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Zen points - worth buying? What to buy with?
stroeckx
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As the title says, i'm kinda wondering if it's worth buying anything.
I think the cosmetic stuff/mounts/companions are stuff you could get if you like em and when you're gonna play the game for a long while.
The lockboxes, are they worth opening? How big is the chance of getting anything? I heard you can trade the keys, how much do they cost?
The game stuff like more char slots/more companion slots/bags/ skill resets/... is as just a bunch of stuff you can get when you need it, just to make us pay money
and lastly we have the in-game stuffs, like pots and buffs and such, which henstly don't seem to huge to me..
Whats your opninion? Is it worth buying zen or not? Is it worth buying keys for those lockboxes?
I think the cosmetic stuff/mounts/companions are stuff you could get if you like em and when you're gonna play the game for a long while.
The lockboxes, are they worth opening? How big is the chance of getting anything? I heard you can trade the keys, how much do they cost?
The game stuff like more char slots/more companion slots/bags/ skill resets/... is as just a bunch of stuff you can get when you need it, just to make us pay money
and lastly we have the in-game stuffs, like pots and buffs and such, which henstly don't seem to huge to me..
Whats your opninion? Is it worth buying zen or not? Is it worth buying keys for those lockboxes?
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Back in my day you got about 2 Hours worth of Video Games at the Arcade for $20.00 bucks.
On my XBOX I spend $60.00 bucks and depending on the game I usually get about 8 hours of entertainment.
I have gotten like 3 weeks of entertainment out of this so had no problem throwing $50.00 bucks at it.
Keys go for 125 zen each, or 1125 for 10. Not sure what currency you go with but I'm sure you can figure out $ costs from that. As far as worth opening, if you don't mind spending the cash they're useful enough. Likely take from 10 boxes will be something like 5 idols (40k AD's each off Rhix, so you'll get about half the cost of your zen back in AD's at current rates on the exchange), 2 profession packs (nice if you like to craft, fairly likely to get an Adventurer and some rare mats), and some other random stuff plus between 10 and 20 tarmalune bars for each box. Always a chance to get a pheora or even a nightmare mount if you're lucky too, but don't count on it.
Extra character slots aren't too bad at 500 zen for 2, keeping in mind thats more storage space and leadership crafting (for AD's or to feed mercs to your main to upgrade), or god forbid, to actually play some different classes and get a feel for what they're like
Bags are a nice convenience, and remember that they're not character bound - you can freely switch it to whoever your main is so you won't really need to buy them for each character, just mail it to yourself when you want to muck around with an alt.
Skill resets - I'd hold off until some serious bug fixing is done on feats and powers that don't quite combine like they're supposed to. I wouldn't be entirely surprised if a one-time free respec was given when the game goes "officially" live though, or after the first round of major bugfixing and balancing.
I'd say its worth spending a few dollars if you enjoy the game and plan to play it for a while. Mostly it'll be for convenience, but that's no bad thing. I got the Guardian pack so didn't really need to spend much, but I did pick up 2 bags (I'm a total packrat), some extra character slots and a few keys just for curiosity, and I don't regret doing so
Just evaluate what you want to buy, and how much it is worth to your gameplay. Cosmetics (including fancy mounts and pets that are exactly like the cheap/free versions of the same) for hundreds of dollars is not worth it if you are on a budget.
Or you can afford them.
Easily afford them, still refuse to be ripped off. Next?
How exactly have you been or do you feel you will or are being ripped off? Sorry, I am confused. If you want a Bear and can afford it how is buying that Bear a rip off?
If you do not think it's worth the money and do not want to buy it. I completely understand. I am just confused as to where the "Ripping off" is occurring?
I'm probably gonna get 2k zen now, and get 10 keys. I don't think the bags are very good, since i found one already and that one has 18 slots, a paid one has only 24...
I'm probably not gonna get a mount yet, i want to see if they actually are the coolest mounts before i get one of them. If they do end up being worth it i'll prolly get just enough zen to buy one of them.
And if not, i guess i can get something like a skill reset or new char slots!
Just for reference, there's only one more bag you'll find. It's around level 30, and it's 12 slots.
Heh, I didn't even get a "cool" horse. I just spent $5 on a basic horse.... but it's still saved me 30g so far across six characters.
(and again, further info - at level 20, when you can use a mount, you also get 3 "rental" tokens that'll get you a basic horse for 5 hours each. So you don't need to make a "buy" decision right away.)
You get another bag at the end of Neverdeath Graveyard IIRC
I buy profession packs and keys for the lockboxes:even if you don't get the mount, the crappiest thing is still worth the cost of the key (and you get a lot of rare assets/mats for crafting and a chance at an Idol that you can turn in for 40K Astral Diamond)
Don't forget you can also get most of these things in the AH for AD, even the mounts/companions
Ah, TOTAL skill resets (STATS,Powers,Feats) is 600 zen but you can reset your Feats for AD