Discussion: Featured Items at the Paragon Market - 2/14/12

While I think the packs are a good idea in theory, in practice they're horribly off-putting for anyone that just wants the costume set/whatever you want in the packs. Why make us jump through hoops/turn a huge section of the playerbase off by essentially telling us the only way to buy a costume set could end up costing many times more than just a normal costume pack for a chance at getting some of the set? Sure, it's nice that for 80 points you could randomly get a costume piece you don't own. But why didn't the Devs just make it so that the Superpacks have a random chance to drop any costume piece you haven't yet bought in the store? That would be worth it, because if I didn't get the costume piece, I'd just go in the store and buy it separately anyway! (and the chance to get a emote or costume piece I don't already have could theoretically be nice for the occasional 80pp toss.)

The problem isn't that what you're getting for the fifteen dollars in 24 packs isn't useless/crappy, but that it's unwanted (for the most part, especially for someone like me that doesn't need/want any of the enhancers/boosters/etc.) and it feels really, really silly to not want to take my monies because I don't want to trust the same random chance that governs whether I get a purple IO drop or not for actual money on top of my subscription price and would rather just spend a flat sum of money for the 'expansion' of small costume pieces and a vanity pet.

It does feel like a blatant grab for money. If they offer the set within a week or two I'd be fine with it, but zwill's post about it not even being up for discussion yet is disheartening with a company I like to support. It's not enough to drive me off of CoH, but it is enough that I won't be spending a penny on these packs, and leaves me dissatisfied with the decision enough to come on to the forums and post about it!

So yeah, Feedback! Yay! Elemental Order set is a very pretty set, most likely why I spent the time writing and editing this post to not have too many typing mistakes:P

Any updates for the date that costume goes on the market?

As in directly, not from this packs? :/

I want nothing but the costume!

I already have every other costume pieces and this is true for all of my 6 accounts. :]

And since it wasn't JUST costume pieces I bought, I think I already threw quite a little of my money into this studio... times 6. :P

So do not make me do this costy gamble. :x


O SELME SELME DA COSTUME SET AND THAT ONLY! xD

(And I'm sure someone will be shushing about all those emoticons I used at the end of every line. xP)

Since someone asked about when people were getting the costume pieces..

15 packs purchased

Pack 1:
Good Luck Imbuement x 1
Revival x 1
Enhancement Booster x 5
Windfall x 2
Elemental Order Backpack (VR) 1/11

Pack 2:
Revival X 1
Guarded Dual Inspx 1
XP Booster x 1
Will of the Controller: End/Rech
Blaster's Wrath: Dam/Rech (VR)

Pack 3:
Enhancement Booster x 2
Protection Imbuement x 1
Revival x 1
Enhancement Unslotter x 3
Scrapper's Strike Acc/Dam (VR)

Pack 4:
Tactical Imbuement x 1
Restore x 1
Elemental Order Belt 2/11
Windfall x 2
Enhancement Booster x 8
(No Very Rares)

Pack 5:
Invigorating Imbuement x 1
Revival x 1
Elemental Order Gloves 3/11
Elemental Order Helmet 4/11
Elemental Order Shard Cannon (VR) 5/11

Pack 6:
Reward Merits x 25
Enhancement Unslotter x 1
Reward Merts x 50
Elemental Order Pants 6/11
Defender's Bastion: Acc/Dam/End/Rech (VR)

Pack 7:
Enhancement Booster x 2
Guarded x 1
Restore x 2
Windfall x 2
XP Booster x2
(No Very Rare)

Pack 8:
Precise
Guarding Imbuement
XP Booster x 1
Elemental Order Boots 7/11
Reward Merits x 100 (VR)

Pack 9:
Protected
Enhancement Unslotter x 1
Revival x 2
XP Booster x 2
Reward Merits x 100 (VR)

PAck 10:
Elemental Order Sleeves 8/11
Reward Merits x 25
Elemental Order Facemask 9/11
Reward Merits x 50
XP Booster x 2
(no Very Rare)

Pack 11:
Tactical Imbuement
Reward Merits x 25
Elemental Order Chest 10/11
Revival x 2
Experienced x 3
(no Very Rare)

Pack 12:
Enhancement Booster x 2
Prestige Booster x 1
Enhancement Unslotter x1
Experienced x 3
Enhancement Booster x 8
(no Very Rare)

Pack 13:
Invigorating Imbuement
Insight Imbuement
Reward Merits x 25
Enhancement Booster x 8
Reward Merits x 100 (VR)

Pack 14:
Restore x 1
Protected x1
Enhancement Unslotter x 2
Windfall x 2
Reward Merits x 100 (VR)

Pack 15:
Rejuvenate
Prestige Booster x 1
Reward Merits x 50
Experienced x 3
Kheldian's Grace Acc/Dam/End/Rech (VR)

Thank you, Champion.

Extremely disappointed this went live like this at these prices.

I'd type more, but it never seems to matter these days.

I broke down and bought some of these.

Within 13 packs, I had the full Elemental Order set. Four of the items (a common, an uncommon, a rare and a very rare) appeared in my first pack, two more (a common and a very rare) in the second. Plus I got ATOs totaling about a billion inf at current prices (which I expect will change over coming weeks), enough reward merits to afford two more of my choice (one pack included 175 merits!), and three catalysts.

Plus a bunch of moderately-useful consumable powers and a whole friggin' load of basically-useless inspirations. If there's anything I think needs to die with regard to the market in general and these packs in particular, it's paying cash-money for something that only provides its benefits for sixty seconds or so.

But really, so far my only strong opinion of the packs is that they demonstrate a desperate need for a means of organizing my email inbox so I can find what I'm looking for more easily.

Buying Packs with Paragon Reward Tokens (the new Vet system) will be coming to Live... soon. With Issue 22.

Catalysts, which currently are only available through the packs, will also be drops in 22.

Converters will be drops in 22 also. Additionally, they'll be available with Merits, and incarnate Merits. Converters do not appear in Packs.

I just spent 1440 points on the 24 superpack. So far I've gotten 1 notification in email, unlocked it with the warning that it was good for that character only. Got 5 cards & unlocked the elemental chest & sleeves for all the characters on my account & 3 other mundane crap for the unlocking character.

Checked on my other characters and no access to any more superpacks.

Ok, either I'm not understanding this & thought I should be getting 23 more chances (having bought the 24 superpack) or that 1440 points only bought 1 chance at 5 random cards & can you say RIP OFF???

Rather put my points into a sure thing. No thanks.

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