Dear people who thought putting discounts on FF slots now is a good idea.

wrathsoul1

Thank you for choosing a time where by the time I get access to the funds by Paypal, the price for your FF slot will turn back to normal. Yes, I am sure that I will benefit greatly from it.

flyingfinn

Yea. They're out to get ye, dude!
And on that note, off to buy few Account Costume Slots!

And if someone missed that, here:http://community.arcgames.com/en/news/champions-online/detail/5006233-freeform-slot-sale

chaosdrgnz43

Bah, i shouldn't have bought all those keys for a retcon... T_T

spinnytop

wrathsoul1 wrote: »

Thank you for choosing a time where by the time I get access to the funds by Paypal, the price for your FF slot will turn back to normal. Yes, I am sure that I will benefit greatly from it.

This always happens to someone

sterga

Seems like a good time to chuck all of my zen on the exchange. I figured they'd do the sale during the 4th of July. There's always the Christmas sale.

nepht

wrathsoul1 wrote: »

Thank you for choosing a time where by the time I get access to the funds by Paypal, the price for your FF slot will turn back to normal. Yes, I am sure that I will benefit greatly from it.

Its called first world problems. EXAMPLE! A few weeks ago I seen a limited edtion Wii U the one with Waker Waker built in BRAND NEW FOR £70 in a random shop. I ran to the nearest ATM got the money out. Got back to the shop and in the space of 5 minutes it was SOLD AND GONE! I dealt with it, moved on.

The point is not really Perfect Worlds fault you cant get one right now.


*in before Smack says but you have Wind Waker and a Wii U. I wanted it CAUSE REASONS!

biffsmackwell

nepht wrote: »

Its called first world problems. EXAMPLE! A few weeks ago I seen a limited edtion Wii U the one with Waker Waker built in BRAND NEW FOR £70 in a random shop. I ran to the nearest ATM got the money out. Got back to the shop and in the space of 5 minutes it was SOLD AND GONE! I dealt with it, moved on.

The point is not really Perfect Worlds fault you cant get one right now.


*in before Smack says but you have Wind Waker and a Wii U. I wanted it CAUSE REASONS!

But you don't have Waker Waker.

meedacthunist

Looks like Cryptic personally hates you. What did you do to them, you naughty boy? :biggrin:

kojirohellfire

Here, this is for you:

nextnametaken

You are saving yourself $25, don't worry about it.
You can get three games on Steam for that or a month sub, with some medicine money left over.

flyingfinn

kojirohellfire wrote: »

Here, this is for you:

You know what? It would be awesome if that was the second Gold Reward piece...

wrathsoul1

meedacthunist wrote: »

Looks like Cryptic personally hates you. What did you do to them, you naughty boy? :biggrin:

AFAIK, nothing, besides not playing it for, what, roughly a year?

roughbearmattach

Wait--you are complaining about a game you haven't played in a year?!
Good heavens!

chaelk

actually they do have a valid point, all the sales, you only get told a day before. So people will rush to get it but the ones who want it may not be able to.
at least a weeks warning would be good.

wrathsoul1

roughbearmattach wrote: »

Wait--you are complaining about a game you haven't played in a year?!
Good heavens!

Which I happen to have resumed playing since this Tuesday.

selphea

I don't get how it's Cryptic's fault you don't have a stockpile of Zen saved up for rainy days or whatnot :x

If you'd been working towards a slot by gameplay and were halfway there or more already - not very hard to do if you've been saving since the last FF sale, that wouldn't be an issue at all.

If it's cashflow issues... I think a game is preeeetty far removed from the root of the problem.

chaelk

I can see nobody is playing right now, due to how fast forum posts are being added. wonder if I should log in while its quiet and just sneak into a corner

crypticbuxom

They want you to subscribe but they also want you to spend money on freeform slots. They want all your money right now. Having to wait to buy things through Paypal and the process of waiting for it to confirm the transfer isn't getting your money right now! They want it RIGHT now!

chaelk

wraithsoul,
shops open in an hour. I'll get you a PWE card, just enough for a slot. will send code to your forum mail

nepht

biffsmackwell wrote: »

But you don't have Waker Waker.

My point has just been validated then.

chaelk

code sent, check your mail

mainscrizz

so um... where's my code? :rolleyes: :biggrin:

wrathsoul1

chaelk wrote: »

code sent, check your mail

I confirm: I have the code. Thanks.

eiledon

wrathsoul1 wrote: »

I confirm: I have the code. Thanks.

Guess you will have to update your signature soon then

chaelk

mainscrizz wrote: »

so um... where's my code? :rolleyes: :biggrin:

only had 1,

spinnytop

kojirohellfire wrote: »

Here, this is for you:

Let the over-reactions begin!

jonsills

spinnytop wrote: »

Let the over-reactions begin!

A little late there, spinny - overreactions began back in the first post...

kojirohellfire

jonsills wrote: »

A little late there, spinny - overreactions began back in the first post...

And how! :eek:

chaelk

can I still have the foil hat, i'm collecting the foil set to go with the cardboard set.

flyingfinn

The Tinfoil Surfer.

kemmicals

chaelk wrote: »

can I still have the foil hat, i'm collecting the foil set to go with the cardboard set.

Last time I was shot, I got a purple heart. Next time I want a purple lung. You see, eventually, I want to make an entire purple person... and we will be the best of friends.

chaelk

but then you have to worry about purple people eaters, who only eat purple people.

spinnytop

jonsills wrote: »

A little late there, spinny - overreactions began back in the first post...

FF slots are expensive Jon. You wouldn't know since you're a die-hard Archetyper... so yeah, people might display a minor amount of frustration like the OP did when they're guaranteed to miss a sale.

Nothing in the OP even hinted at a "conspiracy theorist" response being appropriate though.


Oh wait, let me guess, you're going to try to draw some sort of similarity between the OP and a school shooting now?

jonsills

spinnytop wrote: »

Nothing in the OP even hinted at a "conspiracy theorist" response being appropriate though.

I quote the OP:

Thank you for choosing a time where by the time I get access to the funds by Paypal, the price for your FF slot will turn back to normal. Yes, I am sure that I will benefit greatly from it.

That sure sounds like someone complaining that something is being deliberately timed to frak them up.

"Gee, I wish this were timed better for me" is someone annoyed because they have to miss out on a sale. "Gee, thanks for picking a time that I find inconvenient, so it won't benefit me, and to Hades with anyone else" is, well, a tad over the top.

And that last bit in your post was beneath even you, spinny. Your trolling is usually higher-quality than that.

spinnytop

jonsills wrote: »

That sure sounds like someone complaining that something is being deliberately timed to frak them up.

Only if you interpret it that way. Don't blame others for your interpretations. I on the other hand interpreted it as someone venting a bit of frustration and suggesting, in a round-a-bout way, that the sales should last longer and/or be more frequent; I based this assumption on the rather laid back tone of the post. The post simply wasn't accusatory enough for me to glean any sort of "conspiracy theorist" flavor from it. It had sarcasm, sure... but that actually pushes it even further away from "conspiracy theorism"; conspiracy theorists generally don't spout their theories sarcastically.

jonsills wrote: »

And that last bit in your post was beneath even you, spinny. Your trolling is usually higher-quality than that.

It's not trolling if I'm in fact directly referencing something you actually did; it's lasting disgust at the fact that you actually did that, so now I'll always view you in the light of that action.

kojirohellfire

spinnytop wrote: »

Only if you interpret it that way. Don't blame others for your interpretations. I on the other hand interpreted it as someone venting a bit of frustration and suggesting, in a round-a-bout way, that the sales should last longer and/or be more frequent; I based this assumption on the rather laid back tone of the post. The post simply wasn't accusatory enough for me to glean any sort of "conspiracy theorist" flavor from it. It had sarcasm, sure... but that actually pushes it even further away from "conspiracy theorism"; conspiracy theorists generally don't spout their theories sarcastically.

Oh please, Jon is very much correct in pointing out the distinctions. The OP wrote his complaint in a manner where it looked like he was claiming that Cryptic was deliberately singling him out. That's the very epitome of a conspiracy theorist.

I make no apologies.

jonesing4

jonsills wrote: »

And that last bit in your post was beneath even you, spinny. Your trolling is usually higher-quality than that.

I get your point, but still. Way too much credit given.

themightyzenith

jonesing4 wrote: »

I get your point, but still. Way too much credit given.

Agreed, plus she's sunk to an all time low.

chaelk

regardless of whether they think that Cryptic has it in for them or not. They have a valid point.

we get no notice of when a sale is going to be, thats fine for the costumes but when it is something expensive like FF slots, which a lot of people would like to get. Then an advance warning of at least a week would be nice.

For something like a LTS sale(ok wishful thinking here) a months warning, since it very expensive and a lot of the players are adults working,armed forces duties, studying, family commitments or a combination.

any sale of expensive items should really have at least a weeks warning. Otherwise, its just, who has money that week or first one to the Q exchange.

eiledon

In all the years I have played PWE games, I have never seen a sale advertised before the day the sale begins. It's just not part of their business process - I am sure if you search through the various game forums the community managers will have answered with specific reasons why they dont - usually to prevent exchange price manipulation ahead of the sale.

spinnytop

kojirohellfire wrote: »

Oh please, Jon is very much correct in pointing out the distinctions. The OP wrote his complaint in a manner where it looked like he was claiming that Cryptic was deliberately singling him out. That's the very epitome of a conspiracy theorist.

I make no apologies.

Except they didn't. You're just trying to justify your over-reaction by blaming your interpretation on them.

spinnytop

themightyzenith wrote: »

Agreed, plus she's sunk to an all time low.

Yeah, Jon was at an all time high when he tried to draw a comparison between someone trolling in a video game and some guy shooting up a school. You might want to reconsider who you're defending.

kojirohellfire

spinnytop wrote: »

Except they didn't.

Except they did.

wrathsoul1 wrote: »

Thank you for choosing a time where by the time I get access to the funds by Paypal,

themightyzenith

spinnytop wrote: »

Yeah, Jon was at an all time high when he tried to draw a comparison between someone trolling in a video game and some guy shooting up a school. You might want to reconsider who you're defending.

I always do. Your accusations are unjustified. You might want to reconsider your trolling.

kojirohellfire wrote: »

Except they did.

Yeah, they did...and blatantly

jonesing4

spinnytop wrote: »

Yeah, Jon was at an all time high when he tried to draw a comparison between someone trolling in a video game and some guy shooting up a school. You might want to reconsider who you're defending.

Are you just hoping that anyone reading this didn't see what Jon actually said? Or is it a kind of "say it enough times and it'll stick" deal? Because anyone who read his original comments is going to recognize how badly you've taken them out of context, and then wonder what exactly it is you hope to gain by misrepresenting him so aggressively.

I, and others apparently, like to think the best of people, so I've settled on the answer: you're trolling. But that's the best case scenario!

jennymachx

spinnytop wrote: »

Oh wait, let me guess, you're going to try to draw some sort of similarity between the OP and a school shooting now?

I'm very interested to know how you came to that conclusion since I saw no mention of that comparison at all in this thread.

jonsills

spinnytop wrote: »

Yeah, Jon was at an all time high when he tried to draw a comparison between someone trolling in a video game and some guy shooting up a school. You might want to reconsider who you're defending.

That was you, champ. That's the "low in trolling" to which I was referring.

Don't try to shove your personal issues off on me - I've got plenty of my own already.

meedacthunist

Sorry, but few posters on these boards are as far from trolling and as well-mannered as Jon is.

You might look for a different target for your trolling, this time. This one will not do. :biggrin:

sterga

Foxi has a point. It's text on the screen. Most communication is non-verbal, but we don't have ANY of those queues. How do you know OP is being sarcastic, paranoid, angry? You can't hear what she's saying. You can't see her body language. It is hard to articulate non-verbal queues into text without it being a story.

OP also has a point. She can only use Pay-Pal to pay for stuff but won't be able to due to transaction times. How many other people are having this exact problem? Not everyone has a choice in how they give games their money. They want to throw money at Cryptic but instead have to opt-out due to something stupid. I guess it's the OP's fault for not being psychic.

kojirohellfire

No, it's just bad luck.

eiledon

I don't think I have ever had to wait more than a couple of minutes for paypal funds to be transferred - where is this waiting time for funds coming from?