New Flying Mounts

zhaozhilong
zhaozhilong Posts: 0 Arc User
edited February 2009 in General Discussion
Wow nice wings for my archer however a bit to pricey for pixels, 30$ usd I was hesitant to even get the 20$ one, I guess only the ppl who have there mommy and daddy pay for it will get it or steal there credit card one or the other just a little overpriced good thing i can trust my son, anyways I do think its a little overprices for pixels that really don't cost anything to make 20$ i would say okay but 30$ ? come on PW the world is in a Recession everyday you hear ppl loosing jobs luckily im not one of them yet. Wonder who will buy new Flying mounts and not eat for the next few days becouse he/she just spent the 30$ on pixels. Anyways just thought I would put my thoughts into this I hope others do the same whether they content with the price or not but opinions count so by all means type away. b:shocked
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  • Deceptistar - Sanctuary
    Deceptistar - Sanctuary Posts: 10,454 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    Interesting, so the new wings are 30 gold. And probably same range for the other mounts Im assuming. Its a bit pricey in terms if you actually BUY them with RL cash instead of trading them for ingame money to gold.
    The one thing that surprises me is that the JP version of PW is getting the same wing for 24gold in their boutique...no lower GDP **** can apply to that for explanation I think, we all know japan has technological wonders and the wing price for them was implemented before the yen problems currently. What gives, PWI gets ripped off alot it seems

    zhaozhilong wrote: »
    I guess only the ppl who have there mommy and daddy pay for it will get it or steal there credit card one or the other
    Part of me is amazed you have a son, yet it never crossed your mind that there are full time working pple who can afford to spend extra cash on online entertainment with their own credit card >.>;;;
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  • Ithilmir - Sanctuary
    Ithilmir - Sanctuary Posts: 91 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    The debate on the value of Zen compared to the items they get is long-going, but Deceptistar said, not every player is a kid sponging off their parents.
  • Jandira - Sanctuary
    Jandira - Sanctuary Posts: 82 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    Ithilmir - Sanctuary wrote: »
    The debate on the value of Zen compared to the items they get is long-going, but Deceptistar said, not every player is a kid sponging off their parents.

    Exactly. I'm an adult, with my own credit card holding my own job and taking care of myself. I make my decisions on what to buy/not buy. Although I will admit $30 seems pricey for wings, whether I buy them or not, is my decision to make. Personnallly, I'm pretty happy with my plain white in-game spirit upgraded wings. Don't feel that I need the latest and greatest as soon as it comes out.
  • Envy - Lost City
    Envy - Lost City Posts: 540 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    zhaozhilong wrote: »
    Wow nice wings for my archer however a bit to pricey for pixels, 30$ usd I was hesitant to even get the 20$ one, I guess only the ppl who have there mommy and daddy pay for it will get it or steal there credit card one or the other just a little overpriced good thing i can trust my son, anyways I do think its a little overprices for pixels that really don't cost anything to make 20$ i would say okay but 30$ ? come on PW the world is in a Recession everyday you hear ppl loosing jobs luckily im not one of them yet. Wonder who will buy new Flying mounts and not eat for the next few days becouse he/she just spent the 30$ on pixels. Anyways just thought I would put my thoughts into this I hope others do the same whether they content with the price or not but opinions count so by all means type away. b:shocked

    If you blow 30$ on something and it would mean you cant eat for a week I suggest you get the **** off your computer and get a job.
  • Shamina - Heavens Tear
    Shamina - Heavens Tear Posts: 13 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    I don't think its too pricy. I mean it's the Ferrari of the PWI.
    I already bought mine (the bird) and I love it.

    But I were saving my money for it. I were using Spotted Manta from the begining, and resisted on buying faster mounts, coz I wanted to save for good ones that come later.

    And its my own hard earned money so I decide wha I do with it. Got to drink few beers or buy a mount in game, same price, I choose.
  • Jayde_videl - Heavens Tear
    Jayde_videl - Heavens Tear Posts: 53 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    They forgot to add the words "and most expensive" next to the word 'fastest' in the patch notes. Once again, the devs cater only to very rich characters and people who will spend real money to buy one. /sigh
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  • Solandri - Heavens Tear
    Solandri - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,843 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    Jayde_videl - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    They forgot to add the words "and most expensive" next to the word 'fastest' in the patch notes. Once again, the devs cater only to very rich characters and people who will spend real money to buy one. /sigh

    I don't have a problem with this. Those are the people providing the money for the devs' paychecks so they can feed their family. Without them, there wouldn't be a game for you to play. The only thing that's different with PWI is that you're allowed to play it for free if you want to, you just don't get some of the perks that come with paying for it.
  • Ithilmir - Sanctuary
    Ithilmir - Sanctuary Posts: 91 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    Does that surprise you though? The lower-speed mounts are already available in the game for a relatively cheaper price. Introducing more expensive items as more players hit high levels and big bucks is only logical.
  • Maiya - Lost City
    Maiya - Lost City Posts: 2,686 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    Indeed $30 is a bit... high. If there are supposedly more coming out. It would make more sense for this one to be cheaper. If you look at the 10 gold and 15 gold fly mounts. They are the same speed, but one is cheaper because it is at level 50.

    The new ones released today are +2.5 speed (only .5 higher than the $20 one), and are requisite level 50. Does that mean similar +2.5 speed fly mounts, but level 30 will be $35?

    IMO the new ones released today should be priced $25. Then if they want to continue the $5 more expensive rule for lower levels, the level 30 one be $30.
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  • Formaldahide - Sanctuary
    Formaldahide - Sanctuary Posts: 27 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    Envy - Lost City wrote: »
    If you blow 30$ on something and it would mean you cant eat for a week I suggest you get the **** off your computer and get a job.

    i dont think it is ment personal, but there are people that actualy do that kind of stuff, not sleep to get those few extra lvl's, not eat to get that new awsome thing. it hapends. but it dousnt meen you have to start with the language just cuz someone hits the nail on the head.

    and you could even get in to trouble using vaul language on a age free forum.

    but to get back to subject, it seems a bit pricy for mounts with lvl 50 req. but everything in PWI is a bit overpriced, if people got a problem with that, they should move to a difrent version of PW.

    and i agree with Solandri, the guys behind PWI need to be payed somehow, they cant be payed from the in-game mony, thats why alot of f2p games have item-malls, and there are ALWAYS people that will pay for the things in it at the price they set, and it is annying that they start nagging afterwards.

    to expencive people? than dont buy it and stop nagging about it, they wont give up there income just becous you want them to.
    didnt say i was thinking
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  • Deceptistar - Sanctuary
    Deceptistar - Sanctuary Posts: 10,454 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    Shamina - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    I don't think its too pricy. I mean it's the Ferrari of the PWI.

    I WISH it was the Ferrari b:cry
    Personally I want the 3 wings which we dont have in the international versions yet =(
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  • ShadeKitty - Sanctuary
    ShadeKitty - Sanctuary Posts: 80 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    I would never buy it, and I suggest you don't unless you are truly that concerned with how your flying mount looks. For $27.20 you can get an Israfael/equivalent flying mount for the same speed. For an addtional $7.20 you can upgrade the Israfael/equivalent flying mount to +3.00 (with a haste of 5.00), whereas you have to pay that amount on top of the $30 for the new mounts, which can NOT be upgraded to +3.50 but only to +3.00. So unless you would rather pay that extra money for aesthetic purposes, its a complete waste of money.
  • Jrudora - Lost City
    Jrudora - Lost City Posts: 445 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    zhaozhilong wrote: »
    I guess only the ppl who have there mommy and daddy pay for it will get it or steal there credit card one

    Stereotype.
    The average age of gamers to date has risen.
    When I was only 16, the typical insult would be "Haha you must be 10 years old". 5 years later, now its "You must be some 16 year old".
    More and more teenagers are beginning to have part time jobs at the age of 16. By my age, we've saved enough to spend on things we'd like.

    Many of us can pay for our college/university tuitions while being able to manage money well enough to keep rents, games (such as this) all under control.

    Please teach your kid to be i-n-d-e-p-e-n-d-e-n-t. Stereotypes have no place in children education.
    zhaozhilong wrote: »
    anyways I do think its a little overprices for pixels that really don't cost anything to make 20$ i would say okay but 30$ ? come on PW the world is in a Recession everyday you hear ppl loosing jobs luckily im not one of them yet.

    It costs them money to purchase the licensing for this game which they are providing to us free of charge. The only money you are FORCED to pay is the monthly internet fees and the computer on your desk.
    Their fees include domain fees, server fees, technicians, support, staff... do you think they're doing this out of a good heart for gamers like us?

    30 is a little overpriced, yes, but there's no need to throw the Recession into this.
  • Saitada - Sanctuary
    Saitada - Sanctuary Posts: 3,220 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    $30.00? *looks* hmm Kirin = $30.00 Seems reasonable to me. Hell I paid close to $200.00 for my Phoenix and another $150.00 for my Hercules... whats $30.00? lmao! Especially when I make plenty of cash through my Business.

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  • ShadeKitty - Sanctuary
    ShadeKitty - Sanctuary Posts: 80 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    Saitada - Sanctuary wrote: »
    $30.00? *looks* hmm Kirin = $30.00 Seems reasonable to me. Hell I paid close to $200.00 for my Phoenix and another $150.00 for my Hercules... whats $30.00? lmao! Especially when I make plenty of cash through my Business.

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    Psh I paid about $375 for my phoenix and herc as well, but thats because I knew they would pay off eventually. The ONLY reason I see to get the new flying mounts is aesthetics. Spend smart people...
  • bookender
    bookender Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    I don't have an issue with the cost. Yes, it's expensive. Yes, it costs 30 gold. Yes, it's $30 in RL money. But what, exactly, does it do? Make you move just a bit faster in the air.

    It is, in a sense, perfectly useless. But it's a shiny object, something which you can use to show off, and one that we can buy in order to help support the game, so we keep the servers up, keep the game updated, and we can introduce the cash shop items to the freebie players.
  • brovar
    brovar Posts: 19 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    ShadeKitty - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Psh I paid about $375 for my phoenix and herc as well, but thats because I knew they would pay off eventually. The ONLY reason I see to get the new flying mounts is aesthetics. Spend smart people...

    Let me ask... how do they "pay off" will you get your 375$ back and some nice added %? Will you start making your living with them? lol!

    375$ is equal to over 2 years of playing a pay-to-play game (everyone knows what I'm talking about, but I can't mention the name not to get banned), no doubts better than PWI (even if its only better because it is properly maintained, with no poorly explained deletion of useful items and without staff LYING to the players - yup, I'm reffering to the Charms packs removal), that won't be a beta, and you won't have to pay anymore.
  • sorbik
    sorbik Posts: 162 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    doles anyone know how much widgets it costs to upgrade the $30 mounts to maximum speed (3/5)

    is it 80?

    So technically the $10 wings are still cheapest when upgraded?
    $10 wings start at 1.5, with 3x80 widgets they become 3.0 if im correct
    $20 wings start at 2.0, with 2x80 widgets they become 3.0
    $30 wings start at 2.5, with 1x80 widgets they become 3.0?
  • ShadeKitty - Sanctuary
    ShadeKitty - Sanctuary Posts: 80 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    brovar wrote: »
    Let me ask... how do they "pay off" will you get your 375$ back and some nice added %? Will you start making your living with them? lol!

    375$ is equal to over 2 years of playing a pay-to-play game (everyone knows what I'm talking about, but I can't mention the name not to get banned), no doubts better than PWI (even if its only better because it is properly maintained, with no poorly explained deletion of useful items and without staff LYING to the players - yup, I'm reffering to the Charms packs removal), that won't be a beta, and you won't have to pay anymore.

    No what I mean is that when I start farming TTs, I really won't have any need to buy anymore gold with my money, I can easily buy it from other people wiht in game money.
    sorbik wrote: »
    doles anyone know how much widgets it costs to upgrade the $30 mounts to maximum speed (3/5)

    is it 80?

    So technically the $10 wings are still cheapest when upgraded?
    $10 wings start at 1.5, with 3x80 widgets they become 3.0 if im correct
    $20 wings start at 2.0, with 2x80 widgets they become 3.0
    $30 wings start at 2.5, with 1x80 widgets they become 3.0?

    The $10 wings can only be upraded to 2.5 iirc, and I also believe it only takes 40 widgets per upgrade on them, but I never ahd them so I wouldn't know.
  • Sorbik - Lost City
    Sorbik - Lost City Posts: 202 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    ShadeKitty - Sanctuary wrote: »
    No what I mean is that when I start farming TTs, I really won't have any need to buy anymore gold with my money, I can easily buy it from other people wiht in game money.



    The $10 wings can only be upraded to 2.5 iirc, and I also believe it only takes 40 widgets per upgrade on them, but I never ahd them so I wouldn't know.

    i just saw a 3.0/5.0 elven radiance
    i think all wings can potentially reach that
  • Zoe - Heavens Tear
    Zoe - Heavens Tear Posts: 3,814 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    I just looked in the forge and yes they can all reach 3.0

    Instead of getting the newer, faster flyers they put in the cash shop, I just now upgraded my skymanta shade. Cost me 10 gold to buy and 5.4 gold to upgrade to 2.0. Compare that to the 2.0 flyers in the cash shop that cost 20 gold. I saved 4.6 gold buying wind widgets instead of a new mount.
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  • ChucknNorris - Heavens Tear
    ChucknNorris - Heavens Tear Posts: 7 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    i havent bought a thing from cash shop yet.I just use my millions to buy from other people who have bought from the shopsb:laugh

    farming pays off!!
  • anaeli
    anaeli Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    It's all just looks. I bought Israfel for looks with $ and the widgets with in-game gold, and if I wanted the eagle I'd probably trade my Israfel for it. But I don't. Love my swan :D
  • Saitada - Sanctuary
    Saitada - Sanctuary Posts: 3,220 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    brovar wrote: »
    Let me ask... how do they "pay off" will you get your 375$ back and some nice added %? Will you start making your living with them? lol!

    375$ is equal to over 2 years of playing a pay-to-play game (everyone knows what I'm talking about, but I can't mention the name not to get banned), no doubts better than PWI (even if its only better because it is properly maintained, with no poorly explained deletion of useful items and without staff LYING to the players - yup, I'm reffering to the Charms packs removal), that won't be a beta, and you won't have to pay anymore.
    lmao... Before I quit playing everquest I had 8 (yes.. eight) active accounts. When I stopped playing EvE Online I had 4 active accounts. I was also playing and paying for multiple "free" mmo's at the time as well, I was spending on average about $500.00 a month in MMO's

    The money i've spent in PWI is STILL less than my normal monthly gaming output.

    PWI is a bargain for me.

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  • Envy - Lost City
    Envy - Lost City Posts: 540 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    Formaldahide - Sanctuary wrote: »
    i dont think it is ment personal, but there are people that actualy do that kind of stuff, not sleep to get those few extra lvl's, not eat to get that new awsome thing. it hapends. but it dousnt meen you have to start with the language just cuz someone hits the nail on the head.

    Hits the nail on the head? If you think 30$ means you cant eat, you seriously need to get off your comp and get a job, simple as that.

    I feel truly sorry for people who are so unrealistically poor.
  • DeliaLotus - Lost City
    DeliaLotus - Lost City Posts: 100 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    Just a question... I've seen elven radiance upgraded to 3.0 speed, and it seems it might be possible to do that with blood mist. Has anyone actually seen or tried this? I always assumed you couldn't for some reason

    Edit: searching the forums, apparently you can:
    http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=161161

    But, say if you had the Wings of Daedalus, would upgrading those to 3.0 cost 20+60 widgets or 80+80? If anyone knows

    Because going from nothing to blood mist to 3.0 would be about 26.6 gold hmm...
  • anaeli
    anaeli Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    Having done it, upgrading the 2.0 CS flyers costs 80+80 widgets, so that holds true for the wings of Daedalus.
  • AstigII - Sanctuary
    AstigII - Sanctuary Posts: 54 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    What I really want to see is the new ground mount. I cant wait to buy!
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  • Gonzu - Heavens Tear
    Gonzu - Heavens Tear Posts: 109 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    Maiya - Lost City wrote: »
    Indeed $30 is a bit... high. If there are supposedly more coming out. It would make more sense for this one to be cheaper. If you look at the 10 gold and 15 gold fly mounts. They are the same speed, but one is cheaper because it is at level 50.

    The new ones released today are +2.5 speed (only .5 higher than the $20 one), and are requisite level 50. Does that mean similar +2.5 speed fly mounts, but level 30 will be $35?

    IMO the new ones released today should be priced $25. Then if they want to continue the $5 more expensive rule for lower levels, the level 30 one be $30.

    The level 70 +2.5 speed mount will probably be priced $25.
  • Mua - Lost City
    Mua - Lost City Posts: 546 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    Formaldahide - Sanctuary wrote: »
    i dont think it is ment personal, but there are people that actualy do that kind of stuff, not sleep to get those few extra lvl's, not eat to get that new awsome thing. it hapends. but it dousnt meen you have to start with the language just cuz someone hits the nail on the head.

    It's 30 dollars.. 20 freaking pounds. I know people (students, no less) who spend more than that weekly on beer and cigarettes.
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