Store needs a cosmetic bundle

ArchivedUser

I really love the idea of being able to purchase the cosmetics separately, but there's need to be a bundle like the summer addon bundle for kickstarter backers for cosmetics each month.

I would definitely be more incentivized to buy a bundle if it had a 10-20% off than just buying all the cosmetics separately at full price. (i.e. I bought everything except for alchemy skin, but if that alchemy skin was $10 instead of $25 with a bundle, I would definitely be all over it.)

I think this is just a good idea for promotion and will probably end up making more funding for the game through discounted bundles instead of just listing cosmetics separately.

ArchivedUser

I am under the impression that if you buy a bundle now, you are allowed to buy further cosmetics at that tier or lower piece mail. I think this is a good compromise for what you are looking for. Buy the cosmetic bundle you want now, and then get to buy the ones you want one at a time later.

ArchivedUser

Correct.

If you buy a pack now you can buy the cosmetics of that tier or lower.

So for example, you buy the $75 pack now, you will be able to buy whatever cosmetics come with the $75 packs of the future.

You buy the $500 pack, you can buy whatever cosmetics come out from now till launch.

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ArchivedUser

No, what I'm saying is a purely cosmetics pack.

In this case
The Necromonic Costume, Ship of the Damned, Bonestrider, Pseudo-Dracolich Pet, Plague Lab, and Spectral eye. Bundle all those together and mark it like 10% off instead of individual.

I already bought the Braver of Worlds pack in kickstarter, so I don't want to buy a "bundle" with game time and other stuff that isn't applicable to me.

ArchivedUser

So you bought in back in the KS, got all sorts of goodies that are no longer available and in the opinion of many a much better deal, and now want them to give you a further discount? They have already bent over backwards to include us in the availability for purchasing these pack cosmetics by letting anyone who has a KS package of any level being able to buy any of the new cosmetics a la carte. So if someone who bought a $25 kickstarter package wants to buy a ship skin, or any of the other $500 pack cosmetics for $25 or less individually they can. So if you want them all it is $115. But you want to be able to one click purchase and get em for $103.50?

Your last statement is also confusing. Why would you need to buy a "bundle" with game time, embers, testing access if you are BoW? Simple answer is, you don't. Pick and choose each month from the stuff you want. You have absolutely no reason to buy a "bundle," those are not meant for you. Realize that when you log into the store under your account, you see different options than other people, they don't even see those options to purchase the cosmetics individually unless they bought into previous campaigns. Just like when you go to your dashboard and can still see the summer addons for purchase. Unless someone was KS, they don't see those either.

ArchivedUser

Yes. A cosmetic pack would be a wonderful thing, especially as I've just found out I missed off buying the spectral eye......
Thanks for the heads up there @bazgrim

ArchivedUser

@Megs you know you can buy it piecemeal right? The eyepatch is a whole $5 if you scroll down on the store page.

ArchivedUser

Yup, I bought everything but the patch, I may have not scrolled enough.... Ok, I definitely failed on that

ArchivedUser

I agree that a cosmetic bundle would be great - more convenient and perhaps also more tempting to interested folk (having the whole set all at once)... Especially in the future when more and more people will have already bought a bundle with game time etc and now only want cosmetics.

ArchivedUser

EruIluvatar said:

I agree that a cosmetic bundle would be great - more convenient and perhaps also more tempting to interested folk (having the whole set all at once)... Especially in the future when more and more people will have already bought a bundle with game time etc and now only want cosmetics.

Exactly. Case and point, Megs who probably would've bought a pack with all the cosmetics, but missed the eye when individually purchasing each one.

Just more convenience.

Unknown has absolutely no idea what I'm suggesting and I don't know how to put it any clearer to him.

Edit: Not going to post another thing to argue with this kid who's hardcore whiteknighting. A company takes feedback, that's what they do.

ArchivedUser

Or just have ways for you to unlock everything in-game instead of a cash shop on top of a sub fees.... Just a thought.

ArchivedUser

Netfoolsmedia said:

Or just have ways for you to unlock everything in-game instead of a cash shop on top of a sub fees.... Just a thought.

Cash shops in games are unfortunately here to stay, at least its only cosmetics and not things like experience buffs or crafting enhancements.

ArchivedUser

If you buy a package you will later be able to buy the cosmetics separately, these are supposed to be exclusive for the package and not random cosmetics.

ArchivedUser

This idea was actually implemented with the PAX Cosmetic Bundle.

I don't know if this post had anything to do with it, but I thank Intrepid regardless.

ArchivedUser

I see the value of what you are saying, however, from a sales/marketing perspective it becomes a nightmare.

While there are some people who want everything, there are going to people who say "Well, I only want this 1 thing and this 1 thing, so why don't I get a discount for buying 2 things"  Thus by offering a discount on something, you make people feel unhappy even though realistically they have no reason to.  

There would also be people who say "OMG WTF Intrepid is so greedy, why they selling MORE packs to people who already bought the KS/Summer backer kits"  Again, people would be unhappy even though they could still buy just the one or two items they REALLY want this month.   

And then you have people like Fool up there who doesn't have a clue about the cost of an MMO development and wants everything available in game.   And of course he's unhappy because he thinks everything should be available to people who pay the sub fee.


You can't make everyone happy.  

ArchivedUser

The store needs more stuff.