Discussion: What's your Origin?
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Acroyear2,
Posted on: 2010-10-20 11:38 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
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The D teleport is great in the late teens/early twenties blueside. You can't use Ouro even if you have the portals, and you really start to get a bunch of missions scattered all over Paragon. It takes out a lot of the pain of getting from IP to Atlas or vice versa, because KR and Talos are always nearby.
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
I forgot about the mission TP cause I don't have the Mac Pack- yah, that one is pretty dang good too.
Pocket D was a 'must have' when it came out, but these days.......can't remember the last time I needed it, other than when Oro hadn't recharged. |
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good point- I've been mostly playing my higher level guys lately and forgot about the Oro level restrictions.
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Originally Posted by AnElfCalledMack
The D teleport is great in the late teens/early twenties blueside. You can't use Ouro even if you have the portals, and you really start to get a bunch of missions scattered all over Paragon. It takes out a lot of the pain of getting from IP to Atlas or vice versa, because KR and Talos are always nearby.
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Originally Posted by Mr. DJ
some people just really like to play Press Your Luck
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I will also be buying this one.....NOW RELEASE IT ALREADY!!! and issue 19 too!
I just love more options for customization...this game just keeps getting better and better. There isn't a single other game with this many options,...i get so sick of games where all the characters running around look like carbon copies of eachother.
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So... will this be available at midnight or what? >.>
It's now avaiable on the EU side at least. I assume this means it's available for everyone.
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I didn't play with them on the Test server, but got it anyway.
These are frikkin nice! My /Rad loves the Atomic Aura
My /Storm is going to love Thunderhead...
Too bad I don't use capes 
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For me, the standouts are Atomic, Thunderhead and Runes. In the capes, it has to be said, impervium is probably the best unless you have a very specific concept in mind.
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Originally Posted by Vega
I didn't play with them on the Test server, but got it anyway.
These are frikkin nice! My /Rad loves the Atomic Aura My /Storm is going to love Thunderhead... Too bad I don't use capes |
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I clicked Feycat's sig that links here out of curiosity, not being involved in the boosters vs. free debates before.
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I think it was issue 11 that had jester and enforcer, which you didn't mention, and thus with weapon customization.|
Originally Posted by Feycat
Sept 04, i2 - Capes and brooches
May 05, i4 - Costume pieces (unspecified) $ Oct 05, i6/CoV - many costume pieces if you bought CoV June 06, i7 - New costume parts and revamped pieces (unspecified) $ Sept 06 - GvE items released in an item pack Nov 06 i8 - chest emblems, new pieces and revamped pieces July 07, i10 - costume tweaks, female bunny tail, earned Vanguard pieces Nov 07, i11 - weapon customization, new hairstyles $ Feb 08, Wedding Pack May 08, i12 - unlockable roman costumes, Rularu/Talsorian/Roman weapons $ Sept 08 - Cyborg Pack Oct 08, i13 - day job costume options $ March 09 - Valkyrie/Mac Pack April 09, i14 - waist capes for female widows, Valkyrie DB options $ April 09 - Magic Pack June 09, i15 - Vines and Ulterior costume overlays, new cc emotes, new faces $ July 09 - Superscience Sept 09, i16 - power customization $ Nov 09 - Martial Arts April 10, i17 - animated tails, reflective parts $ June 10 - Mutant Pack Aug 10, i18 - combat-only auras $ Aug 10, Going Rogue - clockwork, sport, PPD sets $ Aug 10, GR complete - alpha & omega $ Sept 10 - Party Pack $ Nov 10 - Origins Pack Nov 10, i19 - firefly & snow aura at least The wiki didn't list when/which issue Jester, Stealth or ExProto came out, and Vanguard and Roman pieces are free but unlockable. |
Steath and exoproto were later i think, maybe 12 or 13?
Regardless, those 4 were definitely late 07 to early 09. You didn't list them, or the other sets that were added, resistance, syndicate, and overguard, or the sets that are texture only, arctic, vandal, thorns, perplex. So I guess that your point that the devs rarely make sets makes sense if you don't count half of the sets. :P
Thus (sets asterisked):
07: vanguard set*, jester set*, enforcer set*, costume tweaks, female bunny tail
08: roman set*, stealth set*?, exoproto set*?, police set*, suit set*, Rularu/Talsorian/Roman weapons, day job costume options, arctic, vandal, thorns, and perplex texture sets
08 $: Wedding Pack*, Cyborg Pack*
09: waist capes for female widows, Valkyrie DB options, Vines and Ulterior costume overlays, new cc emotes, new faces, power customization
09 $: Valkyrie/Mac Pack*, Magic Pack*, Superscience*, Martial Arts*
10: animated tails, reflective parts, combat-only auras, firefly & snow aura at least
10 $: Mutant Pack*, clockwork*, sport*, PPD*, resistance*, overguard*, alpha* & omega* sets, Party Pack, Origins Pack
While there may yet be more 2010 costumes, the complainers have a surprisingly good case. After 8 free sets and 2 paid in 2 years before the boosters, there have been 13 paid and 6 pattern-only sets free in 2 years since.
There have been some major costume systems free, which is more significant than sets, but it is true, as far as I can tell, that the introduction of boosters also introduced a lack of free costume sets.
However, I would count the 5 sets with GR as non-booster. They're paid, but so are the rest in a similar sense. Add to that the I19 auras originally being scheduled for a reveal with I20, suggesting more free costumes in I20, and the culprit is likely not the boosters. Rather, GR diverted most of the costume team.
The verdict? There has been a major drop in free sets since boosters, but it was probably due to GR, not the boosters.
A game is not supposed to be some kind of... place where people enjoy themselves!
Bought it, loved the aura, but i'm pissed that the capes don't come in long and short. I actually feel ripped off on that fact, cause I was expecting to have long/short choices.
I mean I wouldn't complain if they were part of an update, but to pay for them seperate, I'm pretty disappointed.
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aren't the cape defaults set for long? o.O
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I knew this before I got it, but I also really wanted short versions of the capes and am disappointed that they didn't include them.|
Originally Posted by Mud_Lark
Bought it, loved the aura, but i'm pissed that the capes don't come in long and short. I actually feel ripped off on that fact, cause I was expecting to have long/short choices.
I mean I wouldn't complain if they were part of an update, but to pay for them seperate, I'm pretty disappointed. |
I keep finding myself wanting a short Impervium Mantle.
And yeah, they are all long and no short option, Mr. DJ. I believe, Mud_Lark's point was that they wished the pack included short versions as well.
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it was available to check out on test for a good bit before it went on sale.|
Originally Posted by Mud_Lark
Bought it, loved the aura, but i'm pissed that the capes don't come in long and short. I actually feel ripped off on that fact, cause I was expecting to have long/short choices.
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caveat emptor, and all that.
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While I partially agree with you here Nether, I have to say that buying a set of capes that do not support both long and short versions is a little surprising. Especially since the standard seems to be all the capes having both versions. I am actually pretty happy that I did not buy the pack now since short capes are the only ones I ever use and I was only interested in two auras.
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
it was available to check out on test for a good bit before it went on sale.
caveat emptor, and all that. |
even single shoulder :3
It's a little late, but this is my review of this feature.
http://battlerockx.blogspot.com/2010...gins-pack.html
Summary: looks nice, but I think it's still not worth the $9.95 price tag.
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Good review and dead-on in my opinion.
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Originally Posted by Battlerock_X
It's a little late, but this is my review of this feature.
http://battlerockx.blogspot.com/2010...gins-pack.html Summary: looks nice, but I think it's still not worth the $9.95 price tag. |
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I agree. Love the game, love the stuff, but I can't justify the cash. There are still several other packs I haven't bought because I either wait for a power that saves me time in the game and is useful to all my characters (ninja run, Self destruct, Mission tp) or birthday or Christmas money which I'll often spend on ones I'm missing (not my money after all).|
Originally Posted by Battlerock_X
It's a little late, but this is my review of this feature.
http://battlerockx.blogspot.com/2010...gins-pack.html Summary: looks nice, but I think it's still not worth the $9.95 price tag. |
They should have had costume change emotes and maybe a few more options per origin or such. As is, we're going to see a lot of people with the same "dress" on soon.
Pocket D was a 'must have' when it came out, but these days.......can't remember the last time I needed it, other than when Oro hadn't recharged.
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