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[Feedback] Astral Diamonds!

rasereiamokrasereiamok Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 78
edited July 2013 in General Discussion (PC)
I love this game! I already made a bunch of posts expressing how much I love this game on this forum and here:

http://www.onrpg.com/boards/threads/216405-Neverwinter-Two-thumbs-up!?p=2931104#post2931104

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/634/view/forums/post/5698221/thread/383648#5698221

Here is one thing that I think needs to be changed in the near future. I just don't agree with it at all!

Too many things cost astral diamonds that are PART of the default game.

Such as:

1.) Enchanting gear

2.) Removing gems

3.) Teleport scrolls back to town

Stuff like this...


I suggest either:

1.) Change the cost to in-game currency (Copper/Silver/Gold)

OR

2.) Reduce the Astral Diamond cost to SUPER micro amounts (Like 50-100) AND give the option to pay with in-game currency.



SECOND SUGGESTION:

Add an NPC that allows us to change GOLD into ASTRAL DIAMONDS! (Maybe 1g per 10AD or something like that) and this would not count toward the "refining" daily.



EDIT: There really isn't much to send gold on. I think gold should have more stuff to buy and Astral Diamonds would be a great start! Cause then we would have something to farm for always. It would never get old!


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  • rasereiamokrasereiamok Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 78
    edited April 2013
    Anyone else agree? Disagree?
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  • imivoimivo Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 1,682 Bounty Hunter
    edited April 2013
    Trading gold for ADs would invite the gold farmer bots that ruined other games. The AD costs are high for some things, like the cat, but you can buy ADs with Zen from the exchange, and the exchange rate is entirely supply/demand-based, which makes it a bit of a mini game for some of us. The costs for utility stuff, like removing runes is pretty low. I made about 200k AD since Thursday just by playing with the AH, for example. (I also bought ADs for $300 at 500:1, but that is speculative.)
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  • az3ll3az3ll3 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 33
    edited April 2013
    Was about to write just that, gold to AD = farmers ruining the economy faster than you can think! the prices are a bit high but... well options are just that!
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  • clurdgeclurdge Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 153 Bounty Hunter
    edited April 2013
    I think there should be a few more things to spend gold on. Teleport spells sound good. I disagree on being able to exchange gold for AD. If we luved in a magic world where botting and gold farming did not exist I think it could work. Unfortunately no matter what the devs do they will exist. It will destroy the economy and make AD very low in value. The way things are set up now there is a limited amount of AD entering the game, but their model would not survive massive AD influx.

    Edit: I type slow...what those above me said.
  • rasereiamokrasereiamok Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 78
    edited April 2013
    Well, I'm not complaining about Astral Diamond prices on cash shop stuff. That should be decently expensive. I'm talking about in-game activities like socketing runes/removing runes and teleport scrolls. Stuff like that...

    There should be other ways to get Astral Diamonds that goes outside the 24K refine cap per day. Maybe straight up monster drops (Rare but drop anywhere from 1-50 AD, super random)

    On top of this: More things to spend gold on. Kits were expensive at level 1-10, but after that, they become cheap. Other than that, gold doesn't really buy much besides health potions.
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  • tfangeltfangel Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Yeah, i agree that gold should do more, i'm 60 and have over 30 gold with almost nothing to spend it on. I get 99 of health pots, full stacks of all the kits, and... yeah. Town scrolls or identify scrolls would be nice, even if they were pricey.
  • dixa1dixa1 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    town and id scrolls should be gold not diamonds. the rest can stay as is.
  • banicksbanicks Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 66
    edited April 2013
    I agree, but they won't go with it. They have carefully chosen what is to be included and not.

    I for one am mainly annoyed at the zen only requirement to gain more bank space, yet a guild bank only costs AD for tabs.

    There is no logic in that.
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  • thaliffthaliff Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 180 Bounty Hunter
    edited April 2013
    dixa1 wrote: »
    town and id scrolls should be gold not diamonds. the rest can stay as is.

    Agree with this.
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  • jetahjetah Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    rasereiamok wrote: »
    I love this game! I already made a bunch of posts expressing how much I love this game on this forum and here:

    http://www.onrpg.com/boards/threads/216405-Neverwinter-Two-thumbs-up!?p=2931104#post2931104

    http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/634/view/forums/post/5698221/thread/383648#5698221

    Here is one thing that I think needs to be changed in the near future. I just don't agree with it at all!

    Too many things cost astral diamonds that are PART of the default game.

    Such as:

    1.) Enchanting gear

    2.) Removing gems

    3.) Teleport scrolls back to town

    Stuff like this...

    1) you do not need AD to place enchants or runes. that popup is stating that "if you wish to keep this enchant/rune, you'll pay x diamonds to remove it". You can place a new enchant/rune over an existing one to replace it free.

    2) see 1)

    3) you shouldnt need to teleport back to the enclave that often, i've been running back to the entrance of the zone. the scroll is a connivence item not a necessary item.
    rasereiamok wrote: »
    I suggest either:

    1.) Change the cost to in-game currency (Copper/Silver/Gold)

    OR

    2.) Reduce the Astral Diamond cost to SUPER micro amounts (Like 50-100) AND give the option to pay with in-game currency.



    SECOND SUGGESTION:

    Add an NPC that allows us to change GOLD into ASTRAL DIAMONDS! (Maybe 1g per 10AD or something like that) and this would not count toward the "refining" daily.



    EDIT: There really isn't much to send gold on. I think gold should have more stuff to buy and Astral Diamonds would be a great start! Cause then we would have something to farm for always. It would never get old!


    Thank you Cryptic! Great game so far! :cool:

    the whole point of high AD prices is to remove them from the game. You can sell items on the AH (yes, you'll need AD to post) and you can make an unlimited amount.
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  • rcsharp3rcsharp3 Member, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    How about an option to spend Gold/AD/Zen on repecs, bags space, bags, etc. The price could be higher in gold, mid range in AD, and cheapest in Zen. I believe something like this would not invite the gold farmers but would give us an option on how to spend our currencies.
  • rustedheartzrustedheartz Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I would love to have armour/weapon transmuting cost gold. That way we'll get less clones :P
  • runebanerunebane Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    dixa1 wrote: »
    town and id scrolls should be gold not diamonds. the rest can stay as is.

    This, though I think the might want to eventually adjust the AD costs listed on some stuff.
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  • endocinendocin Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 204 Bounty Hunter
    edited July 2013
    Or some item you can call from camp fires.. running down the mountain for solvent or mail is a pain..I can afford scrolls. Sold a dragon egg way back I got from a lock box the one time my dad bought keys.
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  • ponimarponimar Member, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I agree that some things are really expensive, but isn't that the whole point? The things that are the most expensive are things like uber gear. I admit things like teleport scrolls should either be reduced in price or cost gold instead of AD, but in the end I like how they've made it a challenge to get AD stuff.
  • zebularzebular Member, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 15,270 Community Moderator
    edited July 2013
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