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Why not unlock everything for us?

American_Knight

By American_Knight,
Posted on: 2012-09-17 23:33 in CoH and CoV General Discussions

 

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Originally Posted by MisterD View Post
Does it hurt anyone to unlock some things Live? Only non stupid reasons count. Better?
Stop. Just stop.

 

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Originally Posted by Xieveral View Post
I wish they'd flip the VIP switch.

All my husband ever played was masterminds but his account expired and since billing is gone, he can't renew to play those masterminds either.

So much unresolved RP...

Can a non-VIP account access masterminds in beta?
I think all accounts are VIP on beta, but I could be wrong about that... Hrm.

And, yeah, it does suck to be stuck as a premium. So bizarre that they'd just shut it down and not even take whatever money some people probably would have thrown in to have some last goes.

Two things...
You can wait and see if anything changes within the next two weeks or so...
If there are any retail box codes that your husband (or any non-VIP) hasn't applied to their account, you can buy it (usually very cheap) and apply the code and that will upgrade the account to VIP.

Things like:
CoH/Cov:Good Vs. Evil
CoH: Mission Architect Edition
CoH: Collector Edition
CoV: Collector Edition
Going Rogue
Going Rogue: Complete Edition

I'm probably forgetting some...
If you haven't applied one of those (as you cannot repeat such a code), then they will unlock VIP if applied to the account.

@Zethustra
"Now at midnight all the agents and the superhuman crew come out
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan

 

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Originally Posted by Quinch View Post
Short version, and I don't remember verbatim, but in the Q&A a week or so back, Zwillinger said they wouldn't because it would completely mess up the game economy. Which is kind of encouraging, I think - it implies there's still something left to lose.
I'd like to believe that, and I guess it helps us cling to the tiny hope that the game can be saved. However, it is a wee bit depressing that Melissa Bianco hasn't logged into the forums since Sept. 4th, and Posi since the 13th. I'd think if they were still deep in negotiations with NCSoft, they'd want to keep an eye on the place here too, to see if player volume stayed cranked to 11 and such.... It almost feels like it hurts too much to look in, and/or they've moved on. Which of course they well should if the lights are truly going off November 30th for good, and I wish them all the best.....

But hopefully I'm wrong there.

 

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Originally Posted by Xieveral View Post
I wish they'd flip the VIP switch.

All my husband ever played was masterminds but his account expired and since billing is gone, he can't renew to play those masterminds either.

So much unresolved RP...

Can a non-VIP account access masterminds in beta?
I just logged in to Beta on an old Premium account that hadn't been to Beta before, and it could indeed access Masterminds to create as a new character. And the powersets listed as buyable for MMs could be bought for 0 points.

Now I do recall something about a minimum requirement as a Premium player to unlock MMs, but alas I don't recall what the requirement was. The account I used did have access to MMs long ago from before Freedom was launched, but I doubt that would make a difference.

Hope that helps!