My opinion on Elixir Prices

[WoundedEagle]

Hey everyone!

Is it just me, or is 80 platinum an extremely hefty amount of platinum for an elixir? I'm not straight-forwardly pointing out the "WEEK-LONG DOUBLE XP" elixir, but mostly the "Shamrock Thrasher Punch". (Btw what happened to 7k for a 3x elxir? I swear non-plat buyers could enjoy more than 1.5 exp at some point [excluding the 5 min. daily 3x]).

Here's how I see it: For 30 Platinum, you can purchase a Loco's Playa Drank that gives you 4x Experience for 60 min. But for only 10 more platinum, you can purchase a Thrasher Pwnage Punch that gives you the nice 4x Experience for 60 min. PLUS 3x Armor, 3x Damage, "improved luck" (35% chance of reroll) and a 30% Speed Boost for also 60 min. That much more - for 10 platinum. (I'm not saying that's bad; just hold on a second).

Now, you can spend a whopping 80 platinum and get everything that a Thrasher Pwnage Punch (4x Experience, 3x Armor, 3x Damage, "improved luck" [35% chance of reroll] and a 30% Speed Boost for 60 min.) has for a Shamrock Thrasher Punch, but instead of "improved luck" (35% chance of reroll), you get 100%! That's amazing! But is it worth 40 platinum more?

Honestly, STS just took Shamus' Shamrock Ale (100% Chance ro Re-roll for 30 min.) and multiplied it's price, time, and re-roll percentage (give or a take 30% ) by two to get 60 min., then added it to Thrasher Pwnage Punch.

Shouldn't Shamrock Thrasher Punch be way cheaper (50 - 60 platinum)??? Compared to the jump in stat increase from Loco's Playa Drank to Thrasher Pwnage Punch for measily 10 platinum, that's a hefty price at 40 platinum more for simply luck.

Can a dev shine a bit of light on this?

This was not intended to be a rant or to rage. I am just trying to see the light in spending so much for so little (I understand it's just pixels).

Thanks for tuning in,

~WE

[RedRyder]

I'm sure we all thought of this, but sadly, I don't see this changing. Doesn't make a lick of sense to me.
But hey, that's the way the cookie crumbles.

[WoundedEagle]

I'm sure we all thought of this, but sadly, I don't see this changing. Doesn't make a lick of sense to me.
But hey, that's the way the cookie crumbles.

Exactly. And while we're here:

[Bebsi]

There will be no discounts on the Shamrock.
It's a money making machine since Humania came out.

I tried to buy it over guild hall but this would be the only elixier that u couldn't buy discounted over guild hall
Anyway, I think now that many ppl have their Humania sets, Shamrock sales might have decreased.
So bringing elite stuff to Nuris was perfect timing to push Shamrock sales again ^_^

80 plat (or 76) is quite a lot but I thought it was worth it before they nerfed the drop rate in Humania

[Lowlyspy]

Welcome to the Plat gen, don't let the door from the good ol' days hit you on your way in.

[Phoenixking]

People are used to it now

[Ortalan]

I agree that shamrock thrasher punch is rather overpriced at 80 plat. And even on its second appearance on deal-of-the-day, the discount was a paltry 5% (76 plat instead of 80) when thrasher is featured on d-o-d with a 25% discount (30 plat instead of 40). As if that wasn't bad enough, isn't today the third time shamrock thrasher punch has been d-o-d? And it's back up to 80plat - full price?!?!? Am I missing something? I mean other than plat?

[Whirlzap]

Because combo elixirs are there to save you time and hassle of buying one every five minutes.

Shamrock Thrasher is basically 2 Shamrocks and a thrasher.
You buy a Shamrock every 30 Min, so it's not aggravating at all.
If STS were to make Shamrock cheaper, say 15 Plat, then no one buy the Shamrock Thrash for 80 Plat but just get a Shamrock every 30 minutes.

[The Flash]

Hey everyone!

Is it just me, or is 80 platinum an extremely hefty amount of platinum for an elixir? I'm not straight-forwardly pointing out the "WEEK-LONG DOUBLE XP" elixir, but mostly the "Shamrock Thrasher Punch". (Btw what happened to 7k for a 3x elxir? I swear non-plat buyers could enjoy more than 1.5 exp at some point [excluding the 5 min. daily 3x]).

Here's how I see it: For 30 Platinum, you can purchase a Loco's Playa Drank that gives you 4x Experience for 60 min. But for only 10 more platinum, you can purchase a Thrasher Pwnage Punch that gives you the nice 4x Experience for 60 min. PLUS 3x Armor, 3x Damage, "improved luck" (35% chance of reroll) and a 30% Speed Boost for also 60 min. That much more - for 10 platinum. (I'm not saying that's bad; just hold on a second).

Now, you can spend a whopping 80 platinum and get everything that a Thrasher Pwnage Punch (4x Experience, 3x Armor, 3x Damage, "improved luck" [35% chance of reroll] and a 30% Speed Boost for 60 min.) has for a Shamrock Thrasher Punch, but instead of "improved luck" (35% chance of reroll), you get 100%! That's amazing! But is it worth 40 platinum more?

Honestly, STS just took Shamus' Shamrock Ale (100% Chance ro Re-roll for 30 min.) and multiplied it's price, time, and re-roll percentage (give or a take 30% ) by two to get 60 min., then added it to Thrasher Pwnage Punch.

Shouldn't Shamrock Thrasher Punch be way cheaper (50 - 60 platinum)??? Compared to the jump in stat increase from Loco's Playa Drank to Thrasher Pwnage Punch for measily 10 platinum, that's a hefty price at 40 platinum more for simply luck.

Can a dev shine a bit of light on this?

This was not intended to be a rant or to rage. I am just trying to see the light in spending so much for so little (I understand it's just pixels).

Thanks for tuning in,

~WE

They just made it convenient so you dont have to remove luck and buy shamus x2. Nothing was changed but making it convenient and you dont like that???

[Plaguemaw]

As for the shamrock thrash being the deal of the day, how is it considered a "deal" at full price?

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[demoncrate]

I am with the devs on this one. Those guys are shrewd business people.
75 plat = 10 dollar purchase. So if you want it you will have to buy the next plat deal at 20 dollars.

I wanted to buy the new 2x xp one and then use gold elixirs to level up to 71, but since I don't have 20 dollars in bank and free plat offers don't work, you have won this round STS.

[Cahaun]

Welcome to the Plat gen, don't let the door from the good ol' days hit you on your way in.

I keep getting hit over and over.

[McBain]

It's crazy to me that people spend that much money on this game. Sorry, STS, you do a great job and all and I appreciate you guys, but...wow. All this plat spending is getting ludicrous.

[Otukura]

The elixir came out almost immediately after there was a post talking about how a person buys thrasher, deletes the default luck, and the buy the shamrock elixir. I think STS just tried to make it a little easier.

[NotYoCookiez]

Only thing that bugs me is the discount on the shamrock thrasher. In guild hall it's 76, 4 plat discount which is the same as 4x thrasher thingy.

Usually the higher the price the higher the discount but not in this case

[Samhayne]

They just made it convenient so you dont have to remove luck and buy shamus x2. Nothing was changed but making it convenient and you dont like that???

That was the aim of the new Shamrock Thrasher.

As for why it is on the Deal of the Day, it's to advertise that it is now available.

[Chopper]

Deal of the Day should actually be a DEAL. Otherwise, it seems a bit misleading.

[outsock]

so shud i by 1?

[wvhills]

You guys should come over to DL, no elixirs needed. Everyone is on the same playing level.

[Taaralatie]

It's crazy to me that people spend that much money on this game. Sorry, STS, you do a great job and all and I appreciate you guys, but...wow. All this plat spending is getting ludicrous.

But if it weren't for the platinum spending there wouldn't be a game. STS has people to pay...they don't all work for free unfortunately. They have families to feed. If you want an exciting game to play you have to have pay for exciting developers. They don't come cheap. Ultimately it comes down to choice. I could afford to buy an 80 plat elixir but I choose not to. I do however buy an exceedingly large number of 40 plat elixirs but, again, this is a choice. If no one used real money to support a game...how long would it remain on the market for you to play? The great thing is that you don't have to pay play. You can get all the content for free. Awesome!