Regalia was all Power Ranger colors until purple. D:

Anyway, push-to-talk voicechat is very much appreciated, and everything else is also welcome.

Just how much less rare are the rarer items in lockboxes? and which ones are considered rarer? bomb bandoliers? or just volcanic/divine/prismatic?

are they 1% less rare? 0.1%? 5%? can we get any kind of idea what we're dealing with here, because that just sounds like a bad advert...

"rated number 1 accesory based product" (Small print - number 1 when we asked 1 person.. who also works for us.. and we paid them for the answer)

@Prisega
5* winmillion should be the next patch (I hope): There has been a high want for it for so much time... There are tons of suggestions too.
I guess that the scissor blades are just a novelty item. I am one of those people who just don't get the point of expensive yet almost useless things. I like things that have a lot of functions, and are efficient, in terms of price. To me, getting a different-looking Levi is a waste of resources. That is obviously just me though, as everyone is entitled to their opinion on this. If you want to be unique and and get the scissor blades, then more power to you. :) If you don't, then you save a crapload of crowns.

I came here to the forums for the sole purpose of posting this as my first post: That I am really disappointed that the love puppy set isn't permanent. I really wanted to be decked out as the pink heart-shooter 24/7 but apparently that isn't possible. If it lasted forever I would be shelling out, but since it isn't I don't want to set myself up for the heartache of it expiring at the end of the month's time.

Chic: Unfortunately, that's exactly what it means. Not too many people are going to buy this stuff since it's so expensive, which makes the ones that are bought collector's items.

I really like the idea of the Featured Auctions. I kinda wish there were more though. Also, they should be a bit more... permanent. The idea of an item going away after 30 days would make me hesitant in buying it.

Although I really wish there was some more aesthetic mid-game content. Most of the costumes and such go for 30k+ at the Auction House, which is far beyond the budget of someone like myself (running around with mostly 3* equipment, killing the JK as often as possible).

I'm flashing back to Team Fortress 2...

Glad to see the devs posting in some thread!

Please, please add color previews on Vatel. I have no problem spending such a hefty price for a color, but I need to see what it looks like. When you first create your knight you can see it, and so many colors are similar that seeing it will alleviate any doubt

Great patch.
Only problem is, each of the colour changers costs 50k cr

All looks good so far, but i do think the scizzors should get something more to make it feel..........more special.
I'd also like to see some accesories at the featured auctions.

Just a few ideas:
Snarbolax Tail
Vanadukes mask
Vanadukes cape
Love pocket puppy.(Similiar to the one bechamael/The accezoriser has)

Anyway, great update. Just "donated" 20k CE to the market to help lower the prices and get st00f.:)

@Myllakka: But it also implies that the featured auctions are A. somewhat random, and B. has a list of items it can pick from. Eventually the Scissors should show back up in the featured section, but theres no telling how long before it'll be picked again, or the quantity offered in the next auction.

At any rate, the price of CE is starting to slide back downward. I'm betting with only 2 days to get it, people are trying to cash in the surplus CE from the last sale to get the Scissors before the auction ends.

"hey guys, there is one trojan mask. one love pup mask. it is buyable in 30 day incraments. WHO WILL WIN IT THIS MONTH1!!!!!" then there would be some clout in paying nearly a million crowns to wear the luv/trojan mask for the month. and be the only one on the game with it :)

Ahh, I see how it works. That's actually pretty clever, and an awesome crown sink. (:

That isn't how it works, rommil was saying he wished that was how it worked lol.

I wish we could get a little more info on how the featured AH is gonna work. Will there always be items on it? After these auctions are over will there be new different items? Will i buy a 4 uv ticket?? (god i hope not).

I like the Featured Auctions, it is a great concept. The Scissor price is just right considering the prior rare item auctions OOO held. The Trojan and Love Puppy disguises though... the cost is 1/3 a permanent item (Scissors) and just over 1/2 a standard costume (Regalia) but lasts only 30 day?

I think those items are a bit overpriced:
495,000 CR / 30 Days
7070 CE / 30 Days (@ 70 CR/CE)
~$19.95 / 30 Days (for the 7500 CE pack)
$0.66 / Day

For less than a cup of coffee, you too can look like a Love Puppy. But I think that a more reasonable price for something transient would be $0.20 / Day. So make it last 3 months or drop the price to somewhere around 165,000 CR. I prefer the former because then the barrier to entry is very high while having decent value/crowns.

Edit...

I have to agree on the color comments. Coral is a much more pink than purple color. For reference: http://www.colourlovers.com/colors/search?query=coral

Disguise requests: Basil, a Bush.

@Myllakka Urgh really?! I already felt bad for all the girls (and some boys?) that want the Pink/Violet stuff since they're way more expensive than most Regalia sets... + I don't know about most people but the reason why I would want Scissors is because I love sewing and clothes, accessories, fashion... But of course I'm not willing to buy these ;/

I feel like, this is like (kinda) the worst update for girls.. AHHH D; lol
And the pink is like lavender. bawww.

Some thoughts of mine:

Featured auctions: Cool. As I am a "middle class" player -- i.e. I pay sometimes but I don't throw money at the game -- I'm not too upset at the prices and I think it's cool some people can get what they want while lowering CE prices for the rest of us. Sure I want some of the stuff and I'm not even close to affording it, but I'd rather be able to buy CE and get my gear in gear first.

Costumes: The only suggestion I would have is to lower the prices of the 30 day masks somewhat. If they were at an affordable range, say 30k-100k, I think a lot more people would buy them and want to buy them continuously, rather than just a few people buying them once and deciding the cost is too high. Of course, since these prices are (I'm assuming) experimental, you guys will know what to adjust it to later.

Colors: Awesome! I've been wanting to change my personal color for a while. The only thing I (and others) would like is the ability to preview the colors, as many of the icons look to be the same color. My friend had to start a new character just to see what the colors looked like and then had to guess what the names were. Also, I would like to see an option to change the "design" color -- newbie me thought a gray proto armor would look cool but now it just looks boring. Since that color only affects the proto armor iirc, it should be rather cheap.

I don't find the prices to be too high, people complaining about the prices better get used to it because this is pretty much the only way for the devs to combat crown inflation. If there isn't something desirable to the players behind the crown wall then it isn't a very good crown sink. Let's face it, the two demographics that OOO gets most of their income from are new players and super-rich players who spend way too much money on this game. New players buy CE to play further and get more equipment quickly and rich players to try out new expensive stuff. At the same time the crown sinks help retain new players by lowering the price of CE. With the two main paying demographics satisfied there is no reason to cater to the F2P middle class and I wouldn't expect OOO to. As a free player I expect to face harder challenges than my peers who paid and feel pride when I can match them regardless. Or at least that is just my opinion.

Also, in the same vein don't expect any new content to come cheaply, you can bet any new end-game content will be expensive. Otherwise it would be extremely unprofitable to construct end-game content. Fact is, end-game players for the most part are done the game, have all the equipment they want (otherwise they aren't really end-game) and are just accumulating money. They aren't going to shell out money for elevator fees for new stratums like new players are. They'll only pay money if they have to get something beyond their reach, something very expensive. I expect that is the premise OOO is operating under and since they're a company that needs to make money.

@Doctahwahwee
I'd like to see you beat me in lockdown with your "exclusive" equipment.

A Big part (although not necessarily a real part of the update) I like is the entire CR4CE price drop! It went down like 400 crowns yesterday! Thanks for making Crowns useful again to balance Crystal Energy, although its more for the aesthetic aspect over power/gameplay aspect.