Discussion: Party Pack Now Available In The NCsoft Store!

It's time to kick it up to the next level with the new City of Heroes Party Pack. This all-new Booster Pack has 8 of the coolest new dance, music and sports emotes this side of Praetoria. Dribble a basketball, show off your best dance moves, or play your new Air Guitar! These new emotes are unlocked for all characters on your account.

The Party Pack is available starting today from the NCsoft store for $7.99 (the European store is available here).

Let the partying begin!

Thanks but I'll pass.

bout time!

can't wait to get home and check them out.

I'm quite interested in this pack, but one thing bugs me. This is an all-emote pack, but I only get to see screenshots, and a very brief trailer video.

I'd really like to know what I'm buying. Please upload some non-flashy videos of the animations.

Basketball? Soccer? No costume parts or powers? More like the Piecemeal Pack. This will be the first thing you guys release that I won't be buying, and I am saddened that NCsoft/PS thinks this is any sort of value.

EU store doesnt seem to want to work. So, woulda brought it (it's a quid cheaper than the other packs, and I have naff all else to spend cash on), but I'm not allowed. I smirked XD

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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.

/em airguitar

If I could have gotten away for lunch I'd actually see what it looks like.

Is it time to go home yet?

Yes, let the partying begin, not that there's anything worth partying about what with this pack being a steaming brown pile left behind from a bad pet that the devs decided to step in without looking.

Hey, Marketing team! Get your heads out of your ***** and listen up! Another pack like this and you can kiss any non-subscription purchases goodbye in the future. I prepurchased GR the day it was available, KNOWING that I was screwing myself out of a free month by not waiting for the complete collection. I purchased the Complete Collection item pack just to snag what I missed by not waiting...except for that free month. I bought the Mutant pack simply because I had bought everything else that you had put out and didn't think there was good reason to deny myself extra costumes.

I will not be purchasing this lackluster piece of complete excrement. Yes I use emotes to kill time, no, I see no purpose to buying emotes at a dollar apiece. No costume pieces = no money from me. Heck, I get decent use out of the wedding pack and that was bought purely for the costumes.

And to marketing: Don't get cute and throw up all over yourselves in excitement thinking that you can goad people like me into buying a pack for ONE costume piece. The wolf tail did not sway my purchase of the mutant pack, and I wouldn't spend a cent on a 'costume accessory' pack to this so-called 'party' pack since that pack would be tarnished by association and even moreso by being sold SEPARATELY.

Not a chance. I bought everything else you people have tried to sell me but, I draw the line here. This "Emote Pack" is garbage and I want nothing to do with it. Further, I am now looking for another game to enjoy spending my time on, this one seems to be going down a road I am not willing to pay for.

I'll pass. I still think the pack should've been put into GR, considering very little time passed between a major expansion and this booster.

I don't think the idea of an emote-only Booster Pack is a bad thing.
I just think charging $7.99 for 8 emotes is a bit overpriced all thing considered.

I imagine they'll still sell a bunch of these at $7.99 regardless.
But I'd be willing to bet if they sold it for only $3.99 they'd ultimately get 3x or 4x the number of sales.
Basically I think they shot themselves in the foot with this - maybe that should be an emote in the next pack.

im not gonna be buying this pack either because im not wasting my money on emoted which i rarely if ever use

the only reason i do buy the packs is because of the costume sets and special temp powers

since this pack is ONLY emotes of stuff i would rarely if ever use anyway im gonna pass, and ive bought every pack up till now because they all had costumes sets and/or temp powers

This party pack is worth it just to read the gross overreactions. I fully support this kind of perk/expansion model and the direction it's heading. In the future I hope you offer even smaller packs, or sell each part individually and offer a discount on bundles.

While I'm sure it takes as much time/effort to make all these emotes as it does costume pieces, and I'm sure there are people saying they want more emotes in booster packs, I will have to say that the perceived value of the pack and the price don't line up. It might be a lesson for future boosters - we'll see how the sales go.

Personally, I would prefer a mix of emotes, costume change emotes and costume pieces. Temp powers are nice, but hardly essential. Also, the perceived value from the previous boosters makes this look a bit expensive

Undecided if I'll get this or not. Guess I'll need to see it in action.

I'd like to purchase it, store isn't allowing is.

trying to buy off the US store, can we get an ETA on availability?

I'll pass as well.

But out of curiousity, has anyone that actually purchased it found any hidden gems? Did they sneak something in other than those 8 emotes?

This pack is just....sad.

Not even a costume piece or two? Bah.

I'm passing on it (& this coming from a guy who buys EVERYTHING).

Man, the forums are on FIRE with complaints about everything lately!!

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