Discussion: New Items at the Paragon Market - September 20, 2011

Calm down.

Is it just me or is the +10 Enhancement slots completely overpriced? 1600 PP is basically $20 for 10 more enhancement slot holders, or $40 for 20 more... id love to have it but not for $20-$40.

Maybe I'm doing it wrong (wouldn't be the first time) but. . .

In the Paragon Market window, shouldn't you be able to SEE what you're buying? It seems like this is true for only some of the items.

Example:

• the Barbarian Costume pack. Just says it's a collection for male, female and huge but doesn't list what you get. Not even a useful icon.
• Volcanic Aura. Clicking on this gives a description at least. But a small picture would be nice.

I bought some unslotters a couple of days ago. (Yes, it's irrational. I have a spectacular error rate with mis-slotting things, and I can come up with money, but I get fussy if I waste valuable in-game resources. Like I said, irrational.)

They were 225 each already then. Was the sale started early, or should these just not be in the list of new stuff this week?

The story arc was cool....... It made my lvl 25 scrapper lvl 20 so i think those who don't get a clue for the contact must not be of high enough lvl.

As for the prices I think they are on par with other games. If you dont want to pay that much money for them don't.

Once again a single costume part for $1.00. I question why costume packs went down to $5.00 and a brand new pack came out for $5.00, yet you guys are selling individual items for $1.00.

It's like you have a Jekyll and Hyde operating the price sheets. On one hand you have a guy going "I'll give people about 40-60 items for $5.00! I'm valuing individual costume pieces around 8 to 15 cents each!" and then another guy goes "AHAHAHAHA $1.00 PER PIECE, YEAAAAHHHH!" And then he drinks blood out of a skull and rides off on a motorcycle made of baby seals.

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Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU Dispari has more than enough credability, and certainly doesn't need to borrow any from you.

I didn't see a Signature Story Arc discussion thread, so I'm putting this here. Apologies if it's out of place...

I liked the new Signature Story Arc a lot, the writing and the maps were both top notch. I'd give examples (there were plenty, but want this to be spoiler free). I could have done without being exemplared down to level 20, but that's a minor quibble.

As a Rogue however, I did find the choice of rewards at the end rather... underwhelming. Yes, I know Rogues can't get Villain Merits but a choice of one Astral Merit, or 10 threads, or 22 merits seemed a bit light especially considering the Rogue-equivalent of earning a Villain Merit is *60* standard merits!

Perhaps up the reward to 1 Villain/Hero merit (for villains/do-gooders), or 1 Empyrean Merit, or 20 threads, or 60 standard merits, awarded once per week and the current lesser rewards for subsequent runs per week?

Oh, and a shiny new badge would be nice as well.

-Buxley

So, will the market let you buy the story arc if you are a ViP?

If so, this seems... wrong. Taking my money for something I am already paying for.

As I look back, I think I already made this mistake with the IDF costume set as well. I purchased it, but now that I think about it isn't it free for VIPs?

I plan on keeping my sub running, so I should not pay for these things. Moreover, I should not be /able/ to pay for these things. If, for some reason, I drop my sub and then want to pay for them, that's fine.

At the very least they need a bold bright disclaimer and confirmation box if I am trying to buy something that my subscription is already giving me.

So, I have a question about this stuff....

I like the new aura. I like quite a few things in the market really. In fact I bought the beam rifle set, and then also picked up the extra enhancement tray. I think it was like "enhancement storage increase #1" or something like that.

So, I went back into the market last night. And I noticed something- I can apparently buy "enhancment storage increase #1". I even hit buy and it showed up in my cart. I did not buy it however, I removed it thinking "wow. why would they allow people to buy something twice?"

Then I see the known issues thread, and it says something to the effect " stuff you already aquired doesnt have a buy button". So.... why is that an issue? Are people complaining they cant make purchases for real money over and over again for something they already have? Like, I didnt get to pay enough for this!! Why cant I buy it 5 times over so I can pay you 5x as much for the same thing!!

I had also bought a salvage increase. And of course that is also available to buy again. And I dont mean like the #2-10 offered, I mean i could buy #1 twice. To me, this is eighther an oversight that allows people to "pay to much" or buy it twice or whatever, or a terrible underhanded scheme to sucker people into paying for something twice.

Mostly, I was rather annoyed that I would have to track my purchases myself so I didnt accidentally buy salvage increase number 6 twice as I slowly save points up to get these things. WOuldnt it make more sense to have account items already purchased show such on the market screen? or move into a seperate "bought" catagory or something? Instead we get a known issues thread stating account items you already have dont have a buy button.

I could of course be missing something here.

As already pointed out, the Volcanic aura was forgotten in the actual post. >.>
Except for the signature arc that aura is the only thing of interest to me (and one of the only two "new" things, since the others are promotions unless I'm mistaken).
I am glad to see the store being updated frequently though!

Street justice? Street? Wanna hit the street. Uh oh, play it cool. Here come the street police. Street! STREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET (justice)!

Seriously though, glad to see the sig arcs starting up.