Additional Character Slots Announcement
By
13th_Stranger,
Posted on: 2008-04-15 07:36 in Developers' Corner
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As I'll be getting 6 slots when this goes live, I've actually found no need to buy right now. 
But this is MOST DEFINITELY awesome. Great structure and implementation, and addresses big QoL concerns people had with the character selection/management screen.
With Issues 9-11, and with the teasers for 12, you've really impressed me as a long-time player with your continued dedication to the game's evolution and longetivity.
You make me want to stay. No higher compliment could be paid to a creative team than that. I'll say it again: Well done.
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coulnd't have said this better myself. Thank you CoX dev team. you guys have definatly earned all the praise you have been receiving lately.
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Sure, sounds good to me. Something like that.
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ya ya but you didnt comment on my half price move your characters bak to the servers with all your friends part 
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All current subscribers will receive 2 free character slots
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Could we have clarification on the word 'current'. I have friends seriously considering a return for I12. What date (roughly) do they actually need to have an active registration in order to get these two free slots? I would be very interested in the info as a potential recruiting (re-recruiting) tool.
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You should have a pretty good idea of when Issue 12 (and optional character slots) will go live by how the beta progresses. We are in closed beta and have more weeks of that to go, then weeks of open beta, then launch. That's as clear of a picture I can give at this juncture.
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That translate to the very very end of May if you're lucky or the early part of June.
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oh, uh, well, it's not a bad idea. But I don't know if NCNC would go for it... I guess I didn't comment on that because that's more about character transfer than about new slots.
Wavicle, Energy/Energy Blaster, dinged 50 in Issue 4, summer of 2005.
@Wavicle, mostly on the Justice server.
I was up for more slots, but individual to a certain server? If positron didnt just it i'd say it was a joke because this is ludicrous. As someone mentioned when your playing multiple servers already just how expensive this get. I really can't believe its like this instead of like 2 slots per server like the GVE edition was. I'd much prefer paying like 10 bucks for like 2 slots per server which is what the GVE editions rouh value turned out as or whatever. But PER server. This "select one" server stuff is crap. The couple free is just bait, thats only 2 slots, not 2 per server. If people saw past that enough and saw exactly how much your paying for each slot, especially to altoholics, its obsurd.
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What is there to remember?
You'd be notified of any and all information before renaming a toon and if for some chance you skipped reading IMPORTANT information and tried renaming your character for the 2nd time within the blackout period you would be told that it was not possible to rename said character until the 6 or 12 month period was up.
Remember, 6 months or 12 months is a suggestion, not an option. Personally, I'd make it 12 months, that would take care of ANY abuse. (This is just for the rename, not the character transfer).
The people that have the money and care to abuse the feature as it is will do so if they wanted to. I fail to see how a $5 to $10 dollar pricing is a more effective detterant then a pure LOCK-out from such a thing.
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- 68 Unique Characters / Fifteen Level 50s & Counting! Damn you alt-itis!!!!!!!
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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:[LIST][*] 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.
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Same could be said for my complaints, so I'm kind of being a hypocrite here, but they didn't have to give us ANY of this stuff.
The fact that you're getting two free character slots at all, plus a slot for each year you play at all AND then can BUY more is currently better then what we have.
Lets face it, a lot of us would rather play on more populated servers then get more character slots on a server that has less activity.
- Bow �o �he Reaper of Souls�
- 68 Unique Characters / Fifteen Level 50s & Counting! Damn you alt-itis!!!!!!!
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Same could be said for my complaints, so I'm kind of being a hypocrite here, but they didn't have to give us ANY of this stuff.
The fact that you're getting two free character slots at all, plus a slot for each year you play at all AND then can BUY more is currently better then what we have.
Lets face it, a lot of us would rather play on more populated servers then get more character slots on a server that has less activity.
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I'll throw in my kudoes as well. I really like the character slot idea and pretty much every way it was implemented (by both vet rewards and one-time purchases).
Malakim
-Playing since COH beta and still love the game!
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I am very surprised how people are complaining about not getting more free slots, and some going so far as to call the devs cheap or greedy...
This stuff is icing - we were never promised more slots. Furthermore, other MMOs charge a heck of a lot more than CoH does, and they don't even give you as many slots to being with.
If you already filled up your "home server" w/ 8 characters, (12 of you also have CoV), and you're unwilling to delete any of those characters, then it means that you've already invested a lot of time and effort in CoH/V, in which case these free slots are just what you need, and should you need more you can get them for a very reasonable price. It's not a matter of, "how dare they charge me for more slots", it's a matter of this being what the market will bare, and if you disagree w/ such charges, then demonstrate that by not using this feature. I'm not gonna ask to have your stuff, but I am just pointing out that if you need more than the 2 free slots you're getting, (barring vet status), then it's probably well worth the money for those extra slots.
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Lets face it, a lot of us would rather play on more populated servers then get more character slots on a server that has less activity.
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I agree. How about consolidating some of the servers so we actually have enough people on some of them to form groups. As a from the start (actually from Beta) player I remember the days of so many group invites that was annoyed at the constant pings. No I don't expect that in a game as aged as CoX but it would be nice to have a few other servers (besides the 2 biggies) where you could get regular groups.
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@MadGremlin
Thank you for this great add on to a great game. I am very happy with what you have announced and cant wait to get some new character slots...one question that i have is that i use game time cards and is there anyway to use those to purchase these slots or will i have to use a credit card? I have tried hard to keep my info like cc numbers offline and am just wondering how if any way i can work this out. Thanks again for a great add on and i am very pleased all the way around.
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Wow!! Thank you so much! The price is much cheaper than I'd expected and we get free slots to boot! You guys rock! Amazing news. ^.^
It's the simple things like this that make me love this game. All you guys on the team are so great.
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Lets face it, a lot of us would rather play on more populated servers then get more character slots on a server that has less activity.
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I agree. How about consolidating some of the servers so we actually have enough people on some of them to form groups. As a from the start (actually from Beta) player I remember the days of so many group invites that was annoyed at the constant pings. No I don't expect that in a game as aged as CoX but it would be nice to have a few other servers (besides the 2 biggies) where you could get regular groups.
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Consolidating the servers would be a bad idea; not only would you force players who don't want a lagfest into one, but how would you handle duplicate names? The devs aren't going to rewrite the entire naming system to allow for duplicates, and it isn't fair to force one player to have to change their name because the servers are being consolidated.
Ohhh big big thank yous for this. Some slots free and we can buy more ?? I think it's the perfect balance.
Of course my wife says you've foiled her plan !!! (I'd promised her I'd only buy 2 slots, but I'll get 4 free ones as well he he he).
woot! freebies! I'll be buying some extra slots too 
What part of phnglui mglw'nafl Cthulhu r'lyeh w'gah nagl fhtagn don't you understand?
*cough* RIP OFF *cough* why spend money on slots when there are many servers to play on and other games give MANY more slots for free? just my opinion.
@Canadian Canuck @Canadian Canuck2
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So....since you're answering all sorts of other questions Lighthouse, what about being able to transfer across accounts under the same master NC account with this? If you don't know, just an 'I don't know' would be nice so we know at least someone's reading the posts and know its a concern
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We're aware of the desire for cross account transfers. However I don't have any public statement on it, nor would I hazard a guess if or when or under what conditions it would be implemented.
Lighthouse
Community Relations Manager
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So....since you're answering all sorts of other questions Lighthouse, what about being able to transfer across accounts under the same master NC account with this? If you don't know, just an 'I don't know' would be nice so we know at least someone's reading the posts and know its a concern
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We're aware of the desire for cross account transfers. However I don't have any public statement on it, nor would I hazard a guess if or when or under what conditions it would be implemented.
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It would be cool to do.
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So....since you're answering all sorts of other questions Lighthouse, what about being able to transfer across accounts under the same master NC account with this? If you don't know, just an 'I don't know' would be nice so we know at least someone's reading the posts and know its a concern
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We're aware of the desire for cross account transfers. However I don't have any public statement on it, nor would I hazard a guess if or when or under what conditions it would be implemented.
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Well, wont you deliver my request for consideration???
Max Out Character Slots on 1 Server for 84.99$ ??
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Half price Character Return to your Home server??
Example: I moved Love Hysteria to Freedom so I would have more space on Virtue.. But now that I can have 36 slots on Virtue.. Cant I move her back for just 4.99$ ?
Awesome, Posi. Especially sweet that this is now part of Issue 12, instead of "soon after." Doubly especially sweet that some of the slots are for free, and some are on a vet reward basis. It's as if you implemented all of the best suggestions.
Nothing further to add. Couldn't be more satisfied.
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*cough* RIP OFF *cough* why spend money on slots when there are many servers to play on and other games give MANY more slots for free? just my opinion.
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name them.
Sure, sounds good to me. Something like that.
Wavicle, Energy/Energy Blaster, dinged 50 in Issue 4, summer of 2005.
@Wavicle, mostly on the Justice server.