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Well I don't want to discredit anyone's feedback, Eiiji. If there's a way we can keep event loot enjoyable I want to hear ideas. If people just want to make more gold on the broker, though, that sort of limits what I can change in the future
I spent like 2k bucks in this year and I think mats events are good for the wallet.
he doesn't give ideas and he doesn't say how did the event affected him badly. he is just saying it ruined the economy and no reason behind it . the event was great he is just trolling
why dont we need vm players what is wrong if people have vm. and how is the economy ruined how did effected u negatively
Hey Kami, i was just wondering and i know you probably get this a lot buddy, but what do you think about cutting a bit of that slice pie you have? I mean, Im probably not the most poorest person in Tera, but im still kind of a bit low on that gold with 60k left right now. Maybe if i had a couple hundred K, i could get my new brawler tank guile geared but still anything helps.
i hope that 2. lets hope cat doesn't listen to him
Well... I actually kind of agree with you on this point. Some people are a bit too dependant on being able to sell enchanting materials for their gold because that used to be a good way. Clearly it isn't a good way now, and you need to look for more creative ways. I think you've found a number of good ones, but I suspect part of the reason it works for you is that not everyone's thought of it yet. The more people are "in" on those secrets, the more difficult it'll be to make money those ways, so you constantly have to be searching and shifting based on supply and demand.
(This is basically why I've always said that no broker fees are the true real value of Elite for people who know how to use it. Most people don't know how.)
Also kamizuma pls be my sugar daddy oh god.
Even if more people did those they would still sell fairly high at the start due to being new. It's the same for new cosmetics, even when there's a ton of the loot boxes or smart boxes for them they sell absurdly high before completely dropping after the "newness" goes away. It's just a matter of whether you can take advantage of it or not in time. The issue comes down to many people being unwilling to well... put the effort into it. There's a reason people keep asking for the very rewarding Kyras, blue boxes, or even mongos. Kyras could be abused through CW, Mongos/Blue Boxes also were low effort. Getting Ambush designs and mats require you to do SSHM, SCHM, RMNM, LKHM, etc. EVen with the new mid tier gear and it being nerfed people are still failing SSHM... There was also GG before that was very rewarding yet people still never bothered with it. EVen during the 2 feedstock event people still had lacked feedstock because they didn't take advantage of it. I personally would've liked the system of bosses dropping x feedstock to everyone in the group to be permanent and remove the couple randomly distributed drops of 4 or so.
Part of the issue though of course is that some of these events are essentially band-aid fixes as well.
I second what Eiiji has stated. Don't listen to the trolls complaining. They just want to create a monopoly for the sake of making gold that they have no idea what to do with in the long run.
Point being that giving out more free stuff dont help the economy or the players. It just makes them burn through content faster. which = them playing another game, afking, or just quitting in general. Its funny that people ask for the things that cost the least lol. Im not going to even list the things that cost far more than mwa and feedstock. But people willingly pay the price for them and say much of nothing about XD. To me when i see the events i just ....sigh. Granted I participate in them but hell who would not. its free stuff.
Now on another note. Lets talk about the people who exploit the heck out of the events that give enchanting mats. And ya know what im talking about. The people that have 5 accounts afkin in a raid...... Yes that reallllly helps the economy let me tell you. These people get crazy gold why? because its an item that in demand and its absolutely free. I agree with the entry curve being softer for new players. But not for the sake of those who are just exploiting the system and selling the mats for gold. Which more likely than not is the case. Not to mention the increased enabling of gold sellers by having these events. The list is long as to why the events should stop giving mats. Im sure enmasse did it with the players best interest in mind. However it does need some major adjusting.
People talk down on enmasse, but I can say this. I have never seen a game manager interfere with the economy as much as they have. Be it for better or worst. Most cases sadly worst. The players should decide the economy. The saddest thing is seeing border line ingame well fare. Im not saying make it a grind fest. But seriously compared to the start of the game....mats are soooooo much easier to get. It just involves playing the game! Im not understanding why people are begging and yes im saying begging for more hand outs. If everything is given to you wheres the fun in that? This is something enmasse should take into consideration as well. They are also hurting themselves financially to by doing it. To me this is a loss all the way around. A loss for the community and for enmasse. Rather sad in my opinion.
(If you're in a guild, people will know that you don't need top gear to do pretty much any of the dungeons. Most of the guild farm parties are in much worse gear. But in LFG nobody trusts anyone and they use gear as a means to discriminate even though it's absolutely not needed.)
Basically, people consider the gearing process a hurdle to be cleared as fast as humanly possible, and a hindrance to "fun." This was always an issue to some degree, but really picked up in earnest once the game introduced +15 awakening enchanting (and the ability to liberate +15 gear), so the line between the "haves" and "have nots" became much more pronounced. Even as the game took various steps to reduce the importance of +15 gear, the stigma hasn't lessened. It probably doesn't help that a bunch of people probably want to prepare for the 30-man raid that is coming that's supposed to be hard enough to actually need some of this gear.