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Is there any reason event auras bind to individual characters?
violetnychus
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Seriously, this was quite strange. Usually if developer decisions hurt the interests of the individual customer, you expect a benefit to the game.
If there was a belief this would increase event participation, it's wrong. I certainly purchase the majority of the auras I have on the idea I might use them on a future costume instead of one I already have. Especially if there was not a model of the aura in the game. If it was bind on equip that probably would INCREASE the incentive to obtain the auras as a future commodity after the event.
There is not much economic justification either. The only benefit imaginable would be a few desperate completionists spending drifter salvage to get these on every character, which is a little ridiculous. Not only exploitative, but probably too small a group to justify the development cost or annoy the majority.
I have yet to imagine any reasonable explanation, other than counterproductive philosophies like 'arbitrary annoyances = challenge!'
If there was a belief this would increase event participation, it's wrong. I certainly purchase the majority of the auras I have on the idea I might use them on a future costume instead of one I already have. Especially if there was not a model of the aura in the game. If it was bind on equip that probably would INCREASE the incentive to obtain the auras as a future commodity after the event.
There is not much economic justification either. The only benefit imaginable would be a few desperate completionists spending drifter salvage to get these on every character, which is a little ridiculous. Not only exploitative, but probably too small a group to justify the development cost or annoy the majority.
I have yet to imagine any reasonable explanation, other than counterproductive philosophies like 'arbitrary annoyances = challenge!'
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Whoever you are, be that person one hundred percent. Don't compromise on your identity.
First, EVERY item the store has is bound to account - power, archetype, vehicle, costume, action.
Not only are the auras the only non-account reward in the entire event but also make no sense as I laid out.
OH! You want to buy this aura for one of your Future or Underleveled characters? WELL TOO BAD!
What is this? You dont like the aura you just bought and you want to give to some other character? TOO BAD
Screw this Bound on character
STOP RIGHT THERE!
Bloodmoon Auras are all still bound on Account
and IT IS a big deal since auras are part of the character costumization now!
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The list goes on, and this just deducts away from people wanting to make alts and progress.
Why they made the decision to make them bound only to character is beyond me...
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I take this quote from a review that I agree with.
"customisation is so linear; everyone is after the optimal dps:survivability ratio with 0 reliance on other players = autonomous gameplay... Players don't need each other anymore... which in my opinion is a bad thing."
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All auras should be bind to account. All of them. No exceptions ever.
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What I can't do is use a character-bound aura on a character i make 6 months from now.
Account-bound auras are entirely equivalent to costume unlocks. (If i don't farm the aura at all, obviously i don't have it either). Character-bound auras are not equivalent in any way that matters.
Here's the thing - I always farm all the costume unlocks. Character-bound auras? I'm not going to bother. Because if i end up using the aura, I'd want to be inspired by it to make a character or outfit, and that doesn't work out when i can't move it to a different character.
What an embarrassing comment. Do you think a company should make random bad decisions which have no benefit for anyone? Do you think a company's decisions should not have any basis in improving a product or generating profit? Trying to figure out reasons that a bizarre mechanic exists you consider nuts apparently?
Grind is there for increased participation and thus profit. This reduces participation. It absolutely makes no sense.
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Can't get inspired to make a character based on an aura when i can't get the aura ahead of time and pass it.
Before, i farmed all the event auras. Now I'm going to farm none of them. That's playing less, not more.
If they're character bound I say: "None of my characters need this, I'll skip it"
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I take this quote from a review that I agree with.
"customisation is so linear; everyone is after the optimal dps:survivability ratio with 0 reliance on other players = autonomous gameplay... Players don't need each other anymore... which in my opinion is a bad thing."
Of course, some other games have events where most people can't get all the rewards. Guess Cryptic has moved into that realm.
I am still hopeful that Thursday will bring an additional method of earning event currency, as happened with Halloween, Winter, and Foxbatcon events.
Whoever you are, be that person one hundred percent. Don't compromise on your identity.
So unless auras are made to be account-wide unlocks across the board, then it is what it is.
Why are they so expensive
I want them all now
Why can't i use them on any character
why do I have to do this fight repeatedly to get this
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It was a sincere question though. Perhaps chaelk could clarify.
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That way a given character could only use a single aura (so no passing that one aura back and forth between your characters), but it would still allow for flexibility in terms of keeping an aura for a future alt or using a character grinding Elysium tokens to provide for a character that isn't.
Not to mention the potential marketplace opportunities when the event ends and you have some extra auras to sell.
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Frankly, I'm not. I have no expectations at present that we'll ever see this event again, and some of the rewards will simply get put in the less accessible stores (Drifter, GCR, etc).
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Fact is, if you compare this event to older ones, the older ones had much less rewards at a cheaper price. Is that what you want this event to be? Three skulls, two auras, and a vehicle, and you better be here on the first three days or you're screwed on group content, or would you rather have long-time goals that'll keep the event alive the whole time it's up?
To sum up, people should be less "I want everything now" and more "I can't believe how much stuff we can get in this event."
Bind on pickup is the reason people can declare they are done with an event, and its an abomination in any and every multiplayer game.
Well, anyway, we're starting to argue points that we can't possibly know (it's bad for multiplayer games), so I'm done with that. But I think the rewards were put together like this either as a test, to see if it keeps people playing and interested (which to me, it looks like it has) or because of data gathered from older events. Who knows? I don't have a problem with it.
And market dynamics will drive players into playing the content. If not enough people want to play relative to demand for the rewards, prices will go up and more players will start playing the event. The market is much better at creating good outcomes than any central planner (even devs) because the necessary information is *local*. (That's not opinion - Hayek won a nobel prize for proving it).
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Relatedly, because auras are BoP, i will be done with this event sooner than i would have been if they were BoE. Because I can't be bothered to care about BoP auras. I'm not alone on that.