A very special love ($$$ for stuff we want) letter for the Devs.

Dear Devs,

$ talk so let us talk stuff for $.

Thanks



Dear Community,

No blah blah blah here ok. Just simply write down what stuff you want, a short explanation if needed and assign a $ value you would pay for it.
If you want to expand on an idea please go ahead but no stupid flaming.

Thanks



RESPEC

Traditional Respec is currently $10

*Traditional Respec + Secondary Set Respec $15

*Traditional Respec + Secondary Set Respec + Primary Set Respec + Origin $20

*Tank stays a Tank, Stalker stays Stalker... and so on.



SHADOW SHARD EXPANSION PACK

*Huge AIONesque Abyssesque Shadow Shard PvPvE mini-game zone linked through the Shadow Shard.

*No I13 junk rules like DR, HD, TS, Mez Res only, removal of -Max Run Speed...

*Greatly* increased Purple drop rate from PvE critters and PvP IOs from players.

$30

***Villains are given their own separate unique Shadow Shard with TFs included- FREE game udate***



*OFFICIAL* OFFLINE CHARACTER BUILDER (with updates)
$15

Monthly fee: acceptable.

Everything else: $0.0

Pay for increased drop rates? What, you can't farm fast enough?


*sniff* The air around here has a trollish taint to it.

I'll pay anything to get Metal Armor/Metal Melee into this game! $600 every month for the next 30 years if I must!

I'd pay $.55 to prevent all caps for forum names. Wait, $.65.

I would pay for more content. Always.

I would never pay for crippling the shard with any kind of PVP.

I've gotten all the extra stuff so far, so even though I only ever use like 10% of it, I'd still get anything CoH related

You know, it's never really wise to preface a suggestion with "please don't flame me if you think my idea is dumb". It gives the impression that you realize on at least some level that the idea is dumb, in which case you've wasted everyone's time (including your own).

Anyway I agree with basically 0% of what you've proposed. The micro-transactions we already have are iffy for me, tying in stuff that has a significant effect on actual gameplay (no, Mystical Fortune and Self-Destruct don't count) to real money would be disastrous. Expanding respecs to change your powersets would also not work for so many reasons that have been rehashed ad infinitum on these very forums. I would definitely like to see the Shard revamped in some way, but not in a paid expansion. As for an official offline character builder, there's no reason for it. We have Mid's. It's updated pretty quickly; maybe not on day 1 of a new issue, but what makes you so sure you'd get that with an official builder? I doubt it would be very high priority for the devs, as it would drain resources from the actual game.

For some reason you don't want any criticism of your ideas (going back to my first point in this post), but even if this were in the right subforum (it's not, you want Suggestions), this is the Discussion forum. Simply discussing what we perceive to be the flaws in your ideas does not equate to flaming.

The only suggestion in the OP that I think would be even a remotely good idea would be a Paragon Studios-supported build planner. Of course, in order for me to prefer it more than Mids' enough to pay for it, I would have to be free from any sort of bugs, ever; possibly also devising some sort of interface better than Mids'.

Even saving/loading builds into from and to the actual game wouldn't be enough, because shortly after the program was released, Mids' would start supporting/using that file format.

That's the thing though, I can't really think of any significant problem that Mids' even has. A few bugs and oddities, sure, but that's software for you. The interface is pretty easy to work with. Besides, this tends to be the sort of thing that is better handled by the community. It's low priority, yet it's a relatively simple enough project (and I don't wish to diminish the work of Mids, St0n3y, Steiner, or anyone else) that can be handled by a player with a sufficiently intimate knowledge of the game as well as programming ability.

I'd swear I posted in here.
Looks like Mod08 did a little clean up.

Ah well.

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Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

Turning the Shard into a PvP zone will keep even more people from going there. With how large it is, the only fights that would ever happen would be near the bases. Turning it into a co-op zone would be a much better idea. It would just need some new contacts/missions and a villains portal. People can still use the arena if they want to PvP while there.

DEAR DEVS,

I AM MAKING THIS CONTACT WITH PROFOUND INTEREST, HAVING CONSIDERED YOU HIGHLY REPUTABLE AND CAPABLE OF ASSISTANCE TO MY UNDERSTATED BUSINESS PROPOSAL AFTER GOING THROUGH A BRIEF PROFILE OF YOUR COMPANY HERE IN THE ARACHNOS INTERNATIONAL TRADE AFFAIRS COMMISSION.

I AM LORD DARKITY DARKDARK VON DARKINGTON THE III FROM THE ARACHNOS REPUBLIC OF CONGO ZAIRE, SON OF LATE LAURENT EMO DARKITY DARKDARK VON DARKINGTON THE II, THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES ARACHNOS REPUBLIC OF CONGO ZAIRE. PRESENTLY TAKING REFUGE HERE IN PRAETORIA AFTER THE SUDDEN DEMISE OF MY FATHER, FOLLOWING HIS ASSASINATION BY HIS PERSONAL BODY GUARD ON THE 16TH JANUARY 2001. I REFER YOU TO THE PARAGON TIMES COVER STORY OF THE 12TH OF FEBRUARY.

ON TRUST AND IN UTMOST CONFIDENCE, I AM ESTABLISHING THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU IN BENEVOLENT SPIRIT AS TO ENHANCE IMMEDIATE RESOLUTION TO AN OPPORTUNITY RIGHTLY AT HAND. IN A CLOSE DOOR MEETING HELD WITH MY FATHER BEFORE HIS SUDDEN DEATH, HE DISCLOSED TO ME CERTAIN FACTS AND SECRETS ABOUT HIMSELF AND THAT OF MY STEP-BROTHER GENERAL GREY VON ALMOSTASDARKITYDARK DARK VON DARKINGTON the III 1/2 (I MEAN THE PRESENT PRESIDENT OF MY COUNTRY). CERTAIN DOCUMENTS WAS GIVEN TO ME THAT DAY BY MY FATHER REGARDING 1000KG OF TECH SALVAGE WHICH HE DEPOSITED IN A PRIVATE VAULT OF A SECURITY FIRM HERE IN ARACHNOS REPUBLIC. IN ADDITION, $168 MILLION INFLUENCE DOLLARS CASH IN TWO TRUNK BOXES ALSO IN THE VAULT. THE $168 MILLION INFLUENCE WAS TO BE USED TO WORK ON LEADERS OF THE SHADOW SHARD COMMUNITY, ENHANCING HIS FULL SUPPORT IN POWER. BUT THIS AIM WAS NOT ACHIEVED BEFORE HIS DEATH.

THE ISSUE OF THIS INFLUENCE AND THE SALVAGE HAS BEEN A SECRET BETWEEN MY FATHER AND I UNTILL HE DIED. THEREFORE, I AM TAKING THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENRICH AND EQUIP MYSELF TO FACE MY SECRET AMBITION. AS NOBODY CAN CONVINCE ME THAT MY STEP-BROTHER (GREY) IS NOT BEHIND THE DEATH OF MY FATHER.

I HAVE SINCE BEEN IN THIS TOWN IN PURSUANCE OF THE CLEARANCE OF THIS CONSIGNMENT AND I AM SO FAR ABLE TO CLEARIFY/CERTIFY ALL PAPERS WITH THE SECURITY COMPANY (WHERE THE CONSIGNMENT IS BEING KEPT IN A PRIVATE VAULT). I HAVE INSPECTED THE BOX BUT COULD NOT OPEN IT DUE TO SECURITY REASONS. BECAUSE MY FATHER DID NOT DECLARE THE CONTENT AS MONEY BUT PERSONAL EFFECTS.

ALL I NEED NOW IS A RELIABLE FOREIGN PARTNER WITH WHOM I CAN CLEAR AND TRANSFER THIS MONEY ABROAD. I HAVE AGREED TO GIVE A REASONABLE PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF THIS CONSIGNMENT AS YOUR SHARE. YOU MAY ASK IF I DON'T HAVE INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS TO ASSIST ME ON THIS ISSUE. THE ANSWER IS YES, BUT I HAVE AN AMBITION RIGHT NOW AND WANT TO LIVE IN DISGUISE UNTILL MY AMBITION IS FULFILLED.

I EXPECT YOUR KIND URGENT RESPONSE BY PHONE OR EMAIL: iam@notfreakshowscammer.org OR 1-444-867-5309 TO ENABLE ME FURNISH YOU WITH MORE DETAILS ON THIS BUSINESS.

THANKS IN ANTICIPATION.

SINCERELY,
LORD DARKITY DARKDARK VON DARKINGTON THE III

NB: I SHALL COUNT ON YOUR INDULGENCE TO PLEASE KEEP THIS INFORMATION VERY SECRET & CONFIDENTIAL. AND PLEASE, YOU SHOULD HENCEFORTH ADDRESS ME AS MR. NOTPOSITRON. THAT IS THE NAME I AM NOW USING FOR SECURITY REASONS.

O.O

That was... Wow!

The original poster's name alone told me what to expect. Despite that i clicked in the hopes that my expectations would be confounded and it would be interesting or at least different from what i expected. Well, it was a bit different, but it wasn't very interesting. Still, i'm impressed. i had much lower expectations than what i found.

i guess O_I decided to drop most of the semi-literate child persona. i like that. Slightly less annoying to read.

i really don't recall if O_I was one of Professor Whackadoodle's accounts or not, and don't care enough to look it up. (Or even look up what the Professor's actual name was. That paper was a waste of electrons at best. Self-serving rhetoric and self-deceiving rationalizations do not make for good academic writing.)