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  • lordrahllylordrahlly Member Posts: 62 Arc User
    edited February 2016
    Pastor Martin Niemöller had it right, but remember, before they come for anyone, they silence all, because to have discourse, is to breed discontent.
  • boondoc0boondoc0 Member Posts: 19 Arc User
    sounds like we're in for a bad time
  • bananacustardbananacustard Member Posts: 28 Arc User



    Ahhh. Pretty easy to read into that one.
    Yeah. I'm guessing the announcement will be out soon.
  • mahburgmahburg Member Posts: 598 Arc User
    Well this is pretty much evolving as anticipated
    One of my guildies went into well of Dragons today out of four instances he was the only player
    I logged in in the forlorn hope they might have recanted and put them back enclave was like a ghost town the only thing missing was tumbleweed picked up my key and logged back out

    Noted the key and zen sale and giggled for ten minutes after logging out
    We are witnessing some gaming history here guys
    Implosion doesn't even cover it
  • zak3056zak3056 Member Posts: 138 Arc User
    Alternate interpretation is that Andy is being thrown under the bus.
  • sundance777sundance777 Member Posts: 1,097 Arc User
    I am not sure what all the moving parts are, maybe they are seeing how well the zen/key sale bolsters sales before they decide if we can have wards for bars. To me it seems irrelevant, the wards cost way more in keys/lockboxes to buy wards than the $10 in zen from the zen market. At least Andy loves us
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  • lordrahllylordrahlly Member Posts: 62 Arc User
    zak3056 said:


    Alternate interpretation is that Andy is being thrown under the bus.

    Shame if that happens, since obviously its not his fault that other management didn't review/sign off on his post.

    Pastor Martin Niemöller had it right, but remember, before they come for anyone, they silence all, because to have discourse, is to breed discontent.
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  • wizardsleeves69wizardsleeves69 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 32 Arc User
    Seeing the current issues facing Xbox users right now, namely the removal of both types of wards as well as blood rubies from their trade bar store, is this something that is coming to PC as well? Should I be spending my trade bars on coal wards and hoarding them for a future 2x RP weekend when they'll fetch a premium if these changes also come to PC or should I use them for my own upgrades this weekend?

    I'd like to say I can trust an official response but the Xbox players were told they were getting coal wards at the same prices we have now on PC, then a big sale on enchanted keys came for them, and then Cryptic decided to remove wards and rubies from the trade bar store completely instead of lowering their prices as promised. So I'm not asking the mods and employees what they are supposed to tell us, I'd like to know what other players think.

    This whole Xbox situation makes me fear they are planning something similar for us on PC soon. If we see a big sale on enchanted keys coming should we start hoarding coal wards just in case, or should we already be starting now?
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  • codenie#3846 codenie Member Posts: 28 Arc User
    Is Neverwinter a ghost town now? :)
  • boondoc0boondoc0 Member Posts: 19 Arc User

    At least Andy loves us

    that plus 8 coal wards, 5gmops, 7smops, and 2.4 million rp with get me that trans negation i've been waiting on.
  • googootsgoogoots Member Posts: 147 Arc User

    Is Neverwinter a ghost town now? :)

    Pretty much, they're all at the beach farming for motes.
  • timburgerstimburgers Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    The thing I'm most upset about is the removal of the 2x ad event. Trade bars are just another currency to mask how much you are actually paying for things in real money. They were always a bonus in my mind and nothing I was ever trying to obtain but have as the result of vip keys. I understand if it were a goal to get as many bars as possible I would be pissed about this but I always seem to have at least one c ward on hand from opening artifact boxes I get from daily celestial coins. This Coal-gate thing should really take the back burner. I estimate from all the loot runs I was doing instead of sleeping this last two weeks I would have over 2mil of ad salvaged by Saturday. Now I just have to sit on it or just take a 50% hit. I am in no way a f2p gamer but I was really counting on this to boost my ad and zen numbers. I do enjoy the game but do not enjoy being lied to. It seems we need to focus on the more immediate and all around hit we are all taking with the canceled event.

    Think on this, a c ward if you really need it is $8 on the zen market. Or in an alternate reality if they had put them on the tb store, 75 tbs. unless you get a jackpot you are going to have to open 15 lock boxes to amass 75 tbs. Buying 15 keys is around $16. Now lock boxes have the tendency to reveal nothing but <font color="orange">HAMSTER</font> you can maybe throw on an artifact for rp. So now you just paid twice as much for the c ward and a play at the lottery. Just wait for a c ward if you need one or if you're impatient buy one for $8(or $10, idk). Whose idea was it to farm trade bars in the first place? That's a gamblers financial plan if I ever heard one. What I have read here sounds like a lot of buyers remorse.

    TL;DR - The real rally cry here should be "BRING BACK THE 2X AD EVENT".
  • armadeonxarmadeonx Member Posts: 4,952 Arc User
    If Andy is held responsible for this is a pure example of 'scape goat'. The community manager doesn't have responsibility for rolling out these insane decisions, he's just the front man who's job it is to communicate with us.

    Obviously that could've been handled better but the responsibility lies with the person who chose to remove coal wards etc from the tb vendor.

    That is the person who should be thrown under the proverbial bus.
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  • plasticbatplasticbat Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 12,401 Arc User
    edited February 2016
    I cashed out all the T-bar to C-ward last night (just in case, the patch today surprises me).
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  • arabaturarabatur Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 778 Arc User
    I would not be at all surprised. Removing stuff from the game is so easy for Cryptic.
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  • telprydaintelprydain Member Posts: 545 Arc User
    edited February 2016


    P.S.

    They all knew and didn't say anything.

    Actually, on the Reddit thread a Dev wrote these words:
    "First and foremost I want everyone to understand that Strum wasn't intentionally misleading or trying to perpetuate a bait and switch. All frustration and confusion regarding the TB store is on us, the devs. Please remember that he's the messenger and can only relay what he knows."

    I've decided not to spend any money until this is sorted, that's unacceptable.

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  • throsbithrosbi Member Posts: 291 Arc User
    Soon.
  • awrex1977awrex1977 Member Posts: 230 Arc User
    1:30 West Coast time on a Thursday.

    At this point, I doubt we hear anything today.

    IMO, nothing is going to be said until right before they head out for the weekend tomorrow evening, somewhere around 7:00-8:00 pm West Coast time on a Friday night, of a Hallmark holiday weekend.... so 9:00-10:00 East Coast time.

    Hope being the XBox population misses the initial announcement, has 2-3 days of weekend fun, out and about w/ the S/O for V-Day, etc & so on.... a "news dump" if you will.... hopefully lessening the reaction of the furious player base.

    The whole situation is a joke.
  • solbergxsolbergx Member Posts: 654 Arc User
    I think i read something about it, it said the xbox economy is different and it didn't need the coal at store. Let me see if i can find it!!!
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  • mrwupazzmrwupazz Member Posts: 46 Arc User
    That's the nice part about this game I can still play with my friends and not spend a dime more....their loss not mine
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  • raymond00713raymond00713 Member Posts: 312 Arc User
    They're waiting to see if this sale works. If it does, no wards or rubies for you
  • wizardsleeves69wizardsleeves69 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 32 Arc User
    solbergx said:

    I think i read something about it, it said the xbox economy is different and it didn't need the coal at store. Let me see if i can find it!!!

    I saw that too but it seemed like that whole statement was just trying to be damage control.
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  • No word today? Anything?
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