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Ideas On How To Reduce The ZAX Backlog While Shrinking The AD Pool
deadmano
Member Posts: 73 Arc User
During the maintenance we were having a discussion on stream, thinking of ways to add more AD sinks to the game that may potentially shrink the current AD <> Zen backlog on PC. Some of the ideas that came up were;
The ability to buy overload enchantments, such as the ones from the Hellpit Event, from the Wonderous Bazaar.
By having these available, with a finite use time, it would essentially serve as an AD sink, and furthermore if they are bought with the VIP discount at max level (25%) and re-sold on the Auction House, it'd serve as a furthermore AD sink. This idea can be extended to other finite use items.
Taxing players who use the ZAX when exchanging AD to Zen.
By imposing an AD tax on the player selling AD, AD would essentially be removed from the game each time an exchange happens, similar to what happens on the auction house. For example, when creating a listing you are charged a 5% non-refundable fee if the order goes through, else refunded if it doesn't or you cancel. To put this in numbers, take the current exchange of 5,000 Zen at 3,750,000 AD. To get the 5,000 Zen, you need to have 3,750,000 AD + the 5% fee of 187,500 = 3,937,500 AD.
The ability to buy overload enchantments, such as the ones from the Hellpit Event, from the Wonderous Bazaar.
By having these available, with a finite use time, it would essentially serve as an AD sink, and furthermore if they are bought with the VIP discount at max level (25%) and re-sold on the Auction House, it'd serve as a furthermore AD sink. This idea can be extended to other finite use items.
Taxing players who use the ZAX when exchanging AD to Zen.
By imposing an AD tax on the player selling AD, AD would essentially be removed from the game each time an exchange happens, similar to what happens on the auction house. For example, when creating a listing you are charged a 5% non-refundable fee if the order goes through, else refunded if it doesn't or you cancel. To put this in numbers, take the current exchange of 5,000 Zen at 3,750,000 AD. To get the 5,000 Zen, you need to have 3,750,000 AD + the 5% fee of 187,500 = 3,937,500 AD.
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Every update should be accompanied by new customizations: skins, combat animations, colors, effects - in the zen store, in the bazaar - permanent customizations, as wells as limited time customizations.
When you compare the amount of customization other mmos are churning out with the absolute dearth in Neverwinter, it's almost unbelievable. They must lose an incredible amount of revenue and players every year because of this.
But you know that if they make a change on one they will not stop there.
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> Well, they allready tried that one before, only problem was, the gear you could buy for AD wasn't worth a damn. The "equipment sets" (from the Undermountain intro quest for example) on the other hand were a real step up, and they should continue with that instead.
Maybe my original post was a bit unclear when using the term “mod specific”. I mean release all M16 companion gear and all armor pieces, all M17 rings and weapons, all M18 armor pieces and so on.
The only reason the backlog is so big is because you have too many free to players and not enough players who want to spend a few dollars on the game
When Neverwinter's become a charity case,
there's a problem.
> Open up our wallets for WHAT.
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> When Neverwinter's become a charity case,
> there's a problem.
For what? So you have some Zen and don't have to complain about the backlog
Anyway, the "problem" that players either spend less or no money here anymore is "selfmade", so it's up to them to change it... players have given more then enough reasonable feedback for improvements in that area, but all we got this far were discount cutbacks and some other HAMSTER no one really asked for.
remove them from zen store and put them on the ad store
Hoard zen, wait for a sale buy them dirt cheap and isnta sell for almost double value in ah, repeat and you will start to get richer
They are probably the most important item in the game and the only reliable way to get them is the zen store
it won't fix the problem but it will help
Putting ward to AD market will give more incentive for cash player to exchange for AD. Hence, reduce the backlog.
Right now, the cash player A buys Zen to buy wards directly from Zen store. No AD is destroyed from the economy.
If ward is moved to AD store, the same cash player A buys Zen, exchange to AD and buy it from AD store. Involved AD is destroyed in economy.
There is no lose of money from the cash player A.
This increases demand for AD and maintain the demand for Zen for cash player.
This reduces the backlog.
Right now, the AD player B put their AD to Zen exchange so that he can buy ward from Zen store. No AD is destroyed in the economy
If ward is moved to AD store, the AD player B will not need to put their AD to the Zax queue. Hence, reduce the backlog. Involved AD is destroyed in the economy.
There is no lose of money from AD player B because he was not paying cash to begin with.
This reduces demand of Zen from the AD player who does not part with money anyway.
then go on with "Module Packs" that have account-wide companions/mounts/bags in them for reasonable prices,
restore the former extras in ZEN Charge Promotions,
improve and increase ViP ranks,
come up with better fashion items, i'm pretty sure several players spend money to get those "flapping wings" for their Clerics, imagine the potential in that area if they come up with fresh and interesting stuff introduced into it,
"unify" discount coupons so that they range from 30-40% and work in all categories, ensuring that players spend money outside the bigger seasonal sales, that should also return to full 50% sales,
give GMs proper tools, and make sure that the support starts doing their job, hint "help players",
do better testing on the Preview Server, so that less bugs get onto the Life Server,
and so on...
Also did you see the amount of people who spent money when they made available the account bound legendary mounts?
like @regenerde said just do the same for other items, and update old packs, transmutes and people will buy it, even now i see some people in guild/alliance buying those stupid hair packs or whatever that is, or when they made available that pack with a reskin of jarl's gaze people bought it when they could have just go and farm msva
They could also put limited time mounts (like the boots) or old/new weapon transmutes that some players have been asking for years.
Players like me are the ones who buy Zen, then we toss out our leftover zen for AD. Cryptic Studios doesn't sell you zen for AD, player like I do. Then the question should be what does a player like me, spending money on Zen want to see? New races like gnome, undead variants for all races, spell plagued races, etc.. Everyone that wanted the Gith race got the skin on week one for free. These would be a cash cow, people such as myself, who want a unique look and be different from the freebie players will buy them. Then not so much as classes, but new fighting styles. Such as brawler mode for barbarian that doesn't use the weapon but started punching and doing roundhouse kicks. These would ALL need to be zen store only BTA items. When I buy zen, I normally get a minimum $20 and this comes to 2000 Zen. Pricing would be key. Making the price 1900 Zen for any item, would leave a remainder of 100 zen that most of us are going to toss out there for 75,000 AD. Multiply that number by the total amount of paid customers and your backlog comes down.
This doesn't put the game behind a paywall, the items I am seeking are a custom look. I don't want $100 buyout package with completions, gears, or buffs! Those items make me complete the game and I don't need to play or even be here to see the new stuff. The goal here is capitalism and Cryptic better start thinking like that or my next purchase will most likely be another DLC for my PS4 games or more tech gadgets. Currently they have nothing of interest to me or my friends.
I guess I will see what is "new" this Tuesday night? If there is nothing in the zen store, I will return to my PS4 games.
Just killing time...