the 69 month vet reward sucks (I have a suggestion)


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Okay, so in all fairness I am still a a bit aways away from this reward but I was looking though what I have to look forward too, and most of the rewards are at least decent if not down right awesome with the glaring exception of the 69 month reward:

69 Month Milestone: Genuine

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Genuine Badge
Respec given to all characters on player's account
For the 69 month veteran reward, players receive the Genuine badge and a respec for all characters on the player's account.
really....Really... REALLY? That is ALL we get for 69 months? I mean come on... So, here is my plea to the CoX peeps to make this right.

My Idea for the 69 month reward is........ JET PACKS!

I think as the 69 month reward we should get jet packs as a back option (maybe only unlockable at lvl 20 with capes)

I propose we get the follwing jet packs as a new back option:

Jump Jet pack
Gold Bricker's Jet Pack
Long Bow Jet Pack
Sky Raiders Jet Pack
and the single engine leap pack you can get from doing the bank missions

and it would be soooooo easy to program in (more or less), since we already have seen them on characters as parts of temp powers so why not make them part of the 69 month reward as costume pieces

of course this should also be retro active to all people who have already achieved the 69 month reward... Come on Devs Do it you know you want to....PLEASE!


 

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No. Things like Jet Packs should be made available to all accounts.


 

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okay so I was just watching video on issue 20 and saw this

which makes me think they might have added them so in that case if they have given us all the jet packs listed above then ignore my request if not then which ever ones they have not, and if that is not a jet pack back piece as a costume part shame on them for teasing.


 

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They are still working on Jetpacks as a back detail option (ie on all the time). It's been placed as 'Soon'ish.

And locking something thats been asked for THAT much, behind a VET award?

HELL SMEGGING NO!


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okay so I was just watching video on issue 20 and saw this

which makes me think they might have added them so in that case if they have given us all the jet packs listed above then ignore my request if not then which ever ones they have not, and if that is not a jet pack back piece as a costume part shame on them for teasing.
Hate to burst your bubble but that's the Temporary Jetpack Booster.


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No. Things like Jet Packs should be made available to all accounts.
they could have several jet packs other then the ones I listed available to all accounts then have some like the ones I listed be a vet reward... fact still remains the 69 month reward sucks. if any one else has suggestions to improve it I'd love to hear them.


 

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No. Things like Jet Packs should be made available to all accounts.
So should the basic wings, boxing gloves and samurai costume parts.


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Yeah jetpacks should be for everyone. I am sometimes dissapointed in the Veteran Rewards. There are some really great ones, and some really crappy ones. I think something the devs need to start thinking about is; What do veteran players need the most? Remember, these rewards are not a have to be something useful, but not exploitable by creating new toons. The first things that come to mind for me are:

Bonuses to things like Influence, Experience (Already have bonus to Prestige), because we have soooo many toons to slot. And we want to make our 50s as epic as possible!

A Veteran self buff. Something that will help multiple types of characters by changing, depending on your archetype. Perhaps an increase to your inherent AT powers, or a new additional AT inherent power.

I am really loving the idea of the new Veteran Rez power for 81 months. More things like this would be great. Useful powers that everyone could benefit from.

The Reward Merit bonuses and little things like that, need to be greatly increased. What am I going to do with 6 Reward Merits? It needs to be enough that it is useful, but not so much that people will roll new toons just to expoit the merits. I think something between 50-150 would be good. Then a character would have to do a little work before getting a good recipe out of it.

The Patrol XP is kinda nice, but I have gone through the low lvls soo many times. Sometimes I would just like to skip the first 10 or 20 lvls. Maybe something like 87 or 90 months could allow us to start a character at lvl 15.

For the Incarnate crazed people, Add 5% or 10% to our chance to drop shards.

Also I think the Combat Buff pets are kinda a waste because they are killed so easily. They need to do something about this, give them more HP, or Regen or softcapped defense, or something. I don't even bother spawning mine anymore because it dies in the first 10 seconds of a tough fight. Which sucks, because a tough fight is when I need that kind of buff.

Is there a Veteran Reward Request Thread?



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Am I the only person to think that this thread about 69 sucking is maybe a bit off? :P


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Am I the only person to think that this thread about 69 sucking is maybe a bit off? :P
lol, you have a dirty mind and I love it


 

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LOL @ Tam



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So should the basic wings, boxing gloves and samurai costume parts.
Agreed. Pull all the costume pieces out of vet rewards and give them to everyone.


 

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Agreed. Pull all the costume pieces out of vet rewards and give them to everyone.
Yeah I agree with that as well. And Replace them with some of the things I named above.



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Agreed. Pull all the costume pieces out of vet rewards and give them to everyone.
Agreed. Or if they must make them vet rewards then make a basic version that everyone gets and keep the fancy one as the vet reward. For example the samurai armor has three sets. They could have given us the plainest ones and let the fancy one unlock as the vet reward.


 

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okay so I was just watching video on issue 20 and saw this

which makes me think they might have added them so in that case if they have given us all the jet packs listed above then ignore my request if not then which ever ones they have not, and if that is not a jet pack back piece as a costume part shame on them for teasing.
No, what this means is that somehow CoH has gotten permission from DC to use Adam Strange as an in game character. Or else that NCsoft needs to be petitioned. Seriously that is a dead on accurate copy of Adam Strange, just look him up. Just don't use his wikipedia page which has for some reason chosen to use the really horrible current costume. His classic costume was great and has been duplicated quite well.


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No, what this means is that somehow CoH has gotten permission from DC to use Adam Strange as an in game character. Or else that NCsoft needs to be petitioned. Seriously that is a dead on accurate copy of Adam Strange, just look him up. Just don't use his wikipedia page which has for some reason chosen to use the really horrible current costume. His classic costume was great and has been duplicated quite well.
No he doesn't. You get better a look of the character at :54 and the costume is very different from Adam Strange. Adam Strange doesn't wear a blue retro jacket, the Stealth top, red Combat Boots, blue goggles, or a Unified Field Facade cape.








Not even close to being dead on accurate.


 

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let me be clear I have no issue with every one getting jetpacks in general but some special ones for the 69 month reward would be cool hell any besides just a respec, a respec and power, or a respec and special costume pieces, respec and extra costume slot, respec and more salvage space, HELL a respec and some merits... or how about this 69months a respec and 4 incarnate shards.....

I dunno just for 69months just a silly respec seems a bit lackluster.


 

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let me be clear I have no issue with every one getting jetpacks in general but some special ones for the 69 month reward would be cool hell any besides just a respec, a respec and power, or a respec and special costume pieces, respec and extra costume slot, respec and more salvage space, HELL a respec and some merits... or how about this 69months a respec and 4 incarnate shards.....

I dunno just for 69months just a silly respec seems a bit lackluster.
That's only your opinion.

Some people love getting the respecs, some love the costumes, some love the temp powers, some love the free character slots. You were never promised that you'd always get something you like, only that you'd get something for keeping your account active.


 

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That's only your opinion.

Some people love getting the respecs, some love the costumes, some love the temp powers, some love the free character slots. You were never promised that you'd always get something you like, only that you'd get something for keeping your account active.
my point is this: Most other months that has a respec AND something else, so its not that they gave us a respec its that they gave us ONLY a respec for that month and by compairon to most other things in the list it lacks... I mean its free and its cool since NC soft is gracious for offering the vet rewards.... it just feels like they had all these cool ideas then on month 69 had a brain fart and couldn't think of any thing...

and yes this is my opinion that is why I posted the topic


 

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Just to add a bit of completeness to this thread the 45th month Vet reward also suffers from the same problem the 69th month one does. All we get is a badge and a respec token there too.

While I think the idea of attaching Jet Packs to either of these awards would be pretty bad I do think they BOTH need to be given something unique because as it stands these are the only two Vet awards that are lacking anything "special" about them.


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So should the basic wings, boxing gloves and samurai costume parts.
This has been an eternal sore spot for me, and I agree completely. Costume pieces - especially such cool ones, and ESPECIALLY such available at creation - are just a very unfair reward to tie up behind a year and how much?

And I have said rewards, mind you, so it's not like I'm asking for things for free. But costume pieces are something I'd rather share with the entire community, not have reserved for myself. The boxing stuff is just EVIL in the way it's locked.


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No he doesn't. You get better a look of the character at :54 and the costume is very different from Adam Strange. Adam Strange doesn't wear a blue retro jacket, the Stealth top, red Combat Boots, blue goggles, or a Unified Field Facade cape.


Not even close to being dead on accurate.
Yeah with that second view I'd say it's just a very good homage.


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For reasons listed above: specifically costume parts should be available to the masses not based on time played.

However, how about these for veteran's rewards:

1. A wide cone Roundhouse Kick to go with Sands of Mu?
2. A self heal power--slow recharge-- equivalent to a small green?
3. Boost to Brawl to Moderate damage along the lines of Air Superiority (damage wise).
4. Cryonite Armor toggle -- or some other defensive armor/shield.


 

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So should the basic wings, boxing gloves and samurai costume parts.
Agreed.


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