1.7 Content Update (55818)

[Junside]

As of yet, prices have not changed much.

[Physiologic]

Shouldn't the hat with a permanent luck bonus be permanently available? I feel bad for new players who start the game the day after the luck hat disappears. When they start to play and understand the game more and more and realize they missed out on permaluck hats, wouldn't they curse their luck (no pun intended)? Unless you guys release more permaluck Vanity items in the future...

[Echelong]

I am thinking that they will release more vanity items with bonus in the future.

[Kalielle]

Thank you for the official clarification! Better to know that the decision has been postponed than to wonder if there's been some announcement we missed.

Maybe I'll buy another one anyways. They do look so cute. Should go well with the Sewer plate when my bear reaches 50.

[ChadM]

Either way is fine, and here's why:

If permanent, well, awesome. We all dig it, those who jumped in when we had the chance and spent roughly the cost of a (cheap)cup of coffee. We have something fun that gives you the satisfaction of occasionally seeing a reroll for better loot. The downside is, everyone is sort of forced to wear Big Luck in hopes of chasing down that evasive uber loot, even though we all realize the minuscule increase in chance it actually gives. We would further need to find out how it is affected by also using luck pots, etc. And we would have to deal with the potential decreased value of other vanity items.

If it's not permanent, well...still awesome. Luck pots cost 3 plat per dose, run 5 dungeons and you break even. I've spent a quarter million gold on luck pots in an afternoon farming for level ten Dark Forest pink armor, having free luck for this long for 15 plat is a bargain! If I get lucky and land some uber loot I was farming forever, I just might faint from the awesome overload. And it won't affect the value of anything already in-game. And, come on, 15 plat is the cost of a cup of coffee, it's FREE if you do the tapjoy stuff.

So, we have established that if you are getting upset, you are getting upset over the value of a cup of coffee. A cup of coffee you had in a cafe that lets you hang out and play all day everyday for free, I might add. How upset can you really get if you don't get perma-free refills on that cup of coffee? It came in a special collectors cup!

We also all understand that, for an economy like this to work, there always has to be devaluation of gear. If there is a permanent set of end-game loot to acquire, and it's static, what do we do after we get that gear? The game is always about the chase, we are dogs chasing cars, happiest with dust in our faces blinding us from the larger world. We wouldn't know what to do if we caught the car, the most boring thing I can think of is catching that big shiny Cadillac and having to decide what to do next. Occasionally, the brake lights flicker on and we smack against the back bumper, but that's just how the game is played.

Chillax, guys. This is a bonus, you're welcome. Let's not bite the hand that feeds. We whinge enough, and the path of least resistance for the devs becomes no bonus at all anymore. I like the occasional bonus, and I understand anything I covet now, anything sought after in the moment will almost certainly lose it's luster over time, and that's what is best for all of us.

The devs aren't here to burn us, they don't want to rip anyone off, they want to maintain and grow a happy base of potential customers. Done and done, now get farming while your luck holds out!

I am thinking that they will release more vanity items with bonus in the future.

I hope so, man. I really do. But if we whine enough, they may decide it's just not worth the trouble...

[Physiologic]

Chad just Remember that Droid users only get like 10 tapjoy offers at most. One new offer comes out like every couple of days

Edit: I just looked at the tapjoy wall on my Droid and I only see 3 offers for free plat hehe

[ChadM]

Chad just Remember that Droid users only get like 10 tapjoy offers at most. One new offer comes out like every couple of days

Free bonus, you're welcome? Stay on top of it, get free loot. Sounds like a plan to me...

[Physiologic]

Hmm I'm not sure how much free Tapjoy offers for the Droid were available since March 15 (when the hats just came out). If I completed 3 Tapjoy offers today for 3 Platinum, then tomorrow I'd expect 1-2 more offer to appear. Since the offer ends on Monday the 21st, that's 10-11 Platinum maximum achievable for a Droid user using just Tapjoy. Not that I have a problem purchasing Plat, but it's incredibly difficult or impossible for Droid users to gather enough Platinum (if they started off from 0 today) simply from Tapjoy offers if they tried free offers starting today.

[AzaToth]

I've pondered through this thread and have come to the conclusion that what is needed is a way to give players incentive not to wear the item.
A way to achieve this is to after this week add some sort of negative attribute to the item that will to some extent weight up to the gain of luck. For the luck item in particular I've compiled a list of three different attributes that could make sense:

• When wearing the item you are moving slower, this due to you have to drag that big bag of expensive items you've collected.
• When wearing the item you will loose money over time, as it can bee seen in the animation that you drop coins all the time
• When you wear the item you will make less damage as you are trusting your luck to too much and forgot to train

Also unless it's already possible, the item should be tradeable and giftable (not sure it's a word).

[Lesrider]

Shouldn't the hat with a permanent luck bonus be permanently available? I feel bad for new players who start the game the day after the luck hat disappears. When they start to play and understand the game more and more and realize they missed out on permaluck hats, wouldn't they curse their luck (no pun intended)? Unless you guys release more permaluck Vanity items in the future...

Yep, this issue has not been adressed yet. Unless the devs don't see this as a problem...

[FluffNStuff]

Y'all so silly.

[Physiologic]

Yep, this issue has not been adressed yet. Unless the devs don't see this as a problem...

Underling assumption is that more items with bonuses will be avail in the future. And damn right Fluff, seems like my initial suggestion was met with death threats I love the internet.

[Lesrider]

Underling assumption is that more items with bonuses will be avail in the future. And damn right Fluff, seems like my initial suggestion was met with death threats I love the internet.

When you assume you make an *** out of you and me. <groan>

So far that has been only speculation from other players. Until a dev says something of the sort, it's a rumor and nothing else.

[Yvonnel]

Good lord. This arguement is still going on?

LMAO!!!!!

[FluffNStuff]

Would you call a turtle from the bay turtle bay or would that be silly?

[Physiologic]

I wouldn't say argument. The original Greek forums were like this too. My suggestion was simply met with disagreement if there were no disagreements this would just be a general message board.

[FluffNStuff]

That makes no sense phys. Are you saying all turtles are Greek or that bays tend to argue?

[Physiologic]

All Greek turtles like to argue.

[Lesrider]

At least you two understand each other :P

[jiroununu]

It's a free speaking world. U can make any opinions u want. But the decision is made by devs. Looks like they love to stick as the bonus remain permanent. Justg made it quite clear buy now or regret after monday.
For the unfairness of the future player missing out this oportunity, what I see is theres always something on special in the supermarket, but it won't stay on special price forever. And there will be something else on special later. Maybe look at that way? U just can't make everyone happy.