TrueGentleman

My billing date is the 1st, so this would be perfect timing - if the billing department had their database working correctly. Since it's evidently still not, there's little expectation that those affected will get their paid-for-in-advance VIP points in time.

If we could get receive regular official updates, say, semi-monthly, about how fixing the billing cycle-points desynchronization is progressing, that would go a long to reassuring affected players.

And if this could be done in time for those of us whose billing date is the 1st of the month so we don't miss out on the extended Black Friday sale, that would be swell.

All in all, something nice for Paragon Studios going into the holiday season.

It's generous of Paragon Studios to consider player stipend cycles when picking start and end dates for sales. That goes some distance to reassure VIPers that they are, well, VIPs.

May we ask how the billing department is progressing with fixing stipend distribution for players whose billing cycle begins in the first third of the month? Unfortunately, all players with the 1st for their billing date are in an uncertain position about receiving their paid-for-in-advance VIP points.

Thank you for your attention.

Pocket D is going to get a whole new class of harlot for the ERP crowd...

Did females get the Baron Jacket?

It's not a problem if certain costume pieces don't have an equivalent for the opposite sex because they'd look ridiculous, but there's no reason why perfectly serviceable items are restricted.

Also, the trend in female CoH costumes seems to be mirroring the "sexy" one in real-world Halloween costumes. Please, art department, stop going for the LCD gaming demographic. We know you are capable of far better.

On one hand, that's great. Here's hoping it's an indication of the sale's popularity.

On the other, it's not so hot since the likelihood of getting monthly points on time on the first is slim at best.

Read H. G. Wells's short story "The Sea Raiders" if you want to get an idea of how it will go down.

Hmn. The cache still works for my browser, but here's the article I was hot-linking to.

(It's not like Marvel isn't making a full-court press release out of this.)

Glad you were amused. After seeing that artwork, I couldn't stop thinking about it until I wrote it out.

One of the producers was responsible for the recent Green Lantern movie flop, the cancelled No Ordinary Family, and ... Dawson's Creek, so count me among the latter.

/signed

At the very least, just throw together some multiple choice questions on a web page, and we'll happily tick off the boxes.

One great advantage that the Internet affords is the facility with which data can be gathered. (Extrapolating from the aggregate isn't any easier, though.)

The several sketches that were done on the overhead only whetted my appetite. They should be at the top of the list for X-mastime store sales.

Please - and let's not wait until the Moonbase for retro sci-fi. (I may be alone in wanting the "fat suit" blazer that the NPCs wear to expand their girth.)

This is a perennial suggestion, but surely the popularity of the brain-in-a-jar helmet from Halloween should prioritize it?

The devs should be thankful the audience didn't start throwing rotten fruit after this announcement.

It truly is the worst idea we've seen in the history of CoH. Should it go live, it will mark a more significant change in Paragon Studios' attitude towards its playerbase than CoH Freedom's launch of a F2P-MTX business model.

Randomization of available items on the Paragon Market is such a jaw-droppingly bad idea I'm still trying to comprehend how the devs thought it would be acceptable to the playerbase. I'll post later about the psychology behind the lottery syndrome and the problems it presents in gaming.