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Change Cosmetic packs?
Venar
Member, Alpha Two
Hey guys I know a lot of us bought the latest cosmetic packs not necessarily because we liked the cosmetics but because it was the last cosmetic packs being sold which included a ton of cool goodies. I know there's also a lot of us that might have heard about Ashes of Creation late into its development and might not have had the change to buy a prior pack with cosmetics that match us better, there's also a possibility of people buying a kit very early in development and a new package might have come along the way that they might have preferred...
Do you guys think it would be cool if intrepid gave us a 1 Time use token to exchange our cosmetic package with another one since they are the same value? I'm personally a big transmog fan and the appearance of my character is really important for me and there's nothing that takes me out of the game more then seeing the perfect armor set for my character on another player, googling the set and noticing that ill never be able to get it ever again. Considering the price we paid I feel like it would be nice to have a package we want instead of one we got because of circumstances.
Anyways just an idea feel free to roast me if you think its dumb or entitled and have a wonderful day!
Do you guys think it would be cool if intrepid gave us a 1 Time use token to exchange our cosmetic package with another one since they are the same value? I'm personally a big transmog fan and the appearance of my character is really important for me and there's nothing that takes me out of the game more then seeing the perfect armor set for my character on another player, googling the set and noticing that ill never be able to get it ever again. Considering the price we paid I feel like it would be nice to have a package we want instead of one we got because of circumstances.
Anyways just an idea feel free to roast me if you think its dumb or entitled and have a wonderful day!
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Cool idea but then it would definitely devalue the cosmetics for everyone that bought it when it was available and make it less rare,
The game has not released mate and there will be a ton more that will fit you in the future, not to mention the in game cosmetics are suppose to be even better so don't stress you will find something that matches your playstyle
As stated, it cheapens the whole "Get it this month or never again" premise they set forth when selling them. I am sure, given the talent that appears to work for this company, that there will be many different looks, mounts, pets, and so on, to go around as the game progresses.
I am sorry you missed the Chromatic Crystal Dragon Fox that changes colors based on the mood of the player and comes with the ability to portal to various predetermined locations. This was only offered for 1 month 5 years ago and people just missed out.
Nope! was planning on going Empyrean or Py'rai... I always try to play dark/death knight / Hexblade type characters and the Corvid castigator cosmetic set would have been perfect but I didn't even knew Ashes Existed back then, If I did I would have definitely bought that pack... oh well.
Im sure i'll find some other set that i'll enjoy.
I kinda find it funny that a lot of people seem to put value on a certain pack not because they find it pretty or cool (which is kinda the point of costumes compared to raid sets) but because of its rarity. There's gonna be people out there wearing sets they don't like just to flex their rarity. but I definitely understand the other side of the medal. Thanks for your feedback!
Well said
" ONCE " every Year -> or better said "ONCE" every 12 Months of paid Playtime -> You get an Option.
A cosmetic Option.
This Option can be, for Example :
- A Battle-Pet
- A Mount
- A Ship-Model/Skin
- A Armor-Piece/Item
- A "House/Building" Model/Skin. (for Freeholds)
as in EVEN THOSE, who were only available around the likes of 2018 or so - when cosmetic Pre-Orders were still around, easily Seven to Ten Years or so before the Game could ever release.
If Intrepid would be generous -> they could make it even that You can choose ONE Cosmetic of every single Type.
" ONCE " every 12 Months which you first paid for -> and then experienced/used them.
This Way, you could careful choose a few, tiny bit of Cosmetics from Times long Past -> maybe before You even knew about the Game - and when it was still Y~eeeeaaaaaars away from ever being finished.
Just an Idea.
✓ Occasional Roleplayer
✓ Guild is " Balderag's Garde " for now. (German)
It's a cool suggestion, the problem is though once a year sounds like a long time until you realise after the first 12 months you will have upwards of 1 million players getting to choose a cosmetic at the same time, and probably all choosing between the same 10 options which will make each one lose its value really fast
It will never happen to re open old cosmetics, however what is possible is re skins of old cosmetics which will guessing will be available in the game
what if they brought back the cosmetic packs however instead of an exclusive cosmetic skin that is only acquired by the earlier pack the skins in the new packs will be available to be bought from the store day one.
this way the previous packs still hold there exclusivity aswell as not undermind people who already bought in by offering cheaper keys without the bundle
I would definitely be willing to trade in all of my Mount Cosmetics for one Stufferton.
Your second statement here answers your first.
If you are given a one time token to swap out cosmetics, then Stufferton becomes less rare.
If anything, some sort of option to pick into one of the posterior packs? Personally, even if I didn't care much about cosmetics at the time of purchase I wouldn't mind now to give a little extra to have something different.
Love that.
Love that too, kinda like the Steam marketplace but with shop currency.
I see and understand what you're saying, but imo the point of the cosmetics was never about their value or "rarity" it was about supporting the devs and getting goodies in exchange... Considering they're about to reopen Alpha 2 key sales to test the new server technologies (and for the people who missed out, therefor devaluating our packs a little.) I don't see how having the option to exchange cosmetic packs (considering they all share the same value as far as im aware) is any worst. I understand it would be extra work hence why I proposed a token that they could sell for whatever cost they feel is fair. This could be a way for us, the people who missed out on the "right" cosmetic pack to get one we prefer and support the devs even a little more by paying for that exchange.
Never say never.
But Re-Skins would already be cool enough. I mean, the "Decaying Thrall" Battle-Pet is an absolute MUST for every Necromancer out there.
✓ Occasional Roleplayer
✓ Guild is " Balderag's Garde " for now. (German)
1. Incredible envy and game-ending depression.
2. Useless smugness of those who notice this and have the article.
Personally I view both angles of this as undesirable, toxic, unncecessary, useless, counterproductive to the longevity of any RPG game and scource of the most ugly conflicts the game can have... and of course doesn't need.
When I played WoW during the Legion Expansion there were a lot of players all concentracted in a single hub city which was shared by both factions. Dalaran.
A super chill magic city with very beautiful ambient music.
And when both factions reside in the same city to stand around for while waiting for all kinds of queue's to open, you can observe a fairly high amount of people.
So...
... guess what happened when I noticed a player with a cosmetic that caught my eye?
Armor, Weapon, Mount, whatever really.
I do not remember any of those being timelimited but most probably "raid-limited" during that time.
And not just "LfR", aka random raid access.
Yes thats true. I did not even SEE the players who had those items/cosmetics.
What I saw was the cosmetics and thats it. Mount specific speaking... there was never a rider on them.
And none of those cosmetics ever made me want to even write anything to these people.
Nothing like " WoW cool stuff. " or " Gratz for getting it. " nothing.
Exceptions for when I was in roleplay events already and I saw someone walk in with a really cool armor combination full of ambience which suited the occasion.
But in general? Successful collectors, I do not admire or envy them.
So I really do not understand what all this fuss is about, about trying to keep rare things rare.
I do not see the "OWNERS" of these articles anyway!
So why this pitiful, cringe attempt of trying to be a King, when there is no crown anyway?
I just don't get it. People do not admire rarity, people admire abundance of charisma & personality.
Why people try to feel special by items instead of trying to become actually special and do something that people will remember them for?
Its so many years since Mist of Pandaria first released but I remember another player still who helped me back then when I solo'd around in the openworld, without any necessary reward for it.
What I remember are goodhearted people.
Not wannabe Kings adorned with Midas golden cape, which I couldn't care less about.
Rarity is useless and fulfills only superficial conditions which never leave a collectors mind.
I collected a lot myself so I know what I am talking about.
And I gave up following this lonely, smug path cause it led only to toxicity.
But there is still a collector within me and I say it as many times as I need to.
I better not see anything in the game that makes me super depressed because it is out of my reach forever while some other honk runs around with it in front of me.
Thats a most literal of game enders.
Timelimted ' is ' stupid.
It always was and always will be.
Numbers are everything in a market and people know when they are treated like lesser humans just for having not played during a certain window of time when something was "available".
Which is not a good plan and not a good mindset.
If the pride of someone demands the depression of others than this is a stupid pride.
Definitley
I am sure you are just trolling at this point, but for humourous sake I'll explain it to you,
Everyone would be willing to trade one of the cosmetics in for something that was available maybe 3 years prior, seeing as they were monthly packs, 3 years prior only a handful of people were actually buying these packs
Now you allow people to trade packs from 2022,2023 for packs sold in 2018, we have probably 30x the amount of people with access to the newish packs, the newish ones although still rare are nowhere near as rare as something sold during the Kickstarter or shortly after.
There is a good reason that art such as a picasso or a van gogh, or a dahli all sell for so much, it's not because their really exceptional paintings it's because you can't replicate the time period they were from, and I'm sure given the chance anyone would trade something from today's age for a picasso
They already have, they're going to sell alpha 2 access again without any cosmetics despite that not being an option before... im all for new players/testers but if these new people now have the option to have access to the game I feel like it would only be fair to have the options for older packs again.(assuming you already are a supporter)
Well also the reason the ORIGINAL art piece sells for so much is because they can never be reproduced and most are unique, this is not the case with skins that anyone could have bought at any time. Theres could be hundreds of Black Scale Imperator the same way that I can take any piece of picasso and put it as my desktop background. Whats the difference between 100 and 200 people having a skin, there isnt a pack that is 100% unique and they all share the same monetary value where as picasso pieces dont. They also all share the same customer base (Early supporters) where as any rich person could buy a picasso piece for fun.
I believe anyone who has the money deserves an Alpha 2 key, I also believe anyone who bought a Voyager pack deserves to have the cosmetic pack they like. You buying it at the right place on the time doesn't make you a better or more deserving customer, we've all contributed the same amount.
I mean I understand your point but I disagree, I can't speak for everyone here but I can almost guarantee most of us feel MMOs started going wrong when every single person had to have every single item,
This doesn't just go for skins but some examples I'll use are, look at classic wow vs retail wow, in classic when you saw someone standing in a city in full bis gear you aspired to be like them, even if it was never realistically obtainable, in retail everyone has the same flashy gear and looks like their a dragon ball z character on steroids
This goes for pve/PvP too, retail PvP feels bad because every single class has the same abilities, mobility, CC , defensives, there is no variety.
I understand that the examples given are different than a one time offer that is now in obtainable but if everyone had everything it would just make them lackluster,
There are plenty of packs that I wish I could have bought but unfortunately I didn't find the game till later during the development cycle, that does not mean I think I deserve the packs, and I can't wait to see the lucky ones in game that got them, but what it does mean is I'll be watching in the future for more items that may be. A limited time offer that I can aquire
My last point is you stated you believe anyone that has the money Deserves an alpha 2 key?
I don't see how, we may be more fortunate but we don't deserve it anymore than someone that can't afford the alpha keys, if I would have it my way they would all be affordable for everyone to participate, however I understand that it's not a finished game we are buying.
You also state we have all contributed the same amount, this is also false when I'm guessing the packs you want are from a time period when an alpha 2 pack wouldn't even get you the cosmetics option you had to buy the alpha 1 or higher, which was quite a bit more iirc
I think it would have to be a deal to trade individual Cosmetics; not "packs".
I don't know that Kickstarter and Summer Bundle items need to be included. I think those items are Exclusive; not just rare.
I am sure you are just trolling at this point.
Cosmetics don't change that - just helps to make momentary BiS gear much less of an eyesore.
Is he trolling with this part?
I was reading that some very skilled people created things as if were made by some famous old artists. Those works would be less valuable if the truth would be known.
Also I find Mona Lisa ugly. I don't know why there is so much hype about that painting.
In wow classic there was no cosmetics. there is in ashes, its a bad comparison.
Well its already too late, there's cosmetics people are going to look the same for a bit especially the bunch who bought the last cosmetic pack. Us being allowed to change one for another doesn't mean everyone will be wearing the same cause not one pack is better then another, its all about preference some people want to be knights, some people want to look like plague doctors, others want to look like necromancers.
I see that you didn't play a lot of Japanese MMORPGS the cosmetics are 1000% worst then WoW which again you use classic as a comparison point which is a false equivalence. it IS too late already tho, costumes are 99% coming so the feeling or wanderlust and aspiration will already be met with sadness and contempt when seeing a player with cool armor. (and I disagree I feel like wow's transmog system/monetization of Cosmetics is one of the best although I understand your sentiment i used to feel like that a lot.)
Not going to go into the design/balancing part of your comment since its not really what the thread is about but its an interesting conversation!
No one would have "everything" I suggested a single use token that they could charge for to have a chance to exchange your current cosmetic pack for another one. Everyone would still have one pack, and they would still be exclusive to the people who bought a pack.
I don't think I specifically "deserve" these packs. I just think the option could be cool. I find it really cool for you that seeing a player with a pack you would have like to had and not feel a hint of jealousy (especially since getting was most probably out of your control) I guess im not perfect. I paid quite a lot of money to support the devs and some goodies that they spent a lot of work on, i'd rather have goodies that I know ill love and use for the years to come then something I got out of circumstances.
no you're right I agree with you on that one I mispronounced what I meant to say, English is not my first language you'll have to excuse me on that one, Yes Everyone that wants to participate and help testing should get a key if possible.
According to the Wiki the pack I want is a Voyager plus pre-order pack and costed the same amount as the one I Paid for. According to the wiki, Voyager plus packs started in 2018. I dont know if the prices changes since then but according to the wiki it did not. It does appear that the intrepid pre-order pack and adventurer pre-order pack were a bit more expensive but I never suggested allowing EXCHANGING one of your cosmetic pack for one of greater value. Voyager plus could in my hypothetical scenarion exchange their current pack with any other Voyager plus. Adventurer pre-order could change for another Adventurer pre-order ETC...
Never said that Access was exclusive, however it was always sold as part of a expensive Cosmetic pack which according to rumors would not be the case for this one. This changes the context quite a bit... Also Intrepid was extremely vague for the who/how/where and when and a lot of people, has seen on this very forum feel confused and hurt with the recent rumors but that a whole other conversation. Anyways thats hardly the point I was trying to make...
Intrepid (assuming they do sell access without cosmetics) have been willing to change their formula towards selling access, why not allow the people who paid for packs have the chance to get the ones they truly like instead of one they got out of circumstances (Cosmetic packs no longer being sold).