People are inherently greedy and do not care about who misses out, only what they gain. @Estarra please consider limiting the number of crates people can purchase to 1 per game day at least to allow everyone to actually get in on the promotion instead of those few with the fastest ping.
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EveriineWise Old Swordsbird / BrontaurIndianapolis, IN, USA
Wait, I didn't read the news post all the way through--are only a limited number of crates available per day, meaning players are trampling over each other to get there first before they run out?
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Daraius said: You gotta risk it for the biscuit.
Pony power all the way, yo. The more Brontaurs the better.
Wait, I didn't read the news post all the way through--are only a limited number of crates available per day, meaning players are trampling over each other to get there first before they run out?
Per game month. They restock on the 1st of the game month and sell out in <= 3 minutes.
Going to pass on this promo, I am not lucky enough to beat people to it. Good luck to the folks that luck out.
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EveriineWise Old Swordsbird / BrontaurIndianapolis, IN, USA
Wait, I didn't read the news post all the way through--are only a limited number of crates available per day, meaning players are trampling over each other to get there first before they run out?
Per game month. They restock on the 1st of the game month and sell out in <= 3 minutes.
Wow. Whoever thought that was a good idea needs to step back and let someone else design the next few promos. The downward slide continues.
Everiine is a man, and is very manly. This MAN before you is so manly you might as well just gender bend right now, cause he's the manliest man that you ever did see. His manly shape has spurned many women and girlyer men to boughs of fainting. He stands before you in a manly manerific typical man-like outfit which is covered in his manly motto: "I am a man!"
Daraius said: You gotta risk it for the biscuit.
Pony power all the way, yo. The more Brontaurs the better.
@Estarra please think about the community who want to take part in the promotion but can't because of the way the artifact shops work. The only chance to get a crate is to be able to camp it at month change and be fast enough to beat everyone else camping there. It's very disheartening and isolating. Never mind those lucky few are making out like bandits, very soon I'm sure it will be nerfed, they will still have their riches and everyone else will have nothing but bad feelings.
Avurekhos says, "Dylara's a PvP menace in my eyes, totes rekting face."
The eye of Dylara materialises in your hands and flings itself around your neck, tightening incomprehensibly until it is irremovable. Perfectly clean, this eyeball has been wrenched from the socket of Dylara. It has been animated by some unusual force, constantly looking around itself as if in shock or fear. It is bathed in a light covering of white flames that roll endlessly over its surface. A single chain of empyreal metal pierces either side of the eye, allowing it to be worn around the neck.
People complain about it being too profitable, people complain about it not being profitable enough.
Should have not looked the gift horse in the mouth.
Of course the way it was handled kinda sucked, but ill feelings help noone. They were basically handing out free credits. And people still found something to complain about.
People complain about it being too profitable, people complain about it not being profitable enough.
Should have not looked the gift horse in the mouth.
Of course the way it was handled kinda sucked, but ill feelings help noone. They were basically handing out free credits. And people still found something to complain about.
I'm pretty sure most of the complaints were not coming from those receiving the "free credits" and were lucky enough with timezones/obligations what-have-you to not miss out. Not much of a gift horse if all the horses are hoarded by the fortunate few. Just saying.
Tonight amidst the mountaintops And endless starless night Singing how the wind was lost Before an earthly flight
Ideally they would undo the changes and put everyone back at an even footing but it's been too many hours for that to be a feasible task I imagine.
It feels unfair that several players are now rolling in credits - personally I think IRE is too nice. Its clear that this promo was badly balanced. You don't simply get to keep all the money you find if an ATM suddenly spits out 20s as nice as that would be. Its clear something wasn't right here and most everyone participating knew it. You don't trade in artifacts by the dozen for a normal promo. Why should people who knowingly exploited a mistake be rewarded for that?
The reaction wasn't as bad because the promo exists, it's because it's closer to the 100th time a promotion has been handled poorly than it would to being the first time.
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People complain about it being too profitable, people complain about it not being profitable enough.
Should have not looked the gift horse in the mouth.
Of course the way it was handled kinda sucked, but ill feelings help noone. They were basically handing out free credits. And people still found something to complain about.
This is not the first time, and it was fairly recently when it last happened. Yes, people are unhappy, but it's definitely not the people who lucked into the crates who are complaining.
Avurekhos says, "Dylara's a PvP menace in my eyes, totes rekting face."
The eye of Dylara materialises in your hands and flings itself around your neck, tightening incomprehensibly until it is irremovable. Perfectly clean, this eyeball has been wrenched from the socket of Dylara. It has been animated by some unusual force, constantly looking around itself as if in shock or fear. It is bathed in a light covering of white flames that roll endlessly over its surface. A single chain of empyreal metal pierces either side of the eye, allowing it to be worn around the neck.
What free credits? Only the lucky few were even able to get their hands on the crates. I'm complaining about the free credits being hoarded by the greedy few, which was enabled by the system. And the fix was to make it so no one wants to buy them at all.
I'm not super, super mad about missing out on this, since IRE is not obligated to offer these deals at all for us, but this is an ugly pattern, and promos really shouldn't be making people (i.e. customers) this angry.
Tonight amidst the mountaintops And endless starless night Singing how the wind was lost Before an earthly flight
Yeah, you can't make people/everyone happy now. Because it already happened and there isn't any way to fix it. The way you make people happy in this kind of situation is to avoid the situation before it happens.
It's a little mystifying, it's not like the need for monthly promos is a secret. I have the priveledge of telling everyone today that there will be 9 more monthly promos this year! I suspect that Lusternia isn't told what the basic form of the promo will be (lottery, credit/artifact sale, Wheel chance sale, collectible item sale, etc) until a few days before the new month, which is just bizarre practice.
I am just glad there was a promo that did not require you to actually put RL money into the game, cause those are all right out for me. Which was enough for me to stay up till 5am and wait for restock, even if I only had the 300 credits from my mask of esteemed beauty that I traded in.
The reaction wasn't as bad because the promo exists, it's because it's closer to the 100th time a promotion has been handled poorly than it would to being the first time.
Then people should know even more not to abuse it. If there was any actual threat coming from abusing it. It seems exploiting loopholes only gets you better off. I don't really care about the credits but the side of me who used to work in online support for triple a titles hunting down and punishing bug exploiters is grumpy. This was abuse of a bad design - design mistakes happen and everything can't be policed...which is why most games will rollback big changes that opened the door to exploits and at the least remove the benefit from those who benefited, if not also warning or punishing them. What is their excuse? They can't do math and accidentally bought dozens of crates within seconds just for fun? People knew what they were doing and their entire goal was to milk the system for as much as they could. This was intentional exploit abuse.
I am just glad there was a promo that did not require you to actually put RL money into the game, cause those are all right out for me. Which was enough for me to stay up till 5am and wait for restock, even if I only had the 300 credits from my mask of esteemed beauty that I traded in.
That... isn't an option for all of us.
Tonight amidst the mountaintops And endless starless night Singing how the wind was lost Before an earthly flight
I am just glad there was a promo that did not require you to actually put RL money into the game, cause those are all right out for me. Which was enough for me to stay up till 5am and wait for restock, even if I only had the 300 credits from my mask of esteemed beauty that I traded in.
That... isn't an option for all of us.
Same as "Get x for every y credits you buy" promotions are not an option for everyone.
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Per game month. They restock on the 1st of the game month and sell out in <= 3 minutes.
The eye of Dylara materialises in your hands and flings itself around your neck, tightening incomprehensibly until it is irremovable.
Perfectly clean, this eyeball has been wrenched from the socket of Dylara. It has been animated by some unusual force, constantly looking around itself as if in shock or fear. It is bathed in a light covering of white flames that roll endlessly over its surface. A single chain of empyreal metal pierces either side of the eye, allowing it to be worn around the neck.
Tonight amidst the mountaintops
And endless starless night
Singing how the wind was lost
Before an earthly flight
The eye of Dylara materialises in your hands and flings itself around your neck, tightening incomprehensibly until it is irremovable.
Perfectly clean, this eyeball has been wrenched from the socket of Dylara. It has been animated by some unusual force, constantly looking around itself as if in shock or fear. It is bathed in a light covering of white flames that roll endlessly over its surface. A single chain of empyreal metal pierces either side of the eye, allowing it to be worn around the neck.
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Should have not looked the gift horse in the mouth.
Of course the way it was handled kinda sucked, but ill feelings help noone.
They were basically handing out free credits. And people still found something to complain about.
Tonight amidst the mountaintops
And endless starless night
Singing how the wind was lost
Before an earthly flight
It feels unfair that several players are now rolling in credits - personally I think IRE is too nice. Its clear that this promo was badly balanced. You don't simply get to keep all the money you find if an ATM suddenly spits out 20s as nice as that would be. Its clear something wasn't right here and most everyone participating knew it. You don't trade in artifacts by the dozen for a normal promo. Why should people who knowingly exploited a mistake be rewarded for that?
The reaction wasn't as bad because the promo exists, it's because it's closer to the 100th time a promotion has been handled poorly than it would to being the first time.
The eye of Dylara materialises in your hands and flings itself around your neck, tightening incomprehensibly until it is irremovable.
Perfectly clean, this eyeball has been wrenched from the socket of Dylara. It has been animated by some unusual force, constantly looking around itself as if in shock or fear. It is bathed in a light covering of white flames that roll endlessly over its surface. A single chain of empyreal metal pierces either side of the eye, allowing it to be worn around the neck.
Tonight amidst the mountaintops
And endless starless night
Singing how the wind was lost
Before an earthly flight
It's a little mystifying, it's not like the need for monthly promos is a secret. I have the priveledge of telling everyone today that there will be 9 more monthly promos this year! I suspect that Lusternia isn't told what the basic form of the promo will be (lottery, credit/artifact sale, Wheel chance sale, collectible item sale, etc) until a few days before the new month, which is just bizarre practice.
Tonight amidst the mountaintops
And endless starless night
Singing how the wind was lost
Before an earthly flight