!!Halloween Pack Costume Items!!
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Posted on: 2011-10-18 12:24 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Uh.. did I say there was a law? I simply said thanks and provided my feedback on an additional item.
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Originally Posted by Lothic
I would consider the fact that the Bats aura is purchasable in the Paragon Market a friendly compromise between the two. Believe it or not there really is no law against the Devs providing us rewards that can only be gained during limited holiday events. *shrugs*
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No you didn't. I'm just indirectly pointing out that there will probably -always- be some things in this game that will be "limited" within the confines of the holiday event system. I guess it's worth trying to see if they'll make it so that there's NO reason to play the game during the events to get all the holiday specific rewards, but I wouldn't count on it.
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Originally Posted by Goblin_Queen
Uh.. did I say there was a law? I simply said thanks and provided my feedback on an additional item.
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It depends on how it's implemented, as we've talked about before - by perhaps unlocking the ability to buy it from the store by doing the content at least once. Plus there are those who will not want to buy something when they can get it for free.
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Originally Posted by Lothic
No you didn't. I'm just indirectly pointing out that there will probably -always- be some things in this game that will be "limited" within the confines of the holiday event system. I guess it's worth trying to see if they'll make it so that there's NO reason to play the game during the events to get all the holiday specific rewards, but I wouldn't count on it.
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ok, limited feedback on the fish bits. not bad, i do notice the "booted/gloved" nature of the hands and feet are a bit restrictive for concepts, maybe later on we can work with skin variations too. I realize this is strictly a halloween themed pack and not a full on aquatic pack, but i am happy with it, just little details would be nice to add in later costume piece updates, like an ear fin, really would love those. Didnt check the rest of the stuff, will later, but came for the fish stuff, and was reasonably happy with it, just, some bare options would be great too.
Sadly, I probably won't pick this pack up. Which makes me sort of weirdly anxious, as I've never before NOT bought a costume pack. But these pieces seem very limited for the most part, and the only ones I'm really interested in for their broad appeal (high collar, ascot, broach) seem bugged.
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I think some of those bugs you mentioned are fixed on Test? If you like them, you should get them before they're gone! At least you'll be able to verify the fixes when the Halloween patch goes Live to make a reassessment then. |
Originally Posted by Feycat
Sadly, I probably won't pick this pack up. Which makes me sort of weirdly anxious, as I've never before NOT bought a costume pack. But these pieces seem very limited for the most part, and the only ones I'm really interested in for their broad appeal (high collar, ascot, broach) seem bugged.
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There's definitely some additional things that need adjustment (imo) but the blatant bugs are soon to be fixed.
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Yeah, I'll probably pick up 3-4 pieces, but I just can't see picking up the entire pack when I know I have no character to go with them and likely never will.
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Originally Posted by Goblin_Queen
I think some of those bugs you mentioned are fixed on Test? If you like them, you should get them before they're gone! At least you'll be able to verify the fixes when the Halloween patch goes Live to make a reassessment then.
There's definitely some additional things that need adjustment (imo) but the blatant bugs are soon to be fixed. |
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Yep, but there's nothing wrong about that, haha. Don't feel anxious. |
Originally Posted by Feycat
Yeah, I'll probably pick up 3-4 pieces, but I just can't see picking up the entire pack when I know I have no character to go with them and likely never will.
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I started realizing that about some things that would (and then did) come out.
I used to be a bit of a completionist, but a few people have helped me to enjoy seeing the variety spread to the point that people will have things that others won't and that's actually a good thing (for variety's sake... not a have and have-not due to limitations thing).
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Originally Posted by Feycat
Yeah, I'll probably pick up 3-4 pieces, but I just can't see picking up the entire pack when I know I have no character to go with them and likely never will.
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1) As far back as I recall there have been some release bugs associated with just about every costume pack this game has ever released. Not suggesting that's a "good" thing per se but the Devs have always been relatively good at getting a majority of those bugs fixed in short order so I wouldn't necessarily hold off a purchase for that account.
2) The entire "Monster Pack" only costs 400 points while buying the items individually adds up to roughly twice that amount. Basically if you ever plan to get more than like 1 or 2 items from this it's probably more worthwhile to just buy the pack outright.
Have fun either way.
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They still haven't fixed the female beast head packs, and David's acknowledged they probably never will. That's really damaged my confidence in paying money for stuff I know is already bugged, you know?
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Originally Posted by Lothic
Two quick points:
1) As far back as I recall there have been a few release bugs associated with just about every costume pack this game has ever released. No suggesting that's a "good" thing per se but the Dev have always been relative good at getting a majority of those bugs fixed in short order so I wouldn't necessarily hold off a purchase for that account. |
I just wanted to add another positive note about the pack...
I've seen people asking (and responding) about whether the snake hair was animated and such and I just wanted to add that, while it is not animated, I think it really looks great. Very nice job on those snakes. Both in their look and their poses.
My wife has a Todd McFarlane Medusa figure that stands on her computer table... I have a feeling she will have to buy this!
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Sure I can understand that kind of thing. I guess I'm just looking at a more "big picture" view of the matter. There have literally been dozens of other "broken" items that have been fixed over the years. YMMV of course.
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Originally Posted by Feycat
They still haven't fixed the female beast head packs, and David's acknowledged they probably never will. That's really damaged my confidence in paying money for stuff I know is already bugged, you know?
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Originally Posted by Feycat
They still haven't fixed the female beast head packs, and David's acknowledged they probably never will. That's really damaged my confidence in paying money for stuff I know is already bugged, you know?
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I feel the same way. That's why I'm basing all my purchases on what the items are in their current state and I don't want to reward practices that I'm not in favor of.
Hopefully they'll not neglect fixing things up (past, present and future) just because of the new thing every week goal.
*patiently waits and watches*
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If you look under costume bundles>holiday, it's listed under "coming soon".
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Oh, this is rich. So the Halloween costume pack is NOT in the "Featured" items, it's not in the "New" items, and if I go looking for costume bundles, it's the last item on the last page. Um... Why? Do you NOT want me to buy the costume set?
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new broot
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I bet it's that axe that got him that head.
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Originally Posted by Mr. DJ
new broot
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I was just going to say pretty much the same thing - he looks suicidal, like he's about to crack his how tank |
Originally Posted by Lazarillo
I bet it's that axe that got him that head.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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Stuff looks awesome.
Shame we have to pay for it.
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Originally Posted by Xanatos
Stuff looks awesome.
Shame we have to pay for it. |
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
I was just going to say pretty much the same thing - he looks suicidal, like he's about to crack his how tank
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though I might reroll as stone melee...gah!
My think tank character is waiting for Titian Weapons.
Some great costumes in here!
I said I'd try a Robby The Robot type look and... I only did this off of memory and certainly did not go for an exact replica or anything (which is not possible anyway)... I just wanted it to stay away from being too "cool and modern" looking, hehe.
I really couldn't decide on an aura. I think this worked best, but I love the Beast Chest aura too...
@Zethustra
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and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
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And here are reference shots of the Beehive hairstyle and the female vampire face.
Maybe these'd be good for the wiki...
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Last year though, the new difficulty settings didn't seem to be reliably affecting Halloween spawns, so it wasn't quite the same.
When I saw '5 tricks', all I could think of was a bunch of werewolves instantly spawning around you and all throwing rocks at your head :P