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Posted on: 2012-05-09 09:44 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
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Originally Posted by Zombie Man
I wouldn't mind if the freebie was a Super Pack every week.
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My concern here is... will the system know to not offer an item I already own? I mean, like a costume piece? Or the items will be just consumables?
Can anyone have a free powerset using this system?
Im thinking that it might be something simple, like a few team inspirations, charges of self rez or mission tp, maybe 1 astral merit or ICON tokens.
I for one would LOVE the idea of getting a free Super pack every Friday. If it really is a random item from the wholae market, maybe they could offer you a couple of things so you dont end up getting double.
Something like: Would you like A) Cossie peice, B) A set of 5 super insps or C) 10 x Icon tokens.
Anyway, these things are FREE! FREE I TELL YOU! And with all things free, you can either accept them or not take them that week.
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Originally Posted by Razai
I'z bee rite thar wif joo on dis hur statement, sur!
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Originally Posted by Angelxman81
My concern here is... will the system know to not offer an item I already own? I mean, like a costume piece? Or the items will be just consumables?
Can anyone have a free powerset using this system? |
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Originally Posted by Hit Streak
There is no "system" really. We pick an item to offer up as a Freebie Friday item and we set its cost to zero for the day. If you already own it, then we encourage you to come back next week when we'll have a new item available to you.
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You've probably heard this already, but since there are so many rednames on this thread, I'll repeat it:
Freebies are nice, but a feature for the Market I'd really like to see is showing if you've already bought a given item. (At present, the only way I know of doing this is attempting to purchase it again.)
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Originally Posted by kburd
Yes, perhaps I should unsubscribe, but I do like many of the people who play the game regardless of anyone who designs it. I do not hate Freebie Fridays, just the thought of receiving a silly present instead of the devs focusing seriously on something like PvP.
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Originally Posted by Bloodspeaker
Why is it that so many people labor under the ridiculous notion that the developers who work with the market are the same developers who work with "something serious" like PvP?..
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Originally Posted by Megajoule
You've probably heard this already, but since there are so many rednames on this thread, I'll repeat it:
Freebies are nice, but a feature for the Market I'd really like to see is showing if you've already bought a given item. (At present, the only way I know of doing this is attempting to purchase it again.) |
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Originally Posted by Hit Streak
There is no "system" really. We pick an item to offer up as a Freebie Friday item and we set its cost to zero for the day. If you already own it, then we encourage you to come back next week when we'll have a new item available to you.
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Originally Posted by Hit Streak
There is no "system" really. We pick an item to offer up as a Freebie Friday item and we set its cost to zero for the day.
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Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
I get that the Market is simpler, tech-wise; but in execution it seems like it would be easier to use the in-game glee-mail. Of course, this gets people into using the market more, so that much I DO get.
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Originally Posted by JKCarrier
No doubt. Still, from what Black Pebble said on the Ustream, it sounds like some not-insignificant percentage of the playerbase is not using the market at all, and this is a way to nudge people into at least opening it up and having a look. Nothing wrong with that, of course.
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Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
I really think it's more of them coming up with a way to get "hold outs" who never open the store to do so every now and then because eventually they'll go "OOH, I MUST HAVE THAT!" and buy something while they're picking up the free item. And to that effect, I expect them to have a greater than 0% success rate.
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
it's NEVER too late to pad your /ignore list!
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Originally Posted by Energizing_Ion
If there was a way to have a 'token' of sorts be given to the account once the 'freebie friday' starts so that I could login, I'd get a 'token' and then I could claim that freebie whenever I wanted to.
Thinking about it, maybe have a "coupon" that's (in-game) emailed to the accounts during the time window. Then when the person goes to the PM and selects "Freebie" from the store, they can just punch in that weeks' "coupon" code and it's still free. |
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
it's NEVER too late to pad your /ignore list!
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Originally Posted by GPBunny
Just curious what's the upper limit on the number of free accounts I can create?
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
it's NEVER too late to pad your /ignore list!
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Originally Posted by Megajoule
You've probably heard this already, but since there are so many rednames on this thread, I'll repeat it:
Freebies are nice, but a feature for the Market I'd really like to see is showing if you've already bought a given item. (At present, the only way I know of doing this is attempting to purchase it again.) |
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Originally Posted by Hit Streak
There is no "system" really. We pick an item to offer up as a Freebie Friday item and we set its cost to zero for the day. If you already own it, then we encourage you to come back next week when we'll have a new item available to you.
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Originally Posted by gameboy1234
As I think they've mentioned about a hundred times already, that would require engineering (programming) support.
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
it's NEVER too late to pad your /ignore list!
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Originally Posted by kburd
awesome, another cheesy gimmick
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Let us assume, for a moment, that a given Freebie Friday item is a costume piece.
And that the costume piece is one the player doesn't have.
But it is part of a costume set.
Were the player to get the piece and later decide they want the set... would they be prevented from getting the discounted set because they already have a piece from the set?
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Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
Actually, I thought it was because the store interface is actually licensed from a completely external development studio, so the Paragon developers couldn't really tinker with it if they wanted to.
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Originally Posted by Arkham
Were the player to get the piece and later decide they want the set... would they be prevented from getting the discounted set because they already have a piece from the set?
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
it's NEVER too late to pad your /ignore list!
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Originally Posted by Razai
I'z bee rite thar wif joo on dis hur statement, sur!
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Originally Posted by Hit Streak
There is no "system" really. We pick an item to offer up as a Freebie Friday item and we set its cost to zero for the day. If you already own it, then we encourage you to come back next week when we'll have a new item available to you.
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Originally Posted by Hit Streak
There is no "system" really. We pick an item to offer up as a Freebie Friday item and we set its cost to zero for the day. If you already own it, then we encourage you to come back next week when we'll have a new item available to you.
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Originally Posted by Draugadan
Is that you killer whale? o.O
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Originally Posted by GPBunny
Just curious what's the upper limit on the number of free accounts I can create?
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Originally Posted by Create an Account
Please enter a valid account name. Your account name must be 5-12 letters and numbers and must start with a letter.
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Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
ONE HUNDRED BILLION! MUHUHWAHAHAHA!
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