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It feels like that Neverwinter needs some new ad sinks to take ad from the economy.
In the past, everyone was spending ad for gear/enchants and wasnt hording ad at all like it is now.
Also the 300k+ ad cost for removing enchants is gone, which was an amazing way to delete ad from the game.
But apart from that something crossed my mind:
How about r12+ enchants, special dyes or some other cosmetic stuff to delete ad? Ppl would actually spent ad for those options. Just make it only obtainable at the wonderous Bazaar for like 1-3m ad or even more.
I'm pretty sure it would help the enconomy more than anything else atm.
In the past, everyone was spending ad for gear/enchants and wasnt hording ad at all like it is now.
Also the 300k+ ad cost for removing enchants is gone, which was an amazing way to delete ad from the game.
But apart from that something crossed my mind:
How about r12+ enchants, special dyes or some other cosmetic stuff to delete ad? Ppl would actually spent ad for those options. Just make it only obtainable at the wonderous Bazaar for like 1-3m ad or even more.
I'm pretty sure it would help the enconomy more than anything else atm.
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Who upgrades companions now for example? Not many people, if it was around half the price I'm sure many more people would do it. The same with transmute armor, I've done it twice, but I'd do it a whole lot more if it was cheaper. And in the end I'd spend more AD than now.
Transmutes, I pay for looks I am willing to keep forever, on gear I intend to keep forever.
I agree with the perspective that most of these sinks have an extra zero on the end over what most people are prepared to pay for them.
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Also did you think it through? People can refine 24k RAD daily, there's no other way to obtain "pure" AD and put it into economy so how people were supposed to get thoose 1-3M items? Hmmm? Is there any way to get 1-3M without AD that's already in economy?
You have idea how to spend income but you still need to have income mate...
EDIT: You know what would be perfect AD sink? Coal wards for ~350k-450k in wonderous baazar that would stabilize their (and enchantments) price in AH and allow players to have something to spend, everyone needs thoose and putting them on sale for AD (BtA or BtC of course) would create ideal sink
So you were here when these forums were filled with all the shrill, vitriolic complaints at the cost of un-slotting enchantments and you *still* suggest this?
Seriously?
-shrugs-
Enough about Astral Diamond sinks already. This is a typical economic pendulum swing. It will ease back toward the other direction soon enough. People's ridiculous impatience is just this side of laughable. Entitlement Attitudes prevail.
-shakes head in-the-know-
If removing Astral Diamonds from the in-game economy is so important to you, then GIVE YOURS TO ME.
Honestly.
-Holds nose and points-
NOT everyone is rich in the game.
i just have currently 37.298 AD, I do not need any extra expenditure.
its all my money xD less than 1key price lol
I disagree with the op statement about enchants though. I do not think anyone really was swapping enchants before the change to use gold. I know that myself and my most my guild never would remove enchants. I would only use something i was willing to throw away on anything that was not end game and i did not slot any purples, unless i had additional copies of the gear and the enchants. Currently I swap enchants through the entire leveling process because the cost is worth what i get for it. I would be wearing a crown of neverwinter from level 1 through 60 if the cost was there.
Additional sinks may help, but i think this is more about the current price structure. adding new sinks will hurt new players more and have little impact on the long term multi account players like myself. Someone just posted they have just under 38K ad on their toon, they will be the folks that get frustrated and leave. A few tweaks and people would be spending like crazy and in the long run cryptic benefits. I did not do my monthy 'Sub' this month because the current changes to the economy make me less confident in the value of my zen purchase.
Wanting a reasonable price for upgrading mounts and companions and transmuting armor is your definition of entitlement? what threads people decide to post on the forum is none of your business so no , not enough of the ad sink threads already ,if you dislike the idea don't reply and if you do try to structure your reply in a way that doesn't make it sound like your point of view is more important than anybody else's because it isn't .
No - WANTING these things is natural and communicating it is fair.
However, suggesting that Cryptic change their policies, rules, methods, whatever from the way they work now just to fit the request is *entitlement attitude*. The belief that you are owed something you did not work for yourself.
Context is your friend. Comprehension breeds understanding. You cannot have the latter without the former.
You just have to give ppl something unique for a high price so they are willing to spend ad on it.
Right now the 1m ad transmutes from the Bazaar are just not unique enough to convince ppl to buy it.
Edit: C wards at the wonderous Bazaar would be a decent idea, but it wont work since ppl are still buying g marks for over 100k ad from the AH rather than buying them cheaper from the npc.
Guess what , there are too many Astral diamonds in the game, which is causing a zen imbalance...cryptic sees this and has already added an AD sink in an upcoming event.
Sorryto the guy that has only 30k ad and don't want anymore AD sinks in the game to make your 30k AD worth more on the AH market.
But you certainly are not the person who gets to call people entitled for suggesting changes on this forum.
AD sinks would HELP low AD players as long as they didn't waste their AD on the sinks...which you would understand if you could grasp the concept.
Your "entitlement attitude" to share your opinion with everyone else while talking down at them for sharing theirs is only surpassed by your complete misunderstanding of this topic.
...also the word "entitlement" actually means the opposite of what you say when talking in actuarial terms. An entitlement is something you have paid for and are therefor entitled to...like unemployment insurance, social security or medicare payments that get taken out of your check every week, making you "entitled" to the services they are supposed to provide.
This is pushing the game more and more towards less skill, more brute power.
I hope this never gets implemented.
As for the economy failing, it's all because of the business model. Free to play people need to farm for AD for extensive amounts of time, and they try to make good use of it when they have it, not waste it. If AD would me more accessible and easy to farm, people would be encouraged to spend a lot of it, cause they would know they will make more.
But no, how could this happen here? Because if we can farm AD efficiently, then we would not buy that precious Zen, right?
Reduce the upgrade to companions and soon enough everyone will have 20k GS and dungeons will be even more easier than they already are. As it is, a 12k CW with an IQ above 105 could solo spellplague entirely. This game cannot use solutions that empowers the PvE player even further
/e For the nitwits: active bonuses that add specific stats (i.e. Power, Armor Penetration) add to your gear score outside PvP Domination and Gauntlgrym PvP.
I agree. I think the already existing AD sinks we have needs to be adjusted first, then new ones added.