Option 1: Horizontal "scrape" scar across cheek; Option 2: Vertical "slash" scar from eyebrow to jaw
Shoulders: rope or bandana tied around the biceps
Chest: Muscle shirt (same shape as current Tank Top, but textured instead of painted on)
Chest Detail: Option 1: Necklace of gator teeth; Option 2: Bandana hanging around neck
Gloves: bare forearms and hands, with leather wristband (left/right/both)
Jacket / Sleeveless Jacket: Snakeskin
Belt: Leather / Snakeskin (Option 1: snake head; Option 2: no buckle)
Pants: worn-out jeans; Option 1: ripped or worn bare above the knees; Option 2: bandana wrapped around one thigh; Female-only Option 3: Daisy Dukes
Boots: Leather / Snakeskin cowboy boots (solid, not patterned like the existing set, and more tight-fitting than oversized)

Yeah, I was standing in the train station in Kings yesterday... just talking to someone, not on a team or league or anything... and I get the Nemesis Plot badge popup. There may have been a GM close by, I have no idea, I hadn't even left the train station after logging in. But I definitely was not even remotely partaking in the event yet.

Not that I'm complaining, now... just saying it might actually be distance related or zone-wide.

First time I heard of City of Heroes? One of the longtime players here (dunno if he'd want me dropping his name, so I won't) used to make mods for another game I played, and I started reading his blog. One day he mentioned an MMO where you get to play superhero type characters. I was like *jaw drop* seriously?!? Now this I gotta check out. Two days into the trial I subscribed, and I've been here just over three years now... guess I owe that dude a coke. Thanks for the heads up on it man!

And Paragon? Happy eighth you crazy kids!

/e throwconfetti
/e fireworksbloom

How about if the choices of what pets you could summon were picked from the list of gladiators that character had unlocked? There have been a few ideas over the years as to what more could be done with those guys besides just arena fights. Two birds with one stone, kinda deal.