The Paragon Market - A Quick Update

I am Sorry but alot people don't want a pay to win Game, I mean if you keep putting Enhancements up on Market you going to make people mad.

The pay-to-win complaints are really silly over things like this. The only advantage these IOs have in any way is that they're better for exemplaring, and I kind of expect that to change in the future just to stop that one niche "problem" from being harped on.

Pay-to-win classically implies getting character power that can't be obtained by playing the game from a real-money market. Unless you consider going from being able to stomp all over low-level TFs on your 50s to rolling your face over your keyboard and winning them a huge boost in character power, this does not meet that definition.

I24 Proc Chance = (Enhanced Recharge + Activation Time) * (Current PPM * 1.25) / 60*(1 + .75*(.15*Radius - 0.011*Radius*(360-Arc)/30))
Single Target Radius = 0. AoE Non-Cone Arc = 360.

My feedback on the items in question from a VIP perspective:

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Originally Posted by Zwillinger - 3 new Rare Melee DPS IO Enhancements (which will normally be found under the enhancements category sort by Melee and their respective max levels): Pulverizing Fisticuffs (10-25), Touch of Death (25-40) and Mako's Bite (30-50). Like our previous enhancement offerings, these Rare IOs cannot be boosted, are account bound and attuned and they will level with you, within their level ranges. We're going to be watching these items closely as they represent another convenience vs. time offering and we're interested in their reception. We'll let you know about pricing tomorrow, however this initial offering will be at 50% off of their normal price, both individually for those of you who like to mix and match for your builds and as a bundled set.

Dubious about the precedent it's going to set. As for store bought IOs in general, I'm not sure that "non-boostable" is much of a drawback, considering that boosting costs extra and has a miniscule effect on performance. The exemplar bonus as detailed by Liquid already outweighs the non-boostable penalty, IMHO, and I'm concerned that store bought IOs will actually be the superior choice for a majority of game content.

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Originally Posted by Zwillinger - A new path aura: this will be the first path aura we've offered in the Market (all other paths are either Paragon Reward unlocks or unlocked through Incarnate content) so we're looking forward to seeing what you think. While it will be priced a bit higher than a standard aura, it's not far off and is, IMHO, pretty damn cool looking. You'll have to wait until tomorrow to see it .*

I don't understand the rationale behind charging more for a path aura when they are mutually exclusive with regular auras and not really any different in terms of overall aesthetics. This also goes for the auras available on the Incarnate vendors. They might be more work from a technical standpoint (although I don't know, just guessing), but if so I don't think that translates well into in-game impact, and I don't really think it should be a consideration for price points. To me it seems like they're just arbitrarily more expensive.

Speaking as another VIP, I really don't see a problem with any of this as long as they keep the PvP and Purple IOs off the market and even then, I'm almsot thinking so what.

These items can be obtained in game. And it sounds like if you were going for true min/max you'd going to want to obtain the IOs in game, and then pay to boost them (which you can also do free by spending Paragon Reward points on the Boosters instead of actual money).

Might want to keep sets like LotG off the market though. Lotg: +RCH at lvl 50 enhancement value and it exemps down to lvl 22...that might be to tempting.

This really dosn't bother me at all , im not sure why I should care if someone buys IO's from the store , on the market , off market or whatever . It dosn't really affect my enjoyment of the game .

though if you want my money you need to toss more costumes up on the store , im getting tired of not being able to give you my money because you are testing the waters with things like the zombie survival pack .

I see Gunslinger!

EDIT: Nevermind they removed it.

SSA 3 live tonight. coo, enough for me. curious what the aura is. Have to kinda agree, I don't get quite why 'path' auras have to be any more expensive than normal auras. Curious what it's gonna be though.

I support a Paragon Market sub forum.

And a Voodoo Girl fanfic sub forum as well...

the day that you cannot play this game successfully with a peep fully slotted with SOs (and hami-Os if inclined) is the ay it becaomes 'pay to win'. til then, its a convenience buy for folks that won't (or cannot) earn them easily in game.

Speaking as someone who just doesn't have the time to play constantly anymore, and as someone who has only ever had TWO (worthless) purples drop EVER since they came out, I can quite happily say that I'm fine with the option of being able to buy them should I want. I'm never ever gonna get them otherwise...

So... the Autumn Path is "pretty damn cool looking"? Maybe if the leaf pile blobs looked better. Or maybe if there were less of those blobs as I think I can almost see leaves that actually look leaf-like underneath them.

ooo! Buisness model! You are going to get fat!

Alot sooner than I expected too! This should be interesting!

This kind of news makes me very happy.

So tell me, how are things?

Has the situation improved?

do you have more money incoming now?

Are things getting better and more well funded?

I'd like to know, because I certainly hoped so!

It can only lead to :::BIG WIDE GRIN:::

...more base love.

Edit: I sincerely hope you make a speedy recover Z and that you aren't in any pain.