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Discussion: Check out the special Cyber Monday Deals for City of Heroes.

Ael Rhiana

By Ael Rhiana,
Posted on: 2010-11-18 15:48 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion

 

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Originally Posted by ZanderCross View Post
lol at the party pack ever being that price... in fact ever existing
In fairness everyone has different tastes, so what you consider worthless maybe worthwhile to someone else.

 

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The NCStore REALLY needs to implement some sort of shopping cart option where you can add/remove multiple items to a list and purchase them all at once. It's extremely unfortunate that you can only make a single purchase every 24 hours (using the same card) and you can't even change the quantity, like if I wanted to buy multiples of a booster for each of my accounts at the same time... I only have 1 card, can't do it... so it has to go over the course of a week (which I never finish doing)

I still need Science for my main account and Mac for my secondary... my wife also needs a number of the ones offered in the sale I'll likely never get around to purchasing all the boosters for all my accounts since I can't make a bulk purchase.

 

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Hey Marketing, what about Steam? Will GR be $10 on there, too?

TBH I already have GR, and don't play CoH through Steam anyway, but I was just curious.

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I only have one thing to say:



<bleep!>.
That. Is. So. Incredibly. Stupid.

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I only have one thing to say:



<bleep!>.
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Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards View Post
That. Is. So. Incredibly. Stupid.
Just throwing in my back up for this one. It really is shameful that NCSoft/Paragon Studios has not done something about this by now.

 

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Very pleased to see the EU getting a half-price deal. Thankyou for that.

Now just sort the bloody online store out so we can buy the stuff!


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Originally Posted by EmperorSteele View Post
Hey Marketing, what about Steam? Will GR be $10 on there, too?
Hint hint.

(Hey, it's not as if I can participate in this any other way.)

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Originally Posted by Jetpack View Post
I'll have to look closer at the Cyborg and Science packs, now.
Cyborg Self destruction is worth it alone: http://www.jordans-town.com/rps/cyborg-booster

Science has height and sex change for costumes. Not as much pure win, but still pretty rocking.

There's a lot I haven't bought partially because of two accounts and partially because I have to be able to justify $10 for pretties. In general, I will buy it if it saves me time (like self destruction and ninja run), but otherwise I wait for Christmas or my birthday.

This price break could change a lot. I might actually get some others to fill the gaps now

*Edit, just saw the list of packs and I have all of them on both accounts except Science and Wedding. I guess I'll only be buying two until next year

 

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Originally Posted by Mystic_Cross View Post
The NCStore REALLY needs to implement some sort of shopping cart option where you can add/remove multiple items to a list and purchase them all at once. It's extremely unfortunate that you can only make a single purchase every 24 hours (using the same card) and you can't even change the quantity, like if I wanted to buy multiples of a booster for each of my accounts at the same time... I only have 1 card, can't do it... so it has to go over the course of a week (which I never finish doing)

I still need Science for my main account and Mac for my secondary... my wife also needs a number of the ones offered in the sale I'll likely never get around to purchasing all the boosters for all my accounts since I can't make a bulk purchase.
NCSoft take note. I will also buy several unless you artificially prevent me from doing so.

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While I'm happy to see a Cyber sale for 'some' of these packs for CoH, as well as the Best Buy deal, I have to admit, there are several 'fail' issues with this (yo, Black Pebble and Sales Department, take note):

  • Why must Leandro and those outside North America and Europe suffer with the stupidity of NOT having access to these sales?
  • With all the hoopla over the (in my opinion, as with many forumites) ridiculous pricing of the Party Pack, WHY wasn't this added to a 50% off sale? MOST ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS STATED IF YOU DROPPED IT DOWN BY 50% OR SO, A LARGER MAJORITY OF THE FOLKS WOULD'VE BOUGHT IT! *Epic Fail on opportunity to get others to buy Party Pack and redeem yourselves (talking to you, marketing/sales) over this*
  • Ninja Pack. C'mon. It's popular. Those that don't have it are sure to want it if they had a better value incentive. Not even 15-25% off?
  • Gifting. Why, to this day, is it that you can't 'gift' a pack or an expansion to a fellow player via global name from the NCSoft Store? There are over a dozen people in my SGs/VGs that I would LOVE to gift some of these packs to, but alas, denied. I guess you don't like our money...
  • Why don't you have an "All Origins" Combined Booster Pack Value Deal? Combine all the Origin-based Super Booster Packs with the recent Origins aura/cape pack, tally it up, take off 10-20%. New players could do one-stop shopping by getting them all in one fell swoop (what a great Christmas/Holiday present, especially if there was a 'gift' option with the NCSoft Store!). Maybe throw in a free/special 30 day Holiday (Winter Event) Jet Pack for incentive?
Here we are once again, another holiday season, with a tumultuous economy in play and less money for people to spend, yet I read online here that others are willing to spend their hard earned dollar for some of these items if a better value is applied, yet the Sales Department's common sense and archaic online purchasing options seem to incite the continued discouragement of its customers.

Take a hint, sales/marketing. You could've knocked the ball outta the park on this one.

 

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Originally Posted by Major Deej View Post
While I'm happy to see a Cyber sale for 'some' of these packs for CoH, as well as the Best Buy deal, I have to admit, there are several 'fail' issues with this (yo, Black Pebble and Sales Department, take note):
  • Why must Leandro and those outside North America and Europe suffer with the stupidity of NOT having access to these sales?
  • With all the hoopla over the (in my opinion, as with many forumites) ridiculous pricing of the Party Pack, WHY wasn't this added to a 50% off sale? MOST ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS STATED IF YOU DROPPED IT DOWN BY 50% OR SO, A LARGER MAJORITY OF THE FOLKS WOULD'VE BOUGHT IT! *Epic Fail on opportunity to get others to buy Party Pack and redeem yourselves (talking to you, marketing/sales) over this*
  • Ninja Pack. C'mon. It's popular. Those that don't have it are sure to want it if they had a better value incentive. Not even 15-25% off?
  • Gifting. Why, to this day, is it that you can't 'gift' a pack or an expansion to a fellow player via global name from the NCSoft Store? There are over a dozen people in my SGs/VGs that I would LOVE to gift some of these packs to, but alas, denied. I guess you don't like our money...
  • Why don't you have an "All Origins" Combined Booster Pack Value Deal? Combine all the Origin-based Super Booster Packs with the recent Origins aura/cape pack, tally it up, take off 10-20%. New players could do one-stop shopping by getting them all in one fell swoop (what a great Christmas/Holiday present, especially if there was a 'gift' option with the NCSoft Store!). Maybe throw in a free/special 30 day Holiday (Winter Event) Jet Pack for incentive?
Here we are once again, another holiday season, with a tumultuous economy in play and less money for people to spend, yet I read online here that others are willing to spend their hard earned dollar for some of these items if a better value is applied, yet the Sales Department's common sense and archaic online purchasing options seem to incite the continued discouragement of its customers.

Take a hint, sales/marketing. You could've knocked the ball outta the park on this one.

Agree. We want to give you money. Let us.

 

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so from what Im reading about the store, I will only be able to get two packs, one for me and one for the wife, purchased using two different credit cards, because of the limits on the store?

 

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Originally Posted by Jordan_Yen View Post
Cyborg Self destruction is worth it alone: http://www.jordans-town.com/rps/cyborg-booster
Good points. I'd never really looked into the tricks of the trade for self-destruction, but you make a convincing argument for a $5 purchase.

 

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Originally Posted by TrueGentleman View Post
Good points. I'd never really looked into the tricks of the trade for self-destruction, but you make a convincing argument for a $5 purchase.
Just remember that it is uninterpretable; once you start it you can't stop it. I've accidentally triggered it before when I meant to hit Mission Transport in the middle of a Sister; and I know I've hit it several times by accident while rearranging things in my trays. No lasting harm done (as there is no debt from blowing yourself up) but rather embarrassing none the less.

 

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Good points. I'd never really looked into the tricks of the trade for self-destruction, but you make a convincing argument for a $5 purchase.
Yup! You can get really clever with it and I use it almost every time I play.

I wish they still had an affiliate program, but for now, I'll promote it for love of the game though a few promotional give-aways like free packs for reviews wouldn't hurt....

Hmm. I wonder if they'd do that?

 

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Originally Posted by TonyV View Post
Or to paraphrase...

"Whatever you do, do not buy any booster packs between now and November 29!"
Yeah, lol, why not make it available now until nov 29th? Gonna have intersting results if the store goes down or is down on that one day...

 

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Originally Posted by Cyber_naut View Post
Yeah, lol, why not make it available now until nov 29th? Gonna have intersting results if the store goes down or is down on that one day...
yeah, at this point they just killed sales on those items until the 29th...

 

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Originally Posted by nytflyr View Post
so from what Im reading about the store, I will only be able to get two packs, one for me and one for the wife, purchased using two different credit cards, because of the limits on the store?
There's a limit of 3 items per day per household, regardless of which credit card you use.

I ran into this a week or so ago trying to buy 4 items for 2 accounts using 2 credit cards. :P

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Originally Posted by Cende View Post
There's a limit of 3 items per day per household, regardless of which credit card you use.

I ran into this a week or so ago trying to buy 4 items for 2 accounts using 2 credit cards. :P
well I guess the wife and I are going to have a knock-down drag-out as to who is going to get the second pack

EDIT: I guess my next question is what is its definition of a household? The wife and I have have separate logins (didn't realize at the time you could put both accounts under one login)

 

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meh.

I have all these on the three accounts that are in our house. I would try the emote pack if it was on sale. And, I still need the origin pack on my second account. So sadly, no money from me for NCsoft.

Oh well.

Nice idea tho'

 

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Originally Posted by Cende View Post
There's a limit of 3 items per day per household, regardless of which credit card you use.

I ran into this a week or so ago trying to buy 4 items for 2 accounts using 2 credit cards. :P
Well that is a big pile of suck, I want to get 4 or 5 booster packs on my account alone. That doesn't even count what my wife who loves the costume creator would want to get. There should at least be a disclaimer stating that due to the purchase interface only 3 items will be available for this price.

 

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Originally Posted by Major Deej View Post
Gifting. Why, to this day, is it that you can't 'gift' a pack or an expansion to a fellow player via global name from the NCSoft Store? There are over a dozen people in my SGs/VGs that I would LOVE to gift some of these packs to, but alas, denied. I guess you don't like our money...
I agree. I had similar issues when I wanted to gift game time to a buddy who got me into the game, but later had financial troubles. I had to search all over for physical time cards at retailers with only limited success. At the time, I was cited "security/fraud reasons" for this policy. I somewhat understand that they've been burned by scammers/stolen credit cards in the past, but it just seems like there should be a better solution. I mean other sites allow this kind of thing all the time. Furthermore, if I've been paying with the same valid card for over 5 years, it seems like I could reach some sort of "trusted" status.

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