Discussion: Freebie Friday is Live!

As I was looking at the princess hat I noticed so nice witch hats that actually have hair for females and got kinda excited and went to check it males got them but no go. Why not? males can use Katie Hannons unlock witch hat. Devs if you let males use the witch hats in the paragon market I will go buy them the very instant my boys can wear em.

Wow.. What a thread. So many to Quote, so little time.

First off, pay my respects for the free stuff. Princess Hat, many thanks. Probably never would have bought it, but like to think I have everything in the game , so thanks for the help. Never play female toons, but just gave me an idea for new character so, thanks again.

Also, as far as one of the many tangents of the post: I agree, some people need to realize that everyone else is not a threat and to understand a joke when they read one. But on the other hand, the other side needs to remember that sarcasm, though sounding perfect in your head, does not translate well through text unless you personally know the writer.

And for condescension: No one deserves to have they're opinions condescendingly reprimanded. No matter how off base.

Now for the original purpose of this whole thread: I didn't know people were getting different things, and that it was so semi-random. I learned something. Thanks.

Free stuff is free stuff. No matter what it is, they didn't have to give it away for free at all, and just because you can't benefit from this weeks offering, doesn't mean others can't and some may actually need it. You don't have to get it and it is not like they are replacing a better "Pay-for-Item" opportunity with this "Free Item" space. There (IMHO) is no logical reason to complain about this feature what so ever. Yes, sometimes the items are not that useful and somewhat redundant. But in a years time they will be giving away 52 free items, and the offering per person is apparently random-ish so 52x(?), therefore just because a few items aren't the best or rarest item in the game, doesn't mean the whole program is a waste of time.

And agreed from previous posts: Although I too have accrued way too many team/dual insps from superpacks that I will probably never use, I will take another Revival/ XP/INF/PRST booster for free anytime, any day.

Now for the original reason for the reply near the beginning of the thread....

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Originally Posted by Mystic_Fortune Lies! The world ends at my driveway!

LOL

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Originally Posted by Mystic_Fortune Dear Paragon Studios, I have been a loyal customer for nearly 8 years now. I love this game, and although I may stray from it from time to time when a new game comes out, I will always come back. I will be here until the servers are shut down, you have my word.

Amen. Couldn't agree more and try to bring it up as often as possible. Well put.

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Originally Posted by Mystic_Fortune With that said, I'm being as honest as I can be when I say, as much as I love the idea of these Freebie Fridays, the stuff offered thus far is just more 'junk' that would farther clutter up my Character items window. When you 'gave' them away in Super Packs and still very few people used them, that should have been a huge indicator that the majority of the player base didn't want them.

Disagree. I wouldn't call it junk especially if you don't have to take it. And as for the super packs, granted it's depressing when you don't get anything that good, I love having an over abundance of that stuff. 1) I get to waste 'em if I feel like it or want to "experiment" 2) Like being able to give stuff to my friends (insps, etc.) or help SG.

But I Highly agree that the email list window adjustment abilities need to be re-evaluated. Significantly annoying when you have so many.
That should not be a back burner item for the dev team.

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Originally Posted by Mystic_Fortune I'm sorry, I thought a discussion thread was a place the players were allowed to express their opinions, rather their opinion differs from one another or not. I guess I was wrong. *shrug* "Yes, more free stuff! Gimme!!!" Is that more within the lines of the mindless 'drone' response you were looking for?

That's pretty harsh and a bit over the top. (IMHO of course)

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Originally Posted by Agent White or it's a nice subtle knock against all the players griping. XP booster not enough? here, have a hat princess.

Highly agreed. Well put.



Thanks for your time everyone. And remember: In order to justify respect for you post/opinion, you MUST respect the posts/opinions of everyone else. Not necessarily "agree with", but respect.


.... Sidenote ....

Might have missed the point from your entire post (my fault not yours), but just in reference to this one line

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Originally Posted by Electric-Knight Now... an all female costume pack with zero ports to males...

... The Carnival of Light bundle comes to mind. Tried not to buy it since I never make female toons (as mentioned earlier), too hard to get into character, but since I wanna have everything offered (mentioned earlier) bought. Aside from maces though, female only pack.

Thanks for your time everyone. And remember: In order to justify respect for you post/opinion, you MUST respect the posts/opinions of everyone else. Not necessarily "agree with", but respect.

Logged in to get the free pointy hat, even though I don't expect to use it. Saves me the trouble of ever wanting it, which would be inevitable if I didn't have it.

While I am grateful for all the free things, this hat has been my favorite so far.

I should have done this earlier, but thank you for the free gifts, Devs.

well if a costume hat is so awesome that it needs 4 days to handle the mad rush to get it, I wonder how long for some thing like a purple recipe? 2 weeks?

to me this smells of a test to see if freebie friday would work on another night, like when they show a tv show not on its normal night.

or they could be getting legimate complaints from people who only play on weekends,and miss out on the freebie.

I am reminded of the first halloween event it only lasted 3 days during the week and weekend players complained,so next year it was longer.