Discussion: Featured Items on the Paragon Market 4/1/12
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Posted on: 2012-04-01 09:44 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I didn't say that they should do it - just that it was a guess as to what they might do
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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
And forget the liger - I want the next pet to be a platypus, damn it! EVOLUTION GONE WEIRD!
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Super Platypus approves!
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I would so save up for that. Clown Summoning would have been bought by so many people, no? Why make Clown Summoning a joke ;-; I would call it Dimented Circus :P
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Originally Posted by Hit Streak
New featured items in the Paragon Market™!
Coming in April to the Paragon Market is a whole slew of new items for your characters to further customize and differentiate themselves with, as well as some unique items like we have never offered before! Custom Power Set  Purchasing this item will get you a phone call from the designers at Paragon Studios who will walk you through the process of creating your very own customized power set of unimaginable power. You decide the Archetypes it works with, what attacks and buffs it has, and what the animations and effects are supposed to look like. Please allow up to 8 months for the power set to appear in the game. Price: 750,000 Paragon Points |
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I just hope that no one out there with 8 grand takes this (too) seriously, or we could have a repeat of the infamous "Pepsi Harrier" incident/lawsuit.
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It would appear none of the devs have seen the movie "Shakes the Clown." Otherwise, they would know the proper clown pets would be Mimes for the minions, Party Clowns for the lieutenants, and Rodeo Clowns for the boss pet.
Beyond that, however, nicely done. 
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Did anybody write to the company to tell them they had accepted the "offer?" If I remember the Pepsi Harrier lawsuit correctly, the court said the Harrier Jet for Pepsi points wasn't a valid offer under the statute of frauds because the offer wasn't written down anywhere. In this case, at least something was written down on a website!|
Originally Posted by Megajoule
I just hope that no one out there with 8 grand takes this (too) seriously, or we could have a repeat of the infamous "Pepsi Harrier" incident/lawsuit.
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The only thing about this April Fools joke that wasn't a valid offer was the part about how the Custom Power set would be available sometime later in April and it wasn't on the Paragon Market yet!
As a coulrophobe, I personally hope Clown Summoning stays as an April Fools... And never as a Halloween trick.
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So wait would that be instead of the power set or would it be, like, part of a video recording power set?
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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
Nine grand (ish) for a custom power set?
How about, say... five grand, and we get improved demorecording and support for it again? Hmm? Prithee? Hmm? Nine grand if it comes with a videocamera emote. Final offer. And forget the liger - I want the next pet to be a platypus, damn it! EVOLUTION GONE WEIRD! Michelle aka Samuraiko/Dark_Respite |
Still hate the visit Winscott mission- make it dropable, have it give actual exp or remove it altogether. PS- Down knows who you are.
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Honestly? It would be awesome. It would be terrifying, evil, and consistent with some existing comic lore.|
Originally Posted by joshdex
In all fairness, I got the sincere impression most of the requests for clown summoning were done in jest as well.
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But I also realize it might be a bit... specialized.
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Except for the fact that Positron would run screaming from Paragon Studios. |
Originally Posted by seebs
Honestly? It would be awesome. It would be terrifying, evil, and consistent with some existing comic lore.
But I also realize it might be a bit... specialized. |
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Your math is off. It's only $9,375 (US).|
Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
60 MILLION DOLLARS for the Custom Powerset????!?!?!?!?!?!
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But hey, now I know what to buy when I win the lottery. >_>
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Originally Posted by Hit Streak
Bee Bark Upgrade
 City of Heroes has dogs. City of Heroes has bees. Now City of Heroes has dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark they shoot bees at you. This upgrade power will work on the wolf companion pet, the black wolf companion pet, the umbra beast, and the minion and boss summoned wolves from the Beast Mastery power set. It will give those creatures the ability to shoot bees out of their mouths as a ranged attack. "Simpsons did it." Price: 400 Paragon Points |
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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Out of deference to those coulrophobes in the thread, I will not post the standard Joker "Not sure if serious" image in this space.|
Originally Posted by HT_Ingram
Clowns have been depicted as murders, bank robbers, terrorists, and general insane Mahayanist.
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However, I will ask for a citation relevant to the depiction of insane Buddhist clowns.
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Maybe too terrifying.|
Originally Posted by seebs
Honestly? It would be awesome. It would be terrifying, evil, and consistent with some existing comic lore.
But I also realize it might be a bit... specialized. |
Maybe too evil.
And yes, maybe too consistent with some existing comic lore.
I just hope this doesn't rule out special agent masterminds in spite of them having no connection whatsoever to clowns for some illogical reason.
Still hate the visit Winscott mission- make it dropable, have it give actual exp or remove it altogether. PS- Down knows who you are.
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I loved all of this.
I want the Bee Bark for meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Thanks PS... you consistently raise a laugh in this part of the world with your April Foolery!
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Wouldn't the carnies(Carnival of Shadows) be considered to be kinda "clowns"?|
Originally Posted by Snowzone
As a coulrophobe, I personally hope Clown Summoning stays as an April Fools... And never as a Halloween trick.
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They have harlequins n stuff and ring leaders, etc
In a normal circus those types of positions would be considered to be part of the "clown" aspect.... Only these are evil spirit posesed masked type of people.
Then there's the praetorian Carnival of Vengeance (I think?) which are bad
And Carnival of Light... Which I guess are good..
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I am late to the party, but this thread successfully made me laugh like a lunatic.
Especially so with the avatar I am now using.
While I would seriously LOVE to have a clown summoning MM, another option for it would be to make the thug/ninja or mercenary sets customizable as clowns. Yes i would even pay the full 800 pp for this option.
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Man, I can't wait for these to go on sale.
Simply hilarious!! it just made me laugh all day long, outstanding Fools Day this year guys, you're awesome!
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Originally Posted by erall
What? No Fish Melee? Fail.
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Originally Posted by erall
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I was laughing so hard and sounded so choked my wife said "Are you OK?" Then I showed it to her. She WANTS the Vanity Pet.
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Well... after looking at today's Market items and seeing the Liger in the Pet bundle; I'm beginning to wonder if the 'NOT available' tag was the April Fools punchline (at least for some of the items)...
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Seriously, the Liger was real....
Wow. I got's a Liger...
Nine grand (ish) for a custom power set?
How about, say... five grand, and we get improved demorecording and support for it again? Hmm? Prithee? Hmm?
Nine grand if it comes with a videocamera emote. Final offer.
And forget the liger - I want the next pet to be a platypus, damn it! EVOLUTION GONE WEIRD!
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
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