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some zen items are way too expensive
apokolips
Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 7 Arc User
Anybody else a little put off that zen is $10.00 per thousand and some of the mounts cost 4000? $40.00 for a mount is a bit much.
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this is a pointless comment.
and to the OP yes, yes it is way overpriced, cryptic will end up losing money because of their greed.
really? Although I expected be trolled because I am on the interwebs, I do find their price points to be too high. I would probably be willing to spend $20.00 for a bada$$ mount (like a digital deluxe type of upgrade), but $40.00 for a make believe car is a bit to much from my point of view.
But if they want a Long term investment prices need to fit our real life economy. Mommy and daddy are not going to support this game, hard working people like my wife and I and those single adults will. And we do not have The disposable income we use to. Give real value and it has been proven that the gaming community will support you. For Christ sakes we Gamers will bleed ourselves dry if we feel like things are fair. How do you think Lucas and WOW made the money they did. Be smart and this game could be profitable for years to come.
1) they are account wide, and can be used on every character you make, once those characters reach level 20 and are eligible for mount usage.
2) for simple basic utility, there are mounts as low as $5 US (500 zen), even though those are the slowest mounts. that isn't much, and saving up enough AD for that is not a terrible lot of work.
3) the fastest speed of mount is available for $25 US (2500 zen), the stormraider clydesdale horse. a fair bit cheaper than the most expensive ones on there, and again, usable by all characters on the account, no matter how many you make.
4) any mounts that are more expensive than the 5/15/25 for standard horses are only cosmetic upgrades, such as certain colors of horse being a little more expensive, and the non horse mounts being about ten bucks more. I have no problem with special cosmetic changes costing more, as long as usefulness is affordable, which I think they are. needs are more important than luxury, and usefulness is more important than looks.
besides, it makes the company money legitimately, and I would rather see legitimate, above board, honest sales than underhanded dirty tactics and tricks. yes, I know we've seen that here, too, but I'd still like to encourage the good stuff.
Agreed. I probably would have bought most of the zen store companions if they were at a reasonable price, but instead I haven't bought any.
Agreed. I can't complain too much because I play but don't pay. I like the necro'd thread only recently shut down, I don't like people assuming "won't pay" = "can't pay". I do well enough thank-you, mainly by being 42 and childless. But I have a keen eye for value for money, and the Zen is not value for money. If it was less than half the price it is now, it would work better I think.
Does Cryptic/PWE want me to spend one to five pounds here and there occasionally, or does it want me to spend zero more often?
"Young people....." - Erik Lehnsherr
Otherwise, I agree...
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On the other hand, if there was an option to buy a $5 single-character version of a lot of the store mounts, I would very likely have bought multiples of them by now.
And I am sure TONS of people feel the same way. and would be more likely to spend money, if prices were lowered some.
I paid $60.00 for the Feywild pack which brought a Unicorn Mount, Sylph (fairy companion), 600,000 astrals, fashion items and more.
The Unicorn and Fashion items are the only things I found worth it. The Sylph companion sucks and the gear included in the pack I couldn't even use because I already had stuff better than what it brought.
First and LAST time I spend money on NeverWinter unless prices drop.
Wellcome to the Free to Play marketing model .
for most players, you're right and that works great. I admit, that point was probably better suited to people who play like do. I'm an altoholic who tends to roll a bunch of new characters and level all of them close to evenly. As a result, on my main server, most of my characters are between 20 and 25 still, though I have a couple in mid 30s on the other two servers. I haven't managed to get the 5 gold for an in game horse before level 30ish so far, and I usually only have 1 to 1.5 gold by level 20.
for me, before I eventually shelled out for a stormraider clydesdale, it made more sense to shell out 5 bucks worth of zen to outfit every character with a mount instead of pooling gold for 1, maybe 2 characters and using the slower temp mounts until they ran out on the rest.
I just plain had an easier time, even at that level, making AD than I had making gold, so this was more logical for me as a one time purchase. For others who likely level waaaaay faster than I do (and hell, I think I'm levelling too fast even, just due to this game's design), you are absolutely right.