VERY upset, lost over 18k on my Rend Staff?

[DarthChaosSky]

In fact it wouldn't be so hard to rebate us. Just look for people who have a main gauge. Rebate them 2K lol. But then again those who just bought the Main Gauge when it dropped might accidentally receive a rebate too.

[Steely Jim]

I think the created perception for the old top tier weapons was that they were not being purchased to use, but were serving primarily as coin sinks well after the bulk of training/leveling was completed (and possibly near the end of the overall use trajectory for that particular type of equipment).

I'm just guessing, but it might seem to them that it's the perfect time to simply change the pricing structure outright. I think they're happy to have the temporary excitement of new weapon quests and new top tier weapons, but they still have to contend with the underlying need to make the top tier weapons more desirable for use while building the skill rather than as a coin sink which is invested in primarily due to the coin cap.

So, I don't think they were particularly worried about the loss of item value because they assume that most of the purchasers of those items purchased the items because they needed to create room for more gold under the coin cap rules.

[Maximvs]

Originally Posted by Steely Jim

I think the created perception for the old top tier weapons was that they were not being purchased to use, but were serving primarily as coin sinks well after the bulk of training/leveling was completed (and possibly near the end of the overall use trajectory for that particular type of equipment).

I'm just guessing, but it might seem to them that it's the perfect time to simply change the pricing structure outright. I think they're happy to have the temporary excitement of new weapon quests and new top tier weapons, but they still have to contend with the underlying need to make the top tier weapons more desirable for use while building the skill rather than as a coin sink which is invested in primarily due to the coin cap.

So, I don't think they were particularly worried about the loss of item value because they assume that most of the purchasers of those items purchased the items because they needed to create room for more gold under the coin cap rules.

I have to agree with ya there - I think they knew that people would just bypass hi-priced weapons and go right for the best...

It is too bad we lost out on money for these (my second pirate though didn't I never did upgrade any of his except for the pistol for using tri-hex on Molusks and Gyps).

But - how they would arrange a refund would be another thing that could bug out... so I'll just take what is there for now

[Moody Grimm]

Heh.... This is all too common in online games when new weapons debut.
As the game progresses, how will they deal with more new weapons?
Allow a sellback option?
Discontinue older weapons and make them rare items?
Increase the number of weapon slots?
Make us buy more weapon slots?

The fact that weapon prices change is one all online games deal with and there are no easy answers.

I for one think that as new weapons get introduced, older weps should go rare and their sellback value go up over time.