Discussion: What's your Origin?
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Posted on: 2010-10-20 11:38 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
Just had a thought, the first major pack was the wedding pack correct? Remember them saying they were able to bring content forward because of enough people purchasing it. Is that still the case devs/mods regarding how well boosters do?
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They're quickly burning through you as a customer. And maybe some others. But last I heard you don't speak for anyone but yourself. If you're serious about leaving, I hope you don't decide to use your final months like some others and make even more of a pain out of yourself than you normally are.
I'll happily buy this pack. I like the choices. I didn't like the Party Pack, so I didn't buy that. It's really not any more complicated than that. Packs are not a harbinger of the end of the game. |
Packs also serve the purpose of giving artists/programmers something to do on their downtime, rather than having less people working on the meat. That's where the game would suffer. Looking for reasons to keep talented people around is supposed to be a good thing.
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I'd certainly consider getting this, if the price is right.
If they did some sort of bundle with the Party Pack where you could buy both for a reduced price, I might even consider going that route. (Cole knows it's the only way I'd get the Party Pack.)
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No AT/powerset, AFAIC, is "undesirable." Give me a halfway competent player - or at least one willing to listen and go with the rest of the team - and we're good.
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Every player has the right to give comments on this pack.
Those who are yelling at people to stop any critical comments are stifling feedback that the devs need. The devs are not going to give you a cookie for jumping to their defense.
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Yay! This pack I can go for!
If you folks plan to give this out for free as a teaser can we not do this by forums posts? How about some costume contest on each server instead?
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Wait, if you aren't going to use them why are you going to buy the pack?
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I have no use for them either - but I'll still get one for my home American account and one for my Euro account
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To show my approval of the artistic work done on the capes and auras and help support the game |
Originally Posted by Matt_King
Wait, if you aren't going to use them why are you going to buy the pack?
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Originally Posted by SteampunkCharlie
If I may, I'd like to quote a very wise woman...
"Do you remember Thunderhead? Tall, storm powers? Nice man, good with kids. November 15th of '58! All was well, another day saved, when... his cape snagged on a missile fin! Stratogale! April 23rd, '57! Cape caught in a jet turbine! Metaman, express elevator! Dynaguy, snagged on takeoff! Splashdown, sucked into a vortex! No capes!" But the auras look quite nice, so I'll probably buy this when I buy a copy for Kyo's account. |
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NO!! CAPES!!!!
Unless it's ridiculouslt priced, I'll definitely be buying this. Nice work.
Myself and some other Unionites were all stood around the Praetorian halloween salvage contact last night, all in awe at her leaf aura and wishing players had access. Thought it odd the pack gets announced the next day. 
Some of those capes and auras look pretty cool. However, I don't think I have any immediate use out of it. So, pass at the moment.
Now, if you were to start offering these boosters for $20 and throw in a month of free-time too (such as the Mission Architect Edition, Mac Edition, etc), I'd probably go and buy all the ones I don't have. Except for the Party Pack and possibly the Cyborg Pack.
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Originally Posted by Matt_King
Wait, if you aren't going to use them why are you going to buy the pack?
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I agree partially with this.|
Originally Posted by JayboH
Every player has the right to give comments on this pack.
Those who are yelling at people to stop any critical comments are stifling feedback that the devs need. The devs are not going to give you a cookie for jumping to their defense. |
Even though I intend to get this pack.
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That's an "au naturale" aura. It would be released with hairy legs/armpit options for female toons. <shudder> |
Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
*grins* You could always put the Flies aura on a Natural character for having gone Natural a bit too long...
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Many of my characters will be using these auras, and some will even use the capes. It's mostly about the auras for me though on this one! Wewt!
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I only buy these things if it looks like I can figure out a purpose for the pieces, even if I end up repurposing them. I use bits of the Wedding, Magic, and Valkyrie sets all the time for things that have nothing to do with the stated themes.
This one had me at Autumnal Cape. I seldom or never use auras, but there are any number of my characters that have been using the Bone 2 cape to represent an animal skin draped over their shoulders. But ultimately, that looks a bit thin and flimsy for the purpose. It looks to me like that too would be workable for the purpose with the right coloring.
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My main reason for why I will be buying this, but why I didn't buy the Party Pack. I look at costumes on my characters ALL the time I'm playing them. I only use emotes when I'm bored and waiting for other players.
Not to mention that these are BEAUTIFUL costumes, and I already have perhaps half a dozen ideas for them.
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Well, assuming the price is reasonable ($8-$10) I will definitely be picking this up then. The aura's are awesome (and more than a few of my toons will be using them), and Capes? I got a couple of ideas there too, but I nearly squeed with the possibility of these capes and aura's at level 1!!!
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Originally Posted by theOcho
Yes, they will be available from creation on.
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Originally Posted by EU_Damz
MTs that have zero impact on how a game is played [eg content/levels] should be allowed imo.
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1) These packs feel like they coming way too often now. After the Party Pack debacle they shouldn't really have been thinking about one until the new year, and they shouldn't have done one so soon after a major expansion to begin with.
2) The devs have been charging extra for stuff they shouldn't be. An emote that's been in the game for years? Dance emotes created for, and originally included in, Going Rogue? The long requested ability to change your character's height after creation? They had no business charging extra for those and not having them part of issue releases (and in the case of the GR emotes, part of GR).
3) The packs have adversely affected content releases. Instead of being extra, IMO we're paying for stuff we used to get for free. I don't care if the devs claim otherwise.
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I like that there is a booster between each issue. I hope they continue to do this, because if I buy it or not, it is still fresh stuff in the game between the issues.
This is what it is, MTs are the way of the future I am pretty sure. When the big boy on the block started doing it, I figured the rest of the world would too.
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Are you kidding me? After the Party Pack I wanted something that I could enjoy using. Something like this Origin pack!
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I might buy it if it was six dollars. One step up from the Party pack but not alot. NC thinks are origins are cash cows.
All the capes and auras look good. I wish I had the cash to drop on this and the mutant pack I still haven't picked up.
I do feel it a bit disconcerting the frequency that these packs are coming at us though.
Atomic aura is great. Don't like it? DON'T BUY IT. Next.
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Ooh, I can get myself one while I throw one in for my wife's birthday...
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Me too! My birthday is November 2nd. TAKE NOTE DEVS AND MARKETING.
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Originally Posted by Paladin
I'm buying it the moment it's released. Pal's either getting a gold and blue colored atomic aura, or silvery runes - it's too early to decide which.
I'd be willing to pay a little extra for the quality that's just overflowing from this pack, so $10-15 is reasonable to me. The only thing that would make this even better would be if we could have natural auras, and not just nature - but then, natural heroes probably wouldn't have an aura in the first place. |
I think I've sat next to a few people with natural auras on the bus...
Also, think Pig Pen from the Peanuts.
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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
*grins* You could always put the Flies aura on a Natural character for having gone Natural a bit too long...
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As to boosters containing powers...
The thing is... if every booster has a power, eventually we will have way too many powers and the problems associated with balancing them all, inventing new ones, so on and so forth has been touched on in the past and are valid reasons for understanding why maybe a move away from boosters with powers is a good idea.
Like it or not, paid for add-ons are a part of this game now.
I will say this concerns me in one area... Potential new players who take a look and see so much cool stuff tied to additionally purchased packs can easily turn them off and/or give them somewhat of a false impression as to how much this company/game may nickel and dime them.
People don't like to enter into subscriptions with companies that they feel will be too overzealous with extra purchases/fees.
If they have concepts that require most of the packs and/or are completionists (seem like so many are these days), you've got a hefty amount to fork over just to catch up.
I'm not saying they are right to think this game will nickel and dime them too much, but I can see how some may think they're doing themselves a favor to avoid getting involved.
That concerns me, as subscription growth is always a concern.
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Really though you have to look at the larger picture at just how much free stuff we have gotten when you compare it to other MMOs [none as "mature" as this one] that dont even get half the free updates that we do. I know a certain other MMO that tries to charge you roughly the same amount for a costume SET, thats a set not a booster with a whole load of items in them.
As long as they keep the boosters as just nice little extras then its fine by me. Some people will like them more than others but thats ok, not at any disadvantage by not buying them
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