Pet peeves and minor annoyances

Yes, yes. I know this isn't exactly the best place for a post such as this one. However, I'd rather hear from the recalcitrant children that I know rather than the ones that I don't.


This isn't the place for complaining that Shamster made you cry on a tf or MG has *all* the costume pieces in the game and you don't. Nor is it the place to complain that total focus for blasters should still have a mag 4 stun associated with it.....(It should and I still curse the devs for removing it...).


This is more a thread to complain about things associated with the game that aren't game-play or player related. Like how annoying it was to have to log completely out of the game to switch characters. Not a show-stopper or a "fix this or I'm quitting the game" situation, just annoyances.


My top 3 are:

1. When 'o' when will we know the date that our reward token/points are supposed to drop? Currently it's like manna from heaven that the gods bestow upon us when they feel we are worthy. We all know how reliable *that* delivery system is...


2. I bought what???? It would really be nice to get a receipt for things that I buy off the paragon market. As far as I can tell, we are now in the realm of RTM. I buy points with irl money and spend those points on stuff listed on the market. In every other situation I know of, I get a receipt listing what I purchased and how much it cost. Turbine does this. You purchase something in one of their games off their store (even if it is a promotional/gift item that costs 0 points) and the email address you have on file with them gets sent an email listing what you bought and how much it cost.


Last but not least:

3. What does a guy have to do around here to get an email notification? For years now, I haven't received a promotional email from this game. It started somewhere around the time that they switched to a bulk emailer for the promotional notifications. Yes, I checked to make sure my account is flagged to receive emails. Yes, I checked any spam filters I have access to check (unless TWC is blocking things at a level I can't see). I know they have my email address, I get follow-ups to any petitions I send in-game. I even posted in a thread complaining about this very thing years ago. Usually you have a beg a company to stop sending emails........



Who is next?

I sometimes get promo emails, but they're generally at least a month or so out of date. I'd almost prefer not to get any if that's the best they can do!

Knowing what was bought from the market and in-market display of that (at least by disabling the Buy button) is high in my list.

Respec f-ing up power trays is a biggie and the respec interface in general is poor to say the least. You should be able to switch around with existing build as a start point rather than have to start from scratch again.

It would be nice to have a character's info window showed what Incarnate powers are slotted and if they have +2 or +3 level shift available in Incarnate content.

Oh, and it would be nice if things like unslotters had a drop rate or a way to earn them in-game.

Why would anyone complain about me having all the costumes pieces in the game?

And I actually don't... I never bought the Fireman helmet. I need to get around to that one day.

Off the top of my head, the abysmal respec system and the need to run Montague's arc to unlock Cimerora for every single character.

Some actual Pet Peeves:

1. Let us use /ah in Bases! I assume there's a technical reason they made this choice, but damn is it annoying!

2. Don't let us waste TP powers in Pocket D. If they can't be used, then gray them out! I forgot about the TP restriction the other day and wasted my mission tp! If they can't gray them out, at least don't count it as a power use.

3. Unify Oro, or at least let Rogues and Vigilantes have a choice of which Oro to port to. Getting stuck on the wrong side during a TF is a PITA.

I have to agree with everything here except the not receiving promotional e-mails. Not that the system isn't totally screwed up (sometimes I get them, sometimes I don't), it just doesn't bother me much since I read the forums too much and find out about things anyway.

But the Paragon Market problems (both the delivery of points and the lack of information on prior purposes) are really grinding my gears. I'd actually call this one more than a minor annoyance.

Another thing that bugs me is that all the incarnate content (at least so far) is clearly written from a hero perspective. Yes, I know that some people say the villains are just doing it to fight off a greater evil, but that just doesn't cut it as villain motivation. Of course, villains (player run ones that is) have never had particularly good story motivators. Why the hell should I care if Willy Wheeler needs help?

On the flip side of that the original content hero side definitely needs some trimming. Most of the missions outside of the arcs could be removed and no one would miss them (some of the arcs could use some trimming too for that matter), especially the street hunt ones. Radio and tip missions have made the old filler content obsolete.

I'd like to be able to sort out enhancements when I'm dead in a mission. The amount of times when leveling up I could actually slot the SO's I have in my tray..grr. Even being able to look at what enhancements I have slotted would be nice to see what I need as well when I'm dead while waiting for my self rez to recycle would be good.

The continuing rewards issues are my biggest pet peeves.

Lesser on my list is the almost complete focus on new stuff! the devs have, rather than adding or tweaking old things that this game has. So many systems have been sitting around in need of some attention, and the same could go for alternate animations, etc. Heck, I found out that the Celestial set had a a bow and actual mace planned for it (rather than the weird axe/mace combo weapon), but somehow there wasn't time for those. The art for them looks amazing and they should have found time. I'd rather that than a pilgrim and firefighter hat, any day (or having those or similar items delayed more).

I'd love them to go back and add them, but pfft, like that's going to happen with the above pet peeve of mine in place.

Oh, last but not least, the habit of overpricing things in the market. I've fully adjusted to the 400 points for costume sets, 800 points for a powerset, but some of their "just for fun!" things are ridiculous. I love Ultimate Frisbee and got a kick out of them adding that power, but 250 points for a purely fluff power (even if it's animated amazingly well) is just silly. You can still see comments where people thought 100 points was too much when I suggested that (or 120, which I think is even with a costume change emote), and they went and doubled that. Seriously, they'd get people buying this stuff more if it made any sense at the price they put it at. And considering how many dog and other four-legged rigs we have in game, the pets and travel powers that use these are pushing it, too.