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powrie companion: rank, account wide? (Mod Answered; Post #21)
nevawinna
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New promotion, new lack of information: what rank is the powrie companion, and is it a single item or an account-wide unlock? It is shown as lvl 30.
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Which is a shame, because I was definitely interested in getting it before I realized it probably isn't account wide.
I'm not sure if it's account wide or single time claim, though.
I'm pretty sure you have to buy it during the event.
As for screenshots, they're usually taken with their rank 30 stats to showcase their full potential, however, many promo companions are usually either green or blue quality when obtained.
Usually. I can try to get someone from staff to answer that more definitively however being that it's the weekend, there'll be a wait.
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You must buy it during the event.
The safe guess is that the powrie is an Account Wide Green. Blue account wide companions are normally part of packs. If memory serves they have never released anything but green account wide companions for these similar sale promotions.
I... don't think that's a safe guess, actually. Promo companions, as I stated, are never included in the collections page. I know because I collect promo companions. I have nine of them, to my knowledge, every single one that's been offered.
The powrie in the collections says BoE. The account-bound companions that DO appear in the collections page (the ones that are part of packs or achievement rewards) say BoP.
Despite this confusion about this companion, in the past, they've been pretty good about noting that promo companions can be claimed on all characters, which is not said here. It'd have been nice to have confirmation from an official source, but it's not looking like it'll happen before the promo is over at this rate.
My money is on this companion being a single redemption, BoE, epic ranked companion.
The powrie is a promotional item regardless of the bind status.
The Lord's Armored Polar Bear also appears on the collections page, and is also a promotional item.
ETA: Knox is also on the collections page.
If you see promo items in the collections please report them. They should not be there.
I'll forward those off, though. Thanks.
And remember the powrie is the exact same promotion as the Quickling.
So it's confirmed the powie is a lvl 20 account wide unlock?
No... It is not!
I ended up getting since I wanted to unlock Sharandar with my recently leveled Warlock and therefor enable the Warlock Artifact for all my characters, Also I wanted the mount very, very badly.
Even making this leap of faith, I really would like more detailed information for future promotions and when investing my money into something, I'd like to know exactly what I'll get (except for lockboxes).
Not sure I followed you. Powrie and quickling are different companions with different animations and powers, right?
I think they meant the last time the quickling was available, it was from buying blood ruby packs. There was some kind of refinement item promotion at the time. That's how I got it. Previously it had been from a charge rewards program, which meant if you bought 6000 Zen, you got it (along with other stuff).
I ended up buying all the things from this promotion to get the mount and the companion, just in case, figuring I could probably sell a BoE mount and companion for about what I paid anyway if it turns out it isn't account wide.
That said I'd love if the Fey Wolf mount came back. I missed it first time around, which is when the Quickling appeared also.
Exactly. /10char
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But is it account wide or single claim? If it's purple I'm guessing it's a single claim.
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That is extraordinarily unfortunate.
All the more so since this was NOT made clear on the program page.
I agree with the sentiment that this should have been made clear from day 1. If you went into this thinking that you were paying *just* for the companion, however, you are mistaken - it's not like you don't still get the XP boost or campaign completion for your purchase - think of it as getting an additional 2500 Zen's worth of companion with your purchase of the boost or completion items.
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Akromatik has forwarded it to the product manager and to DwightMC. I will detail what feedback I gave when I get home tonight so you guys can let me know if I missed anything.
Hopefully we can iron down exactly what needs to be included in every promotion to avoid situations like this in the future.
I wish I was richer lol
That said, the business case for making a promo companion single-claim only only makes sense if the companion is worth it: I have nearly every companion in the game, and of the ones I've bound to my main, they're all purple quality now (which has taken an obscene amount of Zen). While only a third or so are rank 30, I've had them long enough to begin to assess them vs. each other.
I'm really, really hoping that the devs have done the powrie "right": get the voice acting right and don't cut any corners! Most of us want a redcap because of the twisted, psychotic, yet strangely cute nature of their personalities; don't let us down!
I consider most of the companions to be pretty mediocre from either a fun and/or utility standpoint, but there are examples that show that a companion can really shine if the devs put enough into it. From a fun standpoint, the Laughing Skull, Green Slime, Phase Spider, and Quickling top my list. From a utility standpoint, the Frost Mimic is an outstanding defender and the Vicious Dire Wolf can be an incredibly good companion depending on your class (e.g. DC, especially if you also have Liliira's Bell).
It looks like the powrie will be more of a "fun" companion rather than a "utility" one (unless her rank 30 attack is really stellar), so I can't stress enough the need to make it compelling, from both a player's standpoint and from a business-case standpoint. I realize that I'm raising expectations and perhaps this is ill-advised, or maybe I'm just being over-optimistic.
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