Discussion: Featured Items at the Paragon Market - 5/8/12
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Posted on: 2012-05-08 09:19 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
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What do these boosters boost? XP? Inf? Enhancements? Sex appeal?
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Originally Posted by Freitag
Boosters    Price: 5 x Boosters = 200 Paragon Points - 25%! = 150 Paragon Points! 30 x Boosters = 900 Paragon Points - 25%! = 675 Paragon Points! 90 x Boosters = 1800 Paragon Points - 25%! = 1350 Paragon Points! |
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Them failing "someday" was never a question. MMOs don't last forever, no matter how badly some of us may want them to.|
Originally Posted by RemusShepherd
CoX is trying to walk a thin line, allowing some Pay-to-win exchanges but hoping that their players stay loyal. I expect them to fail someday. They can't juggle their players conflicting urges forever.
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Paragon Studios focusing on a hybrid model--pushing for both subscription AND microtransaction revenue--was a pretty bold move. So far it seems to be paying off for them, so I don't think we have to worry that "someday" will be "soon™ day."
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I also don't really think of the ability to buy enhancements is truly "pay to win," because (a) they simultaneously have both minor advantages and disadvantages over in-game enhancements, and (b) the only thing you "win" is a few dozen hours of free time back that would have otherwise been spent farming.
Unless they start selling items in the Paragon Market that are both vastly superior to regular IOs and unavailable outside of paying real money for them, I'm just going to roll my eyes anytime someone says "pay to win."
(But hey, at least they're not saying "slap in the face.")
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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Enhancements.
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Originally Posted by Creole Ned
What do these boosters boost? XP? Inf? Enhancements? Sex appeal?
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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This is an outage!
Where is my Panther Transformation Travel Power??
This is a claw to the face!!
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Have Enhancement Boosters ever been on sale for 50% off?
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Thanks! Maybe they could call them something crazy like Enhancement Boosters.
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Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
Enhancements.
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I know, right? Crazy indeed! |
Originally Posted by Creole Ned
Thanks! Maybe they could call them something crazy like Enhancement Boosters.
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That's why I always list them as Enhancement Boosters when I do my weekly Paragon Market updates.
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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Lawl!
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Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
This is an outage!
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I don't believe so. I checked my notes and the previous Featured Items postings, and have not seen a sale of more than 25% off.
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Originally Posted by goatface
Have Enhancement Boosters ever been on sale for 50% off?
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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Hey guys,
Sorry about the lack of Unslotters in the list. It's been updated.
Best,
Freitag
Kevin Callanan
Community Specialist
Paragon Studios
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Ouch, a claw to the face! If only it was just a paw to the face |
Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
This is an outage!
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I thought for sure today would be the day. I want that power so very much. ;sigh... Maybe next week.
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Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
This is an outage!
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I'm pretty sure that's been going on ever since there were 3-4 MMOs to choose from |
Originally Posted by RemusShepherd
That's why Pay-to-win has become commonplace, and why the average gamer bounces between three or four games a year instead of staying loyal to just one.
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Not surprised really- |
Originally Posted by Draugadan
I thought for sure today would be the day. I want that power so very much. ;sigh... Maybe next week.
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I think there's still some serious kinks to work out. On beta, my toon always has the stealth power available to him- even outside of panther form. Obviously this isn't intended and might be the reason for it's lack of release.
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Good news:
One less rare purple set to be used as a "NEW ITEM!"
Bad news:
We still have "rare" PvP sets...
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I believe they've said they're never going to sell PvP IOs.|
Originally Posted by SmegHead
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One less rare purple set to be used as a "NEW ITEM!" Bad news: We still have "rare" PvP sets... |
So... mid-August, at the soonest.
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2k for a set, insanity. Even with the 50% off that's $25 for a enhancement set, because why? it was so difficult to make? nothing in this game is worth $25, once again the guy who sets your prices is apparently insane... good to know.
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maybe not, but the first one is still there, I know people who still play EQ even if I can't go back.
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Says you! Nyaaaaa!
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Originally Posted by Emberly
This is a good attitude to have. Thanks for being a mature adult.
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purple set...neat....a few heal sets on sale..neat......
Anywise so assume the purple set will be around for a week like the last one....
This all neat and stuff...but the heck is the deal with so many sets not on the market....i mean there are huge gaps...like defense and to hit debuffs not there....and what about the other heal sets?
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If there's nothing else a VIP wants to burn points on, they can burn a bunch on those. *shrug* And on sale, it's 2 1/2 months worth.
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Originally Posted by TheDevian
2k for a set, insanity. Even with the 50% off that's $25 for a enhancement set, because why? it was so difficult to make? nothing in this game is worth $25, once again the guy who sets your prices is apparently insane... good to know.
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As far as I'm concerned, the more people buying these purples the better. I personally think it's a ridiculous amount of money for a set of enhancements, but I certainly don't mind if someone I might be teaming with has awesome set bonuses.
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Not arguing that it's not expensive, but some people value their time over their money.|
Originally Posted by TheDevian
nothing in this game is worth $25, once again the guy who sets your prices is apparently insane...
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I bought the Hecatomb set a couple weeks back to use on a character simply because I didn't want to spend months doing nothing but farming to get him kitted out the way I wanted. I consider $12.50 (what I paid) a not altogether unfair price given that I can now play content that I want to play instead of spending months grinding the same mission(s) over and over again.
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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Awww... a Mothers Day sale!
Healing Enhancement because mommy fixes our boo boos!
Boosters because mommies are so supportive!
Unslotters because... because.... I don't even want to try to think of how this might fit the theme.
Too bad the Flower Path Aura wasn't on sale.
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And Unbreakable Constraint because of some big science words my therapist uses that I don't really understand! But it has something to do with my mom, I know that much. I'll ask her about it when she brings me my grilled cheese and gets me ready for my bath.
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Originally Posted by Zombie Man
Awww... a Mothers Day sale!
Healing Enhancement because mommy fixes our boo boos! Boosters because mommies are so supportive! Unslotters because... because.... I don't even want to try to think of how this might fit the theme. Too bad the Flower Path Aura wasn't on sale. |
FUN FACT: That burst of light when you level up is actually the effectiveness escaping from your enhancements all at once.
I love it when people wax nostalgic about some imagined golden age... a simpler time, when developers cared about their games, and did things the way they did because those methods were objectively better and certainly not because other methods simply hadn't been conceived of yet. Oh, for those halcyon days of yore, the period stretching roughly from 2002-2009... these kids playing today will never understand how wrong they are for considering what's normal now "normal" instead of what was "normal" for that very specific time period, which is obviously the real normal.
FUN FACT: That burst of light when you level up is actually the effectiveness escaping from your enhancements all at once.