So with the first day of steampunk sales over...
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Posted on: 2011-06-01 22:20 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Naw they can't release data like that because then people would say that they made X amount of USD on pay for costume bits and then they would demand a few free costume bits.
NC Soft has olympic size swimming pools of money to swim in. They can't be arsed to give us FREE stuff.
Like ARMORED STEAM PUNK BOOTS.
Not that I'm BITTER about that or any thing.
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Originally Posted by Quinch
...is there any official word on how many boosters they shifted the moment they came online?
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you know, they have yet to say how a pack did or didnt do. I often wondered about the beast pack, since i was one of the big yellers for it, and if it flopped, id secretly suspect david was laughing at me and drawing uneditable mustaches on my characters. I suspect it did well, i think there are a hardcore clot of cosutme nuts like myslef that will dutifully shell out every time there are costume things in the pack, and this one was really really good, so id suspect it did well with the usual suspects...once they could log into their accounts, grumble grumble.
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Originally Posted by Quinch
...is there any official word on how many boosters they shifted the moment they came online?
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Originally Posted by Bronze Knight
They can't be arsed to give us FREE stuff.
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Wait Forbin, who do you know that gave you a lifetime sub for free? 
I've paid roughly $1300.00 for 21 Issues.
Honestly though, all the free Issues is one of the main things that hooked me for so long! Not having to fork over an extra $60 everytime something new came out rocks!
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We can't know for sure, but just looking at the amount of people talking about it or using steampunk costume pieces ingame, as well as the numbers made public about similar stuff from other companies (i.e. TF2 and hats)... I assume booster packs are doing well.
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I can tell from the rest of your post you don't really believe this, but I think it's important to call attention to the fact that all that money went to access to the game. The only thing the $15 per month gets someone is the right to log in.
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Originally Posted by MaestroMavius
Wait Forbin, who do you know that gave you a lifetime sub for free?
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I am sure it is profitable. The steam punk pack is the only one I don't have. I want it, but it is not in the budget.
I think even some of the doubters would purchase them if they continues to support them after release. Example: There needs to be a "with skin" option for organic armor from the mutant pack, and a monstrous hand of the same item.
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I don't have it yet myself, and I've got everything else (yes, including the wedding pack).
But that's mainly cos my main PC died last weekend and until I've got a new box sorted, I don't see a lot of point paying for bits that I can't actually use. That and the fact that the bits to resurrect my PC are taking a BIG bite out of my disposable income for the next few months
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I've read the entire thread and I have no idea what "how many boosters they shifted" means or what the relevance might be. Can someone help me out?
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I'm guessing he meant "how many booster packs they sold."
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Originally Posted by Sailboat
I've read the entire thread and I have no idea what "how many boosters they shifted" means or what the relevance might be. Can someone help me out?
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Fixed for Queen's English.|
Originally Posted by Bronze Knight
ARMOURED STEAM PUNK BOOTS.
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Couldn't you have fixed the font while you were at it? |
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I think there's some major issues with this booster but also some good points. I bought it entirely on the strength of Zwil saying they were looking at the problems so they could revisit and patch it. They did make changes to the animal pack and they also fixed the horrendous clipping issues the Martial Arts pack released with.|
Originally Posted by Zyphoid
I think even some of the doubters would purchase them if they continues to support them after release. Example: There needs to be a "with skin" option for organic armor from the mutant pack, and a monstrous hand of the same item.
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Of course, if they don't make any significant changes addressing the basic criticisms restated a bajillion times in the Test threads, I'll be one cranky consumer but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt for now.
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Originally Posted by Bronze Knight
Not that I'm BITTER about that or any thing.
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But I feel your pain;
I bought a Mustang and Ford refused to upgrade it from GT to GT500 - the bastards had the unmitigated gall to charge me for it.
Same thing with TSR/WOTC/Hasbro - I bought the core books and the bastards made me pay for the supplaments.
Bioware, the money hungry bastards that they are made me pay for Dragon Age II and Mass Effect II after I had purchased both DA1 and ME1 (although they did give me an extra copy of ME2 for free after buying DA2) Same with Bethesda and Fallout.
I just dont understand it? I have a job, I pay taxes, I should be getting everything else for free
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Huh?
He's saying he wanted armored steampunk style boots in the booster (to go with the rest of the original Steampunk armor set, I assume), not that he was unwilling to pay for it.
Edit: Oops, he did say free stuff. That said, I agree that boots completing a set that's been around since launch isn't an unreasonable request.
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Originally Posted by Jophiel
Huh?
He's saying he wanted armored steampunk style boots in the booster (to go with the rest of the original Steampunk armor set, I assume), not that he was unwilling to pay for it. Edit: Oops, he did say free stuff. That said, I agree that boots completing a set that's been around since launch isn't an unreasonable request. |
Yes and Yes. I would be willing to pay for them but I do feel that the sets age means that they should be free.
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As I've said so many times in the past, I don't support the Boosters, for multiple reasons:
A) This is a subscription-based game. I don't support microtransactions in a subscription-based game, especially of core mechanics. Costuming and customization is a core mechanic. CoH has always used the vast amount of customization as a major selling point, and is the biggest aspect of the game that's kept me playing as long as I have.
B) Because, I feel I've been lied to on two different occasions. A long time ago (because Costume Customization is such a core aspect of the game) it was said they would never make purchase-only costume pieces. Then when they did start making the boosters, they said they would still make free costume options. Aside from a couple miscellaneous pieces, there's nothing new that's appeared. When I returned to the game recently after a 2-year hiatus, I was very disappointed in how few new costume pieces had been added into the game.
If the game was ever F2P, or if there were non-monetary ways of obtaining the boosters, I would not have a problem with them. One suggestion would be to have them pay-only for perhaps the first few months, then after that make them available through in-game methods.
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Originally Posted by LordAethar
As I've said so many times in the past, I don't support the Boosters, for multiple reasons:
A) This is a subscription-based game. I don't support microtransactions in a subscription-based game, especially of core mechanics. Costuming and customization is a core mechanic. CoH has always used the vast amount of customization as a major selling point, and is the biggest aspect of the game that's kept me playing as long as I have. B) Because, I feel I've been lied to on two different occasions. A long time ago (because Costume Customization is such a core aspect of the game) it was said they would never make purchase-only costume pieces. Then when they did start making the boosters, they said they would still make free costume options. Aside from a couple miscellaneous pieces, there's nothing new that's appeared. When I returned to the game recently after a 2-year hiatus, I was very disappointed in how few new costume pieces had been added into the game. If the game was ever F2P, or if there were non-monetary ways of obtaining the boosters, I would not have a problem with them. One suggestion would be to have them pay-only for perhaps the first few months, then after that make them available through in-game methods. |
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He's already supporting the game with his $15.00 a month.
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Originally Posted by Darej
Well the rest of us will continue to support the game so you can keep playing. And have fancy clothes too
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!5.00 a month doesn't get you the kind of nifty costume options in the Steampunk or Beast packs. It never did.
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I find the Roman pieces to be very nifty.
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Originally Posted by Organica
!5.00 a month doesn't get you the kind of nifty costume options in the Steampunk or Beast packs. It never did.
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I get the opposite feeling re the beast pack; I see very few people using it. Also, this is the only pack where they stuck NPCs wearing the pieces in Pocket D, as if to say "Look....!" |
Originally Posted by rian_frostdrake
you know, they have yet to say how a pack did or didnt do. I often wondered about the beast pack, since i was one of the big yellers for it, and if it flopped, id secretly suspect david was laughing at me and drawing uneditable mustaches on my characters. I suspect it did well, i think there are a hardcore clot of cosutme nuts like myslef that will dutifully shell out every time there are costume things in the pack, and this one was really really good, so id suspect it did well with the usual suspects...once they could log into their accounts, grumble grumble.
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I'm on Guardian and we have a well-known Tank on the server who has Tiger heads [his toon looks very nice too]. He is the only one I can remember seeing regularly wearing pieces from this pack! Sad. Also play on Virtue and dont see it much over there, even.
This pack is the only one I never bought. I even bought the Party Pack when it was on sale once, because my female alts wanted the dance emotes.
that said, I am enjoying the Steampunk pack a lot and am looking forward to whatever we get next.
...is there any official word on how many boosters they shifted the moment they came online?