REALLY wish there were Paragon Points cards
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Posted on: 2011-12-25 21:00 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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When I used mine I believe that I could have purchased $30 of NCoin instead of the 60 days of CoH. I really didn't look that closely because I bought the card for CoH.
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Originally Posted by Rajani Isa
How do the time cards work? Are they charged tax on purchase? Those cards don't give you money to use towards sub time, they are simply worth X days of sub. I'd guess points cards work similar - a points card would not be for $x USD, but rather be worth X PP.
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
We know it's a highly requested feature, and, as such, we're interested in supporting it. I'm not sure where it is in the pipeline, but I know it's on a list somewhere.
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Thanks much! I will say you probably lost out on a nice chunck of change not getting it out by the holidays, but I'm glad to hear it's in the works.
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
We know it's a highly requested feature, and, as such, we're interested in supporting it. I'm not sure where it is in the pipeline, but I know it's on a list somewhere.
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I couldn't agree more.
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The only game cards I have bought for myself are from another company, and they're $15 for 1500 points. I pay the $15 plus tax then get the 1500 points or a month of game play ($15 subscription fee). So all I pay is less than a dollar in tax that I wouldn't have had to if I just put it on the credit card.|
Originally Posted by Rajani Isa
How do the time cards work? Are they charged tax on purchase? Those cards don't give you money to use towards sub time, they are simply worth X days of sub. I'd guess points cards work similar - a points card would not be for $x USD, but rather be worth X PP.
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I would hope Paragon Point cards would work the same (or similar) way.
"I play characters. I have to have a very strong visual appearance, backstory, name, etc. to get involved with a character, otherwise I simply won't play it very long. I'm not an RPer by any stretch of the imagination, but character concept is very important for me."- Back Alley Brawler
I couldn't agree more.
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So like I thought - they tax the card as the card itself doesn't have an actual "dollar amount" but rather is for a service or product.
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Originally Posted by Lycantropus
The only game cards I have bought for myself are from another company, and they're $15 for 1500 points. I pay the $15 plus tax then get the 1500 points or a month of game play ($15 subscription fee). So all I pay is less than a dollar in tax that I wouldn't have had to if I just put it on the credit card.
I would hope Paragon Point cards would work the same (or similar) way. |
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The ability to purchase the old "Booster Packs" (Wedding Pack, Super Booster I: Cyborg, etc.), and gift them to someone else, has been asked for since they first came out back in 2008. Positron told us way way back then that this was something that "we're interested in doing."|
Originally Posted by Zwillinger
We know it's a highly requested feature, and, as such, we're interested in supporting it. I'm not sure where it is in the pipeline, but I know it's on a list somewhere.
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This is essentially the same thing.
So no disrespect intended sir, but "in the pipeline" this is at least three years overdue.
Let me put it this way; I would have purchased and gifted many many of those Super Booster packs to my friends over the years as birthday gifts, Christmas gifts, etc., but I didn't because I was unable to do so.
Which means that Paragon Studios lost out on my money because I couldn't give those packs as gifts to my friends. And now Paragon Studios is losing out on my money because now, three years later, I still can't give City of Heroes in game gifts to my friends.
So does Paragon Studios want my money?
Another way to do this (my preferrred way, I think) is to allow us to change paragon points into an in game point currency and trade them/give them to others.
So really 3 options:
1) create Point cards, or make it so Time cards can be used as Point cards similar to Lineage II
2) make an option to Purchase as Gift in the same way now purchaseable for your own account
3) make an option to in game trade or gift Points
You could do any or all of these. Each would be better or worse for certain applications.
The problem with all of them is the opening for fraud. The indirection potentially permits the creation of fraudulent throwaway accounts to use the fake/stolen credit cards (or to use them in person) and give the resulting item to an account which, though implicated, keeps plausible deniability of wrongdoing. I am guessing that is the real hold up with this feature.
However, it's one that many games have managed to deal with, big games, small games, and every size in between - so - figure out and do it please =D
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Good to hear. I hope it's fairly high!
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
We know it's a highly requested feature, and, as such, we're interested in supporting it. I'm not sure where it is in the pipeline, but I know it's on a list somewhere.
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I would be happy if they took paypal for points.
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I think this is probably the easiest option to implement.
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Originally Posted by Retrogression
Another way to do this (my preferrred way, I think) is to allow us to change paragon points into an in game point currency and trade them/give them to others.
So really 3 options: 1) create Point cards, or make it so Time cards can be used as Point cards similar to Lineage II |
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How do the time cards work? Are they charged tax on purchase? Those cards don't give you money to use towards sub time, they are simply worth X days of sub. I'd guess points cards work similar - a points card would not be for $x USD, but rather be worth X PP.
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