Bam! You're purple now.
Glad you found those!. When the Head Start began, I immediately purchased the Rocket Board, Beam Rifle, and those two things. I don't use the capes as much as I thought I would, but I have DEFINITELY made tons of use out of the auras since.
@Winter. Because I'm Winter. Period.
I am a blaster first, and an alt-oholic second.
It is a very Good Thing.
Those two little perks were the first things I bought from the market, even before I got my chibi Bane his rocketboard.
@Brightfires - @Talisander
That chick what plays the bird-things...
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Me too! I did a happy dance when I realized I would never have to do stupid cape/aura time sink missions again. That was truly a pay-to-win moment.
On the one hand, I sort of prefer to keep doing the cape-unlocking arc (and the aura one for villains; the hero hunts are admittedly lame), and don't really like the idea of paying for something I can easily earn in game anyway, so I haven't paid for these.
On the other hand, my planned Titan Weapons/Regeneration character looks pretty freaking bad without his cape.
Decisions, decisions...
I do agree. Time saving items such as this have made my costume creation and playtime a bit more enjoyable .
Glad to see you're enjoying it as well.
As long as we're talking about it, are there any other time vs. convenience options like the cape and aura unlock service you could see being a desirable Market offering?
Andy Belford
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Paragon Studios
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Access to the Roman set, the same way Vanguard already is. This to me would be far more desirable than capes or auras, simply because it's more potentially "theme-critical", to me at least. I'd say the same for a lot of the weapon unlocks as well.
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As long as we're talking about it, are there any other time vs. convenience options like the cape and aura unlock service you could see being a desirable Market offering?
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All of the costume/aura/emote unlocks (save for Ascension armor if you want to save that as Incarnate-only) in the Empyrian Merit and Astral Merit stores.|
Originally Posted by Zwillinger
I do agree. Time saving items such as this have made my costume creation and playtime a bit more enjoyable
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All unlockable costume parts, really. The Family Tommy gun, the Rularuu weapons, the Nemesis rifle, all of it, please.
Please try my custom mission arcs!
Legacy of a Rogue (ID 459586, Entry for Dr. Aeon's Third Challenge)
Death for Dollars! (ID 1050)
Dr. Duplicate's Dastardly Dare (ID 1218)
Win the Past, Own the Future (ID 1429)
In premise, I don't mind the Cape missions too much. The Aura mish hero side though is a PITA (Don't have a Vill high enough to do theirs...). But the fact that the Cape & Aura Unlocks are that bloody cheap and global make them, IMHO, the best Values on the Paragon Market.
When the head start began, they were apart of my first purchases.
Thank you for the time...
@Travlr (Main) / @Tymers Realm (Test) 
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
As long as we're talking about it, are there any other time vs. convenience options like the cape and aura unlock service you could see being a desirable Market offering?
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This is almost a no-lose situation for everyone - players can choose to either pay to unlock anything on an item-by-item basis, or wait and unlock it in-game - and NCSoft will either make a little bit more money, or quite a bit more money.
@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
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Thank you for the time...
@Travlr (Main) / @Tymers Realm (Test)
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You can buy an aura or cape unlock for a single toon using Astral Merits.....
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On the other hand, my planned Titan Weapons/Regeneration character looks pretty freaking bad without his cape.
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The Mentor Project
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I do agree. Time saving items such as this have made my costume creation and playtime a bit more enjoyable
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- Invention Recipe Wings/Boots
- Roman Armour
- Astral/Empyrean Merit CCE's, Auras, Path Auras, Emotes, Chest Emblems.
Wings and Boots from the Invention System because I like making characters as complete in costume thematic as possible from the start, and I tend to overlook those pieces as I can't see how they work with the rest of the set.
Roman Armour because we've got lots of tech pieces but very few magic/old-style armour pieces.
Also, not quite the same as what you asked, but:
I would love to have the booster/VIP/Ascension weapon sets updated to all available power sets.
What I mean is:
Vanguard Dual Pistols
Some kind of Vanguard Mace
Vanguard Titan Weapon
Celestial Claws
Celestial Bow
Celestial Katana
Celestial Shield
Organic Titan Weapon
Organic Katana
Organic Axe
Organic Claws
Roman Titan Weapon
So on and so forth.
I hated playing other MMO's and having to wait ages to get things like eyepatches for my characters because they were tied to being gear, or certain emotes/mini pets and so on.
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Almost every single in-game unlock, including the Incanrate cosmetic items and weapon customization unlocks - but keep things like Ascension Armor as Empyrean unlocked only, along with anything else that's actually Incarnate-themed.
This is almost a no-lose situation for everyone - players can choose to either pay to unlock anything on an item-by-item basis, or wait and unlock it in-game - and NCSoft will either make a little bit more money, or quite a bit more money. |
Though, to deviate from my usual optimism, I do not think we'll get it. Considering that the Devs are doing all they can to encourage the play of Incarnate Trials, I do not see them removing an exclusive incentive.
@Winter. Because I'm Winter. Period.
I am a blaster first, and an alt-oholic second.
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I'd sorta pushed that out of my mind as a result of really just wanting to be done with any given Incarnate character as quickly as possible and not wanting to waste even Astrals when I could be thread-converting anyway. However, if all it takes is one spare Astral for this one character, that might be the way to go, especially since I could earn it through an SSA.
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You can buy an aura or cape unlock for a single toon using Astral Merits.....
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Wings and Boots from the Invention System because I like making characters as complete in costume thematic as possible from the start, and I tend to overlook those pieces as I can't see how they work with the rest of the set.
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I mean, they're crazy easy to get, but I'd rather pay 40 points (you really can't sell something this easy to get in-game for 80 points) to have Rocket Boots or Insect Wings in the Character Creator when I'm making a brand new character than have to collect the parts, mail them to myself, and add them after character creation.
Please try my custom mission arcs!
Legacy of a Rogue (ID 459586, Entry for Dr. Aeon's Third Challenge)
Death for Dollars! (ID 1050)
Dr. Duplicate's Dastardly Dare (ID 1218)
Win the Past, Own the Future (ID 1429)
I'd like to see all the stupid access stuff (vanguard intro for merit drops, cimerora, ouroboros so we have it automatically, tailor missions) go into a little bundle like that as well, to get rid of it.
Dark armor lover.
The Claws/DA Scrapper guide.
Unlock the Patron Pools so we do not have to run those arcs anymore unless we want to.
Paragonian Knights
Justice Company
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Unlock the Patron Pools so we do not have to run those arcs anymore unless we want to.
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Make a man a fire and keep him warm for the day, SET a man on fire and keep him warm for the rest of his life.
Incarnates: K'lir(Fire/Dark Corr):Hot-House Flower(Plant/Fire Dom):Kinrad X(Kin/Rad Def):Itsy-Bitsy Spider(Crab):Two Ton Tony(Mace/WP Broot):Teeny Weeny Widow(Fortunata/Widow) : Zeroth Law (Ice/Fire Tank)
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Those seem more justified though as unlockable content - like they're more themed to the unlock than, say, a fainting emote being unlocked by doing Incarnate Trials.
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Unlock the Patron Pools so we do not have to run those arcs anymore unless we want to.
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@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
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It would be great if the empyrean/astral auras were available at creation instead of having to create, claim them all, then waste a free token to update the costumes at miss lib. Sure it makes sense that the ascension stuff needs to be claimed to keep your non 50s from getting it, but clicking through all those claims is tedious and annoying when you just want to put the aura on your new alt.
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As long as we're talking about it, are there any other time vs. convenience options like the cape and aura unlock service you could see being a desirable Market offering?
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Liberty
My 50s:
Hero: Armor Assassin (scrapper), Cross Dresser (scrapper), Surly Seaman (blaster), Defensive End (Tank), Rad Rhino (Cont)
Villain: Beast Infection (Corr), Sweet Zombie Jesus (MM), Milk Weasel (Stalker), Orgullo (MM), Agent Eris (Crab)
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Problem is it's more themed for my stalker to have a blast, snipe and a power that increases his defence than a knockback, hold, two aoe blasts and a blast.
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Those seem more justified though as unlockable content - like they're more themed to the unlock than, say, a fainting emote being unlocked by doing Incarnate Trials.
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It's a huge pain in the *** to have an idea for a character that would benefit from one of these and then think, "Oh, well, maybe in eight months."
@Draeth Darkstar
Virtue [Heroes, Roleplay], Freedom [Villains], Exalted [All Sides, Roleplay]
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Sorry,
Sincerely,
I was totally oblivious to the fact that I could purchase a permanent Aura/Cape unlock for all toons including future toons.
Color me freaking ectastic.
Voodoo Girl
/end subdued freak out