Market Availability and Limited Time Only: Did we revert from wence we came? A Suggestion.

I remember something, probably THE biggest thing that had me excited for Freedom. It was the Reward Tokens, an attempt to make the hurdles of not starting since Day 1 seem less daunting, and the fantastic rewards that go with them less of a dream and more of a reality.

To this day, Limited Time Only items piss me right off. And it's no exception in the Paragon Market. I was looking forward to the freedom (HURHUR) of purchasing items when I wanted to, and when I had a use for them. Not being pressured, if not even bullied, into buying them before they vanished forever.

This, at least for me, has been the case. Every passing month, I feel I'm being a little more pressured into buying something I may never get a use out of, just because it has a rather daunting and frightening tag, "Limited Time Only". If I'm alone in this, that's fine. I generally have a minority opinion. But, I do want to express an alternative to that tag.

Simply put, I can appreciate 'seasonal' items, but it creates what I believe can be called a 'Points Grab'. Either you get it RIGHT NOW, or you wait a whole year and it MIGHT show back up. This, I feel, is honestly a little shady for a system we were told would support Choice and Freedom. I feel it goes against the most important claim Freedom had made.

Thus, my suggestion is this; keep Limited Time Only items on the market, but with a (small) mark up for when they are out of season. This will still promote 'choice', and provide a 'discount' (an artificial one) for those who purchase them in season. A reward for those who like everything ever RIGHT NOW, but still a way for those of us who just can't find a use for a costume set or what have you THAT moment, to not feel like we're being pressured and exploited.

There's more than a few things I regret buying now with my constant surge of ideas, but I didn't have an idea for in the past and didn't want to, bluntly, 'waste' points on them on the CHANCE I'd have an idea. Now that I have an idea, I AM ready to purchase them, with the freedom to do so. But, that freedom is limited due to one very depressing tag.

Please?

I can attest that there are things on the market I probably wouldn't have purchased if not for the limited-time-only tag.

Limited time only tags are the very definition of a money grab, and it's insulting when it then gets insinuated that the development team tries to avoid money grabs.

I'm curious... what is the definition of "money grab"?

We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.

You must all hate Disney and it's "Vault."

You must all also hate those Tier 9 VIP Rewards too.

I despize [sic] both of those.