Your Favorite Veteran Rewards?
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Acemace,
Posted on: 2009-06-03 05:55 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
900 month? Exactly how many 80+ year olds do you think are going to be playing?
I can see the BRB messages right now.
*BRB! Teeth popped out!*
*BRB! Just filled my Depends!*
*BRB! Stroke!*
*BRB! A skeleton with a scythe just showed up on my doorstep!*
"Guys! I vote we just go on without him!"
"You were away for three hours!"
"I hadda go to the bathroom!"
"How far away is your bathroom?"
"About 10 feet."
"And it took you three hours?"
"I'm 85!"
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1. wings
2. samurai armor
3. tech sleek armor
4. the buffing pets
5. base teleporter
the weapons are nice, but they kind of feel unbalancing, particularly when now i could have 3 of them.
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900 month? Exactly how many 80+ year olds do you think are going to be playing?
I can see the BRB messages right now.
*BRB! Teeth popped out!*
*BRB! Just filled my Depends!*
*BRB! Stroke!*
*BRB! A skeleton with a scythe just showed up on my doorstep!*
"Guys! I vote we just go on without him!"
"You were away for three hours!"
"I hadda go to the bathroom!"
"How far away is your bathroom?"
"About 10 feet."
"And it took you three hours?"
"I'm 85!"
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Bwa ha ha haaa... Love it..
As far as who will be around by then... I don't know about you but I'm leaving my account to my son in my will.
My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw
I probably get the most use out of the Base Teleporter.
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The only problem with defeating the Tsoo is that an hour later, you want to defeat them again!
"Life is just better boosted!" -- LadyMage
"I'm a big believer in Personal Force Field on a blaster. ... It's your happy place." -- Fulmens
The Next One I haven't recieved yet.
Suggestion: We should have vet rewards every 3 days.
1. Base teleporter- very nice addition that comes in handy on Task Forces
2. Free costumes - I can't recall the last time I PAID for an outift
3. Black Wand/Nemesis Staff - always nice to have an extra ranged attack and even comes in handy for pulling.
4. Undead Slaying Ax- don't take it often but have a few characters it fits with and it is an excellent attack
5. Respec - I don't use these often since I use Midi to design my builds in advance but they have come in handy a few times when I decided to go in another direction. I do Respec Trials for Merits and the badge .. not to respec my characters LOL
6. Team Teleport - I will hit 42 months in a week and am looking forward to adding this to all my characters.
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1. Sands of Mu. At low levels this is the only thing that makes them playable. I weep for new players who dont have it.
2. Nem staff/wand. Same as sands, but longer vet time to get.
3. Respecs. You can never have too many respecs.
4. Championship belt. It lets everyone who wants to fight you know whos the champ. Suckas.
1. Blackwand/Nemisis staff
2. Sands of Mu / Ghost-slaying Axe
3. Base porter.
4. travel at 6 will likely go here. Maybe at #3. Just got 60 month, and haven't actually used it yet.
5. costume bits
6. tailor tickets
7. Team port
8. Base bits
9. other
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1. Sands of Mu. At low levels this is the only thing that makes them playable. I weep for new players who dont have it.
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Interesting, because when I make a new character, a lot of times I don't activate the vet attacks in order to give myself some more challenge. Dumb yeah, but works for me.
1. Kilts
2. Nemesis Staff. What? I like the knock back.
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1. Sands of Mu. At low levels this is the only thing that makes them playable. I weep for new players who dont have it.
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Interesting, because when I make a new character, a lot of times I don't activate the vet attacks in order to give myself some more challenge. Dumb yeah, but works for me.
1. Kilts
2. Nemesis Staff. What? I like the knock back.
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But do you actually own a kilt in real life? I wonder how many people who make kilt-wearing heroes actually own a kilt, and if so, actually wear it.
Great avatar, by the way. I'm an old fan from the late '70's (which, sadly, shows my age). It's hard to believe I've been seeing them in concert for 30 years now.
Arc ID#30821, A Clean Break
The only problem with defeating the Tsoo is that an hour later, you want to defeat them again!
"Life is just better boosted!" -- LadyMage
"I'm a big believer in Personal Force Field on a blaster. ... It's your happy place." -- Fulmens
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1. Sands of Mu. At low levels this is the only thing that makes them playable. I weep for new players who dont have it.
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Interesting, because when I make a new character, a lot of times I don't activate the vet attacks in order to give myself some more challenge. Dumb yeah, but works for me.
1. Kilts
2. Nemesis Staff. What? I like the knock back.
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But do you actually own a kilt in real life? I wonder how many people who make kilt-wearing heroes actually own a kilt, and if so, actually wear it.
Great avatar, by the way. I'm an old fan from the late '70's (which, sadly, shows my age). It's hard to believe I've been seeing them in concert for 30 years now.
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Yup, own a kilt and I do wear it. Not one of those shorties either, 6yds (or is it 5?) of Endinburgh tartan.
30 years huh? Got me beat by a little, first show I saw was Grace under Pressure. Even turned the wife into a fan, she now goes with me to Toronto to see them. Man I love Canadian fans.
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900 month? Exactly how many 80+ year olds do you think are going to be playing?
I can see the BRB messages right now.
*BRB! Teeth popped out!*
*BRB! Just filled my Depends!*
*BRB! Stroke!*
*BRB! A skeleton with a scythe just showed up on my doorstep!*
"Guys! I vote we just go on without him!"
"You were away for three hours!"
"I hadda go to the bathroom!"
"How far away is your bathroom?"
"About 10 feet."
"And it took you three hours?"
"I'm 85!"
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This is the worst kind of discrimination: age-ism!!!! I am well over 85 and fully enjoy CoX. So does my father! None of your stupid jokes slows us down (although admittedly, sometimes arthrities in the fingers makes it difficult to hit the Heal Other button when its desperately needed.)
In fact, the only one of us that age has really put a crimp in his playing style is my grandfather, god bless him, who thinks all the toons are pictures of his great, great grandchildren.
So leave us old-timers alone. Our money is as good as yours. (Even better, actually, since it doesn't look like the Monopoly money that everyone uses these days, by crackey!)
Oh, and one other thing ... 
Wicked_Wendy wrote:
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Respec - I don't use these often since I use Midi to design my builds in advance
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What type of Midi? Guitar? Keyboard? Drum machine?
--NT
They all laughed at me when I said I wanted to be a comedian.
But I showed them, and nobody's laughing at me now!
If I became a red name, I would be all "and what would you mere mortals like to entertain me with today, mu hu ha ha ha!" ~Arcanaville
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900 month? Exactly how many 80+ year olds do you think are going to be playing?
I can see the BRB messages right now.
*BRB! Teeth popped out!*
*BRB! Just filled my Depends!*
*BRB! Stroke!*
*BRB! A skeleton with a scythe just showed up on my doorstep!*
"Guys! I vote we just go on without him!"
"You were away for three hours!"
"I hadda go to the bathroom!"
"How far away is your bathroom?"
"About 10 feet."
"And it took you three hours?"
"I'm 85!"
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I should be over 90% machine by that point, so I think I'll be ok.
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1. Sands of Mu. At low levels this is the only thing that makes them playable. I weep for new players who dont have it.
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Interesting, because when I make a new character, a lot of times I don't activate the vet attacks in order to give myself some more challenge. Dumb yeah, but works for me.
[/ QUOTE ]not really, im the same way, it kind of keeps me grounded, i cant really say if i like a powerset or not if i start with a cone high damage, a ranged high damage modified by origin, and either another ranged or a neat looking weapon. yeah they drink end, but vurses skulls and damned...not even a challenge.
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I'm only 6 months in. I do like my trenchcoats.
...but every time I see someone with the little Mekman pet I get jealous. It's just too cute
Black Wand. It makes me feel like Saruman!
"You have elected the way of pain!"
*Zaps Longbow Nullifier*
15mths in.
Extra character slots
The vet attacks, only the axe/sands but darn it makes it easier
Respecs
I don't suffer from altitis, I enjoy every minute of it.
Thank you Devs & Community people for a great game.
So sad to be ending ):
9-month vet.
Disco pattern bottoms. They're still too long for me to get the proper thighhighs-with-miniskirt look, but at this point I'm just glad to get any stockings that aren't fishnets. 
1. trenchcoats
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1) The vet reward where the "mandatory" missions to talk to the Field Analysts, Sam Wincott, Jim Temblor, Gordon Bower, and the PvP zone contacts are optional instead.
Okay, that one isn't a vet reward... but I really wish it were. I get so irritated having to run a bunch of 'errands' when I get a contact in a new level range before they give me a real mission. I know those folks are there at this point and what they do and can talk to them if I want to do their arcs. Please just let me get on with the contact I'm talking to. It gives me the impression they really don't want my help 
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I could not agree more about this. It drives me crazy telling my team that I will be bouncing around for half an hour before I can get a mission we can do once we transition from doing the 2nd jetpack mission to the mission arc that has the Spelunker - Save the Fortune Teller mission.
I usually grab a Steel Canyon radio mission for them to do without me while I run all over town talking to a Field Analyst (I am already above heroic, so I get the point already.), visit Wincott, and go talk to a PVP zone person. Maybe if I got a half a level's ExP and 10 merits for doing each talk-to mission I would not whine quite as much.
Two other vet reward questions:
Why can't we have Prestige Power Slide from the CoH DVD edition added? I can't find any unused copies of that edition for my other three accounts.
Would it be possible to make all accounts paid with one credit card have the same number of months as the highest one on the card? I bought my 2nd account a year after the first one, then added another every year until I got to four accounts. I'd love to have all of the goodies on most of the accounts. I understand that that may not be in the spirit of things, but it would be greatly appreciated.
Generally speaking, I like having extra damage powers so that I can have some chance of having one of my empathy defenders soloing a mission without dying an average of five times. The blasters and other damage types dont use it as often, but it is a lifesaver for characters that are built to be party buffers, as when they solo, most of the buffs they have cannot be cast so they affect themselves. I do understand that the alternate build is great for this, but most of my characters are in SG mode most of the time, and the defenders are in it all the time to earn the healing badges for the SG, so they never have much in the way of influence.
Strong Likes:
Temporary Power: CHOICE: Permanent Ghost Slaying Axe or Permanent Sands of Mu, Sprints, Base Items. - 12 Month - OMG, Great!
Power: CHOICE: Permanent Nemesis Staff or Permanent Blackwand, Respec given to all characters on account - 33 Month Definitely handy. A ranged power and a Respec. Who could ask for more (OK, plenty of you can ask for the bloody moon, silly me.)
Bonus Power: Assemble the Team Teleport Power 42 Month Very Useful.
Summon Pet Power And they give bonuses to self and team. (They still do give team bonuses, right?). - 48 Month Very nice power, very nice for a 4 year anniversary.
1 power from the following - (Ghost Slaying Axe, Sands of Mu, Nemesis Staff, and Blackwand) 54 Month Great. Can always use another damage power. Especially range for my defenders.
One additional Character Slot, 5 Reward Merits, Access to the following Power Pools at level 6, and can access Tier 1, 2, or 3 powers Flight, Superspeed, Teleport, Superleap Level 60 This is Golden! I cant wait until mid August to get it. I will have a lot of characters to respec!
Nice:
Costume Piece: Trenchcoats - 3 Month - I use this a lot.
Costume Piece: Belly Shirt for Females, Scottish Kilts for Males, Respec given to all characters on account - 9 Month. The respec is very nice, and the belly shirt has come in handy a few times.
Costume Piece: Angelic Wings, Demon Wings - 15 Month. Kinda nice, but IO wings kind of overwhelmed them.
Costume Piece: Shoulder Cape, Respec given to all characters on account - 21 Month - Starting with some kind of cape is nice and the respec is very helpful.
Prestige Power: Emergency Base Teleporter (long recharge item that teleports you to your Base) - 24 Month - I like any kind of travel type power. I would have expected something flashier for the 2 year anniversary power though.
Base Item: Arachnos Flyer (Villains), Longbow Chaser (Heroes), Power (Choice): Demon Pet, Clockwork Pet, Red Cap Pet, Rikti Monkey Pet, Robot Pet - 36 Month It would have been nice to have a larger variety of pets.
Respec given to all characters on account 45 Month A respec is always nice, but maybe something else could be thrown in the pot?
Kind of Weak:
Costume Piece: Greek Alphabet Chest Emblems 6 Month - Never used it. Should be grouped with something else?
Costume Piece: Samurai Armor - 18 Month. Something other than a costume change token should have been bundled.
Costume Piece: Anime-style tech armor - 27 Month. - Another case where something more useful could have been addded in. 1% Regen bonus always on maybe?
Costume Piece: Signature Group Chest Emblem , Base Items 30 Month Less weak than some of the others here, but still not my favorites.
Costume Pieces: Boxing Set 39 Month This has to be the weakest of the weak, in my opinion.
City of Villains Pre-Order helmets 51 month millstone (No spelling error here). This is almost, if not as bad, as the boxing set.
50% discount on all tailor sessions - 57 month. With all of the free costume tokens one should have by now, I cant see this being very useful. Not only the free ones from Vet rewards, but the ones from every issue per character slot a character has open. If a Level 50 doesnt have 12 spare tokens by then, it probably means he or she was in too many farms.
To all of the weakest links here, something could be added to spice them up a little bit. Throw in a 1% recovery bonus or a 1% recharge speed in or something like that if you are thinking of a costume only milestone.
Steve Dallas
The $6,000 Man
(Built from salvage and crud found in Crey garbage cans.)
I love the veteran attacks (Sands, Staff/Wand, and on more combat-ready ATs, the Axe). I also love the teleports and the Buff Pet. The latter not so much for the modest buff itself, but because when facing multiple enemies, one will invariably waste time attacking it. Useful!
I have the level 6 travel powers now...and I just got a new character to 6! Unfortunately, I still didn't take one of them...because it's a Rad/ defender and Enervating Field comes at that level, but still!
Not as important to me (but still cool) are the respecs and costume tokens...
"And in this moment, I will not run.
It is my place to stand.
We few shall carry hope
Within our bloodied hands."