suggestion: make levels purchaseable with plat.

[wvhills]

I suggest making levels purchaseable by plat. Not many people enjoy grinding, most want to get to end game level (in the case 75) and farm gear or pvp. I think I remember reading in a thread where you can get from level 71-76 by doing magic castle runs in 5 hours for around 600 plat. We have around 40k xp coming from levels 70-75 and 100k for 76. Just to make the math easy, let's say 33% of the above plat expenditures went towards levels 70-75 and 66% went towards 76 (that would be 200 plat for levels 70-75 and 400 plat for 76). I say we make each level from 70-75 purchaseable for 40 plat and the "elite" level available for 400 plat.

The people who don't have plat can still do what they're doing and those who just want to level can save the time and STS still makes money. A side benefit is I'd be able to do runs with my friends right away instead of seeing everyone in magic castle.

I know I joke around a lot but this is a serious suggestion. Honestly, why even have the pretense anymore that a lot of people buy their levels anyway. I'm not raging, in fact later on in the week I'm giving in and doing magic castle runs myself once I get more plat. I'm not really looking forward to it because I can see where it's going to be tedious. It would just save me the time and tediousness of all the micro transactions and repetitiveness. I'd much rather be able to pay 200 plat, get to level 75 and get to farming my sets or get back to pvp.

Edit: another thing- So far I've grinded out level 70, 71 and into 72 without thrashers in blacksmoke. Even if I decide to keep grinding it out like this what will be ahead of me once I get to level 75? More grinding! Because all the pinks I'm getting are level 71 or 73 until I get to 75. The level 71 and 73 pinks are weaker than my humania crafted set so they're useless, I won't be using them anyway. Why do I have to grind twice?

[StompArtist]

Oh the irony...

[wvhills]

everyone has their breaking point stomp.

[StompArtist]

everyone has their breaking point stomp.

Indeed. Still gave me a much needed laugh.

[Riccits]

also buy the endgame pinks with plat, so we dont need to farm them anymore^^ XD

so in 5min iam capped and full geared and can turn of ipad for next few months XD

[wvhills]

also buy the endgame pinks with plat, so we dont need to farm them anymore^^ XD

so in 5min iam capped and full geared and can turn of ipad for next few months XD

No, i think u should still have to earn your pinks but I don't see why we couldn't just buy the levels. It would save all the magic castle rmks.

[Riccits]

No, i think u should still have to earn your pinks but I don't see why we couldn't just buy the levels. It would save all the magic castle rmks.

i was jk!^^ if ever they would make things like these i prolly would delete the game... :/
iam pretty sure they will invent something against farming xp in places like mc

[Elyseon]

Why not just have everything with plat,
When you start the game it's should have the option
$500 boost- start at level 76 with 10k pve kills, a gold cap, an endgame set of your choice, as well as all achievements unlocked

For $250 more you can do it with a second char

Thoughts?

[Noelx]

Why not just have everything with plat,
When you start the game it's should have the option
$500 boost- start at level 76 with 10k pve kills, a gold cap, an endgame set of your choice, as well as all achievements unlocked

For $250 more you can do it with a second char

Thoughts?

That would make the game no fun, it would almost garuntee 100% pvp

[wvhills]

Why not just have everything with plat,
When you start the game it's should have the option
$500 boost- start at level 76 with 10k pve kills, a gold cap, an endgame set of your choice, as well as all achievements unlocked

For $250 more you can do it with a second char

Thoughts?

well, they've actually already had the $500 boost to end game. It went out with an email prior to humania cap. In an effort to get retired players to come back, anyone who had spent $500 or more could get one character boosted to level 66. I don't really see a big difference in offering in once and making in permanent. I wouldn't offer it at the beginning though, make them play through swamps and learn how to play their class first. Maybe offer it around level 35 or so.

Riccits, what is the difference in paying for levels than what we're seeing go on now? It just saves people time running through magic castle and the hassle of doing all the microtransactions (repurchasing xp anywhere, etc.).

[Roc]

It won't be as if everyone would be doing it. The people who are already spending money on plat would just spend it in one go and those who don't buy plat would grind the normal way. Yes, there may be the few non-plat converts that would instant cap, but dang if the price tag isn't a deterrent. A downside would be kill count, but a lot of people have a high kill count from farming or waiting for new expansions anyway rather than from leveling. I don't see anything wrong with it then.

[Rare]

Why not just have everything with plat,
When you start the game it's should have the option
$500 boost- start at level 76 with 10k pve kills, a gold cap, an endgame set of your choice, as well as all achievements unlocked

For $250 more you can do it with a second char

Thoughts?

Lol

[FluffNStuff]

That would make the game no fun, it would almost garuntee 100% pvp

If all you want to do is PvP, then it would make the game quite fun indeed.

[Bous]

Might as well make 2010 Winterfest L10-L15 pinks purchasable too :P

[wvhills]

Might as well make 2010 Winterfest L10-L15 pinks purchasable too :P

How is that anything at all like my suggestion? 2010, 2011 WF pinks, or any pinks for that matter, were earned. Making them available for plat would devalue them and wouldn't be fair to those who grinded and earned them.

Doing 5 hours worth of rmks in a level 50 or 60 levels below you isn't earning anything, it is buying something. Once again, I'm not raging, I'm going to do it myself and I believe 95% of the people who have done it will agree they are buying levels and not earning them. I'm just suggesting taking the time factor out and make it a one time transaction instead.

[Wrath]

Blasphemy "!!!!

[Fusionstrike]

How is that anything at all like my suggestion? 2010, 2011 WF pinks, or any pinks for that matter, were earned. Making them available for plat would devalue them and wouldn't be fair to those who grinded and earned them.

Doing 5 hours worth of rmks in a level 50 or 60 levels below you isn't earning anything, it is buying something. Once again, I'm not raging, I'm going to do it myself and I believe 95% of the people who have done it will agree they are buying levels and not earning them. I'm just suggesting taking the time factor out and make it a one time transaction instead.

The difference is that right now people have to spend their money AND time. Your idea requires only money. Costing someone their time at least makes them have to think about whether the time is worth it to them or they'd rather spend it elsewhere. Lose that and you've lost the last pretense of it being any kind of game at all. Your idea isn't silly, it's just a natural extension of what's going on now, but I think it's a bridge too far even for the cash-hungry coffers of STS.

Personally, I think they should install a warp zone in Balefort where players can go down a green pipe and pop out at Blacksmoke as L76 (with full fireball power of course).

[Elyseon]

well, they've actually already had the $500 boost to end game. It went out with an email prior to humania cap. In an effort to get retired players to come back, anyone who had spent $500 or more could get one character boosted to level 66. I don't really see a big difference in offering in once and making in permanent. I wouldn't offer it at the beginning though, make them play through swamps and learn how to play their class first. Maybe offer it around level 35 or so.

Riccits, what is the difference in paying for levels than what we're seeing go on now? It just saves people time running through magic castle and the hassle of doing all the microtransactions (repurchasing xp anywhere, etc.).

The free 65 was for people who had spent 500 on stuff already
This would be when you first make your acc like when you make a premium character, this could be called an elite character
Also for 250 more it will cap you again when the next cap comes

[Yich]

I think this thread kinda shows what elixirs do but the idea is wack. they need a different solution.

[PatsoeGamer]

1 billion plat offer in the store to auto cap instantly as soon as the latest map comes out with 100x end game pinks of each class, vanities thrown in. (If you're worried it may cost too much $$$, think of the savings on night time snacks and energy drinks)