Discussion: Featured Items at the Paragon Market - 10/4/11
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Posted on: 2011-10-04 10:36 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
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Street Justice I'm getting immediately. Rerolling a level 34 character for it.
Costume slots are still not worth it even at 25% off. If you guys still think I'm going to spend that much money on extra costume slots, you're totally loony. I'm not going to pay $37.50 for more costumes. I might buy them if they were 75% off. Otherwise I'm spending exactly $0 on this.
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Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU
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So awesome. I can't wait to get it!
The hilarious thing is that I have 790 points.
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When will Street Justice be on sale?
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Where are the new items mentioned on Twitter and the new sales mentioned on Facebook please?
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Maybe they'll let you buy 10 points!
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Originally Posted by Liquid
So awesome. I can't wait to get it!
The hilarious thing is that I have 790 points. |
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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.
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There's nothing keeping you (or anyone) from buying one extra costume slot, and $7.50 is well within 'impulse buy' range for a lot of players. Pretending that you have to buy all five at once is just silly.|
Originally Posted by Dispari
Costume slots are still not worth it even at 25% off. If you guys still think I'm going to spend that much money on extra costume slots, you're totally loony. I'm not going to pay $37.50 for more costumes. I might buy them if they were 75% off. Otherwise I'm spending exactly $0 on this.
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Originally Posted by milk_weasel
When will Street Justice be on sale?
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Or in other words, it'll go on sale sometime after you give up and pay full price.
There are two player sides to the debate over the Paragon Market prices.
1) Those who think the prices, for the most part, are set too high for the perceived value of the object(s) in question. I myself fall into this camp.*
2) Those with disposable income such that buying anything at the PM that might strike their fancy (or their WANT IT NAO!!! button) is a mere trifle. These folks are likely also accustomed to these types of transactions from other games and accept them as they are.
Voices on the forum, or folks lined up at the store? Which do you think Marketing is paying attention to?
Gloomily, I foresee no real change in the pricing structure already in place.
*And, in the interest of full disclosure, this morning I paid for Paragon Points in order to purchase the Street Justice powerset NAO. I am part of the problem. *sigh*
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The existing Kick power already stomps on the groin.
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Originally Posted by Zombie Man
Knee to the groin!!!
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When are we VIPs getting our monthly allowance of Paragon Reward points?
I hope they're not delaying the allowances just to squeeze some extra profit off of the new microtransaction content.
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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I've heard Oct 11th, aka a week from today. Some bug related to the way they gave out points at Freedom's launch last month.
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Originally Posted by RemusShepherd
When are we VIPs getting our monthly allowance of Paragon Reward points?
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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Zwill is working on an official statement, but the short version is that the points awarded in the F2P headstart (~9/14) included in advance the monthly allowances that would have been paid out through 10/11. After that date, the monthly allotments should start getting awarded normally.
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Originally Posted by RemusShepherd
When are we VIPs getting our monthly allowance of Paragon Reward points?
I hope they're not delaying the allowances just to squeeze some extra profit off of the new microtransaction content. |
Thanks for alerting us to the new stuff!
I look forward to a 50% off sale for Street Justice in the (far?) future.
Shouldn't Street Justice actually be in the Featured list, then, not just findable under Powers by searching?
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Wouldn't paying attention to voices on the forums be pretty idiotic? I mean, where are you going to find people saying that the prices are too low and need to be raised? Even people who hold that opinion aren't going to voice it.|
Originally Posted by Klatteja
There are two player sides to the debate over the Paragon Market prices.
1) Those who think the prices, for the most part, are set too high for the perceived value of the object(s) in question. I myself fall into this camp.* 2) Those with disposable income such that buying anything at the PM that might strike their fancy (or their WANT IT NAO!!! button) is a mere trifle. These folks are likely also accustomed to these types of transactions from other games and accept them as they are. Voices on the forum, or folks lined up at the store? Which do you think Marketing is paying attention to? Gloomily, I foresee no real change in the pricing structure already in place. *And, in the interest of full disclosure, this morning I paid for Paragon Points in order to purchase the Street Justice powerset NAO. I am part of the problem. *sigh* |
Listening to other people tell you how to price your product is a waste of time with a digital goods store like this where you can adjust the prices trivially on the fly. I'm sure every bit of data from the store is getting analyzed six ways from Sunday right now, and we'll see adjustments as time goes on.
However, one thing everyone should be prepared for is that prices will tend to be on the high side, punctuated by occasional sales. This is the model that seems to be working best in the hybrid space right now - you get full price from the folks who either have to have it now, or who regard the cost as trivial, and then when you do the sale, you get a mass influx from those who impulse buy, as well as the scattered few who actually possess patience.
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Aside from the transfer token pack, haven't all the sales been 20-25%?|
Originally Posted by Dark Quill
Thanks for alerting us to the new stuff!
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Any 50% sale, especially for a hot item like a powerset, is likely a looong way off.
When I had time to play on Beta and the patience I couldn't get into the store to purchase StJ (Mac user here) so I'm not going to spend 800 points on a set I might not like. But more power to you guys that are purchasing it. I'll save my points for Staff Fighting and/or Titan weapons.
I understand why they priced it at 800 points instead of the 650 sale price, I mean if there is anything that this community lacks it's self control over the new shiny stuff. As far as it going on sale, I assume that if people don't bite on it for 800 points they will put it on sale, but probably no time soon. Could you imagine the outcry from people that spent 800 points on it only to have it go on sale shortly after?
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Saw a bit of that already on people who'd purchased Costume Slots prior to the sale that began last week. A sale is a sale; I see no problem with it as long as they don't permanently lower the price a short time after launch.
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Originally Posted by EnigmaBlack
Could you imagine the outcry from people that spent 800 points on it only to have it go on sale shortly after?
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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Every consumeable they've had on sale (Enhancement Unslotters, Temp Power Rezzes and now the XP Boosters) has been 50% off.|
Originally Posted by Brillig
Any 50% sale, especially for a hot item like a powerset, is likely a looong way off.
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No permanent items have been discounted below 20% at this point, though, you are correct.
EDIT: As Void Huntress points out below, Costume Slots 6-10 are currently 25% off. Math error on my part.
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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Which sucks, especially for me as my billing date is the 30th, so no points for me until the 30th of October!|
Originally Posted by https://support.cityofheroes.com/app/answers/freedomdetail/a_id/8873
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Answer ID 8873 | Published 09/29/2011 11:57 AM | Updated 09/29/2011 11:57 AM Why didn't I receive Paragon Points on my September billing date? On the day the City of Heroes Freedom began, existing subscribers received credit for being VIPs for September and were awarded their Paragon Points. If you were a subscriber on the day Head Start began, you received your Paragon Points for September on that day, instead of on your billing date. Starting in October you will receive your Paragon Points on your game account's billing date, as long as you maintain VIP status. |
I would of thought they could of classed 400 points as a headstart gift and continued as planned on the billing dates.
Oh well, that will teach me for getting an extended sub...
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Originally Posted by Dispari
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I see you're sellin' 400 points for five dollas! How 'bout 10 points for 12 cents?
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It sounds like that for you, the release of Street Justice is one of the most important days of your life.|
Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
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But for me, it's Tuesday.
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Probably the same amount of outcry if it went on sale 2 years from now.|
Originally Posted by EnigmaBlack
Could you imagine the outcry from people that spent 800 points on it only to have it go on sale shortly after?
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I'm just glad it's up. I was afraid it was going to be another "Gunslinger" fiasco when I noticed it as a selectable power this morning, but trying to purchase it gave an "UNKNOWN SKU ERROR"
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You can buy the following items with Paragon Points at the Paragon Market in City of Heroes Freedom now!
Street Justice Power Set Available Now!
Break shins, and throw upper cuts and knee strikes to rule the streets with this new melee power set for melee archetypes. For Brutes, Scrappers, Stalkers, and Tankers.
For more information on the Street Justice power set, take a look at this article written by Phil "Synapse" Zeleski and this trailer on our Youtube channel!
Market Location: Powers > Power Sets > Melee
800 points
XP Booster Temporary Power (5 Charges)
Get a 25% boost to a character's XP for 1 hour.
Market Location: Buffs & Boosts > XP Boosts
50% off 450 = 225 points
Costume Slot Unlock
Unlock a costume slot on all characters on your account. (Maximum of 10 costume slots per character.)
Market Location: Costumes > Tailor > Costume Slots
25% off 800 = 600 points
Revival Temporary Power (5 charges)
Return to full Health and Endurance, with 5 seconds of invulnerability.
Market Location: Buffs & Boosts > Temporary Powers
225 Points
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