Magic Carpet @ Paragon Market

Honestly, it does kind of bother me that all these cool travel concepts are getting introduced as purchaseable travel powers, as if suggesting that my fliers that match them shouldn't actually take Fly at all. Especially with a flying carpet, it seems like we can jump around on the thing as though we're on the ground and animate all our powers accordingly.

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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.

This power is available at the same time ninja run, beast run, the steampunk jumpy thing is, as well as any of the available travel powers of your choice. At level 4. In addition, you can't do anything at all while on the magic carpet. It shuts off all your powers, just like being in the AH in Praetoria. Not only does it shut them all off, this cuts off your toggles, too, so you have to redo these every time you land. If you are in a mission, and the Rikti see you, o suddenly stealthless one, you have nothing at all to protect you. No armor, no combat jumping, zip, nada.

In what possible way would this be a "purchased advantage"?? Because they don't have to take 1 whole power, with its one whole included slot? The one you can currently pass up because you have half a dozen others that do much the same thing? Which have been out for a couple years now? Or, that people have been skipping entirely since I've been playing these last 5 1/2 years even when they didn't have half a dozen alternatives because "travel powers just don't fit my concept"?

On this thread, people suddenly have complaints that this is somehow unfair, and those with cash in hand are the only ones who get this great and mighty perk. On the beta thread, everyone is saying they like the concept, gosh, how cute, but would never purchase it because it's just a vanity item, with no practical application, at least ninja run lets you keep your powers on.

Clearly, we need to have something to complain about, doggone it! We are mad as hell and we are not going to take it any more! Let's all get together and decide what the complaint is actually going to be, since they are mutually exclusive complaints.

CAST YOUR VOTE FOR THE REASON MAGIC CARPETS ARE HORRIBLE HERE:

1) It's silly and a waste of my hard-earned money! You devs need to give us something useful for our purchases, not just this cute, fluffy stuff!

2) It's silly and a waste of hard-earned power choices! You devs need to give us stuff that is only cute and fluffy and stop skewing the game for those who have deep pockets!

3) I have no idea what I am complaining about, but doggone it, devs, I WANTS IT NAO!!

I'm still holding out for a witch's broom.

A few years ago, I would have been thrilled with this Flying Carpet; I have a character (Arabian Night) who desperately needed some "Middle Eastern" flavor. Alas, as with so much of what has been released recently, it just doesn't do enough to excite me. I have months worth of points stockpiled because there hasn't been anything I've wanted to purchase.

Although these purchasable powers would have been vastly preferable as customization options for the true travel powers, I could live with them, even with their severe limitations, if only they looked better. The color schemes of the Carpet and, especially, the Rocket Board, is completely at odds with any character I would want to use them with. Until these things are customizable or, more realistically, available in multiple color options, I will continue to pass on them.

One of my favorite moments in game was the time a Tanker on the ITF flew up to grab Requiem while hoverboarding.