Additional Character Slots Announcement
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13th_Stranger,
Posted on: 2008-04-15 07:36 in Developers' Corner
Very cool...Only...I wish we had more information on the VEATs...Lack of information makes Baby J-Man Cry.
Sweet! Free Slots! Veteran Slots! Purchasable Slots!
Now I don't have to mingle with the filthy players on those other servers... j/k 
Kudos to the Dev team for making this happen! Add this to the list we show people when they fuss that the "Devs never listen to the playerbase"! 
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1 free character slot will be granted retroactively on a yearly basis through the current Veteran Reward system. Every 12 months that a subscription is maintained will unlock an additional free character slot that the user can apply to the server of their choice. Thus, existing players will be eligible for up to 4 additional character slots at the launch of Issue 12. This will continue into the future for Veteran Rewards given out every 12 months, so you get another slot for 5 years, another one for 6 years, etc.
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Wait, this is like the first time ever I recall saying the devs should do something and they actually did it. I never made a big fuss about it and it was more like a chimed in comment about how it just made sense for them to give out one per year played.
So Posi, about bases and personal storage.... 
I love all of this. One question:
Why 36? Not that I object... just curious. Is it some internal limit or just a realistic/manageable number?
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I'm the kinda guy that if the devs handed out twenty dollar bills I'd complain about not getting four fives.
But this is absolutely brilliant. How can these guys be so much smarter than me? Nice job.
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3x the current number? Perhaps they figured that they'd be able to comfortably support that number on the new servers? <shrug>
EDIT: Jeebus Fire_Away. You've only got 9 posts. How is it that every time I post you end up on the same page as me in the last few days?!?
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As I read it, you get anywhere from 2 to 6 free slots when it goes live. It's not 2 per server, it's 2 free (but still 2 more than you had before). So if you get all 6, you can add one slot each to six different servers, or can add three each to two servers, or any combination you want.
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Sorry, but Posi said this:
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Thus, existing players will be eligible for up to 4 additional character slots at the launch of Issue 12.
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I'm seeing a lot of folks assuming that 2 free + 4 vet rewards = 6 slots total. But Posi's statement contradicts this. Can we get a clarification please, Positron?
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You need to take the statement in context. When Positron made that statement, it is in a bullet point discussing Veteran Rewards. So, through Veteran Rewards, a 4 year Vet will have 4 additional character slots. Outside the context of that statement, that 4 year vet will also receive the 2 free, so all told, they will have 6 free when this feature is implemented.
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I love you guys. *wipes tear*
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I love all of this. One question:
Why 36? Not that I object... just curious. Is it some internal limit or just a realistic/manageable number?
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There are current internal limits to the number of character slots. Sure, like anything else, we could change that with enough time, money and manpower, but the team felt 36 was a good initial offering and worked with the current architecture. Of course, there is still actual playtesting to be done with the systems that involve Optional Character Slots, so it's always possible that the total character slot amount could change (up or down).
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And with this, I am fulfilled. Been needing extra character slots for over 2 years now. Posi, your implementation schemes for the additional slots is excellent. Thank you so very much. 
Awesome!
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This thread is still way to positive.
For the love of all things holy, can someone please have a legitimate gripe about this?
How about getting angry about VEATS? Or maybe about powerset proliferation? Something? Anything??
PLEASE FOR MY SANITY I NEED MORE DOOM!
When things are this positive, karma is bound to come back and slap us with "Oh yeah, and we're also including ED 2.0 in Issue 12!" type of announcement.
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Well done, Devs. This is a great way of doing this all around. Five new slots for my home server (incuding vet rewards) and the option to buy later. It's better than I had hoped for.
Great job!
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This gets a big thumbs up in my book.
Just a side question, (and I'm sorry if it was answered elsewhere), but can we sort of hold onto these free slot allotments and use them sometime after i12 comes out?
Anyway, great work devs!
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You won't -get- them until I12 comes out? Or do you mean hold them indefinitely? (which I expect will be possible. It probably works something like the costume tokens, in so far as you use them when you want, rather than at the time, and simply renders the service free for the first however-many-free slots.
Dev confirmation on this would be neat, tho.
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I love you, Posi.
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I cant wait to see my alt-itis side kick in with this new feature. Thanks Posi
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I love you, Posi.
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I love Positron, Infinity server + 1!
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Sweetness!
Nice .. the best of Both Worlds .. some free ones to start for everyone, extras provided as Veteran Rewards, and the Real Alt Hounds (AKA Loonies :-))* can purchase even more slots.
Well played.
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I love this. This is exactly the sort of reward veterans should be given over things like new costume pieces that everyone should probably have access to.
Regardless, great news. Great feature.
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NCsoft NorCal Studios is pleased to announce the pricing and details for the coming Optional Additional Character Slot feature. As we previously announced, we heard the request for a system to allow more characters on a single server and this is our answer. City of Heroes is a unique game that offers many playstyle options; options that are growing in a large way due to Powerset Proliferation and the addition of the Villain Epic Archetypes in the next free expansion, Issue 12: Midnight Hour. To accommodate playing more characters on your favorite server, we will be including the following features in Issue 12:
<ul type="square">[*] All current subscribers will receive 2 free character slots, each of which can be used on the specific server of their choice. This is to help you make new characters to take advantage of the new features of Issue 12, even if you already have maxed out your home servers character slots.
[*] 1 free character slot will be granted retroactively on a yearly basis through the current Veteran Reward system. Every 12 months that a subscription is maintained will unlock an additional free character slot that the user can apply to the server of their choice. Thus, existing players will be eligible for up to 4 additional character slots at the launch of Issue 12. This will continue into the future for Veteran Rewards given out every 12 months, so you get another slot for 5 years, another one for 6 years, etc.
[*] Additional Optional Character Slots will be available on a purchasable basis. These are one-time fees, not an addition to your monthly subscription rate. The additional slots can be had at the following price points:
1 Optional Character Slot for a one-time fee of $5.99
2 Optional Character Slots for a one-time fee of $9.99
5 Optional Character Slots for a one-time fee of $19.99
[*] Players can have up to 36 slots per server, with an update to the character selection screen that lets you re-organize your character list by Drag and Drop, as well as easily flip between up to three pages of characters available on that server. All customers benefit from these great new User Interface features included with the revisions for Optional Character Slots.[/list]The above features are planned to be made available at the launch of Issue 12: Midnight Hour, which is currently in closed beta testing. Be sure to check out this feature, along with the rest of Issue 12 when we enter the open beta testing period that should be starting in several more weeks.
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This thread is still way to positive.
For the love of all things holy, can someone please have a legitimate gripe about this?
How about getting angry about VEATS? Or maybe about powerset proliferation? Something? Anything??
PLEASE FOR MY SANITY I NEED MORE DOOM!
When things are this positive, karma is bound to come back and slap us with "Oh yeah, and we're also including ED 2.0 in Issue 12!" type of announcement.
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Damit now theve got all thees extra slots, all the vet playrs r going 2 be rollig up 1000s of uberbroken psy blastrrs OMGWTF! Psyblastors were lredy gunna break this game, and no were gonna have 10000000s of thm filing up the extra slots n theill take up all the gud names like wulverine and phenux and we get nikel an dimed WTF! AND OMG DEVS HAET VILANS!!!!
How was that?
Jason Heavensrun
Swift : Freedom Server
http://www.bladeandepsilon.com/CheckmateStudios
Check out my first Architect Arc, "Bring Up the Sun", arc #339507, and let me know what you think!
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This thread is still way to positive.
For the love of all things holy, can someone please have a legitimate gripe about this?
How about getting angry about VEATS? Or maybe about powerset proliferation? Something? Anything??
PLEASE FOR MY SANITY I NEED MORE DOOM!
When things are this positive, karma is bound to come back and slap us with "Oh yeah, and we're also including ED 2.0 in Issue 12!" type of announcement.
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Damit now theve got all thees extra slots, all the vet playrs r going 2 be rollig up 1000s of uberbroken psy blastrrs OMGWTF! Psyblastors were lredy gunna break this game, and no were gonna have 10000000s of thm filing up the extra slots n theill take up all the gud names like wulverine and phenux and we get nikel an dimed WTF! AND OMG DEVS HAET VILANS!!!!
How was that?
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Well played, but it lacks in emotional connectivity.
Again... with feeling.
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Oh MY GOD! Do the devs even care about this game anymore? It is obvious that they have no intention of continuing to support or listen to there community and instead are driven to destroy the game by any means necessary.
They are nickle and diming us to death with micro-purchases and in-game ads that add nothing to the game at all.
WAKE UP PEOPLE!!! It is obvious that this is the first step in Server consolidation. Everybody will be moving over to Freedom, increasing there lag and leaving the rest of the game a ghost town.
And what will the Devs be doing with there ill-gotten gains? Watching Rome burn while playing the lute!!
Evil I tell ya....EVIL!
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HA! You had me going there for a bit, but I guess to paraphrase Moby: "You don't want [the Devs] to be like funny people who buy books... you want [them] to be evil people who make smoothies out of kittens."
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