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ComaXO
12.22.2011 , 09:13 PM | #41
I never laughed.

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Arkhias
12.22.2011 , 09:30 PM | #42
My main beef is they kept it hush-hush on what would actually be available on the CE vendor. No one is wanting "pay-to-win" items or whatever people call it. I did however expect vanity items that weren't complete rubbish.

If they has released an item list (or had it available in beta) detailing how piss poor the selection was, they would have sold hell of a lot less CE copies.

Smart marketing, I guess. But, they won't fool me on any expansion CE's.

(Yea, yea - the statue. Hardly anyone actually wants that stupid doll. Wish I hadn't of opened it so I could have made $20 back on eBay).

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SithGouge
12.22.2011 , 09:59 PM | #43
I believe the VIP trooper armor is all Orange which means it has 3 mod slots. So yes, empty it is not that good, but rather than slave away trying to get commendations for a planet and having gear that is mis-matched, you get a full set of armor for cash that is uniform and unique. Spend your commendations on mods and you don't have to worry about buying armor again. Even being 27 as I am right now, I have 5 pieces of Orange gear.

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Tiaa
12.22.2011 , 10:06 PM | #44
Quote: Originally Posted by SlyDisciple View Post
Maybe I expected too much for the CE edition,
I am pretty sure everyone who bought it expected much and it's not really your fault.

It's marketing.

But there were plenty of hints to those of us who have been through "CE Hypes" and MMO launches as to why we shouldn't buy it.

I think CEs should be banned IMO because in the end, it is all worthless junk...but obviously not to all, especially those who can profit from it.

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Rykko
12.22.2011 , 10:12 PM | #45
This is a joke, half my post gtatue.

Check out Gentle Giant's average prices for something similar.

If you bought it for the virtual items, it was like buying a car because you wanted the radio in it.
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Zayne
12.22.2011 , 11:36 PM | #46
Quote: Originally Posted by SithGouge View Post
I believe the VIP trooper armor is all Orange which means it has 3 mod slots. So yes, empty it is not that good, but rather than slave away trying to get commendations for a planet and having gear that is mis-matched, you get a full set of armor for cash that is uniform and unique. Spend your commendations on mods and you don't have to worry about buying armor again. Even being 27 as I am right now, I have 5 pieces of Orange gear.
Except that I have better Mods than what is in my Athiss set in the VIP set and the armour values are much less than what the Athiss set came with. It's still cool looking, it just seems weird that they would have a lvl 29 requirement on the VIP set, but have the armour values lower than a LVL 20 set. Even now, at 32 I'm getting green gear with higher armour values than my fully modded (with the best commendation/heroic reward mods) orange gear. And keep in mind the Athiss gear still has better armour values than the green stuff I'm getting at 32 and I got all that gear at LVL 20-21. The disparity in the armour values has me perplexed. It still looks sweet though.

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Couac
12.22.2011 , 11:45 PM | #47
I have the Digital Delux version and I regret buying it. I thought I'd save some money if I don't have to buy the mount, and when I log into the game I see it costs a "whopping" 8k credits. What is that, like 50 silver in WoW?

All other items are completely useless.

"Battle droid that fights by your side" is nothing but a droid that hovers in the air. Doesn't help one bit.

Holocam is a fancy icon for PrtSc. Why would I want it to take an extra slot in my bars?

Holo dancer... No comment.
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Feyrithe
12.23.2011 , 12:46 AM | #48
Quote: Originally Posted by Couac View Post
I have the Digital Delux version and I regret buying it. I thought I'd save some money if I don't have to buy the mount, and when I log into the game I see it costs a "whopping" 8k credits. What is that, like 50 silver in WoW?

All other items are completely useless.

"Battle droid that fights by your side" is nothing but a droid that hovers in the air. Doesn't help one bit.

Holocam is a fancy icon for PrtSc. Why would I want it to take an extra slot in my bars?

Holo dancer... No comment.

A 'whopping' 8k credits and a 'paltry' 40k for the license to ride it.

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Branagamu
02.11.2012 , 12:11 AM | #49
Quote: Originally Posted by Seigyoku View Post
My favorite part is when people say they paid $150 for a lousy lounge/vendor. Not saying the OP did, but there''s so many of these QQ threads over how the fluff is just fluff.

$60 was the game, you paid $90 for the extras, not $150.

Neither did you pay that extra $90 for just one thing, you paid that $90 for:

Lounge access (VIP Vendor)
*CE Vendor
*Mouse Droid
*Soundtrack CD
*Map
*fancy case
*Some guy''s journal
*Authenticator token key thing (and associated vendor)
*Darth whoever statue
Holo-Dancer
Flare Gun
Training Droid
Stap
Holo-Camera

If you wanna get technical, the Stap, Training Droid, Flare Gun, Holo-Camera, Holo-Dancer, and Lounge access were also available for just $20 more on the DDE. So that means you only paid $70 for the 8 items marked with *. Even if you split that evenly, that means you paid a whopping $8.75 for your CE vendor. likely less since I imagine that statue has got to be worth more than some digital alien pushing fluff. They''ve already said it''s going to be a dynamic vendor as well with new items available as time goes on.

It doesn''t matter what you bought it for, what it is you consider trash and what you actually wanted, you paid $90 extra for all of that on top of the $60 for the game itself. You can quibble all you want over taxes and shipping, but that''s what it boils down to.

Well as history has shown with everything that has ever been made, created, sold, etc. you CANNOT and WILL NOT be able to make EVERYONE happy. Not to mention people have to find something to complain about no matter how small, how non-effective to the product, etc. it is they WILL complain about SOMETHING.

People know not to expect a lot from a new MMO at the jump nor should they expect EVERY flaw to be fixed ASAP though, Bioware & EA has lacked on the "big issues" such as click-through, non-summoned companions when you dismount, etc. rather they want to worry about things such as abilities, graphics, etc. and I know for one who plays with quite a few "veteran" MMO players that we'd be happy to not only wait on ability buffs, etc. but to lessen the graphics as well.

You can make great MMOs without all the "flashy" graphics, etc. from the start and always improving on those little things rather than things that actually in a few of us opinions that actually matter to not only game play but the gamers.

Just some opinions and that first part is most definitely a fact.
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02.11.2012 , 12:14 AM | #50
this entire thread reads as follows

I WANT I WANT I WANT. GIMME GIMME GIMME. I spent MONEY MONEY MONEY.
Tell me more Brotholomew.
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