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thestaggy
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Why do I have to pay upwards of 200,000 AD to transmute a complete armour and weapon set? I have either already spent AD purchasing the item who's appearance I want or I have spent AD getting into VT/MC and proceeded to spend hours/days/weeks/months grinding for the item who's appearance I want.
This is unreasonable.
If I have to pay for it, just charge me gold like they do for swapping enchants. I'd rather pay gold as it is far easier to generate than AD. A set of dailies in Dread Ring and I've probably picked up enough stuff to sell to a vendor and earn 2 - 3 gold coins.
This is unreasonable.
If I have to pay for it, just charge me gold like they do for swapping enchants. I'd rather pay gold as it is far easier to generate than AD. A set of dailies in Dread Ring and I've probably picked up enough stuff to sell to a vendor and earn 2 - 3 gold coins.
PSA: You don't need to grind Spinward Rise for your Elemental artifact main hand if you have some AD lying around. You can craft it via the Tyranny of Dragon's campaign screen.
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Agreed, even 5k would be reasonable. It's just too much and in most cases the cost of transmuting exceeds the value of the item you are using.
As we are talking about purely cosmetics I don't particularly disagree with the current high costs. The above idea sounds like a nice compromise though.
The truth is that Cryptic doesn't want you to transmute your armor, no matter what level you're at. They want you buying costumes.
This is a very good idea.
Of course they cant do this because Armour comes in Arms, Feet, Head, Neck and Torso, whereas Fashion comes in Head, Top and Bottoms - Which IMHO is a massive oversight from the start (especially as i love the boots from Courtesan outfit, but hate the skirt)
But this would give us some true mix n match options, mixing both fashion and gear styles into one unique outfit
But they didnt do it from the start, so probably impossible to do now
Cant see them switching to Gold, because Diamonds make the world go round, I definitely think the AD costs should be lower, most of us will end up paying them several times over
If those changes were more permanent (IE if they became Fashion items) then 50k isnt bad, as youd end up with a nice looking item you could always use when you wanted to
Cant speak for everyone but i would probably end up with several complete outfits, even some duplicates dyed differently, which would probably make me buy more bank slots, so theres still an upside for the bean-counters
As it is, i just wont pay it, so im stuck with whatever, this just means my bond to the game isnt that strong, i can live with that
Also quick question, because of the costs i havent yet transmuted anything
IF and when i do, if i dye an Armour Torso say red, white and blue, then use it as an appearance for my newly looted Armour Torso, does it at least keep the colours i dyed it? Or does it revert to its original default colours and require re-dying?
And one more "also"
Also can we get Shirts and Pants to be "disable appearance" enabled, like Helms are?
I don't know if the reverse is true because I've not done it that way around.
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(Thus why a lot of people don't make expensive customizations until they have their BiS epics.)
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it never crossed my mind to dye the actual gear piece, i'd assumed the dye would be on the skin, and therefore transfer with the skin
great shame, great game, but some of us are going to be stuck playing toons we hate the look of, yeah thats good business, it will keeeep us playing for years
think i honestly just felt the first pang of "maybe this isnt the game for me after all", i mean its not a quitting thing, but i think its the first brick gone from that particular wall, wonder how long before the rest of the bricks come tumbling down
There should be some kind of penalty/maintenance fee to prevent players from just constantly switching out stuff and changing their appearance for free.
I think the gold cost of 30-50 is a fair compromise plus it puts value into gold
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That is equally excessive. Why must we pay so much for things we have spent hours grinding for or already spent AD acquiring?
This would be ideal. Cryptic has the most powerful costume editor of any MMO with only All-Points Bulletin coming close, it's practically a crime that they have disabled it for this game. And charging ZEN to let us edit our characters instead of gold like both STO and Champions, again nuts.
The biggest thing I'm amazed at is they have disabled our ability to buy new costume slots. I've spent a tone of money on costumes in CO and STO, I'd love to do that here too if they gave me a reason and the ability to do so.
I'd love to have 3 or more fashion slots for each character, and I'd love to be able to make my gear look just how I want. *throws wallet at screen* take my money da***t!
2) On my account i have probably transmuted and dyed several sets, and mostly likely the main armor peices. For fashion I have a ton of outfits (can't count) across my toons, all dyed
3) I never once felt ripped off. Customization is nice, but it should cost something, as you saying to people "I finally can afford to spend <font color="orange">HAMSTER</font> AD on aesthetics"
Certainly don't have a problem with the current system, it's never been an issue to me.
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You, personally, run a lot of Draco. Ergo, your AD income is likely high while your consumables expenses in gold outstrip your income in that regard.
I am not a motivated dungeon grinder, but do tons of leadership. I have surplus gold (and ok AD).
I think transmute costs are somewhat prohibitive for people who are casual players, enjoy fashion more than combat, primarily want to roleplay, etc. It's expensive *and* it destroys the item you use for the appearance, which may not be easily replaced.
I agree, lower cost and it's a better sink because people won't balk at the cost so much. They'll use it.
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Apropos of not much, I would argue that Wildstar's costume creator looks as though it's going to blow Cryptic out of the water. They've started to boost it as one of the great selling points of the game, much as Cryptic did with Champions. I'm wondering if the Neverwinter handling of customization is one of the items the developers intend to expand in the future once they've had a better look at which way the wind blow in the industry.
Path of Exile has a transmute option, too. The difference is you won't lose the item you used to skin your current gear. You can remove it at any time to apply it to new gear. I think it's an excellent system and hope Cryptic takes notice of it.
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Cryptic created the two best character generators to ever grace MMOs. I am speaking of Champions and City of Heroes. As much as I love both of those, only portions fit a fantasy game imo. See, I want my gear to change as a I get new items. I like that, I do however want to be able to transmute for a reasonable price. 500k ad per 10 levels of the item would work fine for me. So something low level would be cheap, but high level stuff would be less.
No... no that's exactly what it shouldn't have. You should be able to change your appearance for free using the items you bought for that purpose (or that you bought for some other purpose but are now only using for changing your appearance).
Dyes can still cost money. Items that change your appearance can still have a cost. Fashion items can definitely still cost zen because they look totally different from any armor. It's just extending the ability to take them off and put them back on to other items as well and not tying that to the stats.