Discussion: Announcing a New Paragon Market Pilot Program - Freebie Friday!
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Posted on: 2012-05-09 09:44 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
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I want bacon on the market now! MOAR BACON!
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Originally Posted by Lothic
You are being offered free bacon and you are having to actively ACCEPT the bacon by going to the Market and clicking some buttons.
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Yah, this is more of a daily special situation.|
Originally Posted by Lothic
So in this case the guy making your sub has asked you, "Do you want free bacon on that?" and instead of saying "No, thank you." you have chosen to complain that the guy offered you some free bacon in the first place. That is textbook rude on YOUR part by any stretch of the imagination.
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"OMG why did they make BACON the free special of the day when I wanted STEAK! The rudeness, the temerity, the humanity!"
*eyeroll*
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
Yah, this is more of a daily special situation.
"OMG why did they make BACON the free special of the day when I wanted STEAK! The rudeness, the temerity, the humanity!" *eyeroll* |
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I was hoping for something more exciting, but this directed me to the fact that I had 13 XP Boosters already waiting, so I guess it's a good start. This would be a really good way to hand out vanity pets and those wacky travel powers.
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Except of course that the vanity pets and those "wacky" travel powers are relatively high-ticket items that many people have already paid real points for. More than likely the only things that will ever be "freebie" items will be relatively low-cost consumable items. *shrugs*
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Originally Posted by SuperFerret
I was hoping for something more exciting, but this directed me to the fact that I had 13 XP Boosters already waiting, so I guess it's a good start. This would be a really good way to hand out vanity pets and those wacky travel powers.
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I got my freebie last night and didn't feel used, ripped-off, pandered to or in any way humiliated, violated or degraded or complicit in the ultimate destruction of the game or the quality of life for any of its players. It was, simply and not surprisingly, very nice to get something useful for free. Thank you!
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Whoa whoa whoa! Let's not rush into things... there are a lot of moving parts to bacon. Let's get some basic info first.|
Originally Posted by Rockshock
I want bacon on the market now! MOAR BACON!
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1) Would this be a buff to existing bacon levels or a completely new source of bacon?
2) Are we talking about a temporary bacon power? Bacon melee? Bacon Masterminds? A bacon based power pool?
3) If it is indeed a consumable, would it be offered in lots of 1, 3 and 5 charges of bacon? Or will it be more like 5, 30 and 90?
And finally,
4) Can we have the npc costume pieces as well?
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But seriously. Paragon Studios: Thank you for the free charge of XP Bacon! ...Aw, dangit. I mean for the free charge of Bacon Booster. DANGIT! You know what I mean. Thanks!
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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What? Something must be wrong with you then. Your snark and cynicism levels must be horrendously low. We'll get you 10ccs stat.
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Originally Posted by Sworn_Servant
I got my freebie last night and didn't feel used, ripped-off, pandered to or in any way humiliated, violated or degraded or complicit in the ultimate destruction of the game or the quality of life for any of its players. It was, simply and not surprisingly, very nice to get something useful for free. Thank you!
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Originally Posted by Triplash
2) Are we talking about a temporary bacon power? Bacon melee? Bacon Masterminds? A bacon based power pool?
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BACON BLAST
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Foes will be lining up to die! "Bacon to the FACE!" *POW*
Mmmm . . .
PS: Thanks for the free XP boost, devs.
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Good grief. It takes a special kind of selfishness to view a free gift that way. God forbid they don't tailor everything to you specifically.|
Originally Posted by Duneman
It was a slap in the face to me as a 7 year VIP customer that has dumped alot of money into the game to get a free item I have no use for.
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Originally Posted by Gemini_2099
It doesn't matter if it is free, if the customer perceives a slight. In my opinion, unless they ramp up Freebie Friday this type of tone is pretty much ho hum.
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i was thinking, maybe part of this test was to gt people to login on "Friday" to somehow boost the statstics for the game. they could take this and by having it a weekly "event" they
can use it when they do activity reports.
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Some of the reactions are kinda crazy. I guess this is something we have to expect these days.
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Originally Posted by RobotPants
Good grief. It takes a special kind of selfishness to view a free gift that way. God forbid they don't tailor everything to you specifically.
I don't know why any rational human being would choose to perceive something free as a 'slight'. Seriously, how did people become so spoiled and jaded? |
The development team and this community deserved better than this from NC Soft. Best wishes on your search.
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No, no, no. Bacon Armour. Just think how powerful the taunt aura would be!
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Originally Posted by CapnBarcode
BACON BLAST
Foes will be lining up to die! "Bacon to the FACE!" *POW* |
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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But then they'd have to add a new damage type, just to make sure that Bacon Armor was weak against Mastication Damage. |
Originally Posted by Grouchybeast
No, no, no. Bacon Armour. Just think how powerful the taunt aura would be!
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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I'm not sure who the culprit was, but I'm pretty sure that wasn't milk in your cereal this morning. Perhaps tomorrow morning you had better check before eating. |
Originally Posted by VoodooCompany
You're just going to give me these blankets?
As a gift? I dunno if I want them now, they look kind of dirty... Oh don't worry about it? Just pass them around? Ok Perspective, people. (No people, I am not relating this promotion to anything but trying to make a point in regard to all the quibs and quibbles that happen every...freaking....time in these "discussion" threads. Can we stop calling them "discussions"? Label it comments. Label it "we only want "yay thanks!" posts. Or label it "people who aren't officially connected to the game are hereby authorized to assume and explain the actions of people in the know". Or don't allow direct responses to other posts because I swear to god the ability to comprehend and process other people's opinions are at an alarming low. ) |
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Which is irrelevant to that particular comment that was targeted specifically at the comment that "it's pretty rude to openly complain about someone giving you free stuff". I'm glad we've mutually established that said comment is not necessarily true.|
Originally Posted by Lothic
But that's not what's happening here.
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| If the guy obviously wasn't prepared to give you free salami then your comment that he ought to be giving you free salami could be considered at the very least obnoxious by the sub maker who was just trying to be nice to you with the free bacon. *shrugs* |
EDIT: And, incidentally, they *were* prepared to give 'free salami' and just about any other topping available on the menu.
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| The item could be almost anything currently available in the Paragon Market and will change every week! |
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You can polish a Turd all you want but in the end its still a Turd!
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Originally Posted by RobotPants
Good grief. It takes a special kind of selfishness to view a free gift that way. God forbid they don't tailor everything to you specifically.
I don't know why any rational human being would choose to perceive something free as a 'slight'. Seriously, how did people become so spoiled and jaded? |
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I fail to see how a free bonus item that you don't want can be compared to a turd.|
Originally Posted by Duneman
You can polish a Turd all you want but in the end its still a Turd!
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However, I am seeing a bit of a bovine-esque resemblance between fecal matter and your post.
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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::gives you a turd for free:: |
Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
I fail to see how a free bonus item that you don't want can be compared to a turd.
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Originally Posted by Tenzhi
::gives you a turd for free::
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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I don't see how this is close to accurate or fair. What did you expect to receive for free? Or better yet what would have you view it as "not" a turd?
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Originally Posted by Duneman
You can polish a Turd all you want but in the end its still a Turd!
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The development team and this community deserved better than this from NC Soft. Best wishes on your search.
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