Looking for an old costume code. Options?

Hey all.

I'm looking for a Ring Mistress costume code from PAX 2008. Short of scouring eBay, Craigslist, etc. is there any other way to go about tracking one down?

I doubt it, but good luck. Personally I wouldn't trust anyone claiming they had an unused code after 4 years.

Yeah I'm not sure of any better ways to track one down either. The buying/selling of codes like that (especially with real money) is generally frowned upon anyway. I know plenty of people make deals for Influence in game which generally better than the eBay option. But as Forbin_Project says I wouldn't pay too much for one of these code regardless unless you felt the seller seemed trustworthy - there probably aren't too many "legitimately unused" codes like that floating around anymore.

As an alternative they have started putting some of these older "exclusive" costume codes up for sale periodically in the Paragon Market. There's always the chance they'll eventually sell the Ring Mistress one like that.

Yeah I figured it was a long shot.

The Paragon Market option is always viable. I've grabbed all the other NPC transformation powers released so far. Granted, I was just sitting on 'em until recently :P

Personally, I'd try asking in the Markets and Inventions forums. If you can offer a really substantial amount of inf, then someone might come up with one.

Otherwise, I can only suggest you keep a careful watch for community team-run competitions and events, and also any player-run events that have community team support with their prizes. I got my Ring Mistress costume code as a prize in the 2010 Halloween Ball event.