Jolly Jones quest = money sink

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Daikataro - Dreamweaver
Daikataro - Dreamweaver Posts: 126 Arc User
edited June 2010 in General Discussion
Here are the results after 200 relaxing summer packs opened:

-2x headless horseman belt
-3x ornament packs
-6 of each saphire, garnet and citrine common shards
-7 common amber shards
-450 boxes of candy
-Around 187 pills (had to sell them to clear space in inventory)
-All the rest: mouthwatering treat (too many to count)

So there you go, economy is down and PWI puts yet another good old money sink on the game, i'm assuming any reward different than those has less than 0.5% chance to pop up
Originally Posted by frankieraye: To say that would be a lie, because in regards to the DQ problem, it's something that we're honestly still working on, and something that we believe we can fix.

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  • Nannako - Lost City
    Nannako - Lost City Posts: 114 Arc User
    edited June 2010
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    b:surrender You did better than I did. But I still can't help myself. b:chuckle
    Is there a "Packs Anonymous" that I can sign up for?
  • Partypooper - Harshlands
    Partypooper - Harshlands Posts: 329 Arc User
    edited June 2010
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    and?
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  • salvati0n
    salvati0n Posts: 47 Arc User
    edited June 2010
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    No duh! JJ events since the packs has been coin sinks. It's meant to take coins out of the game to control inflation. Even if you didn't know that before, couldn't you tell from the list of **** things that are in the packs?
  • Crescendia - Harshlands
    Crescendia - Harshlands Posts: 805 Arc User
    edited June 2010
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    Thanks for pointing out obvious. Now try to have a bit more discipline and not gamble on them?
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  • Daikataro - Dreamweaver
    Daikataro - Dreamweaver Posts: 126 Arc User
    edited June 2010
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    Yup, learned my lesson, i thought they improved the packs because several guys close to me got something good within their first 50 packs, all i got was BS tho
    Originally Posted by frankieraye: To say that would be a lie, because in regards to the DQ problem, it's something that we're honestly still working on, and something that we believe we can fix.

    (8)Don't stop! believing! hold onto that feeling!(8)
  • Miugre - Heavens Tear
    Miugre - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,390 Arc User
    edited June 2010
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    Any "anti-inflation" attempt by PWE rings hollow as long as Tokens of Best Luck are still obtainable. >_>

    Them being, y'know, the real cause of the inflation, and all. -_-
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  • Regenbogen - Lost City
    Regenbogen - Lost City Posts: 1,559 Arc User
    edited June 2010
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    its not a coinsink if you consider you can get them CHEAPER for 5token of luck which are sold ~13k...

    -> makes token more expensive(till 20k)
    -> makes every item obtainable by token for less than regular more expensive...
    ->tokensink
    ->more ppl buy packs
    ->$$$
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  • Maragon - Dreamweaver
    Maragon - Dreamweaver Posts: 645 Arc User
    edited June 2010
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    because of the ridiculous amount of coin being generated recently coin sink=good
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  • Michael_Dark - Lost City
    Michael_Dark - Lost City Posts: 9,091 Arc User
    edited June 2010
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    Regenbogen - Lost City wrote: »
    its not a coinsink if you consider you can get them CHEAPER for 5token of luck which are sold ~13k...

    -> makes token more expensive(till 20k)

    You're right that it's not a coin sink, but is a token sink, however prices haven't increased. Tokens are still selling for 11-12k ea. Prices haven't changed.
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  • Absoluth - Heavens Tear
    Absoluth - Heavens Tear Posts: 764 Arc User
    edited June 2010
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    Its not a coin sink if you make more money selling the prizes than buying the packs. Its in fact a coin flood, as has pretty much every PWI sale ever been.
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    "Free to play. Pay to win"

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  • Kupuntu - Sanctuary
    Kupuntu - Sanctuary Posts: 3,008 Arc User
    edited June 2010
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    Absoluth - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Its not a coin sink if you make more money selling the prizes than buying the packs. Its in fact a coin flood, as has pretty much every PWI sale ever been.

    It is coin flood only if you NPC the things you get with tokens.
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  • Solandri - Heavens Tear
    Solandri - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,843 Arc User
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    Michael_dark - Lost City wrote: »
    You're right that it's not a coin sink, but is a token sink, however prices haven't increased. Tokens are still selling for 11-12k ea. Prices haven't changed.
    It's a token sink with the long-term goal of raising token prices, to make buying the cash shop packs more attractive. People who buy packs and lose the lotto and get tokens can then sell them for more coin, which they use to buy more packs.
  • ShowboatBarb - Archosaur
    ShowboatBarb - Archosaur Posts: 9 Arc User
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    Michael_dark - Lost City wrote: »
    You're right that it's not a coin sink, but is a token sink, however prices haven't increased. Tokens are still selling for 11-12k ea. Prices haven't changed.

    OMG I wish they were 11-12k on Archosaur server ><
    17k is the fair price right now with many higher and not many lower -sigh-
  • Admante - Dreamweaver
    Admante - Dreamweaver Posts: 323 Arc User
    edited June 2010
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    Nobody buys boxes of candies except those with the intention of making a slim profit by NPC'ing the items. Nobody uses coin to buy JJ packs except those being silly. Ergo, no coin is being drained.
  • Lylfo - Dreamweaver
    Lylfo - Dreamweaver Posts: 1,166 Arc User
    edited June 2010
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    Admante - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    Nobody buys boxes of candies except those with the intention of making a slim profit by NPC'ing the items. Nobody uses coin to buy JJ packs except those being silly. Ergo, no coin is being drained.

    Apparently Daikataro is a nobodyb:chuckle
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  • Admante - Dreamweaver
    Admante - Dreamweaver Posts: 323 Arc User
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    Lylfo - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    Apparently Daikataro is a nobodyb:chuckle

    I made exceptions >.>
  • Michael_Dark - Lost City
    Michael_Dark - Lost City Posts: 9,091 Arc User
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    Solandri - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    It's a token sink with the long-term goal of raising token prices, to make buying the cash shop packs more attractive. People who buy packs and lose the lotto and get tokens can then sell them for more coin, which they use to buy more packs.

    Of course it is, though it's a bit more complicated. It's trying to set an in-game price for tokens at 20k ea. The closer that PWI can make *whichever token pack* contain items closer to the normal value of gold the more they'll sell. Of course, they would rather you not buy more packs with in game coin, but they're willing to deal with that because a lot of people end up buying coin with $$$ so they can get the rare items as well as having people buying more as there is less perceived loss. But yeah, you pretty much summed it up.
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  • Traz - Dreamweaver
    Traz - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,843 Arc User
    edited June 2010
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    I got 3 mounts from 60 packs have a nice day :)
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  • Dandelyn - Heavens Tear
    Dandelyn - Heavens Tear Posts: 195 Arc User
    edited June 2010
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    Hypothesis:
    Upon new pack/event introduction, % to get goodies is higher to entice others to buy in. After the hype opens the floodgates, goodie % is drastically reduced to keep people trying longer. It's an old casino trick, put the higher odds slot machines by the high traffic areas to get people to think it could happen to them too.

    I'm sure the devs aren't that devious, but I do notice a severe drop in decent JJ packs than other packs. $50 got me 3 headless horseman ornaments, 1 weapon pack, 2 ornament packs, and a whole bunch of stuff to give away in noob cities. b:sad
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