Why do you tease us?!

You do realize that having just released Water Blast not that long ago, that the odds are rather low that they'll be releasing either Bio Armor or Nature Affinity in the immediate future, right? And that the odds of both sets being released at the same time is even lower than that?

Patience, young padawan. There's a release schedule in place; we'll get new shinies when the production and marketing teams have agreed that they should be given to us.

In addition to that, they space out big ticket items like power sets and SSA episodes. They just released SSA 2 #2 last week, so this week there's nothing 'big' in the market.



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If a new power set is released they will let us know one week before, with all the shiny screens and a heroic slogan...they didnt done it so no tease.

Sorry.. but at least 1 of them should be released before Double XP... if neither are then it's another marketting flop in my book. Double XP + new sets would mean more people returning... but we've seen over and over Marketing seems to NOT want to make as much money for the game as possible.

Last double xp they did the same with TW or Staff. Maybe they want to sell more char slots, maybe it brings more money.

Power set + Double XP seems to be a good way to get people to burn out. It's not about getting the "maximum money possible", but ensuring a continued revenue stream firstly, and then trying to maximize that revenue stream.

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

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A good point.. however they are not even doing that. The offerings in the market are stupidly uneven. There is Nothing really offered this week worth any points beyond the Costume Bundle which I'm sure a lot of us already have. the 2 new emotes are mildly interesting but not even worth 40 points. The "sale" on the Super Packs is.. ugh.. not low enough.. 30-50% off woud have been better with the 2nd pack coming.

Say they released 1 set. Running that set over double XP doesn't seem like burn out... at most you'll get 1 all theway to 50 then start tinkering with the build. THAT to me is worth more money in buying IO sets and super packs then blowing points on sets I'l played all along. I realize to each his own.. but seriously... it seems with the last few sets they have had them sit on Beta way after they seemed "ready" (IE no major set changes in a while).

To me.. that seems a waste of resources.... If they released both sets next Tuesday.. I know many in the playerbase (me included) who would plonk down an Extra $15 just to get the points to get both sets. You can't tell me thats not making more revenue than 40 point emotes?

While a *big* influx of revenue is often times nice, remember that we have to approach the Paragon Market, and our business, as a marathon rather than a sprint. Everything we do works in concert to keep our business operating in a consistent, sustainable manner. By doing so we ensure the long term success of Paragon and the continued longevity of CoH.

Well, is there an ETA on Bio Armor? Won't be surprised if there isn't, normally a 'when its ready' sort of thing, but would still like to know.

We'll get a notice a week before.

Really?

They seem quite steady to me.

Each month seems to bring one fairly major new item, plus several cool smaller things buffered by sales on existing stock.

Well, unless it's "speaking too soon syndrome" happening here, they do a weekly ahead of time announcement for all the sets now. Since double xp will be next weekend, and there hasn't been any word yet, looks like a big negativo there. Which is weird, since I would expect at least one new set to tie in with it. Maybe there's something there I'm missing though. Potential to info overload the consumer is the only thing that comes to mind, but that kind of sounds silly.

Actually, given when Water Blast came out, whichever set is up next is probably coming next week or the week after.

Either way they both seem 'ready', in that it's been a while since the devs tweaked them via beta patch.

They usually do the announcements at the coffee talk anyway, so we're a day ahead of any real news.

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Thats going to run your business into the ground. You remember all the nerd raging we did about Staff weapons. Its the samething. You guy sit on something so long the hype goes away and we not even thinking about it anymore.

"Stupid Rhino smashing my stupid car!"
That brought me back to an experience I had when I was a child, lol...
My family and I went to Action Park and drove through their wildlife park. We managed to escape the destructive baboons, but we hit some slow traffic near the rhinoceros area. Well, two rhinoceroses were arguing over a water hole (or about DC vs. Marvell, not sure... my Rhinocerese wasn't very good back then). The back and forth got a bit heated between them and, as one charged a bit towards him, the other back pedaled... towards the road.
Not even moving as fast as a trot, the rhino moving backwards smashed into the car directly behind ours! My brother and I, in the backseat, watched in amazement (as my father pulled to the right to get around the car ahead of us). The entire left side of the car behind us was crumpled in. I think it was still drivable and the driver seemed to be okay.
I'll never get that image out of my head... after the rhino dented the side of that car, the driver (a youngish guy, with a female in the passenger seat) just slammed his hand down on the steering wheel exclaiming a curse. Seems a stupid reaction to me too... Umm... drive, fella... you've still got two angry rhinos next to your car... he seemed more worried about the fact that his car just got majorly damaged, lol.
Anyway, more present in my mind was how much damage that rhino did, just by incidentally backing up into that car (I can't remember what kind of car... not a big car, sort of compact, almost like a Volkswagen, but I don't think it was). So much power. Imagine if that rhino really wanted to smash that car intentionally.

So... funny picture!!
And now I know that I saw Deadpool out of costume on a date!

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No it won't.

For the forum, perhaps. but the forums = a very small margin of the playerbase.