DQ Drops NPC-Price Dropped 20%

WarrenWolfy - Sanctuary wrote: »

I always love this argument.

Do people really think that the heat that's in their homes is free, and that only computers use electricity?

Right now leaving my PC on generates a tiny bit of heat, which decreases my heating bill because electricity is cheaper than natural gas. Plus, the electricity comes from a hydro-electric dam rather than fossil fuels.

So leaving my computer on not only costs me less, it's also slightly helps the environment. Sure, things will change to the exact opposite once I need my A/C, but for now I'm doing my part to reduce carbon emissions by running my PC and my PoS laptop all day.

I should get an award or something for being so green. b:chuckle

It was meant as a joke but you didn't seem to get it. But well if that's the case, I question the source of your electricity supply which I believe the majority of it still comes from non-renewable sources due to higher costs, technical barriers and limitation of renewable sources. Even if it comes from renewable sources, there exists some major drawbacks. Do your own research.

I also question the location in which you live and the ridiculous amount of heat generated by your PC which I doubt it's enough to warm you up if you ever NEED it. So I feel it's more of an excuse to turn on your PC for gaming and catshopping as the heat is just too small to even make a difference. You may argue that your PC is too old to even feel a bit of a depreciation cost, but old computers are bad for environment. Why? Do your own research.

LOL @ being so green coming from a hardcore gamer.

LOL being so green in YOUR mind.

I'm gonna cryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy b:cryb:cryb:cryb:cry

i'm just aphasic.

400 and counting... <_>

Miugre - Heavens Tear wrote: »

400 and counting... <_>

I didnt read the whole thread but....did any of the 5 ever identify themselves or did they just vote yes for the lulz

Thanks for destroying my main source of income. Way to go devs b:lipcurl

Maragon - Dreamweaver wrote: »

I didnt read the whole thread but....did any of the 5 ever identify themselves or did they just vote yes for the lulz

It was probably these 5 people

Frankie
Ironman
Kantorek
Dvorak
darthpanda16

Nakhimov - Lost City wrote: »

When I was in school we'd heat our rooms with 360s/PS3s

The PS3s put off more heat than the 360s though. b:chuckle

It's the opposite for me b:chuckle

Mikki - Heavens Tear wrote: »

My opinion for what it's worth:
There are those among us that only have DQ as a source of income or maybe have DQ and the occasional top up with gold, There are also those players that for whatever reason can't get gold be it that they are to young or that they simply canit afford it.

By lowering the value of DQ it will only serve to alianate those players and possibly even make the game unplayable for them; ergo they leave for other games. That being the case then you would have no right to advertise this game as free to play (as it is it's the most expensive free game i've ever played).

Now consider your position, You make a game and advertise it as free to play yet you make it practicly impossible for a player to earn enough in game coins to sustain any form of enjoyable playstyle bearing in mind of course the price of boutique items when transfered to ingame coins. My opinion is that it borders on eliteism (you can only play this free game if you have enough real life cash to buy gold and obtain goods from the boutique).

I don't know of course the reason behind this, perhaps an attempt at selling more gold, But i can only imagine the outcome.... well at least the lag would be better in arch.

Sooo true..this is the most expensive game I have ever played. I could have spent my money on a year's subscription to this one game that I cannot mention.

Michael_dark - Lost City wrote: »

lol Global Warming. You believe in it. That's a religion-like cult created by progressives to make money and is proliferated by a cottage-industry who depend on grants and charity to maintain their income. The earth and life in general has survived global catastrophe and extinction level events. Volcanic and solar activity play a role in climate change, humans do not. The Earth heats up and it cools down and has done so far before humans and will long after. And if you truly are an eco-environmentalist, wouldn't we do the world a favor by making it uninhabitable for humans so the trees and animals could live without us? lol

I think global warming is true. b:surrender

SaintDominic - Sanctuary wrote: »

It's the opposite for me b:chuckle

We had one of the newer 360s (The Falcon circuit boards if I'm not mistaken) and a first-gen massively obese PS3. The PS3 was basically a space heater,and we used it as such.

Also I'm with Mike on global warming. I consider myself an environmentalist, but global warming distracts from the actual environmental issues at hand (e.g. deforestation, pollution, etc.) Waste of government money, and in Al Gore's case, a Nobel Prize.

I merchant on my archer, with medium success. I'm not the best at it, I'm not raking in millions upon millions (I'd like to be) and I'm not able to get two computers to set up a separate account on which to have a 24/7 cat shop.

I grind on my veno for an extra few 100k, partly because it means her Herc is always going to be at the same level she is, partly because it's relatively easy EXP that brings money into it (and rep as all if we count quests/one-man-armies/justice orders) and partly because... I can.

The nerfing of the DQ drops price is beyond a little unreasonable.

New players between 1 - 40 aren't likely to cash shop - there's nothing of bonus for them in it unless we're talking about major cash shoppers who will Hyper their way up anyway. They rely (and I know I did anyway) on DQ drops as a solid source of income for their repairs, any shards they may want to buy, hell any gear they might want to nab from the AH.

Newer players are especially hurt by this. They don't have high level alts to merchant on. They now can't even grind out their first 500k as easily in order to start merchanting. This is as much a problem for potential new players and new merchants as it is for people who still grind for extra coin when they have nothing better to do.

I am really disappointed to see that this has been implemented and I would implore the people in charge of what comes across to PWE to reconsider and remove of this completely. You're hurting a large number of players no matter how they play. New merchants who need to make their starting money before they merchant. New players. Even older players who will grind for hours to gain extra coin they need as soon as possible if they cannot merchant to get it.

SaintDominic - Sanctuary wrote: »

I think global warming is true. b:surrender

The fact that someone doesn't believe doesn't make it any less true. But anyway I care less about it because I have this stronger belief- enjoy yourself while you can, lol

I haven't read through all these posts, so this has probably already been said, but for me the DQ drop in NPC price doesn't really matter, it's not been a source of income for me since a long time ago, but what I really worry about are new players. The new players who don't cash shop and who are just playing through the game free, as intended. I remember when I first started a long while ago that DQ was a major source of income, if almost the only source for me as I was still learning the game. Now I wonder how the newbies will be able to get by.

I have not had a sale now in my shop for over an hour . Highly unusual , i would say has not happened before . People are balking at this . Makes me very unhappy b:angry b:angry