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Elin Cutie Star outfit and matching Blue Headset accessory

Will they only be available thru this Black Friday offer? If so, would it not have been more lucrative to offer the chance at an item that all races and genders can use? I know there is at least a vocal minority of users that are absolutely against playing elins (if not the entire existence of elins in general).
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  • ZoknahalZoknahal ✭✭✭✭✭
    But even the players who are against playing an elin or elins in general, will benefit from the costume, because they will be able to sell it to elin players, for a hefty amount of gold.
  • FancifulFanciful ✭✭
    edited November 2017
    I did think of that. Selling cosmetic items isn't exactly the funnest thing to do... in my opinion at least. I don't know why I'm even complaining. I don't have the funds to buy emp at the moment, so it wont really affect me.
  • And anyway nothing gonna be changed.
  • ElinLoveElinLove ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't understand what's going on now, is it that just this outfit is the prize for some EMP purchase amount or what? Cause if this is one of the things in sale along with more stuff then it would pose no issue.
    If someone can clarify me the details it would be interesting to understand (to begin with cause I'm... well... read my name, so I'm hyping any cute costume I can get)
  • ElinLove wrote: »
    I don't understand what's going on now, is it that just this outfit is the prize for some EMP purchase amount or what? Cause if this is one of the things in sale along with more stuff then it would pose no issue.

    What I understand so far is that this is like how the Blackheart weapon skins were a few years ago, in that you'll only be able to buy it (at least for now) as a purchase bonus (either outright for the $250 tier, or the lootboxes for other tiers). But as you see with the Blackheart skins, as it came back in future years, it became slightly more available (this year they're selling the lootbox, but only in the sale window). I am assuming that will be the case with these too -- it's not exclusive like the way Hello Kitty was, but more like a "seasonal rare."
  • ZoknahalZoknahal ✭✭✭✭✭
    The costume is available too as a chance item from loot boxes obtained through the purchase of EMP.

    So the costume will be way cheaper on the last day of the sale. After that day, it might stay at the same price for a couple of days, but then, it will skyrocket to insane levels, just like the Hello Kitty costume.
  • Zoknahal wrote: »
    The costume is available too as a chance item from loot boxes obtained through the purchase of EMP.

    So the costume will be way cheaper on the last day of the sale. After that day, it might stay at the same price for a couple of days, but then, it will skyrocket to insane levels, just like the Hello Kitty costume.

    Well, "way cheaper" is relative in this case because the amount of lootboxes they're giving away isn't that many, even for a $100 purchase. If the odds are the way they usually are for lootboxes, it might take 30-40 on average to get one. But I do agree that the price will surely go up from there, at least eventually.
  • ZoknahalZoknahal ✭✭✭✭✭
    Also, i just found out, This costumes are not locked to elin only. Only the version that is gonna be on sale during Black Friday, is elin only apparently. The other version, we arent getting and i have no news about that.
    http://tera.nexon.com/shop/goods/View.aspx?strProductNo=498463
  • edited November 2017
    Zoknahal wrote: »
    Also, i just found out, This costumes are not locked to elin only. Only the version that is gonna be on sale during Black Friday, is elin only apparently. The other version, we arent getting and i have no news about that.
    http://tera.nexon.com/shop/goods/View.aspx?strProductNo=498463

    Yeah, that's right. I don't know for sure, but based on the fact that the Black Friday costume will be on our next-Thursday build, I'd be willing to bet they'll also launch the other costume at the same time (starting on the 30th). It makes tons of sense to have a new Elin costume up for sale at the same time as the new Elin class launches. (And people who will see the Black Friday-exclusive one suddenly appear on people will have something related they can buy instead.)
  • If the elin coup and rainbow wings were any indication, the outfit will be quite affordable after a day or two
  • Thanks for the replies. I guess I was just wondering if these loot boxes would end up being like the Blackheart, Friendship, and Ultraplasm boxes (where they're only available on Black Friday). I honestly have no problem with it being an elin only costume, seeing as I play mostly elins myself. I just found it odd, because this costume does have a counterpart that can be used by all females and such sets are usually released together with the elin one being either loot box exclusive (like the elin cat club costumes) or as part of it's own bundle (like the gothic costumes).

    p.s. sorry for the terrible sentence structures.
  • Fanciful wrote: »
    Thanks for the replies. I guess I was just wondering if these loot boxes would end up being like the Blackheart, Friendship, and Ultraplasm boxes (where they're only available on Black Friday). I honestly have no problem with it being an elin only costume, seeing as I play mostly elins myself. I just found it odd, because this costume does have a counterpart that can be used by all females and such sets are usually released together with the elin one being either loot box exclusive (like the elin cat club costumes) or as part of it's own bundle (like the gothic costumes).

    Yup, and just to clarify as a tl;dr (in case anyone else is reading the thread too and has the same questions):

    1. At least for now, it'll be exclusive to the EMP purchase rewards. In future years, though, the lootbox might appear again (like Blackheart did this year).

    2. The counterpart costume for all females isn't part of the Black Friday event, but is almost certainly coming soon ("sold separately").


    (People who are planning to buy the other costume anyway might consider buying the EMP during the weekend to get the bonuses, and then save it for later when that costume arrives.)
  • I dont understand why you got to spend $250-$300 for it on pixil chick for one costume not like it account bound xD or dyeable and the costume s one off? This will be one i dont have in my collection ;~; dast canadian dollar hurts against usd
  • ElinLoveElinLove ✭✭✭✭✭
    Zoknahal wrote: »
    Also, i just found out, This costumes are not locked to elin only. Only the version that is gonna be on sale during Black Friday, is elin only apparently. The other version, we arent getting and i have no news about that.
    http://tera.nexon.com/shop/goods/View.aspx?strProductNo=498463

    hmmm... I like that... Gotta make my idol unit now!

    Obviously I'm gonna get it with gold only tho and screw gear, I just want cuteness
    berrymilk wrote: »
    I dont understand why you got to spend $250-$300 for it on pixil chick for one costume not like it account bound xD or dyeable and the costume s one off? This will be one i dont have in my collection ;~; dast canadian dollar hurts against usd

    Priorities eh, I also could never dump that much money on a game of any sorts, heck that's a considerable sum of the price of the hardware it runs on!
    But I've seen someone selling EMP up to 60K of it, in one go. So... JUST 500 dollars worth of it, in one go.
    There's people that don't earn that much in a month here... Still, I'm all happy they do this, pays the server bills and we get our EMP stuff at the same time, everyone wins.
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