Really? No VIP treatment for everyone? Why?
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Aett_Thorn,
Posted on: 2012-09-19 07:21 in Player Questions
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=297472
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"Unfortunately we will not be able to flag any accounts that were not VIP as such during this period."|
Originally Posted by Aett_Thorn
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Doesn't answer the why.
Be well, people of CoH.
Also means that it's probably something we won't know unless NCSoft directly tells us. Which I don't think will happen.
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"I was just the one with the most unsolicited sombrero." - Traegus
Agreed on that.
Be well, people of CoH.
Im guessing this may also freeze out the people using codes to get more VIP time.
I'm just bummed.
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I'm curious about this as well since I used a code to get VIP less than a week ago. If I'm still VIP tomorrow, I'm betting that code usage will continue to function until doomsday.
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Originally Posted by JulioThom70
Im guessing this may also freeze out the people using codes to get more VIP time.
I'm just bummed. |
Be well, people of CoH.
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I applied an AE code to my second account last night and it worked fine. It's now VIP.|
Originally Posted by JulioThom70
Im guessing this may also freeze out the people using codes to get more VIP time.
I'm just bummed. |
The Master Account page looks the same between my two accounts, with no subscription end date supplied for either. I don't know whether that means they'll both stay VIP to the end or what.
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Originally Posted by Dispari
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If I don't miraculously become VIP by tomorrow I'll be applying a GTC to my account and see if that works. Call it a $30 bet.
Well, if I had to GUESS why, I would say that the capability to 'flip a switch' and make everyone VIP does not currently exist. Therefore, someone at NCSoft (since they handle the billing) would have to do some coding for a game that they've wiped their hands of.
Just my guess.
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The simplest reason is probably because it's more work than you guys think it is.
It might be easy to 'freeze' VIP status but there's probably no system in place for turning on VIP status en masse, it would probably involve individually turning on each account and since there's nothing but a skeleton crew working on the game to keep it functioning... well, it's not worth any of their time to do that.
Just a guess though.
edit: scooped! Curse you!
It's just as likely that VIP status is nothing more than a flag on the account in question that could be flipped on for all accounts by any database admin worth his salt.
Be well, people of CoH.
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Here is what to do if you want to get a favor for a dying game from a NCsoft executive: forget it. They are one of the most unpleasant races in the Galaxy. Not actually evil, but bad-tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous. They wouldn't even lift a finger to save their own grandmothers from the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal without orders signed in triplicate, sent in, sent back, queried, lost, found, subjected to public inquiry, lost again, and finally buried in soft peat for three months and recycled as firelighters. The best way to get a drink out of a NCsoft executive is to stick your finger down his throat, and the best way to irritate him is to feed his grandmother to the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal. On no account should you allow a NCsoft executive to sell you a game.|
Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
It's just as likely that VIP status is nothing more than a flag on the account in question that could be flipped on for all accounts by any database admin worth his salt.
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In other words, the poor working stiff at NCsoft Austin that could change the account wouldn't get approval until sometime next year.
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Be well, people of CoH.
last month they should auto level everyone to 50 and flood the market with free purples, pvp, aios everything -- let us go nuts.
awesome, a player since near release and i cant even play my original toons....great
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Unless I missed something, you don't need to be VIP to log in and play.
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Originally Posted by Fire_Garnet
awesome, a player since near release and i cant even play my original toons....great
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The system is NOT accepting Game Time Cards to apply to CoH accounts.|
Originally Posted by Alpha-One
If I don't miraculously become VIP by tomorrow I'll be applying a GTC to my account and see if that works. Call it a $30 bet.
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It IS accepting retail box codes that have not been applied to your account to become VIP.
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I'm really going to miss reading your posts, Snowy... stupid ncsoft....
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Originally Posted by Snow Globe
Here is what to do if you want to get a favor for a dying game from a NCsoft executive: forget it. They are one of the most unpleasant races in the Galaxy. Not actually evil, but bad-tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous. They wouldn't even lift a finger to save their own grandmothers from the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal without orders signed in triplicate, sent in, sent back, queried, lost, found, subjected to public inquiry, lost again, and finally buried in soft peat for three months and recycled as firelighters. The best way to get a drink out of a NCsoft executive is to stick your finger down his throat, and the best way to irritate him is to feed his grandmother to the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal. On no account should you allow a NCsoft executive to sell you a game.
In other words, the poor working stiff at NCsoft Austin that could change the account wouldn't get approval until sometime next year. |
@Texarkana
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Crud. Thanks for letting me know before I spent the cash. Now to find a retail box...
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Originally Posted by Texas Justice
The system is NOT accepting Game Time Cards to apply to CoH accounts.
It IS accepting retail box codes that have not been applied to your account to become VIP. |
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Amazon for under 10 bucks.
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Originally Posted by Alpha-One
Crud. Thanks for letting me know before I spent the cash. Now to find a retail box...
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Be well, people of CoH.
It just has to be a retail box you've not applied before.
If I somehow got cut off from VIP before this (which totally sucks for you guys, btw) I'd have no way back in, because I'm pretty sure I've applied all of the different ones.
CoH, CoV, GvE, CoH CE, CoV CE, Architect Edition, GR CE
And I'm sure I'm not the only one.
I was wondering if someone from Paragon Studios might have some codes... Probably not though. That probably always involved legal, any time they'd award free time.
Anyway, I'm safely VIP, but I do hope others who are not eventually do get to be.
If not... please come back when the game is rescued!
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Good point. That leaves the original CoH and CoV boxes for me, since I got the DVD Collector's Editions for those. Maybe Going Rogue too since I got the digital purchase?
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Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
It just has to be a retail box you've not applied before.
If I somehow got cut off from VIP before this (which totally sucks for you guys, btw) I'd have no way back in, because I'm pretty sure I've applied all of the different ones. CoH, CoV, GvE, CoH CE, CoV CE, Architect Edition, GR CE And I'm sure I'm not the only one. I was wondering if someone from Paragon Studios might have some codes... Probably not though. That probably always involved legal, any time they'd award free time. Anyway, I'm safely VIP, but I do hope others who are not eventually do get to be. If not... please come back when the game is rescued! |
[QUOTE=Snow Globe;4398956]Here is what to do if you want to get a favor for a dying game from a NCsoft executive: forget it. They are one of the most unpleasant races in the Galaxy. Not actually evil, but bad-tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous. They wouldn't even lift a finger to save their own grandmothers from the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal without orders signed in triplicate, sent in, sent back, queried, lost, found, subjected to public inquiry, lost again, and finally buried in soft peat for three months and recycled as firelighters. The best way to get a drink out of a NCsoft executive is to stick your finger down his throat, and the best way to irritate him is to feed his grandmother to the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal. On no account should you allow a NCsoft executive to sell you a game.
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All that aside, how's their poetry?
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What I'm HOPING for is that the reason they aren't giving everyone free VIP is because there is still a possibility that the game may end up in the hands of another company. If said new company keeps the existing F2P structure, switching people that are currently playing on Free accounts to VIP would screw up the records.|
Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
It's just as likely that VIP status is nothing more than a flag on the account in question that could be flipped on for all accounts by any database admin worth his salt.
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Wishful thinking? Maybe... but I'd rather keep a slim ray of hope rather than the alternative dark depression.
I'm really puzzled and upset that VIP wasn't simply unleashed for everyone.
It costs NCSoft no money and might have soothed over some of the hurt feelings many long time COH users have over this situation.
I'm struggling to come up with an answer, so I'll ask, "Why?"
Why is this an issue? Why can't this be done? Who would make the decision to basically twist the knife a bit harder in the backs of people who may have lapsed, or never had the opportunity to play CoH without restrictions?
The game is ending. There's no reason not to open up VIP. Who's it going to hurt?
Granted, I'm in better shape than most, as I have enough time in to do anything other than Incarnate stuff. Still, it would have been awesome to kick around with my SG mates fully before the end comes. :-(
This entire situation has been messed up. I will think long and hard before NCSoft ever gets another dime from me in the future.