I expect we will see a lot more pay for powersets

TW is at least as popular as Time was when it came out on new characters - and everyone had to buy TW.

I have to assume that they sold a ton of the powersets, which means we should expect more pay for sets in the future.

And while people in game think the set is powerful, they didn't seem to buy them because they'd read about that. They just wanted a new set or liked the look.

Of course there may be no MM pet sets like this, just ones that can go on several AT's so lots of people will want them.

Was anyone really expecting that we'd see fewer of them?

I know they had a backlog of them waiting for Freedom to go Live so they would have 'stock' to release over time.

Let's see once they exhaust that stock if they can continue to keep up the pace.

New power sets are *very* resource intensive with art, animation, FX, powers, and QA.

...Okay, the pic is uncalled for, and does not represent my feelings towards your post. In all honesty, I saw this a couple weeks ago and have been waiting for a chance to pull it out

I completely agree. I am willing to bet Beam Rifle, Street Justice, and Titan Weapons have pulled in a nice amount of revenue for the studio because, as you said, they are all highly desirable power sets. We know Staff Melee (probably available to all 4 melee archetypes) is in the pipeline, while Dark Control will be available free to VIPs with Issue 22. I expect the majority of power sets that they release as "purchasable for everyone" will be ranged, buff/debuff, or melee, since those are used by the most number of archetypes.

Frankly, I am fine with this business model as it is a win/win from my perspective. The studio pulls in more revenue, which means they can release more stuff more often, which gives me a greater choice about what to buy. I did not buy Titan Weapons nor Street Justice because I don't play melee characters much, but I still love the rate at which they have been able to release these sets.

Hey dug

Well, Zwill's gone on record that we'll still be getting one new free powerset (that serves multiple ATs) with each issue, and paid sets in-between.

Personally, I'm OK with this, since we're arguably getting more powersets more frequently with this new scheme. Remember how long players waited for Dual Blades and Shields to come out? Now wer're getting new powersets every few months at the least.

In the past, the various boxed expansions, in addition to subscriber fees, helped fund powerset development, but it looks like the F2P model will allow faster development. As a guy who purchased TW weapons, I couldn't be happier. IMPO, it's a win-win for Premium and VIP players alike.

Well, I know I wasn't the only one wanting buster sword style weapon skins (basically huge weapons) for the exsisting weapon sets, so I wouldn't see why it wouldn't be popular.

Not to mention, with everyone and their love of AOE, and it having 4 aoes, is likely to make it popular too.

StJ and TW are not really my cup of tea, but Staff Fighting is something I have wanted for five years.

I will just use my Paragon points to get that set and all is well.

I too am waiting for Staff Fighting, and it will likely be the first Power Set I'll actually purchase - StJ and TW didn't interest me conceptually, whilst BR is something I may eventually buy if I ever come-up with a concept that's not too cliche to run with (or if it goes on sale, whatever comes first).

We're seeing new sets more frequently with new animations and new interesting mechanics. (although I think beam needs a bit more kick than it has).

I'm OK with this.

Not really I test Titan Weapon on Beta and like and not all new Power Sets are going to be price in the Market.

We are getting Dark Control for Free and we did get Time for free as well, So yeah you got to give people more Credit, We don't just go and buy it because it new and Shiny, We bought it because we like it.

I don't buy everything in the market, just stuff I tested on Test and Beta Server that I come to like.